From Yahoo News:KHARTOUM (AFP) - UN-chaired talks to end fighting in Sudan's flashpoint oil area of Abyei that has threatened a three-year peace process were delayed on Wednesday, a day after 22 soldiers were killed.
Heavy fighting on Tuesday prompted UN chief Ban Ki-moon to call for a truce and Washington to announce it was seeking ways to help end what was the second bout of clashes in less than a week in the mixed ethnic area.
Brigadier General Muntasir Sabier, commander of government troops in Abyei, told AFP by telephone that 22 of his soldiers were killed and 45 wounded on Tuesday, but that "the situation today is very quiet."
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