QUES: Nigeria and other African oil producers are increasingly important in U.S. plans to lessen dependence on Middle Eastern suppliers for its energy security .

Nigeria and other African producers are increasingly important in the former Texas oilman 's plans to lessen dependence on Middle Eastern suppliers for energy security .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

QUES: To the caller who claimed to have found a mini-cassette from the space shuttle Columbia : NASA is extremely interested in talking to you , " no-questions-asked " .

To the Sound-Off caller who said they found a mini-cassette from the space shuttle Columbia : NASA is extremely interested in talking to you on a " no-questions-asked " basis .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

QUES: Long lines formed outside gas stations and people rushed to get money from cash machines Sunday as Israelis prepared to weather a strike that threatened to paralyze the country .

Long lines formed Sunday outside gas stations and people rushed to get money from cash machines as Israelis braced for the strike 's effects .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes