Jakarta  - Indonesian rescue teams intensified their search Monday for more than 100 people missing in a dam break on the outskirts of Jakarta as the death toll rose to 98, officials said.

The National Disaster Coordinating Agency said 11 of the 98 people confirmed dead were unable be identified while as many as 115 people remained unaccounted for. Up to 113 others were injured in the accident.

Nairobi/Dar es Salaam  - At least 15 people have died after a passenger train ploughed into a stationary cargo train in Tanzania, reports said Monday.

Local officials said that more people were believed to be trapped in the wreckage and that the death toll could rise.

The Tanzanian newspaper The Citizen Daily said that Infrastructure Development Minister Shukuru Kawambwa blamed the accident on negligence.

According to experts, the healthcare system of India needs improvement.

The professionals also said that the country’s healthcare system should be decentralised and revamped so that it cater people in both urban as well as rustic regions.

Pattani, Thailand - Thai security forces fought with suspected Muslim militants in Narathiwat province Monday in a clash that left three insurgents dead and two captured, army sources said.

Insurgents killed two villagers in separate incidents in Pattani province, part of Thailand's southernmost region where 3,700 people have fallen victim to sectarian violence over the past five years.

Jakarta  - Rescue teams searched Sunday for more than 100 people listed missing after a dam burst on the outskirts of Jakarta as the death toll climbed to 91, officials said.

The National Disaster Coordinating Agency said up to 109 people were also injured after the Situ Gintung dam in the Tangerang district, just south of the capital, collapsed early Friday, unleashing a torrent of water that tore through a low-laying valley, inundating flimsy houses and surprising residents in their sleep with waves of mud and water.

Melbourne, March 28: Melbourne's Catholic Church has embraced a Vatican suggestion to ban gays from becoming priests.

All potential priests will have to undergo tests for sexual orientation.

Describing homosexuality as “a type of deviation”, the head of the Vatican committee recently said that celibate gays should also be banned.

James O’Farrell, an Archdiocese of Melbourne spokesman, confirmed that Carlton’s Corpus Christi Catholic seminary had started adhering to the guidelines.