QUES: It says the intervention force will confiscate weapons , reform the police , strengthen the courts and prison system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry .

It will also help reform the Royal Solomon Islands Police , strengthen the courts and prisons system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry from intimidation .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: no

QUES: Hedge funds came under renewed scrutiny recently when New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer unveiled a probe of illegal trading in mutual fund shares .

The industry came under renewed scrutiny recently with the launch by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of an investigation of illegal trading in mutual fund shares .

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

QUES: However , the Nasdaq composite index managed to eke out a gain of 4.64 points at 1,735.34 .

The Nasdaq composite held on to the slimmest of gains , up 4.64 at 1,735.34 .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes