from Newswire

• Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay
  
• Six Afghans, South African die in Afghan violence
  
• Thousands protest against crackdown in south Yemen
  
• Darfur donor meeting in March eyes $2 billion
  
• PM Maliki leads Iraq vote in two provinces
  
• Ukraine's Yanukovich gets close ally as PM
  
• Hamas frees British journalist in Gaza
  
• Thai troops mobilized ahead of anti-government protest
  
• Myanmar lets Suu Kyi's party reopen offices
  
• Urbanizing China long way from residence reform