Organizers said an email from Hawking cited the boycott as a reason not to attend.
Organizers said demonstrations were taking place in at least 18 states and in Washington, D.
Organizers said it was the largest demonstration of its kind in the United States.
About 170 teams from across New York University officially entered the 2012-2013 Entrepreneurs Challenge, organizers said.
Tournament organizers said that Baker had a torn meniscus and is expected to be out about four months.
Organizers said they expected long lines last year, but the turnout on the first day widely exceeded their expectations.
But the organizers said it was just in the past 22 months that police have detained or arrested them.
About 20 million Americans participated in the first Earth Day, organizers said, though that number is most likely inflated.
Written in the local Chichewa language, the words were a reference to the vendors carrying out the attacks, organizers said.
Some 300 invitations were sent out for the event, which thanks to some unexpected publicity, grew beyond expectations, organizers said.
Recall organizers said those groups are using their money this year to push for an overhaul of the nation's immigration policies.
"Security has become an ever-increasing issue for major sporting events in the past decade, " the World Cup organizers said in a statement.
Organizers said they expected hundreds of workers to demonstrate Thursday at dozens of fast food establishments, including McDonald's, Domino's, Wendy's and Pizza Hut.
America's Cup organizers said Friday it was unclear what impact the fatality might have on the series of races scheduled to begin on July 6.
Organizers said they were disappointed to learn of the counterprotest.
The world No. 1 picked up the problem on the way to winning the opening Grand Slam tournament for the fifth time last month, the French event's organizers said on Saturday.
It will launch ad campaigns in Christian media, send surrogates onto network and cable news, and push back on e-mail rumors that suggest that Obama is not a Christian, organizers said.
"Clearly this is a mistake, we will apologize to the team and the national Olympic committee and steps will be taken to ensure this does not happen again, " organizers said in a statement.
Across the United States, businesses and event organizers said they hope that the public is ready to celebrate Halloween despite concerns that fears prompted by the September 11 attacks would keep people at home.
According to police estimates, more than 40, 000 demonstrators converged on the Greek Parliament in the center of the city from three separate marches, while protest organizers said there were more than 50, 000 taking part.
Organizers also said they haven't found big donors to help ease their money problems but believe they can reach their goal through smaller contributions.
Organizers had said they expected a billion people worldwide to watch the opening ceremony -- which was created by Danny Boyle, best known for directing the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" -- on television.
India's Olympic association plans to lobby for the ban on Dow Chemical's sponsorship, and will decide at its two-day meeting beginning Thursday just how to convey its opposition to the London organizers, said V.
The National Capital Commission's (NCC) Guy Laflamme, one of the festival's organizers, said the opening will be "bigger than ever" featuring "a huge cascade of pyrotechnical effects" pouring from the Alexandra Bridge into the icy river.
The more-than-11, 000 runners expected at the starting line, at Monmouth Park in the Borough of Oceanport, will have to put their belongings in clear plastic bags provided by the marathon's organizers, said Michael Mahon, the borough's mayor.
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With Mr. Ellison as their financier, Cup organizers have said their decisions to bring the race to San Francisco Bay for the first time and to make the boats faster were made to change the perception that their sport was boring and confusing.
Tournament director Chris Kermode said organizers had no option but to call off the final.
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