[Q]: Calvin Hollins Jr . ' s attorney , Thomas Royce , has repeatedly said his client had no link with the company that owned and operated E2 .

The lawyer for Hollins Jr . , Thomas Royce , has said his client had no link to the company that owned and operated E2 .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The U.N. nuclear watchdog reprimanded Iran on Thursday for failing to comply with its nuclear safeguards obligations and called on Tehran to unconditionally accept stricter inspections by the agency .
The U.N. atomic watchdog rapped Iran Thursday for failing to comply with nuclear safeguards , issuing a statement Washington said underlined international opposition to Tehran developing any banned weapons .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

He will be paid $ 395,000 per year , up from Atkinson 's current salary of $ 361,400 .

Dynes will be paid $ 395,000 a year ; Atkinson 's salary is $ 361,400 .
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yes

Q: The Interior Minister , Al Mustapha Sahel , said the investigation " points to a group that has been arrested recently " , an apparent reference to Djihad Salafist .

Moroccan Interior Minister Al Mustapha Sahel told state-run 2M television late Saturday the investigation " points to a group that has been arrested recently " an apparent reference to Salafist Jihad .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
" Now , the other guy , he 's ashamed of his party , " Street said to crowd laughter .
" The other guy , he 's ashamed of his party , and I don 't blame him .

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no

QUES: Researchers at Sweden 's Karolinska Institute reanalyzed data from more than 2,000 infants who had been treated with radiation for a benign birthmark condition between 1930 and 1959 .

Researchers at Sweden 's Karolinska Institute recently went over data from more than 2,000 children treated with radiation for a harmless birthmark condition between 1930 and 1959 .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes