[Q]: Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said the yen has strengthened too much but declined to comment on whether Japan had intervened .

Japan 's Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said the yen had strengthened too much but declined to comment on whether Japan had intervened in the market to stem the yen 's rise .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
President Bush called the blackout " a wake-up call " for Americans about the nation 's outdated power grid .
President George Bush called the blackout " a wake-up call " to modernise the nation 's power-sharing system .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Overall control will be wielded by a national security council , headed by Mr Arafat .

The other six security agencies will report to a National Security Council headed by Arafat .
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no

Q: The seventh person charged in the case - Habis Abdu al Saoub - remains at large .

The seventh member of the cell , Habis Abdullah al Saoub , 37 , a Jordanian , remains at large .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
They went into the operations of their own free will , " their father Dadollah Bijani said .
They went into the operation on their own free will , ' Reuters quoted their father , Mr Dadollah Bijani , as saying .

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yes

QUES: Shares of Bristol-Myers rose to $ 28 in electronic trading from the $ 26.90 close on the New York Stock Exchange .

Bristol shares rose $ 1.30 , or 5 percent , to $ 28.20 , after closing at $ 26.90 on the New York Stock Exchange .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes