1.   A few months later, a similar invitation arrived asking us to travel to Maui for a week of celebrations surrounding the marriage of an old friend.

2.   A similar invitation went to former Enron chief operating officer Jeffrey Skilling, who responded that he might testify at some point in the future.

3.   A similar invitation was made to Cyprus.

4.   But by the end of the day, it was not clear whether Putin had issued a similar invitation to Vajpayee.

5.   Giuliani has not responded to a similar invitation.

6.   He said he has a standing invitation from the Bosnian Serbs to return and would need only a similar invitation from The Bosnian government.

7.   Shaath said Gingrich had invited his Palestinian counterpart, Ahmed Qureia, to visit Congress and that Arafat had extended a similar invitation to U.S. congressmen.

8.   Similar invitations were extended to the Arab League and the Organization of African Unity.

9.   The Belgium extended a similar invitation to its Austrian ambassador.

10.   The Rockets hope to receive a similar invitation to meet with China Basketball Association officials in Beijing.