WORLD IN BRIEF

THE AMERICAs

· BRASILIA -- Authorities said there were no survivors among the 155 people aboard the Brazilian jetliner that crashed deep in the Amazon jungle Friday.

· LAVAL, Quebec -- At least five people were killed in their cars when an overpass near Montreal collapsed Saturday, police said.

· BUENOS AIRES -- The smoky bars and cafes of Argentina's capital, where tango lyrics celebrate the "sensual pleasure" of a cigarette, may never be the same now that a tough ban has taken effect prohibiting smoking in public spaces smaller than 1,100 square feet.

· OAXACA, Mexico -- Military helicopters stepped up flyovers Sunday above Oaxaca, where activists who have seized parts of the city fear a government offensive to expel them.

AFRICA

· KANO, Nigeria -- Families were swept away in a torrent of water and as many as 40 people were feared dead after a dam collapsed in the country's northwest, officials said.

· EL FASHER, Sudan -- European Commission President José Manuel Barroso urged Sudan's president to help the African Union keep peace in the troubled Darfur region and end the obstacles for humanitarian groups. He also pledged more than $50 million in aid from Europe.

· LUSAKA, Zambia -- President Levy Mwanawasa, whose policies have helped boost economic growth in the southern African country, consolidated his lead in the election vote count, as police used tear gas against rioters who protested the results.

With votes counted in 120 of the country's 150 constituencies, Mwanawasa has won 42 percent of the votes, while Democratic Alliance leader Hichilema Haikande has 28 percent and the Patriotic Front's Michael Sata has 27 percent, according to the Electoral Commission.

EUROPE

· BELGRADE -- A reformist party pulled out of Serbia's ruling coalition because of the government's failure to capture war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, which led to the suspension of talks on joining the European Union. Mladjan Dinkic, the leader of the G17 Plus party who is also Serbia's finance minister, said he and several other party members who ran key ministries had submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica.

The move was not expected to lead to a collapse of the government, which might hold early general elections after parliament changed the country's constitution Saturday.

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

-- From News Services