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Olympic medal win lifts gloom Cyprus celebrates Kontides’ historic win and arranges hero’s welcome

By Natalie Hami

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YPRUS entered celebratory mode yesterday after Monday’s silver-medal win by Limassol’s Pavlos Kontides in the London Olympics, which has lifted the air of doom and gloom over the ailing economy.

Sociologist Antonios Raftis said such good news had given all Cypriots hope in a time of crisis.

“Finally we’ve heard something good...people were looking for a reason to smile,” he said.

“People want to be proud of their country and they all take it very personally.

Every Cypriot is seeing Kontides as if he were their own child.”

“In such times, people need an idol, something to look forward to,” said Daphne Karayianni-Diamanti, a member of the Limassol Nautical Club where Kontides started sailing at the age of eight.

“We owe Pavlos a great deal,” she told Reuters.

“He really does inspire others.”

Newspapers ditched the normal doom and gloom

for photos of a beaming Kontides, 22, brandishing his silver medal on their front pages yesterday.

“Throw down the walls,” wrote the daily Politis, harking back to stories of ancient Greece when cities would tear down their walls to welcome home Olympic champions, the theory being that if your town had an Olympic champion you no longer needed artificial protection.

Residents of Kontides’s home town of Limassol, the port city from which tennis player Marcos Baghdatis also hails, will be partying tomorrow when Kontides returns. They also plan to ‘throw down a wall’ in his honour close to the municipality.

“We’ve decided to welcome him at the airport on Thursday and a will be brought to the Limassol Nautical Club where there’ll be an initial welcoming and then the main one will take place at 6.30pm on Friday at Enaerios (on the sea front),” said Limassol mayor Andreas Christou.

There will be a public welcome at Enaerios where

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Models showcase creations by designer Archana Kochhar on the final day of Lakme Fashion Week 2012 in Mumbai, India yesterday. The LFW, held bi-annually, features creations by over 85 designers (AFP)

Cypriots among the world’s top 20 ‘laziest’ peoples

By Stefanos Evripidou DON’T BE fooled by the new pavements lining the capital, the long walkway stretching along the Limassol coastline or the cycle lanes mushrooming across the island, over half of Cyprus’ population is deemed “physically inactive”, according to a new global survey.

According to a 2012 study of medical journal The Lancet which reviewed the physical activity levels of 122 countries (or approximately 89 per cent of the world’s population), Cyprus is ranked the 16th least active nation in the world.

The study found that 55 per cent of Cypriots were ‘physically inactive’, meaning they failed to meet the minimum activity recommendations, which advocate

at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise, such as brisk walking, five times a week.

The unenviable title of ‘laziest’ country in the world goes to Malta, which has 72 per cent of the population labelled “inactive”, with Swaziland coming second (69 per cent) and Saudi Arabia third (69 per cent).

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(continued from front page) Kontides will receive various accolades from local sporting bodies, Christou said.

Christou said that they had also asked the Limassol Nautical Club to put on a sailing demonstration during the festivities.

“If we can we’re going to ask some of the authorities such as the Ports Authority to be present in order to highlight the nautical character of the town and the great potential of nautical sports,” said Christou.

Christou also said that not only had Kontides made everyone proud but has become a role model for young

people.

Yiannos Fotiou, head of the Cyprus Sailing Federation said it was expected that he would win at the Olympics. “He’s worked very hard… harder than some athletes...”

On Friday morning Kontides will be honoured with the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Cyprus.

He will be presented with the distinction – also granted to former President George Vassiliou – in an intimate ceremony with his family and President Demetris Christofias on Friday morning at the presidential palace.

Kontides currently ranks 11th in the world for men’s laser but has held 6th and 8th positions in the past. He was beaten to the Olympic gold by Australian Tom Slingsby During his long road to Olympic fame, Kontides gave up his studies for two years, and suffered through a number of injuries during his training.

People who know him describe Kontides as a committed sportsman who would get up at the crack of dawn for training before secondary school, where he was an over-achiever, and head straight back to the beach afterwards.

Cyprus mostly safe from jellyfish blooms Scottish girl’s ordeal in Protaras is not the norm for Cyprus

By Poly Pantelides ALTHOUGH a Scottish tourist was admitted to hospital with a severe reaction after being stung by jellyfish while swimming, the island is mostly free of dangerous jellyfish, experts said yesterday.

Kerry Sowersby was swimming in Protaras about a week ago when she ran into a swarm, or bloom, of jellyfish.

She was admitted to hospital with a swollen face and difficulties breathing after suffering an allergic reaction, British newspaper The Sun reported.

She eventually responded to two adrenalin shots and is due to go home today.

Senior official with the department of fisheries and marine research Marina Argyrou said they were only isolated jellyfish incidents in Cyprus.

These happen when a combination of high temperatures and currents drags them closer to the shore.

Argyrou said there were no beaches or locations in Cyprus where relatively more jellyfish may be observed and there was no predicting when and how many might show up along the coast. “So far there are no problems with blooms,” said the University of Cyprus’ Yianna Samuel Rhoads who co-ordinates a jellyfish monitoring programme in Cyprus.

The university’s oceanographic centre is part of the Mediterranean science commission’s “JellyWatch” programme.

JellyWatch monitors jellyfish swarms or blooms – when hundreds or thousands of jellyfish may be found together - along Mediterranean coasts and the open sea. Members of the public can report sightings by emailing or calling in.

The many species of jellyfish in the Med depicted above Rhoads said that there seemed to be more jellyfish reported seen but added that this could be down to people becoming more aware.

So far people have reported seeing individual jellyfish mostly in Limassol and divers’ favourite Cavo Greco.

One reader said he and his friend got stung while swimming three weeks ago off a beach in Protaras. “I felt a slight tingling” Max Marcou, 38, said adding that it went away after twenty minutes by itself. His friend refused to go back in the water even though about three hours later Marcou returned “and failed to see any jellyfish”.

Marcou said he saw about four small transparent jellyfish – not longer than 10cm - and had only seen jellyfish in Cyprus before about three years ago in the same area when a couple of them had washed up in the beach.

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back out when the current or the wind changes. Though Cyprus is so far safe from swarms, the CIESM says on its website that overfishing and rising temperatures have been creating more frequent sightings. Rhoads said that a jellyfish swarm threatened a power plant in Israel last year and beaches in Spain and Italy have had to shut down after jellyfish came in their hundreds.

But she said that not all jellyfish are dangerous and though they were getting reports of more jellyfish in Cyprus, most were harmless.

From the three jellyfish usually seen in Cyprus, one may sting.

The pelagia that can sting that has long tentacles and is between 5cm and 10cm and purple.

A bigger non-stinging jellyfish - the aurelia – is between 10cm and 40cm, transparent and with shorter tentacles,

looking a bit like a floating saucer. The salpa is transparent and barrel-shaped and is usually 10cm long. Salpa jellyfish sometimes form a chain called colonia that can be between 1.0m and 5.0m long but they do not sting.

If stung by jellyfish tentacles, swimmers should wash off the area with seawater, apply vinegar and try to gently remove the tentacles. Creams are available in pharmacies but anyone who might suffer an allergic reaction should go to hospital.

People who see jellyfish should send an email to jellywatch@ucy.ac.cy or else call Dr Rhoads at 22-893984.

Please try to note the species, take a picture or have a description, including numbers, colour and size as well as mention where and when you saw the jellyfish. Details such as whether the jellyfish was out at sea or in shallow waters are useful.

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‘Zero tolerance for child sex predators’ A sex offender register would go a long way towards protecting victims as would electronic tagging

By Elias Hazou CALLS went out yesterday for a national sex offenders’ register, and a zero tolerance towards sexual abuse against children, following the rape of a 10-year-old Palestinian boy in Larnaca last week and the subsequent revelation that his suspected attacker was out on bail for similar offences at the time.

In Cyprus there is currently no provision for the maintaining of a publicly-accessible sex offender register, and there is no name-andshame policy. The Criminal Investigation Department maintains a database of criminals by type of offence, but the register is not publicly available.

Police here never give out the names of convicted sexual offenders, even if they have committed a serious crime. And it is difficult to get information about convicted paedophiles because in many cases the trial is behind closed doors and the district courts do not have spokesmen or women to give clear and transparent information to the press about such serious crimes.

In the recent case of a 44year-old paedophile in Nicosia who raped two girls aged six and eight, although he was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison, he will remain anonymous as far as the press is concerned.

Andreas Kapardis, a criminologist and professor at the University of Cyprus, says a sex offender register would go a long way toward protecting victims.

In addition, Kapardis advocates electronic tagging of convicted sex criminals, restricting their movement to within a certain radius.

But beyond punishment,

Kapardis says, rehabilitation is key: “You can only meaningfully talk about prevention if sexual deviants are treated in jail.”

Cypriot prisons do currently have psychologists and specialists in this field, but they are understaffed.

Around 10 per cent of inmates are sexual offenders, Kapardis estimates.

He said that men who sexually assault boys are among the most recidivist (or habitual) criminals. Studies have shown that this type of criminal tends to commit the same offence once they are released from jail.

A famous study by Dr. Nicholas Groth found that about one-third of sex offenders were sexually molested during childhood.

“Of course there is no excuse for this type of behaviour,” adds Kapardis.

Cyprus has also yet to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, which it signed in October 2007.

Politicians and lawmakers now say they will revisit the subject once parliament opens in September after the summer recess.

CONVENTION Among others, the Lanzarote Convention as it is known, provides for the recording and storing of national data on convicted sexual offenders. Article 37 states that each party to the convention “shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to collect and store, in accordance with the relevant provisions on the protection of personal data and other appropriate rules and guarantees as prescribed by domestic law, data relating to the identity and to the genetic profile (DNA) of persons convicted

Andreas Kapardis of the offences established in accordance with this Convention.” Statistics demonstrate that one in five children in Europe have been sexually abused during their childhood and adolescence.

In an announcement yesterday, the “Hope for Children” UNCRC Policy Centre called for “the merging of powers for repelling the phenomenon of sexual violence against children.”

It said the provision of telephone help-lines and hotlines “is a vital measure for the psychological support and counselling of victims and their families, but also for the report of potential or verified cases.”

In Cyprus, this work is performed by the European Child Helpline 116 111, and the European Hotline for Missing and Exploited Children, 116 000, which operate jointly by Hope For Children together with the Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family.

It said the irreparable damage and the impact of sexual abuse on a child constitute a barrier to his or her normal psycho-social development.

“So we urge the merging of powers for repelling the phenomenon... we therefore advise the authorities, families and children, competent institutions and civil society to cooperate closely for the successful prevention of such heinous crimes,” it added.

The man identified as the rapist of a 10-year-old Palestinian boy last week is a serial sexual predator known to police as far back as the early 1990s.

The 37-year-old suspect, who hails from the Larnaca district, was recognised by the boy at Larnaca police headquarters on Friday night. The man was there reporting to police as part of his bail conditions; he was free on bail awaiting trial for attempting to sexually abuse two other children (both boys) last year.

Back in 1994 the man was convicted and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for the manslaughter of a 26year-old Chinese female student. He was released in late 2001 after serving about seven years behind bars. The crime took place in Livadia, Larnaca.

But according to daily Alithia, the man’s scrapings with the law date back even further. In 1992 the police investigated the same man in connection to an indecent assault against an eight year-old boy, although that case never made it to court.

The 37-year-old has been remanded in custody for the rape of the Palestinian boy while the results of DNA testing are expected within the next few days.

Police have said that the matter of keeping sexual offenders off the streets is up to the courts.

Sitting with a coffee and watching the world go by

Cypriots among the world’s laziest people (continued from front page) Despite the excitement of the Olympics, Britain registered eighth with 63 per cent considered ‘physically inactive’.

Cyprus’ position on the table, at 16, is just one above Turkey which had a 56 per cent inactive population and one below fellow Mediterranean country Italy (55 per cent).

The Irish may be known for their lunch time walks to the local for a pint of the black stuff, but that did not stop Ireland coming 18th with 53 per cent of the country considered physically inactive.

Bangladesh had the highest level of activity, with only 4.7 per cent of its adult population operating with habitual inactivity while Greece, often pilloried in the German press for its supposedly ‘lazy’ population, registered one of the smallest levels of ‘inactivity’ – only 16 per cent. The US was ranked 46th with 41 per cent of the people leading a sedentary lifestyle while one third of France was also given the ‘lazy’ moniker.

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Home Mountain dwellers to fight for lost allowance RESIDENTS OF the mountain areas of Cyprus are preparing for protests in the capital after learning that the government will not pay out annual benefits afforded those who live 600m above sea level.

State broadcaster CyBC reported last night that the ministries of interior and finance informed the mountain residents that they will not be giving them their ‘mountain’ allowance this year due to the current poor condition of state finances. The letter, dated July 17, stipulates that the annual special altitude allowance has come to an end.

The broadcaster notes that €5.2m is distributed annually to 22,000 people from 99 communities situated 600m above sea level.

Tasos Michaelides, spokesman for the mountain people, said the annual allowance was a “small counterweight” contributing towards the survival of people in the mountainous regions who by and large belong to the lower-income groups in society.

Michaelides said if the finance ministry does not revoke its decision by the end of September, then mountain residents will descend upon the capital to protest and hand in their electoral booklets.

Falling eucalyptus tree stops traffic in Nicosia In an Orthodox ceremony Bishop Makarios of Kenya recently joined in marriage the Kenyan Prime Minister’s son, Fidel Odinga with his Eritrean bride, Lwam Getachew at the Saint Anargiros church in Nairobi.

Fidel Odinga had in fact been baptised Orthodox just last

June (above) at the Archbishop Makarios III school with another 22 people. Bishop Makarios, 67, is Limassol-born Andreas Tillyrides and has been in Kenya since 1977 where he has established churches and schools, and even a seminary

Farmers threaten to blockade the palace

A 30-METRE eucalyptus tree fell on a main avenue in Nicosia leading to the Philoxenia conference centre during rush hour, miraculously harming no person or vehicle.

The massive tree fell without warning on Aglandjia Avenue during lunch hour, stopping two lanes of traffic, but without harming anyone.

According to Aglandjia mayor Costas Cortas, the relevant services rushed to the scene and within minutes were able to clear the tree and open the road for traffic again.

“We were fortunate not to have victims,” he said.

The mayor acknowledged that a number of trees of an old age and lining the avenue in the university park could have the same fate as the fallen tree.

He called on the forestry department to check the entire area so municipality crews could take the necessary measures to support the more vulnerable trees.

Aglandjia Avenue leads to the conference centre where most meetings for the Cyprus EU presidency are held.

They want 100 per cent of subsidies per head of livestock Firemen battle blaze for six hours in the Paphos district

By Elias Hazou LIVESTOCK farmers have issued authorities an ultimatum, threatening to blockade the Presidential Palace unless their demands for subsidies are met.

During a meeting on Monday at Khirokitia, the farmers decided to take “dynamic action” if their demands were not satisfied by August 20.

They are asking to receive 100 per cent of subsidies per head of livestock, plus financial assistance to cope with what they call “outrageous” prices of animal feed.

Achilleas Tringides, head of the Livestock Farmers Or-

ganisation, said Cypriot farmers are at a disadvantage as they do not produce grain as in other countries.

“Time is running out...we have no other choice but to come out on the streets,” he said.

The farmers say they cannot compete in European markets due to the prevailing prices.

According to Evagoras Chrysanthou, chairman of the Paphos Animal Breeders Association, the military is being supplied with imported lamb while the price of Cypriot lamb remains at “outrageously low levels.”

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ing at the expense of the farmers. This was being done with the collusion of the Cyprus Grain Commission (Ministry of Agriculture), he said.

Diplaros cited a recent incident when, 24 hours before the price of grain went up, “private individuals” allegedly emptied the grain silo in Limassol, filling up 15 trucks with 35 tonnes of grain within just a few hours.

According to his information, when the employee on duty at the silo told these persons that it was not permitted for the grain stock to be bought all at once, the private businessmen contacted the Cyprus Grain Commission. The latter, according to Diplaros, then ordered that the silo be opened up so that the grain could be loaded onto the trucks. The agriculture ministry has pledged to investigate the allegation.

Meanwhile a meeting is scheduled for today at the offices of the Commission for

the Protection of Competition (CPC) to review the arrangement whereby the cattle farmers must provide Pittas Dairies with 65 tonnes of cow milk per day.

In June the CPC ordered the Pancyprian Cattle Farmers’ Organisation (POA) to supply Pittas with these quantities after finding that POA - which controls about 90 per cent of milk production on the island - had abused its dominant market position.

The cattle farmers claim that the quota imposed on them will lead to milk shortages because they will be forced to cut supplies to other dairy products companies an allegation rejected by the competition watchdog, which has accused cattle farmers of trying to manufacture a crisis out of nothing.

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THE FIRE Service battled for nearly six hours against a fire raging in the Paphos district yesterday.

The fire started at around 12.30pm in the area around Akourdalia, Theletra and Kathika in a rugged area, helped in its attempt to scorch the earth by strong winds.

Fire Service spokeswoman Elisa Kemidji said the fire was brought under full control at around 6pm, after burning around ten hectares of wild vegetation.

“To put out the fire, seven vehicles of the Fire Service

were used, along with two of the Game Fund, one of the Forestry Department, and vehicles from the District Office and surrounding communities,” said Kemidji, adding that two Forestry Department aeroplanes were also used, as well as three Cyprus Republic helicopters.

Meanwhile, a separate fire broke out in a ravine in Argaka, and brought under control by midday, after burning two hectares of wild vegetation, carob, olive and almond trees.

Police are investigating the cause of the fire.

New remand for two suspects in parking metre coin theft A FURTHER two day remand order was given yesterday for a municipality worker and his female accomplice who were arrested last week for allegedly stealing coins from parking meters in Paphos.

Paphos police spokesman Nicos Tsappis confirmed that the pair had been detained for a further two days to facilitate investigations. The 47-year-old Cypriot employee and his 25-year-old Romanian accomplice were placed on a four day remand order by the district court last week, following their arrest on Thursday afternoon.

Paphos municipality had performed checks of the parking meters and discovered that they didn’t tally. Although parking fees had increased, the money coming in was less, which aroused suspicions.

Police said the 25-year-old woman, who worked at a betting shop owned by the municipality worker, had aroused suspicions as she often deposited large amounts of money in coins at the bank.

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Russia has not yet said ‘nyet’ to loan Government still pinning its hopes on Moscow’s ‘yes’

By George Psyllides

Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis with her Serbian counterpart Ivan Mrkic in Nicosia yesterday (PIO)

THE government is still pinning its hopes on a loan from Russia to fund part of its needs and mitigate the conditions that would accompany a bailout from its EU partners and the International Monetary Fund – the troika.

Speaking on state radio yesterday, deputy government spokesman Christos Christofides said Russia has not decided whether to grant the loan but dialogue between the two sides was continuing.

The spokesman said the matter was discussed during a phone call on Monday between President Demetris Christofias and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

But Christofides did not go into the details of what was said on the matter.

“What is important is for the procedure to have, we

hope, a positive conclusion but what I can say is that since discussions continue, apparently there has not been a negative response from the other side, at least at this stage,” Christofides said.

Cyprus applied for a bailout on June 25 and officials from the troika have since visited the island twice to review its finances and discuss potential measures, expected to be “painful.”

The government believes that securing a bilateral loan from Russia – the second in two years – would mitigate the conditions since the bailout amount from the troika would be less.

Cyprus received a €2.5 billion bailout from Russia in 2011 and is now asking for an additional €5.0 billion.

“The terms are fully linked with the amount,” Christofides said. “It is one thing to need amount ‘A’ and another to need five times that.”

He said it was especially important to secure a loan without strings attached, apart from the interest rate.

Christofides also challenged political rivals to come out and say so if they thought any differently, adding that “it is important not to help and push the troika towards a specific decision but to support our side’s arguments because I understand and want to believe that everyone’s aim is to achieve what’s best for Cyprus and the Cypriot people,” he said.

Critics have said that a Russian loan would ultimately make no difference since it would add to the island’s public debt and would still have to be repaid.

Asked about the matter on during a closed-door meeting of the House Finance Committee, the European Commission’s representative in the Troika team visiting Cyprus said

either way there must be an austerity programme in place.

“I think that wherever you get this loan from … what is important is that this loan must be repaid,” Maarten Verwey told lawmakers. “… you must be able to repay these loans,” he said according to a translated transcript.

Verwy said the troika can only lend money if there was a programme in place that would have a conclusion “irrespective of the amount of the loan. Even if a loan comes from outside and we also give our monetary assistance … there must be a programme that will be put into force.”

The troika said the island’s public finances were in a worse state than what they expected and stressed the need for the government to slash the expensive state payroll -- proportionately the highest in the eurozone – and introduce structural reforms.

Cyprus hoping to see Stabbing at Paphos Serbia open EU talks butcher’s outlet

By Stefanos Evripidou CYPRUS HOPES to see Serbia open accession negotiations with the EU before the end of its term at the helm of the EU presidency, said Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis yesterday.

Speaking after a meeting with her Serbian counterpart Ivan Mrkic in Nicosia, Marcoullis said Cyprus, during its EU presidency “will try to assist Serbia in promoting, as much as possible, its European perspective”.

The Cypriot minister expressed hope that Serbia will open accession negotiations with the EU by the end of the year when Cyprus’ EU presidency concludes.

“We hope, and this is our ambition, that the opening of accession negotiations for

Serbia will be achievable, a challenging, yet attainable target, provided of course that tangible compliance and progress is achieved in the criteria set by the (European) Council,” she said. Marcoullis, who visited Belgrade last month after taking over the EU presidency, urged Mrkic to continue working swiftly on complying with EU membership criteria. She highlighted last December’s Council conclusions, which included the requirement for Serbia to take steps towards a visible and sustainable improvement of relations with Kosovo.

The European Commission’s next Progress Report in October is of crucial importance towards that end, she added.

Speaking to the press, Mrkic said Cyprus is the location of his first official visit as Serbian foreign minister.

A 20-YEAR OLD man is in hospital in Paphos in a serious condition following a fight over apparent traffic violations which left him with two stab wounds to his neck.

According to Paphos police spokesman Nicos Tsappis, the victim and three of his friends got into an argument with three other youths in a butchers shop in Chlorokas in Paphos at around 10am yesterday morning.

“The argument resulted in one of the young men being stabbed twice,” said Tsappis.

Police later arrested all seven men in connection with the incident, including the injured 20-year-old.

According to reports, four Greek Cypriots aged 20 to 24 were driving around in the area, when they spotted three Turkish Cypriots aged 22 to 25 with whom they have had

a number of confrontations with in the past few days.

State broadcaster CyBC reported yesterday that the two sets of youths have been arguing in recent days over the driving habits of each other, with accusations thrown of reckless overtaking on the road and of one group blinding the other with their headlights.

The four Greek Cypriots yesterday got out of their cars and entered the butcher shop carrying bats. Inside, they allegedly attacked three men in the shop, including the owners.

One of the owners of pulled out a knife, injuring the 20year-old in the throat.

“The 20-year-old was rushed to Paphos general hospital.

His condition is considered serious but out of danger,” said Tsapis.

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Cypriot players warning over teams’ foreign influx

By George Psyllides CYPRIOT international footballers warned they would not play for the national team if three recently naturalised foreign players were called to the squad, it emerged yesterday.

In a written statement, the footballers said they had nothing against their three colleagues but they were concerned about the future of local players who have become a rare sight in Cypriot stadiums in recent years.

“National teams are the last bastion left for Cypriot footballers since the teams

National teams are the last bastion left for Cypriot footballers says players’ association have lost their Cypriot character completely,” said the island’s football players association (PASP) in a statement. Most Cypriot teams currently rely on foreign players – mainly EU nationals – with Cypriot members of the team consigned to the bench.

There were games last season where at least one of the two teams did not have a single Cypriot in their starting line-up. PASP has react-

ed to a recent government decision to grant citizenship to three foreign players at the recommendation of the Cyprus Football Association and Greek team coach Nicos Nioblias.

The three are APOEL’s Helio Pinto, Anorthosis’ Vincent Laban – both in Cyprus since 2005 – and AEL’s Dossa Junior. He arrived in Cyprus in 2006.

It is not the first time this has happened although

there had not been any public reaction previously. There were two foreign nationals on the team’s roster last season – Montenegrin-born Sinisa Dobrasinovic and Greek Savvas Poursaitides.

The association also criticised parliament, specifically the interior committee, which failed to keep its promise to brief them before any decisions were taken.

PASP said the move was completely wrong, “a half

measure with huge risks for the future of young Cypriot footballers.”

“He (Nioblias) knew well where he came to work and what the difficulties were but instead of supporting the players … they chose the easy way of naturalisations,” PASP said.

They said the national team belongs to Cypriot players and should be made up of footballers who come from the youth national teams and not by importing foreigners. Young internationals must be supported and promoted in their teams and not disregarded the way we see today,” PASP said.

Photiades: natural gas is a gift from God

By Poly Pantelides WITH THE discovery of natural gas, Cyprus is in a position of power from which it can reassert its rights over the whole island and redefine the Cyprus problem negotiations, businessman Photos Photiades said yesterday.

Natural gas is a “gift from god” sent at an opportune time, Photiades said during a news conference at his office.

“Handled rightly, it can save us,” he said.

Cyprus should share its wealth with its EU partners to get powerful allies that will be willing to stand by its side against Turkey, which is occupying the northern half of the island, Photiades said.

Cyprus has an estimated gross mean of 7.0 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in Block 12 of its exclusive economic zone but Turkey has warned countries against participating in licensing rounds for the remaining blocks, arguing that some are disputed territory.

Turkey has asked Cyprus to stop hydrocarbon explorations pending reunification talks and has said it will protect its interests and those of the Turkish Cypriots.

Photiades said that Cyprus should forge an alliance with the EU, selling its gas in advance in return for infrastructure works (e.g. a liquefaction plant), and fostering a close alliance in order to redefine the “disastrous” Cyprus problem peace talks.

Turkey will not go up against the EU, he said.

“We have been thrown in an unworkable maze that not even ourselves understand where it goes. How are indifferent foreigners meant to understand?”

Instead, negotiations should be reset on an EUlevel aiming to free the island of the Turkish occupation since 1974 – the “real problem,” Photiades said.

Photiades said that Turkish Cypriots will benefit from the “freedoms and human rights enjoyed by Europeans,” and partake in the natural gas wealth.

“They will be secured a heavenly lifestyle that Turkey can under no circumstances offer to them,” he said.

To create this future, whoever gets elected as president next February must put together a team to negotiate with the EU in order to form an alliance with the union or powerful members, Photiades said.

CYPRUS TODAY Meteor shower THE FAKAS Institute will be setting up their telescope at Kyperounta hospital’s garden this Sunday for the Perseids meteor shower, which began on July 17, and is due to peak on Sunday.

The telescope will be set up between 9.30pm11.30pm and not only includes watching the meteor shower but also taking a look at Saturn through the telescope.

According to the announcement, the best part of the phenomenon takes place from August 11-12 as the most meteors fall during these dates.

During the peak, the rate of meteors reaches 60 or more per hour.

Pensioner’s pot POLICE yesterday arrested a pensioner in connection with charges of growing cannabis plants in his garden in Mammari village in the Nicosia district.

The 65-year-old Greek Cypriot father of seven was allegedly growing 21 cannabis plants among lemon trees and fig trees in his orchard, most reaching three metres tall.

The police reportedly arrested him while he was watering the plants. He said they were for his own personal use.

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Businessman Photos Photiades talking about oil and gas yesterday

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THE company importing Loutraki Provis natural mineral water from Greece would like to inform its customers that the product has been recalled due to possible contamination.

C A C Papantoniou trading Ltd is recalling all products with the expiry date July 12, 2013 because they may be contaminated with the bacterium pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Consumers are asked to return bottles from where they bought them.

One arrested in midnight poaching raid

By Natalie Hami POLICE and Game Fund officers arrested a 25year-old man yesterday, during a midnight raid in Spilia village, Nicosia, on suspicion of hunting using an audio device to lure birds, along with crashing into a police car.

Game Fund official Petros Anayiotos said that they believe that there might also be a second person involved who escaped.

Anayiotos said that they had received a tip-off that there were hunters in the area setting up a spotlight to catch rabbits. At around 12.15am they heard a gun shot and then spotted a car leaving the area.

However when they signalled for the driver to stop he sped up, crashing into the patrol car.

They then chased the car, said Anayiotos, who suspects that there was more than one person in the car but had fled by the time the rapid

response unit MMAD managed to intercept it.

Police seized an audio device used to lure birds and a spot light from the car. They then proceeded to the area where the suspect had fled the scene where they found 21 cartridges and a gun.

Anayiotos said the suspect would not be fined under the new amended law that provides for on-the-spot fines for hunting using audio devices as he committed more than one offence, so will go to court.

The offence also comes under an amended section of the hunting law that states poaching at night will be punishable by a €50,000 fine and/or four years in jail. It used to be punishable by €17,000 and/or three years in jail.

Meanwhile the Game Fund announced yesterday that one of the key areas of the new legislation involves using hunting dogs at night, which is forbidden and is punishable with a €500 on-the-spot fine.

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Britain

Shock report catalogues details of care home abuse

Sun reporter arrested in corruption investigation

150-page report lists hundreds of assaults

POLICE arrested a journalist working for Rupert Murdoch’s Sun newspaper on suspicion of corruption yesterday, as part of a wide-reaching investigation centred on allegations of phone-hacking by newspaper reporters.

The unnamed 37-year-old man was held at his home in north London at about 6am, London’s Metropolitan Police said.

News International, the British arm of Murdoch’s News Corp empire, confirmed he worked for the Sun. Detectives also arrested a 29year-old police officer serving with the Sussex Police force in southern England.

Police said the arrests were made as a result of information provided to it by News Corp’s internal Management Standards Committee, which was set up in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.

The arrests take to 43 the number of suspects held by detectives working for Operation Elveden, a probe into illegal payments by journalists to police and public officers in return for information.

By Rod Minchin THE shocking catalogue of abuse at a care home at the centre of a TV investigation was laid bare yesterday in a damning report.

The owners of Winterbourne View, health regulators, local health services and police were all criticised for failing to act on increasing warning signs of institutional abuse by staff at the care home.

The 150-page report by independent expert Margaret Flynn details hundreds of incidents of restraint and dozens of assaults on patients at the private hospital at Hambrook, South Gloucestershire.

Winterbourne View was exposed by BBC1’s Panorama last year when an undercover reporter recorded secret footage of patients being abused by carers.

The video appeared to show vulnerable residents being pinned down, slapped, doused in water and taunted.

The footage of the terrible treatment of residents caused a national scandal.

Since the allegations were first broadcast, the home’s owner, Castlebeck, has closed Winterbourne View and two other residential homes following concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

On Monday Michael Ezenagu, 29, became the 11th

BBC1’s Panorama exposed Winterbourne View (pictured above) carers’ abuse of patients in secret footage last year member of staff at Winterbourne View to admit offences relating to the ill-treatment of patients. They will all be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court at a later date.

Yesterday’s report was published as campaigners warned that another care home scandal like Winterbourne View could happen again unless the Government takes action.

Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation warned that moving people hundreds of miles away from their families increased the risk of abuse taking place.

The two charities said a report they had compiled, Out of Sight, detailed a series of

serious cases of abuse and neglect of people with a learning disability in institutional care.

They said they had received 260 reports from families concerning abuse and neglect in institutional care since the Winterbourne View scandal was exposed.

Peter Murphy, chairman of the South Gloucestershire Safeguarding Adults Board, said: “Winterbourne View hospital should have been a safe place for (vulnerable adults) to be treated with care and compassion. But the hospital’s owners, Castlebeck Care Ltd, failed to provide that care.”

CCTV hopes of finding missing schoolgirl Tia Sharp THE grandmother of missing schoolgirl Tia Sharp is pinning all her hopes on CCTV stills helping to find her.

The 12-year-old has not been seen since leaving grandmother Christine Sharp’s home in New Addington, south east London, at around midday last Friday.

Yesterday, speaking from her terrace house, Sharp said she hoped an image of Tia taken outside the nearby Co-op on Thursday would bring forward new information.

“We’re hoping the pictures will jog someone’s memory, yes,” she said when asked to discuss the disappearance.

She thanked the community for supporting the family, but declined to talk at any length.

A man inside the house, who did not give his name, said the family did not want to talk and were going through a terrible time.

Outside the house a solitary candle burned in a glass holder with a plastic bottle covering it.

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World

Botched Russia launch wrecks satellites

WORLD TODAY Pussy Riot members face three years A STATE prosecutor on Tuesday demanded a three-year jail term for three women from the punk band Pussy Riot, saying they had abused God when they stormed the altar of a Moscow cathedral and sang a “protest prayer” against the Russian Orthodox Church’s close links to Vladimir Putin.

The case, in which the three are charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, has outraged many Russian Orthodox believers.

But it has also caused an international outcry and focused attention on a crackdown on dissent since Putin returned to the presidency for a sixyear term on May 7.

“The actions of the accomplices clearly show religious hatred and enmity,” federal prosecutor Alexei Nikiforov said in closing arguments, watched by the women’s lawyers, friends and family in the tiny courtroom.

“There was real mockery and humiliation directed at the people in the church,” he said.

A resident (C) pushes his bicycle through murky floodwaters in Quezon City in suburban Manila yesterday caused by torrential rains across the city (AFP)

Philippines capital swamped by monsoon

By Manuel Mogato

Ritual killing A THREE-year-old girl was killed in a suspected exorcism ritual by family members who believed she was possessed by evil spirits, Malaysian police said today.

Officers raided a house in northern Penang state after receiving a distress call from a family member.

They found a group of eight people lying on top of the girl in a bedroom, said district police chief Azman Abdul Lah. The girl was face down under the human pile, which comprised her parents, grandmother, uncle, aunt, two cousins and their Indonesian maid, he said.

The girl died of suffocation, and all eight involved have been detained, Azman added.

DEADLY torrential rains submerged much of the Philippine capital and surrounding areas yesterday, forcing nearly 270,000 people to flee their homes with more flooding expected in the north of the country as a tropical storm passes through the region, officials said.

Steady rains for the past 10 days, killing more than 50 people, are set to continue until today, the Philippines weather bureau said, fuelled by tropical storm “Haikui” in the Philippine Sea northeast of Taiwan. The storm is headed for China’s Zhejiang province where more than 250,000 people have been evacuated ahead of expected landfall late on Wednesday.

“It’s like Waterworld,” said Benito Ramos, head of the Philippines national disaster

Nearly 270,000 flee homes with more flooding ahead agency, referring to a Hollywood movie about a flooded world.

Schools, financial markets, and public and private offices were ordered shut, including outsourcing firms whose corporate clients are mainly from the United States and Europe.

Disaster officials said over half of Manila was swamped by floods as high as three metres, worsened by a high tide and the release of water from dams in surrounding provinces.

President Benigno Aquino, in an emergency meeting briefly interrupted by a power failure at the main army base in Manila, ordered officials to exert maximum effort to aid

residents in flooded areas.

Officials have deployed army troops, police and emergency workers with rubber boats and amphibious trucks.

The monsoon rains, which dumped about 300 mm (12 inches) or three times the daily average of 80-100 mm from late Monday to Tuesday, were the heaviest in three years, the weather bureau said.

Typhoon Ketsana, which swamped 80 percent of the capital in 2009, aided a monsoon downpour of more than 450 mm (18 inches) in a 24hour period.

Most major roads in Manila were inundated by kneeto waist-deep floodwaters.

Some flights were delayed or

cancelled. Power, water and communications in flooded areas were disrupted.

Some of the affected residents were marooned on the roofs of their houses.

“There are about 5,000 people here,” said Ester Ronabio, a public school teacher and volunteer in one of the temporary shelter areas in low-lying Marikina City in the eastern part of Manila. “We can’t control the flow of people.”

In a sign of the difficult scramble to move people to safety, Aquino appealed to an anti-graft court to release dozens of rubber boats held as evidence in a case against senior police officials for use in evacuation efforts.

Residents of Manila expressed concern the rains were a repeat of Typhoon Ketsana which killed more than 700 people and destroyed $1 billion worth of private and public property.

A BOTCHED Russian launch junked two multi-million dollar satellites yesterday that were to provide Indonesia and Russia with telecom services, adding to a series of failures that have dogged the oncepioneering space industry.

Russia’s space agency said the failure of the upper stage of the launch atop its workhorse Proton rocket led to the loss of Indonesia’s Telekom-3 and Russia’s Express MD2 satellites.

The error after take-off from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan late on Monday replicates a mishap that scrapped the $265-million Express AM-4 satellite last summer, casting doubt on the reliability of the Russian rocket.

The space agency, Roskosmos, said the Briz-M booster had fired its engines on schedule, but they had burned for only seven of the programmed 18 minutes and 5 seconds needed to push the satellites into their planned orbit.

“The chances that the satellites will separate from the booster and reach the designated orbit are practically non-existent,” a space industry source told the state news agency RIA. Launches of such Proton rockets will most likely be suspended pending expert analysis of the failure.

Moscow, which carries out some 40 per cent of global space launches, is struggling to restore confidence in its industry after a string of mishaps last year, including the failure of a mission to return samples from the Martian moon Phobos.

Telkom-3, the first satellite Jakarta has purchased from Moscow, was built by Russia’s ISS-Reshetnev with communication equipment made by French-led satellite maker Thales Alenia Space. Express MD2 was a communication satellite, made by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre, for the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC).

Church attack

Afghan defence minister resigns, new headache for Karzai

GUNMEN killed 16 people when they fired on worshippers at a church in Nigeria’s central Kogi state during a Monday evening service, police said yesterday.

“A group of three unidentified gunmen stormed the Deeper Life Church in Okene and opened fire on them, killing 16,” Simeon Ille, spokesman for the Kogi state police, told Reuters.

A witness, who asked not to be identified for fear of being targeted, said around 10 gunmen blocked off the exits to the church before shooting the trapped people inside.

AFGHAN Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak resigned yesterday after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament, leaving President Hamid Karzai scrambling to find a replacement for one of his top security tsars as insurgent attacks mount.

Wardak, in charge of the army and one of the country’s two key security ministers, told reporters he accepted parliament’s decision, which has clouded NATO plans to hand security responsibilities to Afghan forces before the end of 2014.

“I respected the parliament’s decision to twice appoint me as defence minister, and now I accept the parliament decision to remove me.,” Wardak said.

Karzai’s unpopular government was already under a cloud, with Finance Minister Hazarat Omar Zakhilwal accused on Afghan TV that he had stashed more than $1 million in overseas banks.

The fractious parliament voted on Saturday to remove Wardak and Interior Minister Bismillah Mohammadi after recent insurgent assassinations of senior officials, as well as cross-border attacks blamed on Pakistan.

Resigned: Abdul Rahim Wardak

(AFP)

While Karzai opted to keep him in place in an acting role to underpin stability, Wardak’s decision to quit immediately leaves one of his most vital Cabinet posts vacant at the peak of the summer fighting months and as US and French troops draw down.

It was not immediately clear how soon Karzai would be able to replace the veteran four-star general and ethnic Pashtun from eastern Wardak province, who is credited by Western diplomats with helping forge the fledgling Afghan National Army into an increasingly effective force against insurgents.

Karzai faced constraints in finding a replacement who could maintain ethnic harmony in his inner circle, while also needing to win over lawmakers whose backing he needs to deliver a corruption crackdown promised to Western donors.

“Karzai’s next moves will be watched very closely by many sides, in particular in the context of his recent announcements of a long list of new ‘reform’ and anti-corruption measures,” said Fabrizio Foschini of the respected Afghan Analysts Network.

“Karzai will have to operate carefully. There are already grumblings about the provisional solution of keeping the two ‘impeached’ officials as acting ministers, even though this may be mainly motivated by the need to avoid troubles in the security organs at a critical stage of transition,” he said in a blog posting.

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World Yemen bids to curb Saleh son’s powers Egypt seals off Gaza tunnels YEMEN’S president ordered the restructuring of some military units on Monday, aiming to curb the powers of a son of former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh and stabilise a country where Saleh’s legacy still looms large.

State-owned news agency Saba said late on Monday that President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi issued decrees transferring the command of some Republican Guards’ units to a newly formed force called the Presidential Protective Forces under his authority.

Other units from the elite Republican Guards, which is led by Brigadier General Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, the ex-president’s son, were placed under different regional command.

Lawlessness in Yemen has alarmed the United States and top world oil exporter Saudi Arabia, which increasingly view the impoverished

Arab state as a frontline in their war on al Qaeda and its affiliates.

The president’s decrees also incorporated some army units led by dissident General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, who broke away from Saleh’s forces after the protests began last year, into the new presidential force or under regional command.

Ahmar welcomed the decrees and called them “brave and patriotic decisions”, Saba said, adding that the moves restore unity to the armed forces and improve discipline.

Hadi, who had served as Saleh’s deputy, took power in February after standing as the only candidate in a presidential election. His election came as part of a deal brokered by Yemen’s Gulf neighbours to end the political upheaval.

EGYPT began work to seal off smuggling tunnels into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, a security source said, two days after gunmen shot dead 16 Egyptian border guards in an attack blamed partly on Palestinian jihadi militants.

As officials weighed how to strike back after the deadliest assault along Egypt’s tense Sinai Peninsula frontier with Israel and Gaza in decades, crowds of angry mourners wept at the military funeral for the slain guards in Cairo.

Lawlessness has spread in the rugged desert Sinai since the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak in an uprising 18 months ago and the election of an Islamist successor whose commitment to security cooperation with Israel is yet to be tested.

Militants in Sinai sworn to destroying Israel have repeatedly attacked a gas pipeline to the Jewish state as well as Egyptian police stations and security checkpoints. Eight Israelis have been killed in border attacks in the past year.

The government in Cairo said gunmen behind Sunday’s attack had reached Egypt via the Gaza smuggling tunnels.

Iran says alliance with Syria will not be broken Assad forces trying to choke off rebels in Aleppo

By Hadeel Al Shalchi SYRIA’S President Bashar al-Assad won a pledge of support on Tuesday from regional ally Iran as his forces tried to choke off rebels in the northern city of Aleppo.

Seeking to restore his authority after suffering the gravest setbacks so far in the 17-month-old uprising, culminating in the defection of his prime minister on Monday, Assad was shown on TV meeting a senior Iranian official.

It was the first footage broadcast of the 46-year-old leader for two weeks, and came a day after Syria’s new caretaker prime minister was televised chairing a hastily called cabinet session, possibly to rebut reports that other ministers had deserted along with premier Riyad Hijab.

Saeed Jalili, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said Iran would not let its close partnership with the Syrian leadership to be shaken by the uprising or external foes.

“Iran will not allow the axis of resistance, of which it considers Syria to be an essential

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meeting with Saeed Jalili, a top aide to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Damascus yesterday (AFP) part, to be broken in any way,” Syrian television quoted Jalili as saying.

The “axis of resistance” refers to Shi’ite Iran’s anti-Israel alliance with Syria’s rulers from the Alawite faith which is an offshoot of Shi’ite Islam and the Lebanese Shi’ite militant group Hezbollah, which fought a month-long war with Israel in 2006, with Iranian and Syrian support.

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held Sunni Muslim Gulf Arab states and Turkey, all allies of the US and European powers, responsible for the bloodshed in Syria by supporting the overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim rebels. Western powers sympathetic to the rebels are concerned that anti-Western Sunni Islamists could benefit from a victory for the anti-Assad forces.

Iran’s Fars news agency reported that Jalili told Assad

Iran was prepared to provide humanitarian aid to Syria. And on a visit to Turkey, Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said he wanted to work with Ankara to resolve the crisis.

Iran has also expressed worry about the fate of more than 40 Iranians it says are religious pilgrims kidnapped by rebels from a bus in Damascus while visiting Shi’ite shrines.

Rebels say they suspect the captives were troops sent to

help Assad. A rebel spokesman in Damascus said on Monday three of the Iranians had been killed by government shelling.

He later said the rest were being questioned.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, without naming Iran or Sunni powers, warned against “sectarian warfare”, saying Washington would not tolerate “sending in proxies or terrorist fighters” to “exploit” Syria’s conflict.

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Syria battles also being waged online ON Sunday, it was a hijacked Reuters twitter feed trying to create the impression of a rebel collapse in Aleppo. On Monday, it was another account purporting to be a Russian diplomat announcing the death in Damascus of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

As the situation on the ground becomes ever more bloody, both sides in Syria are also waging what seems to be an intensifying conflict in cyberspace, often attempting to use misinformation and rumour to tilt the war in reality.

On Friday, Reuters was forced to temporarily shut down its system for posting blogs on www.Reuters.com after the appearance of a series of unauthorised, and inaccurate, reports citing opposition military reverses in Syria.

On Sunday, the company took similar action to suspend the @ReutersTech twitter account after it appeared to have been seized, renamed and used to send a series of false tweets apparently designed to undermine the rebel Free Syrian Army. Both incidents remain under investigation.

The attacks were not the first time a major media or other organisation had been targeted apparently by supporters of Assad. Some - including the defacement of a Harvard University website last year to post a picture of Assad in military uniform -- have been claimed by the “Syrian Electronic Army”.

But Assad’s government, too, have had their own embarrassments in cyberspace.

Hacker group Anonymous claimed credit for stealing thousands of internal Syrian government e-mails including personal communications between Assad and his wife. The entire tranche was later published online by Wikileaks.

“It’s not surprising that Syria has attempted to develop a cyber warfare capability. It’s in line with their chemical and biological warfare programme and their aspirations as a regional power,” said John Bassett, a senior fellow at London’s Royal United Services Institute.

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Business

Italy heads further into recession in the second quarter

Iran charges wipe $15b off StanChart shares

ITALY shrank further into recession in the second quarter for a 2.5 per cent yearly decline, data showed yesterday, threatening attempts by Mario Monti's technocrat government to control a debt crisis that is undermining the whole eurozone.

A 0.7 per cent fall in gross domestic product, only slightly better than the first quarter's 0.8 per cent decline, means the Group of Seven economy has now been contracting for at least a year, according to figures from government agency ISTAT. This will weaken tax revenues and hit jobs and consumer spending, a vicious circle which makes it harder for Monti, who is aiming to cut the budget deficit to 0.1 per cent of GDP in 2014, to meet his public finance goals.

Italy has been the eurozone's most sluggish economy for more than a decade and is at the forefront of the debt crisis, with borrowing costs bordering levels seen unsustainable over the long run.

Investors have become increasingly concerned about Italy's ability to bring down public debt of around 123 per cent of output - a mood that threatens to spill further into the bloc.

Monti passed austerity measures worth more than 20 billion euros at the end of last year to head off a mounting debt crisis, but the package, made up largely of tax hikes, sapped consumer morale and deepened the recession.

"The austerity measures are obviously weighing on the economy," said Vincenzo Bova of MPS Capital Services. "Investments and consumption, both private and public, are the hardest-hit areas."

Tuesday's data was slightly weaker than expectations. The median forecast in a Reuters survey of analysts pointed to a 0.6 per cent fall.

Activity may have been weakened in the second quarter by a powerful earthquake that crippled industry in the productive northern region of Emilia-Romagna, but analysts saw the decline continuing.

"There is no sign of any change of trend for Italy," said Intesa Sanpaolo analyst Annamaria Grimaldi, who forecast there would be no return to growth in the eurozone's third-largest economy until "well into 2013".

Employers' lobby Confindustria forecasts the economy will contract by more than 2.4 per cent this year, twice as much as the government's official projection of -1.2 per cent.

$250b in transactions hidden, says NY regulator

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These Bank of Cyprus rates for telegraphic transfer transactions (spot deals) apply to yesterday, but provide a good guide to today’s value against the euro.

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Denmark Kr

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Japan Yen

97.5669 96.4031

Norwegian Kr

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3.9925

Romanian Leu 4.6665 4.4835 Russian Ruble 39.5888 38.6113 Swedish Kr

THE market value of Standard Chartered Plc tumbled $16 billion yesterday after New York's bank regulator threatened to tear up its state banking licence for allegedly hiding $250 billion in transactions tied to Iran.

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) slammed Standard Chartered as a "rogue institution" that "schemed" with the Iranian government, which is subject to US sanctions over its nuclear programme, and hid 60,000 secret transactions to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in fees over nearly 10 years.

Shares in the Asia-focused bank were down 23.5 per cent at 11.25 pounds by 1120 GMT, their lowest in three years, taking their losses to 30 percent since the news surfaced just before Monday's close.

"Even the so-called 'safe' banks like StanChart and HSBC seem to be crumbling, with their reputation in tatters. No one, it seems, is immune," said one institutional investor, who asked not to be named.

The bank, which has been in talks with US authorities since early 2010 over the matter, had exposed the US banking system to terrorists, drug traffickers and corrupt states, the DFS said.

The New York regulator described how officials at Stand-

A man walks along a footbridge connected to the Standard Chartered headquarters in Hong Kong yesterday ard Chartered, one of the banks least tarnished during the financial crisis thanks to its focus on emerging markets and a conservative approach to capital and liquidity, had debated whether to continue Iranian dealings.

In October 2006, the top official for business in the Americas, whom the regulator did not name, warned in a "panicked message" that the Iranian dealings could cause "catastrophic reputational damage" and "serious criminal liability".

A group executive director in London shot back, according to a New York branch officer: "You f---ing Americans. Who are you to tell us, the rest of the world, that we're not going to deal with Iranians."

The reply showed "obvious

contempt for US banking regulations", the regulator said.

At that time the bank had five executive directors: Peter Sands, now chief executive; Richard Meddings, now finance director; Mervyn Davies, a UK Labour Party peer; Kai Nargolwala, who was poached by Credit Suisse and left the Swiss bank last year; and Mike DeNoma, who resigned as CEO of Chinatrust Financial in August. Standard Chartered's Americas CEO was Ray Ferguson, who is now its Singapore CEO. None of the people could be reached for comment or else declined to comment.

Standard Chartered said the bank "does not believe the order issued by the DFS presents a full and accurate

picture of the facts".

The loss of a New York banking licence would be a devastating blow for a foreign bank, effectively cutting off direct access to the US bank market.

Standard Chartered processes $190 billion every day for global clients, the New York bank regulator said.

Standard Chartered is the third British bank to be ensnared in US law enforcement probes this summer. Barclays Plc agreed to pay $453 million to settle US and UK probes that it rigged a global lending benchmark in June.

A month later, a US Senate panel issued a scathing report criticising HSBC Holding Plc's efforts to police suspect transactions, including Mexican drug traffickers.

InterContinental to return $1b from sales Fall in German industry orders

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INTERCONTINENTAL Hotels, the world's biggest hotelier, cheered investors by promising to return $1 billion to them funded from the planned sale of a New York hotel and added its flagship London Park Lane hotel is set to be next on the block.

The British-based group, home to the Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn as well as InterContinental brands, said it will pay a special dividend in the fourth quarter costing $500 million, and also kick off a $500-million share buyback in the same three months.

Chief Executive Richard Solomons said the return of capital reflected the planned sale of its New York Barclay hotel, which analysts expect to fetch around $300 million, as the group reported a 6-per cent rise in half-year profits boosted by good trading in its two biggest markets, the United States and China.

The hotelier's strategy to sell hotel assets in return for management contracts is similar to US peers like Marriott, and has helped return $8.9 billion, including $1.2 of ordinary dividends, since the group's formation in 2003.

The capital return helped boost its shares up 6.5 per cent to 1,727 pence by 0933 GMT to be the biggest riser in the FTSE 100 index in a largely flat London stock market.

The group only owns 10 of its 4,500-plus hotels worldwide with a book value of $1.6 billion, with most of that value being in its flagship hotels in New York, London, Paris

and Hong Kong which are all expected to be eventually sold.

The year-long sale process of the New York Barclay should be closed in the next few months, Solomons said, and talks are under way with one exclusive buyer, which analysts say is likely to be the Qatari hotel owner Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad.

Solomons said that once the group opens its second InterContinental in London in the first quarter of 2013 then it is likely to sell its Park Lane hotel in return for a management contract. Analysts estimate its value at over $330 million.

He added this was consistent with the group's "asset light" strategy and returning funds to shareholders while still maintaining the group's BBB investment grade credit rating.

"Interest will come from high net worth and sovereign wealth money from the Middle East, Russia and possibly south-east Asia," said Robert Seabrook, head of hotel transactions at property consultant Savills.

"It's one down from the likes of the Dorchester but is at the bottom of arguably the best hotel street in London," he said.

Solomons said the group reported growth in the half year across all regions, and both hotel occupancy and room rates increased and, despite a tough economic environment, the group was trading well and continued to see growth for the future.

GERMAN industrial orders fell more than expected in June as domestic and eurozone demand faltered, indicating the single currency bloc's debt crisis is taking its toll on Europe's largest economy.

Data from the Economy Ministry showed seasonally and price-adjusted orders dropped 1.7 per cent on the month, coming in below the mid-range forecast in a Reuters poll of 38 economists for a 1 per cent fall on the month.

Contracts from elsewhere in the eurozone fell by 4.9 per cent on the month while domestically they dropped by 2.1 per cent. The only bright spot was orders from non-eurozone countries, which were up 0.6 per cent month-on-month.

"The lack of dynamism in new orders in the past few months reflects the weak economic environment in Europe," said Bernd Hartmann, head of investment research at VP Bank.

"As long as there is uncertainty about how the eurozone debt crisis will develop, even Germany's very competitive economy will suffer due to weaker demand," he added.

Germany's industrial output remains relatively robust compared to production in other eurozone countries like Italy, where it dived 1.4 per cent on the month in June, pointing to a fourth consecutive quarterly drop in gross domestic product.

But Tuesday's figures add to increasing signs of gloom in Germany, where the manufacturing sector shrank at its fastest pace in more than three years in July while new orders in the service sector declined to the weakest level in just over three years.

Sentiment surveys have also slipped, with the closelywatched Ifo business climate index hitting its lowest in more than two years in July. Moreover, retail sales have fallen and the number of Germans out of work has increased.

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Opinion

A great athlete who has achieved what no other Cypriot has CONGRATULATIONS to Pavlos Kontides, the first Cypriot to stand on the medallists’ podium in the Olympic Games and see his country’s flag raised.

His triumphant performances in the laser class secured the silver medal and gave small Cyprus something to be proud and cheerful about in these depressing times dominated by uncertainty and gloom.

Against this background, the over-thetop reaction was understandable as was the transparent attempt of the political parties and the sports federation KOA to jump on the celebrations bandwagon, issuing announcements praising Pavlos’ success. Everyone wants to be associated with the great athlete who has achieved what no other Cypriot has achieved.

We are all proud of Pavlos, but also have to admit that his was a personal triumph, achieved through dedication, hard work, resilience and sacrifice. He gave up his university studies for the last two years to prepare for the Olympics, following a punishing work schedule and shunning the easy life that most young men from a comfortable background pursue.

Competition, nowadays, is so intense it is only with the highest level of self-discipline and commitment that today’s athletes are able to reach the top. Talent, which Pavlos was certainly blessed with, would not have been enough if he were not prepared to put in the thousands of hours of hard work that made him better and better. This single-minded commitment was exemplified by the fact that he carried on his preparations in spite of hand and back injuries he suffered during his preparations.

Many were quick to censure KOA for not providing adequate support to our Olympic hero, but this was unfair because resources are limited and they could not all be given to the most promising athlete. Pavlos did not need state help, as he was lucky to have very supportive parents, who spared no expense in helping his preparations and, more importantly, gave him their unqualified backing. That is why he thanked his family and his team straight after Monday’s final race.

Pavlos also showed he has the attitude of a true champion, refusing to rest on his laurels. After clinching the silver medal, he said: “A wise man said that it is more difficult staying at the top than getting there in the first place. I like that challenge and I hope that with more support I can get gold in Rio.” He is only 22 and if he shows the same commitment for hard work and desire to succeed over the next four years, he could make history again, by winning Cyprus’ first Olympic gold.

A little less hubris Comment Ian Buruma

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HE ELECTION of the United States’ next president is surely the most important contest in the democratic world. Yet the issues being contested can seem awfully trivial. Consider, for instance, the question of Winston Churchill’s bust.

A bronze sculpture of the British prime minister had been in the Oval Office of the White House since the 1960’s. On becoming President, Barack Obama replaced it with a bust of Abraham Lincoln. Mitt Romney, his Republican opponent in November’s election, has vowed to restore it if he wins.

Then a White House spokesman said that the bust was still on the premises, just in a different room, whereupon the story changed once more: there were apparently two busts of Churchill; one still in the White House, and one that Obama returned to the British embassy.

Why would anyone care about this? One answer was provided by two of Mitt Romney’s advisers, who stated that their candidate particularly valued the “special relationship” with Britain because of the shared “Anglo-Saxon heritage.” This heritage, they claimed, was not sufficiently “appreciated” by the current president.

When this bizarre statement, with its racist undertones, threatened to become a scandal, Romney quickly distanced himself from it. He did not want to be seen as a racist. But how else is his peculiar nostalgia for Churchill’s bust to be understood?

In fact, the phrase “AngloSaxon” is not often heard any more in the US, where the majority of the population has not been of Anglo-Saxon origin for a long time (which is also true of Britain’s largest cities). When Americans use the term, it is usually to differentiate white Americans from the rest, which is not something that most Americans, least of all presidential candidates, would now choose to do in public.

“Anglo-Saxon” is more often used in a negative sense by the French, as in “Anglo-Saxon bankers” or “Anglo-Saxon conspiracies” (to keep the French down). Just recently Le Monde had the wonderful headline: “[President] Hollande Defends

A White House photo shows two people looking at the bust of Churchill French Foie Gras against AngloSaxon lobbies” (the reference was to California’s ban on foie gras under its animal-cruelty laws).

Even Churchill himself did not speak of Anglo-Saxons much.

He talked about “the British race” or the “English-speaking peoples.” The so-called “special relationship” between Britain and the US, certainly prized by Churchill, was not so much racial as it was a product of World War II – and a rather complicated one at that.

During the war, Churchill and Roosevelt shared the idea that once Germany and Japan were defeated, British and US military forces should act as global policemen. They believed that the world would be safe from future Hitlers if it were, at least for some time, under the enlightened leadership of the democratic English-speaking peoples.

By the end of the war, however, Britain was too exhausted to police the world. The country was bankrupt and His Majesty’s colonial subjects were growing restive. The future belonged to the US and the Soviet Union, neither of which had sentimental feelings about the British Empire, let alone the “AngloSaxons.”

But the British elite, fully aware of their country’s decline, took the “special relationship”

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called upon to be “war presidents” – that they, like Churchill in 1940, must oppose the next Hitler. This siren song drew the US into Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

So, when Obama decided to remove Churchill’s bust from his office in 2008, this struck me as a very sensible gesture. A little less hubris would do the US, as well as the world, some good.

But now Romney wants him back. Whatever else he might be, Romney does not come across as a convincing war leader. Businessmen rarely are. Yet he likes to portray himself as a tough patriot, and Obama as an un-American wimp.

Perhaps Romney wants another war, in which he can play Churchill. Or perhaps his two advisers were speaking the truth.

Maybe Romney really is feeling sentimental about the “AngloSaxon heritage,” even as Asian power grows. If so, nostalgia for Churchill is hardly a sign of American vitality, but more like a romantic rearguard battle, typical of a country in decline.

Ian Buruma is Professor of Democracy and Human Rights at Bard College, and the author of Taming the Gods: Religion and Democracy on Three Continents. © Project Syndicate 2012

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1945

25 years ago Saturday August 8, 1987

President Harry S. Truman signs the United Nations Charter and the United States becomes the first nation to complete the ratification process and join the new international organisation.

Hundreds of people with heart and respiratory problems have entered hospitals in Greece following forecasts of a fresh heat-wave over the next three days, hospital sources said yesterday.

1963

35 years ago Monday august 8, 1977

In England, a gang of 15 men steal more than £2.6 million in the Great Train Robbery at Sears Crossing, Buckinghamshire, stopping and robbing a Royal Mail train travelling between Glasgow and London.

A decision by party leaders as to how the by-election for a president to take office from mid-September to February when President Makarios’ term was to have expired, seems to have been put off until after the funeral on Monday. The party leaders have to decide whether the September elections will be with one agreed candidate, which would save the people from actually voting, or whether there would be a contest with more than one candidate.

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with the US very seriously, for it was the only way for Britain to feel like it was still a major power, unlike, say, France. They still do. Churchill certainly saw it that way, but so did Tony Blair, who presented President George W. Bush with the second Churchill bust.

Americans, on the whole, have far less interest than the British in the “special relationship.”

But they are often sentimental about Churchill.

He is the man whom many American presidents would like to emulate, not because of any racial affinities, but because of his allure as a wartime leader.

The US is the strongest military power in the world, just as Britain was in Churchill’s youth.

And, like British empire-builders in the past, US elites often claim a moral mission to remake the world in America’s image.

Churchill, in other words, became a symbol of presidential hubris in the US, even as the “special relationship” can be viewed as a symbol of British decline. People tend to forget that Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem about “the white man’s burden” was not an ode to the British Empire, but to the US colonial enterprise in the Philippines.

Too much power corrupts, as we all know. Hubristic presidents contemplating Churchill’s bust in their office are prone to believe that they have been

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is established.

1974

45 years ago Tuesday August 8, 1967

Richard Nixon announces he is to step down as president of the United States - the first man ever to do so.

The Council of Ministers yesterday began discussion of “pacification measures” planned by the government in an effort to help in the restoration of normality in the island. The Ministers met under the chairmanship of President Makarios and it was learned that they examined the basic principles on which these measures will be based.

1991 Islamic Jihad terrorists release British journalist John McCarthy five years and three months after being kidnapped in Beirut. He had been held hostage since 17 April, 1986, a total of 1,943 days.

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Dr Dre beats any Olympic rap with headphone tactics

Lady Gaga reveals new ARTPOP album name

Craze for the high-end product

POP star Lady Gaga has revealed her new album title, ARTPOP along with a photograph of a matching new tattoo, announcing the highly anticipated follow-up to her 2011 album, Born This Way. Gaga, 26, posted a picture last Friday on her Facebook page, which has more than 53 million fans, showing off a tattoo of the album title on her wrist along with the caption “new ink new album.”

She later took to Twitter on Sunday to confirm “my new album/project ARTPOP” and emphasised capitalising the title.

The pop star initially told her 28 million Twitter fans in June that she would reveal the new album title in September and has been debuting new tracks, including the piano ballad Princess Die, on her current Born This Way Ball tour.

Grammy-winning Gaga, who shot to fame with her debut album The Fame in 2008, sold 1.1 million copies of her sophomore album Born This Way in the first week of its release in May 2011.

The singer has been teasing her avid fan base, known as ‘little monsters,’ with snippets of details about the new album.

Last month, the singer played a dance-heavy track from a car while driving past fans in New York, with fans speculating that it was one of her new tracks, and also that Gaga was still embracing the electronic dance music phenomenon that she helped propel into pop music’s mainstream in the United States.

The new album name comes after the singer posted pictures of herself morphed onto a unicorn body, while also recently revealing her upcoming fragrance, FAME,.

Gaga is currently midway through her 110-date Born This Way Ball worldwide concert tour, embarking on the Europe leg this month.

By Belinda Goldsmith AMERICAN rapper Dr. Dre has hip-hopped over strict Olympic marketing rules by giving his high-end headphones to athletes, with officials ruling this did not breach guidelines.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) forbids athletes from taking part in advertising for anyone except the 11 international companies that pay around $100 million each for four years of global rights to sponsor the Olympics.

The rules are designed to prevent ‘ambush marketing’, or non-sponsors getting free publicity on the back of the Games.

Officials became suspicious as an increasing number of athletes from Britain, China and other nations, appeared at events sporting Beats by Dr. Dre in their national colours.

A spokeswoman from the trendy private members’ club, Shoreditch House, near the Olympic Park in east London, confirmed the Beats brand had set up a collection point there for invited athletes.

IOC spokesman Mark Adams said officials were aware of Dr. Dre’s offer to athletes from about 20 nations but stressed it was up to each national Olympic team to ensure athletes protected the spon-

The American’s business savvy ensures celebrities and sports stars such as Michael Phelps (inset) are spotted wearing the large headphones with the trademark ‘b’ and the headphones often appear in music videos sors.

“We have to take a commonsense approach,” Adams said.

“There is a difference between someone using equipment with a logo and someone promoting the brand.”

Marketing experts said the tactics used by Dr. Dre raised questions about the rigidity of the IOC rules which have come under attack from athletes at London angered they cannot show support for the companies that back them out of Olympics.

“The IOC cannot control everything,” said Rupert Pratt, managing director at sponsorship agency Generate.

Targeting Olympic athletes is in line with the marketing strategies used since the Beats headphones were pioneered in 2006 by Dr. Dre in partnership with music producer and entrepreneur, Jimmy Iovine, of Interscope/Geffen/A&M Records.

Their joint company, Beats Electronics, ensured celebrities such as Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber and sports names such as LeBron James were spotted wearing the large headphones with the trademark “b” and the headphones often appear in music videos.

Dr. Dre, born Andre Young,

knows the celebrity game well.

He found fame with the gangsta rap group N.W.A. in the 1980s and went on to produce albums and oversee the careers of many rappers, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and Game.

These celebrity endorsements helped spark a craze for the high performance and high price headphones, even in a sluggish economy.

Beats captured 53 percent of the $1 billion headphone market in 2011, according to market researcher NPD Group.

Beats sell for 135-340 pounds in the Westfield shopping centre next to the Olympic Park.

Athletes have used headphones and earphones ever since the advent of the Sony Walkman back in the late 1970s.

Sports psychologists say blocking out distractions can help athletes focus and get into ‘the zone’ while listening to the right kind of music before a big race can also help psyche athletes up to go for gold.

A host of athletes have arrived at their events in London sporting Beats, including US swimming legend Michael Phelps, British diver Tom Daley and Chinese gold medallist swimmer Sun Yang.

Gary Barlow devastated Rihanna gives Oprah Barbados tour after baby heartbreak POP star Gary Barlow and his wife are mourning the loss of their baby daughter.

In a statement issued through his agent, the couple said their baby, Poppy, was delivered stillborn in London on Saturday.

Barlow’s wife Dawn was eight months pregnant. On July 5, Barlow tweeted that Poppy was due to be born in seven weeks’ time.

In the statement, Barlow said: “Dawn and I are devastated to announce that we’ve lost our baby. Poppy Barlow was delivered stillborn on August 4 in London. Our focus now is giving her a beautiful funeral and loving our three children with all our hearts. We’d ask at this painful time that our privacy be respected.”

The 41-year-old singer had previously spoken about how he was looking forward to becoming a father for the fourth time with his wife, a 42-year-old dancer. Speaking at the time, he told fans: “We are a very excited family.”

In April, Barlow, already a father to Daniel, Emily and Daisy, wrote on Twitter: “There’s gonna be another girl in the Barlow household!” He was recently asked by a fan on the website how Dawn was, and replied: “gr8 tanx, 7 weeks to go.”

In June he was crowned celebrity dad of the year.

Friends and colleagues of the singer expressed their condolences to the Barlow family on Twitter. Fellow X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos wrote: “My thoughts & prayers are with @GBarlowOfficial and wife dawn tonight. Heartbreaking x.”

A message from boy band JLS, who found fame on X Factor, read: “We send our condolences to @GBarlowOfficial and his family during this tough time..our thoughts and prayers with you..Marv and the boys x”

The two stars enjoying themselves on the tropical island

RIHANNA has taken Oprah Winfrey on a tour of Barbados.

The We Found Love singer gave the popular talk show host a private tour of her native island when she visited her for a special in-depth interview for an upcoming episode of Oprah’s Next Chapter.

The 24-year-old singer teased fans on twitter by posting a picture of the pair in her car along with the caption: “Look who popped up in my hometown Barbados...Top notch.”

Oprah admitted to being pleasantly surprised by the “refreshing” superstar and announced that the special episode of Oprah’s Next Chapter will air in America later this month.

The TV presenter tweeted: “What a refreshing surprise she is!...

Rihanna interview is August 19th. Didn’t want to compete with Olympics! But worth the wait. She brought it!”

Oprah was invited to film inside Rihanna’s house as part of the revealing interview.

Great Gatsby moves to 2013 THE movie remake of The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo Di Caprio, has been moved for release to the summer of 2013 from December 2012, putting it out of contention for this year’s Oscars.

Movie studio Warner Bros said it felt the latest film from Australian director Baz Luhrmann would play better in the summer, given the 3D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel and good reactions to early sneak peeks.

“The responses we`ve had to some of the early sneak peeks have been phenomenal, and we think The Great Gatsby will be the perfect summer movie around the world,” Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, international distribution president for Warner Bros. said.

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Education

Cuts put students off education FUNDING cuts, transport costs and losses to careers and information services are still putting students off continuing their education, a UK college leader has warned.

Those from the poorest homes are the hardest hit, as families are forced to prioritise their spending in tough economic times, according to Maggie Galliers, the new president of the Association of Colleges (AoC).

She said it is difficult to predict how cuts to financial support such as the education maintenance allowance (EMA) would have an impact in the future, but admitted funding will have to stretch further.

Galliers, principal of Leicester College, said there is a range of pressures on participation in further education - “the loss of the EMA, but also the Connexions service (which provided information and careers advice) going and transport costs, all of which get in the way of participation, particularly for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

“From our own research, it seems to be at that entry level 1 (students who do not have GCSEs at grade C or above) that we’re seeing the big difference.”

Galliers added that it is difficult to predict the impact of the pressures.

The EMA, which was funding given to the poorest students to help them stay in education, was axed by the Government last year. It was replaced by a new system which allows schools and colleges to decide who should be given extra financial support.

FUNDING MUST ‘STRETCH FURTHER’ When the EMA was scrapped, some students already eligible for the funding were allowed to continue taking it, but this is being phased out.

Galliers said this funding “will have to stretch further”.

“That’s one of the reasons why the AoC is running its no free lunches campaign, to highlight the fact that there are 103,000 students in colleges who are missing out on free lunches.

Due to a funding anomaly, 16- to 18-year-olds who would be offered free school meals if they were at a school sixth form or academy are ineligible.

Galliers added: “Clearly everyone in these economic times is struggling, and there’s some families for whom they have to prioritise their spending. My greatest concern is that it is those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds.”

The college principal welcomed attempts by the Government to simplify the funding system for 16 to 19-year-old students, but she said there were some concerns in the further education sector about the effect of the changes.

Under the new system, colleges will be funded per student with enough money for each youngster to take a certain sized programme of study. Colleges say this could mean that if a student wants to take more qualifications, they will have to cover the cost.

“Sixth form colleges are particularly concerned about whether the new method will take into account the size of some programmes of study, particularly for learners wishing to enter the top universities,” Galliers said.

“I think there’s a bit more work on that to be sure.”

The AoC is campaigning to highlight the fact there are 103,000 students in colleges who are missing out on free lunches

Private school Olympians UK Games chief laments limited numbers of Olympians from state schools

By Martyn Ziegler THE battle for Olympic medals is being won too often on the playing fields of Britain’s private schools - an issue that is “one of the worst statistics in British sport”, according to the country’s Olympic chief.

More than 50 per cent of the gold medals in Beijing were won by products of independent schools, while the rowing pair of Helen Glover and Heather Stanning (inset) who won Britain’s first gold medal both attended private schools, Millfield and Gordonstoun res p e c t vely. ti tively.

Lord Moynih a n ,

Private schools can usually usua afford to devote more time to sport and have better facilit case in sports where the basic cost of taking part is high, ties - this is especially the such as equestrian e events and sailing chairman of British

the

Olympic Association and himself public school-educated, called for an urgent overhaul of school sport policy.

He said: “It’s one of the worst statistics in British sport.

“It is wholly unacceptable that over 50 per cent of our medallists in Beijing came from the private sector. It tells you that 50 per cent of the medals came from 7 per cent per cent of the population.

“There is so much talent

out there in the 93 per cent that should be identified and developed. That has got to be a priority for future sports policy.

“I have spoken about it many times and I will continue to speak about it until there is not breath left in me.”

Moynihan said Olympic sport should aim to have the same ratio as football.

He added: “Football is different, it is an interesting

example. The balance of professional football is that around 7 per cent of players come from the private sector, which is an absolute mirror image of society.

“That should be the case in every single sport and that should be the priority in each and every sport and that is something that every government should strive for.

“The way you do it is you focus on a sports policy that is primarily geared to providing a sporting opportunity.”

Around 7 per cent of children in Britain are privately educated, but at the last Olympics one third of Team GB went to independent schools, nearly 40 per cent of British medal winners, and 50 per cent of gold medallists.

They included multiple gold medallists Sir Chris Hoy, a product of George Watson’s College in Edinburgh and Ben Ainslie, who went to Truro School in Cornwall, and every single one of the equestrian medallists.

The reasons for the disparity with state schools is that private schools can usually afford to devote more time to sport, and have better facilities and often top-class coaches.

That is especially the case in sports when the basic cost of taking part is high, such as equestrian events and sailing.

Rowing has already taken action to address the imbalance - with Moe Sbihi, who won bronze in the men’s eight, one of the beneficiaries.

A programme was launched called Start, was launched more than 10 years ago and which saw rowing coaches go into comprehensive schools and pick out teenagers with the necessary physique to become elite rowers.

At this Games, 50 per cent of the rowing team are from state schools.

US Senate report calls for Congressional legislative action to regulate decisions of for-profit colleges U.S. FOR-profit colleges care more about how much they earn than about their students and need more rules to govern them, according to a recently published U.S. Senate report.

The report blamed colleges, such as Apollo Group’s University of Phoenix and Washington Post’s Kaplan, for their poor quality of education and wasting billions of dollars

of taxpayers’ money.

The report - which concludes a two-year long investigation led by Tom Harkin, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labour and Pensions Committee - mostly reiterated earlier findings, but called for Congress to take legislative action to control the industry.

“The available evidence shows that many for-

profit colleges make decisions that prioritise their bottom line, even when those decisions limit their students’ opportunities for academic success,” the report said.

For-profit colleges, which received $32 billion in federal aid in 2009-10 to fund student loans, frequently misuse government funds, attract students through deceptive advertis-

ing and burden students with debt without providing them with good job prospects, investigations have revealed.

The report, titled “For profit higher education: the failure to safeguard the federal investment and ensure student success”, blamed Congress for not doing enough to make for-profits accountable for taxpayer money.

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LIMASSOL LIM The Dark Knight Rises (12) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10.30pm, wee weekends also at 4.45pm. Tel: 2525-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen

1) at 5.30 and 10.15pm, and (Screen 2) at 8pm. Tel: 77778383

(in 2D, in Greek) at 5.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

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Ted (15) Rio 2 at 6.20, 8.20 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 4.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dictator (15) Rio 5 at 6.30, 8.10 and 10pm, weekends at 5, 6.40, 8.20 and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 8 and 10.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Lucky One (K) Rio 6 at 6.30, 8.20 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Ted (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.30pm. Tel: 77778383 The Dark Knight Rises (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30 and 10.15pm, and (Screen 2) at 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Lucky One (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Amazing Spider-Man (12) Rio 3 at 8 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 5.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 3 (in 3D, in Greek), weekdays only at 6.20pm. Rio 4 (in 2D, in Greek) at 6.30, 8.20 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in 3D, in Greek) at 5.25pm. K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) at 5.25pm. K-Cineplex (Screen 5)

The Amazing Spider-Man (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in 3D, in Greek) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.25 and 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383

PAPHOS Ted (15) Rio 7 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Dark Knight Rises (12) Rio 1 at 4.45, 7.45 and 10.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Dictator (15) Rio 4 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.20, 8.10 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Lucky One (K) Rio 3 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.20, 8.10 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Amazing Spider-Man (12) Rio 6 at 8 and 10.30pm, weekends at 8.10 and 10.40pm. Tel: 26-207000 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 5 (in 2D, in Greek) at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.20, 8.10 and 10pm. Rio 6 (in 3D, in English) at 6pm, weekends at 4.30 and 6.20pm.

Tel: 26-207000 What to Expect When You’re Expecting (K) Rio 2 at 6 and 8.10pm, weekends at 5 and 7.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 Snow White and the Huntsman (12) Rio 2 at 10.20pm, weekends at 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

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listings Today Music Anna Vissi Live Famous Cypriot singer performs live. August 8. XS Night & Day Club, Mackenzie, Larnaca. 10pm. Tel: 97-885151 Bob Sinclar French superstar DJ gets behind the decks and plays his best hits. August 8. Ammos Beach Bar, Makenzy Beach, Larnaca. 10pm. €15/20. Tel: 99-210303/24-828844

Theatre Honeyed Loukoumades Dionysos Theater presents a Cypriot comedy adaptation by Haris Pisias.

August 8. Famagusta Gate, Athina Avenue, Nicosia. 8.30pm. In Greek. €10/15. Tel: 22-430877/22-818999

Friday Music Hot Nuts Rock’n’Roll the Chas & Dave way.

Augsut 10. Frog & Toad, Coral Bay, Paphos. Showtime 9pm. €5.95 including choice of meals. Reservations essential - Tel: 26-343876

Mysterion Live Music festival with DJ STR followed classic rock band. August 10. Galata Square, Nicosia. 8pm. Free Entrance - Food and drinks on sale Master Tempo Well-known rap group from Greece perform live. August 10. Waves Club, Georgiou A 1004, Limassol.

11.30pm. €20/25. A strict door policy will be implemented Tel: 99-109191 Dave Mothersole Legend and pioneer of UK’s Deep house and tech-house scene on the decks. August 10. Mare Lounge Club, Makenzy Beach, Larnaca.

10pm. €12/15. Tel: 99775266

Theatre My Friend, Lefterakis Theatro Skala presents the Greek theatrical comedy by Alekos Sakellarios. August 10-12. Larnaca Medieval Fort, Kamil Kenan. 9pm. In Greek. €7/12. Tel: 24-652800

Other Events SummerLand Festival 2012 Two days full of electronic dance music. There will be a stand on the festival ground where you can buy all kinds of official SummerLand merchandise and part of the money raised will go towards to raising funds for the anti-HIV cause of Dance4Life . August 10-11.

Finikoudes Promenade, Athinon Avenue, Larnaca. 4pm. €40/60. Tel: 70-088007

Lanitis Centre, Lanitis Carob Mill, Limassol. 5pm-9pm daily except Mondays. Tel: 25-342123

Ongoing

Dimitris Mihlis Solo painting exhibition. Until August 30. Gallery Kypriaki Gonia, 45 Stadiou Street, Larnaca. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm & 4.30pm-8pm.

Sunday:11am-2pm & 4pm-7pm. Tel: 24-621109

Other Events Limassol International Documentary Festival With 28 films, workshops and talks, as well as parallel parties. August 1-8. Second Municipal Market of Limassol (Theatro Ena) with some screenings also taking place at Sousami. All the films will be screened in their original dialogues with Greek and English subtitles.

Tel: 77-772552, or e-mail info@ filmfestival.com.cy or browse www. filmfestival.com.cy and facebook:

Dance Sixth Euro-Mediterranean Traditional Dance Festival Five countries showcase their traditional and folklore dances and costumes. August 7-10. Ayia Gyla and Zakaki, Limassol. 7.30pm or 8.30pm.

Free. Tel: 25-878744/25-340784

Exhibition Maniera Cypria: Lemesos, Fabula, Historia, Memoria Exhibition dedicated to ancient findings. Until August 12. Evagoras

Nicosia International Airport Solo photography exhibition by Andreas Efstathiou. Until August 30. Is Not Gallery, 11 Odysseus, Chrysaliniotissa, Nicosia. MondaySaturday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-8pm.

Tel: 22-343670 Twice a Stranger Multimedia exhibition bout forced migration and population exchange.

Until September 2. The Leventis Municipal Museum, Temporary Exhibitions Hall, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday: 10am-4.30pm. Tel: 22-661475/ 22-671997 I Will follow you to the end of the World - Immigrating for Love Exhibition by visual artist Lia Lapithi influenced the story of Queen Caterina Cornaro. Until September 2. The Leventis Municipal Museum, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Open: 3.30pm -5.30pm. Tel: 22-661475

Diaspora Exhibition by visual artist Nkos Kourossis. Until September 2. The Leventis Municipal Museum, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Open: 3.30pm -5.30pm. Tel: 22-661475 The Area is Sacred Solo art exhibition by Panagiotis Mina. Until September 13. 50-1 Gallery, Limassol. Monday-Friday: 11am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. Saturday: 11am-1pm. Tel: 99-522977 Summer Breeze Group mixed media exhibition. Until September 15. Apocalypse Gallery, 30 Chytron Street, Nicosia. MondayFriday: 10.30am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30am-1pm. Tel: 22-30000/150 Summer 2012 Group exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Until September 30.

Morfi Gallery, 84 Agkyras St, Limassol. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm.

Tuesday-Friday: 5pm-8pm.Tel: 25378733. www.morfi.org Nicosia: Topographies of Memory: From Ermou Street to the Buffer Zone Exhibition by Anita Bakshi reconstructing Ermou marketplace – using maps that were created from memories and narratives provided by shopkeepers who once worked or lived in the area. Until September 30.

Home for Cooperation, 28 Markou

Drakou, opposite Ledra Palace Hotel in the UN Buffer Zone, Nicosia.

Open Monday-Sunday: 10am-6pm.

Tel: +90 542 8506681/22-445740 www.home4cooperation.info/www. ahdr.info Our Lady of Nicosia Exhibition about the church of Phaneromeni and it relics. Until September 30. Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 96-90 Phaneromenis Street, old Nicosia. Monday-Sunday: 10am-7pm. Tel: 80-000800 Terra Mediterranea – In Crisis Group contemporary art exhibition curated by Yiannis Toumazis scrutinising the current turbulence experienced globally, from both a political and a poetic stance. Until December 30 (Closed between July 30-August 21). Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre 19, Palaias Ilektrikis, Nicosia. Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-3pm and 5pm-11pm. Sunday: 10am-4pm. Tel: 22-797400. info@nimac. org.cy. www.nimac.org.cy The project includes a second contemporary art exhibition curated

by Re Aphrodite team. The exhibition deals with the unwritten feminine histories of Cyprus and their private and public structure. Until December 30. Ethological Museum – The House of Hagjigeorgakis Kornesios, 20, Patriarxou Grigoriou, Nicosia.

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Tribute to Phil Collins shows his true colours When it comes to some of the greatest music acts of all time – from Elvis Presley and Elton John to Abba and Phil Collins – Paphos nightlife has you covered.

Never mind that Elton is playing hard to get these days, and the Abba foursome refuse to be in same room together.

Cyprus boasts a bumper crop of tribute acts that sound (and sometimes look) like the real thing, and in a couple of weeks’ time fans of Phil Collins will be in for a treat, as Tom Kidd and company prepare to recreate the magic of the ’80s pop legend in a two-hour live show.

Elvis Presley’s death in 1977 gave birth to what is now one of the most popular entertainment subcultures in live music today: the tribute band. It stood to reason that if the King was unable to perform, a tribute act would step in to fill the void.

Audiences can’t always get to or afford to go and see their favourite band so tribute bands are a great alternative.

Plus for some music fans it is simply not possible to see their favourite act any

more as they have passed on, so for them it is great to relive the experience all over again - albeit as a tribute.

When Phil Collins launched his First Final Farewell tour nine years ago, the name seemed to be a joke – but Collins wasn’t kidding. He hasn’t released an album of new music in a decade, and he’s only emerged for a brief Genesis reunion tour in 2007. Since then he has been plagued by a dislocated vertebra, and nerve damage in his hands has made it all but impossible for him ever to play the drums again. Edging toward the door, he eventually called it quits on his music last year.

For avid music fans seeking familiarity, nostalgia and great live entertainment, The Final Farewell Tribute Tour 2012 is just for you. It maps out the incredible career of Phil Collins, chronicling both his solo work and the amazing hit-laden later period of one of the world’s original ‘super groups’: Genesis. It will be a tour of two cities: the first in Tala Amphitheatre in Paphos on August 20 and the second at the Municipal Garden Theatre

in Limassol on August 22.

There is something in the show for everyone: the exquisite love songs, the driving rhythms and the irresistible beats that just make you get up and dance. The show aspires to accurately represent a performance of Phil Collins, utilising some of the top musicians in the tribute field who are all of a like mind in reproducing the distinctive Collins sound. The band combines over 30 years of experience in the music industry from UK and Europe.

Kidd’s resemblance to Collins is uncanny, working tirelessly to perfect his stage persona and unique vocals. He will team up with a group of musicians to give renditions of “Against All Odds”, “You Can’t Hurry Love” and “Another Day in Paradise”, as well as some other golden classics from Collins.

All of the musicians in the show are at the top of their game, featuring locallyand internationally-known musicians, from Andrew driving the rhythm on lead piano to Renard providing the ‘icing on the cake’ in creating that distinctive Col-

Don’t Forget Other Events Six more docs to go!

If you’ve been enjoying the films of the Lemesos International Documentary Festival – or haven’t yet had the chance to go – tonight is your last chance.

The festival comes to a close this evening, wrapping up a string of 28 feature-length documentaries from around the world in eight days. Co-organised by Brave New Culture and the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, the festival, now its seventh edition, has also provided locals with an opportunity to take part in workshops, master classes and lectures conducted by international professionals.

Tonight you can catch six documentary screenings, beginning with Paparazzi. From the hunt for Roman Polanski to the Smolensk air catastrophe, Piotr Bernas’ Paparazzi documents Polish media incidents from the perspective of Poland’s most famous paparazzi - Przemysław Stoppa. It emphasises the

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front emotional burden the profession carries with it.

Ballroom Dancer is a directorial debut for Christian Holten Bonke and Andreas Koefoed.

The film follows the former world champion in Latin American dancing, Slavik Kryklyvyy. A decade after being one of the most celebrated

dancers in the world, Bonke and Koefoed’s subject finds a new partner (who is also his girlfriend) and depicts Kryklyvyy as he attempts to make a comeback.

Five out of the six documene taries will be screened at the second Municipal Market of ile Limassol (Theatro Ena), while

lins sound. The drummer, Brian, brings his years of European touring and cleverly blends in with recording producer John on bass and Costa on lead guitar.

The harmonious voices of Wendi and Bonnie combine to create the perfect set of backing vocals, which cements the recreation of Collins and Genesis’ legendary songs.

With the real McCoy effectively retired, this two-hour show should not be missed as it captures the heart of one of the biggest recording artists of all time in one tight, live band show.

Phil Collins: The Final Farewell Tribute Tour 2012 Live band show that captures the heart of one of the biggest recording artists of all time. 8.30pm. Doors open 7.30pm, showtime 8.30pm. €10. Tickets online at www.xciteworld.co.uk and at all Chilly’s outlets islandwide. Hotline: 99-247123 August 20. Tala Amphitheatre, Paphos August 22. Municipal Garden Theatre Limassol

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, will be screened at Sousami, just a few metres away from the main festival space in the heart of the old city of Limassol.

The Academy Award-nominated documentary tells the story of an American environmentalist involved with the Earth Liberation Front - a group the FBI came to describe as America’s "number one domestic terrorism threat". Several years after leaving the Ea Earth Liberation Fr Front, former en environmental ac activist Daniel M McGowan was a arrested for p previous acts o vandalism. of M McGowan’s c case serves a the central as f focus for an e examination of t the controversial group and its d decision to move f from nonviolent p protests to a campaign o property of d destruction.

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By Ledha Socratous with ACCEPT, the Festival will screen Call me Kuchu, a film about Uganda’s first openly gay man - and his fellow activists who work against the clock to defeat anti-gay legislation while combating vicious persecution in their daily lives. The Festival will close with the Academy Award Nominated Short Documentary The Tsunami & the Cherry Blossoms by Lucy Walker, a documentary filmed in Japan after the devastating tsunami of March 11th 2011. It shares the journey of survivors in the areas hardest hit, as the cherry blossom season comes to that area, a symbol of hope and new beginnings in Japanese culture.

And once you’re done with your cinematic feast, head down to Sousami for the closing party.

Limassol International Documentary Festival With 28 films, workshops and talks, as well as parallel parties. August 1-8. Second Municipal Market of Limassol (Theatro Ena) with some screenings also taking place at Sousami. All the films will be screened in their original dialogues with Greek and English subtitles. Tel: 77-772552, or e-mail info@filmfestival.com.cy or browse www. filmfestival.com.cy and facebook: Lemesos International Documentary Festival.

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The Queen’s grandaughter Zara Phillips on her way to a silver medal in the equestrian eventing

By Mike Collett-White IF ONLY Shakespeare could have tweeted. Transported 400 years into the future, he would have relished trying to sum up what he saw at the London 2012 Olympics in 140 characters or less.

He came closer than most in around 1599 with lines from the prologue of “Henry V”: “A kingdom for a stage, princes to act/And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!”

But not even a full five acts of the Bard at his best could do justice to the endless twists and turns of the Games, which have entered the home stretch.

The Olympics began with an exuberant, and distinctly British ceremony called “Isles of Wonder”, inspired

by Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”.

As the sporting drama unfolded in boxing rings, on rowing lakes, along running tracks and beyond, the playwright’s famous phrase “all the world’s a stage” seemed more apt.

Some 10,500 athletes from 204 countries are taking part, including Libya and Egypt which have emerged from the tumult of revolution. Seeds of social change were reflected in Saudi Arabia sending its first women to the Olympics.

On the field of play there has been the spectacle of agonisingly close contests.

Nicola Spirig of Switzerland

was declared winner of the women’s triathlon against Lisa Norden of Sweden only after judges examined the photo-finish. Following two hours of running, swimming and cycling, 15 centimetres separated them.

At the other end of the spectrum, a handful of athletes destroyed their rivals in something bordering on disdain.

Cyclist Bradley Wiggins be-

Queen Elizabeth supposedly parachutes into the opening ceremony came the host nation’s most decorated Olympian, and contender for a knighthood, by dominating the men’s time trial just 10 days after winning the “greatest race of all”, the Tour de France, the first Briton to do so.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt proved that lightning can strike twice by retaining

the 100 metres sprint title, the most coveted of all Olympic golds, in a searing 9.63 seconds - the second fastest run of all time.

Television viewers may have wondered if they were watching on a loop as American swimmer Michael Phelps kept on adding to his medal tally in the pool.

Four more golds in London helped his total to 22, including 18 golds, beyond the previous Olympic record of 18 held by former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina.

“I think that keeping the Olympic world record for 48 years is long enough,” Ukraine-born Latynina generously declared.

Some competitors inspire awe, others affection.

American 16-year-old gymnast Gabby Douglas won the women’s all-round gold, and the world’s hearts, with her perky smile and acrobatic prowess that earned her the tag “Flying Squirrel”.

A tearful Russian world champion Victoria Komova told the other side of every happy Olympic tale by removing her silver medal in disappointment before leaving the arena following the medal ceremony.

“It was too heavy,” the gymnast told reporters.

“The lady doth protest too much,” Shakespeare may have said of South Korean Shin A Lam, who, in one of the Games’ most abiding images, sat alone on the fenc-

2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Industrial Britain

Not even a full five acts of the Bard at his b and turns of the Games, which ing piste weeping for an hour in protest at her elimination from an epee semi-final.

The official clock was reset in error, giving her German opponent just enough time to launch a last-ditch attack to win.

Two of the biggest stories of London 2012 have been furores involving female Asian athletes.

In the case of Ye Shiwen, the 16-year-old swimmer from China, her world record win in the 400 metre individual medley including final leg times that would have beaten the fastest men raised eyebrows as well as cheers.

An American swimming coach openly voiced suspicion of the involvement of performance-enhancing drugs, and, despite the swimming community in London rallying behind the young prodigy, Ye was mired in a controversy that took on a life of its own.

Privately, her 396-strong team and the big Chinese media contingent fumed at the insinuations.

By the halfway stage, four athletes had been suspended for doping by the International Olympic Committee since the start of the Olympic period on July 16.

Eight more, all Asian badminton players, were expelled for breaking the spirit of the sport by deliberately losing before angry crowds in order to manipulate the draw, skewing the ancient Olympic motto of “Faster, Higher, Stronger”.

A member of Britain’s gold medal-winning cycling sprint team then admitted to crashing deliberately following a stumble in order to gain a restart, sullying the later victory and blurring the boundaries of where games end and gamesmanship begins.

Disgraced Chinese badminton player Yu Yang, who was thrown out despite playing within the rules, reacted by quitting the sport in a posting on her Tencent microblog.

“Goodbye my beloved badminton,” she wrote, blaming organisers for putting rules

in place that encouraged “throwing” matches. “You have heartlessly shattered our dreams.”

Yu’s “coup de theatre” was delivered through social media, underlining how, in one way at least, London 2012 is like no other Olympics in history. Little wonder the media have dubbed it the “Twitter

‘Yu’s “coup de thea through social m how, in one way at is like no other Oly Games”.

While the site has been crammed with celebratory messages to and from winners, it has also provided a platform for unsavoury comments which ended the Olympic dreams of two athletes.

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best could do justice to the endless twists have entered the home stretch Two days before the opening ceremony, Greek triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was withdrawn from the team after tweeting a racist remark.

Five days later a Swiss soccer player was thrown out for an offensive remark about South Korea, and British police arrested a man after of-

atre” was delivered edia, underlining least, London 2012 ympics in history’ fensive tweets were sent to British diver Tom Daley when he failed to win a medal in his first event.

Queen Elizabeth I would have watched Shakespeare’s plays in the privacy of her own court. Queen Elizabeth II and

her family have been far more public in their participation at the Games.

It seemed things could get no better for the monarchy, basking in the glow of an adoring nation after the queen’s glittering Diamond Jubilee celebrations this summer and the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011.

Yet Her Majesty became the unlikely star of the opening ceremony, and the Games in general, with a comedy cameo in a video beamed to a billion people around the world.

“Good evening, Mr Bond” was all she had to say, but the participation of a normally reserved head of state in the short film with James Bond actor Daniel Craig, was enough.

“Of all the things that people come up to me and speak about, it is still the opening ceremony and it is still the (queen’s) parachute jump,” Games chief and two-time Olympic running champion Sebastian Coe told Reuters.

In fact, the 86-year-old mon-

arch did not jump out of a helicopter at the opening - it was a stunt double.

Royals have not been shy to come out to cheer for “Team GB” throughout the Games, with the queen’s 91-year-old husband Prince Philip supporting his granddaughter Zara Phillips on her way to a silver medal in the equestrian eventing.

The popular princes William and Harry have popped up

almost daily at venues across London and beyond, and, in the “paparazzi moment” of the Games, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge shared a very public hug of joy at the cycling velodrome.

Buckingham Palace said Harry, portrayed in the press as an international playboy, would attend the women’s beach volleyball in Horse Guards Parade, where debate has raged over whether the players’ shorts are just too short.

The royals have been part of a very deliberate “brand Britain” marketing campaign, with historic sites like Buckingham Palace, Hampton Court and the Tower of London serving as dramatic backdrops.

In fact, the Olympics have sparked a national bout of self-examination which, for once, has ended in more smiles than grimaces of shame.

A country aware of the imperial past is used to beating itself up over its diminished place in the world, but ever since an eccentric opening ceremony that highlighted its role in culture and history, many Britons have beamed with pride.

Empty seats and an embarrassing mix-up over the lack of security guards to keep the

South Korea’s Shin A Lam sat alone on the fencing piste weeping for an hour in protest at her elimination

Games safe have been turned around in the last few days by packed venues, the sight of smiling British soldiers cheerfully greeting visitors to the Olympic Park and even some sunshine.

Stunning victories by home athletes like heptathlon champion and Olympic “poster girl” Jessica Ennis and 10,000 metre runner Mo Farah, who won amid the deafening roars of 80,000 spectators on a magic night on Saturday, have clearly helped.

In a way, that evening was a microcosm of modern, multicultural Britain - Farah was an immigrant from Somalia and Ennis born to a Jamaican father.

Choosing one of 16 British golds won by Monday morning would be tough.

Scot Andy Murray put the hurt of four grand slam final defeats behind him to beat Roger Federer in the men’s tennis final, although Katherine Grainger’s win in the women’s double sculls rowing after three consecutive silvers may prevail.

Olympic giants China and the United States led the table on Monday, with the host nation placed third.

In Shakespeare’s Roman tragedy “Coriolanus”, Sicinius asks: “What is the city

but the people?”

In London, hundreds of thousands of people have milled around the main Olympic site from the start, come sunshine or rain, wrapped in the Union Jack flag and making the Games a global affair with a distinctly local flavour.

Not everyone has been swept away in the capital, the first city to have hosted the Games three times.

Just down the road from the gleaming Olympic Park built in a previously run-down area of London’s East End, Britain’s gold rush has done little to alleviate the grind of poverty, unemployment and uncertain futures.

It seems that, temporarily at least, social alienation exacerbated by Britain’s economic recession has been brushed under the carpet of national euphoria a year after riots swept across parts of London and beyond.

Until August 12, when the Games end, that may continue in the media and beyond.

But what comes next could be the post-party hangover to end all hangovers.

To quote the Bard one last time: “Glory is like a circle in the water/Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself/Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught.”

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PERSONAL ***************************** NTN-LOVEDATE.COM Best way to find a lover/partner. Chat online with single persons, browse and rate profiles with photos and date with other members. Best luck in your search, we hope you meet plenty of interesting people.

Use the link below to register now. It is FREE http://www.ntnlovedate.com ***************************** 60 YEAR OLD ENGLISHMAN, fit, healthy and working, would like to meet an English speaking, non-smoking lady for socialising, outings etc.Tel or text 96503261 ***************************** AUSTRIAN ENGINEER, 50 years, searching for a nice women. Mobile: 00491726293462 *****************************

PETS ***************************** PROFESSIONAL AROMATHERAPY & fully body relaxing massage, at your home or hotel for men & women – Paphos area Call Ulrica on tel : 96853681 to book an appointment ***************************** FULL BODY MASSAGE + relaxing massage for men and women in classy surroundings in Kato Paphos – privacy & discretion. We offer you professional mausseurs, appointments necessary 1 Hour for 35 euro, call 96637039 - honest people ***************************** STRESSCONTROL. Aromatherapy MASSAGE. Area Hilton NICOSIA. More info on 97696795 ***************************** EIGHTSMILEYS OFFERS SUP (STAND UP PADDLE) LESSONS, RENTALS & SALES. A great way to release tension and stress at the same time exercise your body, made for all ages and genders. Find out more information on www. sup.com.cy facebook: Eightsmileys Kitesurfsup or call on 99355191 ***************************** CLINICAL PILATES. Personalised Clinical Pilates by Physiotherapists in Nicosia.

Individual assessment and supervision of exercises. “Clinical pilates” is a modified form of therapeutic exercise used by physiotherapists to assist in the rehabilitation and preven-

Limassol - tel: 25 761117 fax: 25 761141

ADORABLE GOLDEN LABRADOR female puppy for sale.

She is 3 months of age. House trained and vaccinated. We own both parents. 300 euros.

Tel 99898322 or 99172549.

LESSONS ***************************** ART DESIGN &CONSTRUCTION. September - Limassol.

Intensive course Drawing and Painting Tuesday nights. Art &Architecture History Thursday nights. All levels. Portfolio development. UCAS application support. AutoCAD courses. BTEC Level 3 Construction Diploma courses. Registering now! 99409829 info@idclimassol.org ***************************** DO YOU WANT TO LEARN CHINESE? Experienced private teacher available for Chinese lessons in Cyprus. €30 per lesson. Call for more details.

96864438 ***************************** PRIVATE TUITION - Experienced, UK-qualified teacher and tutor offers full / part time private home tuition in Maths, English, Science, Geography, History, Business Studies and Economics, from KS3 to iGCSE, AS and A2 levels. Tele-

***************************** SWIFT SERVICE AND REPAIRS air-cons, commercial and domestic fridges and freezers, ice machines, cool rooms, supply and fit air-cons VRV S. Call Nik on 99579602 Limassol. ***************************** KEEP YOUR HOME COOLER THIS SUMMER by having Windowfilm professionally fitted. Stops upto 86% of heat from entering your home!

Windowfilm increases privacy, blocks harmful uv-rays which cause fading, reduces glare and saves energy costs on air-con. Also keeps your home warmer in winter. Call Ian on 99979671 ***************************** HOME SOLUTIONS we do pergolas, ranch style fencing, chain link fencing, decking and all general maintenance work on properties at competitive prices. For free no obligation quotation ring Tyrone on 99177037 covering Paphos, Polis and Pissouri areas. ***************************** EXPERIENCED PAINTER at very reasonable prices!

Decorative coatings, house painting, sprits and graphiato, varnishing, damp proofing and protection from humidity for walls and ceilings.

Free estimates! Call Harry on 97768020 ***************************** PROFESSIONAL UPHOLSTERY CLEANING, also carpets, rugs and mattresses.

Special offers now available.

For a quote call Rickys Cleaning Services on 99131044 (all areas) rickyscleaningservices@gmail.com ***************************** UPHOLSTERY, RUG, BLINDS + CURTAIN CLEANING Rugs from 20€ - Carpets from 38€ Fabric Suites form 85€ - Leather Suites from 95€ - Mattresses from 25€. Curtains, Roman blinds, Vertical Blinds need to be surveyed. Collection Service available. For a free quotation call Mark on 70006766 All areas ***************************** 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

Paphos - tel: 26 911383 fax: 26221049

Larnaca - tel: 24 652243 fax: 24 659982

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 KEEP YOUR HOME COOLER THIS SUMMER by having Windowfilm professionally fitted. Stops up to 86% of heat from entering your home!

Windowfilm increases privacy, blocks harmful uv-rays which cause fading, reduces glare and saves energy costs on air-con. Also keeps your home warmer in winter. Call Ian on 99979671 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 JURIDICAL SERVICES Contracts, sales agreements, conveyancing, wills, administration of estates, general litigation, power of attorney, land registry matters, companies, translations, immigration etc... And all legal matters. Call: Natalia Michealidou – jurist, Paphos Tel: 26 933159 – 99523231 (office hours)

FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS SALE OF HOUSEHOLD, GARDEN AND GARAGE ITEMS. Amazing prices, Saturday 18th. August 9am -4pm. 7 Alonion Street, Spitali, Limassol.

[15 minutes north of Limassol] Follow the balloons and arrows in the village. Tel. 25452303 NEW GAZEBO STILL IN BOX €100, calor gas heater almost new €40, HP computer monitor 17 inch €20, Logitec webcam and headphones with software €10, Phillips voip with software €20 . Tel 99191956 2

BEDROOM ATLAS MOBILE HOME for sale . Granite kitchen surfaces, tiled floors in W.C., Shower room and kitchen REDUCED TO E7,900. Tel. 99416918 or <sandymathie@ hotmail.com> ***************************** FURNITURE HOUSEHOLD ITEMS: Childs cot / mattress €50 play table and stools €50 Bunk Bed set with ladder/ mattress €100 child’s bike €40 Child’s easy chairs €30 Easel €20 gas BBQ 80 vacuum cleaner Miele €80 Abstract canvasses from €10 ENGOMI 22355790 ***************************** CLOTHES STOCKS AND SHOP FITTINGS FOR SALE.

classified contents Employment Opportunities pg 18 Employment Miscellaneous 18 Pets 18 Lessons 18 Health & Fitness 18 Personal 18 Services 18 For Sale Miscellaneous 18 For Sale Land/ Property Business 19 For Sale Motor vehicles 19 Wanted 19 To Let Nicosia 19 To Let Limassol 22 To Let Larnaca 22 To Let Paphos 23 To Let Protaras, Ayia Napa, Paralimni 24 To Let Athens -Land For Sale Bulgaria -For Sale Limassol 24 For Sale Nicosia 24 For Sale Larnaca 24 For Sale Paphos 24 For Sale Ayia Napa 24 For Sale Famagusta Protaras -For Sale Athens -Property& Home Services display ads 25

abbreviations bdrm c/h a/c s/pool f/f apt pm pw sw nw st rd p/s c/l swb r/cass e/w

bedroom central heating air conditioning swimming pool fully furnished apartment per month per week south west north west street road power steering central locking short wheel base radio cassette electric windows

Please note tel nos. that begin with: 22 = Nicosia 23 = Paralimni/Protaras 24 = Larnaca 25 = Limassol 26 = Paphos

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Advertiser FOR SALE B.P./LAND

FOR SALE B.P./LAND

FOR SALE B.P./LAND

Excellent women’s brands for sale including Italian, Spanish and French clothes and shoes. Also women’s dummies and modern wall fittings (clothes rails.) Selling at very low prices for clearance. Tel: 99-168943 *****************************

99416918 ***************************** TIMI, plots, a few selected available, sea view, near the 2 golf courses, Venus rock and airport. 60% Building eu 115,000.

Half registration fees till the 2.6.12. Tel. 99 621914 ***************************** LARNACA, ALETHRIKO, PLOTS FOR SALE, 525 sqm, 90% building factor, near highway Limassol-Larnaca, 5 min from airport, quiet residential area, eu 125,000. Half registration fees till the 2.6.12. Tel. 99 621914 ***************************** RESIDENTIAL PIECE OF LAND of 985sqm in the village of Pareklisia. Partial sea views, near to electricity and water supplies. € 135.000 D.C. (Cyprus) Real Estate Tel: 99 330 908 ***************************** FOR SALE PLOT in the centre of Lefkara Village 670sqm, high build factor, near all shops, and

amenities € 210.000 negotiable Tel: 99 330 908 ***************************** PLOT LOCATED in Mesa Geitonia, Limassol 617sqm. 100% build. Ideal for the construction of apartment building or 1 or 2 large houses. Price reduced to € 360.000 tel. 99 330 908 www. cyprusre.com/listing-lim-0170

FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND BAKERY BUSINESS FOR SALE based in St Lazaros square in Larnaca. Fully equipped & guaranteed customers. Contact 95115916 ***************************** ONE ACRE (3 donums) land for sale Arakapas area Limassol district, with title deeds. Sloping ground with stream and 8 foot waterfall at lower boundary. Naturally growing trees. €40.000 sandymathie@hotmail.com or

SELEC Fencing & Decking Specialist For all your Garden and Security Fencing ♦ Quality approved workmanship ♦ 15 years experience + guaranteed work ♦ English workers ♦ also garden gates ♦ sheds ♦ chain link fencing ♦ free estimates ♦ all types of fencing & decking

Tel. SELEC fencing 99176557

FOR SALE OR RENT - Kato Paphos – full moon bar, fully furnished and equipped, large flat screen TV’s + projector, fits 120 people comfortably, incredible opportunity for ready business!

Please call: 99493579 FOR SALE factory with showroom, 1050m2, in private land, in Kokkinotrimithia industrial zone. Tel. 99849195.

BUSINESS TO RENT FOR RENT : SHOP 180sqm’s in Tala - Paphos, main road. Avail-

FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES able now. Rent negotiable. Call 26652409

WANTED TO RENT FLAT OR HOUSE TO RENT, 2-3 bedrooms, veranda/terrace or garden, prefer furnished, SW of Nicosia (in approx area Lakadamia to Kapedes and Kalo Chorio) alan.tye@birdlifecyprus.org.cy, 22455072, 99089083.

FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES **************************** MINI 1, 2005, red, manual, all specs, radio/cd/ac, MOT / tax, 20,000 miles from new, price : €7000 call 99096902 – Polis *****************************

For information call 99781943

TO LET NICOSIA

deflector, 45000 km, excellent condition, €30,900. For information call 99405122. ****************************

bed-room flat with some furnitures in Nicosia near Central Bank, 140 m. Completely renovated like new. €650. Mob : 99460860 **************************** LUXURY UPPER HOUSE 180 sq.m at Ayios Dometios. Furnished, 3 bedrooms, laundry room, w/m, s/h c/h, fully air-conditioned, 5 ceiling funs, walled kitchen, refrigerator, curtains, parking place.

Tel.99443412 **************************** HOUSE FOR RENT: 5 bedroom detached house, French ambassador and American heart institute area, easy access to city centre, schools, hospitals, all amenities and motorway, in quiet cul-de-sac, on high ground with views of Nicosia and Pentadaktylos. 3 Baths, garage for 2 cars with automatic doors, bbq, fireplace, oil central heating, airconditioning, fully furnished. €2000 Pm, tel 99 621914 ***************************** 3 BEDROOM FLAT complete-

PROPERTY TO LET NICOSIA **************************** TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT (113 sq. metres) on Second floor (No lift) in Aglandja, (Nicosia). Fitted kitchen: fridge, gas cooker, built-in electric oven.

Bedrooms: built- in bookcases Dining-room: dining-table with 8 chairs Sitting-room: Two 3-seater sofas, One 2-seater sofa and One Armchair with coffee table. Bathroom c/w toilet Guest’s toilet. For further info: 99342225 Mrs Philippou

FOR RENT : 2 bed-room flat in Nikis Aven in Nicosia, 80 m.

Very good conditions. Excellent for office or flat. €525. 3

FOR SALE

CHILDCARE From a Cypriot - with 20 years experience in a kindergarten - looking after infants and children at her house in Nicosia

TO LET NICOSIA

FOR SALE BMW 320i CONVERTIBLE, 2008, colour platinum bronze, 18’’ alloys, being leather, cruise control, front and rear parking sesonrs, lights-rain sensors, wind

Office furniture and equipment.

Excellent quality, new condition. Modern Hi-Tech design. Including 2 work stations, conference room, Manager Desk, cupboards, Switchboard and more..

Must See!!!

Tel: 25817684

English-Painter & Decorator Fully Qualified 30 years’ Experience SUMMER OFFER 30% OFF ALL AREAS • External & Internal painting • Damp Damage Repairs • Spritze Repairs • Free Estimates + very clean work • All areas. All types of woodwork stained and preserved • All work guaranteed

Tel. Tony on 99176557

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA

TO LET NICOSIA

ly renovated in Strovolos.

135sqm, quite family owned building recently painted. c/h, a/c, storage room. Stainless steel appliances, washing machine. Sky satellite tv. € 650/ month Call 99 330 908. ***************************** LYCAVITOS 300sq.m., 3 bdrm office lux. €1500, Dasoupolis 2 bdrm., wooden floors modern design €750, Acropolis 3 bdrm f/f., modern furniture, luxury €1000, Hilton 2 bdrm., wooden floors, modern building €850, Mak/ssa whole floor flat with/ without furniture €1200, villas Mak/ssa-Strovolos with pool and garden. Costas Markides Tel: 22378898/99464764, Reg. No. 487, E16. ***************************** FLATS FOR RENT studio strovolos 250,1 bdrm ag.antonios 380,kennedy furnished 440,engomi 490 Ag.andreas 490,dasoupolis 450.makarios av.500,strovolos 400 2bdrm furnished lykavitos 600 acropolis just built 650,anthoupolis 430 3bdrm acropolis 300,engomi 500,Hilton furnished 600 4bdrm ag.andreas fully equipped 800. POSPORIDES ESTATES 99474839 99646822 REG.338 ***************************** ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT, in small quiet building, new, very spacious, fully furnished and air conditioned. Very good location between Strovolos and Engomi, close to The European University (Cyprus College) and all amenities. Covered parking. Rent €495/m.

Please call 99695382 ***************************** TO LET 3 bdrm flat Kaimakli area near Frederic. Tel. 99606665. ******************************

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 bedroom with en suite bathroom and shower, big bathroom for the other 3 bedrooms and extra shower in the 5th bedroom. Available end of July - Strovolos €2500 (H5ST10001-R), (photos in the website).

2. 3 bedrs luxury ground floor renovated semi detached house,210sq.m, with central heating, air conditions, solid parquet floor, fire place, big kitchen with all the electric appliances, 2 wc curtains, big veranda, big patio on the back with bbq area, 2 covered parkings in a quiet neighborhood close to the Embassies –Engomi €900 (H3ENG0002-R), (photos in the website) 3. 4 bedr + separate office space + maid’s room luxury detached house, split level, big open space sitting areas,400sq.m,a/c for hot and cold in all the rooms, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, swimming pool, big verandas, 2 covered parking, in a very quiet area near Lidl – Latsia €2500 (H4LAT0008-R), (photos in the website).

4. 3 bedr luxry detached house with 1 bedr flat in the basement, floor heating with gass a/c units, big kitchen with electrical appliances, 4 wc, 3 bathrooms,

TO LET NICOSIA big garden with small pebbles, 2 covered parking, in a quiet area in a dead end. Can be rented furnished or not. AVAILABLE in August – Makedonitissa €1700 (H4MAK0027-R), (photos in the website).

5. 4 bedr+ attic room with shower and wc luxury detached house with separate maid’s room, central heating, a/c, separate office room, sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with dining room and big family room opening to the big garden with grass and bbq area, 2 covered parking, behind General flooring shop – Makedonitissa €3000 (H4MAK0025-R), (Photos on the website).

6. 3 bedr + big attic room which can be used as a bedroom/office, detached house, central heating, full a/c,3wc, 2 bathrooms, big sitting and dining room, separate kitchen with all the electrical appliances, small garden and patio with bbq area, covered parking, near Apollonion hospital. – Makedonitissa €1200 (H4MAK0016-R), (photos in the website) 7. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, 330sq.m, central heating, full ac, 2 covered parking’s, big kitchen with sitting room and all expensive electrical appliances, blinds on the windows, lighting fixtures, 2 bedrs with en suite shower and wc, main bathroom with jacuzzi,3rd bedroom with only shower ,swimming pool with wooden deck around, covered patio with nice covered bbq area, opposite a green area in a very quiet area – Strovolos €2600 (H4ST10040-R), (photos in the website).

8. 4 bedr luxury detached house, 350sq.m, central heating, full a/c, office space, separate maid’s room, big storage room, solid parquet floor in the bedrooms, 2 covered parking, swimming pool, garden with trees, veranda with bbq area,

TO LET NICOSIA big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, big sitting and dining areas, very near to English School, off Athalassas Avenue €2300 (H4ST10036-R), (photos on the website).

9. 3 bedr ground floor semi detached house in very good condition with storage heaters, 5a/c,2wc, big kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting and dining room, big front veranda, 2 covered parking in a very quiet neighbourhood close to Alpha Mega - Parissinos €550 (H3PA2001-R), (photos in the website).

10. 4 bedr new luxury finished top quality detached house, 290sq.m, central heating, full a/c, master bedroom with ensuite shower/jacuzzi, guest bedroom with shower, main bathroom with jacuzzi, 4wc, fully expensive furnished with 3 LCD televisions, kitchen with very expensive electrical appliances and family room, garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area,2 covered parking’s, alarm system, pressure system, - Strovolos €3000 (H4STI0039-R), (Photos on the website).

11. 4 bedr luxury detached house built in 3 plots of land.

Separate maid’s room outside the house, big basement with playroom, office and guest room with separate entrance.

The house has big sitting and dining room, separate family room, separate kitchen, big bedrooms, internal elevator, central heating, full a/c, big yard with tiles, covered kiosk and trees, 2 covered parking, in a quiet area in a dead end opposite Cineplex – Strovolos €3000 (H4STI0042-R), (photos in the website).

12. 5 bedr new luxury finished detached house with separate maid’s room, one of the bedrooms with shower and wc and can be used as guest room,4 wc, solid parquet floor

TO LET NICOSIA all the house, separate family room with fire place, big sitting room, separate dining room, big kitchen with breakfast area, big outside patio with tiles and bbq area,2 covered parking, electrical appliances in the kitchen, in a very quiet neighborhood close to CYBC station.

Can be rented furnished or not. – Platy Aglantzias €3000 (H5PAG0001-R), (Photos on the website).

13. 3 bedr detached house with extra room for office,250sq.m, central heating independent, 4a/c, big renovated, kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting and dining room with parquet floor and fire place,1bathroom,1 shower,2wc, 2 covered parking, big verandas surrounded by trees and bushes off 28th October street - Makedonitissa €1300 (H4STI0043-R), (photos in the website).

14. 3 bedr luxury house, nicely modern furnished with big sitting and dining areas with bar, central heating, full a/c, big fitted kitchen with TV room, office space, patio area with bbq, covered parking, 3wc, solid parquet floor in bedrooms and granite in the sitting areas, near the MEGA TV station – Archangelos €1300 (H3AR0002-R), (photos in the website).

15. 3 bedr luxury semi detached house with central heating independent, a/c, 3wc, parquet floor, fire place, electrical appliances in the kitchen, curtains, in a very quiet neighbourhood in the area near Falcon school – Strovolos €1500 (H3STI012-R), (photos in the website).

16. 3 bedr + office space +separate maid’s room detached luxury house, 450sq.m, recently renovated, with central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining area with parquet

TO LET NICOSIA floor, TV room with fire place, big kitchen with breakfast area and fitted cooker and oven, 4 wc, roller blinds on all windows, very big verandas and yard, covered parking, in a very quiet neighborhood in the centre of Makedonitissa opposite a playground. - €1400 (H4MAK0003-R), (photos in the website).

17. 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).

18. New luxury 4 bedr + very big 40sq.m attic room with shower and wc semi detached house, 300 sq.m, central heating, full air condition, big sitting and dining areas, 4 wc, 2 showers,1 bathroom, solar heater, pressure system, covered parking, big back yard with tiles, blinds, cooker, oven and, refrigerator in the kitchen, in a very quiet neighborhood and area – Agios Dometios €1500 (H4ADO0004-R). (photos in the website).

19. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, small yard, bbq area, FULLY FURNISHED, off Costantinoupoleos street near French Ambassador residence – Strovolos €900 (H4STI0043-R), (photos in the website).

20. 4 bedr + 2 separate rooms with showers and wc (120sq.m) detached house

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION On May 21st, 2012 in accordance with Section 14.81.1 C of the Liberian Business Corporation ActDogonLtd (“Company”) with registration number C-37274 doing business at 9 Marikas Kotopouli Street, 3030 Limassol the shareholders have agreed to dissolve the Company.

1. All claims against the assets of the Company must be made in writing and include the claim amount, basis and origination date.

2. The deadline for submitting claims is 23rd November 2012 3. Any claims that are not received by the company prior to the date set forth above will not be recognized.

5. All claims and payments must be sent to P. O Box 53766, 3317 Limassol, Cyprus Dated: March 22nd, 2012.

Camilla Strømstad Liquidation board

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA with big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with dining area and family room with fire place, very big swimming pool with bbq area, covered patio, garden with grass, central heating in 4 zones, full a/c, 6wc, 5 covered parking’s, pressure system, opposite Apoel training field.

Can be rented furnished or not. AVAILABLE END OF AUGUST – Archangellos €4000 (H4AR0007-R), (photos in the website).

21. 4 bedrs luxury detached villa built in 5 plots of land, 600sq., central Heating, full a/c, very big garden with grass, big swimming pool 5 x 13, bar with bbq area, office space, TV room with fire place, marble floor, all the bedrooms en suite shower/bathroom, separate self contained apartment for the maid, 2 covered parking in a nice area with easy access to the Limassol road. Can be rented also partially furnished – Latsia €5000(H4LAT0007-R), (photos in the website).

22. 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 - €3700 (H4PA20005-R), (photos on the website).

23. 4 bedr luxury detached house with expensive finishes, office space, separate maid’s

TO LET NICOSIA room, 3 of the bedrooms with en suite shower/bathroom, floor heating, full air condition, white marble floor all the house, fire place, lighting fixtures, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, swimming pool with bbq area, small garden,2 covered parking’s in a nice neighbourhood with expensive houses near KEMA building – Platy Aglantzias €3500 (H4PAG0004-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 22-422225/96422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates.com **************************** LUXURY FLATS: 1. 2 bedr luxury fully renovated apartment, storage heaters, 3 a/c, separate big kitchen, big sitting dining room, fully modern furnished and equipped with solid parquet floor off Prodromou street – Engomi €600 (A2ENG0010-R), (photos in the website).

2. 2 bedr new luxury modern, 2 storey apartment with solid parquet floor, floor heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 2 wc, expensive fitted electrical appliances, blinds, covered veranda with very nice view, in a quiet neighbourhood on a modern design building. AVAILABLE 1st of August – Aglantzia €750 (A2AGZ0021-R), (photos on the website).

3. 1 bedr luxury spacious apart-

TO LET NICOSIA ment with big sitting room, separate kitchen with electrical appliances, central heating independent with diesel,2 a/c, aluminum shutters in the bedrooms, covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, on a small quiet building in a quiet neighborhood – Agios Dometios €450 (A1ADO0004-R), (photos in the website).

4. 3 bedr luxury PENTHOUSE apartment with storage heaters, full a/c, office space, very big veranda 100sq.m with nice view and bbq area with bar, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, 2 bathrooms, 2 storage rooms, covered parking, in a small building near Hilton park and Ippokration hospital – Engomi €1000 (A3ENG0023-R), (photos in the website).

6. 1 bedr luxury fully furnished apartment, 60sq.m, with 2 a/c for hot and cold, spacious, covered parking, on a small building near Alpha Mega supermarket – Dasoupolis €450 (A1DAS0001-R), (photos in the website).

7. 2 bedr brand new luxury finished apartment on a small modern design building with 2 bathrooms, a/c for hot and cold (Mitsubishi), storage heaters can be installed if needed, electrical shutters in the bedrooms, pressure system, water serculation system, solar, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds, covered veranda, 2 COVERED PARKING, storage room, near the centre and near traffic lights of Honda showroom. – Agioi Omolog-

TO LET NICOSIA ites €700 (A2AOM0007-R) 8. 1 bedr, fully furnished and equipped apartment, 50sq.m, 2 a/c for hot and cold, covered verandah, covered parking, ice view off Makarios Avenue between Hilton and DEBENHAMS shop – Nicosia Centre €460 (A1NIC0006-R), (photos in the website).

9. 3 bedr new luxury penthouse apartment on the last floor of a 3 storey building, CH ind, full a/c, pressure system, cooker and oven in the kitchen, blinds in the living room, 2 bathrooms, 130sq.m, big veranda with view, covered parking, 200m opposite Akropolis park. Acropolis €850(A3ACS0039-R), (photos on the website).

10. 2 bedr new luxury finished apartment with a/c for hot and cold, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, big covered veranda,2 bathrooms,2wc,covered parking, storage room, secured entrance building in a very quiet neighborhood – Aglantzia €650 (A2AGZ0022-R), (photos in the website) 11. 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting and dining room, storage heaters, 2 a/c, cooker, oven, dishwasher, washing machine/dryer, refrigerator in the kitchen,2 wc, 1 bathroom, blinds, big covered veranda, storage room, parking, big common SWIMMING pool. Price includes common expenses – Latsia €500 (A1LAT0004-R), (photos in the website).

12. 2 bedrs big luxury flat, 110sq. m+big covered veranda, CH

TO LET NICOSIA ind, 3 a/c, cooker, oven in the kitchen, roller blinds, 2 bathrooms, 2 wc, parquet and granite floor, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining room, covered parking, intercom, on a small building with 6 flats only near Coca Cola factory 2 km from McDonalds in Egomi – Agios Dometios €550 (A2ADO0013-R), (photos in the website).

13. New luxury 2 bedr apartment with nice view, 100sq.m, big sitting & dining area, big separate kitchen with cooker and oven, big covered verandah, 2 wc, storage heaters, 2 a/c, electric shutters in the bedrooms, covered parking and storage room on the 11th floor of a small building with 6 flats only 200 meters for Akropolis park and opposite a small neighborhood park – Dasoupolis €550 (A2DAS0001-R), (photos in the website).

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3 bedr apartment, 140sq.m,central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, big separate kitchen with cooker and oven in the kitchen, blinds, covered parking off Kennedy and Markora street walking distance to the centre – Nicosia Centre €550 (A3NIC0023-R), (photos in the website).

15. 3 bedr +separate maid”s room (with shower and wc) & luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, big separate kitchen with breakfast area and electrical appliances, big sitting and dining area with solid parquet floor, big covered veranda, blinds,

TO LET NICOSIA alarm system, 2 parking, in a quiet area off Makarios Avenue near Hilton – Nicosia Centre €1100 (A3NIC0023-R), (photos in the website).

16. New luxury 2 bedr apartment with central heating independent, full ac, fully modern nicely furnished and equipped, big covered verandah, 2 wc, covered parking opposite Hilton, off Makarios Avenue close to the centre – Lykavitos €650 (A2LYK0003-R), (photos in the website) 17. Brand new quality finished 2 storey Penthouse apartment with cozy nicely modern fully furnished apartment, 150sq.m unique design, a/c for hot and cold in all the flat, 2wc, big verandas around the flat, private elevator with lock for the flat , in the centre of Makedonitissa of 28th October street – €1200 (A2MAK0004-R), (photos in the website).

18. 4 bedr luxury floor apartment,250sq.m, office, maid’s room, central heating ind, full a/c,2 showers, 1 bathroom, 3wc, parquet floor, big kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting area, roller blinds on all the windows, big veranda on a small building off Athalasas Avenue near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital – Dasoupolis €1100 (A4DAS002-R), (photos on the website) 3 bedr luxury spacious floor apartment on the 4th floor of award winning building,200sq. m+big covered veranda, central heating independent, full built in air conditions, lighting fixtures, curtains and blinds

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA on all windows, big spacious living room with fire place, big kitchen with double cooker, oven and microwave and breakfast area, double glazed windows, all the bedrooms with en suite shower/bath, big satellite dish with sky decoder,2 covered parking and storage room, close to American embassy and other amenities – Engomi €1600 (A3ENG0025-R), (photos in the website).

20. 3 bedr new luxury finished penthouse floor apartment, 240sq.m, big sitting and dining area(can fit 2 sitting rooms and dining table), big separate kitchen with cooker, oven, microwave, laundry room and breakfast area, big bedrooms, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, storage heaters, full a/c, blinds on all windows, pressure system, covered parking, big covered veranda, off Iphigenia’s street near Ministry of Education on a small building with 7 flats only. Available in September – Acropolis €1300 (A3ACS0019-R), (photos in the website).

21. 2 bedr new luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, big sitting and dining room, separate kitchen with cooker and oven, blinds on all windows, covered veranda, solar heater, pressure system, covered parking, storage room, on a small building in a quiet neighborhood next to a playground, near Central offices of Cyta and Laiki Head quarters – Dasoupolis €600 (A2DAS0018-R), (photos in

TO LET NICOSIA the website).

22. 4 bedr new luxury finished apartment, 160sq.m+35sq.m covered veranda, big sitting and dining room, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, Daikin air-conditions for hot and cold in all the rooms, 2 bedrs with en suite shower/wc, 4wc, 2 covered parking, in a small modern building off Makarios Avenue in a quiet neighbourhood. Available in August – Nicosia Center €1400 (A4NIC0001-R), (photos in the website).

23. New luxury spacious 3 bedr quality apartment, 165sq.m+ big covered verandah, separate floor heating, full a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms (one en suite), solid parquet floor all the flat, big sitting and dining area (can fit 2 sitting rooms and dining table), electrical appliances in the kitchen which has a breakfast area,2 covered parking, storage room in a very quiet green neighbourhood near the centre and Ag. Andreas - AVAILABLE in AUGUST– Nicosia Center €1450 (A3NIC0004-R), (photos in the website).

24. New luxury 2 bedr apartment, open plan kitchen, 3 a/c for hot and cold, blinds on all the windows, nicely expensive full furnished with real leather sofas, double bed, big dining table, LCD 32”, satellite dish with receiver, internet, very big bedrooms with big and many wardrobes, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet area near BMH – Aglantzia

TO LET NICOSIA €620 (A2AGZ0001-R), (photos in the website).

25. 2 bedr new luxury finished and FURNISHED ground floor apartment, 80sq.m +120sq.m veranda and garden, separate floor heating, full a/c, 2wc, aluminum shutters outside the windows, pressure system, fully expensively fitted with electrical appliances in the kitchen, big covered parking and big storage room, off Athallassa Avenue near English School in a small modern building. AVAILABLE 1st of AUGUST – Strovolos €800 (A2ST10023-R), (photos in the website).

26. 3 bed brand new luxury finished apartment in a small modern design building with 2 bathrooms(one en suite), expensive electrical appliances in the kitchen, double glazed windows with electrical shutter, covered veranda, pressure system, solar heater, central satellite antenna, 2 covered parkings, storage room, security entrance, close to Honda traffic lights walking distance to the centre – Agioi Omologites €850 (A3AOM0009-R), (photos in the website).

27. 3 big bedrs +office space luxury penthouse floor apartment, renovated, central heating independent, full a/c, 230sq.m, double glazed windows,3wc, 2 bathrooms (one en suite), solar heater, pressure system, SKY satellite dish, big sitting and dining areas, solid parquet floor all the flat, big kitchen with cook-

TO LET LIMASSOL er and oven and breakfast area, very nice view of the old city,40sq.m private roof garden area ,covered parking on a small building in the centre of Nicosia near the Museum and the old Hospital. Available middle 15th of SEPTEMBER –Nicosia Centre €1200 (A4NIC0005-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 ***************************** 2 BDRM flat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927.

LIMASSOL FIRST FLOOR HOUSE FOR RENT in Potamos Germasogia. 1 bedroom A/C, full furnished. Parking available large veranda. Call 96717537 FOR RENT one bedroom furnished flat in Katraki building, 100 metres from the sea and Debenhams Olympia. Price €450 (included common expenses). Tel: 99406415 Andreas, fax: 25582963 FOR RENT IN LIMASSOL furnished studio with small verandah, air condition (hot/cold), in the tourist area, opposite the sea, on “Lordos Beach Garden”, 2nd floor. Rent €250

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per month. Information Tel. 25378504.

please contact Yiannakis Georgiou 99451011.

4 BEDROOM recently renovated whole floor apartment of 200sqm.. Fully Furnished.

Opposite sea, swimming pool, tennis court, and security gate.

3 new bathrooms, new kitchen with stainless steel appliances.

2 Covered parkings. Price € 1500/month. Call 99 330 908

OFFICE FOR RENT OPPOSITE SEA WITH amazing sea views.

120sqm, 2 bathrooms, kitchen.

Security system, cabling and server room ready. Price € 1400/month negotiable tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre.com/ listing-LIM-0103

OFFICE FOR RENT opposite sea with amazing sea views.

120sqm, 2 bathrooms, kitchen.

Security system, cabling and server room ready. Price € 1400/month negotiable tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre.com/ listing-LIM-0103

LARNACA

GROUND FLOOR HOUSE 3 bedrooms in Omonia furnished /unfurnished, fire place in sitting room, main sitting room, kitchen, bathroom, utility, shower with W/C. A/C in bedrooms. Covered parking. Price €650. Tel 95 116808 VERY SPACIOUS LUXURY BUNGALOW HOUSE situated in the village of Palodeia, ideal for its proximity to the Heritage school and only 5 miles to Limassol town centre with shops and banks close by. Accommodation comprises of an open plan sitting room/dining area, fully fitted and equipped kitchen, 1 master bedroom with en-suite, 3 large bedrooms, a separate wc/bathroom and an office room. A/c & c/h throughout. In front of the house is a car port for 2 cars but has additional space for another 3 or 4 cars. Price €1250.00pm.

Viewing available after 23/8/12

LARNACA FLAT FOR RENT: Fully-furnished spacious 2-bedroom first floor flat in central location near Metro supermarket, A/C, private parking, intercom system, ensuite bathroom, small block.

Phone: 99354789 PHINIKOUDES PROMENADE one bdr apt on the 4th floor, F/F, a/c. In the most exclusive area on the sea front of the city centre. A panoramic view of the Marina and the sea. Situated right on the sea. Makes life a holiday all year round.

For long term rent only €380.

Tel: 99222197, 99541828.

FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom flat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel: 99202543 **************************** 1. K.S.L LETTINGS – APARTMENT FOR RENT Fully Furnished ground floor 2 bedroom apartment, overlooking pool. Beautifully furnished throughout. 350 Euros per calendar month. Larnaca District.

Quote TLL884. Tel. (00357)

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS 24815104 2. K.S.L LETTINGS – Properties Required for waiting Long Term Tenants. We desperately require 2/3 & 4 bedroom villa’s with private swimming pools for waiting tenants in the Larnaca District. Please call us for a free valuation. Tel.(00357) 24815104 3. K.S.L LETTINGS – largest range of properties. Over 200 rental properties in the Larnaca district at the most competitive rates! Flexible contracts available. Tel. (00357) 24815104 4. WWW.KSLLETTINGS.COM – VILLA FOR RENT Fully furnished 3 bedroom Villa with a good-sized rear garden & Communal pool, located in the village of Oroklini. Call for further information quoting Ref. TLL1189. Tel. (00357) 24815104 CALL 24 815 104 TO ENQUIRE OR ARRANGE A VIEWING – NO OBLIGATION OR FEES. VIEW OUR FULL RANGE OF OVER 200 PROPERTIES

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PAPHOS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT in the heart of Kato Paphos, the property is situated in a quiet,

TO LET PAPHOS private complex, next to archeological site overlooking the light house, very reasonable rent, tel : 99411933 AGIOS NEOPHYTOS, TALA, 2 bedroom house, with a/c, split units, private parking, beautiful garden, very quiet area, with sea views. Rent is negotiable, Tel : 96570227 6 BEDROOM, LUXURY DETACHED VILLA in Chlorakas, for rent. Breathtaking, unobscured sea and mountain views. Close to all amenities, located in a cul de sac in Melanos area with a private road. 6 bed, 2 bathrooms (+2en suite), utility room, outdoor storage, Jacuzzi, private pool, fully A/C, fitted kitchen, large verandas and landscaped gardens. Long term let or sale by owner, call 99414920 **************************** FOR RENT 2bed townhouse 3 km from Paphos centre in small project of 4 units, large swimming pool available, free wifi Large green areas around, sea and mountain views €350 per month .Please call 99439891. **************************** UNIVERSAL AREA, 1 bedroom, furnished apartment, off street parking, quiet area, euro 250 per month, plus electricity, no other charges. Tel : 96523557 **************************** FOR RENT A selection of 1 to 5 bedroom houses & apartments F/F & U/F Universal, Peyia, Tomb of the Kings, Tsada, Timi & Kato Paphos Landlord & Owners please

TO LET PAPHOS call 99329357 Or please view at are website www.cyprussands.com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus ***************************** CHLORAKA, 2 bedroom apartment, only 5 years old, fully furnished with a/c, lovely, large patio area in rear €300 per month, + communal charges please call Malcolm on: 99127031 - no agents **************************** 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. Inf. Mob 99548855 **************************** For your consideration 1. KATHIKAS AREA €450 a modern 2 bedroom, stone walled villa with sea views, large swimming pool and 650 sq metres garden. In a quiet cul-de-sac, available unfurnished or furnished. Solar panels and pressurised water system. A great villa in a fabulous village. Will accept pets.

2. TREMITHOUSA €275 situated in a quiet cul-de-sac, this furnished modern 3 bedroom detached house with small garden is available, a/c throughout and satellite broadband. Offering fantastic views of the sea.

3. TREMITHOUSA €250 luxury 2 bedroom maisonette. Fully furnished with modern furniture and satellite broadband.

Modern furniture with new appliances. & A/c throughout.

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Good sea views. Located in a fabulous village. A must see!

4. CENTRAL PAPHOS €250 modern 1 bedroom top floor apartment, opposite bowling, master with walk-in wardrobe. Fully furnished with all appliances. Lift to all floors.

This complex offers a lovely communal pool area and security barrier entrance. Close to amenities, a great central location.

Call Val on 99166563 Or Liz on 96703403 **************************** UNIVERSAL AREA, 2 bedroom modern furnished town house, communal pool Euro 450 per month Tel 99387842 ***************************** ANAVARGOS, 3 bedroom detached house, low maintenance garden, communal pool, very close to international school, Unfurnished or furnished, euro 550 per month Tel: 99239262 ***************************** EPISKOPI – PAPHOS, 3 bedroom bungalow, unfurnished, a/con, fire-place, spectacular mountain views, large established garden with irrigation, swimming pool, very quiet location, euro 650 ono – long term Please call Micheal: 99655636 - no agents **************************** ONE BEDROOM fully furnished

apartment for rent in Kissonerga. Near Cynthiana Beach hotel and close proximity to Coral Bay. Overlooking the sea and 100 metres from beach. AC in bedroom. Tel: 99-492521/ 99- 673276 **************************** 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 Carrefour, 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 CONTACTOFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. UNIVERSAL AREA €550 spacious 3 bedroom semi detached house all with ensuite bathrooms plus downstairs guest wc. Large storage room & roof terrace. Enclosed garden with private pool. Drive for off street parking. Available unfurnished with sky satellite.

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TO LET PAPHOS Situated in a great central location.

2. TALA €625 unfurnished modern 3 bedroom detached villa offering total privacy & breathtaking sea views. Includes underfloor heating plus real fire. Master with ensuite. Large storage room. Shutters & flyscreens. Covered veranda, garden with mature plants, private pool offering sea views.

Off street parking. A beautiful home.

3. KAMARES €675 we are delighted to offer this 2 bedroom 2 bathroom bungalow offering magnificent sea views. Lovely enclosed garden & private pool. Available unfurnished though can be furnished if desired. Includes central heating throughout plus modern gas fire for those winter months.

Outdoor storage facilities, shaded patio area, fly screens & shutters.

4. KONIA €700 new to the market this spacious detached 3 bedroom villa, master with ensuite. Guest wc. Beautifully furnished with quality modern furniture. Separate modern fitted kitchen plus separate utility room. Shutters to all windows. Roof terrace with sea views. Fully enclosed garden with storage shed, covered barbeque area and private pool offering lovely views.

5. PEYIA €700 rental price in-

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS cludes pool cleaning. Unfurnished 3 bedroom bungalow, master with ensuite. Spacious kitchen & living area. Enclosed garden with well & private pool offering sea views. Covered verandas, private drive for off street parking. Situated in a quiet residential area.

6. PEYIA €750 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 villas 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.

7. KOILI €800 brand new modern detached 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom villa. High quality fixtures & fittings. Spacious living area with real fireplace, plus underfloor heating throughout.

Enclosed garden with private pool. Total plot size 600 sq meters, covered area 220 sq metres. Available unfurnished.

Pets allowed.

8. MESOGI €1250 stunning detached 4 bedroom 5 bathroom villa. One bedroom & ensuite on ground floor. Spacious kitchen with separate utility room. Available unfurnished though includes gas central heating plus real fireplace in living area. Enclosed garden & private pool. Gated entrance with undercover parking. Situated on a private road.

Tel: 97790883 office: 26271858 visit our website for many more properties www.mrrent-paphos.net email: info@ mrrent-paphos.net **************************** RENTAL POINT - PAPHOS

TO LET 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. KAMARES - TALA – 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished luxury bungalow set on an elevated plot on this prestigious development. Open plan living area with feature fireplace, dining area. Separate kitchen with D/W etc. Separate utilty room with access to side garden.

2 double , bedrooms, master with en-suite. Family bathroom. Large verandah overlooking the pool. Sep storage room, covered parking and additional store. Swimming pool, and landscaped gardens. Euros 600.00 a month or sensible offers only 2. TRIMITHOUSA 3 bed 2. bath unfurnished apartment/house set in quiet location with views.

Open plan living area and dining area.. Fully fitted kitchen with appliances . Guest WC. 3 double bedrooms. Family bathroom. Large balcony, offstreet parking. Euros 400.00 a month.

3. KATHIKAS – 3 bed,2 bath unfurnished stone bungalow with no immediate neighbours.. Open plan living area with fireplace with log burner..

Fitted kitchen, utility room. 3 bedrooms, master with ensuite. Family bathroom. Parking, Swimming pool and landscaped garden areas. Very quiet area. Euros 600.00 a month 4. MESA CHORIO – 2 Bed, 2.

TO LET PAPHOS bath fully furnished apartment in good location close to ISOP Open plan living area with dining space. Fitted kitchen, 2 double bedrooms, master with en-suite. Family bathroom. Off street parking & comm. Pool.

Minutes into Paphos. Euros 425. Or close offers 5. GOUDI (near Polis) Outstanding 3 bed, 3.5 bath unfurnished villa. Set in a rural setting the property enjoys privacy with no immediate neighbours. Open plan living area, spacious fitted kitchen.

Guest WC. Ground floor bedroom with en-suite. Stairs to 2 further double bedroom with en-suite. Breakfast area with hob & fridge and seating space. Doors out to large covered verandah with panoramic views. Full A/C, C/H, garage, over-flow tiled pool, SKY dish. Villa has substantial insulation to walls and floors.

Large gardens. Euros 800.00 per month.

6. UNIVERSAL AREA. 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, balcony, shutters, comm. Pool and parking. Euros 400.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Universal.

7. TALA - 5 bed, 3.5 bath large fully furnished villa. Very large property with open plan living area. Fitted kitchen, storage cupboard, guest WC. 2 bedrooms, bathroom on this level with small seating area.

Ideal for dual living. Stairs up to 3 double bedroom, en-suite & family bathroom. Heated swimming pool, A/C, C/H. Electric gates and garden areas. Parking for several cars.

Euros 1500.00 per month or offers.

8. POLEMI – 4 bed 2.5 bath massive unfurnished apartment with own entrance in large landscaped gardens.

Spacious open plan living

FOR SALE

U SEFUL PHONE NUMBERS POLICE DIVISION HQ

HOSPITALS ........ 1400

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

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 AYIA NAPA area with feature fireplace and dining space Huge fitted kitchen and breakfast area.

Guest WC with storage area.4 double bedrooms. Master with en-suite bathroom. Family bathroom. Pretty landscaped gardens, shared pool and off street parking. Quiet rural property.. Euros 550.00 per month. OVNO FOR FULL LISTINGS OF APARTMENTS/TOWNHOUSES 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 **************************** 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.

FOR SALE NICOSIA

FOR SALE PAPHOS

flats, each 3 bedroom. 2 on the ground floor with yards, and 2 on the first floor. 2 on first floor completely renovated. Located in quiet area.

Building recently plastered and painted. €850,000 negotiable Call: 99 330 908 *************************** 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.

on large plot Wrap around veranda with sea & mountain views, Large lounge/ dining room, Large Kitchen, Full C/H Provision for a/c All furniture & car included €295,000 99147929 ***************************

LIMASSOL *************************** 2 BEDROOM FLAT located in Germasoyia with partial sea views, 85sqm less than 10 years old with title deeds Price € 135.000 tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre.com/listing-lim-0361 ***************************

AYIA NAPA LUXURY VILLA with pool & BBQ Close to Nissi Beach, 5 minutes walk, Sleeps 8.

Available 20/8 up to 20/9, SPECIAL PRICE For more info see owner’s direct UK, prop. No CY2141 or call 99775861

PROPERTY FOR SALE NICOSIA FOR SALE, single storey 3-bdrm house, double garage, storeroom, s/pool, nice garden, built on 1800 sq. m. of land located in Pera-Chorio (Nissou), 17 Km. south of Nicosia. Owner is returning to base. Tel. 22 523 399 / 96 799 267 FLAT FOR SALE: 2 BEDROOM FLAT with title deeds, 110 sqm, fully renovated, best central area, 800m from the European University, excellent view, eu 119,000. Tel 99 621914 *************************** FOR SALE IS A BUILDING WITH 4 FLATS, each 3 bedroom. 2 on the ground floor with yards, and 2 on the first floor. 2 on first floor completely renovated. Located in quite area. Building recently plastered and painted. €850,000 euro. negotiable Call: 99 330 908 *************************** FOR SALE is a building with 4

OFFICE/WAREHOUSE FOR RENT 735m² of office space and 1200m² warehousing available for long term rent on Yianni Kranidioti Avenue very close to Carlsberg Brewery.

Easy access to Nicosia-Limassol highway (only 200 metres).

Loading bays for warehouses and parking space for more than 40 cars. Hidden fuel tank plus car mechanics station.

For more information please call 99218866

SALE LIMASSOL 2 bed flat on beach road; light, airy with balcony. New flooring, a/c units, lift 2nd floor, windows 3 sides, own car space. TITLE DEEDS. €115,000.

Tel 99178141 www.homesinternational.info (Les Bois) ***************************

LARNACA JUST ON SEA luxurious two story villa, four en-suite bedrooms, steam baths, roof garden, for sale, at Pervolia beach, 8 kilometres from Larnaca. Asking price €1,499,000. Call 00357 97790619.

AMAZING SEASIDE WATERFRONT BEACH APARTMENT - Immaculate and spacious open-plan living, 2 double bdrms, fantastic sea views, big veranda and parking in exclusive location only 6 minutes to Larnaca airport. This excellent investment property is available immediately with title deeds.

For viewing telephone 99890128.

NEAR MARONI Coastline Larnaca 2 bdrm bungalow

PAPHOS *************************** UNIVERSAL AREA, 1 bedroom apartment with title deeds, c/p, communal pool in small complex of 8, under cover parking, roof terrace, store room and large balcony overlooking the pool, the sale also includes celing fans, white goods and furniture , bargain at : euro 69.500, Tel : 99131044 *************************** FLATS FOR SALE OR RENT: kissonerga, 3 bedroom flat with title deeds, in a block of 4 flats only, fully renovated, 2 baths, 146 sqm closed area, ch, ac, covered parking, excellent view of sea and mountains, half registration fees till 31.12.12. Reduced to eu 135,000,or rent eu 450 pm. Tel 99 621914 *************************** 2 PROPERTIES BETWEEN POLIS AND LATSI. 2 bed townhouse, village centre €69,000 and quiet 3/4 bed house overlooking bay.

2 bath, c.h. wood burner, a.c. bedrooms, salt water 9x6 pool set in approx 2.500 sq.mts. €444,000 Tel: 99995531 *************************** TALA, 5 bdrm villa for sale . Title deeds. Sea and mountain view. 5 en-suite double bedrooms. Central heating, a/c, fireplace. Private L shape s/ pool and garden area, patio, with bbq, bar and pergola.

Car parking. Plot: 620 sq.m.

Covered: 285sqm, €458.000. tel. 99587757. ***************************

AYIA NAPA *************************** AYIA NAPA, rare opportunity, with title deeds, 4 bedroom house, renovated, swimming pool, 300m from best beach, 650 sqm plot. Eu 440,000. Tel 99 621914 *************************** AYIA NAPA, studio for sale, 38 sqm, furnished and fully renovated, with title deed, in licensed complex, 500m from nissi beach, eu 52,000, tel. 99 621914 ***************************

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CHURCHES ALL SAINTS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH (ENGLISH) Sunday Divine Liturgy 8-10am. Followed by Fellowship hour (coffee) Services are now being held at the underground Chapel of All Saints of Cyprus at St. Panteleimonos Church Makedonitissa Archangelos (Engomi) For more info please contact Fr. Joseph Coleman Tel. 99938924 THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AGIOS ARSENIOS, LIMASSOL (near Tsirion Stadium) The Orthodox Liturgy in English Saturday, 4 February at 8:30 am For information please contact: Father M. Spanou at 99 – 401365 (msspanou@googlemail.com)

THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST ANDREW AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST MESA GEITONIA, LIMASSOL The Orthodox Liturgy in English served fortnightly on Saturdays at 9.00 am. We also hold a Discussion Group every Thursday evening at 7.30 pm For information please call Fr. Christopher Klitou Mobile: 99957144 Fax: 25710318 You can email us at: klitoux@logos.cy.net or visit our website: www.christopherklitou.com

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 NEW CHARITYSHOP/T.ROOMS NOW OPEN IN PEYIA. T ROOMS NOW OPEN (next to Peyia Police Station) Volunteers and donations needed please contact Suzanne 99151996 for further information.

NOW OPEN !!!

BOOKSHOP/INFORMATION CENTRE/T-SHOP IN POLIS CONTACT JUDY 99223572 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND DETAILS. PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. BOOK EXCHANGE SHOP TREMITHOUSA Paphiakos Book Exchange Shop, Tremithousa. Special Tuesday sales held on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Tuesdays of each month. For more information Tel 99771763/99283467 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 Shop No.2 Ap Pavlou Avenue, Kato Paphos Shop No.3 Gr. Afxentiou Avensia Court 3 Larnaca Shop No.4 9 Ayiou Ioanni Street 3061 Limassol Our shops are always happy to receive your unwanted goods!

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.

PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. ANIMAL WELFARE URGENTLY NEEDS PASTA TO HELP FEED THE DOGS AND SOFT FOOD FOR ALL THE CATS. DONATIONS CAN BE MADE AT THE CLINIC. PLEASE SPONSOR AN ANIMAL OR BECOME A MEMBER TO ENSURE PAPHIAKOS CAN CONTINUE WIH THEIR NECESSARY WORK. Telephone Jan 26946461 ex 114 or 97614008 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!!

THE DONKEYS AT PAPHIAKOS WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO HELP YOU GET RID OF YOUR UNWANTED CAROBS. PLEASE DELIVER TO THE CLINIC AND GIVE THE DONKEYS A SPECIAL TREAT! FEELING THE HEAT? THINK ABOUT THE ANIMALS NEEDING WATER AND SHADE. MAKE SURE DOGS ARE NOT LEFT IN CARS THEY BECOME OVENS IN SUMMER!!

For further advice or assistance contact the clinic 26953496 or visit the website www.cyprusanimalwelfare.com

Tel. 99 293489, 99 279960 Email: immanuel.church.nicosia@gmail.com

DEUTSCHE GOTTESDIENSTE IN ZYPERN

LARNAKA COMMUNITY CHURCH APHRODITE STREET, LARNAKA 10.00 AM MORNING SERVICE and SUNDAY SCHOOL For more details ring Fred 24365152

Nikosia: Am 1. und 3. Samstag im Monat in der St. Paul’s Cathedral um 18 Uhr Limassol: Am 2. Sonntag im Monat im Gemeindehaus in Germasogeia um 11 Uhr Am 4. Sonntag im Monat in der St. Barnabaskirche um 18 Uhr Paphos: Am 2. Samstag in der Kirche an der Paulussaeule um 16 Uhr Agia Napa: Am 4. Sonntag im Monat im Hof des Klosters um 9.30 Uhr

Open Door Baptist Church

Näheres Informationen durch Pfarrer Dr. Herold, Tel 25-317092 oder im Internet www.ev-kirche-zypern.de

GRACE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH Invites you to COME AND EXPERIEBNCE THE LOVE OF GOD WITH US Int. Christian Business Fellowship Meeting Centre Sundays: 10.00am Sunday School 11.00 am Main Service (Dine with us centre services) Wednesdays: Prayer meeting 6pm Address: To Arsinois Str., 1010 Nicosia (Next to Western Union Office to KISA) Contact: 99988900 or 97667932.

VISITORS ESPECIALLY WELCOME!!!

THE REFORMED CHURCH OF LIMASSOL

CONTACT DETAILS FOR PAPHIAKOS.

Sunday School (Juniors and Teens) Outreach and Evangelism Bible Studies

Website: www.immanuelchurchnicosia.org

9 Larnakos Street Katholiki Area Limassol Sundays: 9:45, 11:00 AM, 1:30 PM Wednesdays: 7:30 PM 25 751193 or 99 758729 www.cbm-odbc.org

FOR PAPHIAKOS ANIMAL WELFARE SOS HELPLINE, 24 HOUR MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICE - CALL 99655581

Family oriented evangelical church Contemporary Christian Worship Sunday 10am (Holy Communion - 1st Sunday of the month)

Clear exposition of the Bible in the presence of God, and relevant to our lives.

Our Sunday services start at 10:30 am sharp, and the Wednesday Bible discussion at 7 pm.

International Evangelical Church (Reformed) is located at 352 St. Andrew’s Street. 1½ blocks from Starbucks / Fat Boy, and 1 block from the Municipal Gardens, Zoo. For further information call Steve at 99384742, or email: iee.limassol@gmail.com All are welcome!

NICOSIA CHRISTIAN CENTRE 10 PINDOU STR, ENGOMI, NICOSIA, TEL. 22464375 SERVICES: SUNDAY 10AM, WEDNESDAY 8PM St Barnabas’ Anglican Church 153 Leontiou A Street Limassol www.stbarnabas-cyprus.com Telephone: 25362713 - All welcome HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH, PAPHOS GATE, NICOSIA Sunday Masses: Saturdays 6.30 pm, Sundays 8.00am, 9.30am & 6.30pm Weekday Masses: 6.30 pm Monday to Friday Tel: 22662132 Email: holcross@logos.cy.net

GRACE CHURCH, LARNACA 8 Ayiou Neofytou St Sundays 10 a.m.

Also Midweek Meetings Details: Colin 24530700

The Anglican Church of Paphos Ayia Kyriaki (St. Paul by the Pillar) Sunday 8.15am Holy Eucharist 6.00pm Sung Eucharist 4th Sunday 6.00pm Choral Evensong Wednesday 9.00am Holy Eucharist rd 3 Wednesday (BCP) St. Stephen’s, Tala 1st & 3rd Sunday 11.00 am Holy Eucharist 2nd & 4th Sunday 11.00am Morning Worship St. Luke’s, Prodromi 1st & 5th Sunday 9.30am Morning Worship 2nd , 3rd & 4th Sunday 9.30am Holy Eucharist 1st & 3rd Wednesday 9.30am Holy Eucharist 1st Sunday 6.00 p.m. Peace & Wholeness with Holy Eucharist 4th Sunday every quarter 9.30 am Holy Eucharist from BPC Church Office: 26-953044 Fax: 26-952486 Email: anglicancofp@cytanet.com.cy for directions to each church

St Helena’s Anglican Church, Larnaca St Helena’s Court, Grigoris Afx Sunday Service: Holy Communion 9.30 am ALL WELCOME Tel:24651327 office@sainthelenas.com

International EVANGELICAL CHURCH (Reformed) Limassol 352 St. Andrew’s Street (1½ blocks from Starbucks/Fat Boy) Sunday worship 10:30am Wednesday Bible Discussion 7pm For info: 99384742 ALL ARE WELCOME

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Television CYBC 2

ANTENNA

MEGA

SIGMA

PLUS TV

08.00 Kids’ TV 12.00 Track & Field Men’s Pole Vault - Qualification, Women’s Hammer Throw Qualification, Men’s Decathlon - 100m, Men’s 5000m Round 1, Men’s Decathlon - Long Jump and Women’s 800m - Round 1.

14.30 Equestrian Indiv. Jumping Final Round A. 15.30 Olympic Games No further details supplied.

16.00 Volleyball Men’s Quarterfinal #1.

17.40 Olympic Games No further details supplied.

17.55 Equestrian Individual Jumping - Final Jump-Off. 18.05 Volleyball Men’s Quarterfinal #2.

19.30 News In English 19.40 News In Turkish 19.50 Track & Field Men’s Decathlon High Jump, Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification, Men’s 110m Hurdles - Semifinals, Women’s 1500m - Semifinals, Women’s Long Jump - Final, Men’s 200m - Semifinals, Women’s 400m Hurdles - Final, Women’s 200m Final, Men’s 110m Hurdles - Final and en’s Decathlon 400m.

00.00 Beach Volleyball (R) Women’s Gold Medal Match.

01.00 Olympic News Channel

06.30 Proini Enimerosi 07.00 Tis Ellados Ta Paidia (rpt) 07.30 Oi Men Kai Oi Den (rpt) 08.35 Fast Money (rpt) 08.45 Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) 09.30 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 10.20 To Evdomo Kleidi (rpt) 10.50 Deixe Mou To Filo Sou (rpt) 11.30 Santa Yiolanta (rpt) 12.15 Tin Patisa (rpt) 13.00 News 13.15 Galileo (rpt) 14.00 Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) 14.40 Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) 15.30 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 16.20 Krifa Monopatia (rpt) 17.10 Mi Mou Les Antio (rpt) 18.00 News 18.10 Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) 18.50 Tin Patisa (rpt) 19.30 Eva Luna 20.20 News 21.20 Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) 22.50 House (rpt) First season.

‘Fidelity’. A woman contracts African sleeping sickness, but she and her husband have never visited the continent.

23.30 News 23.45 Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) 00.35 Kai Oi Pantremenoi Ehoun Psihi 01.20 Ellas To Megaleio Sou (rpt) 02.10 Tmima Ithon (rpt) 02.45 News

06.30 Paralliloi Dromoi (rpt) 07.00 Yia Sena (rpt) 08.40 Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes (rpt) 09.20 Denis O Tromeros 10.00 Proino Mou (rpt) Lifestyle programme features entertainment, music and more.

Hosted by real life couple Giorgos Liagas and Fay Skorda.

07.00 Erotas Me Epidotisi 07.45 An M’ Agapas 08.40 Oi Takkoi 10.00 Vourate Geitonoi (rpt) 11.00 I Kouzina Tis Mamas (rpt) 11.15 Eho Ena Mistiko (rpt) 12.00 Vasiliki (rpt) 13.40 Efialtis Stin Kouzina (rpt) 14.30 Oikogeneiakes Istories (rpt) 16.40 Baywatch (rpt) 17.30 Pame Paketo (rpt) Greek talk-show.

With News at 18.00.

18.15 Tropico Latin American telenovela.

19.10 The Del Monte Heirs Latin American telenovela.

20.20 News 21.20 Irthe kai Edese 22.10 To Kokkino Domatio 23.20 The 4400 Second season.

‘Wake-Up Call’. Part 2 of 2. Drama about two FBI agents investigating the mysterious reappearance of 4,400 missing persons.

00.00 News 00.05 Sex And The City (rpt) 00.45 Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) 01.45 Allou Ximeromenoi (rpt) 02.20 Alithinoi Erotes (rpt) 03.05 Eleni (rpt) 05.20 Tropico (rpt)

07.45 Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of 09.15 Kids’ TV 11.50 Ta Kopelia Local comedy series.

12.30 Thema Gevsis Cookery show.

13.30 Star News 14.15 Kids’ TV 16.15 Exelixeis Stin Showbiz 16.45 Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of (rpt) 17.50 Mila Best Of (rpt) Discussions about various issues based on woman’s life.

18.50 Nistikoi Praktores (rpt) Cooking show, with helpful tips on eating well and nutrition.

19.40 Fotis Maria Live Best Of (rpt) 21.10 Exelixeis Stin Showbiz 22.00 FILM: New Jack City Two maverick cops set out to topple a drugs baron who has transformed an apartment block into a seemingly impregnable fortress. Gritty action thriller, with Wesley Snipes and Ice-T. 1991.

23.30 Supernatural (rpt) Fifth season of fantasy drama. ‘I Believe the Children Are Our Future’.

The brothers track down a youngster whose belief in fairy tales is so strong that it is starting to have deadly consequences.

00.50 LTV Sports News 01.50 Star News 02.40 Repeats

CYBC 1 06.45 News (rpt) 08.00 Concert 09.30 Chef Ston Aera (rpt) Cooking show offering viewers quick, simple and economical recipes.

10.00 Reload Summer 12.00 Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) Local comedy series, which happend to be longest running show on Cyprus TV. 13.00 Apo Mera Se Mera 15.30 Lottery Draw 15.35 Syn Plyn Local talk-show with studio discussion and viewers calling in.

17.00 Global Ideas (rpt) Documentary series that features people across the world pursuing innovative projects to counter global warming.

17.30 Entehnos 18.00 News 18.15 Last Train Home Chinese documentary film directed by Lixin Fan 2009. See Film Picks.

20.00 News / Weather/ Financial Report 21.00 Vimata Stin Ammo (rpt) Local period drama, based on true events.

21.30 Ego Ki Esi (rpt) Local comedy series.

22.00 Basketball Showing two Men’s Quarterfinals.

Interrupted by News at 00.00.

02.00 Repeats

12.00 Yia Banaki 15.00 I Dada (rpt) Greek comedy series.

16.10 I Ora I Kali (rpt) 17.40 Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes Greek drama series.

18.20 News 18.30 Mousiko Kouti Greek game show, testing contestants on their music knowledge.

19.20 Peninta Peninta (rpt) Greek comedy series, not to be confused with spinoff game show that goes by the same name.

20.10 News 21.20 Eftyhismenoi Mazi (rpt) Greek comedy series.

22.20 Daddy Cool (rpt) 23.20 Singles (rpt) 00.00 News 00.10 The Shield Police drama series chronicling the turbulent day-today life of the Strike Team, a group of corrupt Los Angeles cops.

01.00 Yia Banaki (rpt) 03.30 Tia Sena (rpt)

CAPITAL 08.00 10.30 11.00 11.30 13.15 15.05

17.20 18.15 19.15 19.50 20.05 21.00

23.00

00.40

02.25

Kids’ TV Magikos Kosmos I Kori Tou Mistral Deste Tous Greek FILM: Dokimasia FILM: A River Runs Through It Two fly-fishing sons of a Presbyterian minister - one reserved, one rebellious - grow up in rural Montana.

Drama, starring Brad Pitt. 1992.

O Anthropos Tis Thalassas Melrose Place With News at 18.30.

News Sports Time Rubi FILM: Maid In Manhattan A senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman’s dress.

Romantic comedy, starring Jennifer Lopez. 2002.

FILM: Legacy Of Fear A detective pursues the same serial killer who murdered her mother 30 years ago before her eyes. Thriller, starring Teri Polo.

2006.

FILM: Purgatory Flats A doctor escaping his troubled past flees to a small town, where a seductive woman leads him into danger. Thriller, starring Vincent Ventresca. 2002.

FILM: Tycus Sci-fi drama, starring Dennis Hopper. 2000.

Radio BBC World Service (1323 MW) 00:01 BBC News 00:06 The Documentary: Just Add Cash but could inflation actually be good for you? Max Flint investigates.”

00:30 BBC News Summary 00:32 Click 00:50 From Our Own Correspondent 01:01 BBC News 01:06 World Briefing 01:30 BBC News Summary 01:32 World Business Report 01:50 Sports News 02:01 BBC News 02:06 World Briefing 02:30 BBC News Summary 02:32 Business Daily 02:50 Sports News 03:01 BBC News 03:06 World Briefing 03:30 BBC News Summary 03:32 World Business Report 03:50 Witness 04:01 BBC News 04:06 HARDtalk 04:30 BBC News Summary 04:32 Outlook 05:01 BBC News 05:06 Newsday 05:30 BBC News Summary 05:32 Newsday 06:01 BBC News 06:06 Newsday 06:30 BBC News Summary 06:32 Click 06:50 From Our Own Correspondent 07:01 BBC News 07:06 Newsday 07:30 BBC News Summary 07:32 The Strand 07:50 Witness 08:01 BBC News 08:06 Newsday 08:30 BBC News Summary 08:32 Newsday 09:01 BBC News 09:06 Newsday 09:30 BBC News Summary 09:32 Newsday 10:01 BBC News 10:06 Outlook 10:30 BBC News Summary 10:32 Business Daily 10:50 From Our Own Correspondent 11:01 BBC News 11:06 HARDtalk 11:30 BBC News Summary 11:32 Click 11:50 Sports News 12:01 BBC News 12:06 World Update 12:30 BBC News Summary 12:32 World Update 13:01 BBC News 13:06 World Briefing 13:30

BBC News Summary 13:32 The Strand 13:50 Witness 14:01 BBC News 14:06 World Have Your Say 14:30 BBC News Summary 14:32 Business Daily 14:50 Sports News 15:01 BBC News 15:06 Newshour 15:30 BBC News Summary 15:32 Newshour 16:01 BBC News 16:06 HARDtalk 16:30 BBC News Summary 16:32 Outlook 17:01 BBC News 17:06 World Briefing 17:30 BBC News Summary 17:32 Click 17:50 From Our Own Correspondent 18:01 BBC News 18:06 World Briefing 18:30 BBC News Summary 18:32 Sport Today 18:50 Witness 19:01 BBC News 19:06 World Briefing 19:30 BBC News Summary 19:32 World Business Report 20:01 BBC News 20:06 World Have Your Say 20:30 BBC News Summary 20:32 World Have Your Say 21:01 BBC News 21:06 World Briefing 21:30 BBC News Summary 21:32 Business Daily 21:50 From Our Own Correspondent 22:01 BBC News 22:06 Outlook 22:30 BBC News Summary 22:32 The Strand 22:50 Witness 23:01 BBC News 23:06 Newshour 23:30 BBC News Summary 23:32 Newshour

BFBS 1

(N’sia 91.7, WSBA 92.1, ESBA 99.6 FM) 02.00 BFBS Bass’d 04.00 BFBS Shuffle 05.00 Ops Breakfast 06.00 Cyprus Breakfast With Mark Humphries 09.00 Chris Pearson 11.00 Steve Knight 13.00 Total Ops Connection 15.00 Wez Thompson 18.00 Charlene Guy 21.00 Jessie Aru 00.00 BFBS Rocks

BFBS 2 (Ni’sia 89.7, WSBA 89.9, ESBA 95.3 FM) 03.00 BFBS Radio News 03.03 BFBS Gold With Dave Windsor 04.00 Up All Night 07.00 Morning Reports 07.30 Wake Up To Money 08.00 Today 11.00 Simon Marlow 14.00 BFBS Gold With Dave Windsor 15.00 World At One 15.45 Simon Guettier 19.00 PM 20.00 6 O’Clock News 4 20.30 Five Live Olympics 00.30 Late Night Olympics LiveCyBC2 (91.1, 92.4 FM) 06.00-7.30 Programmes in Turkish with News at 7.30 07.40 Good morning Cyprus 10.00-12.00 Kalimerhamba 12.00 Gunortasa 12.45 Greek Cyprus Press 13.00 Turkish Music 13.15 News in Turkish 13.30 News in English 13.45 PM Classics 16.00 Greek Radio 16.15 Our country doesn’t divide 16.50 News in Turkish 17.0018.00 Programmes in Armenian; News at 17.15 18.00-20.00 Round & About 20.00 News in English 20.10 Welcome to Cyprus in French and German 20.40 Ship of Fools with Robert Camassa 22.00 News in English 22.00 International Music 00.00-06.00 Rebroadcast of the evening’s programme

and Exchange 09.05 Nathan Morley 12.00 BBC News 12.06 Lunchtime Classics 15.00 BBC News 15.06 Chris Yearley 18.00 News 18.06 Michael Godin 19.00 The Juke Box

98.5 Rock FM The Breakfast Show - Tony Newell - 07:00-10:00 2 Hours With Bejay Browne 10:00-12:00 Rock Fm’s Lunch Box - Jason Collins 12:00-14:00 Non Stop Music 14:00-15:00 Valentina 15:00-18:00 Monday - Tuesday - Thursday - Friday Liquid Radio Show - Pavlos - 15:00-18:00 Wednesday Drive Time - Johny G. 18:00-20:00 Monday - Tuesday Johny G. 18:00-20:00 Wednesday (Mix @ 6) The Cocktail Show - Antonis - 18:00-20:00 Thursday - Friday Panic In The Year Zero - 20:00-22:00 Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday Radioactive Metal - 20:00-22:00 - Thursday Live Dj Set- Dj Allen D 20:00-22:00 - Friday 22:00-24:00 The Gathering - With Your Hosts Dj Mr Smith And Mc Svennyb – Live Wednesday & Friday Night Train 24:00-07:00 Monday To Friday Oldies Digital

(Hotbird SAT / (www.oldies-digital.com)

MONDAY-FRIDAY

Radio Napa (106.3 FM) 06.00 Morning Music 08.30 BBC World Today 09.00 News, Weather

05:00 That Was The Year 06:00 Easy Going Gold 10:00 The Juke Box 17:00 That Was The Year 18:00 Oldies Overnights - Hear the greatest hits of all time playing non stop during the darkest hours.

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Television PICK OF THE DAY The Veteran (Novacinema1, 22.00) There are, broadly speaking, two schools of British cinema, the Downton Abbey school and the ‘Oi! Did you spill my pint?’ school - and you only have to watch the fi rst five minutes of The Veteran to know which school it belongs to. There isn’t even any dialogue in those five minutes, nothing but Miller (played by Toby Kebbell), a soldier just back from the war in Afghanistan. He puts away his red beret, along with a photo of old comrades.

He does push-ups. He jogs. He looks at himself in the mirror - and suddenly spits at his reflection.

Later, he punches the mirror violently. Later still, he looks out at his South London council estate, where the kids are in gangs and everything’s going to hell. He and his fellow ex-soldiers can’t fi nd a job in civilian life, so they waste time in pubs (presumably yelling ‘Oi! Did you spill my pint?’ at hapless patrons) and sleep badly at night, haunted by dreams of dead friends. And there’s another thing: we’ve already seen Miller looking at a Muslim woman in the Tube, his expression ambiguous to put it mildly.

No surprise that our hero is tempted when shady Home Office bods ask him to help take down a cell of home-grown Islamists, “get the job done right this time” - and the fi lm plays on the links between Back Home and Over There, following

two different plots. One has Miller turning into a secret agent, in which capacity he’s beaten up

by Chechen thugs, nearly garrotted by the KLA (“Kosovo,” adds someone, for the uninitiated) and gets tied to a chair so his head can be cut off with a saw, Daniel Pearl-style. The other one is set on the estate, where Miller’s old friend Fahad worries about his (Fahad’s) pre-teen brother and a drug lord with delusions of grandeur quotes Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. Clearly, not a lot of Downton Abbey in this fi lm’s DNA - but it’s still a superior action thriller with state-of-the-nation pretensions. There’s a potent sense of a bitter, cynical Britain, ravaged by hoodies and feeling betrayed by its leaders; even the Chechen thugs admit that Afghanistan is “a stupid war”, and the book-quoting drug lord explains to Miller that the war was about “protecting supply lines” (i.e. ensuring a steady stream of drugs), thereby linking Back Home with Over There and setting up the rather dodgy climax where our hero brings the war to London, going on a vigilante shooting spree. Above all there’s Kebbell, taciturn and impressively gritty as a weary man simmering with inchoate rage. You wouldn’t want to spill his pint. Made in 2011.

Preston Wilder

FILM PICKS

SATELLITE

Last Train Home (CyBC1, 18.15) The last fi lm in CyBC’s excellent season, tying in with the Limassol Documentary Festival - and this one isn’t playing in the festival but it’s still superb, starting out merely as a good documentary but slowly becoming defi nitive. Its subject is China, using the annual madness that accompanies Chinese New Year - a mass exodus in which around 130 million migrant workers get on trains and go back to their villages for a brief reunion with their families - to show three generations of Chinese society: Grandma in the village, still living the old rural life, parents killing themselves working in the city, teenage daughter wanting more, unwilling to endure constant privations, ending up dancing in a Westernstyle nightclub. A portrait of a numbed, constricted society, family relations limited to constant exhortations to “Study hard!” - culminating in a family meltdown (where the daughter, shockingly, talks back to the camera) that hits surprisingly hard, like a symbol for the country as a whole. In Mandarin; made in 2009.

Thor (Novacinema2, 14.10) 07:00 Baboons With Bill Bailey 07:25 Corwin’s Quest 08:15 Dick ‘N’ Dom Go Wild 08:40 Breed All About It 09:10 Growing Up... 10:05 Monster Bug Wars 11:00 Wildlife Sos 11:25 Orangutan Island 11:55 Animal Cops Houston 12:50 Rescue Vet 13:45 Animal Precinct 14:40 Monster Bug Wars 15:30 Baboons With Bill Bailey 16:00 Dick ‘N’ Dom Go Wild 16:30 Natural Born Hunters 17:25 Dogs Vs. Cats - Dogs Vs. Cats 18:20 Cats 101 19:15 Wildlife Sos 19:40 Orangutan Island 20:10 Monkey Life 20:35 Animal Battlegrounds 21:05 Monster Bug Wars 22:00 Wildest Latin America 22:55 Galapagos 23:50 Animal Cops Houston 00:45 I’m Alive 01:40 Untamed & Uncut 02:35 Wildest Latin America 03:30 Galapagos 04:25 Monster Bug Wars 05:20 Monkey Life 05:45 Animal Battlegrounds 06:10 Rescue Vet

It Happened to Jane (Nova Classics, 21.00) “I knew Doris Day before she became a virgin,” quipped Groucho Marx - and this is what he had in mind, a gloriously blithe comedy with Miss Day at her least repressed (that whole persona started in Pillow Talk, made the same year). She’s actually a single mum, running a lobster business in a small town - and she decides to sue ruthless tycoon Ernie Kovacs after his company damages a lobster shipment, helped by Jack Lemmon at his most irresistibly exasperated as a friendly lawyer.

Not all good (there’s a cringe-making kiddie song and a tediously ‘inspiring’ speech about the American Way), but when it’s good it’s good in a joyous, deeply satisfying way they just don’t make anymore. Made in 1959.

New Jack City (PlusTV, 22.00) Ah, the early 90s: America in the grip of a crack-cocaine epidemic and the ghettos getting their very own Scarface (a fi lm beloved by the hip-hop crowd) in the person of Nino Brown, played by current jailbird Wesley Snipes.

Nino gets in the crack business and is doing very nicely, thank you - but a brave cop (played by rapper Ice-T) is determined to stop him, even if it means infi ltrating his circle by becoming a drug pusher himself. Something of a cult movie, though in fact it isn’t very good - a generic rise-and-fall saga tarted up with snappy dialogue (“Money talks, and bullshit runs a marathon”), Snipes’ regal charisma and that whole early-90s vibe. “A serious, smart fi lm with an impact that lingers after the lights go up,” disagreed Roger Ebert 20 years ago, then again those were different times. Made in 1991.

Last Train Home (CyBC1, 18.15)

01:25 Bleak House 02:25 2 Point 4 Children 02:55 Eastenders 03:25 Doctors 03:55 Life On Mars 04:45 Coast 05:45 The Weakest Link 06:302 Point 4 Children 07:00 Teletubbies 07:25 The Roly Mo Show 07:40 Forget Me Not Farm 07:55 Me Too 08:15 Teletubbies 08:40 The Roly Mo Show 08:55 Forget Me Not Farm 09:10 Me Too 09:30 After You’ve Gone 10:00 2 Point 4 Children 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 Eastenders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 Bleak House 13:15 London Hospital 14:10 Lead Balloon 14:50 The Weakest Link 15:35 Eastenders 16:05 Doctors 16:35 Bleak House 17:35 London Hospital 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 Eastenders 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Casualty 21:00 My Family 21:30 Beautiful People 22:00 Afterlife 22:50 Roger & Val Have Just Got In 23:20 Last Of The Summer Wine 23:50 The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: Highlights

07:00 Fifth Gear 07:25 Dirty Jobs 08:15 Deadliest Catch 09:10 Extreme Fishing 10:05 Mythbusters 11:00 How Do They Do It? 11:30 Destroyed In Seconds 11:55 Ultimate Survival 12:50 Wheeler Dealers 13:45 Futurecar 14:40 American Chopper 15:35 Dirty Jobs 16:30 Mythbusters 17:25 Deadliest Catch 18:20 Extreme Fishing 19:15 River Monsters 20:10 How It’s Made 20:40 How Do They Do It? 21:05 Flying Wild Alaska 22:00 Gold Rush 22:55 Extreme Fishing 23:50 River Monsters 00:45 Hillbilly Handfishin’ 01:40 Flying Wild Alaska 02:40 Extreme Fishing 03:40 River Monsters 04:40 Hillbilly Handfishin’ 05:35 How It’s Made 06:00 Overhaulin’

04:00 Cycling: Summer Olympic Games London 05:00 Gymnastics: Summer Olympic Games London 06:00 Weightlifting: Summer Olympic Games London 07:00 Olympic Games: Together To London 07:30 Olympic Games: English Breakfast 09:30 Athletics: Summer Olympic Games London 11:30 Canoeing: Summer Olympic Games London 12:45 Athletics: Summer Olympic Games London 15:45 Multisports: Summer Olympic Games London 17:45 Equestrian: Summer Olympic Games London 18:15 Table

06:10 9 To 5 08:00 Guess Who 09:45 Cars 2 11:30 Cine News 12:20 I Am Number Four 14:10 Thor 17:35 Films & Stars 18:10 The Company Men 20:00 Country Strong 22:00 Malena 23:55 Black Hawk Down 02:20 Oranges And Sunshine 04:05 Cine News 04:40 Paul

20:15 Loufa Kai Apallagi 22:00 Ncis Broken Arrow 23:00 Solitary Man 00:35 Cine News 01:30 Hard Intrusion 02:50 Nylon Nymphos

18:55 Against All Odds 21:00 In Love And War 22:55 The Back-Up Plan 00:45 The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader Tennis: Summer Olympic Games London 20:00 Athletics: Summer Olympic Games London 00:00 Olympic Games: Together To London 00:30 Basketball: Summer Olympic Games London 02:00 Diving: Summer Olympic Games London 02:30 Canoeing: Summer Olympic Games London 03:30 Equestrian: Summer Olympic Games London

05:30 The Amazing Race 06:15 Family Guy 07:05 Lost 07:50 How I Met Your Mother 08:40 Terriers 09:25 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 10:10 The Amazing Race 10:55 Family Guy 11:45 Lost 12:30 How I Met Your Mother 13:20 Terriers 14:05 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 14:50 Lights Out 16:20 The Amazing Race 17:05 Family Guy 17:55 Lost 18:40 How I Met Your Mother 19:30 Terriers 20:15 Criminal Minds 21:00 Lights Out 22:30 Terriers 23:20 Lights Out 00:50 The Amazing Race 01:35 Family Guy 02:25 Lost 03:15 The Life & Times Of Tim 03:45 How I Met Your Mother 04:40 Terriers

07:00 Pawn Stars 08:00 Decoded 09:00 Battle 10:00 Pawn Stars 11:00 Ax Men 12:00 Storage Wars 13:00 American Pickers 14:00 Battle 15:00 Decoded 16:00 Storage Wars 17:00 American Pickers 18:00 Battle 19:00 Decoded 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Ax Men 22:00 Lock N’ Load 23:00 Top Shot 00:00 Pawn Stars 01:00 Ax Men 02:00 Lock N’ Load 03:00 Top Shot 04:00 Decoded 05:00 Battle 06:00 Ax Men

07:30 Not With My Wife, You Don’t! 09:30 Alice In Wonderland (2010) 11:30 Flirting With Flamenco 13:15 Hollywood Buzz 14:00 Cold Creek Manor 16:00 Action Zone 16:30 Videofashion 17:05 Paper Man 19:00 Friends 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Single Man 23:00 Dolores Claiborne 01:15 Hustler TV 03:00 And Soon The Darkness 04:45 Change Of Plans 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Baby Looney Tunes 07:25 Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs 08:15

Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures 08:40 Loonatics Unleashed 09:05 Scooby-Doo Where Are You! 09:30 Superman: The Animated Series 09:55 Big Cartoonie Show 10:20 Tak & The Power Of Juju 10:45 Fanboy & Chum Chum 11:10 X’s 11:35 Ni Hao, Kai-Lan 12:00 Dora The Explorer 12:25 Spongebob Squarepants 13:15 Mighty B! 13:40 My Life As A Teenage Robot 14:05 Hey Arnold! 14:30 Icarly 15:20 Legion Of Super Heroes 17:00 ATP World Tour Uncovered 18:00 Planet Speed 18:30 Makeover: Hunt Dog Edition 19:00 PGA Tour Classic Films 20:00 Espn History Of Cricket 22:30 Planet Speed 23:00 2012 Indy Car Series 01:30 Spirit Of Yachting 02:00 Best Soccer Games Of The Season: Primera Division 04:00 Planet Speed 04:30 Best Soccer Games Of The Season: Barclay’s Premier League 06:30 Spirit Of Yachting

07:15 According To Jim 08:00 Big Bang Theory 08:25 Sons Of Anarchy 10:05 Two And A Half Men 10:30 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 11:15 Chuck 12:45 Supernatural 13:30 According To Jim 14:20 Sons Of Anarchy 16:05 Friends 16:30 Trust Me 17:15 Hawaii Five-0 18:45 Supernatural 19:30 Desperate Housewives 20:15 House M.D. 21:00 United States Of Tara 21:30 Borgias 23:20 True Blood 00:20 Shattered Silence 02:00 Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past 03:50 Friends 04:15 Trust Me 05:00 Hawaii Five-0 06:30 Desperate Housewives

07:40 Action Zone 08:15 Greatest 10:00 Impostors 11:45 One Fine Day 13:45 Secret Life Of An American Wife 15:30 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 18:00 Nuts (1987) 20:00 Must Love Dogs 22:00 Straight Time 00:05 Daring!

TV 03:45 Beatdown 05:30 Order Of Redemption

06:00 Fright Night - 2011 07:50 Sling Blade 10:05 Hollywood 1on1 10:45 Age Of Innocence 14:50 Cine News 15:50 Love Crime 17:40 Lily’s Sometimes 19:40 Spotlight On 22:00 Veteran 23:50 Point Blank 01:20 Cedar Rapids 02:50 Cine News 03:40 Friday

21:00 It Happened To Jane 22:40 The Eyes Of Laura Mars

02:00 MLB: New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers 05:00 Speedway World Cup Malilla, Sweden 06:00 Tour of Utah Highlights 07:00 Golf with Style - Canouan Island 08:00 Morning Drive 09:00 Golf Central International LIVE From The PGA Championship 10:00 MLB: New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers 13:00 Props 7 Best of Props ‘10 13:30 Props 7 Best of Mega Tour 14:00 Wrecked Dominating The Market 14:30 101 Cars You Must Drive I’m Just Here for the Sex 15:00 Champions Tour Highlights 3M Championship 16:00 Asian Tour The Open Championship 16:30 Inside the PGA Tour 17:00 Mobil 1 The Grid 17:30 PRE GAME(E) 18:15 CHAMPIONSHIP LAIKI POPULAR BANK 2011-12: ARHS VS APOLLON (E) 20:15 POST GAME (E) 21:00 Prime/Time Boxing 23:00 Tour of Utah 01:00 Pipe Dream - The Teach

07:00 Globe Trekker 08:00 Exotic Lives 09:00 Essential 09:30 Travel Today 10:00 Glutton For Punishment 11:00 The Thirsty Traveler 11:30 Chef Abroad 12:00 Globe Trekker 14:00 Planet Food 15:00 Flavours Of Chile 15:30 Flavours Of Peru 16:00 Globe Trekker 17:00 Flavours Of Chile 18:00 Glutton For Punishment 19:00 Globe Trekker 20:00 4real 20:30 Essential 21:00 Cruise Today 21:30 Essential 22:00 Third Class Traveller 23:00 Globe Trekker 00:00 Nomad’s Land 01:00 4real 01:30 Essential 02:00 Cruise Today 02:30 Essential 03:00 Third Class Traveller 04:00 Globe Trekker 05:00 Glutton For Punishment 06:00 The Thirsty Traveler 06:30 Chef Abroad

06.00 Dream Wife 07.40 A Life Of Her Own 09.25 Come Fly With Me 11.15 The Comedians 13.45 High Society 15.30 The Opposite Sex 17.25 The Twenty-Fifth Hour 19.25 What’s Up, Doc? 21.00 Poltergeist 22.50 The Split 00.20 The Last Run 01.55 Ziegfeld Girl 04.05 Now, Voyager

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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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18 Small wave of laughter perhaps (6) 21 Fellow getting hot in Belgian city (5) 22 Confident that it is out, say (4)

Answers to crossword 2154 CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Walk-out; 7 Rehash; 8 Tabasco; 10 Brace; 11 Released; 13 Chi; 14 Kilt; 15 Brae; 16 Son; 18 Undercut; 20 Oread; 22 Evident; 23 Bustle; 24 Dynamic. Down – 1 Water-pistol; 2 Libel; 3 Obstacle; 4 Trowel; 5 Chub; 6 Askance; 9 Peripatetic; 12 Friesian; 14 Knees-up; 17 Indeed; 19 Cream; 21 Duty.

QUICK: Across – 1 Bemused; 7 Oblong; 8 Renfrew; 10 Wiper; 11 Enhanced; 13 Ess; 14 Site; 15 Pact; 16 Roc; 18 Cockcrow; 20 Attic; 22 Glamour; 23 Gemini; 24 Abscess. Down – 1 Barrel-organ; 2 Munch; 3 Serenity; 4 Dowsed; 5 Slow; 6 Snippet; 9 Cross swords; 12 Jackdaws; 14 Scatter; 17 Loggia; 19 Rhône; 21 Chip.

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1 Hot place out of the shade (5) 2 Wait in underwear that is taken off (6) 3 I leave the head cook (4) 4 Friend allowed on platform (6) 5 Name to authorise (7) 6 Pie from Cornwall looked pale (5-5) 9 It is sensible not having any humbug (2-8)

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1 Hotel price possibly, it could go up then down again (10) 7 Scored moderately slowly (7) 8 Reveal the French fashion (3,2) 10 One examining a bed canopy (6) 12 Not first to be thrashed (6) 13 Send the clock back (5) 14 Parting of the ways (4) 16 Chapter head (4) 17 Needlewoman’s pipe (5) 19 Distinguishing mark of a revolutionary in court (6) 20 Part of sting left a prickly sensation (6) 23 Hid to remove loincloth (5) 24 Torment reporters after work (7) 25 Engine with dirt in trouble – it’s part of the mixture (10)

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1 Perplexingly (10) 7 Papal palace (7) 8 Confined to college (5) 10 Fester (6) 12 Religious faith (6) 13 Praise (5) 14 Sixty minutes (4) 16 Hairdo (4) 17 Punctuation mark (5) 19 Type of tyre (6) 20 Demand for goods (6) 23 Bloomer (5) 24 Lady’s private room (7) 25 Restricted outlet (10)

1 Conductor’s stick (5) 2 Inconstant (6) 3 Wildcat (4) 4 Lump of gold (6) 5 Open framework (7) 6 Fill to excess (10) 9 Calumnious (10) 11 Praise (5) 12 Blossom (5) 15 Experience (7) 17 Root vegetable (6) 18 Tea-urn (anag) (6) 21 Rap (5) 22 Double-reeded instrument (4)

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ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

If creative projects have been held up, things get better today as Mercury turns direct. All those misunderstandings and missed opportunities may soon turn into canny coincidences and positive progress. Meanwhile Venus in your home zone may encourage you to redecorate your place or to entertain friends and family on a more regular basis.

If you have been feeling frustrated by life, and events have seemed to trip you up, you may find that things get easier from today as Mercury does an about turn in your zodiac sign. It’s now fine to go ahead with those major purchases such as a car or any other gadget knowing that you’ll have a satisfactory buying experience. Delayed paperwork can get signed too.

If you have been experiencing delays due to too much red tape or someone’s incompetence you may find that your frustration levels gradually lessen from today as Mercury turns direct. If you have been waiting for things to get going, for important documents to arrive or for people to make good on their promises then improvements may be noticeable shortly.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

If you have been holding back from having work done on your home, or have been put off of selling your property, matters may take a turn for the better as Mercury turns direct - if it feels right, then go ahead. Meanwhile the Moon in your sign may bring good fortune. If you have been refused something ask today and you might actually get it.

Your social life looks more fun now that Venus has moved in. You may feel more encouraged to network and may find that this influence also helps if you are looking for love. It is also a very positive influence for networking as it helps to create an atmosphere of warmth and goodwill.

Mercury turns direct too, so delays and frustration may lessen.

As Mars gets closer to Saturn in your career zone you may be meeting with some resistance to your goals and plans.

The more effort you put in, the more you may be beginning to notice that people or events seem to get in your way. Don’t try to force things to happen as this won’t help.

You may have to be patient, but you can soon succeed Capricorn.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

Life gets a lot easier and more straight forward as Mercury goes forwards. During recent weeks you might have had to cope with misunderstandings or perhaps redo jobs or projects that needed attention. Things now get easier, plus you can now go ahead and purchase those big-ticket items as well as sign important documents and generally get ahead.

You may feel like the pressure is on as Mars gets closer to Saturn. This may manifest as a desire to achieve a goal even though the odds may be against you doing it within your time frame. You may have more focus and more determination though, which certainly helps. Mercury powers forwards so a misunderstanding with a friend may be resolved.

If you worried about ongoing setbacks, then blame Mercury retrograde for causing chaos and delays. As the communication planet goes forwards you should find that people begin to do what they say they will and that progress becomes more noticeable. Signing important documents and purchasing big-ticket items should also proceed more smoothly now.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

If you have been experiencing problems with your finances over recent weeks, life gets easier as Mercury spins into forwards direct. Any frustration you may have felt due to delays with money coming into your account should gradually ease - and the same applies to other similar issues. This is also a good time to get your financial priorities sorted out.

Your love of adventure may increase, encouraging you to want to explore new ideas, interests and anything that turns you on. If you have been having problems getting ahead with goals or other important assignments, then be assured things should start looking up. Mercury turns direct so frustration and delays will ease off and progress looks possible.

Things seem to be looking up date wise, so take this opportunity to explore the world of love and romance by joining a dating group or site. Venus in Cancer brings a warm and very caring approach to the whole process. Mercury turns direct in your work zone too, so if you have had any niggly problems you should find they are resolved sooner rather than later.

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Sport AEL ready for Partizan showdown

Murray targets a grand slam after Olympic heroics

By Nemanja Bjedov

Scot targets the US Open for further glory

By Eleanor Crooks ANDY Murray hopes winning Olympic gold can help him achieve grand slam glory at the US Open later this month.

The 25-year-old went into Sunday’s final against Roger Federer knowing he had won only one set in his four major finals, and that came in his heart-breaking loss to the world number one at Wimbledon four weeks ago.

But it could not have been more different at the Olympics, Murray winning nine games in a row at one point and dominating virtually throughout to triumph 6-2 6-1 6-4.

The Scot has now flown to Canada for the Toronto Masters, although it would certainly be no surprise were he to pull out, and in three weeks’ time he will begin his US Open campaign knowing he has delivered when it mattered most.

Murray said: “I think it will help with the way I go into matches. Coach Ivan Lendl told me after the Wimbledon final that he was really happy with the way I played the whole tournament.

“He’s never been around a British player during Wimbledon, so he maybe didn’t quite know what it was like. He was saying I’ll never play in a match under that much pres-

BAGHDATIS THROUGH IN TORONTO MARCOS Baghdatis has beaten Argentina’s Carlos Berlocq 6-4, 6-3 in the opening round of the Toronto Masters.

The Cypriot (right), beaten

by Andy Murray in the third round of the Olympics, converted three of his ten break points to overcome Berlocq after one hour and 37 minutes. It is the first time since 2007 that Baghdatis has advanced past the first round of the prestigious event.

Next up for Baghdatis is a clash with tenth-seeded Croatian Marin Cilic who received a bye through the first round. sure again in my life, so that’s good news. I did feel much more relaxed today.

“It’s good to know that after that match, which was a tough one for me to take, that I was still able to learn from it and not just look at it as I’d blown it in a grand slam final when I had my chances.

“I’ve actually used it in the right way to become a better player. I hope that showed.

“Come US Open time, I hope this will have given me the confidence to go in there and believe in myself a bit more than I have in the past and give myself a shot at winning there.

“I’ve played very well at the US Open in the past. It’s a surface I like playing on and I always enjoy playing on Arthur Ashe court. I hope I can have a good run there.

“I have to be careful over the next two weeks and not do too much because it’s been a long couple of months already.”

There was a certain irony in Murray finally winning a title on Centre Court and it not being Wimbledon, but the man himself was not complaining.

Murray said: “I would love to win Wimbledon. But this felt good. I wouldn’t change this for anything right now, that’s for sure.”

Big boost: Andy Murray hopes winning Olympic gold can help him finally win a grand slam title

Tempers flare as Dream Team sweep past Argentina

By Larry Fine

NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant was the US hero

A NASTY, bad-tempered joust with Argentina’s basketball team woke up the sleeping giants from the US, spurring them to a 126-97 victory that earned a topseeded berth in the quarterfinals.

Players from both sides were knocked down in a closely-fought first half and they often glowered at each other as the contest turned into a rout for the Americans who had narrowly beaten Lithuania in their previous game.

“The game was so much fun,” US point guard Chris Paul told reporters. “I give Argentina a lot of credit.

“Those guys pushed us, they made us compete. I

loved it. When it gets a little chippy here and there, it gets you excited,” he said after the players frequently collided going for rebounds.

After going to intermission locked in a 60-59 struggle, Argentina were buried under a flurry of three-pointers from Kevin Durant.

Durant, who made 8-of-10 three-pointers in the game, nailed four from beyond the arc in a third-quarter stretch that took the US lead from 12 points to 24.

The quarter ended with more physical combat as Carmelo Anthony hit the floor doubled up in pain after making a three-pointer to send the Americans into the fourth session with a 10276 advantage.

“He got hit in the groin.

That’s why he buckled. He

wasn’t celebrating his shot,” said coach Mike Krzyzewski.

It seemed a fight might break out at that point as several players from both teams approached each other near mid-court before being separated.

Argentina won the gold medal in 2004 and are the only nation apart from the US to win the Olympic title since the triumphant American ‘Dream Team’ was launched at the Barcelona Games in 1992.

The win helped the Americans complete a 5-0 record in Group A and they now face Australia (3-2) in today’s quarter-finals.

Argentina next meet archrivals Brazil while Group B winners Russia play Lithuania and France take on Spain.

AEL manager Pambos Christodoulou is confident his team will secure progression to the fourth qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League when they face Serbian side Partizan tonight at 9.45pm in Belgrade.

“We go to there in order to qualify,” said Christodoulou whose side hold a slender 1-0 advantage after last Wednesday’s first leg in Cyprus.

“We know that it will be very difficult to achieve what we want, but after the performances of both teams last week, we are definitely entitled to have hopes of advancement,” he concluded.

Christodoulou has no major injury concerns ahead of the clash apart from Brazilian defender Maykon who is struggling to return to full fitness.

Partizan manager Vladimir Vermezovic meanwhile might introduce influential winger Lazar Markovic, who played only in the final five minutes of the first leg, from the kick-off.

“I will make maybe one or two changes compared to the team that played in Cyprus. I would be an unreasonable manager and the club would look silly if I suddenly went and changed eight players.

“If someone is left out of the team that will not mean he played poorly in Cyprus. We simply need a different approach and the roles of the players will be slightly altered,” he added.

Partizan holding midfielder Sasa Markovic was optimistic ahead of AEL’s visit: “Our confidence is not unfounded and I really believe that we can advance to the next round.

“AEL are more physical than us but we control the ball better. The more we succeed in keeping the ball in our possession, the better chance we have of getting the desired result.

“AEL are a team who play fast football, but we also have many players who can cope with their speed.

For example, Markovic can handle any of their players on his day. What we need to do is to impose our game on them and, with the support of our fans, it will be very hard for them to resist,” Markovic added.

AEL last played in Europe in the 2002 UEFA Cup. They also have experience of facing the continent’s top sides after losing to ten-time European champions Real Madrid way back in the 1968/1969 European Cup.

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Olympic Games US grab last gasp winner to reach the football final

‘Jaguar’ James continues rise

By Mike Collett

Teenage star glides to the one lap title

By Neil Maidment GRENADIAN teenager Kirani James continued his remarkable rise at the Olympics when he stormed home powerfully to win 400 metres gold and his country’s first ever Olympic medal.

James, 19, coasted to victory in a time of 43.94 seconds - the fastest in the world this year - half a second ahead of the Dominican Republic’s Luguelin Santos and Lalonde Gordon of Trinidad and Tobago who took silver and bronze.

The gold was the latest in a glut of titles for the youngster nicknamed ‘The Jaguar’.

He followed up the 2009 world youth title with the world junior title in 2010 and last year in Daegu became world champion in only his fourth professional appearance.

“It means a lot. I am so excited,” James said.

“It is probably crazy at home right now, there is probably a huge party in the streets. I don’t think there is any words that can describe the celebration right now.”

James finished sixth in this year’s world indoor championships and had raced sparingly this season, maintaining that his focus was always on the London Games.

He did not disappoint. His time inside the Olympic stadium was his first sub-44 mark and shaved four-tenths of a second off his personal best. It also made him the first non-American to go under 44 seconds.

“We have talked about this

Emotional: Felix Sanchez regained the 400m hurdles title for the last two years, we have seen the big picture and he just delivered,” said James’ coach Harvey Glance, a former Olympic sprint relay champion.

“We knew after the rounds he was in phenomenal shape.

We knew he had a sub-44 in him.”

America’s 400m world record holder Michael Johnson, who ran 43.18 in Sevilla in 1999, said James could be the man to break it.

“I am sure he will have a world record in his sights - my world record - and he could very well be the one to break it because he is a tremendous talent,” Johnson told the BBC. “He is very young and he has many, many years to learn more about this event.”

James, who will now have to get back to his student studies, remained typically level headed on his new time, saying that he is “on the right track to do some good things”.

The race was notable for the absence of Americans who failed to make the final for the first time ever. The US have won the last seven Olympic titles. In London, though, the signs were ominous from the start when defending champion LaShawn Merritt pulled up with a hamstring injury just moments into his heat.

Youngsters Bryshon Nellum and Tony McQuay could only make the semi-finals.

That left the stage free for James who looked in complete control of the one-lap race from the gun, gliding past his rivals before building his lead coming into the final straight.

In the 400 metre hurdles meanwhile, Felix Sanchez fulfilled a promise he made to his late grandmother who raised him when he found the strength in his creaking legs to turn back the clock and regain the Olympic title.

In emotional and moving scenes, the 34-year-old from the Dominican Republic sobbed on the podium and throughout his country’s national anthem, unable to restrain the flow of tears.

As light rain fell, Sanchez said he had felt his grandmother Lillian was there with him in the Olympic stadium.

“It started to rain. It made me feel like she was crying tears of joy with me,” Sanchez, little over three weeks away from his 35th birthday, told a news conference.

Sanchez, the Athens Olympic and twice world champion, pinned a picture of his grandmother behind his race bib and ran with her name on his spikes.

The 19-year-old won Grenada’s first ever Olympic title as he became the first non-American to run the 400 metres under 44 seconds

Suhr denies Isinbayeva treble

By Alison Wildey

American Jennifer Suhr cleared 4.75 for victory in damp, breezy conditions that made vaulting tricky.

AMERICAN Jennifer Suhr spoiled the script by winning gold in the women’s pole vault at the Olympic stadium and denying Yelena Isinbayeva her third successive title.

Suhr, silver medallist behind the Russian world record holder in Beijing four years ago, cleared 4.75 for victory in damp, breezy conditions that made vaulting tricky.

“To have someone so good in the field and come out on top it really is an honour and it is a special title in that situation,” an emotional Suhr told reporters.

Cuba’s Yarisley Silva took the silver with the same height on countback after missing the first attempt at her opening height of 4.45 and Isinbayeva had to settle for bronze with a best of 4.70.

The 30-year-old had set world records in her previous Olympic finals but she lacked authority in the breezy, rain-

affected event, failing the first attempt at her opening height of 4.55.

Isinbayeva then opted to go straight to 4.65 and when she sailed over the bar, the relief was clear on her face.

The former world champion, who told reporters her build-up to the Games had been disrupted in May by a torn thigh muscle put her result down to bad luck.

“It is unbelievable. Many girls did not make any qualification height. So it was completely terrible weather for pole vaulters. It was terrible.

“I knew the results were not going to be so high here. To win was the lucky girl. So I was just unlucky.”

After Isinbayeva hit the crash mat for the last time having knocked the bar off with her thigh, she got up with a big smile on her face, waved to the crowd and blew a kiss to the camera.

When asked how disappointed she was with her performance Isinbayeva shout-

ed: “What? I’m, so happy that I won the bronze medal.”

Suhr, who is coached by her husband Rick, coped better with the conditions and piled on the pressure, needing just one vault at each of her heights until 4.75 which she cleared second time.

The former basketball player failed all her attempts at 4.80 and then had a nervous wait while Silva made one final vault at the height before being able to celebrate the gold.

The three medal winners walked around the track together draped in their national flags.

“Before I went out there Rick said ‘you are going to win this’, he has never said that,” Suhr said.

“I have competed hundreds of times and he has never said ‘you are going to win’ and I was like that is not something he says and it just put that extra spunk that I could do this. Someone else believes in me that much.”

REIGNING Olympic champions the United States beat Canada 4-3 thanks to an Alex Morgan goal late in extra time to reach the women’s football final after an extraordinary match.

With the players on both sides exhausted, penalties looming and the referee looking at her watch, Morgan powered home a header to put the US in front for the first time after Canada had led three times in a pulsating game at Old Trafford.

The winner came with 122 minutes and 25 seconds on the clock. Sixty seconds later, the match was over.

“I’m still in shock thinking of what just happened,” Morgan told reporters. “I don’t care who scores as long as we score and that’s all that matters.

“I didn’t even see it go in. I just try and be in the right position.

“It was a crazy battle.

Coming back and back and back. After we scored they scored, it was amazing.”

The US, who have now reached all five women’s Olympic finals, taking gold in 1996, 2004 and 2008, will meet Japan in tomorrow’s gold medal decider at Wembley Stadium seeking their third successive gold and their fourth in total.

Japan, who overcame France 2-1 in their semi, beat the US on penalties in last year’s World Cup final.

Canada’s stunned players were in tears at the end and Christine Sinclair, whose hat-trick looked as though it would prove enough for victory, was especially distraught.

But every time she scored, the US showed the mark of champions and responded for a fifth successive win in the tournament to claim a place in the gold medal match.

“I’m very proud of this team for making the final,” said American Abby Wambach. “I never had a doubt.

“It’s exactly what we hoped for (playing Japan in the final) after that World Cup loss.”

Sinclair had opened the scoring with a delightful goal after 22 minutes when she slalomed past two defenders after being set up

by Melissa Tancredi.

The US equalised with a rare goal scored direct from an inswinging corner by Megan Rapinoe that beat goalkeeper Erin McLeod and two defenders at the near post.

Sinclair put Canada back in front after 67 minutes with a firm header to start a wild scoring spree of four goals in 12 minutes - two from each side.

Extra time looked set to end without a goal before Morgan headed in a rightwing cross for the dramatic winner.

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Olympic Games

Inspiring Idem, 47, makes final at 8th Games

By Kate Holton

Amazing: Italian kayaker Josefa Idem is through to the final

COMPETING at her eighth Olympic Games, 47-year-old Italian kayaker Josefa Idem powered past a field of 20 and 30 year olds yesterday to make the final and prove that you can still challenge for a medal at any age.

Having moved to a country that prizes youth and beauty above almost anything else, the German-born Idem had said she was competing in London partly to show women that they could remain successful in sport even as they approach 50.

The result in the toughest semi-final of the day meant Idem has become the first woman to compete in eight Ol-

ympic Games, on track to add to her one gold from Sydney, two silvers from Beijing and Athens and bronzes from Atlanta and Los Angeles.

“I don’t care about age,” a smiling Idem told reporters on the bank of the Dorney Lake Olympic course, watched over by her husband and coach Guglielmo Guerrini. “The stopwatch doesn’t ask.”

A motivational speaker, journalist and former politician, Idem first competed at an Olympic Games in LA in 1984 for West Germany, and again in Seoul in 1988. She then moved to Italy in 1990 and competed for her adopted nation atBarcelona in 1992.

With age she has had to increase her training to make up for changes in her

metabolism and her body after she became a mother.

She had a gym built at her house so she can still see her children when training and dedicates around six hours a day to the sport, with four hours of pure training and two to physiotherapy and mental preparation.

At 48 in September, Idem concedes that London will be her last Games as a competitor. She will challenge the final tomorrow but was berated by her two sons yesterday for having such a slow start but she said that she does not worry. She has seen it all before.

“Just keep calm,” she said. The fast training partner was a good experience for today. I was confident, I thought, I can make it, I can make it.”

Brownlee brothers make history Yorkshiremen first siblings to feature on podium in individual event in over 50 years

By Steve Downes

IN BRIEF

ALISTAIR Brownlee became the first Briton to win a medal in an Olympic triathlon when he took gold with an emphatic front-running display around Hyde Park in central London yesterday.

Brownlee, 24, became the 19th British gold medallist of the London Olympics, matching the gold tally won by the team at the Beijing Games four years ago.

His younger brother Jonathan completed another piece of Olympic history when he finished third, making the Yorkshiremen the first siblings to feature on the Olympic medal podium together in an individual event in more than 50 years.

The Brownlees were split at the finish by former world champion Javier Gomez, of Spain.

Jonathan was hampered by a 15-second penalty for getting on to his bike too early in the transition zone between the 1,500m swim and the 43km cycle section.

Alistair had built up a comfortable lead in the second half of the run course around the Serpentine, and was able to walk across the finishing line with a Union Flag draped over his shoulders, looking fraternally over his shoulder for his brother, in one hour 46 minutes and 25 seconds.

Gomez, who had finished one place outside the medals in Beijing four years ago, clocked 1:46:36, with Jonathan a further 20 seconds back.

First out of the water af-

Brotherly love: Gold medal winner Alistair Brownlee (right) stands on the podium with brother Jonathan after the triathlon

ter 17min 36sec was Gomez, Spain’s 2008 and 2010 world champion, at the head of a group of five that included both Brownlees, Richard Varga, from Slovakia,.

But the dreams of a British brothers’ one-two was dealt a blow as the leaders exited the first transition zone, and Jonathan was judged to have mounted his bike too soon, incurring a 15-second penalty - the triathlon equivalent

of a Formula 1 drive-through, except with the triathlete forced to stand in the ‘naughty box’.

The race was over completely soon after that for Canada’s 2000 Olympic champion, Simon Whitfield, as he crashed his bike in Hyde Park.

The lead group’s advantage had evaporated before they were halfway into the cycle ride, when the 17-strong

chase group bridged the gap.

It also saw the British team’s domestique, Stuart Hayes, able to do much of the pace-setting hard work on the front of the peloton in an effort to set up the run to Alistair Brownlee’s advantage.

After an hour’s riding, the 20 leaders returned to the transition area where Gomez was first into his racing shoes, followed by the Brownlee

brothers, forming a powerful trio determined to settle the medals between them.

They set a furious pace that left the field straggling behind them as if they were Sunday morning joggers, quickly building a gap of 17 seconds after the first of four 2.5km run laps around the lake.

With big brother Alistair pushing the pace at the front, the gap between the front

three and the chasers was almost half a minute with 5km to run.

The first casualty of this brutal front-running was Brownlee’s younger brother, who was unable to keep up with his sibling’s sizzling pace.

Then a gap appeared between Brownlee and Gomez.

With the two Frenchmen, David Hauss and Vincent Luis, working together in fourth and fifth places, the younger Brownlee opted to take his penalty with a lap of the run to go.

He spent anxious seconds looking down the course as the challengers to his bronze medal got closer with every stride.

Yet he still emerged from the penalty box with a 12 second gap and just 2.5km left to run. It proved to be more than enough for him to go on to complete a piece of Olympic history.

He paid for his efforts, however, as the medal ceremony was delayed while he received an IV drip in the medical tent.

With two medals in the Olympic race, the Brownlees’ domination of international triathlon is almost complete.

Even though world champion Alistair missed four months’ racing earlier this year due to an Achilles tendon injury - he had a pool built in the bottom of his garden so that he might train by aqua-jogging - the pair have now won eight of 13 international world series races since the start of 2011.

Britain wins first dressage gold with record score

Injury denied me chance at gold, says Russia’s Akkaev

Seven Cameroon athletes disappear from Village

BRITAIN won team gold in Olympic dressage, breaking a 40-year winning streak for the Germans, after Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin posted Olympic record scores for their grand prix special tests.

This was the first Olympic medal of any colour for Britain in dressage, team or individual. Britain finished the second phase of the competition on a total average score of 79.979 percent, well ahead of silver medallists Germany on 78.216 percent. The Netherlands took bronze.

Britain has had a superb showing in the equestrian disciplines, capturing its first show jumping gold for 60 years and taking a silver in eventing.

A LAST minute back injury that required emergency surgery cost weightlifter Khadzhimurat Akkaev an Olympic gold medal and a clean sweep of world records, the Russian said.

World champion Akkaev was due to compete in the 105-kilogram category but said he was unable to take to the platform after suffering a herniated disc in his back last week.

Oleksiy Torokhtiy of Ukraine capitalised on the absence of Akkaev to take gold. But Akkaev, who took the unusual step of calling an impromptu news conference following the medal ceremony, said he could have beaten Torokhtiy’s 412 kg winning total and had been targetting world records.

SEVEN Cameroon athletes have disappeared while in Britain for the London Olympics, the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education said.

The seven - five boxers, a swimmer and a footballer - are suspected of having left to stay in Europe for economic reasons.

“What began as rumour has finally turned out to be true. Seven Cameroonian athletes who participated at the 2012 London Olympic Games have disappeared from the Olympic Village,” David Ojong, the mission head said in a message sent to the ministry.

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Cyprus star Ioannou fails in high jump final ‘I didn’t have the power in my legs for good jumps’

By Nemanja Bjedov

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YPRUS athlete Kyriakos Ioannou had a disappointing end to his Olympics last night as he finished 13th out of the 14man field in the Men’s High Jump Final.

The 22-year-old from Limassol, who has a personal best of 2 metres and 35 centimetres, was unable to clear 2m 25cm in his three attempts.

“It is always a battle, this is what sport is all about, especially at an event like this ,” he said.

“At least I can be pleased to have taken part, despite not having a great result in the final.

“My body betrayed me. I could not do any more than what I did as there was not enough time for me to recover between Sunday’s qualifying and now. My body simply could not pull through in time and I felt very weak. I didn’t have the power in my legs for good jumps.”

Ioannou, who won the silver medal at the 2009 world championships and a bronze at the same event in 2007, has been struggling with injuries of late and has undergone two abdominal surgeries.

“I want to thank all the people who were next to me and who were supporting me - my doctors and all the fans who sent me a lot of messages over the last few days. I am sure they are disappointed with my results but so am I,” he added.

“Nevertheless, this experience has been a success in my eyes as I did more than ever before at an Olympic Games.

Now I need to rest both physically and mentally as my next goal will be to win the world championship title for Cyprus next year,” he said.

“These Olympics have been the best ever for Cyprus. I want to congratulate Pavlos Kontides on his silver medal.

All our athletes have done very well and I hope that we get more medals in four years time.”

Russia’s Ivan Ukhov won the High Jump with a leap of 2m 38, finishing ahead of America’s Erik Kynard who took silver. Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim, Canada’s Derek Drouin and Britain’s Robbie Grabarzeach won a bronze after being tied in third.

On the track meanwhile, Cyprus’ Eleni Artymata finished last in her Women’s 200 metres Semi-final heat with a time of 22.92

It’s all gone wrong: Kyriakos Ioannou, who is a former world championship silver medallist with a personal best of 2m 35cm, was unable to clear a very modest 2m 25cm

Joy as Hoy wins record sixth gold

By Julien Pretot CHRIS Hoy was the overwhelming favourite and he duly delivered when he powered to an impressive win in the keirin, clinching a British record sixth Olympic gold medal to ensure Team GB matched their Beijing record of seven track titles yesterday.

Hoy, who has six golds and one Games silver to his name, produced his effort two laps from the finish, as usual, and although he was pushed to the limit by silver medallist Maximilian Levy of Germany, crossed the line in front.

“There have been some really difficult moments and to get through them all, after 16 years, it’s just one of the greatest feelings I’ve ever had,” said Hoy, who is expected to retire after the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

New Zealand’s Simon van Velthooven and Dutchman Teun Mulder both took bronze after a photo finish could not separate them.

It is Hoy’s seventh Games medal, which puts him ahead of Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins on ‘gold difference’ as Britain’s most decorated Olympian.

Wiggins has four Olympic titles to Hoy’s six after the Scot won the team sprint event with Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny last Thursday.

With his team sprint and keirin victories, Hoy has retained two of his three Beijing titles but could not defend the third after he was omitted in favour of eventual champion Jason Kenny to represent Britain in the individual sprint.

Agony for Liu, all smiles for Bolt

By Alison Wildey

China’s former 110m hurdles champ Liu Xiang exited the stadium in a wheelchair after he smashed into the first hurdle and suffered a suspected ruptured Achilles tendon

THE agony and the ecstasy of the Games were on show at the Olympic stadium yesterday as sprint champion Usain Bolt delighted fans with another victory on the track after Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang had exited it in a wheelchair.

There was also disappointment for home favourite Phillips Idowu who failed to qualify for the triple jump final.

Liu’s Olympic dreams were left in tatters for the second successive Games after he smashed into the first hurdle in his 110 metres heat.

The 2004 champion, who withdrew at the start of his heat in front of his home crowd in Beijing four years ago with an Achilles injury, was still sat on the track after the race had finished, clutching the back of his right ankle.

“It was just terrible. That

it happens to one of the best hurdlers of all time is just a tragedy,” said world indoor champion Aries Merritt.

“If you hit a hurdle in the fashion that he hit it, there is no way to recover.”

Liu eventually hopped down the track before being helped by his fellow hurdlers and was taken out of the stadium in a wheelchair.

“The injury was the same one he had in Beijing,” China’s athletics team leader Feng Shuyong said. “An Achilles injury is almost impossible to recover from fully.”

The other big names in the event safely negotiated the 10 barriers with American Merritt clocking 13.07 seconds for the fastest first-round time.

World champion Jason Richardson and Cuba’s world record holder Dayron Robles won their heats.

The drama of the hurdles was forgotten, however, the moment Olympic 100 metres champion Bolt stepped on

to the track to a huge cheer of delight from the crowd for the first heat of the 200.

The race was trouble free for the Jamaican world record holder who practically jogged down the home straight to win in 20.39 before breaking into to smile.

“I’ve got to take it easy... that was an easy run,” said the 25-year-old who is aiming for an unprecedented second Olympic sprint double having won both in Beijing.

“I am enjoying it. This is my favourite event,” added Bolt who said he felt no pressure after winning the 100 in style on Sunday.

“I know what comes with winning, success, so I just try to enjoy it. You don’t want to block it out, that’s joy. It gives you confidence.”

While the crowd delighted in Bolt’s every move Britain’s Idowu apologised to the fans for letting them down after finishing 14th in triple jump qualifying, with only the top

12 going through to tomorrow’s final.

“I have seen the crowd give so much support this week and I accept I let them down,” the 33-year-old said.

“I was tagged as a favourite a year ago but now I don’t get a chance to show them what I can do.”

The former world champion’s build up to the Olympics had been shrouded in mystery after he pulled out of the British athletics team’s final training camp with a hip injury.

Idowu took to Twitter to defend his preparation but his fitness had remained in doubt and he finished with a best jump of 16.53.