1.   The United States had ruled out any changes in its mediation offer.

2.   India has always been sensitive to mediation offers.

3.   Last month, the university rejected a mediation offer by the U.S. Justice Department, saying the trustees needed time to study the issue.

4.   Sri Lanka previously has declined mediation offers by governments including Britain, Australia and Canada.

5.   The Australian government is expected to formally make the mediation offer at ministerial talks with Papua New Guinea in Adelaide on Thursday and Friday.

6.   The mediation offer came from Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Gareth Evans.

7.   Though he had spurned previous mediation offers, Hun Sen asked the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Tuesday to help his country return to political stability.

8.   Colombo turned down a mediation offer last month from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

9.   Chuan said late Saturday that his former foreign minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, had made the mediation offer during a visit to the Burmese capital in mid-January.

10.   There was no immediate response from Lima about the mediation offer.