From Newswire

• Clinton urges North Korea to return to talks
• U.S. tries to spur Middle East peace talks
• Clinton says Iran's nuclear pursuit is "futile"
• Iraq's Kurdish opposition allege poll violations
• Afghan vice-presidential candidate survives ambush
• Pakistan police detain pro-Taliban cleric Mohammad
• Egypt refers Hezbollah case to emergency court
• Moldova, at east-west crossroads, heads for polls
• France's Sarkozy taken ill while exercising
• Kuwait financier facing U.S. fraud suit found dead