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WORCESTER - Before Salifu Kamara turned 10, a gun was put in his hands.

His family was killed, and he became a child soldier, a slave to the men of the Revolutionary United Front, a group that waged war in the West African country of Sierra Leone.

The fighters told young Salifu they were his new parents. But with these parents, there was no discussion, no room for error. After they captured him, Salifu tried to escape, only to be captured again and beaten so badly that 14 years later he still uses crutches to support himself when he walks.

People were murdered, and women were raped in front of his young eyes.

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He was lonely and scared, but he followed orders.

"I never had any childhood pleasure," Mr. Kamara says.

Determination and "blind hope" are what pulled him through. He has come a long way from that painful childhood. Now 23, Mr. Kamara is a freshman at Clark University pursuing a double major in international relations and international development and social change.

He was able to come here, he said, because he so strongly believes in the value of education.

"Education is my dream," he said again and again. "I believe my education can help me advocate for children, for women. ... Access to education helped me to be alive and communicate stories (other people) have never heard."

When the civil war in Sierra Leone was coming to an end, Mr. Kamara went to high school in the capital city of Freetown, thanks to the help of a philanthropist. He knew he wanted to attend college but didn't know how he would be able to afford it.

He took the SAT and applied to several schools in the United States, a country in which he feels safe. Clark, the school he loved from the moment he visited, accepted him. The university also offered him $33,000 a year in scholarships and grants, Mr. Kamara said.

Tuition at Clark is $34,900 this year; room and board cost extra.

Mr. Kamara has borrowed more than $9,000 in Replica prada wholesale student loans. But there are other things - textbooks, housing, laundry, food - that he can't quite afford.

When Clark students learned this, they decided to help. The university's Democrats club is hosting a fundraiser dinner tonight to help Mr. Kamara. They are hoping to raise at least $1,500 to put in a scholarship fund for him, but the dinner is about more than Mr. Kamara.

"It's about how everyone should be entitled to an education," said Doug Baulf, communications director for the Clark Democrats.

The university Democrats "believe it's a good cause and that education should be universal," Mr. Baulf said, but beyond that, the Equal Access to Education dinner is not a political event. Other university groups are helping the Democrats fund the dinner.

"We don't view ourselves as a political organization, more an educational organization," said Greg MacPhee, president of the Clark Democrats.

Mr. MacPhee and other students were moved by Mr. Kamara's story when Mr. Kamara gave a speech at a university event last semester.

"He's just an incredibly happy-go-lucky person," Mr. MacPhee said. "He's always got a smile on his face. He's really an inspiration."

Mr. Kamara, who is struggling to adapt to American
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THE SHIRT numbers sported by Cheltenham Town strikers Barry Hayles and Julian Alsop tell stories of their own.

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Hayles wears No.38 -- his next birthday -- while Alsop wears No.39.

No, that's not his next birthday, although he will be 37 in May.

The goal Alsop scored in last Saturday's 2-0 win over Morecambe was his 38th in the League in two spells for the Robins.

He has set his heart on beating the club record of 39 set by Martin Devaney.

New Town manager Mark Yates, who moved from Kidderminster just before Christmas, has other younger strikers available.

But for the purposes of trying to haul the club out of relegation trouble, Yates has been pinning his faith in two men with a combined age of 73 and nearly 900 senior appearances between them.

The rest of Yates' side has a youthful look about it, with several products of the Whaddon Road youth scheme included.

Goalkeeper Scott Brown, 24, is a former trainee.

So are right-back Dave Bird and centre-half Michael Townsend, who have played more than 400 games for the club between them.

Centre-back Ashley Eastham, 18, is on loan from Blackpool, while left-back Lee Ridley was signed from Scunthorpe in 2007.

In midfield Andy Gallinagh is another youth product.

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Josh Low, 31, has loads of experience, mainly as a winger, with Bristol Rovers, Leyton Orient, Cardiff, Oldham, Northampton, Leicester and Peterborough.

Michael Pool joined from Swindon last summer, while Matt Thornhill, 21, is on loan from Nottingham Forest.

If the Hayles-Alsop combination does not work, Yates has ready replacements.

The leading scorer, with eight goals, this season is 2009 signing Justin Richards (WBA, Bristol Rovers, Stevenage, Woking, Peterborough, Kidderminster).

Elvis Hammond signed in 2008 after spells with Fulham and Leicester, while Jake Lee is a former trainee.

Midfield options include former Spurs starlet David Hutton and ex- trainees Marley Watkins and Theo Lewis.

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On-loan Peterborough youngster Danny Andrew and Kyle Haynes are defenders.

Youth products Josh Quaynor and Will Puddy are cover in attack and goal respectively.

. HISTORY SAYS: After failing to beat Cheltenham in their first six attempts, United have won six of the last seven meetings between the clubs, including three victories against the Robins in various competitions this season.

. THE FORMBOOK SAYS: Last six matches -- Cheltenham W1 D3 L2 F5 A7/United W0 D3 L3 F5 A8

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Online: Video of Kenny Hall, Bruce Pearl, Wayne Chism and Bobby Maze. Audio of Cameron Tatum. Comment.

By Wes Rucker

KNOXVILLE -- A win today would do so much for the Tennessee men's basketball team.

UT could wipe away what little doubt lingers about its NCAA tournament chances. The Volunteers could move off the bubble before they ever really fell that far. They could finish a regular season full of turmoil with serious momentum toward a March charge.

"It would be nice to stop all that (bubble) talk," sophomore guard Cameron Tatum said.

And that can happen this afternoon.

That's the good news for the 19th-ranked Vols. But there's also bad news. Their noon opponent in the Southeastern Conference game is second-ranked Kentucky (27-1, 12-1).

UT (20-7, 8-5) stands fourth in the SEC Eastern Division -- with a 1-4 record against UK, Vanderbilt and Florida -- and another loss to the Wildcats would virtually cement the Vols in that spot heading into the conference tournament.

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But a win could change many things.

"It's in our minds, just knowing that we could be the only team to beat two No. 1 seeds," said senior point guard Bobby Maze, who played a pivotal role in UT's January upset of top-ranked Kansas. "I think that would be big for us, and it would just give our fans something special. They've supported us. They've done a great job this season.

"I think this would be the biggest win for our season right here, beating Kentucky on our home floor going down the stretch and going into the tournament."

The Vols pushed the Wildcats in a tight game for more than 30 minutes in Rupp Arena two weeks ago, but Kentucky controlled the final moments for a 73-62 win.

"Kentucky is one of the best teams that I've seen in a long time with five minutes or six minutes to go," Maze said. "Those guys, their defensive intensity picks up, and they find a way to get baskets and to win games."

Pearl has lamented all week that he used his best Kentucky-based scheme at Rupp. He's also said several times that the Wildcats have gotten sharper the past two weeks.

"Both teams could have played better up there, but don't misunderstand me: With eight minutes to go in a tie ballgame at Kentucky, I'm in a good mood," Pearl said. "I'm happy, but at the same time I feel like I know we're going to have to play a lot better this time than we did last time."

"I've had teams -- I haven't had many -- but I've had a few teams where we were the best team Replica prada wholesale in the league and the most talented team in the league," Pearl said. "You've got to struggle through February and some parts of January in that situation. You've just got to struggle through them. But once you get to late February, you can see March, and that's kind of where Kentucky is right now. They can see it, so they're really, really, really playing well."

In that case, it will take a really, really, really good effort for the Vols to withstand the Wildcats.

"Seasons are judged based on how you do against Kentucky," Pearl said. "We can have a good year without beating Kentucky, but we can't have a great year without beating Kentucky. It's the most important game in the SEC for Tennessee basketball.

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By Wes Rucker

KNOXVILLE -- Bruce Pearl and his University of Tennessee men's basketball coaching staff threw a brilliant strike ball at John Calipari's third-ranked Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday night.

But the 12th-ranked Volunteers still left themselves with a 7-10 split.

That happens sometimes when you throw a light ball.

"We knew coming in that we had a good game plan -- a really good game plan," UT senior point guard Bobby Maze. "But Kentucky's a good team, and they just made some big plays down the stretch."

The Volunteers stunned Kentucky with a 3-2 zone defense that stunted the Wildcats for most of the night. UT held a one-point lead with less than 10 minutes left.

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Things stayed much more interesting for longer than most anticipated, though, thanks in large part to UT's defensive wrinkle. Calipari apologized to his team at halftime for being out-scouted.

Wall said Calipari walked into the halftime locker room and said, "My bad, guys."

Calipari's interpretation was similar.

"Let's give Tennessee credit here," Calipari said. "Bruce came in here, and they went to a 3-2 zone -- and I will be honest with you, we didn't work on it. I knew that they had it in their arsenal, but I didn't know that they would run it, because they didn't run it in any tapes that I had watched. In the first half, to be honest, we didn't look like we knew what the heck we were doing because we didn't. When we had the halftime, I told them, 'Guys, they are playing a 3-2 zone and that is not your fault. That is my fault. I am not blaming you but here is what we are going to do in the second half and how we will attack.'

"It's not their fault that we didn't prepare for three days, and that their coach did not understand."

You don't just win games during the season, though. You win them on the recruiting trail. And once Kentucky found a tiny crack against a tired UT defense, the outcome never seemed in doubt.

Wall scored six points and DeAndre Liggins added a transition steal and slam on the quick spurt that put Kentucky back in front. UT seniors Wayne Chism and J.P. Prince hit inside buckets to get the Vols back within 60-56, but Bledsoe then buried UT with eight consecutive points, courtesy of two corner 3-pointers and two free throws.

Prince praised Bledsoe's game-changing flurry but said the Vols had no regrets with their late strategy. Leaving the Wildcats open in the corner Replica fendi wholesale was by far the lesser of two evils, he argued.

"That's what really put them ahead, when (Bledsoe) made those shots against our zone," Prince said. "But we had to respect their big men so much, so you kind of just hope they miss from outside. You roll the dice on that, and you really can't do too much when he makes those kinds of shots."

Pearl made similar statements.

"It wasn't that we just weren't guarding Bledsoe. They had been reluctant to shoot that corner 3," Pearl said. "We were playing on that a little bit, and he knocked a couple down. We weren't pushing at the bottom, and those guys were wide open in the corners. They did a good job of knocking
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Alcohol has been a contributing factor for around a third of all violent crimes in the East Riding in the last two years.

Excessive drinking creates problems in every section of society. Police are heavily committed, especially on Friday and Saturday nights, to dealing with town centre violence and disorder.

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Following a night out in Beverley 19-year-old Beverley man was out socialising in the local pubs in Beverley.

An alcohol related dispute took place resulting in the 19-year-old Beverley man being cut with a bottle across the chest and neck.

The suspect appeared at Hull Crown Court on Friday, and received a 12 month suspended sentence for causing grievous bodily harm

He was also ordered to conduct 300 hours of unpaid work, a supervision order for two years as well as facing A[pounds sterling]1000 in court costs. He is also ordered to pay the victim A[pounds sterling]4000 in compensation.

Detective Constable Dave Willey from Beverley CID said: "Following a drink related dispute in Beverley a local man was left with severe scars. The injuries the victim sustained from the bottle were massive and the worst I have seen in my 20-years of policing.

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