1.   He was recently granted a pension with an invalidity benefit because of the damage to his lungs caused by the work.

2.   But the government has refused to grant lifelong pensions to the non-contract workers.

3.   But the government has refused to grant lifelong pensions to the temporary workers, Padmanabhan said.

4.   But the government had refused to grant lifelong pensions to the EDA workers, forcing the agitators to press on with their demands, Bhattacharya said.

5.   Government spokesman Warathep Rattanakorn said Chaowalit signed a new order revoking his previous order to grant a pension to Colonel Narong Kittikachorn.

6.   He was reported later to have opted for retirement after parliament voted to grant montly pensions to former heads of state.

7.   Senegalese veterans who served in the French army years ago on Tuesday hailed a decision by Paris to grant them pensions equal to those of their French comrades.

8.   South Africa will grant special pensions to veterans of the anti-apartheid struggle who suffered imprisonment or exile during white-minority rule, a senior minister said Wednesday.