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They also included Goodall Gondwe ( the brother of President Mutharika ) , Peter Mutharika , the Minister for Economic Development , and Chief Secretary Bright Msaka .
It also included Goodall Gondwe ( President Mutharika 's brother ) , Peter Mutharika , the Minister of Economic Development , and the Chief Secretary , Bright Msaka .
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[A]: yes

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He lived in Italy for ten years and won the classic Bardolino race in Turin for six years in a row from 2001 to 2006 .
Living in Turin , Italy for ten years , he won The Bardolino classic race in Italy for six years in a row , from 2001 to 2006
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[A]: no

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In 1877 he went to Connecticut but soon went back again to California and in the fall of 1879 returned to the Republic of Salvador as State Geologist .
He returned to Connecticut in 1877 , but soon went back to California and went to the Republic of Salvador in the autumn of 1879 as a state geologist .
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[A]: no

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Thomas Fothergill was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford .
Thomas Fothergill D.D . was an academic English administrator at the University of Oxford .
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yes