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Employers upbeat over bailout plan Former president urges politicians to act responsibly, avoid populism By George Psyllides

MPLOYERS were in a postive mood yesterday after last week’s announcement that the government’ had reached a preliminary agreement with international lenders over the terms of the island’s bailout. The employers and industrialists federation (OEV) said the agreement was a positive development, which laid the foundations for dealing with the many problems of the economy. The measures reportedly include staggered public payroll cuts of up to 12.5 per cent, a freeze in wage indexation, followed by a 50 per cent cut after it is restored, and taxing part of the lump sum civil servants receive upon retirement. In a written statement, OEV said the seriousness of the economic problems and the public’s general feeling of depression can now be left behind and “we can look ahead with optimism”. After signing the deal, Cypriots must roll up their sleeves and work hard to return to a course of economic recovery and social prosperity, OEV said. The chamber of commerce and industry (KEVE) was equally positive saying the programme contained measures that were necessary. “In general, many of the measures that will be taken are things we have always been saying were necessary so that state ﬁnances were put on the right track,”

KEVE chairman Phidias Pilides said. Reports yesterday said the repayment period for the bailout loan would be 30 years with a 3 per cent interest. It is expected that Cyprus will post a primary surplus - surplus excluding interest payments on outstanding debt - in 2016, that would be enough to cover the loan’s interest payments, reports said. Former president George Vassiliou said Cyprus is going through a difﬁcult time but suggested that it was up to Cypriots whether the adjustment programme attached to the bailout would work or not. Vassiliou said the programme has two aims: to tackle the structural problems of the economy and help the bank recapitalisation. “From then on, if we are going to have recession or growth depends exclusively on us,” he told state radio. The former president said there should not be a defeatist approach to the programme and urged politicians to take a responsible stance. Those speaking against the bailout “will be engaging in poor populism and I am sure people will punish them come the (presidential) elections”. Vassiliou said Cyprus should implement the deal as soon as possible, after it was signed, and even go a step further with other structural changes.

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A gardener Joerg Schout is ready for the Christmas demand for poinsettias at his greenhouse in Malterdingen, Germany

Smoking over 50 leads to accelerated mental decline SMOKING and high blood pressure over the age of 50 both lead to accelerated mental decline, research has shown. Scientists analysed risk factor data for more than 8,000 older adults taking part in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (Elsa). Tests of memory, planning and overall mental ability were carried out after four and eight years. The study showed that smoking consistently reduced all three performance measures after four years. High blood pressure and high risk of stroke were associated with lower scores for memory and overall mental ability

after eight years. Being overweight was linked to poor memory. The ﬁndings appear in the journal Age and Ageing. They indicate that future trials should focus on combinations of risk factors rather than individual causes of mental decline, say the researchers. Lead scientist Dr Alex Dregan, from King’s College London, said: “Cognitive decline becomes more common with ageing and for an increasing number of people interferes with daily functioning and well-being. “Some older people can become forgetful, have trouble remembering common

words or have problems organising daily tasks more than others. “We have identified a number of risk factors which could be associated with accelerated cognitive decline, all of which, could be modifiable. This offers valuable knowledge for future prevention and treatment interventions.” The results indicate that high blood pressure has a gradual effect on the brain over a long period, according to the scientists. This could explain why short-term trials of blood pressure lowering drugs being used to treat mental decline had failed to show a clear benefit.

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THE CYPRUS Environmental Stakeholder Forum (CESF) is calling upon senior negotiators in the Cyprus peace talks to transform the island’s demilitarised buffer zone into a peace park to mark Wildlife Conservation Day on December 4. Academics working with the CESF have revealed after years of research that the buffer zone is a de facto wildlife haven, sheltering mammals such as the Cyprus moufflon and countless species of flora and fauna. Having been relatively untouched since the Turkish invasion of 1974, the buffer zone has naturally flourished. The ‘green line’ covers three per cent of the island’s surface and provides shelter and safety for some of Cyprus’ unique wildlife. This safety has come under threat in recent years according to the CESF with uncontrolled fires and illegal poaching and hunting taking place. “The CESF calls for resources to be provided by both communities to enforce the existing ban on hunting and trapping in the buffer zone, and encourages senior negotiators in the peace talks to consider transforming the area into a Peace Park,” a CESF press release

NICOSIA G. Hadjigregoriou, 27A Omirou Ave. Tel: 22673594, 22510112 (H) A. Ttooulas, 22D Kennedy Ave. Tel: 22763805, 22377349(H) A. Panayi, 15B Androcleous St. Tel: 22763575, 22317370 (H) E. Fesia, 173C Tseriou Ave. Tel: 22321499, 22325995 (H) N. Spanos, 1D Thessaloniki St, Anglanja. Tel: 22337761, 22444437 (H) LIMASSOL P. Panayiotou, Castle Apartments No. 3 Germasoyia Tel: 25322237, 25811860 (H)

P. Antoniades 30 Ayias Zonis Tel: 25358034, 25356371 (H) M. Filippidou-Fourla, 7A Nikou Pattihi. Tel: 25334403, 25770275 LARNACA Misiel, 24 Ermou St. Tel: 24621360, 24531859 (H) A. Clerides, 6 Patron St. Tel: 24622754, 24667765 (H) PAPHOS P. M. Caraolidou, 1 Mylonas St. Tel: 26935495, 26944566 (H) PARALIMNI R. Kefala, 111 1st April St. Tel: 23730116, 23821516 (H)

Cyprus Mail Established 1945. Number 21,390 NICOSIA 24 Vass. Voulgaroctonou, P.O. Box 21144, 1502 Nicosia Tel: 22-818585, Fax: 22-676385 email: mail@cyprus-mail.com LIMASSOL 5A Nicolaou, Pentadromos Centre, Thessaloniki St, Tel: 25-761117, Fax: 25-761141 email: cyprusmail@cytanet.com.cy LARNACA Tel: 24-652243, Fax: 24-659982 PAPHOS 62 Apostolou Pavlou Avenue, Ofﬁce 2, 8046 Paphos, Tel: 26 911383 Fax : 26 221049 email: paphos@cyprus-mail.com

said yesterday. “In the event of a solution, human developments can take place in harmony with the natural environment, a space which can be devoted to joint eco-tourism and environmentally friendly activities across the divide,” it concluded.

The CESF was launched in January 2007 and is a bi-communal, multi-disciplinary coalition of environmental stakeholders advocating common solutions to islandwide environmental problems. To learn more about the biodiversity of the island and

the buffer zone there will be a ‘Photo Exhibition on the biodiversity of Cyprus’ at the Home for Cooperation (opposite Ledra Palace) in Nicosia on December 6 from 9am until 5pm. For more information visit www.cyef.net

State’s accountant lists ways of hunting down late payments Accountant: ask for larger deposits or take court action By Poly Pantelides

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The buffer zone where the moufﬂon roam should become a ‘peace park’

ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL, Rea Georgiou, has advocated a state-wide policy to prevent the kind of system abuse that has allowed the accumulation of €135 million in unpaid ﬁnes and other outstanding payments. Well in advance of last week’s parliamentary discussion on the spiralling levels of outstanding ﬁnes and other payments - many belonging to politicians, lawyers, and prominent individuals who have refused to pay sometimes for decades - Georgiou IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FAMAGUSTA (in Larnaca) Probate Jurisdiction Appl. No. 108/2012 In the matter of Knut Gudbrandsen, with Cypriot identity card no. 800371, late of Ayia Napa Deceased Notice is hereby given that, after the expiration of eight (8) days as from the advertisement of the present, application will be made in the principal probate registry of Famagusta for the grant of Probate of the will of Knut Gudbrandsen, late of Ayia Napa, Famagusta deceased. Anna Makedona Valanidou Advocate

had sent a circular suggesting concrete ways different government departments can collect outstanding payments. Daily newspaper Alithia yesterday reported details of the November 5 circular sent to legal services, the personal data commissioner and the law commissioner, the public service commission and the Cabinet secretary, among others. Some of the measures Georgiou reportedly suggested involve simply stopping a service, e.g. water supply, if arrears have accumulated. When the state provides a service to a municipality or an individual, such as language courses to adults or leasing a building, state ofﬁcials should send a two-week notice before a payment is due, pick up the phone and talk to people, and inform them in writing how much is owed, Georgiou said. But before agreeing to provide services, the state should ask for a larger deposit or for the fees in advance whenever possible. And the state should sue anyone owing substantial amounts for over six months, Georgiou reportedly suggested.

Measures: Rea Georgiou During a discussion in the House Watchdog committee last week, deputies - whose colleagues have been using their immunity to avoid paying trafﬁc ﬁnes - asked for a list of the thousands of payment warrants, issued by the courts but not yet served by the police. This includes some 750 warrants worth €800,000 owed by lawyers, and 2,000 warrants belonging to civil servants, Auditor General Chrystalla Georghadji said last week. She accused the police of enabling the status quo saying that since many of the people who owed money to the state were well-known,

the police could not argue that they couldn’t locate the debtors. The police issued an announcement the following day insisting they pursued all warrants without exception. The Watchdog committee heard last week that legislation was being prepared to reduce bureaucracy and enable the state to retrieve the millions owed by the public and businesses. Back in May legislators discussed changing the constitution so they would not be immune from prosecution which some used to avoid paying traffic fines. They said that their immunity was important to their freedom to take on authority as necessary, and suggested instead that the attorney-general informs the House President so he can disseminate information to the offending parties. Dozens of unnamed legislators had not paid their fines, DISY MP Andreas Kyprianou said at the time, defending the two deputies from his party that were among the 54 lawmakers with unpaid traffic fines. The accountant general could not be reached yesterday for comment.

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Engomi in Christmas drive for those in need

Police seek fleeing poacher THE RAPID reaction unit’s (MMAD) antipoaching squad arrested one man and are searching for another on suspicion of poaching. Police said the two men were driving their quad bike just before midnight on Sunday in Peristerona village when police stopped them for a routine check. Upon seeing the police the two men ﬂed the scene. The driver, a 42-year-old, was arrested but the passenger who was carrying a ﬁrearm managed to get away. On the quad bike 34 cartridges were found.

Municipality joins a growing list of those stepping up efforts to help By Peter Stevenson ENGOMI municipality became the latest local authority yesterday to launch a campaign to help needy families in their area. The municipality said it will be holding a campaign from December 3 to December 17 to help residents for Christmas. The mayor of Engomi, Zacharias Kyriakou held a meeting with the representatives of the churches of Ayios Nikolaos, Ayion Panton, Panagias Makedonitissas, the church committee and the Engomi school board president, Costas Anastasiou to discuss setting up the campaign. “The aim of the campaign is to collect as much food and as many toys for this offering of love,” Anastasiou said yesterday. Engomi now joins a growing list of municipalities, volunteer groups, supermarkets and co-operative banks which have stepped up their efforts to help needy families, especially in the run up to Christmas. The municipality has made a list of the products it can accept. These include, ﬂour, milk (condensed or long life), sugar, tins of meat, oil, pasta, chickpeas, tuna, pulses, beans, tomato paste, cleaning goods, rice and new children toys. There will be two collection centres, one at the church of Ayios Nikolaos in Engomi and the other at the church of Ayion Panton in Makedonitissa. They will both be open from 4pm till 6pm every day for donations and on Sundays from morning mass until 11am. The church is also organising a campaign with the school board of Engomi to provide help to students in need. “The school board is currently accepting donations so they can give breakfast every day to students from all of the schools in the Engomi municipality,” Anastasiou said. Paphos, Larnaca and Limassol mu-

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Policeman’s house burgled A Limassol municipality food collection point (above). Left: a food package being prepared at the archbishopric in Nicosia

nicipalities have all launched programmes to ease the burden of the on going economic crisis by helping families in need. In Nicosia, individuals and families that need help receive food packets from the church. Parish priests evaluate the applications and the archbishopric hands out the packets once a month. Currently the church does not accept any donations of food from the public, holding fundraisers and purchasing the food at wholesale prices themselves. Sources at Nicosia town hall conﬁrmed that the local municipality are looking to create a community market like Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos but do not know exactly when. Larnaca’s municipality uses the town’s nursing home, housed in the municipal building to accommodate the community market. A welfare committee has been set-up there, using the model ﬁrst used by Limassol’s municipality to evaluate which people qualify for assistance. The market is run by two ladies that work for the nursing home and also two volunteers who go to the market every Friday afternoon, when the packets are handed out. “We depend on the help of volunteers

and donations as there is no budget allocated to this scheme by the municipality,” said councillor Elias Elia. Every major supermarket in Larnaca now has a box where anyone who wants to donate food can contribute. People can also drop off food at the nursing home between 7.30am and 2.30pm, Monday to Friday. An account has also been set up at the co-operative bank of Famagusta for anyone who would like to contribute money to the cause. Limassol works in the same way as Larnaca, with a welfare committee set up to evaluate applications. The community market is situated in Ayios Ioannis and people can pass by and give their donations between 11am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. E&S Kapsalou, Alpha Mega and Papantoniou supermarkets have boxes outside that people can place food in. The town hall also has a box placed outside its premises where food contributions can be made. Limassol’s market works exclusively thanks to volunteers from the Pancyprian Volunteerism Co-ordinative Council (PSSE) who go to the market every day to sort through donations. Two ladies from the municipality also spend their free time helping out with the or-

ganisation of the market. “The municipality had allocated €10,000 for this scheme but because we have received so much food and assistance from volunteers we haven’t had to touch it,” head of Limassol municipality’s social welfare department, Evie Tsolaki said. Financial donations can be put into the account that Limassol municipality has set up at the Co-operative Bank of Limassol for donations to help families in need. In Paphos a very similar system of direct food relief works though a special account has not yet been set up. A spokesperson for Paphos social welfare said, “If people wish to donate money to go towards helping the needy of Paphos they may bring cash to the social welfare ofﬁce at the municipality of Paphos. They will then be given an ofﬁcial municipality receipt; this money is used towards purchasing food for the food support programme.” She said that a food donation scheme will be taking place in all of the main Paphos supermarkets and will get underway next week. For more information about making donations please call your local municipalities. Larnaca 24653333, Limassol 25763755, Paphos 26822270 and Engomi 22453800

THE HOUSE of a policeman was robbed on Saturday evening in Paphos, between 6.15 and 8.15. Taken from the house was the amount of €1,500 in cash, jewellery of an unknown amount, his service pistol, two cartridges and 25 9mm bullets. Paphos CID are investigating.

Jewellery stolen A WOMAN reported to the police on Sunday night that approximately €30,000 worth of jewellery had been stolen from her house in Nicosia between November 4 and November 25. Nicosia CID are investigating

Church robbed THE OLD church of Apostolou Andrea Agias Foteinis tis Kyprias in Limassol was burgled between November 7 and November 24 police said yesterday. They received a report from a priest that the church which is in Kolossi had religious artefacts of a yet to be determined value taken from it.

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Christofias: ‘robber’ banks alone made bailout necessary

Power plant made more sense than building LNG plant, says losing company

By George Psyllides

By Elias Hazou THE GOVERNMENT has begun negotiations in earnest with the companies and consortiums awarded offshore gas exploration licences. Yesterday Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis held talks with representatives of Total E&P Activities Petrolieres, given the licence for offshore block 11. A day earlier he had met with a team from the ENIKOGAS joint venture picked for blocks 2 and 3. Officials told the Cyprus Mail that talks with the consortium comprising Total, Novatec and GPB Global Resources BV (a Gazprombank subsidiary) - awarded Block 9 - would take place in early December. The negotiations are aimed at getting the selected companies to improve their proposals in terms of both the technical and commercial facets Full-blown talks could take weeks or months before exploration contracts are signed. Block 9 is considered to be the ‘prime cut’ of the four prospects, having received eight bids in total. But questions are being asked after it emerged that the government altered the order of ranking of the bids for block 9, eventually picking the Total-Novatec consortium despite its bid being graded fourth or fifth. The government has denied anything untoward in changing the order of ranking for block 9, arguing that its final decision took into account additional parameters, such as matters of national security. Two separate assessments of the bids were made: one

by the French consultancy Beicip Franlab, the other by the energy service of the commerce ministry. But the ﬁnal decision rested with the Cabinet, on the recommendation of the commerce minister. There have been rumblings that some of the companies not picked are considering challenging the competition process. Oak Delta NG Exploration Joint Venture, the Israeliled group that bid for block 3 and was not picked, said yesterday it was disappointed with the Cyprus government’s decision but would not be taking legal action. But Dr Eli Barnea, CEO of Sigma Explorations Holdings Limited - which has a 75 per cent stake and is the designated operator in the joint venture - said he is lobbying the Israeli ofﬁcials to exert pressure on Nicosia “at the highest level”. The joint venture’s proposal for block 3 incorporated the construction of a power plant on the island for exporting electricity to Israel and generating electricity for Cyprus’ local consumption, by linking the two countries’ grids. “The project would have to be scrapped now after the bid decision,” Barnea said in a loaded comment. “The relationship between the two nations should be reciprocal. If Cyprus is not interested in our energy security, why should we be interested in theirs?” he added. Barnea said his joint venture’s technical proposal was graded the highest among the bids submitted for block 3 - yet the licence went to ENI-KOGAS. “We are not saying that ENI-KOGAS should not have got a licence, they

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PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias charged that the truth concerning the economy has been completely twisted, as he defended his economic policy and blamed banks and the capitalist system for the global crisis. “We should be proud of our governance,” he said in a speech on Sunday. “The factors are external: it’s the global crisis of this exploitative and inhuman system - capitalism, but also its people in our financial system.” The president described what happened in the banks in the run up to Cyprus seeking a bailout as a “robbery”. And he said European leaders and international lenders agreed with him that without the need to recapitalise the Greece-exposed banks, Cyprus would not have been forced to seek financial assistance. Speaking to ruling AKEL supporters and refugees from the Kyrenia district, Christofias asked them not to be affected by the daily brainwashing, undertaken by political opponents and many media outlets. Christofias blamed the crisis on capitalism, which causes hunger and poverty, even to people of the European Union “for which they boasted that it was a family based on institutions and

the values of solidarity and respect for the people”. The president said there was no respect and that this was proven by the millions of unemployed, the millions living below the poverty level in the EU because the neoliberal forces want to burden the poor with the effects of the crisis. Christofias said his administration had tried in the past few years to increase social protection and help to refugees. “We have doubled the assistance to refugees so that they could build a house. We have effectively doubled minimum pensions,” he said. The list of benefits the administration has brought is endless, he said, and without the theft in the banks, there would have been no serious economic problems. “We would have had to take some structural measures to tackle the fiscal deficit, but it would have been done without the support mechanism,” Christofias said. He added that the government had fought the troika hard to defend the workers’ basic conquests “and I think we have succeeded”. The president said the suspension of wage indexation or CoLA is temporary and the 13th salary (for government workers at least) remained intact. The troika had wanted both scrapped.

Employers upbeat over bailout The bids for gas licensing concessions being delivered to the commerce ministry earlier this year should, but so should have we,” he added. “Cyprus should not make the same mistake as Israel when our government awarded several licences to Noble Energy and Delek, thereby creating a monopoly that drives prices up.” As Barnea sees it, block 3 is potentially the most lucrative prospect because of its close proximity to the Cyprus shores - about 65km from Cape Greco. Moreover, drilling there would cost far less - about US$40 million compared to US$100 million in other prospects - because of the

lower sea depths in block 3. Barnea argues that exporting natural gas is not the best option for Cyprus because the added value is not that high. And according to the company’s own estimates, Cyprus would stand to make $10 per million BTU from exporting electricity, compared to just $3 per million BTU from exporting gas via an LNG terminal. That’s because of the huge overheads associated with building an LNG terminal and accompanying infrastructures. “Exporting gas is not for Cyprus,” said Barnea.

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(Continued from front page) The big unions have so far appeared to accept the deal, albeit begrudgingly. Despite the sharp rhetoric of the past few days, PASYDY, PEO and SEK have not yet spoken of industrial action. SEK boss Nicos Moiseos in fact said it was a difﬁcult time for the country and consensus was necessary. “It would not serve anything to start labour unrest right now; on the contrary we will

harm the economy and our country. This is not our policy,” he said. However, OELMEK, the union of secondary education teachers, sent the others a letter asking for a meeting of all groups to look into ways of reacting. Ruling AKEL said yesterday it would fully respect the terms of the deal, but when the debt is repaid, the party will try to restore certain rights that have been lost.

State-backed Popular Bank bond issue THE POPULAR Bank announced yesterday that it will be proceeding with a bond issue of €500 million which will be guaranteed by the government. The bond will be listed on the Cyprus Stock Exchange. The move follows the passage of an amending law last week allowing the state to guarantee bank bonds and new loans by an additional €3 billion, bringing the total amount to €6 billion. The purpose of the state guarantee scheme is to facilitate the access of eligible credit institutions to medium-term funding. It is part of efforts to stabilise the local ﬁnancial sector up to the end of the year.

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Those to blame for bank crisis must pay a price By Elias Hazou THOSE responsible for the sorry state of the banks should be prosecuted if necessary, the head of the bank employeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; union has said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People need to be punished,â&#x20AC;? Loizos Hadjicostis, head of the ETYK union, told reporters yesterday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We should not hesitate to apportion blame...and to follow the established procedures, including criminal ones, if necessary,â&#x20AC;? he added. He was speaking after a meeting with the chairman of the House watchdog committee which is looking into the role of the banks in the crisis that is rocking the ďŹ nancial sector. The top unionist homed in on the corporate governance of Popular Bank since it came under state control

earlier this year. He alleged that the bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s board of directors is circumventing a ministerial decree calling for across-the-board pay cuts as part of broader efforts to shore up expenses. Hadjicostis drew attention in particular to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;provocativeâ&#x20AC;? bonuses and allowances still being paid to bankers. Recently, he said, the head of Popular Bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remuneration committee approved the payment of â&#x201A;Ź650 daily in expense allowances to executives during trips to Greece. The amount was over and above the allowance for air travel and accommodation, he said. According to Hadjicostis, once ETYK found out about this, it protested to the bank, and as a result the allowance was cut from â&#x201A;Ź650 to â&#x201A;Ź400. Meanwhile, he said, cleaning ladies working at the bank on

â&#x201A;Ź250 a month has seen their salaries cut by â&#x201A;Ź12. Top bankers continued receiving fat salaries, he added. In an interview with Politis published on Sunday, Hadjicostis spoke of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;interwoven interestsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; between bankers and politicians, suggesting that some bankers had secured ministerial portfolios in the government by kowtowing to political parties and granting them loans on favourable terms. Hadjicostis went on to blame the media, claiming that they are being coerced into not reporting the true facts about the banks for fear of losing advertising fees. In the same interview, Hadjicostis denied rumours that his two daughters had landed bank jobs due to his inďŹ&#x201A;uence with ETYK. He also sought to play down

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Troubled Popular Bank allegedly approved the payment of â&#x201A;Ź650 daily in expense allowances to executives during trips to Greece on top of travel and accomodation the fact that ETYK members served on the board of directors of Bank of Cyprus and Popular during the time that decisions were taken to buy Greek bonds that were bottoming out. That move is now under scrutiny. In turn, Demetris Syllouris, chairman of the House watch-

dog committee, pledged yesterday that MPs would press ahead with investigating the actions of the banks over the past few years. Cyprus applied for a bailout in June when the islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two largest banks asked for state support to replenish their core Tier 1 capital after los-

ing heavily by extensively investing in write-down Greek bonds. The Central Bank is investigating banking activities, and investment company Pimco is currently carrying out a due diligence of the banks to determine the extent of their recapitalisation needs.

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Dig uncovering the rich layers of theatre history Lack of restoration at Paphos theatre an advantage for Australian archaeologists FRAGMENTS of marble sculptures from a monument consecrated to the nymphs of ancient Greek and Roman mythology have been uncovered during on-going excavations at Paphos’ ancient theatre, the archaeological team in charge of the dig have announced. The 15th season of excavations into one of Cyprus’ largest ancient theatres on Fabrika Hill unearthed a number of signiﬁcant ﬁnds, including fragments of carved marble adornments from the stage and from a monument to the nymphs or nymphaeum. Paphos was the capital of Cyprus in Greek and Roman times and its ancient archaeological remains are on the World Heritage List. Of particular interest to the archaeological team, led by Dr Craig Barker and Dr Smadar Gabrielli of the University of Sydney, is that the Paphos theatre is the only ancient theatre in Cyprus not to have undergone modern restoration. As such it is a unique structure because it is the sole remaining theatre containing visible traces of

its architectural development. Investigations have revealed that the theatre underwent ﬁve phases of renovations between 300 BC and the 4th century AD, each phase representing the evolution of ancient performance and theatre architecture. Many of the architectural features were robbed in later antiquity, and the area of the site was built over in the Middle Ages. Five trenches were opened by the team in 2012 in various locations around the theatre and the nearby Roman nymphaeum. Trench 12A was on the eastern side of the stage building, and located the bedrock foundations of the eastern end of the Roman stage. A new entrance way leading from the south into the eastern section of the theatre was located at a lower level than a Roman period one which may provide a rare indication of the architectural layout of the earlier phases of the theatre building. Trench 12B continued work in the area of the Roman road to the south of the thea-

The archaeological team at work on the site at Fabrika Hill in Paphos tre that began in 2010, clearing more of the road pavements and more of a medieval building above it. Trench 12C was on the upper levels of the cavea, the underground cells where wild animals were conﬁned before entering combat on stage, and indicates that there were signiﬁcant buildings constructed on the top of Fabrika hill after the theatre was no longer in use for performance. All areas provided new architectural in-

formation about the layout of the theatre and surrounding building, and all areas will be explored further in the future. In parallel with the excavation, the team’s specialists continued the archaeological interpretation of the architecture for a ﬁnal academic publication in the near future. The Australian archaeological excavations in Paphos are supported by the Nicholson Museum and by the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens.

Closing date looms for coveted Paphos Heart of Gold Award nominations By Bejay Browne THE NOMINATIONS for the annual Paphos Heart of Gold Awards will close this coming Friday. The community-based award will be presented by the patron, the mayor of Paphos, Savvas Vergas, at an event to be held at the town hall on Friday December 7. “We would like to have as many nominations as possible this year. We need the public’s help to inform us about anyone they believe is deserving of this year’s award. There are so many fantastic people living in the Paphos district and we want to hear about them,” a spokesperson for the award said. There are two awards to be handed out, the Junior Heart of Gold for those under 18 and the Heart of Gold Award for adults. The award is open to all residents of the Paphos district of all ages and nationalities

and aims to recognise those individuals who are extra special in some way. “The purpose of this award is to highlight, kind, courageous, determined people those who may be coping with difﬁcult situations, as well as members of the local community who work tirelessly for charity, or who have been a great help and support to neighbours and friends,” the spokesperson added. Successful nominees will be presented with their solid gold, handmade heart, made by Aphrodite jewellers, and a certiﬁcate donated by Massiva printers, by Savvas Vergas, at an event to be held at the town hall. Previous award winners have included Dr Aristos Georghiou, who was nominated for his work as the medical manager of the Friends’ Hospice Paphos, Jasmitha Maharajasingh, who then aged 8, survived a brain tumour, the late Ismini Liasidou Saul for setting up

and running the Margarita Liasidou foundation, Lynn Addy a dedicated fundraiser and Jordon Sideras, a plucky teenager. “This is a great way to say thank you to those who may otherwise not be recognised for all they do.” The spokesperson added: “We would like to say thank you to the mayor of Paphos for his support and to all of the sponsors who make this annual award possible.” The community based award is supported by the Paphos municipality social welfare committee, Aphrodite jewellers, Massiva printers, the Cyprus Mail, the Paphos Post and Rock fm. If you would like to nominate someone in Paphos, please send a short description of the person you’re nominating and the reasons for their nomination, along with your name and contact details to the following email address paphosheartsofgold@mail.com

Cyclist completes sponsored ride for Syria SYRIAN ex-national team cyclist, Omar Hamad, has completed his sponsored bike ride around the island to raise money for those in need in war-torn Syria. Hamad began his journey on November 15 in Paralimni and travelled through Nicosia, Paphos, Limassol and Larnaca, covering 527 km in just a week. “It was tiring but I managed it without any hitches. We have raised around €600 so far,” Hamad told the Cyprus Mail yesterday. The sponsorship will stay open until

Wednesday November 28 and people can donate through Paypal (visit http://cycle4syria.webs.com/info) or by visiting any Cartridge World branch in Cyprus and making a donation in the designated donation boxes. The money will go towards providing food and medical supplies to small communities and areas in Damascus, through organisations set up by hospitals, mosques, churches and town halls that provide help for those in need in their neighbourhoods.

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Britain

Insurance alert as rain continues

Council pledge in Ukip foster probe

200,000 householders warned they could lose home insurance policies

AN under-ﬁre council has said it will be “as open and transparent as possible” with an inquiry ordered by Education Secretary Michael Gove into why three foster children were removed from a couple because of their membership of the UK Independence Party (Ukip). Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire has faced a storm of criticism after the decision to take the children from the family emerged over the weekend. Yesterday, in a statement, council leader Roger Stone said: “The Secretary of State for Education has asked for an inquiry relating to this case over the weekend. The council welcomes this. We will work very closely with and give full co-operation to the Department.” Mr Stone said there were sensitive issues involved but added: “At all stages, however, we will seek to be as open and transparent as possible as we co-operate with the Secretary of State.” The couple at the centre of the controversy have said they want the youngsters back and a public apology. The pair, who have not been identiﬁed to protect the trio of EU-migrant children involved in the case, lost them when Rotherham Council social workers discovered their political allegiance, which they deemed incompatible with caring for the youngsters.

BRITAIN’S beleaguered towns and villages were dealt a further blow yesterday as more rain battered the country and 200,000 householders were warned they could lose their home insurance policies. Three people have died since the latest bout of severe weather struck, forcing hundreds of people to flee water-logged properties. Some 530 flood warnings and alerts remained in place yesterday as insurance chiefs hit out at the Government, claiming negotiations over future cover have hit an impasse and are now at “crisis point”. The two sides are locked in talks relating to the replacement of a “safety net” deal to ensure those in flood risk areas can continue to afford their policies which are set to expire next year. Insurers have called on the Government to provide a temporary overdraft facility to pay claims for 200,000 high-risk households in the event of serious flooding such as that seen in 2007. Nick Starling, director of general insurance at the Association of British Insurers (ABI), accused ministers of rejecting its proposals. “We want a solution even more now after the difficult events of the weekend,” he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme. “We have had two years to sort this out. During that time the insurance industry has put a massive amount of work and money into coming up with an insurance-led solution. “We seem to have reached an impasse. The Government has made it

clear it’s rejected our solution.” But Floods Minister Richard Benyon insisted the Government remained “really determined” to reach a deal and that the issue was an “absolute priority” for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). He criticised the ABI for airing its concerns at the height of the crisis. “I think it is actually rather demeaning at this particular moment in time to be talking about this,” he said. “It is rather a shame that it has been raised at this particular moment when there are a lot of distressed people with flooded homes.” The Environment Agency said a total of 901 properties have been flooded during the latest period of bad weather. It has issued flood warning messages to 70,684 households in the

A pedestrian pushes his bike through ﬂood water in Tewkesbury

Above: Firefighters from Wiltshire Fire Service use an Aquavac to help clear homes in Malmesbury after they were flooded over the weekend. Below: David Boazman, landlord of the White Bear Pub in Tewkesbury adjusts flood defences outside the door of his pub past few days. Forecasters warned of more trouble ahead as a band of persistent rain moves across northern England and North Wales, with County Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and the Conwy area of North Wales likely to be worst affected. Heavy showers are also forecast in Wiltshire, Dorset and central southern England, while gale-force winds are likely to hit the northern coast of Cornwall, the north-east coast of England and parts of Wales. The Prime Minister has promised the Government would “ensure everything is being done to help”. David Cameron’s comments came as thousands of motorists across the country were being rescued from the roads. There were devastating scenes in Devon where a 21-year-old woman was killed and two people were seriously injured in Western Way, Exeter, when they were crushed by a tree as wild winds whipped southern England. It followed the death of a man on Thursday, who was killed when his car became wedged under a bridge near a ford in Rectory Fields, Chew Stoke, Somerset. A 50-year-old man also died after falling into a canal in Watford on Saturday.

Chancellor announces new BoE head THE government named Canadian central bank chief Mark Carney as the next Bank of England Governor yesterday, springing a major surprise by appointing a foreigner to the job. Carney, a former Goldman Sachs investment banker who successfully helped to steer the Canadian economy through the global crisis, will succeed Mervyn King next year, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne told parliament. “He is quite simply the best, most experienced and most qualiﬁed person in the world to be the next Governor of the Bank of England,” Osborne said.

BoE deputy governor Paul Tucker, who had spent his entire career at the central bank, had been the hot favourite to succeed King. Osborne said Carney brought the skills to revamp British financial regulation at a time when the BoE will take on a new role in change of British bank supervision. Carney had previously strongly played down suggestions he would move to the BoE. “Mr Carney is unique amongst the potential candidates in combining long experience of central banking, huge international credibility in economics, deep expertise in financial regulation and a first hand experience of pri-

vate sector ﬁnancial institutions,” Osborne added. Carney is not a British national, although Osborne said he would apply for UK citizenship, and he studied at Oxford University. Carney will serve at the Bank of Canada until May, and then starts at the Bank of England in July. He will serve a ﬁve-year term, rather than the eight-year term that had been expected for the next BoE head. “That was the one guy I didn’t have in the running, and it’s a slap in the face for the likes of (Paul) Tucker and all those other guys who were hoping to step up to the plate,” said Peter Dixon of Commerzbank.

Man held over rape of 11-year-old schoolgirl in Enfield park DETECTIVES investigating the rape of a 11year-old girl as she walked home from school made an arrest yesterday. Ofﬁcers held a 26-year-old man at an address in Edmonton, but police said the investigation into the assault was continuing. The victim, described as petite and wearing her uniform, was attacked in Jubilee Park, Lower Edmonton, at about 5pm on Friday. She got off the 192 bus from Enﬁeld Town in Bury Street and was in Galliard Road when a man dragged her into the park’s pitch and putt area. Police say her ordeal lasted between two and three hours. The girl got home at 8pm and was taken to

hospital where she had surgery for injuries. The suspect is described as black with an Afro hairstyle and was wearing a dark grey top and black, baggy jeans. Yesterday extra police patrols were deployed around the park as ofﬁcers renewed appeals for witnesses. They are particularly keen to speak to anyone who may have seen the girl appearing confused or dishevelled following the attack. Yesterday residents and politicians described their shock. Leyla Bekir, 33, said: “I have an 11-year-old daughter who used to use that park so this has hit very hard with me. That poor girl, her Christmas and even her life beyond that has been destroyed.”

World Vision is one of the world's leading relief, development and advocacy organizations, currently helping more than 100 million people in almost 100 countries. As a Christian organization, we work alongside communities in their struggle against poverty, hunger and injustice, irrespective of their religious beliefs. The organization is seeking to recruit a qualified, flexible and highly motivated individual for the following position, who will be based in their regional office in Nicosia: Finance Assistant: This position will provide support to the financial management and reporting of the Regional office, ensuring good stewardship, transparency and accountability. Ensure timely and accurate processing of inter-office charges, expense reports, payments, reconciliations. Assist in reviewing, updating and implementing financial policies and procedures. Qualified candidate must have the following knowledge, skills, and abilities, which may be acquired through a combination of formal schooling, self-education, prior experience, and on-the-job training: CAT or BA qualifications 3 years’ experience in accounting. Fluent English and Greek. The position requires interacting with a large and diverse group of stakeholders on a regular basis. The ability to be organized and detailed is essential. This position requires a self-starter who is willing to take ownership of an assignment and drive it to completion with minimal supervision. Must have level of independence, show initiative and be highly motivated.

Candidates must be compatible with World Vision’s Christian ethos and core values. Visit our website for more information at www.meero.worldvision.org. To be considered, please submit your application electronically to meero_recruit@wvi.org by the 30 November 2012.

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World WORLD TODAY ‘Ozal’s body shows signs of poisoning’ AN autopsy on the exhumed body of Turkey’s late President Turgut Ozal, who led the country out of military rule in the 1980s, has found evidence of poisoning, a newspaper reported yesterday. There had long been rumours that Ozal, who died of heart failure in 1993 aged 65, was murdered by militants of the “deep state” - a shadowy nationalist strain within the Turkish establishment of the day. Ozal had angered some with his efforts to end a Kurdish insurgency and survived an assassination bid in 1988. His body, dug up last month on the orders of prosecutors investigating suspicions of foul play in his death, contained the banned insecticide DDT and the related compound DDE at 10 times the normal level, yesterday’s Zaman cited sources from the state Forensic Medicine Institute (ATK) as saying. “Ozal was most likely poisoned with four separate substances,” the paper reported the sources as saying.

Nuclear talks delay criticised IRAN and Arab nations yesterday criticised a decision to put off talks on banning atomic bombs in the Middle East, with Tehran blaming the United States for a “serious setback” to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The US said on Friday that the mid-December conference on creating a zone free of weapons of mass destruction would not occur and did not make clear when, or whether, it would take place. The United States, Britain and Russia are cosponsors of the meeting. Iran, which is accused by the West of developing a nuclear weapons capability, said this month it would participate in the talks that had been due to take place in Helsinki, Finland.

Hostage appeal A FRENCH citizen taken hostage by Islamist rebels last week in southwest Mali said he blamed France’s foreign policy for his abduction and urged Paris to respond to his captors’ demands, in a video shown yesterday. European leaders are growing increasingly anxious that Mali could turn into a platform for militant attacks, including in Europe.

Berlusconi awaits left contest outcome FORMER Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will wait to see who his centre-left adversaries choose as their candidate for elections expected in March before deciding whether to run himself, he said yesterday. In his latest switch of position, Berlusconi, who previously ruled out running, said he would wait to see whether the left chose frontrunner Democratic Party (PD) leader Pier Luigi Bersani, 61, or his younger rival Matteo Renzi in a secondround vote on December 2. Renzi, the 37-year-old mayor of Florence who is running as a moderniser and lagged former communist Bersani in a ﬁrst-round vote on Sunday, would be a tougher rival to Berlusconi in the election to succeed Mario Monti as prime minister, a poll showed last week. “With Renzi, Italy could have a Social Democratic party like other countries such as Germany and England,” Berlusconi said in an interview with his Canale 5 television. The 76-year-old media billionaire’s once-dominant People of Freedom party (PDL) is third in opinion polls, trail-

ing the PD by more than 10 percentage points and behind comic Beppe Grillo’s nascent anti-establishment 5-Star Movement by about ﬁve points. Berlusconi’s credibility was reduced to tatters a year ago when he resigned to make room for Monti’s technocrat government amid charges he had sex with an underage prostitute. The magnate did not conﬁrm reports in newspapers including Il Giornale, a right-wing daily owned by his family, that he would form a new party that could be unveiled later this week.

‘TRANSFORMATION’ Italy needs a complete transformation, Berlusconi said. “I think that it’s right for someone who had the honour of leading the Italian government for almost 10 years to reﬂect on the way to achieve this modernisation of Italy, this liberal revolution,” he said. Berlusconi’s latest comments deepen the chaos in his divided PDL, which has been planning to hold a primary of its own on December 16, but which does not

know whether it can go ahead with the vote because of Berlusconi’s indecision. Berlusconi, who created the PDL on the foundations of his old Forza Italia party, said that a decision on the primary would be taken “with a great deal of democracy”. A centre-left primary on Sunday gave Bersani 45 per cent of the first-round vote ahead of 35.5 per cent for Renzi, thanks to support from traditional PD voters. The centre-left would gather 44 per cent support in an election with Renzi as candidate, but 35 per cent with Bersani, according to an opinion poll last week by the CISE electoral research institute. Although Bersani has more support from the left of the PD than Renzi, both candidates have pledged to stick to the Monti government’s fiscal discipline and deficit-cutting targets. Picking a centre-left candidate will leave plenty of other questions unanswered in Italy’s confused political situation. While the centre-left leads opinion polls, it may not win enough votes in both houses of parliament to rule without seeking new allies.

Berlusconi will wait to learn the centre-left’s candidate before deciding whether to run himself

Separatist parties win in Catalonia poll

Astronauts picked for year-long mission

Separatist figurehead Mas loses ground

RUSSIA and the United States have chosen two International Space Station (ISS) veterans for the ﬁrst year-long mission to the orbiting laboratory, a test of endurance that will help prepare for missions deeper into space. Russian Mikhail Korniyenko and American Scott Kelly will ride a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the station in the spring of 2015, Russian space agency Roskosmos said yesterday. It would be the longest space ﬂight by an American. Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov holds the record for the longest spell in orbit, a 438-day mission aboard Russia’s Mir space station in 1994 and 1995. The record for an American is held by Michael LopezAlegria, who completed a 215-day mission aboard the International Space Station in 2006-2007. Most stints on the station, a $100-billion, permanently staffed laboratory that orbits about 250 miles (400 km) above Earth, have lasted no more than six months. Doctors are particularly concerned about the effect of long spells in space on bones, vision and the cardiovascular system. “The goal of the year-long expedition aboard the orbital laboratory is testing human body reactions to the harsh conditions of space and the ability to adapt to them,” Roskosmos said in a statement on its website. It would help reduce risks on future missions to the Moon’s orbit, the asteroids and eventually Mars, it said.

By Fiona Ortiz and Braden Phillips SEPARATISTS in Catalonia won a large majority in regional elections, but a poor result for the biggest local nationalist party complicates a push for a referendum on independence from Spain. A deep recession and high unemployment have fuelled separatism in Catalonia, which represents a fifth of Spain’s economy, piling political uncertainty on top of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s economic problems. Flying pro-independence flags - a lone star against yellow and red stripes - Catalan voters on Sunday handed 87 seats, almost two-thirds of the local parliament, to four different parties that want a referendum on secession. But voters also punished the movement’s figurehead, Catalan President Artur Mas. His Convergence and Union alliance, or CiU, remains the biggest party in the local parliament, but it lost 12 seats and Mas will have to form an alliance with another party to govern. Mas had tried to ride the separatist wave after hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in the streets in

Artur Mas, current President of Catalonia and leader of the CiU party gives a speech on Sunday in Barcelona after regional elections in Catalonia (AFP) September, demanding independence for Catalonia, which has its own language and sees itself as distinct from the rest of Spain. But Mas only recently backed Catalan independence, and while he stirred up enthusiasm for the idea, in the end he drove voters into the arms of parties seen as more genuinely representative of the separatist cause. With a population of 7.5 million people, Catalonia has an economy almost as big as Portugal. But it is labouring under a load of debt and Catalans think too much of their taxes go to the rest of Spain.

Mas, who has implemented tough austerity measures to rein in Catalonia’s steep public deﬁcit, said the situation was more complex now but he would still push for a referendum. Unlike in Scotland, where the government of the United Kingdom has agreed to a 2014 referendum, a Catalan plebiscite on breaking away from Spain could trigger a constitutional crisis and the central government has vowed to block it. The push for a referendum will be more difﬁcult now since Mas fell far short of his aim of winning an absolute majority,

or more than 68 seats. “Having a large majority would have made the path towards independence easier. It will be more difﬁcult to put pressure on Madrid now without that majority. In these processes it’s important to have a single leader, a leader with whom people identify,” said Jesus Gilabert, a supporter of Mas’ CiU. In Madrid, where the ruling People’s Party and the opposition Socialists have said they will block a Catalan referendum, political leaders read the Catalan result as a failure for a referendum.

Disgraced Austrian politician Ernst Strasser accused of ‘harming European politics’ in bribery trial DISGRACED Austrian politician Ernst Strasser harmed European politics by agreeing to push for laws in the European Parliament in exchange for money, a Vienna prosecutor said when his bribery trial started yesterday. The former Austrian interior min-

ister and European lawmaker was caught on camera boasting of his lobbying skills and saying his clients paid him 100,000 euros ($130,000) a year for inﬂuencing legislation. Strasser, who denies the charges, faces 10 years in jail if convicted of corruption.

Prosecutor Alexandra Maruna said at the start of the trial it was not relevant whether Strasser had actually taken any money or sought to push through any legislation. What was important that he had offered his vote and his voice for cash. “He massively harmed European

politics,” she told the court. Strasser, 56, was ﬁlmed last year by undercover journalists from Britain’s Sunday Times posing as lobbyists. He resigned but denied wrongdoing, saying he wanted to protect his party, the Austrian conservative OVP.

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World

Mursi in crisis talks over power seizure

Architect of Israeli Iran policy Barak to leave politics

Opponents say Mursi’s decree must be scrapped

ISRAELI Defence Minister Ehud Barak, a leading strategist in confronting Iran over its nuclear programme, said in a surprise announcement yesterday that he would quit political life after the January 22 national election. Some commentators speculated Barak was trying to duck a trouncing for his tiny centrist party in the ballot, after which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who heads the front-running, right-wing Likud, might return him to defence and military headquarters as a professional appointee. But others said 70-year-old Barak, who has served as prime minister and armed forces chief, may have had enough of campaigning and wanted to focus on resolving the Iranian issue before leaving his post. “I stand before you to share my decision to resign from political life and not to run in the coming election for the Knesset,” Barak told a news conference, adding he would stay on as defence chief until a new administration is sworn in. Speaking ﬁve days after an eight-day Gaza offensive end-

A boy gestures during clashes with riot police at Tahrir square in Cairo yesterday

By Yasmine Saleh and Edmund Blair EGYPTIAN President Mohamed Mursi negotiated with senior judges yesterday to try to defuse a crisis over his seizure of new powers which set off violent protests reminiscent of an uprising last year that led to the rise of his Islamist movement. The justice minister said he believed Mursi would agree with Egypt’s highest judicial authority on its proposal to limit the scope of the new powers. Mursi’s spokesman said the president was “very optimistic Egyptians would overcome the crisis”. But the protesters, some camped in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, have said only retracting the decree will satisfy them, a sign of the deep rift between Islamists and their opponents that is destabilising Egypt two years after Hosni Mubarak was ousted. “There is no use amending the decree,” said Tarek

Ahmed, 26, a protester who stayed the night in Tahrir, where tents covered the central trafﬁc circle. “It must be scrapped.” One person has been killed and about 370 injured in clashes between police and protesters since Mursi issued the decree last Thursday shielding his decisions from judicial review, emboldened

by international plaudits for brokering an end to eight days of violence between Israel and Hamas. The stock market is down more than 7 per cent. Mursi’s political opponents have accused him of behaving like a dictator and the West has voiced its concern, worried by more turbulence in a country that

Syrian warplanes bomb rebel headquarters SYRIAN warplanes bombed a rebel headquarters near the Turkish border yesterday, missing their target but sending hundreds of Syrians fleeing across the frontier. The attack on the Free Syrian Army base in Atima, 2 km (1 mile) from the border, came a day before Turkish and NATO officials were due to start assessing where to station surface-to-air missiles close to the 900 km (560 mile) border. Turkey, a major supporter of insurgents fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad, has repeatedly scrambled jets along the joint border and responded in kind when Syrian shells have landed inside Turkey. But Ankara, rejecting Syrian complaints that the Patriots were “provocative”, stressed they would be used only to defend Turkish territory, not to create a no-fly zone inside Syria that rebels want to neutralise Assad’s massive air power.

A Syrian rebel fighter seen in Daria near Damascus Describing the bombing of the FSA base, opposition activist Ahmed, who lives within a few blocks of it, said: “Two Syrian fighter jets came and fired five rockets. Three have hit farm areas and another two hit buildings near the base.” Yesterday’s strike was one of the closest to the Turkish border carried out by Syrian jets. Ahmed said it was the first time they targeted the FSA base set up by senior

rebel Mustafa al-Sheikh when he crossed over to Syria from Turkey two months ago. Rebels fired anti-aircraft guns at the jets but they were flying too high to be hit, activists said. “I think the reason for the raid may have something to do with increased weapons movements (from Turkey),” Ahmed said. Several hundred Syrians fled into Turkey after the raid and were being taken care of by the Turkish army. At least two wounded people were taken across the border. The Turkish Anatolian news agency said an anti-aircraft shell fired during clashes in another Syrian border town, Harem, hit the roof of a house in the Turkish district of Reyhanli, causing no casualties. After 20 months of conflict, rebels have been tightening their hold on farmland and urban centres to the east and northeast of Damascus, and have seized a string of military bases in the past 10 days.

Hamas backs Abbas UN move in show of unity THE Islamist group Hamas said yesterday it was backing President Mahmoud Abbas’ attempt to win more clout for Palestinians at the United Nations, the latest sign of a rapprochement between the political rivals. The Palestinians are registered as an observer entity at the UN and Abbas wants to see them upgraded to a “non-member state” in a UN General Assembly vote on November 29, giving him access to other international organisations. The decision by Hamas was unexpected. It

does not recognise Israel’s right to exist and has dismissed previous attempts by Abbas to promote the Palestinian cause on the diplomatic stage. Abbas holds sway in the occupied West Bank. Hamas governs the Gaza Strip and has just fought a fierce, eight-day conflict with Israel. After more than five years of deep divisions, the two main political forces in the Palestinian territories have shown signs this past week they were ready to resume unity talks - driven closer together by the Israeli assault on Gaza.

has a peace treaty with Israel and lies at the heart of the Arab Spring. Mursi’s administration has defended his decree as an effort to speed up reforms and complete a democratic transformation. Leftists, liberals, socialists and others say it has exposed the autocratic impulses of a man once jailed by Mubarak. “President Mursi is very optimistic that Egyptians will overcome this challenge as they have overcome other challenges,” presidential spokesman Yasser Ali told reporters, shortly before the president started his meeting with members of Egypt’s highest judicial authority, the Supreme Judicial Council. The council has hinted at a compromise, saying Mursi’s decree should apply only to “sovereign matters”. That suggests it did not reject the declaration outright. It urged judges and prosecutors, some of whom went on strike, to return to work. Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky, speaking about the council statement, said: “I believe President Mohamed Mursi wants that.”

Surprise decision: Israel Defence Minister Barak ed in a ceaseﬁre with the enclave’s Hamas Islamist rulers, Barak said he wanted to spend more time with his family and that politics “has never been a passion of mine”. Should Barak’s resignation prove permanent his successor would likely come from Likud ranks. He might even be replaced by the current foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, the Likud’s more hawkish coalition partner. Few doubt that this would affect the tenor of a ministry that oversees everything from armed conﬂict to administration of occupied Palestinian territory to liaising with regional power-broker Egypt.

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World NY paper facing legal action over Wen report

Blaze protests in Bangladesh

CHINA’S second-biggest insurance company has threatened to take legal action against the New York Times for reports that Premier Wen Jiabao’s relatives had accumulated massive wealth, largely through holdings in the ﬁrm. Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China Ltd stated it had “noted recent media coverage related to the company, which contains serious inaccuracies, facts being distorted and taken out of context, as well as ﬂawed logic”. It added it “will take appropriate legal action commensurate with the damage and adverse impact the media reports have caused to the company”. Ping An did not name the New York Times Co in its statement, but a spokesman said that it referred to a New York Times article published over the weekend. The New York Times issued a report in October, citing corporate and regulatory records that it said showed Wen’s family had amassed massive wealth during his time in power, the biggest source of which it said was large stakes in Ping An.

Weekend garment workshop fire kills 112 THOUSANDS of angry textile workers demonstrated in the outskirts of Dhaka yesterday after a fire swept through a garment workshop at the weekend, killing more than 100 people in Bangladesh’s worst-ever factory blaze. The fire has put a spotlight on global retailers that source clothes from Bangladesh, where the cost of labour is low - as little as $37 a month for some workers - and rights groups have called on bigbrand firms to sign up to a fire safety programme. Workers from Tazreen Fashions and residents blocked roads and forced the closure of other factories in the industrial suburb of Ashulia, where the huge fire started on Saturday, demanding those responsible for the disaster be punished. “I haven’t been able to find my mother,” said one worker, who gave her name as Shahida. “I demand justice, I demand that the owner be arrested.” Police and officials said narrow exits in the nine-storey building trapped workers in-

side, killing 112 people and injuring more than 150. “This disastrous fire incident was a result of continuing neglect of workers’ safety and their welfare,” said Amirul Haque Amin, president of Bangladesh’s National Garment Workers Federation. “Whenever a fire or accident occurs, the government sets up an investigation and the authorities - including factory owners - pay out some money and hold out assurances to improve safety standards and working conditions. But they never do it.” Working conditions at Bangladeshi factories are notoriously poor, with little enforcement of safety laws. Overcrowding and locked fire doors are common. More than 300 factories near the capital shut for almost a week this year as workers demanded higher wages and better conditions. At least 500 people have died in clothing factory accidents in Bangladesh since 2006, according to fire brigade officials.

Bangladesh has about 4,500 garment factories and is the world’s biggest exporter of clothing after China, with garments making up 80 per cent of its $24 billion annual exports. The International Labour Rights Forum (ILRF) said that US-based PVH Corp, whose brands include Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and Van Heusen, entered into an agreement with unions and other rights groups earlier this year to develop a fire safety programme in Bangladesh, but others have not signed up. “We hope the tragic fire at Tazreen will serve as an urgent call to action for all major brands that rely on Bangladesh’s low wages to make a profit,” ILRF Executive Director Judy Gearhart said in a statement on Sunday. “Their voluntary and confidential monitoring programmes have failed; now it is time to come together and make a contractual commitment to workers, and to involve workers and their organisations in the solution.”

Bangladeshi garment workers walk on the burnt stairs of the nine-storey Tazreen Fashion plant in Savar, about 30 kilometres north of Dhaka yesterday (AFP)

Australia apologises for abuse AUSTRALIA’S government and defence force commander apologised to hundreds of victims of abuse within the military yesterday, clearing the way for victims to receive compensation. In an address to parliament, Defence Minister Stephen Smith acknowledged that soldiers, sailors and member of the air force had suffered abuse, often by superiors under the excuse of toughening up younger recruits, since the early 1950s. An independent report into abuse within the military earlier this year found 775 plausible allegations of sexual, physical and mental abuse within the armed forces since 1951. “To those men and women in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) or the Department of Defence who have suffered sexual or other forms of abuse, on behalf of the government, I say sorry,” Smith told parliament. “You should never have experienced this abuse.” Smith said senior military leaders were committed to changing a defence force culture which has often turned a blind eye to abuse and was often hostile to women or those who spoke out or complained about

their treatment. The issue flared in 2011 when a female defence academy cadet was unknowingly filmed having consensual sex with a male colleague, with the incident broadcast over the internet to other cadets without her knowledge. While action was taken against the male cadets, defence authorities also proceeded with disciplinary action against the woman over an unrelated incident, angering Smith and raising questions over the treatment of victims of abuse. Australia’s military commander, General David Hurley, said hundreds of thousands of people had served in Australia’s military and most had no experience of abuse, although he acknowledged the suffering of those who were affected. “On behalf of the ADF (Australian Defence Force), I say that I am sorry to those who have suffered sexual, physical or mental abuse while serving in the ADF,” he said. Smith said an independent task force would now examine specific allegations and rule on compensation of up to A$50,000 ($52,200) for victims. It will also refer matters to police or the military justice system if there is evidence of a crime.

US holds to climate goals despite poor nations’ pleas THE United States resisted pledging steeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 yesterday despite calls by poor nations at the start of a UN conference for tougher action to avert storms, droughts and rising seas. About 200 nations met for annual United Nations talks on global warming with little prospect of a breakthrough and recriminations over how to keep alive hopes of a new, global UN deal to ﬁght climate change meant to start up in 2020. “We’re sleepwalking off a cliff,” Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists said. There

Obama has said he will focus more on climate change in his second term was a lack of ambition to confront rising world greenhouse gas emissions at the two-week meeting, the ﬁrst in an OPEC nation, he said.

US deputy climate envoy Jonathan Pershing said that President Barack Obama was sticking to his 2009 goal of cutting emissions by 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020. That target was not approved by the US Senate. “I do not anticipate that the United States will modify the commitment we have made,” he told a news conference. Washington was taking aggressive action to cut emissions and its national emissions may have peaked, he said. Obama has said that he will focus more on climate change in his second term as US president.

CYPRUS MAIL Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Business

‘IMF wants €40b cut in Greek debt, more later’

Mittal is ‘not welcome’ in France

IMF and euro ministers are at odds on meeting goal

STEELMAKER Mittal, which acquired France’s Arcelor in 2006, is no longer welcome in France due to years of broken promises, Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg said yesterday, intensifying the row over plans to close two furnaces in northeastern France. Montebourg’s attack on ArcelorMittal (ISPA.AS) risks exacerbating tensions in a dispute that is central to Socialist President Francois Hollande’s efforts to save jobs and reverse years of industrial decline. It came after Montebourg, one of the most left-wing ministers in the government, said last week that France could nationalise the company’s Florange site on a temporary basis while the government tries to ﬁnd a buyer. ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaker, has said it will shut down two blast furnaces at Florange from December 1 unless the government can ﬁnd a buyer to operate them. “We no longer want Mittal in France because they haven’t respected France,” Montebourg said in an interview with Les Echos business daily published yesterday. He said Chief Executive Lakshmi Mittal had told “shameful lies” since 2006 about the group’s plans and had not kept his promises to the French government. “The problem with the blast furnaces at Florange is not the blast furnaces at Florange, it’s Mittal,” he said. A source close to Lakshmi Mittal, who according to French media is due to meet with Hollande today, told Reuters that management were “very shocked” at Montebourg’s words. “These are quite violent declarations against a company which employs 20,000 people in France,” the source said.

By Jan Strupczewski THE International Monetary Fund wants eurozone finance ministers to agree to cut Greece’s debt by 20 per cent of GDP now and commit to further debt reduction in the future to get the country’s finances back on a sustainable path, a source familiar with EU-IMF talks said yesterday. An immediate 20 percentagepoint cut, equal to 40 billion euros (32.3 billion pounds), could mostly be achieved through lowering interest rates and extending maturities on loans to Greece, the source said. Finance ministers from the 17 countries sharing the euro, the European Central Bank and the IMF were locked in a third round of talks yesterday to decide how to make Greek debt, expected to rise to 190 per cent of GDP next year, more sustainable by reducing it to 120 per cent or below by 2020. The IMF and the ministers are at odds on how to achieve the goal, with the IMF pushing for a bolder reduction of Greek debt through the forgiveness of some of the official loans to Athens which now make up the bulk of the country’s obligations. Greece’s biggest creditor, Germany, opposes any debt forgiveness for Athens. Without additional debtcutting measures, Greek debt is likely to fall to only 144 per

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde arrives at the eurozone ﬁnance ministers meeting in Brussels yesterday cent of GDP in eight years substantially above the 120 per cent target. Many policymakers see even the 120 per cent as too high for Greece, which is in its ﬁfth year of recession and set to contract again in 2013. The IMF argues, the source said, that if there is no debt reduction up front, the Greek economy will not grow, nobody will invest and Greeks themselves will not spend, derailing other macro-economic assumptions of its adjustment programme. But Germany has said debt forgiveness would be illegal

and the European Commission has said that a haircut on the principal lent to Athens is a red line for eurozone ministers. The key to a compromise may be in keeping the principal intact. One idea being discussed is to keep the principal untouched but lower the interest on the ofﬁcial loans, either extended bilaterally or through the temporary bailout fund EFSF, to below market rates, and to extend maturities. This could produce a reduction in debt big enough to make Greek debt sustainable,

or close to sustainable. Other available options include the European Central Bank forgoing proﬁts on its Greek bond portfolio, a 10-year moratorium on debt servicing and a buy-back of privately held debt at a deep discount. The source said the IMF insisted on a package of steps that would slash 20 per cent of GDP off the debt pile up front to give the plan credibility and the Greek economy a chance to grow. But it also expected the eurozone to promise a further reduction to a level well below 120 per cent of GDP in the fu-

ture as a reward for keeping Greek reforms on track, the source said. That would have to involve debt forgiveness. The IMF had made clear that it would not walk away from Greece, the source said, but also that it would not endorse a debt reduction deal that did not guarantee debt sustainability. The IMF insists any measures the ministers agree on, as well as assumptions in the Greek reform programme, have to be credible enough for investors to see them as realistic, otherwise Greece would not be able to return to markets.

UBS fined £30m over trading scandal UBS WAS fined 30 million pounds ($48 million) by Britain’s financial watchdog and put under extra scrutiny by its Swiss counterpart over failings that allowed a rogue trader to lose $2.3 billion. Announcing the fine yesterday, the director of enforcement at Britain’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) said the Swiss bank’s risk control systems were “seriously defective.” Kweku Adoboli, a trader on UBS’s Exchange Traded Funds desk in London, was jailed for seven years last week after admitting trading far in excess of authorised limits in the biggest fraud in British history. “Failures of this type in firms of the size and standing of UBS not only damage the firms concerned but also wider confidence in the integrity of the markets and the financial system,” the FSA’s Tracey McDermott said. In a separate announcement, the Swiss financial regulator Finma said it was examining whether UBS should increase capital to back its operational risks. A Finma spokesman declined to elaborate. Espirito Santo Investment Bank analyst Andrew Lim doubted whether the Swiss regulator would push UBS to raise more capital because the bank was already in a strong position. “The fine is immaterial and the steps on the capital front are also immaterial because they are so well capitalised,” Lim said. “Finma is just doing a ‘belt and braces’ ap-

proach and showing they are at the forefront on being tough on regulation,” he added. Since the government bailed out UBS during the 2008 financial crisis, Switzerland has drawn up tough new capital standards for its two global banks - UBS and Credit Suisse - that go beyond the new Basel III global rules. UBS said yesterday it had made progress over the past year “reinforcing our position as one of the most financially sound global banks.” In its annual report, UBS said it increased its risk- weighted assets for operational risk to 58.9 billion Swiss francs ($63.36 billion) on December 31, 2011 from 51.9 billion francs a year earlier as agreed with Finma after the trading scandal. The Swiss regulator yesterday said it is appointing an independent investigator to see whether the action UBS is taking to put things right after last year’s scandal is proving effective. Finma said the bank’s control functions had been based too much on trust and that it had sent misleading signals by awarding bonuses and pay rises to Adoboli, even though he had breached the rules. UBS said it accepted the regulators’ findings and the penalties, adding it was pleased that the regulators had acknowledged the steps the bank has taken including disciplinary action against staff.

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Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was jailed for seven years last week after admitting trading far in excess of authorised limits in the biggest fraud in British history

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Opinion

Troika measures aimed at making the economy healthy, which will then lead to proper growth THE MAIN criticism levelled against the troika by all the political parties was that its bailout proposals did not include any provisions for development and growth. Every politician, who spoke in public, complained that none of the proposals focused on economic development that would lead to the creation of jobs and put the economy on the road to recovery. It was a simplistic argument of the type our politicians love to make because it is well-received by people. That it has no basis in reality is another matter. First, the troika was never going to lend us money to help us get out of the recession. Its loan would be for the re-capitalisation of the banks and for the funding needs of the state, which is excluded from the international markets, with the aim of keeping them afloat. Were our politicians suggesting that we should be loaned an extra billion to stimulate the economy? But would this money have the desired effect or would it lead to the creation of a couple of thousand state subsidised jobs that would vanish as soon as the funding dried up? The belief that the state can create jobs is widely held among the political class and is one of the reasons for today’s problems. The state is already paying way too much on thousands of unproductive jobs in the public sector that stifle rather than foster growth. Our economy, thanks to powerful unions, CoLA and annual pay rises way out of line with productivity increase ceased being competitive some time ago. Unless it can become competitive again it is difficult to see how it will return to healthy growth rates and job creation. Lower wages and higher productivity would improve competitiveness, but we also need to come up with new business ventures and innovation for which we cannot rely on the state. Private initiative is what fuels growth and not the state as our politicians seem to think. But for there to be private initiative and investment the economy needs to be put on a healthy basis. This is what the troika measures are aimed at - making the economy healthy, which then creates the condition for real investment and growth. The economy will not return to a healthy state overnight as time is needed for the treatment advised by our lenders to work. The period of the treatment may seem long, but without the patient getting healthy again, the growth and development everyone is clamouring for will not materialise.

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Mursi goes too far Comment Gwynne Dyer

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here is no middle ground, no dialogue before (Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi) rescinds this declaration,” said pro-democracy advocate and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammed ElBaradei. “There is no room for dialogue when a dictator imposes the most oppressive, abhorrent measures and then says ‘let us split the difference’.” Mursi won last June’s presidential election fair and square, but many Egyptians really are frightened that his decree of November 22 sweeps aside the democratic gains of last year’s revolution. The decree gives him absolute power, although he swears it is only for a limited time. Mursi was already governing by decree pending a new parliamentary election, since the courts had dissolved the lower house of parliament because the election was flawed. His latest decree declares that the courts cannot challenge any of his edicts until that new election takes place. The decree also states that he can take any steps necessary to defeat undefined “threats to the revolution” – and nobody can ask the courts to decide whether those steps are legal and justifiable. In theory, at least, Mursi has given himself greater powers than the former dictator, Hosni Mubarak, ever possessed. This is as puzzling as it is alarming, since nothing in Mursi’s previous history suggests that he wants to be Egypt’s next dictator. He is a prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood and shares its conservative social and religious values, but that organisation, the mainstay of opposition to Egypt’s military dictators during half a century of tyranny, has moved a long way from its radical and sometimes violent origins. So is Mursi a wolf in sheep’s clothing, just waiting for the chance to impose Islamic rule on everybody, including liberals, Christians, and secular Egyptians? How else can you explain what he has just done? The answer matters, because if Egypt, by far the most popu-

Mursi’s edict has been met with impassioned protests in Egypt’s streets lous Arab country (90 million people), succumbs to a new tyranny, then the whole “Arab Spring” was just a brief illusion. Mursi’s actions are wrong, but he is not actually aiming at a dictatorship. He just wants to thwart the Supreme Judicial Council, made up of judges who almost all date from the Mubarak era, which had already dismissed the first body charged with writing a new constitution. There were indications that it might be about to dissolve the second one on the same grounds. The grounds were legally sound, for the first assembly chosen by parliament included a large number of MPs who belonged to the Islamic parties, although the law said that members of parliament could not themselves sit in the Constituent Assembly. A second Constituent Assembly, chosen in June, once again included members of parliament in clear defiance of the law, which is why it is facing further court challenges. In the last month or so, the prospect that this new body will produce a constitution based mainly on Islamic law led most of the secular and Christian elements to withdraw. That deprived it of a voting quorum, but the remaining members, including many MPs

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linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, carried on regardless, so there was a growing probability that a new court ruling would dismiss this assembly too. At the time of writing, Mursi had not only given himself supreme powers beyond the ability of the courts to challenge, but had speciﬁcally forbidden the Supreme Judicial Council to dismiss the second Constituent Assembly. He had also given that assembly an extra two months to ﬁnish writing the constitution, after which it would have to be approved by referendum. Only then (perhaps next May) would a new lower house of parliament be elected – and once the constitution is in place and the subsequent election is past, Mursi has promised, he will relinquish his extraordinary powers. But by then Egypt would have an Islamic constitution, and almost certainly a lower house of parliament dominated by the Islamic parties. What is happening now, therefore, is not the rise of a new dictatorship but rather a ruthless political manoeuvre aimed at creating a democratic but Islamic Egypt. Naturally, it frightens a large proportion of the 49 per cent of Egyptians who voted against Mursi in the presidential election earlier this year, and it absolutely

(AFP)

terriﬁes the country’s 8 million Christians. Mursi’s edict has been met with impassioned protest in the streets, and the formation of a National Salvation Front aimed at uniting all non-Islamist groups to force Mursi to rescind his edicts. Its leaders include three of the candidates who ran against Mursi in the election earlier this year. But that may not be enough. The truth is that the elections produced a parliamentary majority and a president who want to impose Islamic law, and that its opponents are using various legal devices in an attempt to stop the process. Moreover, a new constitution imposing Islamic law would almost certainly get a “yes” in a referendum. But the other truth is that majorities in a democracy should not try to impose their religious and social views on large minorities who do not share them. Mursi is already showing signs of wanting to compromise – but, as ElBaradei pointed out, he cannot take these extreme measures and then offer to “split the difference”. Egypt is in for a rough ride. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries

WHAT THE MAIL SAID

1095

25 years ago Friday November 27, 1987

Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont in order to reclaim the Holy Land.

Libya complained at a meeting of world police chiefs yesterday that it was the main victim of international terrorism. Sources at Interpol’s annual conference said the Libyan delegate, Tripoli Security Chief Colonel Zlitni Ghet Ibr, complained his country has been isolated during a debate on terrorism also attended by US security chiefs.

1961 The RAF drops food supplies into Somalia to try and relive the on-set of famine conditions brought on by ﬂooding.

1964

35 years ago Sunday November 27, 1977

Cold War: Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and to start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would “save humanity from the ultimate disaster”.

The Intercommunal talks must come down to discussing the substance of the constitutional and territorial claim and some other way must be found to introduce a more serious discussion of the necessary compromises, British Foreign Security Dr David Owen told the House of Commons earlier this week.

1967

45 years ago Monday November 27, 1967

French President Charles de Gaulle vetoes Britain’s entry into the European Common Market.

Cyrus Vance, President Johnson’s personal envoy, has cabled to Ankara the latest Greek government stand on Cyprus and tonight Turkish Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel told reporters “The situation is still critical”. He said another meeting with Vance was not planned, although Vance was reported in Athens as saying that he planned to ﬂy to Ankara before dawn tomorrow.

2004 Pope John Paul II returned the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church, as part of an effort to reconcile the two churches.

CYPRUS MAIL Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Environment

UN talks seen falling short in spite of fears for climate

Harmful greenhouse gases reach record high

Nations seek to extend Kyoto protocol, despite dwindling support

By Emily Beament

By Alister Doyle and Regan Doherty

THE amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high last year, the World Meteorological Organisation said. Levels of the most important greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, were at more than 390 parts per million (ppm) in 2011, compared to 280ppm before the start of the era of the Industrial Revolution in 1750, an increase of around 40 per cent. The WMO also said that between 1990 and 2011 there was a 30 per cent increase in the warming effect on the climate because of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases such as methane and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere. The international body said some 375 billion tonnes of carbon had been released into the atmosphere since the start of the Industrial Revolution, mostly through burning fossil fuels.

DESPITE mounting alarm about climate change, almost 200 nations meeting in Doha from yesterday are likely to pay little more than lip service to the need to rein in rising greenhouse gas emissions. A likely failure to agree a meaningful extension of the UN’s Kyoto Protocol, a legally binding plan for cutting emissions by developed nations, would also undercut work on a new deal meant to unite rich and poor in ﬁghting global warming from 2020. “The situation is very urgent... We can no longer say that climate change is tomorrow’s problem,” Andrew Steer, president of the Washington-based World Resources Institute thinktank, said of the November 26-December 7 talks in Qatar. Superstorm Sandy had been a wake-up call for many Americans as the sort of extreme event predicted by climate scientists in a warming world, he said, even though individual weather events cannot be blamed on man-made global warming. A UN study last week said the world was on target for a rise in temperatures of between 3 and 5 degrees Celsius because of increasing emissions. That would cause more ﬂoods, droughts, heatwaves and rising sea levels. A UN conference two years ago agreed to limit any rise in temperatures to below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6F) above pre-industrial times. But greenhouse gas levels hit a new record in 2011, despite the world economic slowdown. And countries are showing little sign of raising ambi-

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Devastation: Superstorm Sandy had been a wake-up call for many Americans as the sort of extreme event predicted by climate scientists in a warming world tion. “A faster response to climate change is necessary and possible,” Christiana Figueres, head of the UN Climate Change Secretariat, said in a statement outlining hopes for the talks. “The climate talks so far have not produced anything like the results that the science tells us that we need,” said Samantha Smith, leader of global climate and energy work at the WWF conservation group. Delegates are meeting in a cavernous conference

centre in Qatar - the ﬁrst OPEC state to host the annual talks and the nation with the world’s highest per capita greenhouse gas emissions, roughly three times those of the average American. To keep up climate action, most countries favour extending the 1997 Kyoto pact, which binds developed nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by an average 5.2 per cent below 1990 levels between the years 2008 and 2012. But Russia, Japan and

Canada have pulled out in recent years, meaning that Kyoto backers are down to a core led by the European Union and Australia that account for about 14 per cent of world emissions. The defectors say it is meaningless to extend cuts under Kyoto when big emerging countries, led by China, India, Brazil and South Africa, have no curbs on rising emissions. The United States never ratiﬁed Kyoto, for similar reasons. Developing countries and Kyoto backers say it is vital

that developed nations lead the way towards the new worldwide accord meant to be negotiated by the end of 2015 and to start up in 2020. The EU said it would not deepen its own goal at Doha, of a 20 per cent cut in emissions below 1990 levels by 2020, to an alternative of a 30 per cent cut if other rich nations also act. “We will... keep the door open to go further, to 30 per cent, even if that is not going to happen this year,” said EU Artur Runge-Metzger of the EU Commission.

How the world found out about global warming 300 BC - Theophrastus, a student of the Greek philosopher Aristotle, documents that human activity can affect climate. He observes that drainage of marshes cools an area around Thessaly and that clearing of forests near Philippi warms the climate. 1896 - Sweden’s Svante Arrhenius becomes the ﬁrst to quantify carbon dioxide’s role in keeping t he planet warm. He later concluded that the burning of coal could cause a “noticeable increase” in carbon levels over centuries.

1957-58 - US scientist Charles Keeling sets up stations to measure carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere at the South Pole and at Mauna Loa, Hawaii. The measurements have shown a steady rise. 1988 - The United Nations sets up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to assess the scientiﬁc evidence. 1992 - World leaders agree the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which sets a non-binding goal

of stabilising greenhouse gas emissions by 2000 at 1990 levels - a target not met overall. 1997 - The Kyoto Protocol is agreed in Japan; developed nations agree to cut their greenhouse gas emissions on average by at least 5 per cent below 1990 levels by 2008-12. The United States stays out of the deal. 2007 - The IPCC says it is at least 90 per cent certain that humans are to blame for most of the warming trend of the past 50 years. It also says signs that the

planet is warming are “unequivocal”. 2009 - A conference of 193 countries agrees to “take note” of a new Copenhagen Accord to ﬁght climate change, after UN talks in Denmark. The accord is not legally binding and does not commit countries to agree a binding successor to the Kyoto Protocol when its ﬁrst stage ends in 2012. 2011 - UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa, agree to negotiate a new accord by 2015 that is “applicable to all” and will come into force from 2020.

Around half the carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere, raising CO2 levels to the record highs seen last year. The other half has been absorbed back into “carbon sinks” such as the oceans and forests, but the WMO warns that the process will not necessarily continue in the future. WMO secretary general Michel Jarraud said: “These billions of tonnes of additional carbon dioxide will remain there for centuries, causing our planet to warm further and impacting on all aspects of life on Earth. “Future emissions will only compound the situation. “Until now, carbon sinks have absorbed nearly half of the carbon dioxide emitted in the atmosphere, but this will not necessarily continue in the future.” He said oceans were already becoming more acidic as a result of absorbing more carbon dioxide, with potential repercussions for underwater life and coral reefs, and called for a boost to monitoring and scientiﬁc knowledge to understand the impacts rising greenhouse gases were having on natural systems.

The beetle that ‘altered Canada’s climate’ Sea snails show impact of more acidic ocean A DESTRUCTIVE beetle has altered the climate in Canada, research has shown. The mountain pine beetle has increased summer temperatures in British Columbia by around 1C by wiping out vast areas of forest. By reducing the amount of water pumped into the air by vegetation, the beetle has had as big an impact on local climate as forest ﬁres, say scientists. The warming has resulted from the sun’s energy heating up the ground surface instead being used up evaporating water. Ultimately, the change in surface energy bal-

ance could alter cloud formation and rainfall, said the researchers writing in the journal Nature Geoscience. Over the past decade, infestation by the beetle has affected almost 20 per cent of the whole of provincial British Columbia, a region of some 170,000 square kilometres of pine forest. Scientists made the link between the beetle attacks and climate after studying satellite data. They found that throughout the affected forest, the beetle had reduced summer evapotranspiration - the movement of water from the ground to the atmosphere by plants - by 19 per cent.

THE shells of some marine snails in the seas around Antarctica are dissolving as the water becomes more acidic, threatening the food chain, a study published in the journal Nature Geoscience said. Oceans soak up about a quarter of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere each year and as CO2 levels in the atmosphere increase from burning fossil fuels, so do ocean levels, making seas more acidic. Ocean acidiﬁcation is one of the effects of climate change and threatens coral reefs,

marine ecosystems and wildlife. The shell of the pteropod sea snail in the Southern Ocean was severely dissolved by more acidic surface water, the researchers from the British Antarctic Survey, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other institutions found. And although the snails did not necessarily die, it increased their vulnerability to predators and infection which could affect other parts of the food chain.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL

What’s on

films

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NICOSIA Killing Them Softly (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Frankenweenie (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.35, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.35, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Taken 2 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) 5.30, 8 and 10.20pm, weekends also 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Skyfall (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 5, 7.40 and 10.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 5, 7.40 and 10.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 3.15pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

To Rome With Love (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.40, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Looper (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.45pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 7.45pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Paranormal Activity 4 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

CINEMA WEBSITES: K-Cineplex: http://kcineplex.com, Friends of the Cinema Society: http://www.ofk.org.cy

Killing Them Softly (18) Rio 2, weekdays at 8pm, weekends at 8.15pm; Rio 3 at 10.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Frankenweenie (12) Rio 2, weekdays at 6.10pm, weekends at 3, 4.45 and 6.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Taken 2 (12) Rio 4 at 7.45pm (weekends at 8.10pm) and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Skyfall (12) Rio 3 at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5pm; Rio 2 at 10pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 5, 7.40 and 10.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Help Cine Studio, tonight and Thursday at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96-420491, www.ofk.org.cy

To Rome With Love (12) Rio 6 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 5.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.50pm. Tel: 7777-8383

LIMASSOL

Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings (K) Rio 3 (in Greek), weekdays at 6.10pm, weekends at 3.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 3.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (12) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 3 and 5.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.35, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Paranormal Activity 4 (15) Rio 5 at 7.45pm (weekends at 8.15pm) and 10pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 4 (in English, in 2D), weekends only at 3, 4.45 and 6.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 5 (in Greek), weekends only at 3, 4.45 and 6.30pm. Tel: 25-871410

LARNACA Killing Them Softly (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Frankenweenie (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.35, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Taken 2 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Skyfall (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 5, 7.40 and 10.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383 To Rome With Love (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.40, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 3.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Looper (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.45pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Paranormal Activity 4 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Descendants Blue Pine Bar and Restaurant, Thursday at 8.30pm, presented by the Larnaca Film Society. Tel: 99-658831, www.lfcinema.org

Taken 2 (12) Rio 4 at 6, 7.45 and 9.45pm, weekends also at 4pm. Tel: 26-207000 To Rome With Love (12) Rio 2 at 6, 8 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000 Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings (K) Rio 7 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.40pm. Tel: 26-207000 Looper (15) Rio 3, weekdays at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends at 7.30 and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Paranormal Activity 4 (15) Rio 5 at 9.30pm. Tel: 26207000

PAPHOS

Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) Rio 5 (in Greek), weekdays at 6pm, weekends at 4 and 5.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

Killing Them Softly (18) Rio 5, weekdays at 7.45pm, weekends at 7.30pm; Rio 6 at 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

Brave (K) Rio 1 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 3.40pm. Tel: 26-207000

Frankenweenie (12) Rio 6, weekdays at 6 and 7.45pm, weekends at 4, 5.45 and 7.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 3 (in English, in 2D), weekdays at 6pm, weekends at 4 and 5.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (12) Rio 1 at 5.30, 7.45 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000 Skyfall (12) Rio 7 at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

listings Today Exhibition Kostis Georgiou Solo painting exhibition. Opens November 27, 7.30pm until December 8. Morfi Gallery, 84 Agkyras St, Limassol. Monday-Saturday: 10am1pm. Tuesday-Friday: 5pm-8pm.Tel: 25-378733. www.morfi.org

Music Rock Out Festival A rock event headlined by Uriah Heep and Mnemic. November 27. Pavilion, Lakatamia, Nicosia. 7pm-1am. €45/40. Tel: 22-322222. Email: info@rockoutfest.com The Ultimate Tribute Show & Dance with Elvis, Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield Three top tribute acts and a funny guy combine in one amazing performance. November 27. Pentaras Hall, Coral Bay Road, Paphos. Doors open 7.30pm, showtime 8.30pm prompt, ends at 10.45pm. €10. Reservations essential - Tel: 99-832538. Meals available in the restaurant Tel: 26-271130

Tribute to Manos Hatzidakis Elias Liougos, one of the closest associates of Hatzidakis and Andriana Babali, an outstanding young artist, will accompany the audience on a unique musical stroll, of the albums Laiki and Romaiki Agora. November 27. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. €25/20. Tel: 77-777745

Tomorrow Exhibition Do You Have New Plans? Group mixed-media art exhibition. Opens November 28, 7pm until January 7. Is Not Gallery, 11 Odysseus, Chrysaliniotissa, Nicosia. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. Tel: 22-343670

Music The Zilla Project Four-piece local blues band play live. November 28. Blue Bar, The Classic Hotel, 94 Rigenis Street, Nicosia. 9.30pm. Tel: 22-664006 Hernan Romero Exclusive appearance by guitar virtuoso. November 28. Oxo Hall, 7 Themidos Street, Limassol. 9.30pm. €10 (including 1 drink). Tel: 99-119002

Other Events Seeing Ourselves through the Eyes of Others Lecture by Liz Wells, Professor in Photographic Culture, Plymouth University, UK, looking at photography, representation and identity in relation to place, race, nation and gender. November 28. Photography Studio (Platia Iroon) Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol. 2.30pm. Tel: 25-0002311. www. cut.ac.cy Dynamic of Dialogue Dance Gate presents a workshop on dance/movement improvisation with Jurij Konjar and Franck Beaubois. November 30-December 2. Danceworks Studio, 4 Pindou Street, Industrial area Engomi (opposite Hilton Park), Nicosia. November 30, 6.30pm-8.30pm. December 1 & 2, 2.30pm-7.30pm. This workshop is appropriate for all who perceive the world through change and who aspire to being beginners again. Registration fee by November 28. €50. Tel: 70-007046. www.cyprusdance.org

Ongoing Other Events European Political Thought A series of seminars to be presented by Dr Eleni Papamichael, followed by a discussion. Participants to more than six seminars will be awarded Diplomas of Attendance. Until January 23. M106 (Millennium building 1st floor) at the University of Nicosia 8.45pm. Every Wednesday. €50. Monitoring individual lectures €10. Tel: 22-841600/ 99-536311 and/or cceia@unic.ac.cy

Theatre The Cherry Orchard Open Arts presents a site-specific production of Anton Chekhov’s last play. Until November 30. Tivoli Luna Park, Ilia Papakyriakou, Engomi, Nicosia. Monday through Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 96-765575 The Grönholm Method The New Stage of THOC presents play by Catalan playwright Jordi Galcerán Ferrer. Until December 1. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-492900

Haroula The Central Stage of ETHAL presents Cypriot play by Christos Zanos. Until December 2. Technohoros ETHAL, 76 Franklin Roosevelt Avenue, Limassol. On specific days at 8.30pm and Sundays at 6.30pm. €10. In Greek The Harley Jacket THOC’s New Stage presents play by Vasilis Katsikonouris directed by Giorgos Mouaimis. Until December 7. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Wednesday through Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-864300 Oscar The New Stage of THOC presents the play based on the work by French-Belgian dramatist Eric Emmanuel Schmitt. Until December 8. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every two weeks Wednesday through Saturday. 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-492900 Samia Revival of ancient Greek comedy by Menander. Until December 9. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6pm. €12/6. In Greek. The performances on December 1 and 2 will be with Greek and English surtitles. Tel: 22-864300

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4 one-act plays Plays seamlessly tied together with live music, in a natural scenic space in a beautiful restored mansion at Lympia. Until December 19. Shilas Mansion, 4 Dimokratias Street, Lympia, Nicosia. Every Wednesday at 8pm. €5 with free drinks. Tel: 99-787090 Death and the Maiden Satiriko Theatro presents play by Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman. Until December 21. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros, Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. Every Thursday and Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609

Exhibitions Faces Solo painting exhibition by Lefteris Olympiou. Until November 27. Intercollege, 52 Famagusta Avenue, Larnaca Road. Open daily: 10am-7pm. Tel: 24-747500 Far Away, So Close An exhibition of paintings by Alek Popov dedicated to those affected by cancer. Until November 28. Pegasus Art Foundation Gallery - Art Studio 55, Heroes Square, Limassol. Tel: 99-603316

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WWI remembered

Review Theatre Open Arts with a cherry on top TWO years ago, Open Arts blew audiences away with their first site-specific show, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A phenomenon for Cyprus theatre, the production led spectators through an old house, across a street and into a large open field with a series of fantastically authentic settings appearing through the darkness… as if by magic. The mind-blowing experience left much anticipation for the company’s follow-up show, Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, running until Friday at Tivoli Luna Park. The choice of location may seem random for a Chekhov piece, but there is method to this madness. The Luna Park which coloured so many Cypriot childhoods is now facing closure, in much the same way that the ‘Cherry Orchard’ featured in the play faces bankruptcy and destruction. The cameo appearance of Tivoli’s owner, Periklis Christofides, beaming with pride despite his imminent loss as he drove the actors around in the Luna Park s tr Park’s train, was truly beautifu beautiful, and brought tears to many audience m members who recog recognised his face. The impressiv impressive cast of 13 pe perform a fla awless sho show, clearly empowere powered by the streng strength of the their direct director, Athin Athina Kasio Kasiou. With a an incredi incredibly impressi impressive resume fe featuring stu studies in London London, Boston, Moscow a and Bali, Kasi Kasiou’s work boas boasts that rare iinnate conn connec-

tion between lements all elements of a production,, allowing m not only them perate to operate maculately, immaculately, but also with ontagious an contagious husiasm that enthusiasm ms through brims the seams. le The Cherry While hard has Orchard n staged been ntless times countless and in countless s, it is rare ways, that a director succeeds in turing the capturing mour as well as the tragedy of humour this powerful and relevant piece – and she does – through the precision given to each individual character, and the vivacity through which the story is told. Credit must also be given to set and costume designers Lydia Mandridou and Marina Hadjilouka, for their Lady Gaga style approach to each character’s image. Yet despite the merit of all of these elements, and the novelty of an evening spent chasing actors around a Luna Park, the production failed to meet the standards of its predecessor. At times the connection between the Russian story and the surrounding bumper cars made little sense, and the evening was further dampened by the cold night air. Kasiou has proven to us not only that site-specific theatre can work in Cyprus, but that it can be extremely popular (shows are sold-out every night). But the experience is undoubtedly more pleasant on a warm summer evening, and in an environment where the plot and the surroundings form an indubitable match. Nevertheless, Open Arts is definitely a company to watch. And if you’re lucky, you might be able to snatch a place for the final performances of The Cherry Orchard this week. The Cherry Orchard Open Arts presents a site-specific production of Anton Chekhov’s last play. Until November 30. Tivoli Luna Park, Ilia Papakyriakou, Engomi, Nicosia. Monday through Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 96-765575/99-461186

By Eleni Cosma

PEOPLE will be able to share are their family’s pe-wide WWI history when a Europe-wide project comes to Cyprus. For over four years WWI ake raged on, leaving in its wake ca toll of death and destrucd tion such as the world had never seen. By the end of w the war there were very few at took people in the countries that cted. part who remained unaffected. The war reached out and touched ome way almost everyone’s life in some or other. Today, WWI feels like distant ant history e fringes that is slipping beyond the tnesses to of living memory. Living witnesses ith us, but the war may no longer be w with archives across the world still hold a wealth of original documentation from those years and, anger of crumbling away, although much of it is in danger db i h l the range of testimony held by th these lib libraries helps to broaden our understanding of the war and our shared past. In an unprecedented effort to make this material available to the widest possible audience, historians are seeking items from the general public associated with the War to share via the internet. The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Cyprus Library have joined forces with Europeana, Europe’s digital museum, library and archive, to gather and share personal stories from 1914-1918. So far, Europeana 1914-1918 has collected 45,000 photographs, objects, letters and diaries from WWI, including a life-saving Bible, the ﬁrst-hand testimony of a centenarian, and a postcard from a 27-year-old soldier named Adolf Hitler, which suggests that the future dictator had problems with his teeth and his spelling. Following a series of successful roadshows across Germany, England, Ireland, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Denmark, the spotlight falls on Cyprus where the next roadshow will be held at Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture Culture, in Nicosia this weekend. The roadshow will then tr travel to Belgium and Italy in the coming months. JISC, the UK educ educational technology innov innovator, planted the seed in 2008 when it funded the The Arch which Great War Archive Oxfor Univeris run by Oxford sity Computing Services. People across Britain B contributed fam family letters, photographs and keepsakes from the War to be digitised. The success of the idea has encouraged Europeabrin the The na to bring Ministry of Educaan Culture tion and into an alliance th Cyprus with the Librar to roll Library out th the scheme Cy in Cyprus. Cypru became Cyprus more and more integra integrated into w efforts British war following its British annexation in 1914.

Th participation The o Cyprus in this of w was sigwar n cant. Approxinifi m mately, 16,000 Cy Cypriots served duri the war, most during the as muleteers of them at the M Macedonian front. During the years of war a great shortag shortage of labourers was felt, since a high proportion of the ma male population went to serve in the Macedonian Mule Corp Corps (MMC) at the Salonika Fron Front in Macedonia. These young muleteers, as newly British subjects, were later entitled to receive the British War Medal ((BWM). IIn 1919, 1919 a list li t off allll Cypriot C i t members b of the Macedonian Mule Corps was compiled. All eight volumes of it have survived and are housed at the National Archives. This list is a unique historical source for Cypriot history. It states the names, relatives and home towns of Cypriots serving from 1916-1919 in the MMC. All efforts will be made he list and make it to transcribe the ne n e, e so that every available online, Cypriot family can discover if hers or greattheir grandfathers ook part in grandfathers took WWI. xtraordiUntold and extraorditories are nary real-life stories just waiting to be or discovered. For the upcoming roadshow in e Nicosia people ed are encouraged to bring items such hs, letters, diaries, film as photographs, rdings along with famor audio recordings torians and experts ily stories. Historians d to talk about the sigwill be on hand nificance of finds, while staff from the Cyprus Libraryy will professionally digitise the objects and upload them to the dedicated Europeana 1914-1918 website on the spot. As the Centenary of the conflict approaches, we have to work harder to make sure we do not forget. Each individual story - that otherwise might never be told outside of the family - is essential to creating a unique European archive and perspective of WWI. Through this archive, stories from countries across Europe will be shared online, accessed by others worldwide and saved for future generations. And for those who can’t get to the event in Nicosia, the Europeana 1914-1918 website gives advice on how to scan, photograph and upload material at home: europeana1914-1918.eu/en/contributor Europeana 1914-1918 World War One Family History Roadshow Bring your WWI letters, photos, diaries, or other material to the show. Historians and experts will be on hand to talk about the significance of finds, while staff from the Cyprus Library will digitise the objects and upload them to Europeana website. December 1-2.The Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture, 27 Ifigeneias, Strovolos, Nicosia. 10am-5.30pm. Tel: 22-410064/22-809800 By Ledha Socratous

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Saudi reforms detour thr Religion in Saudi Arabia does not show much tolerance

HE ROAD to reform in Saudi Arabia is long and winding. In the rigidly restricted ﬁeld of religion, the path is so circuitous that part of it even runs through traditionally Catholic countries like Austria and Spain. Yesterday, a pioneering Saudi-backed centre for worldwide interfaith dialogue was due to open in a baroque palace on Vienna’s elegant Ringstrasse boulevard. Riyadh paid for the building and will foot the centre’s budget for the ﬁrst three years. Such largesse from a country often ranked as one of the most religiously repressive has stirred suspicion and protest in Vienna, where critics accuse the Saudis of everything from hypocrisy to plotting to spread radical Islam in the Alps. But the centre has supporters in unexpected places, most notably in Israel. Rab-

Time for change: Saudi’s King Abdullah

Interfaith: King Abdullah with Pope Benedict

bi David Rosen, the Jewish member of the centre’s multifaith board of directors, says it presents an opportunity the world’s religions cannot let pass. “This is the ﬁrst multifaith initiative from a Muslim source, and not just any source, but from the very hardcore heartland of Islam,” said Rosen, International Director of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Com-

Baroque: the KAICIID

mittee (AJC). “It is an essential stage in King Abdullah’s efforts to change Saudi Arabia itself,” the Jerusalem-based rabbi said. “If there are possibilities of good things coming from this, we have to give it a try.” The new head of the centre said other faiths would play into the hands of Saudi hardliners if they refused to join before Riyadh made changes like letting Christian church-

es open there. “There are 1,000 extremists just waiting to hear that,” said Faisal bin Abdulrahman bin Muaammar, a former Saudi vice-minister of education. He has led the National Dialogue Centre set up in 2003 after a series of bombings convinced Riyadh it had a problem with domestic Islamist militants. “The only way to deal with this is dialogue,” he said, stressing the centre will be an international organisation. Considered a reformer in the arch-conservative Saudi power structure, King Abdullah, believed to be about 89, has been slowly trying to get his kingdom used to the idea - foreign to many in the powerful religious establishment - of co-operating with other faiths. The idea is daring in a country where many clerics have no experience of other faiths and preachers and teachers have traditionally denounced non-Muslims as inﬁdels. But the radicalisation of young Saudis raised in this blinkered atmosphere rang alarm bells in Riyadh, where the king and his aides decided a cautious opening on the religious front was needed as an antidote to intolerance. Abdullah started by hosting a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) in Mecca in 2005 that endorsed interfaith dialogue to redress “the existing lack of mutual understanding among cultures and civilisations”. He visited Pope Benedict at the Vatican in 2007, a ﬁrst for a Saudi king. The following year, he convened 500 Muslim religious leaders in Mecca including former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani of rival Shi’ite Iran - to give their blessing to large-scale talks with leaders of other faiths. Saudi Arabia then hastily arranged a major multi religious conference in Madrid in July 2008, where the king openly met Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Buddhist leaders. This meeting was not only

Institution hopes to cont part of the solution where problem reports impossible to stage in Saudi Arabia; so strong was their rejection of the conference idea that neither the country’s grand mufti nor any of its leading clerics would agree to attend it. The king ploughed on, sponsoring a discussion on religious tolerance at the United Nations four months later that was attended by then US President George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Israeli President Shimon Peres. This year, Abdullah took a

further step by proposing a dialogue centre in Riyadh to promote harmony among Islam’s various sects, a signal he wanted to foster greater tolerance among Saudi Sunnis towards the Shi’ite minority. Although launched by Riyadh and named the King Abdullah International Centre for Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID), bin Muaammar stressed it is not a Saudi entity. “This is an international institution,” he said. “About 70 per cent of the world’s re-

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ribute to making religion e very often it is part of the Tom Heneghan ligions are on its board. The centre will be a neutral place to exchange ideas.” In fact, the centre is the ﬁrst global organisation focused on religion and is backed by an international treaty signed by Austria, Spain and Saudi Arabia. Most other dialogue efforts are linked to churches or non-governmental organisations. The Vatican, a strong supporter of the project, has joined as a founding observer and will be represented on the board, which according to the

treaty must have three Christians, three Muslims, a Jew, a Hindu and a Buddhist. Both the three sponsoring states, which appoint the board and approve its budget and projects, and the board of directors will take their decisions by majority vote, a provision that ensures Riyadh cannot control the centre unilaterally. Saudi Arabia has footed the start-up bills - about €15 million for the Sturany Palace building, the former library for Vienna University’s theol-

ogy faculty, and €10-15 million annually for the first three years. But the centre will have to finance itself after that. Although bin Muaammar is a Saudi, there is no statute saying the secretary general must be from the kingdom. The centre plans initial work in three fields. Its Image of the Other programme will have experts study how other faiths are portrayed in their media and education, with an eye to improving schoolbooks and public perceptions of religions. A fellowship programme will bring young leaders from all religions together for three to four months in Vienna to study selected issues and learn how each faith deals with them. A programme with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will involve religious leaders in Africa in efforts to support health projects for children, which militants sometimes sabotage by telling people their religion forbids them. Given its multifaith approach, Rosen said the centre had the potential to address not only global issues such as education and health but also bring religious authority, especially from the Muslim world, to bear on social and political issues. “It hopes to contribute to make religion part of the solution where very often it is part of the problem,” he said. “I’m referring specifically to places of conflict... and that includes in particular the Holy Land.” Another board member, Metropolitan Emmanuel of the Greek Orthodox Church, said the centre could be “an opportunity for Muslim communities around the world to get better acquainted with other religions”. Austrian media have given the centre a frosty welcome, some going so far as to portray it as a front to spread radical Islam in the Alpine republic, and several opposition politicians have repeatedly criticised the government for supporting it. Alev Korun, a Green Party deputy in the Austrian parliament, said Riyadh’s ban on practising other religions beside Islam in Saudi Arabia

“stands in amazingly crass contradiction to the dialogue the king wants to have here”. She said the centre would give undue prominence to Saudi Arabia’s strict Wahhabi tradition, a minority sect that had already undermined a more moderate interpretation of Islam in Bosnia, which was once part of the AustroHungarian Empire. “Sarajevo is not far from Vienna,” she said, adding that Saudi Arabia had ﬁnanced the building of Wahhabi mosques there during and after the Yu-

not possible because he is an Israeli citizen and none are allowed in the kingdom. “I would expect at some stage the whole board would be invited to Saudi Arabia,” he said. If he were not allowed to enter, that would be a reason to quit the board, Rosen said. Other possible adverse developments, such as a worsening of conditions for religious minorities or women in Saudi Arabia, could also trigger a departure. “We are not going in there in

In fact, the centre is the first global organisation focused on religion and is backed by an international treaty signed by Austria, Spain and Saudi Arabia ed some arrangement could be found to allow Rosen to attend a board session in the kingdom. “I’m sure there will be a meeting,” he said. Among the centre’s directors are leading ﬁgures in interfaith dialogue such as Rabbi Rosen, Metropolitan Emmanuel of the Greek Orthodox Church, Rev Miguel Ayuso of the Vatican interreligious department and Rev Toby Howarth of the Church of England. The Muslims are two Sunnis - Saudi education professor Hamad al-Majed, Mohammad Sammak of Lebanon’s National Committee for Christian-Muslim Dialogue - and the Shi’ite historian Seyyed Mohajerani from Iran. Swami Agnivesh, Indian head of the Hindu reform movement Arya Samaj, and Rev Kosho Niwano of the Japanese Buddhist lay movement Rissho Kosei-kai are the other two directors.

On board (from left): Faisal bin Muaammar, Metropolitis Emmanuel and Swami Agnivesh

goslav wars in the 1990s. Saudi human rights activists also ask why Riyadh should promote interreligious dialogue in Vienna while relations even with its Shi’ite and Ismaili Muslim minorities were strained. “They should have established the centre in Saudi Arabia,” said Saudi dissident Mohammad al-Qahtani, now on trial for his human rights activities. “Before you educate your neighbour, you should educate your own people ﬁrst.” For Bin Muaammar, criticism of the centre conﬁrms the need for it. “As we are facing some criticism here, we are facing some criticism in Saudi Arabia and everywhere in the world, but dialogue is the answer for this,” he said. Rosen said the fact Saudi Arabia had launched the centre with royal approval meant some changes could be expected there. One would be holding a meeting of the board in Saudi Arabia, which now is

any way in which we can’t get out of it,” he said. “If we feel that we - God forbid - are being exploited in any way, it is possible for us to exit.” Bin Muaammar said he had met visiting Jews in Saudi Arabia only a week or so ago and hint-

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WHOEVER HAS UNWANTED CD/DVD, books, decorative items and homeware in good condition can donate it to the Hiv Cyprus Foundation so we can re-sell them at the Gynaikopazaro in Nicosia every ﬁrst Saturday of the month in support of these families. We can even collect them from your house or if you dont live in Nicosia you can send them via Akis/ Travel Express and we can pay the fare. For further info please contact 99 55 95 94. Thank you!

form of therapeutic exercise used by physiotherapists to assist in the rehabilitation and prevention of musculoskeletal injury especially lower back pain, sacro-iliac pain and neck pain. More info on 22446988. *****************************

PERSONAL

around 3 years old, has got a wonderful temperament. She is very sweet natured dog. At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 monfrid. *****************************

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AUSTRIAN INGENEUR, 50 years, searching for a nice women. Mobile:004917365562 or 00491726293462 *****************************

Limassol - tel: 25 761117 fax: 25 761141

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DO YOU NEED A WEB-SITE BUT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST? Web design & hosting at exceptionally low prices, experienced designer & programmer , your dream web-site is only a phone call away. Don’t delay!!! Call Andros for a free quote or consultation on 99335078, info@ akalou.com, - islandwide *****************************

PETS *****************************

LOUISE is a Segugio Italiano cross and she is around 1 year old. She is not suitable for hunting. She will make a perfect pet as she loves cuddles, hugs and kisses. Very playful gentle girl, friendly with other dogs and loves kids! At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 monfrid. *****************************

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HEALTH & FITNESS

TIGER, a male dog, around 3 years old. Tiger is a loving dog who had bad luck to change many hands and inexperienced owners. Not suitable for homes with other dogs, other pets or homes with children. Available for immediate adoption to the right family! At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 monfrid. *****************************

URGENTLY LOOKING FOR HOMES together or separately. Two female ginger cats, good natured and neutered. Call: 99 682327.

LESSONS

CHIMNEY SWEEP, when did you last have your chimney swept or log burner cleaned? Build-up of soot can cause respiratory problems and ﬁres. All areas, call Dave, a professional sweep, now on 99819137. Also available for weddings. www.paphosluckychimneysweep.com *****************************

DO YOU WANT A SHINY LOOKING FLOOR? Full repair & restoration of chipped, scratched, dull and stained, Marble, Terrazzo, Stone & Ceramic tiled ﬂoors and surfaces. Professional cleaning, repair & sealing of internal/external ceramic tiles & grout lines. For a free professional consultation & demonstration contact Mark at Premier on 70006766 or 96333961 All areas *****************************

K.D.FLYSCREENS LTD We manufacture top quality sliding screens, opening doors and roller systems. We also do repairs. For a FREE QUOTE please contact Phone: 99119582 Website: www.kdﬂyscreens.com *****************************

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PRIVATE TUITION Experienced, UK-qualiﬁed teacher offers full/part-time private home tuition in Maths, English, the Sciences, Geography, History, Business Studies and Economics, from KS3 to iGCSE, AS and A2 levels. 9 years experience in Cyprus; references available. Telephone 99318796

WE UNDERTAKE REFURBISHING of houses or holiday homes, construction of pergolas, undertaking of plumbing, house painting, garden work. For information call JIMMYS: 96587137, MELIS: 96547879

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CLINICAL PILATES. Personalised Clinical Pilates by Physiotherapists in Nicosia. Individual assessment and supervision of exercises. “Clinical pilates” is a modiﬁed

Nicosia - tel: 22 818583 fax: 22 676385

“SANDRA”, a female dog,

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CLOTHES STOCKS AND SHOP FITTINGS FOR SALE. Excellent women’s brands for sale including Italian, Spanish and French

Paphos - tel: 26 911383 fax: 26221049 clothes and shoes. Also women’s dummies and modern wall ﬁttings (clothes rails.) Selling at very low prices for clearance. Tel: 99168943

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TIMI, PLOTS, a few selected available, seaview, near the 2 golf courses, Venus Rock and airport 60% building factor, €99.000. Half registration fees til the 31.12.12. Tel. 99621914 *****************************

LARNACA, ALETHRIKO, plots for sale, 525 sqm, 90% building factor, near highway Limassol-Larnaca, 5 min from airport, quiet residential area €109.000. Half registration fees till the 31.12.12. Tel. 99621914 *****************************

TREMITHOUSA, plots for sale in a very quiet area, unobstructed sea and mountain views, 600 – 700 sqm, prices from €170.000 Tel: 99510420 *****************************

PRIME LAND IS AVAILABLE FOR LONG LEASE IN LIMASSOL. 40, 000 sq.m., zoning Ka7 (80% -45% - 3 stories). Regular amphitheatrical shape overlooking Ladies Mile. Close to New Limassol Hospital with direct access to Limassol – Paphos Highway. Water supply, electricity and telephones are readily available. Suitable for immediate development. Ideal for various health facilities and resorts, holiday centres, commercial and shopping centres, entertainment enterprises etc. Information: Tel. 22 674338, 99621554 *****************************

FOR SALE LAND in Anthoupoli (half plot) 288 sq.metres. for information 99621554.

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FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES FORD FOCUS GHIA (2006) diesel, 1600cc, 98000km, blue, automatic - tiptronic. dual zone climate control, power steering, electric windows, 6 airbags, central locking, cruise control, computer board, alloy wheels, and many extras. €7500. Contact: 99022779 - Nicosia

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LUXURY 2 bedrooms apartment, 3 years old, first floor, €800 unfurnished, €1100 furnished. Near American Embassy, many shops around. Across Syrian restaurant. Wooden floor, living room, kitchen, 2 bath-rooms/wc, (laundry machine, dishwasher, oven, refrigerator), 5 air-conditioners, central heating, covered area 93 sqm, veranda: 21 sqm, store: 5 sqm, 2 parking. Mob 99 205 718 *****************************

LUXURIOUS APARTMENT FOR RENT A luxurious one ﬂoor apartment situated in

TO LET NICOSIA central Nicosia in an area of exceptional Beauty at 3 Museum Street, is available to let. It has been recently renovated and consists of four bedrooms, two bathrooms, big dining and sitting rooms, kitchen and a huge veranda. Approximate covered area 250 sqm. Monthly rent €1400.00 o.n.o. Tel: 99622370. *****************************

FLATS / HOUSES FOR RENT: studio Aglantzia €350, 1bdrm Ag. Andreas furnished €425, Hilton €400, Strovolos €350, Acropolis €380, Kennedy furnished €400, 2bdrm Ag. Dometios €400, Lykavitos €550, Kennedy €400, Acropolis rear house €300, 3bdrm m/ssa with garden €500, Str/los €400, Acropolis €550, 4 bdrm new house Dasoupolis €1,200, Acropolis g/f €800. 21 PROPERTY FINDER A.M. 627 A.A.108 / E 99474839, 99646822 *****************************

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MODERN 2 BDRM, first floor flat in attractive building in Anthoupolis, very quiet area between the Grammar School and the European University, also very convenient for Pascal and Highgate Schools and the University of Nicosia. Large front veranda, all appliances, modern fittings, light and bright. Furnished or unfurnished €550p.m. Call 99900177.

and central heating. Big veranda. Near the town centre and University of Cyprus. Contact 99-721911 / 99454141 3 BEDROOMS flat on second floor in a block of six flats, in a nice position at Strovolos area, fully a/c, c/h, covered parking place for one car, recently painted. Rent €650pm. (furnished if required). Tel: 97773358.

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room with en suite bathroom and shower, big bathroom for the other 3 bedrooms and extra shower in the 5th bedroom - Strovolos €2500 (H5ST10001-R), (photos in the website). 2. H3AR0004-R, 3 bedr luxury detached house with central heating, full a/c, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, parquet ﬂoor throughout the house, big sitting and dining area, big kitchen with family room opening onto the swimming pool which has big covered area with wooden deck, bbq area, covered parking, in a very quiet area behind Apoel football training ground - Archagelos €1700 (photos in website). 3. 2 bedr fully renovated semi detached house 120 sq. m, a/c for hot and cold, small yard, FULLY FURNSIHED or not, double glazed windows with aluminum shutters, in a quiet area off Nikis behind Burger King - ACROPO-

LIS €650 (H2ACS0001-R), (photos in the website). 4. 3 bedr luxury semi-detached house with character, 200sq.m, central heating, full ac, sitting and dining room with ﬁre place, big kitchen with cooker and oven, dishwasher and refrigerator, nice mature garden with ﬂowers, trees and small garden with grass, covered parking, 3wc, 2 bathrooms in a quiet neighborhood. Available middle of January. Agios Andreas - €1200 - H3AAD0001-R (photos in website). 5. 4 bedr new luxury detached house, separate maid’s room, central heating, full Ac, 260sq.m, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, blinds on all the windows, 4wc, 2 showers, 1 bathroom, 2 covered parking, big garden with grass in a quiet neighbourhood in a dead end near French Ambassador house - Strovo-

2 ROOMS €125 each, near McDonald’s Engomi only Philippine girls. Call 99663927. FOR RENT 3 B/R apartment fully furnished close to Central Bank. 3 W.C., fully air-conditioned extra storeroom, owned covered parking. Excellent condition. Information: Tel. 99621554 FOR RENT – three-bedroom ﬂat in Lykavitos, Nicosia. Open plan fully-equipped kitchen and living area, two bathrooms, air conditioning

LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 5 bedrs detached house, 550sq.m, built in 2 big plots of land, big garden with grass, big swimming pool with extra fence for children and big covered patio with bbq area, big reception areas with marble floor, fire place and bar, big kitchen with all electrical appliances and sitting room with fire place, maid’s room, floor heating, full a/c, blinds on the windows, master bed-

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los €1400 (H4ST10045-R), (photos in the website). 6. 3 bedr+big attic room with shower and wc luxury new house, 210sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 4wc, blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, small garden, covered parking near Alpha Mega supermarket - STROVOLOS €1200 (H4ST10007-R), (photos in the website). 7. 3 bedr detached ground floor house with big garden with grass and covered patio with bbq and bar, central heating, a/c, 230sq.m, FULLY FURNISHED or partially, covered parking, storage room, in a very quiet neighborhood opposite Acropolis park. Acropolis - €1500 - H3ACS0004-R (photos in website). 8. H4LAK0002-R, 3 bedr + office space luxury detached house, built on a big plot, 350sq. m, big swimming pool with cover, garden with grass, big sitting and dining room, separate family room, central heating, a/c, curtains on all the windows, cooker, dishwasher and dryer, parquet floor throughout the house,3wc, 2 bathrooms, 2 covered parking in a quiet area on the borders of Strovolos with Lakatamia Lakatamia- €1600 (photos in website). 9. 3 bedr upstairs and 2 separate bedroom in the

basement luxury detached house(all the bedrooms with en suite bathrooms/ shower), also separate kitchen and sitting room in the basement which has also separate entrance from the house, central heating, full a/c, solid parquet floor all the house, big sitting and dining room with fire place, big fully equipped kitchen with breakfast area and family room, big overfloor, swimming pool with covered patio area with fully equipped bar(bbq, fridge, freezer, cooker), mature garden around the house, 2 parking places, alarm system near the Cyprus Conference Centre- PLATY AGLANTZIAS €3500 (H5PAG0002-R), (photos in the website). 10. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, electrical appliances, small yard, bbq area, off Kostantinoupoleos street near French ambassador residence.STROVOLOS €700 (H4ST10043-R), (photos in the website). 11. 4 bedr luxury semi detached house with good size garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area, central heating, a/c units, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, 2 covered parking, FULLY FURNISHED AND EQUIPPED, in a quiet area in a dead end close to all amenities and schools. - ANTHOUPOLIS €1300

(H4ANT0002-R), (photos in the website). 12. H4AGZ0010-R, 3 bedr RENOVATED GROUND FLOOR HOUSE with big separate 1 bedroom flat with multi room, big sitting and dining room , separate tv room, big kitchen with family room and fitted cooker and oven, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, very big 5 X 6 bedrooms with solid parquet floor, central heating with petrol independent, a/c units, double glazed windows with shutters, big verandas around the house, in a very quiet neighbourhood 200metres from FRENCH school and near Athalassas park - Aglantzia - €1300 (photos in website). 13. 3 bedr ground floor house with big separate 80sq,m room with shower and wc for multi use, central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, 2 shower,1 bathroom, fully furnished, small garden, bbq area, parking, on a small building in a very quiet area near Agios Vasilios church. Strovolos - €900 - H4ST10028-R (photos in website). 14. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/shower, sitting room upstairs, attic room with shower and wc, office space/maid’ s room with shower and wc, central

heating, full AC, 450sq.m, big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with sitting area and ﬁtted cooker and oven, 6 wc, 2 covered parking’s, big yard with tiles and garden with grass, bbq area in a very quiet neighbourhood near the CYBC ( RIK) station and near a neighbourhood park – Aglantzia €2000(H4AGZ0005-R), (photos in the website). 15. 4 bedr luxury detached house, separate maid’s room, 600 sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 6 wc, 4 bathrooms, big sitting and dining areas opening on to the garden, big kitchen with electrical appliances, built in 2 big plots of land with huge garden with grass, swimming pool, 2 covered parking, in a quiet neighbourhood close to Alpha Mega supermarket Engomi - €3000 (H4PA20005-R), (photos on the website). For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22-422225/96422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates. com

er and oven in the kitchen, blinds, 2 bathrooms(on en suite), big covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, near Ippokration private hospital. Available end of November – Engomi - € 550 - A2ENG0012-R (photos in website). 2. AINIC0006- R, 1 bedr., fully furnished and equipped apartment, 50sq.m, 2AC for hot and cold, covered verandah, covered parking, nice view, off Makarios avenue between Hilton and DEBENHAMS shop. Nicosia centre, € 450 (photos in website). 3. 1 bedr spacious apartment with separate kitchen, 2a/c for hot and cold, big bedroom, covered veranda, NICELY FURNISHED, in the centre behind Cleopatra hotel – Nicosia Centre - € 550 - A1NIC0020-R (photos in website). 4. A1DAS0010-R, 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting and dining room, big bathroom, big bedroom with shutters, covered veranda, storage heaters, 2a/c, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking in a quiet area in a small modern building near Acropolis Park. Dasoupolis €400 (photos in website). 5. 2 bedr new luxury modern furnished apartment , central heating ind, 2 a/c, big covered veranda and covered parking in a quiet area

behind the Municipal building – Agios Dometios - € 660 - A2ADO0004-R (photos in website). 6. 1 bedr new modern luxury apartment, 50sq.m, 2 a/c for hot and cold, nicely modern furnished, 3rd floor, covered parking, 6 year old in a quiet neighbourhood off Kantaras street. - STROVOLOS €370 (A1ST10009-R), (photos in the website). 7. 4 bedr luxury floor apartment,250sq.m, office, maid’s room, central heating ind, full hidden wall unit a/c,2 showers, 1 bathroom, 3wc, parquet floor, big kitchen with cooker and oven, bbq on the veranda in the kitchen, big sitting area, roller blinds on all the windows, alarm system, big veranda on a small building off Athalasas avenue near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital – Dasoupolis - € 1100 - A4DAS0002-R (photos in website). 8. A1ACS0007- R, 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with 2 a/c for hot and cold, electrical appliances in the kitchen, big bedroom, covered veranda, blinds, covered parking, in a quiet area near Acropolis park. NICELY FURNISHED. Acropolis €450 (photos in website). 9. 3 bedr new luxury finished PENTHOUSE apartment 150sq.m internal areas+120sq. verandas,

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LUXURY FLATS: 1. 2 bedr luxury spacious apartment, with central heating independent, 3a/c, big sitting and dining room, cook-

CYPRUS MAIL Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA

TO LET NICOSIA

solid parquet floor all the flat, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining room, big semi separate kitchen with electrical appliances, home cine ma with big screen, LCD tv, covered parking in a quiet neighborhood near CYTA, Laiki + Hellenic bank headquarters and French school. CAN BE RENTED ALSO expensive MODERN furnished – Dasoupolis - € 1200 - A3DAS0019-R (photos in website). 10. A2AOM0009-R 2 bedr luxury finished apartment in a small building with 4 flats only, central heating with petrol independent, full a/c, 2 bedrooms with en-suite bathroom/shower, separate guest wc, NICE MODERN EXPENSIVE FURNITURE, big covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, in a very quiet neighbourhood very close to Junior school and the park - Agioi Omologites - € 800 (photos in website). 11. 3 bedr luxury spacious ground floor apartment with separate entrance, big verandas and garden, big sitting and dining room, central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, very big master bedroom, electrical appliances in the kitchen, aluminum shutters on windows, parquet laminate floor all the flat, covered parking, storage room, in a very quiet neighbourhood in a dead

end street, off Athalasas Avenue behind Stephanis near English School €720 (A3ST10030-R), (photos in the website). 12. A2LYK0006-R, 2 bedr penthouse apartment with big veranda 60sq.m, storage heaters, full a/c, 2 bathrooms (one en suite), big sitting room, big separate kitchen with cooker and oven, blinds, covered parking near Agios Antonios market CLOSE TO THE UNIVERSITY. Lykavitos €510 (photos in website). 13. A2ST10028- R, 2 bedr new luxury apartment on the 1st floor of a 2 storey building, with a/c for hot and cold, fully nicely modern furnished, big covered veranda, parking, in a quiet neighbourhood. (no common expenses). Strovolos €600 (photos in website). 14. 4 bedr new spacious luxury finished floor apartment with floor heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds on all windows, very big 50sq.m covered veranda, fire place, covered parking and big overfloor heated covered swimming pool on the ground floor, on a small 3 storey building in a quiet neighborhood near a playground and near Ippokration private hospital Engomi - €2000 - A4ENG0003-R (photos in website). 15. 2 bedrs new luxury apart-

ment, sitting room open plan with kitchen which includes cooker, oven, refrigerator and washing machine, 2 wc, central heating, full AC, blinds on the windows, very big covered verandas, covered parking and storage room in a dead end off Athalassas avenue near Laiki popular bank and Hellenic bank headquarters. - DASOUPOLI €550 (A2DAS0006-R), (photos in the website). For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates. com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22-422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates. com

TO LET LIMASSOL wcs. Price 800 euros (negotiable) 25337400 *****************************

3 BEDROOM HOUSE IN YPSONAS 3-year-old two storey detached house situated in a private area of Ypsonas with separate kitchen, lounge dinning room,garden, parking en-suite master bedroom a/c all over house. 25 337400 Price 700 euros *****************************

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RENT IN LANIA VILLAGE in a quiet and peaceful area, fully furnished, storage heaters, a/c, rent €300 per month. Minimum contract 1 year. Info mob 99548855 FOR RENT new ground ﬂoor terrace studios for rent in Kouka village (20 minutes from Limassol) in a quiet and peaceful area fully furnished €180 per month minimum contract 1 year. For info mob 99548855

GROUND FLOOR HOUSE, furnished renovated this year. Laminated parke ﬂoor, and big wardrobes in the 3 bedrooms. Rent €590.00 Tel 99497576 99886775 *****************************

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2 BDRM ﬂat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927. *****************************

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Advertiser TO LET LARNACA street off Larnaca - Dhekelia Road, (between Lenios Hotel and Galazio Kyma Restaurant) right on the beach. Contains two bedrooms, shower/toilet, large attic, kitchen and lounge on ground ﬂoor. Furnished. Tel 99608776 ****************************

FOR RENT spacious 3 bedroom apartment with balcony situated in centre of town, semi furnished. Please call 99311152 ****************************

FOR RENT 2 bed, 2 bath, new built apartment, in a quiet scenic location In Alethriko, Larnaca 5 min. to Larnaka, 5 min. to the beach Fully furnished, A/C, communal pool, under covered parking, Long term rent, €350.00 per month For more info pls call 99639378 ****************************

PROTEA APTS LARNACA Residential and holiday apts for rent monthly or weekly Larnaca – Dhekelia road, close to Golden Bay Hotel 1 & 2 bedroom apts, furnished and with low rent with swimming pool, 2 minutes walking distance from the beach, with a new pedestrian crossing in front of the building. Contact us on 99672466, 99404522, and 99078590 ****************************

FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom ﬂat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel: 99202543 ****************************

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1. UNIVERSAL – superb 2 bed furnished apartment for rent. Lovely quiet complex with pool, private parking, entry phone system & storage room. €350 per month. 2. UNIVERSAL – one bed furnished apartment on 2nd ﬂoor, small quiet well maintained complex with sea views. €300 per month. 3. UNIVERSAL – 2 two bed, 2 bath apartments on superb quiet complex, with 3 pools, gym, sauna, jaccuzi & bowling green. 1 apt furnished, 1 unfurnished from €400 per month. 4. TALA – 2 two bed, 2 bath villa style apts on stunning quiet complex with 4 pools, with off road and underground parking. 1 apt furnished 1 U/F from €360 per month. PLEASE CALL 96203009 *****************************

FOR RENT A selection of 1 to 5 bedroom houses & apartments F/F & U/F Universal, Peyia, Tomb of the Kings, Tsada, Timi, Chlorakas & Kato Paphos Landlord & Owners please call 99329357 Or please view at are website www. cyprussands.com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus *****************************

1. MANDRIA, 2 bedroom apartment, fully furnished with modern furniture, separate kitchen, communal swimming pool, air conditioning throught, 2 balconies euro 375 p/m o.N.O 2. SEA CAVES, 3 bedroom bungalow, specially ﬁtted for people with disabilities , stunning sea views, free

TO LET PAPHOS wi-ﬁ, fully furnished with modern furniture, swimming pool, all bedrooms with ensute, utility room, air conditioning throughout, shutters, very green and secluded area euro 1100 p/m o.N.O 3. EMBA, 2 bedroom apartment, 2 bathroom, modern furnished, air conditioned throughout, communal swimming pool, covered parking, close to all amenities, euro 330 p/m 4. CHLORAKA, 3 bedroom furnished villa with pool, amazing views , master ensuite , in cul-de-sac, fully airconditioned with ﬁreplace , euro 700 p/m PLEASE CALL : 99 387842 *****************************

FOR RENT: (a) € 290/mnth Acropolis Heights, Chlorakas (b) € 380/mnth Universal area and Both are 2-bed houses, beautiful locations, in Cul-de-sacs, 10 years old, 90 sq. mts, Furnished, Open-Plan Lounge/Kitchen, Front Car-port, Garden, (a) is Ground ﬂoor, 1 WC/bath. (b) is 2-Floors, 2 WCS/Bath and part air-conditioned. Call 99-632388. *****************************

CHLORAKAS, 2 bedroom apartment, fully furnished, large veranda, very quiet location, communal pool, Euro 280 – o.n.o Please call : 99699019 /26910140 *****************************

KISSONERGA VILLAGE, St Kononas area, 3 bedroom ﬂat with private parking, private roof garden with barbeque, elevator, full a/c & electrical appliances provided, beautiful sea and mountain views. €400 per month. Call: 99 553741 *****************************

FOR RENT KATO PAPHOS spacious 2 bed F/F garden apartment. Enclosed garden

FOR SALE Semi-detached house in Archangelos area split level on a hill, no houses in front, 3 big bedrooms, 2 big bathrooms and TV room big lounge & dining area, fireplace, fitted kitchen, 40 sq.m. store room, C/H, A/C, solar. For information call: 99496541

TO LET PAPHOS with 2 covered patios next to green area, cul-de-sac setting. AC, SAT TV, comm. pool, bath/shower. Superb location with private covered parking and entrance. Quiet yet close to all amenities. €400 p/m. Contact 26 911540 or 99955302. *****************************

DT PROPERTY LETTINGS PRESENTS : Chloraka 4 bed Villa fully furnished, 3 bathrooms, 2 lounges, air conditioning throughout, private garage, large garden only €700.00 per month Universal 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom ground ﬂoor apartment fully furnished, air conditioning, communal pool and private parking special rate €320.00 Tsada 5 bedroom villa with 4 bathrooms, fully furnished, double garage, very spacious with private swimming pool, fantastic views only €1.600.00 per month neg. Peyia 3 bedroom villa with two bathrooms fully furnished, air conditioning throughout, communal swimming pool and parking. Nice location close to all amenities €500.00 per month Now available at DT property lettings Many other properties available. Please call : Tel 2683543 or 97675123 *****************************

PEYIA, available now for rent in a most sought after location next to the municipal park, 1 & 2 bedroom apartments with magniﬁcent sea and mountain views, furnished or unfurnished, off street parking, quiet area, for viewing, ring: 99 887251 / 99 025173 *****************************

A DELIGHTFUL AND SPACIOUS 2 bedroom apartment, F/F, top ﬂoor, new, located at a peaceful location just 500 from St. George hotel in Choraka, with breathtaking sea views. A+ quality apt, With walking distance

TO LET PAPHOS to amenities, part of a beautiful building with swimming pool, list and other amenities. Only €350pm Other apts also available. Call 99403261, 26934650 *****************************

PAPHOS RENTALS SECTION TREMITHOUSA - Very sought after location, Modern 2 Bedroom, F/F, Town House, Lovely Communal Pool, Sea views, Early viewing highly recommended, 400 Euros PAPHOS - Very large 3 Bedroom Apt , Fully Furnished to a very high standard ,Would suit 3 Professionals sharing, Within close proximity to Hospital and Court, Central Heating, 2 Bathrooms, Laundry, 350 Euros. TALA - Luxurious 4 Bedroom, F/F to a very high standard, 2 bathrooms, 2 en-suite, Swimming Pool, Landscaped Garden and Spectacular Views, 700 Euros. EMPA - Immaculate, Spacious 2 Bedroom, U/F, House, Large kitchen, Patio, Quiet location, Must be seen, 300 Euros WANTED - 2 bedroom furnished properties MORE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 99862922 *****************************

FLOWRON PROPERTY RENTALS, YOUR NUMBER ONE CHOICE FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES. LOOKING FOR A RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, CALL THE EXPERTS TODAY!! TIMI 3 bed modern villa with wood burner, Ac, offered fully furnished. Spacious living areas with 2 sitting areas, big kitchen,3 upstairs bedrooms, master en suite shower, family bathroom, Small private pool, off street parking. Quiet location not far from the village amenities. Paphos

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Town. Ref: 722 price €600 KISSONERGA A bed luxury villa in its own private grounds, with fantastic views of the sea, private pool, Modem Furnishings, quality appliances, downstairs bedroom, large kitchen, upstairs bedroom with en suite, family bathroom. Ref 0000 Price €950 ANARITA A 3 bed villa offered furnished , with private pool, in nice quiet cul-de-sac, off street parking, AC. quality kitchen, 3 bedrooms upstairs. Ref 855 price €600 PEGEIA A superb character 4 bedroom villa, with beams, ﬁre place, central heating. Italian kitchen, sitting and dining areas, 3 good size bedrooms, with downstairs bedroom with en suite. Outside mature gardens, private pool, fantastic views, peaceful location. Ref: 765 Price €900 Mandria A modern unfurnished 4 bed Villa with private pool. Downstairs bedroom with shower, sitting room with log burner, 3 bedrooms upstairs, master bed with en suite shower room. Property has private fence and pets are welcome. Ref 1174 price €700 YEROSKIPOU 2 bed furnished apartment with communal pool, gym, undercover parking on modern new complex Apart-

ment is furnished, with bathroom, modern kitchen and blinds + AC Ref: 1164 price €350 ARMOU A 3 bedroom fully furnished bungalow with private pool. Nice clean modern property with log burner, 3 good size bedrooms, master en suite, large family bathroom, garage, fantastic views of the sea. Ref 854 Price €750 MANDRIA Modern 2 bedroom apartment, offered furnished. Property is modern and has a large outside veranda, great views, large communal pool. Not far from all local amenities. Ref: 882 Price €400 Please call for a free viewing on Ofﬁce 26600450 Mobile: 97614070 many more properties on our website at www.ﬂowron. com - www.paphospropertycyprus.com LANDLORDS IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT, PLEASE CALL US!!!!!! Your Vision is our Mission ****************************

PEYIA – 3 bedroom villa with modern quality furniture and ﬁnishes. Central heating, sky, alarm, inﬁnity pool and stunnning sea and mountain views €700 per month, call: 99389426 ****************************

BRAND NEW APT, opposite Poseidonio Gym, near Car-

TO LET PAPHOS refour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from €340p.m.Tel 99403261 ****************************

MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1.SEA CAVES €500 we are delighted to offer this detached 2 bedroom villa situated on a corner plot in a quiet residential area offering sea views. Gated drive for off street parking. Fully enclosed good sized low maintenance garden with private pool offering privacy and shaded areas. Available unfurnished or part furnished. Pets allowed at owners discretion. website reference number: rtl_482 2.KISSONERGA €550 modern detached 3 bedroom villa situated in a quiet residential area. Master bedroom with ensuite, separate kitchen, downstairs guest wc. Enclosed garden offering private pool & off street parking. Available unfurnished though can include kitchen appliances. Pets allowed at owners discretion. website reference number: rtl_501

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3.TALA €575 unfurnished modern 3 bedroom detached villa offering total privacy & breathtaking sea views. Includes underfloor heating plus real fire. Master with ensuite. storage room. shutters & flyscreens. Covered veranda, garden with mature plants, private pool offering sea views. Off street parking. A beautiful home. website reference number: rtl_530 4. PEYIA €700 price includes pool cleaning. If you are looking for a villa with breathtaking views & privacy than this property is for you. this modern detached 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom villa is furnished with modern furniture, including satellite tv. One bedroom & bathroom on ground floor. A spacious enclosed garden with private pool offering stunning views. Off street parking. website reference number: rtl_401 5.MANDRIA €750 modern detached 4 bedroom villa, master with ensuite. Fully enclosed low maintenance garden offering private pool. Available unfurnished to include white goods, blackout blinds, curtains, ceiling fans & log burner for those winter months. Immaculate condition. Pets allowed at owners discretion. website reference number: rtl_633 offers considered.

6. CHLORAKA €770 modern detached 4 bedroom 3 bathroom villa with ground floor bedroom & bathroom. Beautifully furnished with good quality modern furniture includes sky satellite, fly screens & feature fireplace with modern gas fire. Private pool offering views of the sea. Off street parking. Situated within walking distance of bus routes & shops. website reference number: rtl_611 7. KATO PAPHOS €800 large 4 bedroom detached villa situated in the sought after residential area of Limnaria. Walking distance to the beach and the many amenities of Kato Paphos. Spacious living accomodation offering an enclosed garden with c/pool. Fully furnished with modern furniture & solar panels. website reference number: rtl_442 8. TALA €900 a charming detached 4 bedroom villa with character, situated on a corner plot in a quiet residentIal area with breathtaking sea views. Spacious living rooms with central heating & real fireplace. Separate kitchen & dining room. Good sized garden offering private pool and stone built barbeque area. Undercover parking. website reference number rtl_638

TEL: 97790883 OFFICE: 26271858 VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MANY MORE PROPERTIES www.mrrent-paphos.net Email: info@mrrent-paphos.net **************************** RENTAL POINT - PAPHOS

PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!! 1. MESA CHORIO – 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished ground ﬂoor apartment set on an elevated position on this prestigious development. Open plan living area. Good sized kitchen. 2 double, bedrooms, master with en-suite shower room. Family bathroom. Large patio areas with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views. Covered parking and security gates.. Comm swimming pool, and landscaped gardens. Euros 425.00 a month. 2 bed apartment same complex Euros 400.00 a month. 2 MESOGI 3 bed 3 bath furnished apartment in handy location close to the shop-

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS ping areas. Large open plan living area and dining area.. Fully ﬁtted dining/kitchen with appliances . Guest WC. Utilty room. 3 double bedrooms one with en-suite. Family bathroom. Balcony & and parking. Euros 500.00 a month. Suit non-drivers!

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3. TOMB OF THE KINGS – 3 bed fully furnished apartment in established block. Own entrance via stairway. Open plan living area. Dining kitchen. 3 bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, sat TV. Internet available. Large balcony area. Parking. Eu-

ros 350.00 per month 4. KISSONEGA - 3 bed 2 bath unfurnished villa. Set in enclosed gardens the villa consists of open plan living area. Full itted kitchen. Small utility area. Conservatory room. Ground floor bed room with en-suite. Stairs to two double bedrooms and family bathroom. Pool and off street parking. Euros 600.00 per month 5. STROUMBI – 2 bed fully furnished stone bungalow set in quiet location. Open plan living area with working fireplace. Spacious dining kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom with corner bath. Landscaped gardens, swimming pool and covered parking. Realistically priced Euros 500.00 per month or close offers only 6. UNIVERSAL AREA. 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, Enclosed garden area, comm. Pool and parking. Euros 375.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Universal starting at 250 euros per month. 7. CORAL BAY - 3 bed, 3.5 bath furnished/unfurnished villa situated very near to the centre and within easy walking of beaches and restaurants. Open plan living

area with fully fitted kitchen. Doors out to garden and pool. Ground floor bedroom with ensuite. Separate guest WC. Stairs to 2 double bedroom both with en-suite and balcony areas. Private pool, gardens, BBQ area and covered verandahs. Central location.Euros 650.00 per month or close offers. 8. STROUMBI– 3 bed 2.5 bath large unfurnished villa in quiet village area. Spacious open plan living area with feature fireplace and dining space Good sized fitted kitchen and breakfast area. Guest WC with storage area.3 double bedrooms. Master with en-suite bathroom. Family bathroom. Enclosed gardens, pool and off street parking. Realistically priced Euros 550.00 per month. OVNO FOR FULL LISTINGS OF A PA R T M E N T S / T O W N HOUSES AND VILLA PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/ OWNERS PLEASE CALL PLEASE CALL 97648440 or email:- inforentals@aol. com

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Nicosia ........................22 802 020 Limassol ......................25 805 050 Larnaca .......................24 804 040 Paphos ........................26 806 060 Famagusta ..................23 803 030

Nicosia General .............22-801400 Nicosia Makarios ...........22-405000 Limassol Old ................25-305333 Limassol New ................25-801100 Larnaca Old...................24-630312 Larnaca New .................24-630300 Paphos ..........................26-821800 Famagusta ....................23-821211

Drug Law Enforcement Unit ......................................... 1498 (Confidential Information) Rescue Co-ordination Centre ............................. 1441 (Immediate Response Service for Aeronautical or Maritime Accident & Incidents) Game Fund Service: (Wildlife and hunting) Central offices (Nicosia): 22867786, 22-867897 Nicosia: 22-664606, 99-445697 Limassol: 25-343800, 99-445728, Larnaca/Famagusta: 24-805128, 99-634325 Paphos: 26-306211, 99-445679 Forest Fires ..................... 1407

Narcotics Helpline ......... 1410 (Outside hours.............. 22-304160) AIDS Advisory Bureau ................................ 22-302826 Domestic Violence Centre .......................................... 1440 (Emergency Centre for Victims) Drug Info & Poison Control ............... 1401 Cyprus Samaritans ... 77777267 Police Duty Officer ......... 1499 (Confidential Information) Airports Larnaca ..........................77778833 Paphos ...........................77778833

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REFURBISHED stone-built village house located in Kili Paphos. Consists of 3 large rooms 1 small. Traditional wood burnt ﬁreplace, fully tiled secluded yard and garage. Tel: 99210610.

PROPERTY FOR SALE NICOSIA NICOSIA, FLAT FOR SALE: 2 bdrm ﬂat with title deeds, 110 sq.m., fully renovated, best central area, 800m from the European University, excellent view, €99.000. Tel. 99621914.

FOR SALE PAPHOS 10min from Latchi. - 5017m2 Land with 10% building rights, in Lysos village on main road to Stavro Tis Psokas. - 8362m2 Land with 10% building rights in Lysos village on boarder of housing zone which is to be extended. QUICK SALE FOR SERIOUS OFFERS EURO 800,000 Tel : 99452241/99848757 *****************************

FOR SALE PENTHOUSE between Armenias Str and Hilton Hotel. 3 bedroom, main bedroom with shower, c/h, ﬁreplace, large verandas. For more information please call: 99467596.

UNIVERSAL AREA, 3 bedroom detached villa, covered area 122 sqm, master bedroom en-suite, air conditioned throughout, all white goods, solar panels, garden irrigation, plot size 273 sqm, communal pool, euro 165.000 o.v.n.o. – title deeds available Call : 99682644no agents

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KISSONERGA, 2 bedroom detached house, 250 sqm plot, two levels, almost ﬁnished, quiet area but near town centre, large terrace, sea view euro 200.000 – No agents call: 96637054

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PROPERTY SALE BLOCK BUY INVESTMENT - House (detached) 3-Bed, 2 Bath, on ½ plot, Koloni, Paphos in cul-de-sac. Near amenities, highway and airport. 5 min from sea. - Two Traditional stone village houses, large common courtyard in picturesque village of Lysos, Paphos.

LOFOS – TALA, 3 bedroom bungalow for sale, living room, kitchen, bathroom, shower room, central heating, air con, private pool, landscaped gardens, lovely views. Call: 99342913 – no agents 1. PAPHOS, FLATS FOR SALE OR RENT: Kissonerga, 3 bdrm ﬂat with title deeds, in a block of 4 ﬂats only, fully renovated, 2 baths, 146 sq.m closed area, c/h, a/c, covered parking, excelent view of sea and mountains, half registration fees titll 31.12.12 reduced to €135.000 or rent €450 per month. Tel. 99621914. *****************************

FOR SALE special offer, €79, 000 ﬁrst ﬂoor apartment in Protaras, fully furnished with 2 bedrooms and a swimming pool. Walking distance to the beach of Ayia Triada and all amenities. Tel: 97 608941.

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1.AYIA NAPA, Studio for sale, 38 sqm, furnished and fully renovated,. with title deed, in licensed complex, 5030m from Nissi Beach €49.000. Tel. 99621914. LARNACA

Friends for Life Limassol Hospice Care Appeal Reg no 2423

Annual Christmas Fair 8th & 9th December 2012 at The Atlantica Miramare Beach Hotel Potamos Yermasoyia Limassol Buy all your Christmas Gifts under one roof with 700sq metres of Exhibitions: Dolls Houses and accessories to suit all from 3 years to the young at heart- Exquisite Beadwork- Mosaics- Aromatherapy –Soaps - Beautiful Candles - Fun with Encaustic Art-Jewellery - Denise with Hair Clips and an exciting new product -Patchwork –Woodcraft - Felted items – Knitwear – Cards –Books - Hand Painted Glassware - Chutneys and Jams - Helen’s Indian Treasures -Handmade accessories Numerous other gift ideas. Kiddies Korner with Santa Lucky Dip / Magic / Face Painting / Friends for Life / Cake Stall / Bric Brac / Books / Art Exhibition Limassol Theatre Arts School will be performing on Saturday 8th December at 11:45 a.m. "Limassol Theatre Arts School (LTAS) is a dynamic Stage School which nurtures and inspires young performers. Under the expert guidance of a team of experienced professionals and ex West End performer, LTAS provides high quality training in Musical Theatre, Dance, Singing and Drama/Acting. LTAS prepares its students to be the stars of the future!"

Tombola – Grand Draw Excellent Car parking with Wheelchair & Pushchair access Open 11am – 7pm Entry Adults €2, including Free Tombola Ticket - Children Free Entrance Door Prize kindly donated by the Atlantica Miramare Hotel Further details contact Anne on 99269016 or 25632446 All Proceeds to the Limassol Hospice Care Appeal

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Advertiser FOR PAPHIAKOS ANIMAL WELFARE SOS HELPLINE, 24 HOUR MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICE - CALL 99655581 CONTACT DETAILS FOR PAPHIAKOS. Paphiakos & C.C.P. Animal Welfare Education/Information Centre, No. 12 Dedalos Building, 8049 Kato Paphos PO Box 61272 8132 Kato Paphos Web. www.cyprusanimalwelfare.com www.facebook/paphiakos Email info@cyprusanimalwelfare.com Larnaca Emergency Service - The contact point for animal emergencies in Larnaca is Maria at the Paphiakos Animal Welfare Charity Shop, telephone 24623494 or 99325897 STOP, SHOP AND GIVE TO THE ANIMALS! ALL DONATIONS ARE WELCOME AT OUR CHARITY SHOPS! PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. ANIMAL WELFARE Registered Charity No 1529 Contact our shops and we can take your clutter The Charity Shops are located at: Shop No.1 Agapinoros Street, Kato Paphos Tel 26910325 Shop No.2 Ap Pavlou Avenue, Kato Paphos Tel 26942894 Shop No.3 Gr. Afxentiou Avensia Court 3 Larnaca 24623494 Shop No.4 9 Ayiou Ioanni Street 3061 Limassol 25561695 Peyia Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 26622828 Polis Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 99223572 Book Exchange Shop Trimithousa 99771763 Our shops are always happy to receive your unwanted goods! NOW YOU CAN HELP BY COLLECTING YOUR ALUMINIUM CANS AND HANDING THEM IN AT ANY PAPHIAKOS CHARITY SHOP OR THE CLINIC. SAVE AN ANIMAL AND SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT!! PAPHIAKOS CAR BOOT SALE EVERY SATURDAY at the Ambassador Restaurant and outside in the grounds at Paphiakos. Free parking. Sellers from 7am, buyers from 8am. For information & bookings please call MIKE on 96702600. FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR PAPHIAKOS CHARITY NO. 1529 WORLD ANIMAL DAY. On Thursday October 4th Paphiakos will be micro chipping pets for only €20 including all the paperwork. For further information telephone 26953496. To celebrate World Animal Day on Thursday October 4th Paphiakos will be offering free spaying/neutering for all feral and unwanted animals as they do throughout the year. Contact 26953496 for further details. PAPHIAKOS SHELTER OPEN DAY The Open Day will be held on Sunday October 7th between 10am and 3pm. It will be a Family Fun Day out with a lot of different activities. There is car parking, toilets and refreshments on site so enjoy and join in the celebration of animals and what they bring to our lives. Entrance is €2 CHARITY HAIR CUT. On Thursday 4th October 09.30-17.30 without an appointment Andri at Atlantic Bay Hotel (2nd Floor) will be charging €5 for a haircut with all proceeds going to Paphiakos. Telephone Suzanne on 99151996 or Andri on 99604783. PAPHIAKOS CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. Saturday November 24th 9am – 3pm at the Crazy Spoon Restaurant. For further details contact 99151996. Stalls, Santa’s Grotto, Donkey Rides, Pirate Pat and many more.

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FILM: Relentless A detective sets out on the trail of a serial killer who selects his victims at random from the telephone directory. Thriller, starring Robert Loggia. 2002.

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01:10 Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen 02:05 Last Of The Summer Wine Oh Look! Mitzi’s Found Her Mummy 02:35 EastEnders 03:05 Doctor Who Conﬁdential A Noble Return 03:15 Doctors Bon Vomage 03:40 A Thing Called Love 04:40 Ideal The Healer 05:10 Ideal The Temptation 05:40 Last Man Standing Nagaland Kickboxing 06:30 The Green Green Grass The Departed 07:00 Tellytales Jack And The Beanstalk 07:10 Boogie Beebies 07:25 Teletubbies Crackers 07:50 Me Too! Snooze 08:05 Boogie Beebies 08:20 Teletubbies Crackers 08:45 Me Too! Snooze 09:05 Garth And Bev Ballpoint Pen 09:15 Buzz & Tell 09:25 As Time Goes By A House Full Of Women 09:55 The Green Green Grass The Departed 10:25 The Weakest Link 11:10 EastEnders 11:40 Doctors Bon Vomage 12:05 Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen 13:05 Lark Rise To Candleford 13:55 Last Of The Summer Wine Oh Look! Mitzi’s Found Her Mummy 14:25 The Green Green Grass The Departed 14:55 The Weakest Link 15:40 EastEnders 16:10 Doctors Bon Vomage 16:35 Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen 17:35 Lark Rise To Candleford 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors Dirty Little Pig 20:10 Born And Bred The Inspector Calls 21:00 Big Top Sky-

diver 21:30 The Impressions Show With Culshaw & Stephenson 22:00 Lark Rise To Candleford 22:50 2 Point 4 Children Curiosity Killed The Cat 23:20 Dad’s Army The Bullet Is Not For Firing 23:50 Twenty Twelve 00:20 God on Trial

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Wheeler Dealers 08:15 American Chopper 09:10 Dirty Jobs 10:05 Deadliest Catch 10:55 Ultimate Survival 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 How It’s Made 12:40 Extreme Engineering 13:35 Overhaulin’ 14:30 Wheeler Dealers 15:25 American Chopper 16:20 Mythbusters 17:15 Dirty Jobs 18:10 Deadliest Catch 19:05 Ultimate Survival 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Mythbusters 22:00 Mighty Planes 23:00 Dangerous Flights 00:00 Aircrash Confidential 01:00 Hillbilly Handfishin’ 01:55 Mythbusters 02:50 Mighty Planes 03:50 Dangerous Flights 04:50 Aircrash Confidential 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Football: Eurogoals 10:15 Figure Skating: Isu Grand Prix Japan 11:15 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 12:15 Biathlon: World Cup Sweden 13:15 Football: Eurogoals 14:00 Figure Skating: Isu Grand Prix Japan

Premier League 2012-13

15:00 Cross-Country Skiing: World Cup Sweden 16:30 Biathlon: World Cup Sweden 17:30 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 18:30 Cross-Country Skiing: World Cup Sweden 20:00

Swimming: European Short Course Championships France 21:00 Boxing: International Contest Usa 22:00 Boxing: Wba World Title-Heavy Weight Contest Germany 00:00 Motorsports: Gta Road To Dubai 00:15 Rally: Intercontinental Rally Challenge 00:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 01:30 Biathlon: World Cup Sweden

05:40 Private Practice 06:25 Castle 07:10 Modern Family 07:35 Happy Endings 08:00 Once Upon A Time 08:50 Donna Hay: Fast, Fresh, Simple 09:40 Private Practice 10:25 Castle 11:10 Modern Family 11:35 Happy Endings 12:00 Raising Hope 12:25 Melissa & Joey 12:50 Glee 13:40 Once Upon A Time 14:30 Masterchef 15:20 Private Practice 16:05 Castle 16:50 Modern Family 17:15 Happy Endings 17:40 Once Upon A Time 18:30 Masterchef 19:20 Private Practice 20:10 Castle 21:00 Raising Hope 21:25 Melissa

& Joey 21:50 Glee 22:40 Modern Family 23:05 Happy Endings 23:30 Raising Hope 23:55 Melissa & Joey 00:20 Glee 01:10 Castle 02:00 Private Practice 02:45 Modern Family 03:10 Happy Endings 03:35 Rita Rocks 04:00 Once Upon A Time 04:50 Masterchef

07:00 Pawn Stars 6 07:30 Storage Wars 2 08:00 UFO Hunters 09:00 Patton 360 10:00 Pawn Stars 6 10:30 Storage Wars 2 11:00 Ancient Aliens 3 12:00 Pawn Stars 6 12:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 13:00 American Restoration 3 14:00 Patton 360 15:00 UFO Hunters 16:00 Pawn Stars 6 16:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 17:00 American Restoration 3 18:00 Patton 360 19:00 UFO Hunters 20:00 Pawn Stars 6 20:30 Storage Wars 2 21:00 Ancient Aliens 3 22:00 Storage Wars 2 23:00 American Pickers 3 00:00 Pawn Stars 6 00:30 Storage Wars 2 01:00 Ancient Aliens 3 02:00 Storage Wars 2 03:00 American Pickers 3 04:00 UFO Hunters 05:00 Patton 360 06:00 Ancient Aliens 3

07:30 Action Zone 08:00 Cinema Verite 09:45 Doomsday 11:45 Miss March 13:30 Step Up 3 15:25 Videofashion 16:00 The Dead Girl 17:50 Tootsie 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Surviving Picasso 23:15 St Trinian’s Ii: The Legend Of Fritton’s Gold 01:10 Hustler TV 02:45 The Road 05:00 Once 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Chowder 07:25 The Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack 07:50 The Tom & Jerry Show 08:15 Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! 08:40 Loonatics Unleashed 09:05 Superman: The Animated Series 09:55 The Looney Tunes Show 10:20 Tak & The Power Of Juju 10:45 Fanboy & Chum Chum 11:10 The X’s 11:35 Ni Hao, Kai-Lan 12:00 Dora The Explorer 12:25 Spongebob Squarepants 13:15 The Mighty B! 13:40 My Life As A Teenage Robot 14:05 Hey Arnold! 14:30 ICarly 15:20 Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! 15:45 Justice League Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 NBA Action 17:30 Barclays Premier League World 18:00 Barclays Premier League Review 19:00 Liga BBVA 2012-13 20:45 La Liga Review 2012-13 21:45 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 00:00 Toyota Australian Football International 2012 01:00 Liga BBVA 2012-13 05:00 Barclays

07:15 Chuck 08:00 2 Broke Girls 08:30 Supernatural 10:00 According To Jim 10:50 How To Make It In America 11:25 Pan Am 13:05 Hawaii Five-0 13:50 Chuck 14:35 Supernatural 16:05 Eastbound & Down 16:35 Aliens In America 17:20 The Closer 18:15 Harry’s Law 19:00 Hawaii Five-0 19:45 According To Jim 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The Mentalist 21:45 C.S.I. New York 22:30 Curb Your Enthusiasm 23:20 Sons Of Anarchy 00:25 Up In The Air 02:15 Dance Flick 03:45 Eastbound & Down 04:15 Aliens In America 05:00 The Closer 05:45 Harry’s Law 06:30 Hawaii Five

07:45 Battle Planet 09:15 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 11:00 It Runs In The Family 13:00 Botched 14:45 The Other Guys 16:45 Dennis The Menace 18:30 Beauty And The Beast 20:15 An Invisible Sign 22:00 Splice 00:05 Daring! TV 03:30 Ghost Town 05:30 The Witches Of Eastwick

06:00 Green Card 07:45 Middle Of Nowhere 09:20 On Strike For Christmas 10:50 The Smurfs 12:35 I Am Number Four 14:25 Hollywood 1on1 15:00 Love Stories 19:00 The Scor-

pion King 3: Battle For Redemption 21:00 C.S.I. 00:05 Margin Call 01:55 Cine News 02:25 The King’s Speech 04:25 The Beaver

07:35 Revenge Of The Pink Panther 09:15 Cine News 09:45 Super 8 11:40 Good Will Hunting 13:55 Cine News 14:25 The Portrait Of A Lady 16:50 Stars In Style 19:40 X-Men: First Class 22:00 Real Steel 00:15 No Strings Attached 02:10 Holy Smoke 04:05 Cine News 04:50 Drive Angry

19:20 From Time To Time 22:45 Cine News 23:00 How I Met Your Mother 00:45 Cine News 01:30 Adult Zone

19:10 West Is West 21:00 The Cake Eaters 22:35 Never Let Me Go 00:25 Miral

07:00 Bachelor In Paradise 08:50 Gun Glory 10:20 Manpower 12:05 To Have And Have Not 13:45 Quo Vadis 16:35 The Big Sleep 18:25 The Charge Of The Light Brigade 20:20 What’s Up, Doc? 22:00 Fame 00:10 Lolita 02:45 Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid 04:40 The Sea Of Grass

By Preston Wilder finally thrive, surrounded by her old ‘invisible signs’ and getting the kids to make numbers with their bodies? Will she “help her students through their own crises” and perhaps fall in love with a hunky colleague? “Doubt + Hope + Fate = Love,” claims the trailer, spelling it out for the Barbies of the world. Made in 2010.

An Invisible Sign (LTV3, 20.15) Some may recall the fuss, back in the 90s, when Barbie dolls were programmed to say “Maths is hard” (actually “math”, as per the weird Americanism) - reinforcing ugly stereotypes about girls and math(s) being incompatible, said the critics. Those critics will be happy with Jessica Alba, who’s something of a maths whiz in this straight-to-video drama: “To the world, they were just numbers. To me, they were invisible signs,” she sighs happily while she’s still a child, incidentally explaining the title - but in fact Jess is problematic, using maths as an escape after her dad falls ill, turning into an unemployed loner and (finally) getting a job as a maths teacher at her old primary school. Will she

Surviving Picasso (LTV, 21.00)

An Invisible Sign

Anthony Hopkins will be Alfred Hitchcock soon (Hitchcock comes out next week in the US) - but he was Pablo Picasso in this so-so biopic, based on a book called Picasso: Creator and Destroyer. The book was quite harsh, viewing the great artist (but flawed human being) through the eyes of Francoise Gilot - the

longest-lasting of his many mistresses, and mother of two of his children - but the film is softer, its Picasso unsentimental but not especially unfeeling. He points out an owl devouring a cat to the much younger Gilot (Natascha McElhone), and of course she’s very shocked and distraught - but he’s not trying to shock her, merely trying to illustrate the struggle of existence; this Picasso is a force of Nature, the only problem being that the film has no real take on him apart from that. Hopkins is reduced to doing ‘Life Force’, a performance - all grimace and gesticulation - that often seems less like a great Artist than a particularly enthusiastic English teacher; hopefully his Master of Suspense will be less embarrassing. Made in 1996.

CYPRUS MAIL Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Showbiz Rolling Stones turn back clock with hit-filled Rise of Psy’s video is ‘unprecedented’ with 809 million hits comeback

Gangnam Style becomes YouTube’s most viewed By Alex Dobuzinskis

By Mike Collett-White

SOUTH Korean rap star Psy’s music video Gangnam Style became the most watched item ever posted to YouTube over the weekend with more than 823 million views, racing past Canadian teen star Justin Bieber’s two-year-old video for his song Baby which yesterday had 805 million hits The milestone was the latest pop culture victory for Psy, 34, a portly rap singer known for his slicked-back hair and comic dance style who has become one of the most unlikely global stars of 2012. Psy succeeded with a video that generated countless parodies and became a media sensation. He gained more fame outside his native country than the more polished singers in South Korea’s so-called K-Pop style who have sought to win international audiences. Gangnam Style was ﬁrst posted to YouTube in July, and by the following month it began to show huge popularity on YouTube with audiences outside of South Korea. “It’s been a massive hit at a global level unlike anything we’ve ever seen before,” said the YouTube blog. The blog also said the “velocity” of the video’s popularity has been unprecedented for YouTube. In his Gangnam Style video the outlandishly dressed, sunglass-wearing Psy raps in Korean and dances in the style of an upper-crust person riding an invisible horse. The song is named after

THE Rolling Stones turned back the clock in style on Sunday with their first concert in five years, strutting and swaggering their way through hit after familiar hit to celebrate 50 years in business. Before a packed crowd of 20,000 at London’s O2 Arena, they banished doubts that age may have slowed down one of the world’s greatest rock and roll bands, as lead singer Mick Jagger launched into I Wanna Be Your Man. More than two hours of high-octane, blues-infused rock later, and they were still going strong with an impressive encore comprising You Can’t Always Get What You Want and Jumpin’ Jack Flash. In between there were guest appearances from American R&B singersongwriter Mary J. Blige, who delivered a rousing duet with Jagger on Gimme Shelter and guitarist Jeff Beck who provided the power chords for I’m Going Down. Former Rolling Stones Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor were also back in the fold, performing with the regular quartet of Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards on guitar and Charlie Watts on drums for the first time in 20 years. “It took us 50 years to get from Dartford to Greenwich!” said Jagger, referring to their roots just a few miles from the venue in southeast London. “But you know, we made it. What’s even more amazing is that you’re still coming to see us...we can’t thank you enough.” The Sunday night gig was the first of two at the O2 Arena before the band crosses the Atlantic to play three dates in the United States. The mini-tour is the culmination of a busy few months of events, rehearsals and recordings to mark 50 years since the rockers first took to the stage at the Marquee Club on London’s Oxford Street in July, 1962. There has been a photo album, two new songs, a music video, a documentary film, a blitz of media appearances and a handful of warm-up gigs in Paris. The reunion nearly did not happen. One factor behind the long break since their record-breaking A Bigger Bang tour in 2007 has been Wood’s struggle with alcohol addiction, while Jagger and Richards also fell out over comments the guitarist made about the singer in a 2010 autobiography. But they eventually buried the hatchet, and Richards joked in a recent interview: “We can’t get divorced we’re doing it for the kids!”

The outlandishly dressed Psy raps in Korean and dances in the style of an upper-crust person riding an invisible horse the afﬂuent Gangnam District of Seoul and it mocks the rampant consumerism of that suburb. Psy, whose real name is Park Jai-sang, is no stranger to wealth as his father is chairman of a South Korean semiconductor company. His parents sent him to business school in the United States but he confesses that he bought musical instruments with his tuition money. He later graduated

from Berklee College of Music in Boston and won fame in South Korea with his 2001 debut album. The viral success of Gangnam Style on YouTube also has translated into strong record sales. In late September, the song jumped to the top of the British pop charts and it also has sold well in other countries. Popular parodies of the Gangnam Style video included one featuring the

University of Oregon’s duck mascot, and another done in the Star Trek language Klingon. The ofﬁcial YouTube view count for Gangnam Style represents only the ﬁgure for the original video posted to the site, but copycat versions, parodies and videos by people commenting on the song have been posted to the site and elsewhere on the Web. Counting all those differ-

ent versions, Gangnam Style and its related videos have more than 2.2 billion views across the Internet, said Matt Fiorentino, spokesman for the online video tracking ﬁrm Visible Measures. “Without the dance, I don’t think it would have been as big as it is,” Fiorentino said. “And the other thing is, Psy has a unique sense of humour which comes through in the video. He doesn’t take himself too seriously.”

Narnia author CS Lewis to be Rihanna equals Madonna record honoured at Poets’ Corner CHRONICLES of Narnia creator C.S. Lewis will be honoured next year with a memorial stone in Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey in central London. The novelist, poet, essayist and literary critic will join the likes of Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy who are either buried or commemorated in the famous location. The memorial will be dedicated at a special service to be held on November 22, 2013, the 50th anniversary of Lewis’ death at the age of 64. He was buried in Oxford. Vernon White, Canon Theologian at Westminster Abbey, called Lewis “an extraordinarily imaginative and rigorous thinker and writer who was able to convey the Christian faith in a way that made it both credible and attractive to a wide range of people. “He has had an enduring and growing inﬂuence in our national life,” White added. Lewis is best known for his Narnia children’s fantasy series about the adventures of a group of children who stumble across a magical world where they encounter the talking lion Aslan and the evil White Witch among others. The most famous was The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe published in 1950, and the seven-book series as a whole has sold over 100 million copies and been adapted for radio, television, stage and ﬁlm. Lewis’ other works include The Screwtape Letters, and Westminster Abbey described his Mere Christianity as “a classic of Christian apologetics, seeking to explain the fundamental Christian teachings to a general audience.” Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898 and won a scholarship to study at Oxford University in 1916.

Rihanna’s Unapologetic is her third straight No.1 album

SINGER Rihanna equalled Madonna’s chart record of three consecutive number one albums this week, while X Factor talent show star Olly Murs scored his fourth number one single, the Ofﬁcial Charts Company said on Sunday. Rihanna’s Unapologetic went straight to the top of the singles chart, extending a run of album chart success with last year’s Talk That Talk and 2010’s Loud. Talent show graduate Susan Boyle came in at number seven with Standing Ovation The Greatest Songs, one place behind Rod Stewart with Merry Christmas Baby at number six. Veteran rockers Led Zeppelin took fourth place with Celebration Day. In the singles chart, Murs teamed up with US singer Flo Rida to take the top spot with Troublemaker, nudging girl group Girls Aloud to second place with Something New. US singer Alicia Key’s also managed a new top 10 entry with Girl on Fire at number ﬁve.

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CRYPTIC 2247

6 PREVIOUS DAY’S SOLUTIONS

Across

1 Funny business preparing claim (7) 5 Be gloomy with me accepting work (4) 7 Hot dripping! (12) 9 However reported the stooge (4) 10 So long as the food comes before spring (8) 12 He does not pay rent for the whole house (6) 13 Most of the treacle was converted into wine (6) 16 Trying badly (8) 18 Man left vehicle in front (4) 20 It is commendable to speak highly of a notability (12) 21 Idiot caught by chance (4) 22 Wash three foreign articles (7)

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14 HOW TO PLAY: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved, you solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. With the ‘X’ sudoku, the shaded X must also contain the numbers 1-9.

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21 11 Limit all others I caught including ringleader (8) 14 Stored a crumble that had been baked (7) 15 One in France thoroughly

EASY

HARD

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ill (6) 17 No end of spirit is ethical (5) 19 Cheese-like food, some taken into funhouse (4)

Answers to crossword 2246

Rating EASY

QUICK: Across – 1 Haunt; 4 Debated; 8 Disrespectful; 9 Saraband; 10 Eyot; 12 Prefer; 13 Viewed; 16 No-go; 18 Waddling; 21 Hundredweight; 22 Respect; 23 Doyen. Down – 1 Hades; 2 Upsurge; 3 Trembled; 4 Depend; 5 Bach; 6 Tufty; 7 Deleted; 11 Bindweed; 12 Panther; 14 Wriggly; 15 Bandit; 17 Genus; 19 Get on; 20 True.

Rating HARD

CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Asset; 4 Sandbag; 8 Roulettewheel; 9 Solidify; 10 Skit; 12 Rodent; 13 Sonata; 16 Puce; 18 Distrait; 21 Pitched battle; 22 Renfrew; 23 Today. Down – 1 Arras; 2 Squalid; 3 Treading; 4 Set off; 5 News; 6 Break; 7 Galatea; 11 Contrast; 12 Repaper; 14 Adapted; 15 Window; 17 Cut in; 19 Teeny; 20 Char.

Rating EASE

1 Brown, an international player with skill (10) 2 Deserved to be on the sea in France before the turn of the tide (7) 3 Deal effectively with said runner taking exercises (4) 4 Lieutenant includes song with a catch? (6) 5 Maternal larva in good time, say (8) 6 Penetrating investigation with a bluntended instrument (5) 8 Railway worker with a job in the restaurant (10)

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1 Ocean (7) 5 Short visit (4) 7 Compliment (12) 9 Having no doubt (4) 10 Ancient Jew (8) 12 Speaker (6) 13 Setter (anag.) (6) 16 Prepare to fight (8) 18 Daintily pleasing (4) 20 Unpleasant (12) 21 Revolve (4) 22 Pudding (7)

1 Race leader (4-6) 2 Command (7) 3 Class (4) 4 Memorable (6) 5 Quickness (8) 6 _____-eater (5) 8 Local community (10) 11 Control (8) 14 Even-tempered (7) 15 Alfred (anag.) (6) 17 Airship (5) 19 Untidy state (4)

HOROSCOPE

Across

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

This can turn out to be a rather strange day in which tensions and powerful emotions may be felt. Issues associated with career and ﬁnancial matters may come to a head. The positive news is with application and careful consideration, things can get resolved. You may have a tendency to want to jump in at the deep end - but just see where things lead.

An issue at home may have a knock-on effect at work and on your performance. If you and a partner or friend aren’t getting on, it could affect the way your day pans out. Make peace with each other and things could change for the better. At work, your focus and very competitive nature can take you places. You seem determined to succeed.

Although things are generally going well for you, you may feel quite moody today for reasons you may not be able to put your ﬁnger on. You may feel like spending some time alone, thinking things through and working out your next move. If you’re out shopping, the desire to own that special item may become super-strong. Can you resist Archer?

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

One relationship may have been problematic for some while, but today an issue that you have been tentatively avoiding, may need to be resolved. However, the simple act of talking about it may not be that easy. Both of you may be entrenched in your own views and unwilling to listen to the other. Someone needs to offer the hand of peace.

A budding romance seems to be hotting up. The passion you both feel may seem almost overwhelming and take you places you hadn’t imagined. Strangely enough, it could be because of this deep intensity that you become frightened to share your feelings. If you do, you may seem closed off and unnaturally cool. Try not to miss this chance Virgo.

You seem to be in a very determined mood and unlikely to change your course once you have decided on your next move. In fact, you could be so determined anyone else’s doubts may not deter you. Yet do try to be ﬂexible, for it might be for your own good. A friend may seem to cold-shoulder you. Let it pass, it’s possibly a temporary problem.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

There is an extremely businesslike energy around that could enable you to close a lucrative deal, or perhaps get the job you have been hoping for. However, it may not be that easy. You may have to show that you can be professional in all senses of the word. If you’re not, you may not get what you want. So do your homework to maximise your chances.

Financial anxieties of a temporary nature may cause you to think about taking drastic action in order to handle your money in a more efﬁcient way. You could also ﬁnd that one income stream dries up, leaving you feeling panicky. However, a chat with your partner or friend may throw up many new ideas for bringing extra money into the home.

An issue at work may leave you feeling sore and possibly slightly wounded. Try not to take this to heart, as it could have an effect on your health. If you can forgive and let it go, you’ll possibly ﬁnd that things soon sort themselves out anyway. Although your natural instinct is to work things out intellectually, it may be best to trust that this will resolve itself.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Relationships have been intense for some time. However, today they may go one step further, with powerful forces buffeting either a new romance or your long-term relationship. Romance-wise, your sweetheart may give you the cold shoulder which could be quite hurtful. Someone at work may also try to dominate you. Stand your ground if need be.

You may feel out in the cold, as though cut-off from others and unable to connect. As Venus links with Saturn in your sign, you may not feel particularly romantic or warm hearted. However, as this focus is very businesslike, you could do well in a professional setting. Also choose your words with care - you may say something harsh you don’t mean.

This is one of those days when it’s possible you may get into an argument. It’s best not to rock the boat, as someone could react very angrily. The desire to explore new options, especially when it comes to study and learning, may be strong. Today can also see you think about business or business management as a possible subject.

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Sport IN BRIEF Pietersen grateful for support Hatton

Ruthless England square up India series

KEVIN Pietersen thanked the England players, management and fans as he firmly re-established himself in the line-up with a matchwinning century in the second Test against India. Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann took 19 wickets between them - 11 of them going to the left-armer - to ensure England only had to chase 57 yesterday morning, something they achieved with a minimum of fuss. But the victory was built on the first-innings centuries from Alastair Cook and, in particular, man of the match Pietersen, whose 186 was his first major contribution since his return to the team following the muchpublicised troubles of the summer. “Thanks to the guys in the dressing room and the management for sorting everything out,” he said. “Every day you put on an England jersey is a special day. “We are so privileged as England cricketers with the spectators that travel around the world with us, they are purely magnificent. “Without their support we can’t achieve things.” Pietersen said he thought his innings was his best for England. Asked where he placed the ton among his record-equal-

retires again after KO

Kevin Pietersen’s 186 was his ﬁrst major contribution since his return to the team following the much-publicised troubles of the summer ling haul of 22, he said: “Now that we’ve won, probably at the top. “Yesterday I said we needed to win the match and Test hundreds feel a lot better when you win. “Panesar, Swann were outstanding in that second innings. Cookie is a magniﬁcent cricketer - he’ll break every England record for Test hundreds and career runs. “What a difference a week makes. The boys came to Mumbai, they worked hard, they trained hard, they backed themselves and

there’s a good united spirit in that dressing room which is magniﬁcent.” It was an impressive way for England to bounce back from the nine-wicket defeat in Ahmedabad in the ﬁrst Test. Captain Cook said: “It was a tough week at Ahmedabad and the character we showed today and these last three days has been fantastic. I just can’t fault the effort from the lads and the performance they’ve put in these last four days.” Cook was visibly frustrated after losing the toss and

being asked to bat, and he said: “It was an important toss but the way we bowled that ﬁrst day was fantastic. “And the way Kevin batted, the way he took the game away from India - to get an 80-odd run lead was vital on that wicket. “It was a fantastic innings, great to watch from the other end. We almost could have got more of a lead in the end. “The way Swanny and Monty bowled when the pressure was on, not to let India get away was fantastic.” He added: “It’s been an

interesting two weeks, both ends of the spectrum.” India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni singled out Panesar as England’s matchwinner. “Monty bowled really well,” he said. “If you see all the other spinners, all of them looked effective, all of them were getting a bit of turn and bounce, but they were not really uncomfortable for the batsmen, but Monty, the pace he bowled at, he made sure the batsmen were coming on to the front foot and playing him so I think the major difference was him.”

Rivals say McIlroy playing like Tiger in his pomp By Tony Jimenez

Rory McIlroy celebrates his Dubai title with girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki - the former women’s tennis No.1

RORY McIlroy’s rivals were in awe of his two-shot victory at the DP World Tour Championship and compared the world number one’s form to the dominance 14time major winner Tiger Woods displayed in his prime. The Northern Irishman landed his fifth title of the year on Sunday, countering a course-record 62 by Ryder Cup team mate Justin Rose with a stunning sequence of five straight birdies at the conclusion of the final European Tour event of the season in Dubai. Luke Donald, who played alongside McIlroy in the last round at the Greg Norman-designed Earth course, said the 23year-old’s performance proved he was the world’s outstanding golfer. “He showed a lot of grit and determination,” the second-ranked Donald told reporters. “It capped off an amazing year for him. “Rory has been the best player all year and that was some finish. You have to give him a lot of credit for digging deep. “I think he’ll be around for a long time but it’s good because he’ll push me to

work harder,” added the 34-year-old Englishman, who collected three victories of his own this season. South African Charl Schwartzel, who finished tied for third with Donald, was similarly impressed by the standard of golf McIlroy had produced in 2012. “Rory is playing like Tiger did in his young days and it’s amazing to see,” said last year’s US Masters champion. “To watch it happen, and Justin coming up shooting a 10-under 62, just shows you how strong golf is right now.” Schwartzel’s sentiments were echoed by fellow South African Louis Oosthuizen. “Rory is probably playing the golf that Tiger was playing when he was on form,” said the 2010 British Open champion after finishing fifth in Dubai. “At the moment Rory’s in his own little world which is great to see.” McIlroy’s other victories this year came in the US PGA Championship, his second major win after last season’s US Open triumph, the Honda Classic in Florida and two events in the US PGA Tour’s end-ofseason FedExCup playoff series. He also became the second player, after Donald in 2011, to land the money-list titles on both sides of the Atlantic.

BRITAIN’S Ricky Hatton announced his retirement from boxing for a second time after his comeback ended in a ninth-round knockout defeat by Ukrainian welterweight Vyacheslav Senchenko in Manchester, England on Saturday. Britain’s 34-year-old two-weight former world champion had lost 4-1/2 stone in preparation for his first fight in 3-1/2 years and 20,000 raucous fans turned up at the MEN Arena to see his return to the ring in his home city. He seemed to heading for a points win but began to tire in the later rounds and the 35-yearold Senchenko, himself a former world champion, unleashed a fierce left hook to the body. Hatton hit the canvas and failed to beat the count leaving the Ukrainian, who only lost his world title to American Paulie Malignaggi in April, as the only man to beat him in England. “I needed one more fight to see if I had still got it and I haven’t,” Hatton told a post-fight news conference. “I found out tonight it isn’t there no more. “I can look at myself in the mirror and tell myself I did my best, but there is always an excuse to find. A fighter knows and I know it isn’t there any more.”

NZ’s Cruden immaculate WORLD rugby champions New Zealand ruthlessly exposed Wales’ frailties with a 33-10 victory at the Millennium stadium over the weeknd, underpinned by an immaculate display of place kicking from replacement flyhalf Aaron Cruden. Cruden, a late substitute for Dan Carter, the world’s best standoff who withdrew on Friday evening with an injury to his right leg, converted each of his kicks for a total of 18 points. The win extended the All Blacks’ unbeaten sequence to 20 while European champions Wales, who completed a third Six Nations grand slam in seven years last March, have now lost six matches in a row. Cruden’s composed performance and flawless kicking was in sharp contrast to the display of his opposite number Rhys Priestland, who now seems bereft of the confidence and form he showed at last year’s World Cup.

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AC Milan ease pressure with gutsy win over champs Juve Leaders suffer second straight loss

By Ossian Shine

By Matt Barker AC Milan eased the pressure on coach Massimiliano Allegri with a 1-0 win over Juventus on Sunday, inflicting the Serie A leaders’ second defeat in quick succession thanks to a controversial Robhino penalty. The Juve loss came three weeks after their 49-match unbeaten record ended with a 3-1 home defeat by arch-rivals Inter Milan. For AC Milan, the win completed an impressive week in which the Rossoneri also sealed qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League. Former Milan striker Marco van Basten was a guest of honour at San Siro, though not, according to club vicepresident Adriano Galliani, with an eye on replacing Allegri. An unconventional-looking front three of Robinho, Stephan El Shaarawy and Kevin Prince Boateng, pushed up from midfield, combined well to inspire’s Milan’s win. Juventus found it difficult to deal with Milan’s pressing play and went behind just before the half hour mark when the ball appeared to strike Mauricio Isla’s outstretched arm from Antonio Nocerino’s header, although replays suggested it hit the Chilean’s body.

Rodgers sees Reds progress on return to Swansea

Milan completed an impressive week in which they also qualiﬁed for the knockout stages of the Champions League Robinho stepped up to score, despite keeper Gianluigi Buffon getting both hands to the ball. The visitors were slow to react, with too many misplaced passes and errors allowing Milan to control the game. Juve began to turn up the pressure later in the second half, with substitute Sebastian Giovinco, on for Fabio Quagliarella, going close with an overhead kick from Simone Padoin’s cross in

the 62nd minute, but their lack of physical presence up front made life easier for the Milan back four. The Italian champions attacked in numbers as the game entered its ﬁnal stages, but Milan were increasingly happy to defend deep and try to catch Juve on the break. It was a risky strategy and the home side lived dangerously at times, but worked hard to take all three points, putting a dent in Juve’s ti-

tle challenge and providing a possible platform for Milan to build on in the run up to the winter break. Juventus will welcome coach Antonio Conte back from his touchline ban, imposed after being found guilty of failing to report attempted match ﬁxes while coach of Siena, on December 8. Angelo Alessio, Conte’s deputy on the touchline, bemoaned his side’s failure to match Milan’s work rate.

“When we don’t play as a team, we suffer and we lose, like we did tonight,” he told Sky Italia. Inter Milan last night had the chance to close the gap on Juventus to just one point if they won their game at Parma . Earlier, Mounir El Hamdaoui came off the bench to score a late equaliser for Fiorentina at Torino, with a 2-2 draw enough to lift the Tuscans up to joint-second in the table.

Barca equal best La Liga start with homegrown team By Iain Rogers

Andres Iniesta inspired the Catalans, whose starting XI featured 11 home-grown players

AS well as equalling the best start to La Liga, Barcelona’s 4-0 win at Levante on Sunday was an extra source of pride for the Catalan club as it was achieved playing with an entire team of players developed through their academy for most of the match. After Martin Montoya replaced injured Brazil fullback Daniel Alves in the 14th minute in Valencia, all 11 team members on the pitch were products of Barca’s famed ‘La Masia’ youth academy. Pearls of the current crop include Argentine World Player of the Year Lionel Messi, Spain playmaker Andres Iniesta and midﬁelder Cesc Fabregas, who left for a stint at Arsenal before returning to his boyhood club. Iniesta turned in a sparkling performance, twice

setting up Messi, creating another goal for Fabregas and scoring a brilliant effort of his own as the league leaders racked up 37 points from 13 matches this season. Their tally equalled the record for the best start to a campaign set by Real Madrid in the 1991-92 season. “It’s a fact that should make us proud,” Barca coach Tito Vilanova, himself a product of ‘La Masia’, said at a news conference when asked about the 11 academy players in the side on Sunday. “Because what’s more seven or eight of them are from Catalonia,” he added. By contrast, only two of the regular starters in the current Real team are from the club’s academy, goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas and fullback Alvaro Arbeloa. They are coached by Portuguese Jose Mourinho, a former Barca assistant who

has been criticised for not giving more playing time to graduates from Real’s youth school. “It’s extraordinary, and all the more so for those of us who were trained at the Masia,” midﬁelder Xavi, widely regarded as the ﬁnest playmaker of his generation, told reporters. “It’s more proof of the good work that has been done for many years,” he added. “(Former Barca coach Louis) van Gaal said once that his dream was to see 11 academy players together on the pitch and today it became reality.” Defender Gerard Pique, a contemporary of Fabregas and Messi who returned to Barca after a spell at Manchester United, added: “It’s a source of pride for all Barca fans that 11 home players were together on the pitch because it shows the academy is in good shape and we are working well.”

WHILE Brendan Rodgers failed to put one over his former side Swansea City on Sunday, the Liverpool manager did leave Wales with optimism, if not the full three points, after a 0-0 draw. The Reds’ Raheem Sterling was denied by the crossbar and Jose Enrique had a goal ruled out for offside, and Rodgers said the visitors’ performance, compared with their defeat at the Liberty Stadium back in May, was a clear illustration of the progress made. “I thought there was a marked difference,” Rodgers told Liverpool’s website. “I was really pleased with the quality of our game ... I thought our build-up play was good and we got through the thirds well. “I just thought we needed a fraction more belief in the ﬁnal third. There were opportunities around the box where we could have got a shot off a bit quicker.” “I thought the method in our game was good, and people who would have seen the game at the end of last season would have seen a difference.”

MIRED IN MID-TABLE Liverpool remain mired in mid-table with 16 points - 14 behind leaders Manchester United with 13 games gone. “Our performance level is continually improving. We’re just chipping away at climbing up the league, and we’ll do that,” Rodgers said. “It’s a team that’s coming together with a different way of working. I can see improvement all the time. The guys are working really well, I’ve got to say they’ve been absolutely fantastic. “But we all know you need to get in your own types of player before you can actually say it’s your side.” The Northern Irishman knows that may take some time, however. “I’m not so sure it will be in January, to be honest. This year the club wanted to balance the books and see where it was at. There was a big investment in the club and obviously a lot of players went out in the summer, and a few came in. “We’ll look to do some business in January to help and support the players that are here. “That’s where we’re at as a football club. The owners trust me to grow it over time. Obviously as a manager you’re always looking short-term because you’ve got to take care of the short-term, but eventually we’ll get there.”

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Anorthosis win Larnaca derby to stay top in Cyprus By Nemanja Bjedov

Spurs striker Jermain Defoe (right) scored twice for his club in a 3-1 win at White Hart Lane

Chants mar Spurs win Fans of beaten West Ham in offensive anti-Semitic taunts By Paul Hirst ANDRE Villas-Boas tried to deﬂect attention away from the anti-Semitic chants that marred Tottenham’s 3-1 victory over West Ham on Sunday. Just four days after a Spurs fan was stabbed before Tottenham’s game against Lazio, West Ham fans aimed a ﬂurry of deeply offensive chants towards the home support about the attack. “Viva Lazio”, “Can we stab you every week” and the name of Lazio icon Paolo Di Canio were heard from the away end during the game, which was settled by a brace from Jermain Defoe. Hammers fans were also heard hissing - mimicking the gassing of Jews in the Holocaust - throughout the game and some Spurs fans reported on Twitter that Adolf Hitler’s name was chanted by the away support. Given Spurs’ links with the Jewish community, and the

anti-Semitic attack on Ashley Mills in midweek, Sunday’s chants from West Ham fans sparked outrage among the Tottenham faithful, who have been subjected to hissing from away fans before. Villas-Boas and his opposite number Sam Allardyce refused to comment in detail about the chants - mainly because they said they did not hear them. “I prefer not to mar the performance with a situation like this,” Villas-Boas said in his post-match press conference. “You know the animosity there is between Tottenham and West Ham and as long as it doesn’t reach stupidity it is a great, great rivalry of two London clubs. “It would be extremely unfair for me to mar the performance of the players but understanding that a couple of situations are avoidable but we can’t decipher the true meaning of what they were saying.” Allardyce said he would not comment on the matter until

he had fully heard what the away supporters sang during the game. “I didn’t hear it,” the West Ham boss said. “I don’t hear what the fans say or do when I’m concentrating as a manager on a game of football. “They shouldn’t be doing things like that, it is the least of my worries at the minute isn’t it. “What do you want me to say? If I didn’t hear it I can’t condemn it can I? “I will wait and look at it myself and make a comment once I have listened to what they have said. “I don’t want to be a political animal, I’m here to talk about football and not what fans are saying and singing.” The chants overshadowed Tottenham’s best home performance of the season. Villas-Boas’ men went into the match on the back of three straight defeats but on Sunday they oozed conﬁdence and were brutally clinical up front against a weak West Ham side.

Defoe put Tottenham ahead just before half-time with a marvellous solo effort that began with him pinching the ball off Winston Reid and ended with him powering a dipping shot past Jussi Jaaskelainen from 20 yards. Gareth Bale made it 2-0 when he ﬁnished Clint Dempsey’s chipped through-ball and Defoe wrapped up the victory just after the hour by sweeping home Aaron Lennon’s pass in a swift counterattack. “I think it was a very good performance,” Villas-Boas said. “We have been chasing a good, solid 90-minute performance for a while and we got it today very deservingly. “It was extremely important to get back to winning ways - particularly against a team who has been doing well in a London derby.” The only crumb of comfort for Allardyce was that Andy Carroll ﬁnally opened his West Ham account in his 11th game since signing on loan.

First clean sheet has Saints smiling

A second straight win lifted Southampton out of the relegation zone

THE figures speak for themselves. With 30 goals conceded in 13 league matches Southampton are wading through the season with the Premier League’s leakiest defence. A second consecutive win on Sunday lifted the Saints out of the relegation zone, but it was their first league clean sheet of the season earned in the 2-0 beating of Newcastle which put a smile on the face of manager Nigel Adkins. “It was good for all the team,” Adkins told Southampton’s TV channel Saints Player. “I thought we played well for the large majority of the season but we have been punished defensively.” With seven points from a possible nine in their last three games, Southampton clambered above Reading and Aston Villa into 17th position. Queens Park Rangers are still rooted at the bottom, winless and with only four points. On the flip side, Southampton have hit the net 20 times this season - more than any other

club in the bottom half of the league. Those figures in the credit column speak of the confidence and fluidity with which Southampton are playing in their first season back in the top flight. “We’re starting to find our feet so we’re learning off each other and playing well. We’re creating chances, which is exactly what we want to achieve,” Saints skipper Adam Lallana said. “It would have been nice to get a couple more goals because we hit the woodwork three times and Jay Rodriguez had a goal disallowed at the end. “We’ve kept a clean sheet, so it was an allround great display.” Lallana, who opened the scoring in the win over Newcastle, looked to midweek when Saints welcome Norwich “We’ve got back-to-back wins now, and we want a third on Wednesday night. We’ve got a big chance to pull a bit further away from the drop zone - and we want to take that chance.”

mistakes,” said AEK coach Ran Ben Shimon. “We play good football and I trust my players. We aim high and although I might make some changes for the matches to come I cannot complain about my team’s overall performance,” he added. Elsewhere, on Saturday afternoon Omonia recorded a 4-2 victory over AEP in the Cypriot capital, but they still managed to make their fans nervous. After taking a 3-0 lead midway through the second half they allowed experienced midﬁelder Silas to score twice in the last 15 minutes. Luckily for Toni Savevski’s men, Joao Alves set up the ﬁnal score two minutes before time. Also on Saturday afternoon, Ethnikos Achnas and Enosis Neon Paralimni played out a goalless draw at the Dasaki Stadium in Achna. On Sunday afternoon Doxa Katokopia beat fellow new boys Ayia Napa 2-0 away from home, while Santamaria’s own goal made sure Nea Salamina and Alki shared the points with a 1-1 draw. Apollon were also held to a 1-1 draw against Olympiakos in Nicosia. In the last match of the round last night, APOEL beat AEL 3-1 at the Tsirion Stadium in Limassol.

ANORTHOSIS remained top of the standings in Cyprus with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over AEK in the Larnaca derby at the GSZ Stadium on Saturday afternoon. “It was a tough match against a very good team. However, I believe that we made life fifficult for ourselves,” said Anorthosis coach Ronny Levy afterwards. “We started the match well and scored early, but then allowed AEK to control the pace as we could not keep possession. “They obviously utilised that and scored twice to take the lead. We were in a difficult situation, but equalising just before half time helped us,” added Levy whose side scored in the 43rd minute through Slovenian defender Branko Ilic. “After the interval we were more aggressive and pressed them in the middle of the pitch. Fortunately we managed to score again and that proved to be more than enough to seal this important victory,” Levy concluded. “Anorthosis deserved to win as they scored three goals. If we want to be top of the league, that will require certain things. You do not make simple

Anorthosis have won ten of their ﬁrst 11 matches

Cyprus Standings Team 1. Anorthosis 2. APOEL 3. AEK 4. AEL 5. Apollon 6. Omonoia 7. Paralimni 8. Doxa 9. Olimpiakos 10. Alki 11. Salamina 12. Achna 13. Ayia Napa 14. Paphos

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Pietersen grateful for support after England win 29

Ugly chants mar Spurs win over West Ham 31

Benitez vows to win over the Blues boo boys New manager gets hostile reception from fans before bore draw with champions City By Justin Palmer

A The main man: Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel became Formula One’s youngest triple world champion afer a thrilling Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday

Vettel denounces ‘dirty tricks’ after triple crown By Alan Baldwin IT all came good for Sebastian Vettel just when it all seemed to be going wrong on Sunday in a Brazilian Grand Prix that turned the Red Bull driver into Formula One’s youngest triple world champion. In the immediate aftermath of his title triumph, the 25-year-old German alluded to ‘dirty tricks’ against him and his team earlier in the season but he had far more immediate concerns at Interlagos. “I think everything that could go wrong, went wrong,” he said of a race that saw him start in fourth place, go to the back of the field after a fourth-corner collision that left him facing the wrong direction, and finish sixth. As the champion turned around and fought back, Ferrari title rival Fernando Alonso moved into a position that would have handed him a third title if the race had ended that way. The floor of the Red Bull was damaged and Vettel was unable to communicate through the car-to-team radio, a problem that led to others on a wet and chaotic afternoon. “We did the pitstop probably at the wrong time - I went on another set of drys and a lap later it started to rain - I came in for inters and the inters weren’t ready because we had no radio communication, they couldn’t hear me,” explained Vettel. “It was a very tough race but we were present all the time, we remained ourselves throughout the whole year even though people did some things that we would never consider to do,” he added. “A lot of people tried to play dirty tricks but we did not get distracted by that and kept going our way and all the guys gave a big push right to the end.”

It was not immediately clear what he was referring to. Some saw it as a reference to destabilising rumours earlier in the year that Vettel had an agreement to move to Ferrari, others to Ferrari tactics favouring Alonso or questions about the legality of the Red Bull. “People tried everything, inside the lines and outside the lines, to beat us and the amount of questions we had to deal with, stuff we had to deal with throughout the season, didn’t make our life easier,” he said. For his part, Alonso looked on the bright side of things despite missing out on what would have been his third title: “That is the best thing for me, to feel proud of myself. It was by far the best season of my career and I will remember this 2012 like some dream season,” added the 31-yearold. “Obviously we didn’t achieve the points to win the title but I won so many things this year: So much respect from everybody.” Only two other champions have ever won three titles in a row - the late Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio and seven-time champion Michael Schumacher, now 43 and a good friend of his younger compatriot. Schumacher ﬁnished seventh in his ﬁnal race with Mercedes before retiring. Vettel, who admitted to pre-race nerves, also became only the ninth triple champion and he was keenly aware of what he had achieved. “To get told was unbelievable. Unfortunately, the guys couldn’t hear my answer because the radio was broken,” he grinned. “We are in Sao Paulo, the place where (triple champion) Ayrton Senna was born and came from and where he is buried. To come here and win the championship for the third time ... I don’t know what to say.”

S far as ringing endorsements go, Chelsea’s new interim manager Rafael Benitez would have got a better reception had he walked out at Stamford Bridge to announce his resignation. The Premier League club’s ninth manager of the Roman Abramovich era was afforded the kind of hostile welcome on Sunday normally reserved for the managers, players and fans of bitter rivals. But these are no ordinary days at Chelsea and Benitez, thanks to his stint as Liverpool manager when he aimed a few barbs towards the capital club, is not one of their own. Nor from the jeers that serenaded his arrival in place of the popular Roberto Di Matteo will he ever be. Di Matteo won the Champions League and FA Cup after taking charge last season, but a dip in form in this campaign and probable Champions League exit cost the Italian his job on Wednesday. Benitez has the rest of this season to convince Abramovich of his credentials and although a 0-0 start against unbeaten Manchester City at least gave the 52-year-old something to build on, an uneventful match provided an uncomfortable backdrop. Chants of “One Di Matteo” and “Rafa Benitez, we don’t want you here” echoed around the stadium time and time again in a dull ﬁrst half. City fans rubbed it in, taunting the Spaniard with cries of “sacked in the morning” before in the 16th minute to mark Di Matteo’s squad number during his time as a player - Chelsea fans again burst into song in praise of the departed Italian. Benitez, dressed in smart suit and blue tie, said he was unmoved by the jeers, but acknowledged success would be the only way to silence the critics. “I am a professional, I will try to do my best. I am sure we will win games and we will win the games together,” he told a news conference.

In the line of ﬁre: angry Chelsea fans made their feelings about Rafa Benitez clear

“I have been here in England for eight years - I have heard a lot of things - the good thing is I don’t understand the things people sing. When the fans are singing - home fans or away fans - I don’t care...I am just focused on the game. “I want to change their (Chelsea fans) perception. How? Working hard, do my best and win games. If we start performing, if we start winning games they will come on board. The manager wants to win every game, and so do the fans, so we will

win together.” Chelsea, who host Fulham on Wednesday, have gone five league games without a win but Benitez said he could take positives from the performance against City, pointing out that he needed to restore confidence to a side who appear to have lost the winning habit. “Now is the beginning, it wasn’t easy, hopefully the next one will be easier,” he said. “The team worked very hard, you could see all of them were together...we didn’t make too many mistakes...some situations in the past maybe they lost a bit of concentration. “It was a clean sheet...and you have some positives but I’m not 100 percent satisfied because you want to win.”