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UK protests at Argentine trade boycott call

LONDON/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Britain summoned Argentina's envoy on Wednesday to explain a minister's proposed boycott of British goods and a decision to stop two cruise ships from docking in the country, as tensions rose over the disputed Fa…

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No Olympics Boycott Over Falklands Row

Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez is insisting her country will take part in the London Olympics "with our flag up high" despite the continuing row with the UK over the Falkland Islands.

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MJ Rosenberg: Boycott the Occupation, Not Israel

Yes, boycott the occupation — the settlers, the politicians who support them, and the businesses that sustain them. But not Israel itself, unless you think that it is a society beyond redemption. It isn't — no more than we are.

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Amid boycott, Elsevier backtracks on research bill

One of the largest academic publishers in the world has withdrawn its support from a controversial U.S. bill that could restrict public access to published, publicly-funded research, following a boycott by thousands of researchers around the world.

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