[Q]: The seven other nations in the initiative are Britain , Germany , Italy , the Netherlands , Poland , Portugal and Spain .

Other nations involved in the PSI include Germany , Italy , the Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Spain and Britain .

OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
****
[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Staff writers Selwyn Crawford and Colleen McCain Nelson and Brian Anderson of DallasNews.com contributed to this report .
Staff writers Brandon Formby and Colleen McCain Nelson contributed to this report .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

Bad publicity has already weakened sales which are highly profitable for retailers .

Bad publicity surrounding warranties has already sent sales into decline .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

no

Q: Think Dynamics , which is based in Toronto , will become part of IBM 's Software Group .

The 36 employees at Think Dynamics will remain in Toronto and become IBM employees , Crowe said .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A: no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The U.S.-backed Governing Council appointed a cabinet of 25 ministers , most of them little-known , saying they represented the will of Iraq .
The U.S.-backed Governing Council named the cabinet of 25 ministers on Monday , most of them little-known .

OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A:
no

QUES: They named the man charged as Noureddinne Mouleff , a 36-year-old of North African origin who was arrested in the southern coastal town of Eastbourne last week .

Last week , Nur al-Din Muliff , a 36-year-old of North African origin , was arrested in the southern coastal town of Eastbourne .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
****
ANS:
yes