[Q]: Gov. Linda Lingle and members of her staff were at the Navy base and watched the launch .

Gov. Linda Lingle and other dignitaries are scheduled to be at the base to watch the launch .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
She claimed all the babies were born full-term and died within hours , he said .
" What she told our investigators was that all the babies were born full-term and then died within hours , " Hughes said .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

About 700 MONUC troops are based in Bunia , but the force has neither the mandate nor the manpower to stop the fighting .

The United Nations has about 700 troops on the ground , but they have neither the mandate nor the manpower to stop the fighting .
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yes

Q: Voyager 2 , also launched in 1977 , lags some 1.6 billion miles behind Voyager 1 .

Voyager 1 was launched on September 5 , 1977 , 16 days after its companion , Voyager 2 .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The total number of new cases in China was fewer than 100 for the third day in a row .
On Monday , the number of SARS cases in China passed 5,000 , hitting a total of 5,013 .

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no

QUES: The winner of this year 's Most Popular New Talent Logie , Goodrem first went to a specialist on Monday feeling tired and unwell .

She first went to a specialist for initial tests last Monday , feeling tired and unwell .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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no