61.   In the past, Arafat has appeared before TV cameras to make similar appeals.

62.   It noted that no major aid pledges were made following a similar appeal in November.

63.   Last week, dissidents from eastern Zhejiang province made a similar appeal.

64.   Norway made a similar appeal late Monday.

65.   On Tuesday morning, the Spanish Foreign Ministry called in the Israeli ambassador to Spain, Herzl Inbar, and made a similar appeal, the ministry said.

66.   Other officials made similar appeals.

67.   Other concerned groups, including the opposition parties, issued similar appeals.

68.   Qin made a similar appeal for dissident participation in government in a November letter to President Jiang Zemin.

69.   Russia, a traditional Serb ally, has made similar appeals.

70.   Rwandan Prime Minister Pierre Celestin Rwigema issued a similar appeal Friday to several hundred thousand refugees camped in western Tanzania.