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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A new Russian-made civilian plane carrying 46 people lost contact with air controllers in Indonesia while flying over mountains Wednesday in a demonstration flight for potential buyers and journalists, officials said....

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Pro-European Union Democrats and Socialists reached an agreement on Wednesday to form a new coalition government in Serbia, after an election that indicated the bloc has kept its luster in the Balkans despite the eurozone crisis....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's president will meet with political party leaders Sunday in a last-ditch effort to broker a deal for a coalition government and avoid another general election....

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- Sudan resumed its aerial bombardment of South Sudan, violating international calls for a cessation of hostilities between the two countries, a South Sudanese military official said Wednesday....

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- Sudan resumed its aerial bombardment of South Sudan, violating international calls for a cessation of hostilities between the two countries, a South Sudanese military official said Wednesday....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- The first rifts in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's expanded coalition emerged just a day after the Israeli leader brought the main opposition party into his government, with religious and secular parties exchanging threats Wednesday over draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews....

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- The June Euro 2012 football championship was Ukraine's chance to shine: forge closer ties with the West, boost its international standing and aid its struggling economy....

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Air controllers lost contact Wednesday with a Russian-made plane carrying 46 people in western Indonesia, an official said....

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Conservative-led government plans to finally reform the centuries-old House of Lords and introduce direct elections for members....

LONDON (AP) -- Nine men in northwest England were sentenced to jail terms Wednesday for luring girls as young as 13 years old into sexual encounters using alcohol and drugs - a case that has stirred racial tensions and sparked claims that authorities are failing to protect vulnerable children in state care....

BEIJING (AP) -- Blind activist Chen Guangcheng has drawn a global media spotlight after setting off tensions between the U.S. and China, but he's almost unknown at home - and the Chinese government is working to keep it that way....

DONGSHIGU VILLAGE, China (AP) -- The fear is palpable and most people only dare whisper Chen Guangcheng's name in this village amid wheat fields where the blind activist was held under brutal house arrest....

BEIJING (AP) -- Blind activist Chen Guangcheng has drawn a global media spotlight after setting off tensions between the U.S. and China, but he's almost unknown at home - and the Chinese government is working to keep it that way....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Proposals by Greece's radical left party to withdraw from the international bailout commitments will lead to a "certain and immediate" catastrophe, Greece's conservative leader said Wednesday....

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- In a remote prison in northwest Myanmar, Aye Aung wakes up each day as he has for nearly 14 years - alone in a dark cell on a wooden plank, a prisoner of conscience all but forgotten by the world....

MOSCOW (AP) -- Speaking to thousands of soldiers at the annual Red Square military parade, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Wednesday that the country is a force for world security and that Russia will stand up for its positions....

HONG KONG (AP) -- Over the past two years Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian dropped a reported $317 million on their hobby. Now they need somewhere to display the collection they've amassed. The solution: a private art museum that Wang hopes will impart some class to China's flashy nouveau riche....

NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's Supreme Court has banned the Exxon Valdez from entering India, saying the ship involved in one of the worst U.S. oil spills will not be allowed in for dismantling until it has been decontaminated....

HONG KONG (AP) -- Over the past two years Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian dropped a reported $317 million on their hobby. Now they need somewhere to display the collection they've amassed. The solution: a private art museum that Wang hopes will impart some class to China's flashy nouveau riche....

LONDON (AP) -- A judge in northwest England is set to sentence nine men of Pakistani and Afghan descent for luring girls as young as 13 years old into sexual encounters using alcohol and drugs....