QUES: Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa was suspended for eight games by major league baseball Friday for using a corked bat .

Sammy Sosa was suspended for eight games by major league baseball Friday for using a corked bat , and he immediately appealed the decision .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: no

[Q]: Yehuda Abraham , a 76-year-old jeweler in New York 's diamond district , allegedly accepted a $ 30,000 down payment on behalf of Lakhani for the missiles , the government said .

Yehuda Abraham , a 76-year-old jeweler from New York 's diamond district , accepted a $ 30,000 down payment on behalf of Lakhani for the first missile , investigators said .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The Federal Open Market Committee meeting gets under way on Tuesday with a monetary policy decision due on Wednesday .
The Federal Open Market Committee will end its two-day policy-setting meeting and announce its decision on Wednesday .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Shellfire could be heard in the background as Ghafar spoke by satellite telephone .

As he spoke by satellite phone , shellfire could be heard in the background .
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yes

Q: He also had management jobs at three space centers before being named director of Stennis .

Parsons held engineering management positions at three space centers before being named director of the Stennis center last August .

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

[Q]: He attends football training for three hours a day to accelerate the healing process , and has lost 17 kilograms since October .
Mr Hughes , who trains three hours a day to accelerate the healing process , has lost 17 kilos since October .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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- yes

[A]:
yes