11.   Pfizer Inc., which makes Zyrtec, boycotted the meeting and declined to say why.

12.   Several Arab and African countries are boycotting the meeting.

13.   Six months ago Russia was boycotting NATO meetings, protesting plans to expand the alliance to its borders.

14.   The group boycotted the meeting, preferring to protest outside.

15.   They angered the European Union by boycotting a meeting to protest its demand to extradite Milosevic for war crimes, while Milosevic called them cowards, sycophants and traitors.

16.   They, however, are expected to boycott the meeting.

17.   Two prominent Arafat lieutenants, Farouk Kaddoumi and Mahmoud Abbas, were among those who boycotted the meeting.

18.   Opposition members have boycotted assembly meetings and finally forced Hughes to call early elections.

19.   A number of Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, have said they plan to boycott the meeting, to which Israel is invited.

20.   A U.S. Jewish leader on Tuesday called on American Jewish groups to boycott meetings with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat until he resumes security cooperation with Israel.