Question:
S1: Singapore reported no suspected SARS cases Wednesday , but officials quarantined 70 people who had contact with the Taiwanese patient .
S2: Still , Singapore quarantined 70 people who had been in close contact with the scientist .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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no

QUES: The 30-year bond < US30YT = RR > firmed 24 / 32 , taking its yield to 4.18 percent , after hitting another record low of 4.16 percent .

The 30-year bond US30YT = RR firmed 14 / 32 , taking its yield to 4.19 percent from 4.22 percent .

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

[Q]: Although obesity can increase the risk of health problems , skeptics argue , so do smoking and high cholesterol .

Although obesity can increase the risk of a host of health problems , skeptics argue , so do smoking and high cholesterol , which are not considered diseases .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
A group of investors wants to start a TV network aimed at the estimated 8 million Muslims living in the United States .
A group of investors said Friday it wants to start a television network aimed at the interests of an estimated 8 million Muslims living in the United States .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

The FBI later learned that two of the hijackers had lived near Awadallah in San Diego .

The government charged that Awadallah knew both hijackers when they lived in the San Diego area .
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no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
They include Ask Jeeves Inc . , Global Crossing , Aether Systems , Clarent , Copper Mountain Networks and VA Linux , now VA Software .
They included Global Crossing , Akamai Technologies , Ask Jeeves , Copper Mountain Networks , Etoys and VA Linux .

OPTIONS:
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A:
yes