We were also pleased to note the admission of Myanmar as sixth member of the LMI at the 5th Lower Mekong Initiative Ministerial Meeting on 13 July 2012 in Phnom Penh.

WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting

They point in mitigation to such goodwill gestures as granting free admission to state universities for students from Darfur, and note that it was the rebel parties, not the government, which failed to show up for recent peace talks.

ECONOMIST: Peace in the south, war in the west and poverty amid riches