Question:
S1: Shares of Berkeley , California-based Xoma dropped $ 1.49 or 27 percent , to $ 4 in Instinet trading .
S2: Shares in Berkeley-based Xoma lost 77 cents , or 14 percent , to close at $ 4.72 each in trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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no

QUES: The CBO analysis of the Senate package said an amendment sponsored by Sen. Maria Cantwell , D-Wash . , accounted for $ 40 billion of the total cost .

The budget office said one provision of the Senate bill accounted for $ 40 billion of the cost .

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

[Q]: Out of the nearly $ 20 billion , $ 18.6 billion is earmarked for reconstruction of Iraq and $ 1.2 billion for Afghanistan .

The $ 87 billion budget includes $ 51 billion for military operations in Iraq , another $ 20 billion for reconstruction and about $ 11 billion for Afghanistan .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
There was no immediate response from North Korea or the United States .
North Korea has demanded one-to-one talks with the United States .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

The second rover is scheduled for launch later this month , and both vehicles are expected to arrive at Mars in January .

The second rover is scheduled for launch on June 25 and both will arrive at Mars in January .
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yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Sylvan Shalom , the Israeli Foreign Minister , said there was a possibility that Mr Bush " will come to this area " .
Shalom said there was also a possibility that " the president will come to this area . "

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A:
yes