One who rejected the invitation was Sitting Bull.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

But even if Washington offers to work with Beijing, Johnson-Freese says China might not accept the invitation.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Mulema was in Zimbabwe at the invitation of ZANU-PF Indigenization Minister Saviour Kasukuwere, who has decreed that black Zimbabweans must own 51 percent of all Zimbabwean companies.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

We are there,of course, at the request and the invitation of any government."

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

An invitation to one of her parties was almost as valuable as an invitation to dinner at the White House.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

Mary Cassatt said this about Edgar Degas' invitation to join the Impressionists: "I accepted with joy.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

They also said the proclamation was an invitation for Negroes to murder whites.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

The newly elected president could not say no to such an invitation.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Giovanni apologized for coming into the garden without an invitation.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

An invitation was sent to the White House,too.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

That could change on March 31, if Tehran accepts an invitation to join an international summit at The Hague.

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

But on his only mission to the region, earlier this month, he did not get an invitation to visit Pyongyang.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"So far,at this date and time, I have no information if we have received any formal invitation from the organizers of that Hague summit,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

One parent turned to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube for his pox party invitation.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Israeli and Palestinian leaders have accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama for a three-way meeting Tuesday on the sidelines of the U.N.General Assembly in New York.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

The Iranian government also did not reply to an Italian invitation to participate in talks on the sidelines of the G-8 foreign ministers meeting later this week in Trieste.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

But the United States is nonetheless joining its P5+1 partners in accepting the Iranian invitation, in order to test Iran's willingness to engage in meaningful talks on its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Secretary Clinton said Wednesday that Bosworth had been prepared to travel to North Korea "at a moment's notice" during his first mission to the region last week, but said he regrettably did not get an invitation to do so.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Clinton said Indian Prime Minister Monmohan Singh, with whom she met earlier Monday, had accepted an invitation from President Obama to visit the White House November 24 for the first official state visit for the Obama administration.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20