[Q]: The SEC said on Thursday its staff was preparing to draw up rules to combat trading abuses .

Last week the Securities and Exchange Commission said its staff was preparing to draw up rules to combat trading abuses .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
She was arraigned in New York state on three counts of murder and ordered held without bail .
She was arraigned on three counts of second-degree murder and ordered held without bail in Sullivan County Jail .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Blair himself took the reins of the Labour Party after its leader John Smith died of a heart attack in 1994 .

Mr Blair became Labour leader in 1994 after the then leader , John Smith , died of a heart attack .
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yes

Q: Instead of remains , the Ragusas will bury a vial of Michael 's blood , which he had donated to a bone marrow center .

Instead of Ragusa 's remains , his family will bury a vial of blood he had donated to a bone marrow center .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
But the country is scrambling to prevent it spreading to the vast countryside where most of its 1.3 billion people live .
China is scrambling to stop the disease from spreading to the countryside , where most of its 1.3 billion people live .

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yes

QUES: The virus kills roughly 36,000 people in an average year , according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

Complications from flu kill roughly 36,000 Americans in an average year , according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes