In this task, you are given a sentence in the English language and your task is to convert it into the Japanese 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: He ran for Congress as a Republican in 1998, and was the Libertarian Party's 2004 nominee for U.S. Senate in California.

Answer: 彼は1998年に共和党員として議員選挙に出馬し、リバタリアン党の2004年のカリフォルニア州の米国上院議員候補となった。


Question: With a population of 650,000, Montenegro is the world's newest country.

Answer: 人口65万人のモンテネグロは、世界でもっとも新しい国である。


Question: Speaking to the Associated Press, Army Brigadier General Samuel Salihu denied that Nigerian troops were responsible for the arson.

Answer:
AP通信に対し、軍のサミュエル・サリフ准将はナイジェリア軍に放火の責任があることを否定した。