question: OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Howard differed from his Labor predecessor Paul Keating in that he supported traditional Australian institutions like the Monarchy in Australia, the commemoration of ANZAC Day and the design of the Australian flag, but like Keating he pursued privatisation of public utilities and the introduction of a broad based consumption tax (although Keating had dropped support for a GST by the time of his 1993 election victory).
How was Howard different from Paul Keating?

answer: yes

[Q]: Sentence: The reason for Palermo's decline is a population flight to the suburbs, and to Northern Italy. Question: What is the average age of a Palermo resident? OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
++++++++++
[A]: no

Q: Does "Although the dockyards were the principal targets, much of the city centre and over 3,700 houses were completely destroyed and more than 1,000 civilians lost their lives." provide a valid answer to "How many homes were totally destroyed in the Plymouth Blitz?"?
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: yes

Problem: Does "The noted Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedi refused to participate saying "she doesn't want to run in the event as 'caged woman'." answer the question "What retired police officer refused to carry the torch in India?" OPTIONS:
- yes
- no

A: yes

Does the sentence "It was the first time the OSCE had sent observers to a U.S. presidential election, although they had been invited in the past." provide a valid answer to the question "Was this the only occasion the OSCE was invited to preside over a presidential election?" OPTIONS:
- yes
- no

A: yes

Does the sentence "The number of people conducting and supporting scientific research and other work on the continent and its nearby islands varies from about 1,000 in winter to about 5,000 in the summer, giving it a population density between 70 and 350 inhabitants per million square kilometres (180 and 900 per million square miles) at these times." provide a valid answer to the question "What is the span of population density per million square kilometers of researchers in Antarctica?" OPTIONS:
- yes
- no

A:
yes