Q: " The death of al-Ghozi signals that terrorists will never get far in the Philippines , " Arroyo said in a statement on Monday .

" The death of Ghozi signals that terrorists will never get far in the Philippines , " President Gloria Arroyo said .

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A: yes
Q: BellSouth also added 654,000 net long-distance customers in the third quarter .

BellSouth added 111,000 DSL customers during the quarter to reach a total of 1.3m subscribers .

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A: no
Q: " The same three Response Team members also met with Monsignor Grass , who while manifestly repentant , admitted that the allegations were true .

" Monsignor Grass ... while manifestly repentant , admitted that the allegations were true , " the statement said .

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A:
no