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INTERNATIONAL
| Probe opened into US train crash |
| US officials opened an investigation Saturday into a rush-hour collision between two commuter trains that injured more than 70 passengers and severed a key rail link. |
| 60 injured after car hits US parade |
| An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a parade in a Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident. |
| Mexico judge orders prison for suspects in killing |
| A judge on Saturday issued an order for the imprisonment of two waiters accused in the beating death of Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of civil rights activist Malcolm X, the Mexico City attorney general’s office said. |
| Alaska volcano shoots lava up hundreds of feet |
| Alaska’s remote Pavlof Volcano was shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume was thinning Saturday and no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly nearby. |
| Gunmen kill woman member of party led by Imran Khan |
| Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two major opposition parties. |
| Alzheimer’s leaves bilingual victims stranded in Canada |
| The devastating effect of Alzheimer’s disease on bilingual people has been thrown into focus in Canada, where the sudden loss of a second language can leave sufferers feeling like strangers in their own country. |
| Probe opened into US train crash, disruption seen |
| NEW YORK - US authorities opened an investigation Saturday into a rush-hour collision between two commuter trains that injured 60 passengers and severed a key rail link in the northeastern United States. |
| Stricter rules for medical students in Gujarat |
| AHMEDABAD - Aspiring doctors studying in Gujarat’s government-aided medical colleges for nominal fees and receiving huge stipends will now have to shell out hefty sums if they do not wish to offer their services in villages after the completion of their studies. |
| New vaccine to combat rotavirus infection |
| Every monsoon, hundreds of infants in Mumbai’s slums suffer from rotavirus infection, leading to severe diarrhoea. And lack of adequate and timely medical help leads to unnecessary deaths. |
| Chennithala likely to join Chandy cabinet |
| TRIVANDRUM - Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Ramesh Chennithala launched his Kerala yatra from Kasargod on April 18 predicting major political changes by the time it concludes in the state capital of Trivandrum. |
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