QUES: But the Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday cleared Blair 's cabinet of that accusation .

In its report , the foreign affairs committee absolved Mr. Blair of charges of doctoring intelligence .

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

[Q]: She met Lady Mary at her Double Bay home yesterday to thank her for the donation .

She met Lady Mary for the first time at her Double Bay home in Sydney yesterday to thank her in person for the donation .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Over the weekend , NASA landed a six-wheeled robot on Mars to study the planet .
Last Saturday , a six-wheeled robot developed by NASA landed on Mars and began sending back images of the planet .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

The U.N. Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq last week reported that cases of diarrhea have tripled in Baghdad .

Children get sick from drinking the water : The United Nations Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq last week reported that cases of diarrhea have tripled in Baghdad .
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no

Q: " It 's obvious I 'm not riding as well as years past , " Armstrong said at a news conference .

" I think it 's obvious I 'm not riding as well as I have in years past .

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

[Q]: We caught this ... and haven 't sent it into the blood supply , " said Dr. Dale Towns , CBS Calgary medical director .
" We 're delighted the testing has worked -- we caught this ... and haven 't sent it into the blood supply , " said Dr. Dale Towns , Calgary medical director of CBS .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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- yes

[A]:
no