A roundup of today's other world news in brief:
Train derails killing at least 10 in Russia
MOSCOW– At least 10 people were feared dead and dozens injured when four carriages of a train travelling from Moscow to Russia's second city of St Petersburg derailed yesterday.
A spokesman said the accident happened near the town of Bologoye some 350km (200 miles) from Moscow. “There are injured,” the spokesman said. “Medics, rescue teams and police are working at the scene.”
RIA news agency quoted an emergencies ministry source as saying 10 people were killed and about 130 injured. No official statements were available as to the cause of the accident. Russian news agencies quoted transport officials as saying the electricity supply may have been at fault.
– (Reuters)
Australian state to ban jump racing
SYDNEY– The Australian state of Victoria will ban jump racing after 2010 following a series of horse deaths this season, the ruling body has said. "Despite the implementation of all the safety recommendations of the Jones Report conducted in 2008, the incidence of falls and fatalities has continued to increase," Racing Victoria Limited chairman Michael Duffy said yesterday.
“The recommendations of six previous reviews had been implemented without any sustained reduction in incident rates,” he told the RVL website (www.racingvictoria. net.au).
Eight horses died following falls in 2009 after 12 were killed last year, despite new safety measures.
– (Reuters)
Ferry sinks in Bangladesh river
DHAKA– At least five people died and 50 were reported missing after a ferry with several hundred passengers going home for the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival sank in a coastal area river last night, police said.
Police said rescuers rushed to the scene where the MV Coco-4 sank in Bangladesh’s Tetulia river near the town of Lalmohan in Bhola district south of Dhaka. The ferry sank as it listed to one side when passengers were disembarking at a ferry terminal, the police said.
“The casualties may be more as the lower deck of the triple-decker ferry sank,” a police officer at the scene said. The exact number of passengers was not available.
– (Reuters)