[Q]: The biggest threat to order seemed to be looting and crime , including robberies by some of the prisoners freed by Saddam before the war .
The biggest threat to order seemed to be looting and crime , including robberies by some of the tens of thousands of prisoners that Mr. Hussein freed last year .
(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: And in the Muslim world , Osama bin Laden is becoming more of a hero , not less of one .
S2: And in the Muslim world , Osama bin Laden , the missing leader of the al-Qaida terrorist network , is becoming more of a hero , not less of one .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
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- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: " The death of al-Ghozi signals that terrorists will never get far in the Philippines , " Arroyo said in a statement on Monday .

" The death of Ghozi signals that terrorists will never get far in the Philippines , " President Gloria Arroyo said .

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

[Q]: The broader Standard & Poor 's 500 Index < .SPX > was up 9.69 points , or 0.98 percent , at 994.53 .

The tech-laced Nasdaq Composite Index < .IXIC > gained 18.35 points , or 1.13 percent , to 1,646.02 .

OPTIONS:
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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
One of the company 's employees was hospitalized in critical condition at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers , said hospital administrative assistant Alex Reichert .
One of the employees who survived the blast and fire was hospitalized in critical condition in Fort Myers .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Mr Martin said the company is " cautiously optimistic regarding some improvement in sales and operating performance trends in the second half of 2003 " .

We are cautiously optimistic regarding some improvement in sales and operating performance trends in the second half of 2003 . "
OPTIONS:
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yes