1.   The Cairo meeting was boycotted by the pro-Iraqi Arab bloc, whose leaders were pursuing peace efforts largely dismissed by the West and other Arab states.

2.   Nagorny Karabakh leaders boycotted the meeting of the Rome commission, having been invited to attend as observers.

3.   However, opposition groups from Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria boycotted the meeting.

4.   Both had immediately boycotted Cabinet meetings.

5.   Other Administration figures had been calling for Bush to boycott the meeting, on the grounds that the US was coming in for excessive criticism.

6.   But leaders of two branches of the Machinists boycotted the meeting because the tentative contract had yet to be ratified.

7.   He boycotted the meeting Thursday evening where PRI leaders held a pro forma vote to ratify the selection of Palacios.

8.   If the Saudis do not attend, many of the smaller Persian Gulf countries may also boycott the meeting.

9.   Last Friday, the province boycotted a meeting of the Environmental Cooperation Council it has set up with the state of Washington.