At least 16 dead in Mexico bus-train crash

Sixteen people have been killed and 22 injured when a freight train slammed into a bus in Mexico. Source: AAP

SIXTEEN people have been killed and 22 injured when a freight train slammed into a passenger bus at a rail crossing in northern Mexico.

FRIDAY'S accident occurred in the town of Anahuac, which is Tamaulipas state near the border city of Nuevo Laredo.

The train's operator, Kansas City Southern de Mexico, confirmed there had been "a lamentable accident" between one of its trains and a passenger bus.The company said its employees reported "an undetermined number of dead and injured at the scene."Kansas City Southern didn't give a cause for the crash. The Mexican official said investigators were looking into whether the bus driver tried to beat the train to the crossing.The train was operated by the Transporte Frontera line on a route from Nuevo Laredo to the neighbouring state of Coahuila.

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PM launches Anzac Day event in Sydney

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has helped launch an Anzac Day endurance event in Sydney. Source: AAP

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has paid tribute to Australia's military forces at the launch of a Sydney Anzac Day event aimed at raising money for war veterans.

MR Abbott was in Manly on Saturday to help launch the Anzac Day Challenge, a running and trekking endurance event scheduled to take place on Anzac Day.

The race covers 100km of trails through Sydney's Ku-ring-gai and Garigal National Parks and raises money for various veteran charities.Mr Abbott said as a prime minister who had put "our military personnel in harms way" it was incumbent on him to "pay tribute to all who have served our country in the military for more than 100 years"."This Anzac Day challenge is a marvellous way for more of us to share their exertions if not their dangers," he added.Mr Abbott said the event was an opportunity for ordinary Australians to "show solidarity" with those who had served in conflict zones.The low-key appearance by the prime minister comes after he sacked Liberal Party elder Philip Ruddock as government chief whip on Friday.Mr Ruddock has been replaced by his deputy, Queensland MP Scott Buchholz, with the move reportedly sparking a fresh round of bickering in coalition ranks.

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