[Q]: The company 's chief executive retired and chief financial officer resigned .

A third executive , chief operating officer David Glenn was fired .

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Problem: Wwo sentences:
Activists say they fear the gathering is an attempt by corporate farming to push bio-engineered crops on starving countries .
Instead , they fear the conference is an attempt by corporate farming and biotech interests to push into new markets .
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

If Walker appeals Parrish 's ruling , it would stop the extradition process and could take several months , Rork said .

The appeal would stop the extradition process and could take several months , Rork said .
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yes

Q: As you know , East Africa has been an area of terrorist threats and indeed terrorist attacks in the past . "

" East Africa has been an area of terrorist threats and indeed terrorist attacks in the past , " said State Department spokesman Philip Reeker .

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

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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
But the Russell 2000 index , the barometer of smaller company stocks , had a weekly gain of 3.71 , or 0.9 percent , closing at 418.40 .
But the Russell 2000 , the barometer of stocks of smaller companies , had a weekly gain of 3.71 , or 0.9 percent , closing at 418.40 .

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yes

QUES: " The discovery that the MAP bug is present in the vast majority of Crohn 's sufferers means it is almost certainly causing the intestinal inflammation , " it said in a statement .

The researchers say that the fact the MAP bug is present in the vast majority of Crohns sufferers means it is almost certainly causing the intestinal inflammation .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes