QUES: Sobig.F became one of the most widespread viruses ever , crippling corporate e-mail networks and filling home users ' inboxes with a glut of messages .

Since surfacing late Monday , Sobig.F has been crippling corporate e-mail networks and filling home users ' inboxes with a glut of messages .

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

[Q]: Gyorgy Heizler , head of the local disaster unit , said the coach was carrying 38 passengers .

The head of the local disaster unit , Gyorgy Heizler , said the coach driver had failed to heed red stop lights .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Negotiators talked with the boy for more than an hour , and SWAT officers surrounded the classroom , Bragdon said .
Officers talked with the boy for about an hour and a half , Bragdon said .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

The bulk of the funds , some $ 65 billion , will go for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan .

The bulk of the bill - $ 64.7 billion - goes for military operations primarily in Iraq and Afghanistan .
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yes

Q: Also arrested Friday was Claudia Carrizales de Villa , 34 , a Mexican citizen who lives in Harlingen .

Also arrested Friday was Claudia Carrizales de Villa , 34 , a citizen of Mexico residing in the border city of Harlingen , Texas .

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

[Q]: A panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld California 's assault weapons ban in a 2-1 ruling last December .
The December decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld California 's law banning certain assault weapons and revived the national gun-ownership debate .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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no