Question: Context: Traditional performances in Jakarta include wayang dance and drama, gamelan music, and wayang shadow-puppet shows.

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Answer: Hypothesis: Gamelan music, in which percussion instruments are key, and shadow-puppet shows are popular in Jakarta.

Question: Context: The memorandum noted the United Nations estimated that 2.5 million to 3.5 million people died of AIDS last year.

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Answer: Hypothesis: Over 2 million people died of AIDS last year.

Question: Context: Talks between the Boston Globe and its unions continued past a midnight deadline amid threats that the newspaper could be closed within weeks. Its owner, The New York Times, said it would file a notice with the government on Monday that it would shut the paper if there was no agreement on cost cuts. The owners want the unions to agree to $20m (13.4m) in money saving measures. Guaranteed jobs for life are expected to be a sticking point, with the unions saying they are not negotiable.

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Answer: Hypothesis: The Boston Globe is owned by The New York Times.

Question: Context: Between March and June, scientific observers say, up to 300,000 seals are killed. In Canada, seal-hunting means jobs, but opponents say it is vicious and endangers the species, also threatened by global warming.

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Hypothesis: Hunting endangers seal species.