Q: " The releases are the latest in a series of efforts by the government to move Myanmar to multi-party democracy and national conciliation . "

" The releases are the latest in a series of efforts by the government to move Myanmar closer to multiparty democracy and national reconciliation , " a government statement said .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Tokyo Electric Power Co . , Asia 's largest power company , won approval to restart the first of 17 nuclear reactors it shut down after it admitted falsifying inspection reports .
Tokyo Electric Power Co . , Asia 's largest power company , restarted the first of 17 nuclear reactors it shut down after admitting it falsified inspection reports .

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yes

input question: One witness told Anatolian he saw the plane on fire while it was still in the air .
One witness told the Anatolian news agency he saw the plane on fire in mid-air .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: The final will be at the new Home Depot Center in Carson on Oct. 12 .
Williams recently toured the new soccer-specific Home Depot Center in Carson , Calif .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: no

Question:
S1: In 2002 , the West Nile virus infected 4,000 people and took 284 lives in the United States .
S2: In contrast , he said , West Nile virus made 4,156 people ill and killed 284 in the United States and Canada last year .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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no

input question: Global HRT sales , which are dominated by Wyeth of the US , were worth $ 3.8bn in 2001 , according to Data- monitor , the London-based market research company .
Global HRT sales were worth $ 3.8bn ( 2.4bn ) in 2001 , according to Datamonitor , the London-based market research company .

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output answer:
yes