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• Peru snubs pub, stubs out smoking ploy 

A pub in Cornwall has failed in its attempt to become a Peruvian consulate, and thereby escape the smoking ban.

The landlords of the Peruvian Arms in Penzance, an 18th century pub built with the proceeds of the Peruvian silver mines, received a letter from the Peruvian Ambassador to the UK, Ricardo Luna Mendoza, turning down their request this morning.

"They said 'No', of course. Due to the Geneva Convention and things like that," said Debbie Trevithick. "The Ambassador said they were going to have a meeting about it, but it was only a joke I suppose."

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