41.   Once the date is finalised, Kadirgamar will start visiting SAARC capitals to extend formal invitation to the leaders to attend the summit, Rahman added.

42.   President Aleksander Kwasniewski extended a formal invitation Thursday to Polish-born Pope John Paul II to visit his homeland next year.

43.   President Nelson Mandela on Thursday sent a formal invitation to Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko to meet with rebel leader Laurent Kabila in South Africa as soon as possible.

44.   She said that the organization had been waiting for a formal invitation from the Yugoslav government, which Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic delivered late last week.

45.   S. Jaipal Reddy, the United Front spokesman said a formal invitation will be sent to the Congress Party later Tuesday, Press Trust of India reported.

46.   South African President Nelson Mandela sent Mobutu a formal invitation Thursday, offering to sponsor peace talks with rebel leader Laurent Kabila in Cape Town, South Africa.

47.   Sports Minister Yucel Seckiner sent a formal invitation to Giovanna Melandri on Wednesday.

48.   South African President Nelson Mandela sent Mobutu a formal invitation Thursday, offering to sponsor peace talks between the two rivals in Cape Town.

49.   The Communist premier of Czechoslovakia, Oldrich Cernik, refused to issue a formal invitation to Warsaw Pact troops to end the Prague Spring reforms.

50.   The first five were accused of trying to establish a new government which would issue a formal invitation to Warsaw Pact troops to end the Prague Spring reforms.