QUES: Iraqi officials say the attacks are being carried out by what they call outsiders who slip into Falluja and attack at night .

Iraqi officials here insist that the attacks are being carried out by " outsiders " who slip into Fallujah and attack at night .

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

[Q]: He added that we are " not going to make progress if we don 't broaden the tent . "

He added Democrats are not going to make progress if we dont broaden the tent .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The transaction will grant Handspring stockholders 0.09 of a share of Palm--and no shares of PalmSource--for each share of Handspring common stock .
Under the proposed terms of the transaction , and following the spinoff of PalmSource , Palm will exchange 0.09 shares for each share of Handspring .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

A member of the chart-topping collective So Solid Crew dumped a loaded pistol in an alleyway as he fled from police , a court heard yesterday .

A member of the rap group So Solid Crew threw away a loaded gun during a police chase , Southwark Crown Court was told yesterday .
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yes

Q: Vanderpool said the gunmen were retaliating because the other group had taken the smugglers ' human cargo earlier .

One group had taken the other group 's human cargo earlier , he said .

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

[Q]: In Ventura County , the number of closings and advisories dropped by 73 percent , from 1,540 in 2001 to 416 last year .
The number of days when Texas beaches had swimming advisories dropped from 317 in 2001 to 182 last year .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]:
yes