QUES: " Fighting continued until midnight , " western rebel commander Ousmane Coulibaly told Reuters by satellite phone on Sunday .

" They ransacked and burned the two villages completely , " rebel commander Ousmane Coulibaly told Reuters by satellite phone from the bush .

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QUES: GBI spokesman John Bankhead said the murder scenes showed that the killer was very methodical .

Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said the crime scenes indicated that the killer was " very methodical . "

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ANS: yes

QUES: " September and third quarter data confirm that demand in the global semiconductor market is rising briskly , " said George Scalise , president of the SIA .

" September and third-quarter data confirm that demand in the global semiconductor market is rising briskly , " George Scalise , the SIA 's president , said in the statement .

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yes