QUES: Nor has it said how many astronauts will be on board , through there reportedly will be between one and three .

Nor has it said how many astronauts will be on board , through there reportedly could be as many as three .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

QUES: Arison said Mann may have been one of the pioneers of the world music movement and he had a deep love of Brazilian music .

Arison said Mann was a pioneer of the world music movement -- well before the term was coined -- and he had a deep love of Brazilian music .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: no

QUES: Its attackers had to fire their rockets from hundreds of yards away , with a makeshift launcher hidden in a portable electric generator .

Its attackers had to launch their strike from hundreds of metres away , with a makeshift rocket launcher disguised as a portable electric generator .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS:
yes