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Underlying all of this activist rhetoric is the threat of an Olympic boycott, an idea that slipped into the political discussion in a Democratic Presidential debate June 3. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said China could use its influence to bring about a peaceful settlement in Darfur; or, the candidate said, "We say to them, maybe we won't go to the Olympics...
...weeks after Williams' offsetting penalties on Robinson and Minns, it looks as though his gamble may have paid off. Although Ugandan Archbishop Henry Orombi said he would join Akinola's boycott of the Lambeth conference, Archbishop Drexel Gomez of the West Indies, an influential Global South leader, told Time his contingent will attend. Liberal Washington bishop John Chane said that he will probably skip the conference out of loyalty to Robinson, but "I think the American church will be well represented ... [and] I think it's important. I don't see a walkout...
...sides. One of his few direct powers is to send invitations to the Lambeth Conference, and he announced in May that for now he was excluding just two people: Robinson and Martyn Minns, the bishop of Akinola's U.S. church. Akinola has threatened that Nigeria will boycott Lambeth, and Robinson hinted at wanting the Episcopalians to do likewise. But defections may be limited. Archbishop Drexel Gomez of the West Indies, an influential Global South leader, says his contingent will attend. Liberal Washington bishop John Chane said he will probably skip the conference out of loyalty to Robinson, but "I think...
...response," Martel says, insisting that his letters (posted on his website) are not petty or partisan. He notes that previous Conservative governments, including that of Brian Mulroney, have supported the arts. But what Martel and Harper each think is "unacceptable" may be very different. Harper, who once decided to boycott the entire parliamentary press gallery after a standoff over who got to ask what questions when, seems quite capable of ignoring Martel and his books for a very long time...
...Thailand has revoked the patent on our medicine, ignoring the patent system. Under these circumstances, we have elected not to introduce new medicines there,” Dirk Van Eeden, public affairs director of Abbott International, told the Associated Press (AP). Wearing shirts reading “Worldwide Boycott Abbott” and “Our labs, our drugs, our responsibility,” the group engaged in chants such as “Hey Abbott, get off it, people over profit,” and shaking symbolic pill bottles with pennies inside. The initial plan for yesterday?...