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Man sues tour operator for failing to let him shoot an elephant

Filed under: Africa

A Polish hunter has taken a trip to court to file charges against his German tour operator. According to the hunter, the tour agency failed to help him fulfill his dream of shooting an elephant.

Feel free to read that last part again - he is suing the company, because he was not able to kill an elephant.

The company in question, German based Jaworski Jagdreisen specializes in hunting trips, allowing tourists to shoot wild boar, red stag, sheep, pheasant and more. Their trips are organized all around the world, but they claim Latvia is currently a "hot destination".

In his complaint, the customer identified as Waldemar I. claims there were absolutely no elephants anywhere near his hunting location in Zimbabwe. The tour operator fired back saying:

"From what I know, (the hunter) should have seen elephant excrement there"
Mr. I. is claiming damages worth $130,000 and will know whether he's entitled to the money on February 15. To top it all off, he's claiming these damages after the tour operator sent him on a second trip where he actually did manage to kill a male elephant. Some people are just never happy with anything...

[Photo: AP]


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This weekend, the Winter X Games, arguably the biggest event in skiing, took over Aspen. The pioneer of women's pipe skiing regained the podium, Sammy Carlson finally won Slopestyle gold, and a local boy made it big. Here's what went down.

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BA cabin crew vote to strike

Strike action is due to blight the airways again. British Airways cabin crew on Friday voted to strike again in a long-running battle.The long standing dispute is over proposed job and pay cuts.The Unite union said that of 7,330 valid ballots, 78.5 percent backed strike action, while 21.5 percent opposed it.So far, no date has been set and the door remains open for further talks. "For the fourth time in 13 months, British Airways cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly in support of their union and expressed their dissatisfaction with management behaviour," Unite General Secretary-designate Len McCluskey said."This dispute will be resolved by negotiation, not litigation or confrontation, and it is to negotiation that BA management should now apply itself. We are ready," he added.The dispute, which has already cost the airline GBP�150 million (USD$240 million),� began last year over proposed cuts to pay and staffing levels. It has now broadened into a fight over issues related to last year's strikes.This includes the restoration of travel perks confiscated from cabin crew who took part in the original strikes.� The union is also demanding binding arbitration on disciplinary cases linked to the original dispute as well as� the restoration of earnings docked from crew who were genuinely off sick on strike dates.
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Ligety, Vonn Take Home World Cup Globes

..... Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (Ski Press)-In a year when the success of the U.S. Ski Team was astounding, Lindsey Vonn and Ted Ligety capped off the excitement with some of the most prestigious awards in alpine skiing - Audi FIS World Cup titles.Vonn took the overall crown plus three other titles, while Ligety won his second giant slalom title in three years. The charge was led by Vonn who took three discipline titles in downhill, super G and super combined, to become first American to win three discipline titles in the same season. She also became the first woman to win three straight overall titles since Petra Kronberger of Austria in 1990-92. "It's so important to me. The overall title is one of the biggest things you can win in our sport. I always try to give my best every day, but it's a long season," said Vonn. "The last few years have gone really well for me. It's so hard to say whether you'll be able to win the overall title. To stand here in the finish and have a title in my hand is so rewarding." Only three other women have as many overall titles as Vonn -- Vreni Schneider of Switzerland and Janica Kostelic of Croatia have three each and Annemarie Moser-Proell of Austria leads all with six. Vonn also broke records this season with her 11 World Cup wins. She now holds the U.S. record for World Cup wins with 33 passing Bode Miller (Franconia, NH). Only one skier in the world ever had more World Cup wins in a season - Schneider with 14 in the 1988-89 season. Moser-Proell and Anja Paerson of Sweden also have 11 in a year. Finally, Vonn's career wins put her in a tie for sixth place on the all-time list with Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein, and Moser-Proell leads that list with 62. "It means the world to me. If you had asked me at the beginning of the season if I'd have been able to do that, I would have said 'not likely.' It takes a lot of hard work, not only by me, but from the team, from U.S. Ski Team coaches, from my husband, from Red Bull and my ski company Head," Vonn said. "It's everyone working together to make as successful a season as possible and I couldn't do it without them." Ligety brought the U.S. its only crystal globe in the men's World Cup to mark his career second giant slalom title after winning his first in 2008. With his success, Ligety joins Phil Mahre as the only American man to have two World Cup giant slalom titles. He earned the honor with four podiums in discipline this season, including one win. He also notched his first podium in super G with second at Val d'Isere in December. "Having two globes is awesome," Ligety said. "It's cool to have those and to be the best in giant slalom over the last couple of years is nice." Ligety also podiumed at first and last World Cup GS races, as well as won in Kranjska Gora for the third straight year. The success of the team didn't stop with World Cup titles, though, as the U.S. pulled in Olympic medals. On the women's side, Vonn took a win in the downhill and bronze in the super G. Teammate Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) racked in two silver medals in the downhill and super combined. On the men's side, Miller took in the trifecta of Olympic medals with a bronze in downhill, silver in super G and gold in the super combined. Miller was joined on the super G podium by Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, NY) who took the bronze. With the season now closed, the alpine team will return to the U.S. to train this summer in preparation for the 2011 World Cup season opener in Soelden, Austria and the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany.

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Bjornsen, Hoffman Lead U.S. in U23 World Nordic Ski Championships Pursuit

Otepaa, Estonia - Alaska Pacific University's Sadie Bjornsen and U.S. Ski Team member Noah Hoffman led the U.S. in the pursuit at the FIS U23 World Nordic Ski Championships in Estonia on Monday.












In the women's race the top spot went to Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg of Norway with her teammate Britt Ingun Nydal coming in second. The bronze medal was taken by Kerttu Niskanen of Finland. The top U.S. woman was Bjornsen, of Methow, Wash., who finished strong in 17th.

On the men's side the top honor went to Alex Harvey of Canada followed by Russians Evgeniy Belov and Raul Shakirzianov in third. Hoffman, a Westminster College student from Aspen, Colo., had the top finish for the U.S. men in 22nd.

The events concluded the FIS U23 World Nordic Ski Championships in Otepaa.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
FIS U23 World Nordic Championships
Oteppa, Estonia Jan. 31, 2011
Cross Country Pursuit

Men Pursuit 15k
Gold Alex Harvey, Canada, 1:13:47.9
Silver Evgeniy Belov, Russia, 1:13:48.6
Bronze Raul Shakizianov, Russia, 1:14:23.6

Women Pursuit 7.5k
Gold Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg, Norway, 41:55.5
Silver Britt Ingun Nydal, Norway, 42:01.9
Bronze Kerttu Niskanen, Finland, 42:02.9Powered By WizardRSS

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