Problem: The group, along with a broad coalition of disarmament, environmental, peace, and religious organizations, expects the boycott to put pressure on French companies to exert their economic influence and encourage Chirac to end all nuclear weapons testing.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
International pressure is exerted to end French nuclear tests.

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Answer: yes

Problem: For instance, the direct and indirect economic cost of the floods in Mozambique caused by Tropical Storms Elyne and Gloria in February and March 2000, is estimated at US$1 billion, as compared to the country's export earning of only US$300 million in 1999.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
A tropical storm has caused significant property damage or loss of life.

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Answer: yes

Problem: Like the United States, U.N. officials are also dismayed that Aristide killed a conference called by Prime Minister Robert Malval in Port-au-Prince in hopes of bringing all the feuding parties together.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Aristide kills Prime Minister Robert Malval

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Answer: no

Problem: Twenty-four people, among them seven children, were killed on Sunday after their airplane crashed in a river in Brazil. Four people survived the crash, including a 9-year-old boy. The aircraft, which was a twin-engine Embraer turboprop chartered by Manaus Aerotaxis, was carrying 26 passengers and two crew members when it crashed. The pilots of the plane, which had departed from Coari, had supposedly contacted the air traffic control near their destination of Manaus to announce that they were turning back. The plane, however, then disappeared from radar. The plane made an emergency landing in the river Manacapuru, a branch the Amazon river in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Manaus.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
24 people died in an airplane crash.

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yes