Hungary

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

JOHANNESBURG - The injuries just keep coming, and plenty of big-name players are being affected with the World Cup less than a week away.

PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's father, a self-confessed bon vivant and womanizer, said Sunday he is setting the record on his life straight in an autobiography written above all for his children, and meant to counter claims he was a bad father.

BUDAPEST, Hungary - A coffin containing the body of an Austrian billionaire has been returned to his family, more than a year after it was stolen from a graveyard by thieves who blackmailed the relatives for $150,000 (100,000), police said Wednesday.