Problem: The Socialist Party was formerly part of the Labour Party, which has ruled the United Kingdom since 1997 and remains a member of the Socialist International. On the bus, Saunders and some of his cohorts — they occasionally, especially the older members, address each other as "comrade" — explains their view on how the split with Labour came about. As the Third Way became the dominant voice in the Labour Party, culminating with the replacement of Neil Kinnock with Tony Blair as party leader, the Socialist cadre became increasingly disaffected. "There used to be democratic structures, political meetings" within the party, they say. The branch meetings still exist but "now, they passed a resolution calling for renationalisation of the railways, and they [the party leadership] just ignored it." They claim that the disaffection with New Labour has caused the party to lose "half its membership" and that people are seeking alternatives.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
The Socialist Party was founded in the United Kingdom.
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Answer: no


Problem: The controversy became more desperate, this summer, when astronomers discovered a new object, larger than Pluto, orbiting in the Kuiper Belt at a distance of nine billion miles from the Sun.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
The Kuiper Belt is nine billion miles from the Sun.
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Answer: yes


Problem: After the 1979 Soviet invasion and occupation, 3 million Afghans fled to Pakistan, which was encouraged by hefty Western aid to take them in.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1979.
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Answer: yes


Problem: Only 16 women were elected to the 223-member parliament in 1995, and only 2 women hold ministerial posts.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Women are poorly represented in parliament.
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Answer:
yes