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It has been reported that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa convinced a member of his Cabinet Saturday to end a hunger strike over U. N. allegations of human rights violations.

Authorities have said that a teenage rodeo rider is dead after being trampled by a bull rodeo in Valemount, British Columbia.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police identified the victim as Makwala Derickson-Hall of Westbank-Oliver, The Vancouver Sun has reported.

The youth was fatally injured Friday night after being bucked off the bull, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has reported. The CBC further said that he was transported to a hospital where he died.

Officials have said that no candidates have filed to run for two open seats on the Detroit Public Schools board.

The Detroit News has reported that the Aug. 3 primary has been canceled. Theoretically, a write-in candidate could be elected to the board in November with only one vote.

Anthony Adams, now serving as board president, and Ronald Cleveland, who were appointed last year to fill vacant seats, have declined to run.

To protest the Group of 20 summit arrests last month, thousands of people took to the streets in Toronto and other Canadian cities Saturday.

Canwest News Service has reported that the demonstrators demanded an independent and public investigation of alleged overly aggressive police security during the international economic gathering in Toronto. Canwest also said that more than 1,000 people were taken into custody at the G20 event, the largest mass arrest in Canadian history.

According to officials, a bomb appeared was meant for passing police detonated under a bridge in rural Northern Ireland Saturday evening without causing any injuries.

Police were trying to determine who was responsible for the 5:30 p. m. blast on Carrickrovaddy Road between Belleek and Newtownhamilton, The Daily Telegraph has reported.