31.   Serbs dropped their threat of an election boycott Friday after appeals by the United Nations, Western governments and Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.

32.   Some Christian leaders have called for an election boycott.

33.   The militant outfit, claiming to represent landless peasants, had called for an election boycott and had threatened to disrupt voting.

34.   The opposition has held out the threat of an election boycott if Hun Sen cannot ensure free polls.

35.   The opposition, whose supporters staged three months of daily street protests last winter, has urged an election boycott.

36.   The Serbs dropped their threat of an election boycott on Friday after appeals by the United Nations, western governments and Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.

37.   The turnout has been strong in France despite the election boycott back home of most opposition parties, both secular and Islamic.

38.   They dropped their threat of an election boycott only on Friday, prompting U.N. officials to extend the registration deadline until midnight Saturday.

39.   There is talk of a limited election boycott across the country and also on this island, where opposition to Indonesian rule occasionally becomes violent.

40.   They revoked their decision Thursday, and downplayed calls by some radicals for an election boycott and mass exodus.