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- How Do You Feel about the Olympics Taking Place in China This Summer?
- European and U.S. Adults Tend to Disagree on Whether it's Good or Bad ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A new Harris Interactive/France 24/International Herald Tribune survey conducted online by Harris Interactive([R]) among a total of 6,620 adults aged 16 to 64 within France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, the United States, and...
- Research articles 2008-08-04
- Azerbaijan president to seek second term
- BAKU AFP — Azerbaijan's ruling party on Saturday nominated President Ilham Aliyev to stand for a second term at October elections in this strategic oil-rich state, the party said. The elections were immediately denounced as fraudulent by the opposition, which vowed to boycott the vote. The Yeni Azerbaijan...
- Research articles 2008-08-02
- Arab singers join Jordan festival despite Israel claims
- AMMAN AFP — Jordan said on Wednesday that Arab singers have joined a controversial music festival despite claims it is being set up by the same company which organised Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations in May. The month-long "Jordan Festival kicked off on Tuesday, and the audience exceeded our expectations...
- Research articles 2008-07-09
- S.Korea activists launch US beef boycott
- SEOUL AFP — South Korean activists on Thursday launched a nationwide campaign to boycott US beef as President Lee Myung-Bak issued a fresh warning against violent protests. At least four protest groups including two national women's associations denounced the government for allowing the distribution of US beef despite unabated...
- Research articles 2008-07-03
- Arab singers to boycott Jordan festival over Israel
- AMMAN AFP — Arab singers will boycott a music festival in Jordan next month over claims it is being set up by the same company which organised Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations in May, a union leader said on Monday. The month-long Jordan Festival, due to open on July 8,...
- Research articles 2008-06-30
- Church of England bishops 'to boycott key conference'
- LONDON AFP — A leading British Church of England bishop will boycott a key conference of his peers from around the world next month because of an ongoing row over homosexual priests, The Sunday Telegraph said. The weekly said the Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, was one of at...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- Welsh Assembly speaker boycotts Israeli ambassador
- LONDON AFP — The speaker of the Welsh Assembly is to boycott a meeting with Israel's ambassador to Britain because of the Jewish state's failure to fulfil its obligations towards Palestinians. Dafydd Elis-Thomas said he would not meet Ron Prosor at the legislature in Cardiff later this month after...
- Research articles 2008-06-11
- Australians launch campaign against wool cruelty bans
- SYDNEY AFP — Australian fashion and farming figures Tuesday hit back at animal rights activists' claims that wool production was cruel to sheep, saying bans on wool exports were misguided and hurting farmers. The US-based group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA has campaigned for years against...
- Research articles 2008-06-10
- Kareem plays D for Obama
- , Abdul-Jabbar made very plain what Obama and the Democratic Party have refused to do: elucidate why Wrights angry sermons connect on the South Side of Chicago and beyond. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Reverend Wright suggested in one of his sermons that AIDS was intentionally allowed...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- Boycott US doughnut chain for halting scarf ad, activists urge
- WASHINGTON AFP — US activists have called for a worldwide boycott of doughnuts-and-coffee chain Dunkin Donuts after it pulled an online ad that a conservative commentator said promoted jihad. "Dunkin Donuts has capitulated and withdrawn an advertisement for its products following the allegation ... that the spokeswoman in the...
- Research articles 2008-05-30
- Georgia opposition boycotts parliament after Saakashvili win
- TBILISI AFP — Georgia's opposition announced a boycott of parliament and street protests Friday as final election results confirmed a landslide victory for President Mikheil Saakashvili's party. Saakashvili's United National Movement took 120 of the 150 seats in parliament after winning nearly all constituency seats and scoring 59.5 percent...
- Research articles 2008-05-23
- Targeted chain says China anti-French boycott fizzling out
- BEIJING AFP — French retail giant Carrefour conducted business as usual in its many China stores Friday, after a May Day protest movement calling for a boycott fizzled out, store officials said. "A couple of students were handing out flyers calling for the boycott earlier this morning, but by...
- Research articles 2008-05-02
- Olympic boycott over Darfur would 'excessive': George Clooney
- MADRID AFP — Boycotting the Beijing Olympic Games to try to pressure China into taking action to stop the violence in Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur would be "excessive", said US actor George Clooney in an interview published Saturday in Spain. "It seems excessive to boycott the Games because...
- Research articles 2008-04-19
- Olympic boycott would not benefit anyone, says head of FIFA
- FRANKFURT, Germany AFP — FIFA president Sepp Blatter opposes a boycott of the Beijing Olympics in the belief nobody would benefit from such a move, the German Football Federation DFB on Monday reported the head of world football's governing body as saying. "A boycott has never benefited anybody -...
- Research articles 2008-04-14
- US election sharpens China Olympic debate
- WASHINGTON AFP — The White House race is reverberating with a grass-roots backlash over China's crackdown in Tibet, and is in turn hiking pressure on President George W. Bush to skip the start of the Beijing Olympics. Republican presidential pick John McCain Thursday completed the trio of White House...
- Research articles 2008-04-10
- Olympic torch arrives in US: media
- SAN FRANCISCO AFP — The Olympic torch arrived here Tuesday for its only US stop amid a series of protests and calls for a boycott of the Beijing games over China's human rights record, US media said. Television networks showed the torch arriving around 4:00 am (1100 GMT), amid...
- Research articles 2008-04-08
- Hillary Clinton calls on Bush to boycott Olympic ceremony
- WASHINGTON AFP — Democratic White House candidate Hillary Clinton Monday urged President George W. Bush to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, saying he should press China over Tibet and Darfur. "The violent clashes in Tibet and the failure of the Chinese government to use its full...
- Research articles 2008-04-07
- Paris sets conditions for Sarkozy to attend Olympics: report
- PARIS AFP — French President Nicholas Sarkozy will boycott the opening of the Beijing Olympics unless China opens dialogue with the Dalai Lama and frees political prisoners, a French minister told Le Monde on Saturday. Secretary of State for Human Rights Rama Yade said these conditions were "indispensable" for...
- Research articles 2008-04-05
- Dogmatism
- I believe that NI is wrong to call for a boycott of Lonely Planet over the Burma guide (Ethical Travel, NI 409). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lonely Planet has not hidden the record of the Burmese regime, and they are entitled to present both sides of the argument. NI's dogmatism...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- NBA boss against Olympic boycott
- NEW YORK AFP — National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern said Thursday that he supports free expression for controversial matters and is no supporter of Olympic boycotts. Boycotts for August's Beijing Olympics have been mentioned by some European leaders given Chinese military actions in Tibet that have resulted in...
- Research articles 2008-03-27
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