71.   The Vietnamese government has recently begun acknowledging the health risks of smoking, and Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet banned smoking from government meetings last month.

72.   There was no immediate announcement from the government meeting.

73.   Three-quarters of the newspapers surveyed were covering fewer government meetings.

74.   Two months ago, Lianyuan officials were criticized at a provincial government meeting on industrial safety for being slow to shut unlicensed coal mines, Xinhua said.

75.   Yeltsin acted after an emergency government meeting Thursday of security chiefs called after Interior Minister Anatoly Kulikov charged that Lebed was plotting a mutiny to seize power.

76.   For some time now, Mandela has stopped presiding over the weekly government meetings, leaving the task to Mbeki and De Klerk.

77.   Hariri first said he would resign on Thursday at a special government meeting.

78.   Hariri, stung by criticism, first said he would resign on Thursday at a special government meeting.

79.   Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis called a government meeting Wednesday in a bid to resolve a strike by farmworkers that has paralysed highways for seven days.

80.   Hariri, stung by opposition attacks, first said he would resign on Thursday at a stormy government meeting.