The drive towards this new law was driven in part from a string of transport-related disasters in the late 1980s, such as the sinking of cross-Channel ferry the Herald of Free Enterprise in 1987, the oil platform Piper Alpha disaster in 1988, and the Marchioness Thames river boat collision in 1989. More than 400 people lost their lives in these three disasters, but no one individual or organisation was brought to account.
Is this true: 100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.

A: no

The borrowers must form five-member groups that, along with the bank's field workers, closely supervise the loans. Peer pressure substitutes for collateral because the group's first two borrowers have to start repaying the principal plus interest over a six-week period before the other members can take out loans. The interest rate is fixed at 16 percent.
Is this true: The first two borrowers must start repaying the principal plus interest over a six-week period.

A: yes

There is none. They found as many weapons in this masjid as they found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Is this true: Weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq.

A: no

Over a course of days, the bank went from apparent strength to bankruptcy. Barings was Britain's oldest merchant bank. It had financed the Napoleonic wars, the Louisiana purchase, and the Erie Canal. Barings was the Queen's bank.
Is this true: Barings was Britain's oldest merchant bank.

A:
yes