[Q]: 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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[A]: yes

[Q]: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 98.30 , or 1.1 percent , while bond values fell , too .

The Dow Jones industrial average finished the day down 98.32 points at 9,011.53 .
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[A]: no

[Q]: Two Kuwaitis and six Palestinians with Jordanian passports were among the suspects , the official said .

They include two Kuwaitis and six Palestinians with Jordanian passports , and the remainder are Iraqis and Saudis , the official said .
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[A]: no

[Q]: In Hong Kong , 24 patients were quarantined Wednesday after seven public hospital workers developed flu-like symptoms .

This after seven health care workers at a public hospital fell ill with flu-like symptoms .
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[A]:
no