[Q]: Lt. Scotty Smither , a county firefighter , was struck by lightning .

A county firefighter , was struck by lightning and was in stable condition at Frankfort Regional Medical Center .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The number of people in the UK infected by HIV , the virus that causes Aids , increased by almost 20 per cent last year to nearly 50,000 .
The global epidemic of HIV , the virus that causes Aids , is tightening its grip on Britain with a record number of new cases diagnosed last year .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

On Oct. 10 , an 18-year-old freshman member of the men 's swim team jumped from the same 10th-floor ledge .

On Oct. 10 , an 18-year-old freshman from Dayton , Ohio , climbed over the same 10th-floor ledge and plunged to his death .
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yes

Q: Analysts have estimated that Vivendi Uni could fetch $ 12 billion- $ 14 billion for VUE .

Analysts have estimated that the two networks could fetch as much as $ 7 billion .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Tehran has said it will only sign the protocol if a ban on imports of peaceful Western nuclear technology is lifted .
Tehran has made clear it will only sign the Additional Protocol introducing such inspections if a ban on the import of civilian Western nuclear technology is lifted .

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yes

QUES: Yesterday , two Japanese diplomats were killed in an apparent ambush near Tikrit , 175 kilometres north of the capital .

Two Japanese diplomats were also killed in an ambush near Tikrit , according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS:
yes