Sri Lanka: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: Harper stepped to the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering on this idyllic Indonesian tourist island Monday to formally confirm he'll boycott next month's Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka, according to CTV. The prime minister cited everything from the impeachment of a chief justice to allegations of extra judicial killings and disappearances and the jailing of political opponents and journalists and NUSA DUA, Indonesia -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper has used the platform of one international leaders' summit to fire a torpedo into the hull of another. Perhaps more significantly, Harper threatened that Canada could cut the purse strings to the 64-year-old Commonwealth organization due to ongoing human rights abuses by the host Sri Lankan government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.