input question: On Saturday , the International Committee of the Red Cross said it was temporarily closing its offices in Baghdad and Basra .
The International Committee of the Red Cross , fearful for the safety of its staff operating in Iraq , announced it was temporarily shutting its offices in Baghdad and Basra .

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- yes
output answer: no

[Q]: The judge ordered the unsealing yesterday at the request of several news agencies , including The Seattle Times , The Associated Press and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer .
The depositions were made public yesterday at the request of the P-I , The Seattle Times and The Associated Press .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Question:
S1: The company has said it plans to restate its earnings for 2000 through 2002 .
S2: The company had announced in January that it would have to restate earnings for 2002 , 2001 and perhaps 2000 .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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- no
- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: Tornadoes , up to a foot of rain and hail as big as cantaloupes pounded southern Nebraska and northern Kansas , killing one man and destroying at least four homes .

Up to a foot of rain and at least seven tornadoes pounded southern Nebraska and northern Kansas , killing a man and destroying at least four homes .

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

[Q]: Turner , who held about 105 million shares before the sale , also transferred 10 million AOL shares to a charitable trust .

Mr. Turner transferred about 10 million shares to a charitable trust before they were sold .

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[A]: no

[Q]: The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC > rose 8.25 points , or 0.45 percent , to 1,861.15 .

The Nasdaq composite index dropped 6.8 percent , and the Standard & Poor 's fell 4.9 percent .

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- yes
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[A]:
no