However, both could qualify for subsidies if they decided to cohabit or even divorce.

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First, it has to find a way for Brazil's now-floating currency to cohabit with Argentina's rigid currency board.

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In a country where voters have three times forced their leaders to cohabit, that calculation is not necessarily right.

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Just how President Musharraf will cohabit with a parliament composed of parties that are hostile to his rule is unclear.

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As The Economist went to press it was still not decided whether he will have to cohabit with Mr Basescu until then.

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Tobacco farmers, who used to cohabit comfortably with the Tobacco Control Board, now have one big customer, Rembrandt, which has squeezed their margins.

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This should help to transform the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians from a tribal war over the land they cohabit into a conflict between sovereign states.

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No wonder Mr Chirac, a president condemned since the general election of 1997 to cohabit with a left-wing government, is keeping a close eye on the capital: a friendly mayor could help him stay in power.

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The second half is a eulogy to Mr Jospin and a denunciation of Jacques Chirac, a conservative president condemned, by his own decision to call an election in 1997, to cohabit with Mr Jospin's Socialist-led coalition.

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