TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a sentence in the Japanese language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).
PROBLEM: シリアの抗議行動は3月半ば、政治犯の家族がダマスカスで集会を開き、ダルアーの人々が反体制的な落書きのために12名以上の子どもたちの逮捕に反対抗議した後に、緊張感が高まった。

SOLUTION: Protests in Syria have intensified since mid-March after families of political prisoners held rallies in Damascus and people in Daraa protested against the arrests of more than a dozen children for anti-regime graffiti.

PROBLEM: 彼女は最初のユースオリンピック、ジュニアワールドカップと2回のシニアワールドカップでも競技したことがある。

SOLUTION: She has also competed at the first Youth Olympics, the Junior World Cup and two senior World Cups.

PROBLEM: 地元経済に流入する現金の不足によって事業停止も多く、町の新しい教会の建設は急遽停止している。

SOLUTION:
The lack of money being pumped into the local economy has caused many businesses to close, and the construction of the town's new church has come to a screeching halt.