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).

Q: 内閣は大部分が前内閣を継承しているが、論議を巻き起こしたり反感を買った大臣の中には解任されたり、より安全な地位に異動された大臣もいた。

A: While the cabinet is for a large part copied from the preceding one, some ministers who had provoked controversy and animosity were removed or moved to another less risky position.
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Q: 残念ながらイギリス軍の一員が今日午後、現在も継続中の南アフガニスタンヘルマンド州での対反乱軍活動中に死亡したことが確認されたと、国防省の声明は言った。

A: It is with regret that we can confirm that a member of the UK Armed Forces has been killed in action this afternoon during ongoing operations against insurgent positions in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan, said an MOD statement.
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Q: その事件は、2007年にシェルピュージェット湾製油所の火災で貯蔵庫が被害に遭い、3人が軽傷を負って以来、アナコーテスの石油精製所で初めての火災だった。

A:
The incident was the first fire at an oil refinery in Anacortes since 2007, when a fire at the Shell Puget Sound Refinery damaged a storage, resulting in three minor injuries.
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