QUES: There were no plans to build permanent US bases in Africa , Pentagon officials said .

There are no plans to build permanent U.S. bases in Africa , Defense Department officials say .

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

[Q]: EU ministers were invited to the conference but canceled because the union is closing talks on agricultural reform , said Gerry Kiely , a EU agriculture representative in Washington .

Gerry Kiely , a EU agriculture representative in Washington , said EU ministers were invited but canceled because the union is closing talks on agricultural reform .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
I thought things went a bit overboard but I prefer to leave it on the field , " Sarwan said .
" A lot of things ( were said ) , but I 'd prefer to leave it on the field , " he said .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

On April 11 , Mayor Bart Peterson said it was " inconceivable " that the airline would resume operations at the base that had employed 1,500 workers , including 1,100 mechanics .

On April 11 , Mayor Bart Peterson conceded that the facility 's fate was inevitable , quashing the hopes of the airline 's 1,500 local workers , including 1,100 mechanics .
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yes

Q: Application Intelligence will be included as part of the company 's SmartDefense application , which is included with Firewall-1 .

The new application intelligence features will be available June 3 and are included with the SmartDefense product , which comes with FireWall-1 .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: no

[Q]: Powell 's rendition of the third conversation made it more incriminating , by saying an officer ordered that the area be " cleared out . "
Powell 's version made it seem more sinister when he said an officer on the tape ordered that the area be " cleared out . "
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]:
yes