World datelines

Afghanistan

KABUL — NATO will soon assume direct control over most military operations in Afghanistan, a move that will place 12,000 more U.S. troops under its authority, a spokesman for the alliance said Sunday.

Austria

VIENNA — In an election shadowed by fears about immigration, voters in Austria rebuked the governing People's Party on Sunday, handing a narrow victory to the Social Democratic Party, and leaving two extreme right parties as players on an uncertain political landscape.

Brazil

BRASILIA — Authorities said Sunday there were no survivors among the 155 people aboard the Brazilian jetliner that crashed deep in the Amazon jungle, as rescue workers began to pull bodies out of the twisted wreckage. The Boeing 737-800 apparently clipped a smaller executive jet midair Friday, crashing in jungle so dense that crews had to cut down trees Saturday to clear a space for rescue helicopters to land. The smaller plane — carrying Americans — safely landed at a nearby air force base.

Bosnia-Herzegovina

SARAJEVO — Bosnians appeared split in key elections Sunday on the country's future, with Muslim Bosniaks and Catholic Croats supporting politicians who want to unify the Balkan nation, but Serbs backing a candidate whose party advocates continued ethnic division.

Canada

LAVAL, Quebec — At least five people were crushed to death in their cars Saturday after the collapse of an overpass near Montreal, Quebec provincial police said Sunday.

China

BEIJING — A bus careened off a bridge and plunged nearly 100 feet into a river Sunday, killing 30 people in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, a government news agency said.

Gaza Strip

GAZA CITY — Heavily armed Hamas militiamen's efforts to break up anti-government protests on Sunday sparked gunbattles across the Gaza Strip that killed eight people in the worst internal Palestinian violence since Hamas took power.

Hungary

BUDAPEST — Opposition parties made big gains in municipal elections Sunday following two weeks of protests over Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's admission that he lied about the economy.