[Q]: The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down 128 points , or 1.4 % , at 9073 , while the Nasdaq fell 34 points , or 2.1 % , to 1610 .

In early trading , the Dow Jones industrial average was up 3.90 , or 0.04 percent , at 9,113.75 , having gained 36.90 on Tuesday .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
By 10 p.m. , Claudette was centered about 320 miles east of Brownsville , with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph , 9 mph shy of hurricane strength .
Early Monday , the center of Claudette was about 300 miles east of Brownsville , with maximum sustained wind blowing at 65 mph , 9 mph shy of hurricane strength .
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

They say inspectors must certify that Iraq is free of weapons of mass destruction before sanctions can be lifted .

It calls for the return of U.N. weapons inspectors to verify that Iraq is free of weapons of mass destruction .
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yes

Q: The tone was set by President Hu , the 60-year-old who became the Communist Partys general secretary in November last year and then the countrys president in March this year .

The tone was set by Hu , 60 , who became the Communist Party 's general secretary last November and then the country 's president this March .

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

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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Turner , who held about 105 million shares before the sale , also transferred 10 million AOL shares to a charitable trust .
Mr. Turner transferred about 10 million shares to a charitable trust before they were sold .

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no

QUES: Hackett and Rossignol did not know each other and Hackett had no connection to Colby , Doyle said .

State police Lt. Timothy Doyle said Hackett and Rossignol did not know each other , and that Hackett had no connection to the college .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes