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).
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Question: フェルナンデスは後で、「アルジャジーラでの発言のコピーを読んで、イラクでの合衆国には傲慢さと愚かさがあったと言ったのは重大な間違いだったと理解した」と言って謝罪した。

Answer:  Fernandez later apologized, "Upon reading the transcript of my appearance on Al-Jazeera, I realized that I seriously misspoke by using the phrase 'there has been arrogance and stupidity' by the U.S. in Iraq."


Question: ロイター通信は、花火の更なる爆破の可能性も消火隊の救助作業の妨げとなったと、政府官僚から伝えられた。

Answer: News agency Reuters was told by a government official that the possibility of further explosions from fireworks also interfered with the fire service's rescue operation.


Question: しかしそのうち3人は政府と石油会社が身代金を支払ったしばらく後に解放された。

Answer:
All but three of them have been released since, some after the state government and the oil companies paid a ransom.