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Uganda Nabs 16-Foot-Long, Man-Eating Croc KAMPALA, Uganda (Reuters) - A 5-meter-long (16 ft) crocodile said to have eaten more than 80 people has been caught alive in Uganda and transferred to a sanctuary, officials said Tuesday. The giant beast -- weighing about a ton-- was captured by wildlife experts who spent three nights camping in the bush before locating their target. Residents told local media the crocodile killed 83 people over the last two decades, mostly fishermen plying their trade on Lake Victoria off the shores of Bugiri district. "Much as the residents of Luganga wanted to kill the reptile...

Ananova: 'Croc saved me from tsunami' A Sri Lankan pensioner claims he was saved from the tsunami by a crocodile which nudged him back to shore. Upali Gunasekera says the estuarine crocodile was one which regularly visited the garden of his house in Matara. Mr Gunasekera was strolling in the garden, which overlooks a river and the sea, when the tsunami struck and was washed away. He clutched a floating stool with one hand and a chair with the other and managed to stay afloat until a wave knocked them from his grip. That was when he saw what he...

  Survivor ... Drewe Ramsden escaped crocodile attack   Giant croc had me by the head From FRANK THORNE in Sydney A SHAKEN lad told yesterday how a frenzied crocodile gripped his head in its jaws. Drewe Ramsden, 18, had just bent down to freshen his face in a river when the beast pounced. The attack happened in a basin named Lake Placid — ironically the name of a Hollywood movie about a man-eating croc. The teenager, who was drinking with pals at night in Cairns, Australia, did not notice as the 8ft crocodile swept towards him, pushing a...

In a sworn statement to be made public Tuesday, University of Colorado President Elizabeth Hoffman said a four-letter word used toward women can sometimes be used as a "term of endearment." The comment comes from Hoffman's latest sworn testimony in connection with a federal lawsuit against the university. The suit was filed by women who say they were sexually assaulted by CU football players and recruits. A lawyer for one of the women asked Hoffman about former CU kicker Katie Hnida being called the "c- word" by a teammate. That player was later disciplined by coach Gary Barnett for making...

Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin has defended his decision to hold his baby son while feeding a crocodile, saying it was important to teach kids about danger. Friday's incident at Mr Irwin's Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast made headlines internationally and prompted comparisons with Michael Jackson's notorious dangling of his baby over a balcony. Mr Irwin also earned a reprimand from Queensland's Department of Family Services. At a media conference outside the zoo and flanked by his father Bob, wife Terri and daughter Bindi, Mr Irwin claimed he was hurt by the allegations of child neglect. "I am hurt. I...

UN Rebukes Britain For Failing To Implement Children's Treaty Last fall the United Nations published its observations on how the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has implemented the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (C/ROC). The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) gave consideration to the reports submitted by the United Kingdom in September 2002 and published a response under article 44 of the Convention. This report is of grave concern to homeschool families and is an example of how the Committee would seek to have control over US policy if this treaty...

BLANTYRE, Malawi, Dec 12, 2002 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- A businessman who was attacked by a crocodile in Malawi escaped by biting the reptile on its nose, police said Thursday. Mac Bosco Chawinga, 43, went for a swim in a lake in the northern Nkhata Bay district of this southern African nation when the crocodile grabbed him, said Bob Mtekama, a senior police officer in the area. "Both his arms were inside the full-size crocodile's jaws and the beast was dragging him into deeper waters when he decided to fight back," Mtekama said. Chawinga sunk his teeth in the...