51.   French Polynesia leader Gaston Flosse returned from a tour of Pacific nations earlier this week to persuade them not to boycott the event.

52.   -- Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon and Sudan are boycotting the event.

53.   But Rabin did little to cool criticism which has seen the European Union and the Palestinians boycott the event, instead emphasizing the Jewish character of the holy city.

54.   Many Palestinian businessmen are boycotting the event in protest at the Israeli blockade.

55.   Many top sides throughout the continent -- Tottenham included -- are boycotting the event however.

56.   Nauru, Western Samoa, American Samoa and Niue have said they will boycott the event.

57.   The GCC summit opened here Saturday but Bahrain has boycotted the event because of a border dispute with host country Qatar.

58.   The move to reduce the time-limit between points angered many players who threatened to boycott events if the new limit was imposed.