Question:
S1: The global death toll approached 770 with more than 8,300 people sickened since the SARS virus first appeared in southern China in November .
S2: The global death toll is 770 with more than 8300 people sickened since the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus first appeared in southern China in November .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes

QUES: President Bush on Saturday became the first American president to address a joint session of the Philippine National Congress since Dwight Eisenhower in 1960 .

" But success requires more than American assistance , " Bush said in the first speech to a joint session of Philippine Congress by a U.S. president since Dwight Eisenhower in 1960 .

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

[Q]: Their difference was over whether the court should pay attention to legal opinions of other world courts , such as the European Court of Human Rights .

Their difference was over whether the court should take into account the legal opinions of other world courts , like the European Court of Human Rights .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Drug developer Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc . ISPH.O tumbled $ 2.17 , or 13.4 percent , to $ 13.98 .
Drug developer Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc . ( nasdaq : ISPH - news - people ) tumbled $ 2.17 , or 13.4 percent , to $ 13.98 .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Tom Kasmer , a 14-year-old from Belmont , N.C. , got a word that sounded like " zistee " during yesterday 's competition .

The 14-year-old national spelling finalist who attends school in Belmont , N.C. , got a word that sounded like " zistee " during competition Wednesday .
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yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
" Indeed , Iran should be put on notice that efforts to try to remake Iraq in their image will be aggressively put down , " he said .
" Iran should be on notice that attempts to remake Iraq in Iran 's image will be aggressively put down , " he said .

OPTIONS:
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A:
yes