'Decadent' Menem's party heads for defeat
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Economic problems have significantly reduced the popularity of Argentinian President Carlos Menem. Ordinary Argentinians have been angered by the fact that Menem continues to pursue a lavish lifestyle while the national debt and unemployment rise steadily. This is likely to have a negative impact on the Peronist candidate in the election on Oct 24, 1999, Governor Eduardo Duhalde. Rival candidate Fernando de la Rua, the Mayor of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is expected to gain considerable support from voters disillusioned with the Peronists.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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New Delhi smokers coughing mad as city boss bans their fix
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Sahib Singh Verma, the chief executive of New Delhi, India, has introduced regulations banning tobacco in public. The ban covers leaf-wrapped smokes, hookahs, pipes and hubble-bubbles. This has attracted considerable opposition, and some observers predict that productivity will fall as workers find secret places to smoke. Some smokers claim that they will ignore the ban and will bribe officials if they are caught smoking, rather than pay a fine.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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