[Q]: The company is in the early stages of testing the drug for rheumatoid arthritis .

The company is also testing its cancer drug Rituxan for use by rheumatoid arthritis patients .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The Hulk weekend take surpasses the previous June record of $ 54.9-million for Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me .
It beat the previous record of $ 54.9 set by 1999 's " Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me . "
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

There was no immediate response from North Korea or the United States .

North Korea has demanded one-to-one talks with the United States .
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no

Q: About 130,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq , with others deployed in Afghanistan , South Korea and elsewhere .

About 130,000 US soldiers remain in Iraq , with others serving in Afghanistan , South Korea , Japan , Germany and elsewhere .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Poland has finished assembling a 9,200-strong multinational stabilisation force it will command in central and southern Iraq , Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said on Wednesday .
The advance guard of the 9,200-strong multinational stabilization force Poland will command in central and southern Iraq left Wednesday on the country 's biggest military mission in nearly 60 years .

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no

QUES: He also called Hovan a " person of good reputation " who had worked as a bus driver since 1967 .

Hovan , a resident of Trumbull , Conn . , had worked as a bus driver since 1967 and had no prior criminal record .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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no