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

42.   While some members of the opposition have urged an elections boycott, a group of opposition figures, human rights and religious groups has urged Kenyans to vote.

43.   Five students in Central Java are to be taken to court shortly for allegedly distributing stickers advocating an election boycott.

44.   He refused to rule out the possibility of an election boycott, but said that was a matter for the political parties concerned.

45.   However, Sinn Fein has refrained from calling for an elections boycott.

46.   In January, five students in Central Java were arrested for allegedly distributing stickers advocating an election boycott.

47.   A leading member of the SDLP stepped up pressure on the British government Tuesday, with an implicit threat of an election boycott.

48.   Ait-Ahmed, who is in Paris, predicted the election boycott would be successful.

49.   But Hume was also expected to oppose elections, echoing comments made by one of his deputies early Tuesday who made an implicit threat of an election boycott.

50.   There have been reports of several PFLP militants being detained by Palestinian police in recent days for handing out leaflets calling for an election boycott.