Question:
Cote d'Ivoire's President Laurent Gbagbo promulgated new election laws on July 14, including the creation of an independent electoral commission to oversee the presidential vote, which is slated for October 30.
Is this true?
New elections in Cote d'Ivoire will take place on July 14.

Answer:
no

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Nike Inc. said, Monday, that its first-quarter profit grew 32 percent, as the world's largest sneaker and athletic apparel company posted broad gains in sales and orders.
Is this true?
Nike said orders for footwear and apparel for delivery totaled $4.9 billion, including a 12 percent increase in U.S. orders.

Answer:
no

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The west has preferred to focus on endangered animals, rather than endangered humans. African elephants are hunted down and stripped of tusks and hidden by poachers. Their numbers in Africa slumped from 1.2m to 600,000 in a decade until CITES - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species - banned the trade in ivory.
Is this true?
The African elephant population was decimated by poachers.

Answer:
yes