World Briefing

FRANCE

Crash survivor returns home

A severely bruised girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash flew back to Paris, where she was embraced by her father.

Bahia Bakari, 14, returned from the Comoros Islands, a former French colony, aboard a French government plane.

She was on Yemenia Flight 626, which crashed Tuesday in heavy winds. Bahia, described by her father as a fragile girl, spent more than 13 hours clinging to wreckage. She suffered from hypothermia, a fractured collarbone and bruises.

The other 152 people on the plane, including her mother, are presumed dead.

JORDAN

Abdullah names crown prince

King Abdullah appointed his eldest son, Hussein, heir to the throne, a palace statement said.

Hussein, 15, would "immediately assume the title and privileges of his post," his father said in a royal decree.

The post of crown prince had been vacant since Abdullah sacked his half-brother Prince Hamza in 2004, a move that consolidated his power.

BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA

Serb gets 14 years in war crimes case

A war crimes court sentenced former Serb policeman Damir Ivankovic to 14 years in jail for crimes against humanity in a massacre of more than 200 Muslims and Croats early in the country's 1992-95 war.

Ivankovic, 39, had confessed to the August 1992 killings in central Bosnia and pledged to testify in future proceedings.

The victims, all men, were forced to kneel by the edge of a ravine and were shot. A dozen managed to survive by tumbling or jumping.

-- times wire reports