61.   Delays in salary and pension payments have also provoked widespread discontent.

62.   Facing widespread discontent over delays in salary and pension payments, Yeltsin has pledged federal funds to tackle the problem before the elections.

63.   The senate is currently examining the draft budget, which is centred on a massive austerity package that has provoked widespread discontent.

64.   There is widespread discontent among the Shiite majority in Bahrain, who suffer from heavy unemployment and are barred from the army and police, diplomats say.

65.   Unemployment has led to widespread discontent among demobilised soldiers some of whom have rioted in past months and a rise in crime, particularly armed robberies.

66.   There is widespread discontent among the Shiite majority, who suffer from heavy unemployment in this country controlled by a Sunni ruling family, diplomats say.

67.   It was confident of winning the hearts of the electorate by capitalising on the widespread discontent brought about by the market-oriented economic reforms.

68.   Meagre pensions and delayed wage payments, with backlogs often running into several months, have caused widespread discontent.

69.   PARIS - Communist hardliners could exploit widespread social discontent in China to fan xenophobia, dissident labor leader Han Dongfang said.

70.   Republicans were poised to make gains amid widespread discontent with President Bill Clinton, Congress and the political establishment.