Question: Thousands of Shiite Muslims rallied Friday, in the southern city of Basra, to show support for Iraq's new constitution and the Shiite-dominated government.

Thousands of Shias have marched in the southern Iraqi city of Basra to back the new constitution.

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Answer: yes
Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below.
Ex-Tyco CEO, Dennis Kozlowski, received 8-1/3 to 25 years in prison, Monday, for his part in stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the manufacturing conglomerate.

A prosecutor had urged a state judge to sentence Former Tyco International CEO, Dennis Kozlowski, to the maximum 15 to 30 years in prison for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the company.
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no
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that North Korea should return to nuclear disarmament talks and avoid a path toward further international isolation.
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Question: North Korea has a stockpile of nuclear weapons.
no
As hurricane Katrina moves beyond the Floridian peninsula, death tolls have begun to surface. On Friday, the official count was seven dead, at least five missing. 4 people in Broward, 3 in Miami. The forecast for Hurricane  Katrina predicts that it will continue on its present northwesterly course and approach the panhandle of Florida and the Mississippi delta region in the next few days.
Is this true: Hurricane Katrina hit Florida.
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A: yes
Question:
Sida does not take any new decisions on support to projects in the Baltic states.
Is this true?
Baltic Countries join the EU.
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no
Question: After the press conference, I met up with a Microsoft guy, John Traynor: senior director of segment marketing for the mobile devices division.

John Traynor is an executive of Microsoft.

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yes