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VANCOUVER -- His Winter Olympics debut will come five days later than planned, but Ben Koons is good Clip on charms to go today.

A Messalonskee High School and Dartmouth College graduate from Sidney, Koons will compete in cross country skiing for his native New Zealand at Whistler Olympic Park. The men's 30-kilometer pursuit -- Koons' primary event -- consists of 15 kilometers using the classic style and 15K freestyle.

"My plan is to go out there and ski my hardest race," he said Friday night. "Leave it all on the course and see what happens.

"This is kind of the one I've been focusing on from the start. It would have been nice to get a couple under my belt to get the pre-race jitters out of the way, but now I'll be extra fresh for tomorrow."

Koons, 23, was scheduled to competed in Monday's 15K freestyle, but was barred from competition for five days because his hemoglobin level tested high. He was one of a dozen Nordic skiers who were issued a "start prohibition" by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The five-day ban also kept Koons out of Wednesday's individual sprint.

"I was pretty disappointed that I didn't get to start early, but now it's just a relief and I'm looking forward to getting the start," he said.

Koons said he has not tested high for hemoglobin levels before and that it was "great news" when he was well within the acceptable range links of london charms when re-tested Thursday.

An FIS statement noted that the "start prohibition is not a sanction, but is in order to protect the health of the athlete."

Hemoglobin is the protein molecule in red blood cells that carry oxygen.

"I was surprised with the first test because I was tested unofficially several days before and I was low," Koons said. "But I guess at the time of the first official test, when I tested over. I was probably a little dehydrated."

Koons, a 6-foot-2, 196-pounder, was born in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is a dual citizen of his homeland and the United States. Parents Jean and Peter, plus sister Linnea will be among 10-to-15 local "friends and family" supporters on site Saturday, along with 20 or so New Zealanders.

He says he is "definitely more of a classic skier, so I'll be planning on going out hard early in the race ... and then when it comes to skating, just try to keep going."

"It's a pretty hilly course, very technical. Some fast, technical downs, which I tend to like, and then there are big, long, consistent climbs in the classic course."

Leading contenders include world champion and World Cup leader Petter Northug of Norway, 15K freestyle gold-medalist Dario Cologna of Switzerland and bronze-medalist Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic.

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Koons also is scheduled to compete on the final day of the Olympics, Feb. 28, in the 50K mass start.

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TOOWOOMBA'S Kiel Brown is putting aside any self apprehension and will stand by officialdom as Australia's mens' hockey team prepares for a knife-edge tour of India.

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The 18-member Kookaburra's squad is due to leave Australia tomorrow bound for New Delhi to compete in the World Cup from February 28 to March 13.

The tour has already attracted unprecedented attention surrounding the security of a travelling Australian sport team following alleged terrorist threats to target the tournament.

Reports claim the al-Qaeda terrorist group has warned countries not to send athletes to this year's hockey World Cup, Commonwealth Games or Indian Premier League cricket tournament.

The security threats prompted Hockey Australia to release separate statements on consecutive days this week, responding to concerns and confirming its intention to proceed with the Kookaburra's tour.

Brown last year said he would be reluctant to put himself in a life-threatening situation in the name of sport.

He expressed his concerns for player safety after an extremist attack in Mumbai claimed the lives of 140 civilians.

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A prime target of the terrorist attack was the Taj Mahal Hotel - a popular stopover in India for touring sport teams.

"At the end of the day it's a game of hockey and it's not worth the risk," Brown said last January.

This week he cautiously backed Hockey Australia's decision to proceed with the Kookaburra's Cup campaign claiming players would heed expert security advice on their safety.

"I think there will always be a little doubt in the minds of individuals," Brown said.

"And until we receive a full brief on the situation players and staff are a little in the dark.

"But if we do go on Sunday I will have full confidence in the decision of the Foreign Affairs Department surrounding our safety."

Brown's return to the national squad follows a disappointing end to 2009 when he missed selection in Australia's Champions Trophy- winning team.

The 25-year-old defender is now treating that missed tournament as a plus.

"It was disappointing to miss the Champions Trophy but on the upside it's given me six months to overcome some injury issues and get my body right," Brown said this week from Perth where the Kookaburras are playing New Zealand in two World Cup warm-up matches.

Australia triumphed 7-1 in Wednesday's first game.

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"It's all business now and everything is peaking well for the tour," Brown said.

"This if the first World Cup for a lot of the guys, including myself, and there is a lot of excitement amongst the boys in what shapes as a busy year for us."

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Richard Tester, 21, was left with an six-inch wound across his face and another to his shoulder after being slashed with a weapon thought to be a Stanley knife.

The incident took place in El Mono, Calverley Road, on Saturday night after Mr Tester got into an argument with a group of men.

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According to Mr Tester the police recovered a "Stanley knifestyle weapon" in the club.

A police spokesman would only confirm that a 21-year-old Crowborough man suffered injuries thought to be caused by a sharp bladed instrument during an altercation between two groups of people.

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Two men were arrested and are currently on bail while police continue their inquiries.

Neighbourhood Inspector Simon Wilshaw said: "We have visited the premises to discuss the incident with the licensee and will continue to work with them to ensure the safety and security of their customers.

"They have agreed to increase security and proof of age checks for people entering the club."

But Mr Tester wants more to be done.

He said: "I am really angry with the club.

"How does someone get in with a knife? "I want to see the guy who did this punished. I just don't understand how anyone can just casually stick a knife in someone's face."

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Recuperating No-one from El Mono was available to comment.

For now Mr Tester is recuperating with his girlfriend, but knows there is still a long road ahead of him.

He said: "The doctor is talking about plastic surgery but I've said I don't want to go under the knife again.

"My mum still hasn't seen me. That's going to be hard because I know as soon as she sees my face she'll burst into tears."

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WKU senior guard A.J. Slaughter has been named the Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.

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It is the Shelbyville native's third selection this season and fourth of his career. With three awards in one season, Slaughter ties Courtney Lee (2007-08) and Tellis Frank (1986-87) for the single-season school record.

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WKU wraps up its regular season this week at Florida Atlantic on Thursday and at FIU in Miami on Saturday.

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WHISTLER, British Columbia - Someone had to be first, and it was Tony Benshoof.

Overlooking a labyrinth that claimed the life of one of his competitors a day earlier, Benshoof, the top U.S. medal hope in men's luge, drew a breath of mountain air, secured the visor over his face and dropped down this elevator shaft of ice not knowing what to expect.

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He glided to the bottom, slower but safer. And that's all that mattered.

The Olympic sliding track, slightly modified to make it less perilous and more than 5 mph slower for racers, reopened Saturday less than 24 hours after Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died in a horrifying crash not likely to be forgotten by anyone who witnessed it on Blackcomb Mountain or on television.

For Benshoof, there was no time to mourn.

"Unfortunately, there was a terrible tragedy," said Benshoof, a three-time Olympian competing with at least three herniated discs, plus an aching foot from a brush with the Whistler track wall on Friday. "But at the end of the day we have a competition to go through and I tried to put it all out of my head."

That was almost impossible.

Reminders of Kumaritashvili's death seemed everywhere - from the reconfigured final curve and raised wall, to the black tape stuck to the helmets of some athletes. Flowers were left by the base of a steel beam that he struck near the 16th turn. There was also a card with the inscription, "Just like gold, your dream will live forever."

A moment of silence was held before the first heat of the men's competition in memory of Kumaritashvili. Replica A Lange & Sohne Watch His photo was displayed on a video scoreboard.

"It's still fresh in our hearts," said Shiva Keshavan from India. "We're not able to compete with that same joy."

Kumaritashvili's teammate, Levan Gureshidze, did not race. He was on the official start list for the first heat but withdrew.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge attended the competition with Vancouver organizing chief John Furlong. Before Benshoof pushed down the starting ramp and cleanly navigated through the 16-turn course, luge officials announced the men would begin at the women's start, a decision they hoped would reduce speeds and lessen the chance for accidents.

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It wasn't the only switch: Later, officials said the women's and doubles competitions will start even lower, at the junior start position, between the fifth and sixth curves.

The men began their two-day competition with a clean first heat, with all 38 racers completing their runs.

Italy's two-time defending gold medalist, Armin Zoeggeler, who crashed on Friday not long before Kumaritashvili's fatal spill, was third after the first heat, behind Germans Felix Loch and David Moeller. Benshoof was seventh.

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Kumaritashvili was nearing the finish line of his sixth practice run and a day away from competing in his first Olympics when he lost cont
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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-general Ban Ki- moon called on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday to release a U.S. man arrested in December for illegal entry, according to the UN spokesperson's office.

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UNITED NATIONS -- A senior Chinese diplomat announced here on Thursday that China has decided to contribute an additional 2.6 million U.S. dollars in cash to quake-hit Haiti and send a 40- member medical care and epidemic prevention team to the Caribbean country.

The announcement came as Liu Zhenmin, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, was taking the floor at the second briefing/pledging conference of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for Earthquake in Haiti, which opened here on Thursday afternoon. (China-Haiti Aid)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton vowed Thursday they will keep pressuring Iran on its nuclear program, saying they won't "back down."

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Since Santa doesn't have printed materials or similar collateral, he utilizes other features to differentiate between himself and his competition Instead of a large box van, he drives a big, red sleigh His uniform of choice is a red suit with white fur trim His trademark beard is equaled only by his hearty laugh And his logo is his own image (I wonder if that's where Colonel Sanders got the idea)

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THE Daphne du Maurier Festival, centred in and around Fowey, will again play host to a wide variety of writers, performers and celebrities, together with its biggest ever programme of community events.

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Festival organisers have now announced the first round of names confirmed to appear at the festival, which this year will take place between Thursday, May 13, and Saturday, May 22.

The diverse programme will suit all tastes, ranging from everybody's favourite MenInBlack, The Stranglers, to comedy legend June Whitfield.

Other names that have been announced are Pam Ayres, Neil Oliver, Seth Lakeman, The Zombies, Jeremy Hardy, Patrick Gale, Philip Marsden, A C Grayling, Laurie Taylor, Ben Goldacre , John O'Farrell, Kathy Lette, Sarah Dunant, Justine Picardie, John Connolly, David Aaronovitch and Jonathan and Angie Scott, from BBC TV's Big Cat Diaries.

There is also a performance by Bec Applebee, of Kneehigh Theatre, of her one-woman physical theatre show Oh Mary, based on the incredible life story of the Fowey-born convict and maritime adventurer, Mary Bryant.

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In total, there will be well over 200 events during the 10 days of the festival.

The University Exeter of has increased its involvement in this annual festival, underlining its commitment to the event.

In addition to a programme of talks in Fowey's Town Hall, there will be a special day of events, held at the university's Cornwall Campus, at Tremough, Penryn, concluding with a concert of music and poetry featuring the Antonius Players and Louis de Bernieres, author of Captain Correlli's Mandolin.

The university will also be hosting a one-off event at Eden entitled Imagine There's a Future, which will use the expertise of scientists, campaigners and other environmental experts to help writers set stories in a low-or post-carbon future. This event promises to be a highlight of the festival, as it sees the launch of a major regional creative writing competition.

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