QUES: However , prosecutors have declined to take criminal action against guards , though Fine said his inquiry is not finished .

Prosecutors have declined to take criminal action against corrections officers , although Fine said his inquiry was not finished .

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

QUES: Songs can be burned to CDs , but the same playlist can only be burned up to five times - Apple 's puts the limit at ten burns .

Tracks can be burned to CDs , but the same playlist may only be burned up to five times .

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

QUES: Baer said he had concluded that lawyers for the two victims " have shown , albeit barely . . . that Iraq provided material support to bin Laden and al-Qaida . "

Judge Harold Baer concluded Wednesday that lawyers for two victims " have shown , albeit barely ... that Iraq provided material support to bin Laden and al-Qaida . "

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes