QUES: " The bank requires growth from elsewhere in the economy and needs the economy to rebalance , " he said in an interview with the Press Association news agency .

The Bank of England " requires growth from elsewhere in the economy and needs the economy to rebalance , " he told the Press Association news agency .

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

QUES: Many of the victims had been headed home for R & R or emergency leave when they were killed .

Many of the victims of Sunday 's attack were headed out of Iraq for R & R or emergency leave .

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

QUES: He also said he advised his grown-up children not to run up credit card debts .

Barclays chief executive Matt Barrett also said he had advised his children never to use credit cards .

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