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: 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。

Answer: 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.


Question: 2005年1月の別の事故では、250以上のヒンズー教礼拝者がマハーラーシュトラ州の人里離れた寺院の近くで起きたパニックで死亡している。

Answer: Another incident in January 2005 saw more than 250 Hindu worshippers killed in a stampede near a remote temple in the state of Maharashtra.


Question: 2つ目の脱線は、シドニーからパースインディアナパシフィックの長距離旅客列車の利用する路線を閉鎖した。

Answer:
The second derailment has closed the line used by the long distance Sydney to Perth Indian Pacific passenger train.