Myanmar : In Myanmar, ten people were killed and six others injured after a ferry capsized. The state media reported today, the accident occurred on a ferry running from the port city of Pathein, 130 kilometres west of Yangon, to villages along a river in the flood-prone Irrawaddy Delta region.

The vessel capsized as it was trying to dock at a village jetty on Tuesday afternoon. Seventy-two passengers and three crew were rescued.