Bombing Aimed at Hezbollah Hits Southern Beirut
Explosion Hits Hezbollah Area South of Beirut

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Once converted, BayStar will own an aggregate of approximately 2.95 million shares of SCO common stock or 17.5 percent of the company's outstanding shares.
The investment gives Larkspur, Calif.-based BayStar more than 2.9 million shares of SCO common stock, or 17.5 percent of the company's outstanding shares.
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[Q]: Headlines in major Iranian newspapers on Sept 27
Headlines in several Iranian newspapers on Oct 19

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Input: On a scale from 0-5, where 0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar", how similar is the sentence "Hong Kong was flat, Australia , Singapore and South Korea lost 0.2-0.4 percent." to the sentence "Australia was flat, Singapore was down 0.3 percent by midday and South Korea added 0.2 percent."?

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Rate the similarity of the following two sentences
EU foreign ministers to discuss Syria arms embargo
EU foreign ministers seek solution on Syria arms

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4

A pug dog wits on a yellow chair next to a green dumpster.
A bulldog sitting on a yellow chair beside a large waste receptacle.

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3