Question: Definitely do not lift the ban on ivory, it will drive the species to near extinction again. Elephant numbers should be controlled but what has ivory got to do with it? It is a barbaric trade and should be banned permanently.

The ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.

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Answer: yes
Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below.
Some people in the village of Joba received loans from Yunus.

To break the grinding cycle of debt and poverty, Yunus loaned $27 to Begum and more than 40 of her neighbours in the village of Joba. He allowed them to pay him back over the next year as their businesses started to produce stable profits.
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yes
State police investigators testified at a preliminary hearing that Delbert told them the death of the 64-year-old Billy was a mercy killing.
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Question: It was Delbert Ward who told authorities that he strangled his brother.
no
Mahbob Amiri, head of Afghanistan's quick-reaction force, said Monday's bomb in the capital detonated as a United Nations vehicle drove past.
Is this true: The United Nations produces vehicles.
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A: no
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As leaders gather in Argentina ahead of this weekends regional talks, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's populist president is using an energy windfall to win friends and promote his vision of 21st-century socialism.
Is this true?
Hugo Chavez acts as Venezuela's president.
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yes
Question: Philip Morris cited strong volume gains in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, central and eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Japan, Korea, Argentina and Brazil.

Philip Morris made market gains in Russia.

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yes