QUES: Gen. Sattler heads a Combined Joint Task Force based on ship in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean .

General Sattler heads a Combined Joint Task Force aboard the command ship Mount Whitney .

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

QUES: The findings were reported online in the June 1 edition of scientific journal Nature Medicine .

The findings are published in today 's edition of the journal Nature Medicine .

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

QUES: His harsh criticism of PLO chairman Yasser Arafat led to his books being banned for a time by the Palestinian Authority .

His harsh criticism of the PLO 's chairman , Yasser Arafat , saw the Palestinian Authority ban his books for a time .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes