Eastern Europe

PARIS - Fashionistas breathed a fatigued sigh of relief as the spring-summer 2011 ready-to-wear collections that took them from New York to London to Milan and finally to Paris for nine show-packed days wrapped up Wednesday with an equestrian show at French heritage saddle-maker Hermes that marked the end of designer Jean Paul Gaultier's seven-year tenure there.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Angelina Jolie has chosen young Bosnian actress Zana Marjanovic for the lead role in her directorial debut - a wartime love story between a Bosnian woman and a Serbian man.

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Laszlo Polgar, a Hungarian bass and member of the Zurich Opera, died on Sunday.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - The Mariinsky Theater has hosted premieres of many of the world's most famous operas, including works by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev.

France's recovery from a humiliating World Cup finally began with a first win in European Championship qualifying on Tuesday night, while Germany and the Netherlands earned their second straight victories.