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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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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。
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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.


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モハメド・アーメッドは、2003年に彼と母親、兄弟と姉妹がカラチからさらわれ、後に米国当局に引き渡された際にたった6歳であった。
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Mohammad Ahmed was only six when he and his mother, brother and sister were abducted from Karachi in 2003 and later handed over to US authorities.


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ルドウィグ氏は続けて、同船を見つけたのは税関局ではなく「そこを通ったオーストラリアのはしけ」だったと指摘したが、エリソン氏はルドウィグ氏が「商用船はオーストラリアを警備する役割をまったく担っていないと考えている」とし、エリソン氏は「我々のホットライン向けの報告を利用し、出動して船舶を検査するのだ」とかわした。
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Ludwig went on to note that it was not Customs that spotted the ship but a "passing Australian barge", but Ellison had defended this, stating that Ludwig "thinks that commercial vessels have absolutely no role in looking out for Australia" and that Ellison will "rely on reports to our hotline and go out and inspect vessels".