Here are two sentences:

He said he had made it " very plain " to the US that Australia did not support the death penalty .

Mr Williams added that the Government had made it " very plain " to the US it did not support the death penalty for Hicks .
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yes

Q: Cardenas and Estrada , who is on trial for economic plunder , have denied any involvement .

Mr Estrada , who is in prison , has denied any involvement in the mutiny .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: no

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They said they also seized several items which might be linked to ritual killing , including an animal 's skull with a nail driven through it .
Among the evidence seized by detectives was an animal skull with a nail driven through its head , which may have been used in a " black magic " ceremony .

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yes

input question: Levin 's attorney , Bo Hitchcock , declined to comment Friday .
Hitchcock has declined to comment on the case , as has Levin .

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output answer: no

[Q]: In 2001 , Evan helped found an after-school nonviolence program named after a college student shot and killed by a teen gang member , said Alexis Lukas , the program supervisor .
In 2001 , Nash helped found an after-school nonviolence program named after a college student who was fatally shot by a 14-year-old gang member , program supervisor Alexis Lukas said .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Q: The bonds traded to below 60 percent of face value earlier this year .

They traded down early this year to 60 percent of face value on fears Aquila may default .

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no