Q: An officer in the People 's Liberation Army selected from a pool of 14 , Lt-Col Yang is the son of a teacher and an official at an agricultural firm .

A lieutenant colonel in the People 's Liberation Army , Yang is the son of a teacher and an official at an agricultural firm .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
A: yes
Q: He says that " this is a time when we priests need to be renewing our pledge to celibacy , not questioning it .

" This is the time we priests need to be renewing our pledge to celibacy , not questioning it , " he wrote .

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A: yes
Q: The truck carried the equivalent of 1.6 tons of TNT , emergency ministry official Ruslan Khadzhiyev said .

Another Chechen emergency ministry official , Ruslan Khadzhiyev , said the truck was carrying the equivalent of 1.6 tons of TNT .

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