QUES: Fires in Spain 's Extremadura region , which borders Portugal , have forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes .

Fires in Spain 's Extramadura region bordering Portugal , and Avila province forced hundreds of people to leave their homes .

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

QUES: Wyeth estimates that 1.2 million women continue to take Prempro pills , down from about 3.4 million before the study was halted last summer .

Wyeth estimates that 1,2 million women are still taking Prempro pills , down from about 3,4 million before the WHI study was halted last year .

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

QUES: This deterioration of security compounds when nearly all computers rely on a single operating system subject to the same vulnerabilities the world over , " Geer added .

" The deterioration of security compounds when nearly all computers rely on a single operating system subject to the same vulnerabilities the world over . "

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes