Problem: Deployment of workers to Iraq has been halted after the reported hostage-taking of a Filipino man by gunmen

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
A Filipino man has been kidnapped by gunmen.
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Answer: yes

Problem: Article 19 said a correspondent for the independent newspaper Narodnaya Volya who attempted to determine how many people involved in emergency work in the contaminated zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor after the 1986 catastrophe were still alive was told by the Ministry of Emergencies that non-state newspapers could be refused access to any information.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
The catastrophe at Chernobyl happened in 1986.
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Answer: yes

Problem: Nike Inc. said, Monday, that its first-quarter profit grew 32 percent, as the world's largest sneaker and athletic apparel company posted broad gains in sales and orders.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Nike said that orders for delivery were up 11 percent from a year earlier, and it was optimistic about its growth prospects.
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Answer: no

Problem: Pope Benedict XVI is currently visiting Poland on his third pilgrimage. The motto of his pilgrimage to the home country of previous Pope, John Paul II, is "Stand firm in your faith". The Pope arrived at Okecie airport in Warsaw on May 25. He met with President Lech Kaczynski and prayed in an evangelic-augsburg church together with representatives of seven minor Polish churches. The following day he said mass at Pilsudski Square, mirroring a precedent set by his predecessor 27 years earlier. Benedict XVI talked in Latin and in small parts in Polish. Later that day he went to Czestochowa.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Benedict XVI is the Pope.
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Answer:
yes