Q: The same flood that blocked the airport road also swamped a Federal Express depot .

The water blocking the airport road swamped several buildings , including a Federal Express depot .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The only commercial carrier flying to Baghdad , Royal Jordanian , also suspended its flights for three days .
The only passenger airline serving Baghdad , Royal Jordanian , said it was suspending service for three days .

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yes

input question: They returned in 1999 after rebel raids on a neighboring Russian region and a series of deadly apartment-building bombings that were blamed on the rebels .
In 1999 , troops returned after rebel raids on a neighbouring Russian region and a series of deadly apartment-house bombings in Russian cities that were blamed on the rebels .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: Governor Gray Davis estimated yesterday that the fires could cost nearly $ 2 billion .
State officials estimated the cost at nearly $ 2 billion .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Question:
S1: The $ 19.50-a-share bid , comes two days after PeopleSoft revised its bid for smaller rival J.D. Edwards & Co . JDEC.O to include cash as well as stock .
S2: Oracle 's $ 19.50-a-share bid comes two days after PeopleSoft added cash to its original all-share deal with smaller rival J.D. Edwards & Co . JDEC.O .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
yes

input question: " I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks , " Dean said Friday in a telephone interview from New Hampshire .
" I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks , " he told The Des Moines Register .

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output answer:
yes