1.   Sister Cities International describes itself as a nonprofit, volunteer membership organization of U.S. communities linked globally to promote lasting friendship through a variety of programs.

2.   -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa arrived in Washington to attend a meeting of an organization that was set up to promote bilateral friendship.

3.   High school students in Laos and Japan have become pen pals to promote friendship and improve their English, the official Lao press said Saturday.

4.   Nagano Gov. Goro Yoshimura, who heads the organizing committee, said he hoped the games would provide an opportunity to promote friendship throughout the world.

5.   Recently, the stadium has been used for Japan-South Korea youth soccer matches promoting friendship between the co-host nations.

6.   Polish President Lech Walesa and South Korean President Kim Young Sam agreed Friday to promote mutual friendship between their countries and cooperate in expanding trade and investment.

7.   She said the event was one of the ways the association hopes to promote better friendship between the two cultures.

8.   They are in no way helping to create a conducive atmosphere to promote friendship and conduct healthy business.

9.   Although labled a non-political tour to promote friendship, the emperor has encountered a few highly charged political moments during stops in Atlanta, Georgia, and Washington.

10.   The two ministers agreed that the new deal would improve commercial and trade ties and promote friendship between the countries.