
DHAKA (AFP) - A crocodile killed and devoured a 25-year-old man in Bangladesh who waded into a pond next to a shrine hoping to be blessed by the animal, police said Thursday.
OTTAWA - Canada's stores of fresh water are not as plentiful as once thought, and water shortages threaten to pinch the economy and pit provinces against each other, says a newly released document.


BEIJING (AFP) - Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt should show more respect for his rivals said IOC President Jacques Rogge on Thursday.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A 16-year-old student has died after being shot in a high school cafeteria in Knoxville, Tenn..

BEIJING - Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke the world record by winning the 200 metres in 19.30 seconds Wednesday, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200 gold medals at an Olympics.
Four additional deaths linked to listeriosis, a food-borne bacterial infection, are under investigation in Ontario, CBC News learned Thursday.
TOKYO - A 61-year-old Japanese woman has reportedly given birth to her own grandchild, using an egg donated by her daughter.
ROME - A convicted mobster considered one of Italy's most wanted criminals has been extradited to Italy from Canada.
BAYAMON, Puerto Rico - Three men accused in the killing of dozens of pets seized from public housing have gone on trial in Puerto Rico.