Problem: Wwo sentences:
The companies also announced plans to collaborate on the design for future generations of memory technologies .
The two groups said they would collaborate on the design of future memory technologies .
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

New research indicates that some 540,000 high-tech jobs were lost in the United States during 2002 .

In 2001 , there were 6.5 million high-tech jobs in the United States .
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no

Q: " Indeed , Iran should be put on notice that efforts to try to remake Iraq in their image will be aggressively put down , " he said .

" Iran should be on notice that attempts to remake Iraq in Iran 's image will be aggressively put down , " he said .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Two brothers who were among seven Portland suspects accused of aiding terrorists have decided to plead guilty to conspiring to aid al-Qaida and the Taliban , officials said Wednesday .
Two brothers who were among seven people accused of aiding terrorists pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of conspiring to help Al Qaeda and the Taliban during the war in Afghanistan .

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yes

input question: The companies uniformly declined to give specific numbers on customer turnover , saying they will release those figures only when they report overall company performance at year-end .
The companies , however , declined to give specifics on customer turnover , saying they would release figures only when they report their overall company performance .

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output answer: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Then they moved inside the mosque and started firing on the people , ' ' he told the Associated Press .
" Then they moved inside the mosque and started firing on the people . "
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Answer:
yes