China's Central Military Commission also banned luxury banquets for military forces and alcohol at official functions.

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"Even at highly official functions, during speeches and so on people in India take the call, " Kadira Pethiyagoda, visiting doctoral student at St.

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Serb television later showed pictures of Milosevic welcoming Chernomyrdin at the "White Palace, " another building used by Milosevic for welcoming delegations and for official functions.

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He had said the journeys were for shopping trips for official functions and that Mrs Martin had been accompanied by an official at all times, but he was later told by the Mail on Sunday that the official was in fact a housekeeper working for the speaker.

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