[Q]: A day earlier , a committee appointed by reformist President Mohammad Khatami called for an independent judicial inquiry into Kazemi 's death .
A day earlier , a committee appointed by President Mohammad Khatami had called for an independent inquiry into the 54-year-old photojournalist 's death .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Question:
S1: " After careful analysis , WHO has concluded that the risk to travelers to Beijing is now minimal , " Omi said today at a news conference in Beijing .
S2: " After careful analysis , WHO has concluded that the risk to travellers to Beijing is now minimal , " Omi told a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: It is a national concern that will touch virtually every American , " Abraham said .

The impact of natural-gas shortages " will touch virtually every American , " Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham warned yesterday .

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

[Q]: 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 .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Bob Schindler : That 's correct , and the strategy behind that is , we wanted to kind of smoke him out , to see where he was coming from .
" We wanted to kind of smoke him out , to see where he was coming from , " said Robert Schindler .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

The new law requires libraries and schools to use filters or lose federal financing .

The 6-3 ruling reinstates a law that told libraries to install filters or surrender federal money .
OPTIONS:
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- yes
yes