QUES: The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC ended off 8.15 points , or 0.49 percent , at 1,644.03 .

The broader Standard & Poor 's 500 Index .SPX advanced 2 points , or 0.24 percent , to 977 .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: no

QUES: President Bush and top officials in his administration cited the threat from Iraq 's alleged chemical and biological weapons and nuclear weapons program as the main justification for going to war .

President George Bush and top administration officials cited the threat from Iraq 's banned weapons programs as the main justification for war .

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

QUES: The Nasdaq composite index rose 15.82 , or 0.9 percent , to 1,861.52 .

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up 17.48 points , or 0.95 percent , at 1,863.18 .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes