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Murder inquiry for Arafat death Palestinian negotiator welcomes inquiry while Israel hopes will shed light on demise

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FRENCH court has opened a murder inquiry into the death eight years ago of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, prosecutors said yesterday, following claims by his widow that he may have been poisoned.

Arafat died in a Paris military hospital in November 2004, a month after being flown, seriously ill, from his battered headquarters in Ramallah, where he had been effectively confined by Israel for more than two and a half years.

Saeb Erekat, chief negotiator for the Palestinian Authority, welcomed the inquiry.

However, he said the Arab League would also call on the United Nations for an international investigation into the death of Arafat, who led Palestinians’ campaign to create a state through years of war and peace.

Allegations of foul play have long surrounded Arafat’s demise after French doctors who treated him in his final days said they could not establish the cause of death.

Many Arabs suspect Israel of being behind his decline, and the case returned to the headlines last month when a Swiss

institute said it had discovered high levels of the radioactive element polonium-210 on Arafat’s clothing supplied by his widow, Suha.

That substance was found to have killed former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006.

Suha asked a court in the Paris suburb of Nanterre to open a murder investigation following the revelations publicised by the Qatarbased Al Jazeera satellite TV channel.

However, the Institut de Radiophysique in Lausanne said that symptoms described in Arafat’s medical reports were not consistent with polonium-210 and conclusions could not be drawn as to whether he had been poisoned.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said he hoped the French inquiry would reveal more on the circumstances of Arafat’s death.

“This does not pertain to us. The complaint lodged by Suha Arafat with the French police does not address Israel or anyone in particular,” he said.

“If the French justice system has decided to open an investigation, we hope that it will

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A woman dressed as a mermaid swims in a tank during the ‘Spirits of Tampa’ event, which was held for participants of the Republican National Convention, at The Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida

Wanted: Sri Lanka hangman. Very light work, males only SRI Lanka yesterday began interviews for the post of hangman a year after two positions fell vacant, with at least 480 convicts on death row.

But it was not quite clear how the two successful candidates would fill their days - the death penalty has not been used in Sri Lanka, a predominantly Buddhist country, since 1976.

“About 176 applicants are there and interviews are going on today and tomorrow,” Gamini Kulatunga, commissioner operations at the Prisons Department, told Reuters.

“Only males will be eligible for the post.”

The two posts fell vacant after one hangman was promoted and the other retired.

At least 480 people convicted of

murder and drugs offences could potentially be executed, Kulatunga said.

There has been an alarming rise in child abuse, rapes, murders, and drug trafficking since the 25-year war against Tamil Tiger separatists ended in May 2009, prompting some lawyers and politicians to push for the death penalty to be reintroduced.

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TODAY: Mainly hot and sunny, with thickening afternoon cloud possibly bringing rain over the mountains. Temperatures will reach 34C inland, 33C in the south and east, 32C in the west and 26C over higher ground OUTLOOK: Remaining a little unsettled inland and over higher ground YESTERDAY:

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RESEARCHERS and businesses as far away as the US and China are being brought together for an international congress and exhibition this weekend at the University of Cyprus (UCY).

The East meets West congress on innovation and entrepreneurship – from Saturday to Tuesday - will link more than 1,000 delegates from over 50 countries, from a plethora of scientific fields and innovative services.

“The congress aims to create a strong forum where researchers and businesses using innovation and entrepreneurship can turn research results into marketable products and services,” said Dr Gregoris Makrides, chairman of the organising committee and executive director of the European Office Cyprus.

UCY’s rector Constantinos Christofides said the way forward was to invest in innovation: “If in the next few years we invest in innovation every-

thing will (be) better… all these years investing only in asphalt and making roads we failed to modernise our country the way it should have been.”

Makrides pointed out the significance of the congress’ name in terms of the fact that participants would come from both ends of the globe - the US and China - bringing the East and West closer together. The congress will include delegates from Cyprus too.

According to Makrides, the aims of the congress are also to improve links between the scientific and the business community as well as promoting investment in the private sector in science, innovation and business development.

Innovation on topics such as energy, natural gas, health, the environment and climate change will be tackled, and visitors will have the opportunity to learn about investing in the island, innovative systems involved in protecting the environment and new icecream with lactose-free milk, among other opportunities.

Christofides stressed that at a time when “everyone is firing, UCY is hiring new researchers, not with state money but with external programmes. Today the university constitutes an oasis in our country,” said Christofides, adding that even though all other indicators are taking on a worrying trend (unemployment, debt), indices for research are going in the opposite direction.

He also said that UCY will soon make available 100 positions of short duration for young researchers in the academic year 2012-2013.

The congress, which comes under the auspices of the EU presidency, will include presentations and discussions on innovation and entrepreneurship, along with recent findings that could be commercialised. Sessions with international speakers about the most recent and innovative business ideas and priorities on innovation and entrepreneurship will also be held.

For more information call 22 894294 or look to www.eastmeetswest.eu.com

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A GUITAR spanning ten metres and seemingly popping out of a building was installed in the centre of Nicosia on Sunday morning. The building will host Cyprus’ first Hard Rock Café, a successful chain of theme restaurants, offering casual dining across the world.

Locations include China, India, Brussels and the Cayman Islands. The restaurants display rock and roll memorabilia on their walls.

Hard Rock Café Nicosia has not announced an opening date yet.

New business model aims to help those in need

By Poly Pantelides AN ONLINE platform called Boost Me, where businesses and individuals are encouraged to offer free or discounted products has already amassed well over 1,200 members even though it was created about ten days ago on World Humanitarian Day on August 19.

“It’s caught us completely by surprise,” said the platform’s creator, Limassol-based businessman Andrew Tzionis.

Boost Me is based on a philanthropic business model: a business or individual can offer products to a community but is obliged to offer at least one item for free and at least three items at a discount.

To prevent abuse of the system people are not allowed to offer more than 25 of the same kind of items (e.g. up to 25 copies of the same book).

Boost Me members can register their interest and find out via Facebook whether or not they have been selected.

The idea is that everyone has something to gain. Businesses may use up stock, increase visibility and sell things, and Boost Me members stand the chance of winning a free or discounted item.

Tzionis said he was looking to create something with a different methodology, moving away from charitable work where the focus is on the donor.

A growing Boost Me community is currently backed

by a closed group on social networking site Facebook whose members need to add people to the group in an effort to increase the reach to businesses and people.

The site will be moderated, and restrictions will be in place to keep everything above board, Tzionis said, adding that he wanted to keep Boost Me not-for-profit.

He said that he was inspired by his own digital agency business where people ask for professional services or else where small companies need exposure but lack the funds.

With Boost Me, he says, a company can offer logo designs free or for discounts, as well as sell to others. The company benefits from the exposure and people who

cannot afford a professional service also benefit.

For example, a company looking to clear out their old car seat stock may use Boost Me. The hypothetical winner of a free car seat car gets her spirits “boosted and the anticipation drives her back to the site regularly to check for Boosts made by other donors”, and so – hopefully - a positive feedback cycle is born.

Tzionis said they were looking to have a donation system in place where people can offer old things for free either to those who ask for them first or else on a random basis.

Go to www.boostme.org to find out more and register

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Home KPMG presents Popular Bank with restructuring plan CONSULTANCY firm KPMG yesterday presented a restructuring plan to the board of troubled lender Popular Bank, which came under state control in June after it failed to raise the necessary regulatory capital from private funds.

No statements were made nor any announcements issued by the bank after the presentation.

The plan is now expected to be studied by the board of the state-controlled lender and presented to the finance ministry and the Central Bank.

The plan must be approved by the European Commission.

As part of the plan, the bank, Cyprus’ second-biggest, is expected to close branches and lay off staff through voluntary retirement.

Legislation passed by parliament in May also called for a cut in salaries to the tune of an average of 12.5 per cent a year. A decree made by finance minister Vassos Shiarly foresees a 10 per cent reduc-

tion in staff costs in 2012 and eight per cent in 2013 in addition to a seven per cent reduction in operating expenses.

Popular incurred heavy losses earlier this year on Greece’s debt restructure.

Its failure to fill a €1.8 billion shortfall in regulatory capital forced it to seek assistance from the state, which in turn had to resort to its EU partners for assistance.

Bank of Cyprus – the island’s biggest – unexpectedly sought €500 million in support when its own recapitalisation efforts fell through.

Last Friday, the Central Bank announced it had appointed professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal to investigate why the country’s two largest banks had to seek state support.

The probe, which started on the same day, is expected to “provide clarity and comprehension regarding the current financial stress and guide remediation to strengthen the stability of the banking sector,” the Central Bank said.

CYPRUS Airways (CY) remained tight-lipped yesterday over reports that experts had presented a potential investor with negative assessments on the airline.

Daily Phileleftheros reported that two firms – one British, one French - hired by Canadian conglomerate Triple Five suggested the airline could not become competitive under current conditions.

The company did not issue an official response, reportedly because talks were ongoing.

“Surely we are not at the best phase and the situation as to where we are going must clear soon,” an unnamed CY official was quoted by the Cyprus News Agency as saying.

The source declined to comment on the reports.

The firms, according to Phileleftheros, found that CY would not even be competitive with the planned downsizing.

The British consultant said

they could not see how things would change for the better considering the economic and social state of affairs in Cyprus, as well as labour conditions in the company.

The French experts said only very drastic changes across the board could change things, according to the newspaper.

The new CY board said last week it will have a restructuring plan ready in three months, a condition set by parliament in July.

Lawmakers last month passed a law providing for the replacement of the eight state-appointed members of CY – one of the conditions they attached to the release of €15 million – part of a €31 million share capital increase.

The rest of the cash will be released when the new board comes up with a reliable restructuring plan for the ailing airline. It has three months to do so with the help of foreign experts.

Repeated criticism: DISY leader and presidential candidate Nicos Anastassiades

‘Economy’s tragic CY remains tight-lipped over state due to govt’ negative reports on its plan

Inaction led to current situation charges DISY’s Anastassiades

By George Psyllides THE government’s reluctance to take measures has led the economy to its tragic state, main opposition leader Nicos Anasatssiades said yesterday, as he reiterated his proposal for collective management of the difficulties expected in the next few months.

Cyprus has asked its EU partners and the International Monetary Fund – the Troika – for financial assistance that is expected to be accompanied by painful austerity measures.

“What is needed is collective management of what lies before us, which is none other than to negotiate a memorandum with the least possible consequences for the sections of the Cypriot people who are really suffering as a result of the economic cri-

sis,” Anastassiades said.

The DISY chief said he sent a letter with his proposal to President Demetris Christofias a month ago but has had no response.

Anastassiades, who is running for president in next year’s election, said it was not his intention to criticise but to repeat his call to Christofias that it was high time he assumed his political responsibility.

“Beyond the party, he must think of the state, Cypriot citizens, Cypriot workers, Cypriot jobless, Cypriot entrepreneurs,” Anastassiades said. “The facts themselves – beyond propaganda – attest to the tragic position the government’s handling or lack of decisions or lack of measures has put us in.”

Earlier yesterday, ruling AKEL’s spokesman suggested there was no room for cooperation with DISY,

which he accused of leading the neoliberal front that wanted to take away workers’ rights and privatise state companies.

“Is it possible to find common language if there is an issue of privatising profitable semi-state companies?”

Giorgos Loukaides told state radio. “DISY’s policy is socialising losses when it comes to the private sector and privatising profits when it comes to the public sector.”

Loukaides added that around a month ago, the DISY leader had said that negotiating with the Troika was the government’s exclusive right.

EVROKO meanwhile accused the government of “disastrous inaction” in the economy in a bid to pass on to the next administration the need to take measures.

“Mr. Christofias’ secret hope is to avoid putting his

signature on the memorandum drafted by the Troika,” party spokesman Michalis Georgallas said. “It is unprecedented and tragic for opposition parties to want to assume a share of the responsibility and to be rejected by the government.”

Georgallas called on the government to make use of the parties’ positive stance in drafting a long-term state budget supported by everyone.

DIKO called on all parties and the government to join forces in finding the necessary measures to restart the economy.

“At this critical hour what is important is the search for solutions. Party and ideological confrontations over what should have been done to avoid the worst are not the main concern of any citizen,” spokesman Fotis Fotiou said in a statement.

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Home Cypriot woman safely back from ‘It should dig deep to help one of most significant export sectors’ Syria

Cheese makers call on the state to help sheep farmers

CYPRUS got a Cypriot woman and her three children out of Syria last Friday, however there are two others who the foreign ministry is still trying to safely evacuate, a ministry official said yesterday.

The relatives of a woman in Damascus got in touch after the ministry published contact details and appealed to the public to get in touch with information on Cypriots in the country, the head of the ministry’s crisis management department, Pantias Eliades, said yesterday.

The woman and her children were flown to Jordan on Friday afternoon. The ministry is still looking for safe evacuation options for others.

A young Cypriot man in Aleppo and a pregnant woman with her two children, about 25 kilometres from the Turkish border, have been in Syria since July.

Their relatives got in touch after they tried and failed to leave the country about two weeks ago. Eliades said they were safe.

Violence and conflict between President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebels has been ongoing over 17 months.

Cyprus still maintains an embassy and a consulate in Syria but as of March has been advising its nationals against travelling there.

The public may call the crisis management department at 22-801000

Call for peace THE Pancyprian Federation of Labour (PEO), the Turkish Cypriot trade union DEVIS and the bicommunal initiative United Cyprus are organising a joint event to mark the International Day of Trade Union Action for Peace.

The event, Peace and Reunification Encounter, will take place on September 1 near the Home for Cooperation in the buffer zone.

September 1 has been chosen to mark the occassion by the World Federation of Trade Unions in memory of the attack of Nazi Germany against humanity in 1939 and the millions of victims of Nazism and fascism.

By Jacqueline Agathocleous CHEESE makers yesterday jumped to sheep and goat farmers’ defence, calling on the government to offer them the necessary funding so as not to lead the entire dairy industry into demise.

The Dairy Products Manufacturers Association’s announcement signalled the start of a chain reaction of dire effects on Cyprus’ dairy industry, following farmers’ recent desperate protests against a cabinet decision to halve funding from the state.

The association said the problems faced by the farming world had already started affecting cheese production. “The fact that sheep and goat milk producers are being forced to take to the streets shows beyond any doubt how difficult things are for the farming industry today, following the massive global increases in grain and soya prices,” it said.

It called on the government to “exhaust all margins” – despite the depressing state of public finances, which have warranted assistance from the EU – to substantially support the sector, which it deemed the “most important step in maintaining the Cypriot agricultural economy”.

The cheese makers added, “we are calling on (the state) to satisfy the sheep and goat farmers’ demands, giving them 100 per cent of funding per head of livestock and dealing with the problem that has emerged with honesty, without trying to shift the problems elsewhere”.

A demonstration by sheep and goat farmers last week got violent after the intervention of the police With animal feed prices spiralling out of control and the milk producers crying for help, the association said there had been a dramatic decrease in all types of milk in the market, resulting in cheese manufacturers underperforming.

“Unfortunately, reductions in production exceed 40 per cent, with the visible danger of shrinking one of the most significant export sectors, resulting in loss of jobs, reduction of exports and reduction of foreign ex-

change inflow,” said the association.

It added that the problem would be exacerbated further in coming months, leading up to February – a period that is traditionally low in sheep and goat milk production.

Furthermore, the manufacturers deemed the government’s recent decision to impose “unfeasible percentages” of goat and sheep milk for the production of halloumi as “completely wrong and untimely”. It said the

decision was expected to end years of efforts to maintain a healthy and viable cheese production sector.

Earlier this month, the cabinet decided to pay sheep, goat and cow farmers a subsidy of €7.5 million – distributed according to livestock numbers – instead of the earmarked €12 million.

The decision was met with an intense reaction by farmers, whose protest outside the presidential palace last Thursday turned violent fol-

lowing intervention by police.

The farmers are asking for the full €12 million, plus financial assistance to cope with what they call the “outrageous” price of animal feed, which they said cost 3.7 times more compared to eight years ago.

Agriculture Minister Sophocles Aletraris has promised to table the cost of animal feed for discussion with the EU council of agriculture ministers at the end of September.

Greek defence minister set to visit Turkish Cypriot potatoes destroyed by fire in free areas THE Greek Minister of National Defence, Panos Panayiotopoulos, will arrive in Cyprus tomorrow on a two-day official visit.

Panayiotopoulos was invited by his Cypriot counterpart, Demetris Eliades.

The two ministers will meet tomorrow, as will delegations from their respective min-

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istries to discuss matters of co-operation and coordination on issues of defence and security.

Panayiotopoulos will also meet President Demetris Christofias as well as Archbishop Chrysostomos, House President Yiannakis Omirou and the leaders or spokesmen of the parliamentary parties.

A TURKISH Cypriot potato farmer has reported having 300 tons of potatoes destroyed in a fire, which broke out in the early hours of Monday in a warehouse he rents in the free areas.

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With local potato farmers blocking off the Ayia Napa-Larnaca highway earlier this week to protest the trade of Turkish Cypriot farming products, the media in the north said the incident could very well be the result of an arson attack.

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day, leaving police with minimal leads on how they started.

Some media outlets claimed they were set on purpose, with some even reporting they could have been set by Turkish Cypriots.

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Home CYPRUS TODAY Drowning ruling STATE pathologist Sophoclis Sophocleous yesterday confirmed drowning as the cause of death of an 18-year-old Slovakian man found dead, floating in the sea off Cavo Greco in the Famagusta district on Monday.

“His death is due to drowning,” Sophocleou said after carrying out a post mortem, “….some samples have also been taken from the body for toxicological tests,” he added, ruling out foul play.

After the body was found, Ayia Napa lifeguards helped remove it at lunchtime on Monday from an area known as the Caves, which is popular among tourists and locals who jump off the cliff into the sea.

He was wearing trainers and track-suit bottoms but no top although the police found a t-shirt on top of a cliff they think belonged to him.

Omonia charges NICOSIA football club Omonia faces disciplinary action after being sent to the Cyprus Football Federation (KOP)’s Judiciary Committee with five charges concerning incidents at a Super Cup match on August 18.

The club faces charges of fans spitting at the fourth referee, throwing things, shouting offensive slogans as well as those of political content (and) interruption of the match for three minutes.

Team manager Michalis Kavalieris is also facing charges after being sent off the pitch due to verbal attacks, among other things, towards the fourth referee.

KOP informed Omonia on Monday that the chief disciplinary prosecutor Aristos Vryonides compiled these charges.

Vryonides said that if Omonia wished to respond to the charges it could do so in writing to the Committee, via KOP, by September 3.

Porno remand PAPHOS District Court yesterday remanded a 33-year-old British man for six days in connection with possession and distribution of child pornography online.

According to police, the suspect – a permanent resident - was arrested on Monday, after they were alerted by Interpol.

Police seized a computer from his property along with other devices used to store data electronically.

According to reports, the suspect admitted to using programmes – with an encrypted password - to exchange pornographic material with other users.

Police spokesman Andreas Angelides said he had been sentenced for similar offences in the UK.

‘Police must stop filming people’ Filming demos or football matches in case a crime occurs against regulations says data commissioner

By Poly Pantelides THE POLICE should immediately cease filming people at public events in anticipation of future crimes, the Commissioner for the protection of personal data Yiannos Danielides said yesterday.

“All monitoring by police cameras must cease,” Danielides said, responding to a police statement that they filmed a protest last week as per standard practice.

“Filming is a form of personal data processing… any processing has to be legal, have a specific purpose and not be excessive,” Danielides said.

ANTICIPATION He said that people had the right to meet peacefully for any reason and the police could not film them “just in case something happens”.

Filming or taking photographs in anticipation of troubles during say a football game or a melee between farmers and the police is not legally allowed, Danielides said.

The law explicitly allows the media to process personal data – including filming people – for journalistic purposes, as long as they do not violate the right to a private and family life.

If they are investigating criminal offences, the police are allowed to process personal data, in which case they can ask the media for the relevant footage, Danielides said.

He said if the police are present during troubles at a public event the appropriate response is to arrest people or intervene to restore order.

“That’s the police’s job.

Not keeping tabs on people.”

Danielides said the police probably misunderstood the law and he was just setting the record straight.

Justice Minister Loucas Louca responded to his statements yesterday by suggesting relevant parties meet to discuss the implications of the commissioner’s statements.

“We must always respect indications stemming from independent institutions such as the personal data commissioner or the ombudswoman’s office,” he said.

The commissioner was yesterday responding to comments by police spokesman Andreas Angelides who clarified an issue that had arisen over reports the state’s secret service, KYP, had been filming a protest last week.

It was the police who were filming and not KYP, Angelides said.

Angelides said on Monday: “It is standard police practice at certain events –…football games or any other events as necessary – to film or take photographs for reasons of preventing crime.”

He added that this included investigating possible criminal offences.

Angelides was commenting on a protest by sheep and goat farmers who were outside the presidential palace on Thursday and Friday, angry over a Cabinet decision to reduce their subsidy by more than half.

Following troubles and injuries on Thursday, the police said they would investigate criminal offences pertaining to damaging a minister’s car and animal cruelty over the way animals the farmers brought with them were treated.

QUESTION MARK Danielides said yesterday that this did not entitle the police to go ahead and film the following day’s protest.

Police spokesman Andreas Angelides said yesterday the police were in communication with the commissioner’s office, will study legislations and practices from other countries to further study the matter and would respect any state decisions on the matter.

He added that there was a question mark over why there was no problem with the media filming and taking pictures of people but there was an issue with the police doing the same thing.

Filming matches in case of trouble is a violation of people’s rights says Commissioner

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Home CYPRUS TODAY Greek minister in town GREEK Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantinos Tsiaras is in Cyprus to address the four-day conference of the Central Councils of the World Federation for Overseas Cypriots (POMAK) and of the International Coordinating Committee Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA), which began yesterday.

Tsiaras, who departs from the island tomorrow, will also hold contact meetings with the political leadership and the Archbishop.

He last night attended a reception by Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis, while he earlier met opposition DISY leader Nicos Anastasiades and the Chairman of the House Education Committee, Nicos Tornaritis.

Today, Tsiaras will visit the Hellenic Force in Cyprus’ military camp in Malounta and then meet President Demetris Christofias, Archbishop Chrysostomos, House President Yiannakis Omirou, the Foreign Minister and representatives of overseas Cypriots.

He will also attend a reception hosted by President Christofias at the Presidential Palace.

Farmers call for labels on produce from north

Larnaca’s mountains get info centre

‘Green Line regulation panders to opponents in EU’

FIND out more about Larnaca’s Troodos mountain communities and explore the area’s plant and animal life with a bit of help from Skarinou’s recently opened Environmental Information Centre in Larnaca’s mountainous area.

The centre aims to promote Larnaca’s forested communities, encourage an environmental consciousness and educate visitors.

In addition to exhibits, including photographs and arts and crafts, the centre helps visitors find bike routes and nature walks, and do bird watching.

Visitors can also watch a 14-minute film providing information about 18 communities, and important habitats for plant and animal life around rivers and dams.

There is also a lab with computers and microscopes, as well as a library.

Pictures of lambs, flowers, spiders and colourful birds adorn the centre’s Facebook page (currently Greek only).

“Educating local residents, visitors and the public will hugely contribute towards protecting the forest and other environmentally significant areas,” the centre’s organisers said.

By Jacqueline Agathocleous POTATO growers yesterday called on the Foreign Minister to impose stricter regulations on products arriving from the occupied areas, including a suggestion for labels stating exactly where they have come from.

A delegation of farmers met minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis to discuss the Green Line regulation imposed by the European Commission eight years ago enabling – among others – the trade of products from the north.

The general secretary of the Union of Cypriot Farmers (EKA), Panicos Hambas, said the delegation had been fully informed on the ins and outs of the regulation and in return, farmers informed the minister on the problems that have been brought about as a result.

“It is blatantly obvious to every Cypriot patriot that

this regulation was imposed on us by the EU in 2004 and possible cancellation of it would assist all our opponents within the European Commission, among whom are also the British,” said Hambas. “All these (opponents) are lying in wait to promote their policy for direct trade with the occupied areas and in effect, recognition of the pseudostate (occupied areas).”

He added that this was why “each patriot should learn to live with this regulation”.

Farmers have often been up in arms over what they say are Turkish Cypriot products being sold on the market as Greek Cypriot.

Among the measures discussed with the minister, he added, were stricter checks on products arriving from the occupied areas – especially the Pergamos and Strovilia checkpoints – and placing labels on the goods, informing consumers on their origin.

“The aim, first and fore-

Foreign minister Erato Kozakou Marcollis

most, is to protect consumers,” said Hambas. “The agricultural movement feels the time has come to form a bill regarding implementation of labelling on these products, so consumers are aware of the origin of the products they are choosing to buy.”

He said he was satisfied that the minister promised to seriously look into the farmers’ suggestions.

In April 2004, the Council of EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers approved the Green Line regulation, determining the legal framework for the crossing of goods, persons and services from the north.

Regarding the treatment of goods arriving from the north, the regulation stated that these should be accompanied by a document issued by the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce.

All goods coming from the north and complying with EU conditions would have the status of Community goods.

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Changes for lift safety laws THE Labour Inspection department is looking to outsource lift checks and maintenance work to the private sector because of staff shortages.

“Lifts that are not inspected regularly can be dangerous,” head of the department Leandros Zachariades said.

He said the department wanted to outsource checks and maintenance work to private individuals meeting the department’s criteria, leaving only regulation of the sector to the state.

There are at least 16,000 lifts in Cyprus, he said.

Zachariades said they had submitted regulations to Parliament and would proceed with changing the system as soon at they got the green light.

Lift owners will pay fees to inspectors and technicians maintaining the lift, both of whom need to be present during maintenance work.

Visas eased for Ukrainian tourists

Justice minister Loucas Louca (centre) chairing a meeting yesterday on domestic violence

Reporting of domestic violence on increase

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JUSTICE Minister Loucas Louca asserted yesterday that more people are reporting domestic violence to the police these days than ever before, allowing them to get the necessary help.

“Thank God we’ve made progress on this issue… complaints are being made and they are being dealt with… and the necessary help is being given,” said Louca.

He was speaking after a meeting with a delegation of the Association for the Prevention and Handling of Do-

mestic Violence and Hope for Children UNCRC Policy Centre.

“A few years ago because of our peculiarity as a state (and) as a patriarchal family, we didn’t dare put across anything outside the family, as it would be an insult to the family,” said Louca, adding that he believes progress has been made.

Questioned as to whether incidences of domestic violence were on a downward trend Louca said that he could not say whether they

were, but that there are more complaints now, and more is being done to handle them.

“Today a woman dares to report her husband but the opposite too, a man (dares) report his wife,” said Louca, describing this as “encouraging”.

Referring to incidences of missing children Louca said the biggest problem was child kidnapping by parents of mixed marriages.

The hotline for reporting missing children is 116 000

FOREIGN Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis yesterday said Cyprus will soon be offering speedier visa applications to Ukrainians interested in visiting the island for tourism.

Ukrainians interested in visiting Cyprus will be able to complete an online visa application, processed within days. Applications will only be accepted from their home country, Marcoullis told the Cyprus News Agency.

She said an official announcement by Cyprus’ Kiev embassy is due to be made in about a week.

Tourism from Ukraine – that has a population of 45 million - is growing and last year Cyprus attracted 14,279 visitors compared to 11,766 in 2010.

“Our aim is to double and maybe triple arrival numbers,” Marcoullis said.

The Cyprus Tourism Organisation has recently set up shop in Kiev.

Cyprus is the biggest foreign investor in Ukraine while the majority of Ukrainian foreign investments involve Cyprus.

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‘Heathrow plans to stay the same’ Growing Tory unrest over airport’s capacity

By Gavin Cordon DOWNING Street has insisted that the Government will not back down on its opposition to a third runway for Heathrow, amid growing unrest among Tory MPs over Britain’s future airport capacity.

No 10 brushed off an outspoken attack by senior Conservative backbencher Tim Yeo who challenged David Cameron to show if he was “man or mouse” and defy his critics by reversing policy on the issue.

His intervention prompted fresh demands from fellow Tories for ministers finally to grasp the issue and address the country’s long-term aviation needs.

Ministers could be in for a rough ride when MPs return to Westminster next week following the summer break, with concern over the issue tapping into a wider sense of unease about the struggling economy.

Downing Street insisted the Government is sticking by its commitment in the coalition agreement that there would not be a third runway at Heathrow.

“The coalition parties have made a pledge not to have a third runway and that is a pledge that we will keep. We don’t see the argument for a

Greening has warned she would find it difficult to stay in the Cabinet if the policy were to change third runway,” a No 10 spokeswoman said.

Transport Secretary Justine Greening, whose Putney constituency lies under the Heathrow flight path and who has campaigned against a third runway, warned she would find it “difficult” to remain in the Cabinet if the policy changes.

Nevertheless she will be under pressure to press ahead with the promised consultation on future airport capacity, with Chancellor George Osborne reported to be among those warning that the future needs of business must be addressed.

Yeo, a former environment minister and chairman of the Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee, denied he is “throwing down a gauntlet” to the Prime Minister.

Writing in The Daily Telegraph, he said that an immediate decision to give the go-ahead to a third runway would show that his Government has found its “sense of mission”.

He said: “The Prime Minister must ask himself whether he is man or mouse.

“Does he want to be another Harold Macmillan, presiding over a dignified slide towards insignificance? Or is there somewhere inside his heart an organ that still remains impenetrable to most Britons - a trace of Thatcher, determined to reverse the direction of our ship?”

While some Tories were dismayed at Yeo’s “discourteous” attack on their leader, it nevertheless prompted fresh calls for Cameron to get on and tackle the issue.

Olympics fiasco will cost G4S £50m THE firm behind the Olympics security fiasco admitted yesterday its loss on the bungled contract will be in the region of £50 million.

G4S is conducting an internal review after its failure to provide all of the 10,400 contracted guards for London 2012 forced the Government to step in with military personnel.

The group said it had delivered 83 per cent of contracted shifts and that it was confident the Paralympic Games - starting today - would be fully staffed with a security workforce.

Its half-year results revealed a significant drop in pre-tax profits to £61 million from £151 million a year earlier, although profits were held flat on an underlying basis after sales increased 5.8 per cent to £3.9 billion.

There had been fears that the Olympics contract issues would hurt the group’s prospects for future Government work.

Chief executive Nick Buckles confirmed that the resources G4S had put into sorting out the debacle meant it withdrew from bidding for a Department for Work and Pensions contract worth £20 million a year.

But he said no contracts had been lost as a result of the Olympics deal woes and insisted the group would continue to play a “major role” in the public sector, with an overall £3.8 billion-a-year contract pipeline.

He said: “We were deeply disappointed that we had significant issues with the London 2012 Olympics contract and are very grateful to the military and the police for their support in helping us to deliver a safe and secure Games.”

He added: “Clearly it is a big setback and we need to rebuild the brand over the coming months and years.”

Buckles has been left fighting to save his career after the debacle and an intense grilling

by MPs which saw him agree that it had been a “humiliating shambles”.

Reports in recent days suggested he had the support of major shareholders and he said today that he hoped to keep his job, having been with the group for 28 years, 10 of them as chief executive.

He is preparing for a second appearance in front of MPs on the Olympics contract next month, while the results of the internal review are due towards the end of September.

G4S - the largest employer on the London Stock Exchange with more than 650,000 staff worldwide - also announced 1,100 job cuts as part of a restructuring programme started in December.

Most of the cuts have been made across continental Europe and developing markets, with fewer than 100 roles axed in the UK.

Nicklinson widow’s plea on continuing right-to-die fight THE widow of locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson has said she hopes his campaign for a change in the law on assisted dying will continue in his memory.

The 58-year-old, who died last week, was a keen and active sportsman until he was paralysed by a stroke in 2005.

He lost a landmark High Court right-to-die action earlier this month and died last Wednesday at his home

in Wiltshire, following a rapid deterioration in his health after contracting pneumonia. He had been refusing food in the days leading up to his death.

Jane Nicklinson, who, along with daughters Lauren and Beth, had backed her husband’s legal bid, echoed other right-to-die campaigners’ calls for Nicklinson’s memory to live on through a continued battle to change

the law, which had prevented doctors from ending his life.

Speaking to the BBC, Mrs Nicklinson said: “This is certainly not the end of the campaign. I do hope that someone takes it up.

“Even though we didn’t win (the legal case), all the hard work for the case has been done. I hope at some point someone will come forward and carry on with what Tony started.”

A file photo of the coach crash at the junction of Brassknocker Hill and the A36 in Bath

Injured US band members leave UK after crash ALL four members of an American rock band who were injured in a bus crash while touring Britain have been released from hospital.

The band, Baroness, from Savannah in Georgia, were on the British leg of their European tour when their coach crashed through a safety barrier and fell 30ft (9m) on Wednesday August 15.

Baroness’s line-up consists of John Baizley, Peter Adams, Matt Maggioni and Allen

Blickle. They had played in Bristol the previous night and were travelling to a gig in Southampton when the accident happened at around 11.30am.

A statement on the band’s website read: “John Baizley has been released from hospital. Allen and Matt have arrived back in the United States”.

Adams had previously been discharged from hospital, the band confirmed.

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Hollande ratings fall as economy wanes FRANCE’S Socialist President Francois Hollande raised expectations he would revive the economy and stem soaring unemployment during his election campaign, but tumbling opinion poll scores show the public is losing patience.

Hollande’s approval rating has slid to 44 per cent in one poll from above 60 per cent in May when he took over from the unpopular Nicolas Sarkozy. A second survey shows 72 per cent of voters feel he is acting too slowly to resolve their problems.

The drop in popularity, as the French return from summer holidays, leaves Hollande vulnerable to public anger as he prepares a 2013 budget that must save 30 billion euros ($37.70 billion) to meet deficit goals and asks parliament to ratify a European fiscal pact which eurosceptics fear will expose France to more Brussels-imposed austerity.

WORLD TODAY Separatists set to win power A SEPARATIST party looks set to return to power in the Canadian province of Quebec in an election next week, but is unlikely to win enough support to push through a referendum on independence, according to a poll released yesterday.

The CROP survey for La Presse newspaper put the opposition Parti Quebecois (PQ) at 33 per cent public support, down one percentage point from a poll done by the same firm 12 days earlier. Quebec holds a provincial election on September 4.

The newly-created Coalition for the Future of Quebec (CAQ), which is led by a former PQ cabinet minister, was at 28 per cent, up three points, while the ruling Liberals dropped one point to 27 per cent.

Army service vote AUSTRIANS will vote in January on whether they want to abolish military service, an issue which has divided the ruling coalition, officials said yesterday.

The centre-left Social Democrats (SPO) and the centre-right People’s Party (OVP) have argued for two years over the future of the neutral country’s military, with the SPO lobbying for a professional army and the OVP insisting on keeping the draft.

Suicide attack A FEMALE suicide bomber killed an Islamic spiritual leader and at least five other people yesterday in the Dagestan region in Russia’s North Caucasus, a police source said.

Said Atsayev, a leading Sufi Muslim cleric in the mostly Muslim region, was killed along with five followers and the bomber at his home in the village of Chirkey, the source said.

“Hollande set the bar high by saying he would have original ideas. People are disappointed. They feel he doesn’t have the solutions he made out he had,” said Jerome Sainte-Marie at pollster CSA, whose latest survey found just 49 per cent of French have faith in Hollande, down 5 points from late July.

A poll by Ipsos, released on Monday, put Hollande’s approval rating at 44 per cent, down from 55 per cent in July, and found 47 per cent of those surveyed gave him a thumbs down.

Hollande’s honeymoon has ended much faster than that of his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy, whose ratings only dipped below the 50 per cent mark eight months into his 2007-12 term.

The rapid fall from grace is prompting political foes to attack Hollande’s low-key leadership style, which contrasts with the frenetic and all-controlling Sarkozy.

Conservative lawmaker and mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi sniffed recently that even if Sarkozy was mocked for being a “hyper-president”, having a “hypopresident” who suffered from inertia was hardly better.

Hollande’s sinking popularity has more to do with the stark economic outlook and a sense he will stick with the previous government’s centrist policies than criticism of his style. Yet his reluctance to shake things up is weighing too, and hard-left voters resent that protectionist rhetoric during Hollande’s campaign is not being translated into action.

“The main cause is the rise in unemployment and the talk of more layoffs to come. People hoped for a change, maybe a kind of protectionism but they see classic economic policies and a worsening in the economy and employment,” SainteMarie said.

France’s Socialist President Hollande’s honeymoon has ended much faster than that of his predecessor (AFP)

Mitt Romney on show as storm clouds convention Republican presidential challenger competing with Isaac

By Matt Spetalnick and Sam Youngman PRESIDENTIAL candidate Mitt Romney flew to Tampa yesterday to join fellow Republicans seeking to put their shortened convention back on track and prevent his message from being drowned out by a tropical storm bearing down on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Finally getting down to business after Tropical Storm Isaac upended the convention schedule, delegates were formally to affirm Romney as the party’s nominee in an evening capped by primetime speeches by his wife, Ann, and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

Romney, who had originally planned to stay out of the spotlight until tomorrow night when he accepts his party’s nomination, decided to make an early appearance yesterday to be on hand for his wife’s turn at the podium, a campaign official said.

Republicans seeking to salvage the convention faced a stiff challenge: help Romney make an aggressive, memo-

Romney and wife Ann arrive to board their campaign plane in Bedford, Massachusetts, yesterday, en route to Tampa, Florida to attend the Republican National Convention rable argument to voters to replace President Barack Obama while being careful to show sensitivity to those at risk from the storm.

Delegates gathering for the typically festive and partisan event were also under pres-

sure to avoid the appearance of unseemly celebration while the Gulf Coast was under threat.

While Tampa was spared the brunt of Isaac’s fury, a destructive landfall in Louisiana in the next day or so

could create uncomfortable split-screen television images of the convention juxtaposed with the storm.

The Republican gathering will culminate with Romney’s nationally televised acceptance speech tomorrow,

the biggest speaking engagement of his political life as he heads into a 10-week sprint to the November 6 election.

He spent the past few days rehearsing at his New Hampshire vacation home before boarding his campaign plane and heading for Tampa, where his arrival could help energize delegates as the convention gets into full swing.

Running even with Obama or slightly behind him in most polls, Romney needs a bounce in popularity from the gathering, particularly in the 10 or so politically divided “swing states,” including Florida itself, likely to decide the election.

Obama showed he was staying on top of the storm situation, warning Gulf Coast residents to prepare for possible flooding, but he was set to go ahead with own campaign events in Iowa and Colorado later yesterday.

Republicans had assembled a line-up of speakers last night who were expected to rip into Obama for his economic policies, widely seen as the president’s most vulnerable point, and argue the former private equity executive could do a better job.

“As far as getting our message out, I think we’re going to be able to get it out very clearly that President Obama has failed,” Romney convention organiser Russ Schriefer said.

Keeping the heat on Obama for his “you didn’t build that” comment, convention planners have set the day’s theme as “We Built It,” in a bid to highlight what they see as the president’s hostility toward small business.

Isaac storm revs up to hurricane force as Gulf Coast expecting a battering TROPICAL Storm Isaac strengthened into a hurricane just off the US Gulf Coast yesterday as it churned toward landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Isaac’s winds, rain and storm surge could pose a major test of New Orleans’ new flood control systems and reinforced levees. Forecasts from the US National Hurricane Center showed the storm coming ashore late yesterday.

“Isaac has finally formed into a hur-

ricane, so we are officially in the fight and the city of New Orleans is on the front lines,” New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu told reporters.

The US Army Corps of Engineers began to close for the first time the massive new floodgate on the largest storm-surge barrier in the world, at Lake Borgne, east of New Orleans.

In other preparations, energy companies evacuated offshore oil rigs and shut down US Gulf Coast refineries as the storm threatened to batter the oil refining belt.

At 15:20, the Hurricane Center said Isaac was centered about 120 kilometres south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River with top sustained winds of 120kph.

Its forward speed was a relatively slow 16kph, a concern for people in the path of the storm since slowmoving cyclones can bring higher rainfall totals. The storm was about 595km wide.

Rain and high winds were expected in the Gulf Coast region overnight Europe time, bringing the threat of

storm surge and flooding.

Isaac had New Orleans in its sights as the city still struggles to recover from Hurricane Katrina, which swept across it on August 29, 2005, killing more than 1,800 people and causing billions of dollars of damage.

After Katrina, the Corps of Engineers built a $14.5 billion defence flood system of walls, floodgates, levees and pumps designed to protect the city against a massive tidal surge like the one that swamped New Orleans in Katrina’s wake.

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Murder inquiry opened into Arafat death continued from page one shed light on this matter.”

Erekat said a Palestinian committee investigating the death would continue its work. “We welcome the (French) decision,” he said.

“We believe our political and medical team is working in parallel (with the French inquiry). At the same time the Arab League has now formed a committee which will call for an international investigation through the UN Security Council.”

An investigating magistrate, yet to be named, will lead the French inquiry into possible premeditated murder, a legal source said in Paris.

Arafat was confined by Israel to his compound after a Palestinian uprising and was already in poor health when he collapsed in October 2004.

At first Arafat’s aides said he was suffering from influenza but, looking weak and thin – and telling aides “God willing, I will be back” - he was flown to France where he slipped into a coma and died on November 11.

A lawyer for Suha Arafat told Europe 1 radio that the French court was correct in recognising its jurisdiction to investigate the case, since Arafat died in France.

“The tests done in Switzerland showed that Mr Arafat, in all likelihood, died through poisoning,” the lawyer, Marc Bonnant, said. “This hypothesis must be proved, and if that’s the case, then it’s premeditated murder.”

Suha Arafat has said her suspicions were raised when the hospital where her husband was treated acknowledged that it had destroyed his blood and urine samples.

The Palestinian Authority plans to exhume Arafat’s body from a limestone mausoleum in Ramallah for an autopsy and Tunisia has called for a ministerial meeting of the Arab League to discuss his death.

Syrian refugee ‘safe zone’ sought

Craig, Cindy (centre) and Sarah Corrie, parents and sister of US peace activist Rachel Corrie, leave the Haifa District Court yesterday (AFP)

Court clears Israeli army for Corrie death

By Allyn Fisher-Ilan AN Israeli court yesterday cleared Israel’s military of any blame for the death of American activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed by an army bulldozer during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Gaza.

Corrie’s family had accused Israel of intentionally and unlawfully killing their 23year-old daughter in March 2003, launching a civil case in the northern city of Haifa after a military investigation found the army was not responsible.

Judge Oded Gershon said the death was a “regrettable accident” and invoked a clause that absolved the army because the incident had happened during a wartime situation.

“She did not distance herself from the area, as any thinking person would have done,” he told a packed courtroom.

Corrie, from Olympia, Washington, had joined a small group of international activists trying to stop the Israeli army from demolishing hous-

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Court says activist’s death ‘regrettable’, but that the military was not to blame es in the southern Gaza town of Rafah during the height of a Palestinian uprising.

Her friends said she was wearing a bright orange vest at the time of the incident and was standing on a mound of earth, but had lost her footing as the bulldozer advanced. The driver said he had not seen her and did not hear the cries to stop.

Corrie’s mother, Cindy, denounced the verdict and accused the court of looking to shield the military from justice.

“I believe that this was a bad day not only for our family but a bad day for human rights, for humanity, the rule of law and also for the country of Israel,” she told reporters.

The family said it would appeal the ruling.

Corrie’s death made her a symbol of the uprising, and while her family battled through the courts to establish who was responsible for her killing, her story was dramatised on stage in a dozen countries and told in the book Let Me Stand Alone.

Judge Gershon said soldiers had done their utmost to keep people away from the site on the day of the protest, adding that visibility had been poor and that Corrie had not been careful about where she had stood.

The Israeli army said it needed to demolish houses to prevent guerrillas from using the area as cover for attacks.

Palestinians said it was a form of collective punishment and the United Nations had condemned the practice.

“It was a very regrettable ac-

cident and not an intentional act,” the judge said, dismissing any claims for damages.

He ruled that the family would have to pay its own legal costs but not those of the defence.

Senior US officials criticised the original military investigation into the case, saying it had been neither thorough nor credible. But the judge said the inquiry had been appropriate and pinned no blame on the army.

Corrie’s mother, who struggled to hold back her tears, said she felt let down not just by the Israeli legal system but also by US diplomacy.

“Rachel was a human being and we as her family deserved accountability,” Cindy Corrie said. “The (Israeli) state has worked extremely hard so that the truth behind what happened to my daughter is not exposed.”

Few Israelis showed much sympathy for Corrie’s death, which took place during the second Palestinian Intifada (uprising) in which thousands of Palestinians were killed and hundreds of Israelis died in suicide bombings.

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SYRIA’S refugee exodus is accelerating and up to 200,000 people could settle in Turkey alone if the conflict worsens, the United Nations warned yesterday, increasing pressure for creation of a buffer zone inside Syria.

Turkey has floated the idea of a “safe zone” to be set up for civilians under foreign protection as a 17-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad has intensified.

Up to 5,000 refugees a day have been crossing into Turkey over the past two weeks while the pace of refugees arriving at a camp in northern Jordan has doubled, heralding what could be a much bigger movement there, the UN refugee agency said.

Although there is no sign divided world powers are ready to back a buffer and no-fly zone, as rebels and aid organisations would like, UN Security Council foreign ministers are expected to discuss the idea at a meeting tomorrow.

TURKEY WARNING While Turkey could in theory create a buffer zone itself, it has said it is reluctant to go it alone. Already hosting more than 80,000 refugees, Turkey has warned it could run out of space if the number goes above 100,000.

“We are already looking at potentially up to 200,000 and are working with the Turkish government to make the necessary plans,” Sybella Wilkes, spokeswoman of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said in Geneva.

Turkey fears the presence of refugees fleeing a conflict with a sectarian dimension could worsen its own tensions as well as straining resources.

Turkey will open four new camps for Syrian refugees by next week, bringing its capacity to 120,000 people, its disaster management agency said, but thousands remain stuck inside Syria.

“We will be asking the United Nations to be more active in terms of helping the Syrians on their side of the border,” said one Turkish official, who declined to be named.

Ties between Turkey and Syria have declined sharply during the uprising. Syria accuses its neighbour, hosting rebel forces, of backing ‘terrorist’ infiltration and shot down a Turkish plane in June.

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US home prices gain again amid consumer gloom

Airbus wins $7bln Philippines order

U.S. home prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in June, a fresh sign of improvement as the recovery in the housing market picks up steam.

But in a sign of how fragile the broader economy remains, another measure of consumers' views on the economy released yesterday deteriorated in August to the lowest in nine months as Americans were more pessimistic about business and labour market prospects.

The housing sector has been a bright spot, with the stabilisation in prices since February suggesting the long-struggling market has finally turned a corner.

Still, the recovery is expected to be slow as the sector faces several hurdles, including ongoing foreclosures and a large number of underwater homeowners.

The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.9 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis, topping economists' forecasts for a 0.5-per cent rise, according to a Reuters poll.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, prices were even stronger, up 2.3 per cent.

US lobbying fails to help bid by Boeing

A New York house for sale

By Erik dela Cruz and Tim Hepher AIRBUS (EAD.PA) won a $7-billion order to help more than triple Philippine Airlines Inc's fleet (PAL.PS), beating Boeing Co (BA.N) to a deal despite U.S. support for Manila in a diplomatic dispute with China.

The flag carrier plans to buy up to 100 new jets in total within the next five to seven years, its biggest ever fleet expansion in its 71-year history, as it restructures operations to become a lowcost carrier and regain dominance of the local market from arch-rival Cebu Air Inc (CEB.PS).

Those purchases would take its fleet to around 140 planes, far ahead of Cebu's 38-strong fleet, which it plans to double. Philippine Airlines said it was still in talks with both Airbus and Boeing for its next tranche of planes.

For this stage of fleet expansion, the airline has ordered 10 long-haul A330-300s and 44 jets from the A321 family, with delivery starting in 2013, Asia's oldest airline said in a statement.

Philippine Airlines will pay Airbus in cash, with part of the money to come from bank loans, said President Ramon Ang, who also heads Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp (SMC.PS).

The carrier is also ready to issue more shares to fund

Philippine Airlines President Ramon Ang (right), Lucio Tan (left), chairman of Philippine Airlines and Jean Francois Laval, Airbus senior vice president (SVP)-sales Asia pose for a photo during a press conference in Manila yesterday (AFP) its jet purchases, it said in a statement.

"The good Boeing planes we are looking at are the 777-300 ER and the upcoming 777-X. We're also interested in the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner," Ang told reporters on the sidelines of the deal signing event in Manila yesterday.

"We have the option on whichever type of aircraft to go," he said.

Boeing and Airbus are locked in a global contest for market share, in some cases more than halving prices to bolster orders of the newly revamped models of best-

selling narrowbody jets, industry sources and analysts say.

San Miguel, which bought a 49 per cent stake in PAL and a sister airline in April from Filipino billionaire and brewing rival Lucio Tan in a deal worth about $500 million, controls the management of the airline.

A territorial spat in the South China Sea, Asia's biggest potential military flashpoint, appears to have added a diplomatic dimension to the aircraft order talks as Washington seeks to cement a growing alignment with

Manila on the issue.

One person familiar with the matter said there had been significant "commercial and political pressure" on the airline to secure a deal with Boeing.

Boeing declined to comment on the negotiations.

In Washington, the State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Beijing's sovereignty claim over the huge area has set it against Vietnam and the Philippines as the three race to tap possibly huge oil reserves.

Spain econ falling deeper into recession Credit Agricole Greek unit deal

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Prices in the 20 cities rose 0.5 per cent compared with the previous year, the first time year-over-year price changes were in positive territory since September 2010.

Atlanta fared the worst, tumbling 12.1 per cent from a year ago. Hard-hit Phoenix continued to bounce back and was up nearly 14 per cent.

"The fact that some of the areas hardest hit during the housing downturn, such as Florida, Arizona, and California, have seen gains in recent months is a positive sign that the gradual improvement in housing conditions is becoming somewhat broader based," said Michael Gapen, senior US economist at Barclays Capital in New York.

Financial markets showed little reaction to the data as investor attention remained on a highly anticipated speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the end of the week.

Many analysts think the Federal Reserve could take more steps to bolster the economy as soon as the central bank's next meeting in September.

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THE Spanish economy is falling deeper into recession and depositors are pulling their money out of the banks, figures published yesterday showed, while the country's most economically important region, Catalonia, said it needed a major rescue from Madrid.

Spain's recession grew stronger in the second quarter of the year and is expected to get worse as austerity measures introduced in response to the eurozone debt crisis cut into demand for goods and services.

A rush by consumers and firms to withdraw their money from Spanish banks intensified in July, with private sector deposits falling almost 5 per cent, to 1.509 trillion euros $1.896 trillion (1.20 trillion pounds) at endJuly from 1.583 trillion a month earlier.

Analysts believe it is inevitable that Spain will soon have to call for a European rescue package to help bring its debt costs down as austerity measures designed to slash the public deficit push the economy deeper into recession.

Adding to Spain's bleak outlook, the northeastern region of Catalonia, which represents around a fifth of the country's economy, said it needed a 5-billion euro rescue from the central government to meet its financing needs and debt costs this year.

Against this background European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said it was up to Spain to decide whether to apply for

additional aid, after meeting with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in Madrid. Rajoy repeated that he needed more details from the European Central Bank to help him decide.

Their meeting came a week before the ECB discusses new measures to help debt costs in the European nations hardest-hit by the crisis. The ECB meeting on September 6 also coincides with a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Spanish capital and a key longer-term bond auction.

"With much more fiscal austerity in the pipeline and unemployment at astronomic highs, the risks are clearly tilted towards a more protracted recession," said Martin van Vliet, an economist at ING. He expected Spain to formally request additional external financing in midSeptember or October. Spain has already negotiated up to 100 billion euros in aid for its ailing banks.

Gross domestic product fell by 0.4 per cent in the second quarter of the year, according to final figures that confirmed a preliminary reading. But on an annual basis it dropped by 1.3 per cent, worse than initial estimates of 1.0 per cent.

Spain's economy fell back into recession in the last quarter of 2011, when output fell 0.5 per cent, and government estimates show GDP will probably fall this year and next.

CREDIT Agricole said a deal to sell troubled Greek arm Emporiki could be wrapped up within weeks, as costs stemming from distressed eurozone economies hammered the French bank's quarterly results.

France's third-biggest bank by market value, which once had lofty international plans, has been selling assets from business units to loans as it retreats from an ill-fated expansion binge and returns to its domestic retail banking roots.

Before the September 2008 financial crisis, Credit Agricole aggressively boosted stakes in nearby countries from Spain, where it bought a 20 per cent stake in BankInter, to Greece, where it acquired Emporiki in 2006.

Other stakes, in banks such as Italy's largest bank Intesa Sanpaolo and Portugal's Banco Espirito Santo - where it has sold half the lender's insurance arm - have longer histories.

But Credit Agricole, which also announced job cuts at its Cariparma Italian unit, has made clear that it intends to go back to its roots as a primarily retail bank serving France.

"They've been reversing the expansion moves which had been made before," said KBW analyst Jean-Pierre Lambert. "The current management was elected with a specific agenda, to refocus the organisation, so that's what they're doing."

"They didn't expect this to be such a challenging environment, but the difficult environment has forced them further into restructuring," Lambert said, noting that in addition to its geographical retail retreat, the bank is selling its Cheuvreux and CLSA brokerages and dropping business lines like equity derivatives.

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Opinion

Review of quad bike safety is badly needed TWO more people have died in quad bike accidents over the weekend, prompting additional calls to do something about their safe use.

What to do about quad bikes is not only an issue for Cyprus. Dozens of countries struggle with the problem. In Australia, quad-bike deaths have overtaken tractor deaths. In the US around 50,000 children a year are injured on the bikes, over one hundred resulting in deaths. The UK also has a problem.

Quad bikes, or All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), were originally designed for offroad use, mainly on farms but they have become popular in recreation and sport, and are used in the military.

The European Commission is looking at proposals to improve safety, and reduce the complexity of existing rules governing quads. A commission spokeswoman told the BBC recently: “there are safety concerns with quads when used on hardpaved, public roads… this has caused a number of EU cities to ban these vehicles from traffic.”

It’s all very well to accuse the police – the two people killed here at the weekend were not wearing helmets – but authorities in Europe and elsewhere need to look at whether it is a matter of more policing, or whether there is a fundamental flaw in the design of quad bikes that makes them more dangerous than other vehicles either when driven off-road or on.

The vehicle has been given a Euro NCAP specification test. The results showed that drivers or pillion passengers would suffer “serious or life-threatening” injuries in a 64km/h crash.

Just because a vehicle has wheels does not mean it’s suitable for taking out on the road, where the biggest cause of quad bike accidents is the driver losing control, and where not only their lives, but the lives of pedestrians seems to be put at higher risk than with ‘conventional’ vehicles.

It’s easy to say that there are no bad vehicles, only bad drivers, but this isn’t always true.

Green Party deputy Giorgos Perdikis has been warning of the dangers of quad bikes since 2007, when they first became popular.

At the time, Perdikis asked the communications minister how the bikes were being regulated, to which the response was that they were regulated in the same way as cars.

Following the death of a 21-year-old British tourist in August 2010, Perdikis sent another question to the communications ministry, asking how many injuries and deaths occurred with quad bikes.

He’s still waiting for a reply.

What to do about quad bikes is not a simple issue to resolve but it is at least an issue worthy of discussion. Shame the powers-that-be don’t seem to think so too.

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HE DECISIONS taken by political leaders at the European Council of June 2012 will bring a stronger economic governance and longterm stability to the eurozone and the wider EU economy.

However, the need to stimulate growth and create jobs is still prevailing.

That’s why the Cyprus Presidency intends to work hard to broker an agreement during the next six months on the multiannual financial framework (MFF), the EU’s proposed budget for 2014-2020, that will enable the EU to invest where the real needs lie and where there can be European added value in osmosis and complementary with national efforts.

But to do this, Europe needs a budget that is fit-for-purpose.

The growth compact adopted by the European Council in June will certainly help, but quick adoption of the MFF will send a more immediate signal that Europe is ready to invest in our future, that we are serious about growth.

Adoption of the MFF by the end of 2012 as mandated by the June European Council, is a key stepping stone towards the deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union, and towards sustainable growth in Europe as a whole.

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A right mix of solidarity, discipline, vision, sense of purpose and attachment to our fundamental values and ideals and the preservation of our social cohesion, deep rooted in our approach, should guide us in this effort.

We know, though, that reaching a quick agreement on MFF will not be easy: there are still some Member States that see the MFF as ‘more money for Brussels’ instead of a budget for investment in our regions, our cities, our rural areas.

Winning the battle over the MFF will mean focusing on the message that this is money for our citizens, our students, our workers, our entrepreneurs, our scientists, our innovators, our farmers; for the unemployed and those who are afraid of being unemployed; for the future of Europe and for all those who want to have a future in Europe.

We need to make sure that we look beyond the headlines to the reality: that EU funding is more vital than ever now that many national budgets are stretched

to the limit and public investments are being cut back in the name of austerity.

Cohesion policy funding accounts for a substantial share of public investment in many EU Member States: in some southern European countries, the share is 35-50%, in many new Member States (including Cyprus) it can be as much as 70 percent or more.

Even more importantly, the allocation of EU funds from the next MFF will be tied to ongoing structural reforms and the wider EU recovery: countries that fail to meet their commitments risk losing access to EU funds.

More money will also be dedicated to other key areas such as research and innovation, energy efficiency, education and infrastructure, in line with the Europe 2020 strategy.

These are compelling arguments for agreeing on an ambitious MFF for the next seven years. We know it will not be easy, and the pressure to cut costs will remain high, but if we do not succeed in agreeing on a meaningful MFF to fund these measures, Europe’s attempts to restore growth and invest in long-term stability would be undermined.

Making sure that a worthwhile agreement is reached by the end

of 2012 will be one of the major challenges during the Cyprus Presidency.

The Informal Meeting of Ministers and State Secretaries for European Affairs on August 30 in Nicosia, that will solely focus on the MFF, ambitions to contribute significantly in conquering this challenge.

A real and open exchange of views amongst Member States is envisaged with the participation of the Commission as well as the involvement of the European Parliament on key elements of the MFF. Divergent views are obviously expected to be expressed; however it is also expected that everybody will reiterate its readiness to work towards reaching an agreement on the MFF before the end of this year and all will demonstrate the necessary flexibility and spirit of compromise, enabling us to return solidly to a sustainable path, conducive to a better Europe, more relevant, more responsive to the aspirations of all Europeans in their diversity, whilst building an ever closer Union.

Andreas D. Mavroyiannis is Cyprus European Affairs Deputy Minister and Maroš Šefčovič is European Commission Vice-President

Syria: the world has truly broken into two SYRIA’S agony has generated a variety of unproductive responses: verbal condemnation of the excesses of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime; disagreements about the wisdom of armed intervention; and allaround confusion about the possibility of finding a viable long-term solution. Worse, in this sorry state of affairs, the world may be getting a glimpse of a very ugly future.

First, let us try to disentangle some of the cat’s cradle of ironies and contradictions that are bedeviling efforts to end the violence in Syria. Whereas Syria denies political freedom to its citizens, it tolerates significantly more social freedom than many other Arab countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, which is leading the charge to oust Assad. Governed by minority Alawites (a Shia sect), Syria harbors a kaleidoscope of distinct groups: Arabs, Armenians, Christians, Kurds, Druze, Ismailis, and Bedouin.

It is this tolerance of cultural and religious diversity that could be endangered if the Sunni-inspired revolt sweeps the

Comment Jaswant Singh country. And that is why Syria simultaneously generates revulsion at the regime’s atrocities and fear of what might follow if the regime is defeated.

In an ancient land such as Syria, there can be no examination of the problems of the present without reflecting upon the past. In his history of the Arab world in the aftermath of World War I, A Peace to End all Peace, David Fromkin suggests that the Middle East today reflects the failure of the European powers to consolidate the political systems that they imposed.

Britain and its allies “destroyed the old order,” smashing Turkish rule of the Arabic-speaking Middle East. But then they “created countries, nominated rulers, delineated frontiers, [and introduced] a state system” that would not work.

But, in the wake of the American-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the intervention

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in Libya, is not the same experiment being repeated almost a century later?

In August 1919, British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour summarised the essence of the problem that is now confronting policymakers. “The unhappy truth,” he wrote, “is that France, England, and America have got themselves…so inextricably confused that no…satisfactory answer is now possible.”

Does that not sound familiar?

And is not an updated version of Syrian (and then Iraqi) King Faisal’s exhortation to Arabs – “Choose to be either slaves or masters of your own destiny” – echoed in the political pronouncements of new leaders in Egypt and elsewhere.

And let us examine the actions of the West in 1919 and the years that followed. The French, as Fromkin reminds us, “shrank Syria, so that they could control it,” rewarding their “Christian allies by swelling the borders of Mount Lebanon with the Bekaa valley, the Mediterranean ports of Tyre, Sidon, Beirut and Tripoli, and… land…north of Palestine. Thou-

sands of Muslims [suddenly] belonged to a state dominated

by Christians.”

The combination of ethnic and sectarian fears and rivalries, historical memories, and willful blindness among outside powers seems almost predestined to destabilise the entire Middle East again.

Is there a solution to this grim impasse? Certainly, one will not be found in more United Nations resolutions. As Michael Ignatieff has wisely observed, Syria’s crisis has revealed that this is “the moment in which the West should see that the world has truly broken into two.

A loose alliance of struggling capitalist democracies” is faced

by Russia and China. Western countries’ national interests will no longer determine the moral and political impulses of today’s global community Jaswant Singh, a former Indian finance minister, foreign minister, and defence minister, is the author of Jinnah: India – Partition – Independence © Project Syndicate 2012

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25 years ago Saturday August 29, 1987

The Treaty of Nanking was signed by the British and the Chinese. The treaty ended the first Opium War and gave the island of Hong Kong to Britain.

Six convicted killers held 21 prison staff hostage on the Italian island of Elba for a fourth day yesterday with negotiators saying they could not meet a demand for an escape helicopter. “We are waiting for a sign of good will from the convicts, we are doing all we can to avoid a massacre,” magistrate Antonino Costanzo told reporters.

1945 US General Douglas MacArthur left for Japan to officially accept the surrender of the Japanese.

1990 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in a television interview, declared that America could not defeat Iraq.

1991 The Communist Party in the Soviet Union had its bank accounts frozen and activities were suspended because of the Party’s role in the failed coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.

2005 Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the US Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage

35 years ago Monday August 29, 1977 The UN Special Representative Mr. Perez de Cuellar had a meeting yesterday with the Turkish Cypriot leader Mr. Rauf Denktash on the possibilities of resuming the intercommunal talks. The meeting, which was also attended by the UNFICYP senior political adviser Mr. Remy Gorge, lasted an hour but reliable sources indicated that the prospects for a resumption of the talks were no nearer.

45 years ago Tuesday August 29, 1967 Bishop Yennadios of Paphos attended the mass funeral at Pentalia village today for seven victims of yesterday’s road disaster. The eighth victim was buried in his native village of Ayia Marina. All eight died when the overcrowded bus in which they were travelling for the wedding of a fellow villager went over a steep cliff near Galataria village. More than sixty other passengers were injured.

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Showbiz

Venice film fest promises some sex and Scientology

Voice of Sesame Street Count dies

World’s oldest cinema showcase celebrates 80th anniversary

JERRY Nelson, the puppeteer and voice of Sesame Street’s Count von Count, has died aged 78.

For more than 40 years, Nelson worked on numerous projects featuring Jim Henson’s Muppets, including the TV series Fraggle Rock.

Nelson, who suffered from emphysema, died last week in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

A Sesame Workshop statement said he would be remembered for “the laughter he brought to children worldwide”.

Nelson was born in Oklahoma, in the US, and raised in Washington DC. He began puppeteering for Bil Baird, who produced and performed the puppetry sequence for The Lonely Goatherd in the film version of The Sound of Music.

Nelson’s first job with the Muppets was The Jimmy Dean Show in 1965 - replacing Frank Oz as Rowlf the Dog’s right hand.

He went on to work again with Henson on Sesame Street, going on to animate some of the long-running show’s best-loved characters including Mr Snuffleupaguss.

But it was his mathematicsobsessed Count von Count, modelled on Bela Lugosi’s interpretation of Count Dracula, with which he became most closely associated.

He continued to voice the character from 1972 until his death, though he ceased operating the puppet in 2004.

The Sesame Workshop said: “He will forever be in our hearts and remembered for the artistry in his puppetry, his music, and the laughter he brought to children worldwide through his portrayal of Count von Count, Herry Monster, Fat Blue, Sherlock Hemlock, the Amazing Mumford and many other beloved characters.

“We will miss his extraordinary spirit and the joy he brought to our Street.”

Paying tribute on its Facebook page, Lisa Henson, CEO of the Jim Henson Company, added: “Jerry Nelson imbued all his characters with the same gentle, sweet whimsy and kindness that were a part of his own personality.

“He joined The Jim Henson Company in the earliest years, and his unique contributions to the worlds of Fraggles, Muppets, Sesame Street and so many others are, and will continue to be, unforgettable.”

By Mike Collett-White VENICE is putting its faith in sex and Scientology this year to generate the kind of buzz the world’s oldest film festival needs to stay ahead of a growing field of rivals.

Celebrating its 80th anniversary, the annual cinema showcase on the Lido island across the water from the Canal City has long competed with overlapping Toronto to attract the best movies and biggest stars to its red carpet and glitzy party circuit.

It has another challenger in the form of the Rome festival held in November, which has bolstered its credentials by hiring Venice’s respected outgoing artistic director Marco Mueller.

He is replaced by Alberto Barbera, who is well aware that high prices and creaking infrastructure on the Lido have played into rivals’ hands.

“Rome and Venice are coming into their new editions like boxers going into a ring,” said Jay Weissberg, Hollywood trade paper Variety’s Rome critic who closely follows the Italian festival scene. “The war of words has already played out in the press for the last couple of months.”

Barbera has introduced a small film market this year to make Venice more commercially attractive for studios, although there are doubts over how much business the initiative will generate.

But his main task is to lure a selection of movies that ensures A-list star power, media buzz and a global spread of low-budget, high-quality cin-

The most talked-about movie could well be The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson’s story about a religious cult which film critics who have seen clips say bears clear similarities to Scientology, starring Joaquin Phoenix ema. On paper, the outlook for the August 29-September 8 event looks promising.

There is no George Clooney, a Venice regular, and the festival will not feature heavyweights like Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. But a band of up-and-coming performers will partly compensate and help banish Venice’s fusty image.

Zac Efron and Shia LaBeouf, popular American actors in their mid-20s, are looking to break away from movie musicals and blockbusters, while Disney actress/singer Selena Gomez, who is dating

Canadian chart-topper Justin Bieber, is in town to promote one of a string of films she has made this year.

Robert Redford and Julie Christie represent the older generation, and with Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck and the unpredictable Joaquin Phoenix are among the big draws doing the rounds of interviews and photo-shoots to promote their movies.

The most talked-about movie in Venice could well be The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson’s story about a religious cult which film critics who have seen clips say bears

clear similarities to Scientology.

Anderson has been quoted as saying that the role of Lancaster Dodd, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, was inspired by L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology.

And distributor The Weinstein Company features a news report on its website that calls The Master a “Scientology-tinged religious drama”.

Sex is high on the agenda, with Brian De Palma’s revenge thriller Passion working up an early head of steam

through its racy trailer featuring McAdams and Noomi Rapace.

Sex and religion combine in South Korean director Kim Ki-duk’s Pieta, while Terrence Malick, back on the European festival circuit a year after The Tree of Life won the Palme d’Or in Cannes, presents To the Wonder, which has been given an R rating for scenes of nudity and sex.

And Spike Lee brings Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25 celebrating the 25th anniversary of the singer’s album Bad.

Coldplay hit played across Pitt and Jolie holidaying in France UK to end 2012 Festival MUSICIANS across the UK will perform Coldplay’s anthemic hit ‘Viva La Vida’ as part of the London 2012 Festival finale.

The band have agreed to the track being played at 2pm on Sunday 9 September during the Bandstand Marathon.

The event will see hundreds of outdoor community concerts taking place simultaneously that afternoon.

Coldplay are one of the star acts of the Paralympic Games closing ceremony in the evening.

Frontman Chris Martin said: “It’s a great honour for us to be part of the celebrations for the Paralympic Games and it should be a great moment when the bandstands of Great Britain strike up in unison.”

LOCATIONS Concert locations include Inverness - where the Bandstand Marathon’s oldest singer, aged 91, will appear - Penzance, Armagh and Llandudno.

Three acts have won the chance to perform at the Olympic Park Bandstand: The 130-year-old Abergavenny Borough Band, London’s Dhol2Dhol, a traditional Indian drum troupe, and The Belles of Three Spires, a female barber shop chorus.

Ruth Mackenzie, director of the London 2012 Festival, said: “The Bandstand Marathon is encouraging local music groups to showcase their talents and be part of the London 2012 Festival.”

The event is being produced by the arts organisation, Superact, and Making Music, an organisation for voluntary music.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are having a family vacation

BRAD Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the soon-to-be-married superstar couple - who have six children together - took their brood via helicopter from London, where Brad is shooting a movie, to the town of Le Torquet for a family vacation, where they were seen perusing the shops and heading out for dinner.

In one toy shop the couple spent $215 on toys, including dolls, dinosaur figures and Barbie clothes, and one employee confesses to have not even noticed they were the famous couple.

The staff member told People.com: “I wasn’t notified of their visit. I didn’t expect it. I didn’t even recognise them. I said Bonjour like I do to all my clients and then I saw Brad Pitt.

I asked him for an autograph.

“Since Angelina was here with her son last year, the shop has moved, but they found us. I think she must really love the store.”

Jerry Nelson operated and voiced the arithmomaniac vampire Count von Count

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Education

Marijuana use found to lower young people’s IQ

UK school fees rise ‘above inflation’

Teenage smokers might also suffer permanent mental impairment

PRIVATE school fees in the UK have increased by significantly more than inflation over the past decade, making it difficult for people in many occupations to afford a private education for their children, according to research published on Monday.

Fees have increased by an average of 68 per cent, a rate of growth that is more than 1.8 times faster than the increase in the Retail Price Index (37 per cent) over the same period, according to the study by Lloyds TSB Private Banking.

Since 2002, the average annual private school fee has increased from £6,820 to £11,457 in 2012.

Regionally, the biggest rises have been in Greater London and the south west with fees increasing in both regions by 79 per cent during the decade.

The next biggest increases were in East Anglia (74 per cent), East Midlands (69 per cent) and the south east (68 per cent).

The lowest average increases were in the West Midlands (53 per cent), the north, which includes the north east and the north west, (60 per cent) and Scotland (63 per cent).

Fees have increased significantly more slowly in the past five years than the previous five. Since the start of the economic downturn in 2007, the average annual fee has grown by 19 per cent. This is closely in line with the Retail Price Index which rose by 18 per cent in the same period.

The average annual fee in 2012 of £11,457 is equivalent to 35 per cent of annual average gross full-time earnings of £33,011; in 2002 the comparable ratio was 27 per cent.

Researchers said that with fees rising by significantly more than the rate of inflation, it has become more difficult for the average earner in many occupations to send their children to private schools.

By John von Radowitz CANNABIS can lower the IQ of young teenagers and may cause permanent mental impairment, research has shown.

The most persistent users suffer an average eight-point decline in IQ between adolescence and adulthood, according to the study of more than 1,000 participants.

Scientists believe smoking cannabis from the age of puberty may disrupt developing and vulnerable brain circuits.

Users experienced significantly more attention and memory problems than nonusers, the study revealed. This was the case even after taking account of different educational backgrounds and use of alcohol and other drugs.

Quitting or cutting down on cannabis later in life did not fully reverse the impact on those who started taking the drug in their early teens.

But the study found no evidence of similar problems affecting people who only took up cannabis as adults.

The international team, led

by US psychologist Dr Madeline Meier, from Duke University in Durham, Carolina, wrote in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: “Persistent cannabis use was associated with neuropsychological decline broadly across domains of functioning even after controlling for years of education.

“Impairment was concentrated among adolescent-onset cannabis users, with more persistent use associated with greater decline. Further, cessation of cannabis use did not fully restore neuropsychological functioning among adolescent-onset cannabis users.”

The researchers analysed

But the study found no evidence of similar IQ problems affecting those who took up smoking cannabis as adults

data on 1,037 individuals enrolled into the Dunedin Study, a large lifestyle and health investigation based in New Zealand.

Scientists followed the progress of participants from birth to the age of 38, carrying out neuropsychological tests at age 13 and again at the end of the study.

Cannabis use was recorded at five intervals from the age of 18 onwards.

The tests showed wide-ranging mental declines among men and women who began taking cannabis at a young age and continued using the drug regularly for more than 20 years.

“The most persistent adolescent-onset cannabis users evidenced an average eightpoint IQ decline from childhood to adulthood,” said the researchers.

Persistent cannabis use appeared to affect everyday mental functioning. Users experienced significant attention and memory problems, according to friends and relatives questioned by the researchers.

While quitting may prevent further impairment, it did not appear to restore normal mental functioning for those whose cannabis habit began in adolescence, said the scientists.

Puberty was a period of “critical brain development” when neural circuits were still forming, they pointed out. At this stage in life the brain was vulnerable to “toxic insult”.

Animals studies had shown that exposure to cannabis can alter brain structure, especially in the hippocampal region which is vital to memory.

The researchers concluded: “Prevention and policy efforts should focus on delivering to the public the message that cannabis use during adolescence can have harmful effects on neuropsychological functioning, delaying the onset of cannabis use at least until adulthood, and encour-

aging cessation of cannabis use particularly for those who began using cannabis in adolescence.”

Professor Terrie Moffitt, from the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London, who took part in the study, said: “Participants were frank about their substance abuse habits because they trust our confidentiality guarantee, and 96 per cent of the original participants stuck with the study from 1972 to today.

“It’s such a special study that I’m fairly confident that cannabis is safe for over-18 brains, but risky for under-18 brains.”

Colleague Professor Robin Murray, also from the Institute of Psychiatry, said: “The Dunedin sample is probably the most intensively studied cohort in the world and therefore the data is very good. The researchers, who I know well, are among the best epidemiologists in the world. Therefore, although one should never be convinced by a single study, I take the findings very seriously.

“We have known for some time that heavy use of cannabis increases risk of schizophrenia-like psychoses, but this remains a relatively rare outcome so it’s not so important from a public health point of view.

“However, there are a lot of clinical and educational anecdotal reports that cannabis users tend to be less successful in their educational achievement, marriages and occupations. It is of course part of folk-lore among young people that some heavy users of cannabis ... seem to gradually lose their abilities and end up achieving much less than one would have anticipated. This study provides one explanation as to why this might be the case.”

Obama, Romney spar over private education Yao urges China schools to invest in sport ON the campaign trail, US President Barack Obama has talked a lot about education.

Making a bid for young voters and their parents, Obama accused Republican rival Mitt Romney of planning to slash aid to college students. Romney hit back by noting that Obama, a Democrat, has not been able to rein in the soaring cost of tuition.

But the differences between the two candidates on education policy extend far deeper than a war of sound bites over college costs. In an echo of their broader philosophical divide, Romney and Obama split sharply over what role the private sector should play in the US education system.

“There are very, very meaningful differences in philosophy,” said Phillip Handy, a businessman who was chair-

US President Obama man of the Florida Board of Education for six years and now advises Romney on the subject.

Romney seeks to encourage - with federal subsidies, when necessary - robust participation from the private sector in teaching American kids and training

workers. He would use public dollars to enroll more children in private schools; keep federal aid flowing to private, for-profit colleges and pay private banks to take over part of the federal student loan programme.

Obama, by contrast, has sought to expand government’s role in education.

He has directed billions of dollars in federal funds to states that adopted his vision of a revamped kindergarten through 12th grade curriculum, with more emphasis on standardised testing. He has secured billions more in public funding to help states avert teacher layoffs.

And in higher education, Obama has expanded federal student aid and cracked down on for-profit colleges that he says leave students with too much debt and too few job prospects.

FORMER NBA all-star Yao Ming has called for China’s school system to invest more in sport at the grassroots level, claiming much was needed to be done in his homeland to prevent further stagnation.

“The growth of sport’s status in school life in our country has halted now,” the giant former Houston Rockets centre told the China Daily newspaper.

“We should start over and let it go beyond just a function (for) keeping (students) fit.”

With the inaugural season of Yao’s “Foundation Hope” elementary school basketball programme recently concluded, he has been making a considerable push of his own.

Yao’s foundation had reached some 27,000 students from 47 schools in 17 cities nationwide, providing sports facilities and basketball coaching,

Sports advocate: Yao according to the China Daily.

“The development of school sports activities in China remains small,” said Yao, who retired from the professional game last year after two seasons battling serious foot injuries.

“Sport still lags far behind

studies in terms of importance in students’ school lives,” said the 31-year-old, who became one of Asia’s biggest sports personalities while in the NBA. Chinese students face heavy pressure from the national college entrance exams and most of the nation’s high schools bump sport from the curriculum in the run-up to the tests.

Yao, however, wants China to follow the American blueprint.

“When I remember primary school, the first thing popping into my mind is the playground,” said Yao, who established his foundation after the deadly Sichuan earthquake in 2008. He has helped build 14 schools around the devastated area and insisted balls, rackets and baskets should be supplied for the students, along with books.

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Tel: 7777-8383 The Raven (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 8pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 8pm. Tel: 77778383

Ted (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

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

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in 2D, in Greek) 8.15pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in 3D, in Greek) 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in 3D, in Greek), weekends only at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.25pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

The Dark Knight Rises (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.15 and 10.15pm, and (Screen 2) at 8.05pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 5.15 and 10.15pm, and (Screen 4) at 8.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 8.15 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 8.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Summer Open-Air Marathon (tonight: Nicostratos le Pelican) (in French, with Greek subtitles) Konstantia Open-Air Cinema, Wednesday to Sunday at 9pm. Tel: 22-348203

LIMASSOL The Expendables 2 (15) Rio 2 at 6.20, 8.20 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 4.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Raid: Redemption (18) (in Indonesian, with Greek subtitles) Rio 3 at 8 and 10pm, weekends at 8.20 and 10.20pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Raven (15) Rio 6 at 6.20, 8.20 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 4.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 3) at 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ted (15) Rio 4 at 6.20, 8.20 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 4.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.30pm. Tel: 77778383 The Dark Knight Rises (12) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.15 and 10.15pm, and (Screen 2) at 8.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dictator (15) Rio 5 at 10.10pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 8.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 3 (in 3D, in Greek) at 6.20pm, weekends at 4.45 and 6.30pm; Rio 5 (in 2D, in Greek) at 6.30 and 8.20pm, 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. Tel: 7777-8383

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The Expendables 2 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Expendables 2 (15) Rio 1 at 6, 8.10 and 10.20pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.40pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Raid: Redemption (18) (in Indonesian, with Greek subtitles) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Raven (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 8pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Ted (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.30pm. Tel: 77778383 The Dark Knight Rises (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.15 and 10.15pm, and (Screen 2) at 8.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 8.15 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in 2D, in Greek) at 8.15pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in 3D, in Greek) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.25pm. Tel: 77778383

The Raid: Redemption (18) (in Indonesian, with Greek subtitles) Rio 5 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Raven (15) Rio 2 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 Ted (15) Rio 4 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 7 at 4.45, 7.45 and 10.45pm. 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 3 (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

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listings Today Other Events Geroskipou Beer Festival Music and dance from around the world, fire shows, acrobatics, DJ’s and 40 different kinds of beer. August 29-September 2. Summer Club, Geroskipou Beach, Paphos. 6pm. €5. Tel: 99-621772/99-294571

Tomorrow Music Towards A Europe of Peace A performance by the Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra as part of the Kypria International Festival. August 30 and 31. Strovolos Municipal Theatre. €12 and €7. 8.30pm. www.kypria.org. cy. General info: 22-208400 Towards a Europe of Peace Concert with Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra and the World Youth Choir under the music direction of Ayis Ioannides and soloists Margarita Elia (soprano), Vivien Cooksley (mezzosoprano), Kirlianit Cortes (tenor) and Russi Nikoff (baritone).

August 30-31. Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €7/12.

Tel: 22-463144/22-208400 and www.cyso.org.cy, and www.kypria. org.cy

Other Events

Theatre

Limassol Wine Festival Live music and dancing, traditional Cypriot food and an opportunity to sample different local wines from large and small wineries. August 30September 9. Limassol Municipal Gardens, 28th October Avenue. €4/6. Tel: 25-344402/25344952/25- 745919

Liar Wanted Theatro Ena presents play by Dimitris Psathas set in a modern day Cyprus.

August 31-September 1. B Municipal Market (Theatro Ena), Limassol.

8.30pm. In Greek. €12/15. Tel: 96-458399

Coming Up Music Towards A Europe of Peace A performance by the Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra as part of the Kypria International Festival. August 30 and 31. Strovolos Municipal Theatre. €12 and €7. 8.30pm. www.kypria.org.cy. General info: 22-208400.

Sabaton Swedish metal band perform live with new line-up. September 1.

Kingston Rock City, 33 Navarinou Street, Limassol. 8pm. €20/25. Tel: 99-427323 Rock Against the Crisis Rock festival featuring bands from Limassol. September 1. Heroes Square, Limassol. 7pm. Free

Other Events

Iosif Hadjikyriakos Solo painting exhibition inspired by the art of Lefkara. Opens September 5, 7pm, until September 20.

Gallery Kypriaki Gonia, 45 Stadiou St, Larnaca. Tel: 24-621109.www. gallerykypriakigonia.com.cy

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

Ongoing

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

Exhibitions

Sakis Rouvas – 20th Milk Festival Live performance by famous Greek pop star accompanied by Tamta and the band Cabin 54. August 31.

Chalkanoras Idaliou Football Field, Dhali, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €12/60. Tel: 99-641421/99-934560

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

Stationary and School Items Bazaar Get the kids ready for school with a 25% discount off marked prices.

September 1 and 8. Soloneon Book Centre, Nicosia. 8.30am-6pm. Tel: 22-666799

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

Exhibitions Silia Philippou Solo painting exhibition. Opens September 4, 7.30pm until September 18. Gallery Gloria, 3 Zinonos Sozou Street, Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 10.30pm-12.45pm and 5pm-8pm.

Saturday: 10.30pm-12.45pm. Tel: 22-760286

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. Monday- Friday: 10.30am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30am-1pm. Tel: 22-30000/150

Our Lady of Nicosia Exhibition about the church of Phaneromeni and its 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. Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre 19, Palaias Ilektrikis, Nicosia. Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-3pm and 5pm-11pm. Sunday: 10am4pm. 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. Ethnological Museum – The House of Hagjigeorgakis Kornesios, 20, Patriarxou Grigoriou, Nicosia.

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8.30am3.30pm. Wednesday: 8.30am-5pm.

Saturday: 9.30am-3.30pm. Tel: 22-305316 AnThrOPOS: Faces of Cyprus through the Ages An exhibition that explores the human form as it is represented in the art of Cyprus from the Neolithic period until today, focusing specifically on depictions of the human face. Until January 18. The Cyprus Museum 1 Special Exhibition Hall, Museum Street, Nicosia. Tel.: 22-865854. www.mcw.gov.cy

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All aboard Kypria express NEARLY twenty years on, The Kypria International Festival has evolved into a premier event that’s a highlight of the cultural and social agenda, and one that’s set to attract international attention.

With Cyprus assuming the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in July, Kypria 2012 will last longer than usual, with the festival starting tomorrow and lasting until October 20. Its main goal is to bring in notable performers from Greece and other countries, but also to serve as a stepping stone for Cypriot artists.

The festival will commence tomorrow with a concert titled Towards a Europe of Peace by the Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the World Youth Choir.

Second in line are two theatre productions by the National Theatre of Greece – Moliere’s Amphitryon and Pericles by William Shakespeare. Then the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra presents four musical views on the Shakespearean drama of Othello featuring works by Dvorak, Khachaturian, Rossini and Verdi in a concert titled Othello’s Tower in Music.

In recent years the musical traditions of the Mediterranean have spurred international interest while gaining an important place in World Music, with this in mind Kypria brings together a group of artists who are pioneers on the international music scene in a concert entitled Mediterranean Express.

The star line-up in this concert includes Maria Farantouri, a wellknown Greek vocalist and political activist, considered to be one of the foremost interpreters of Greek music, especially the work of composer Mikis Theodorakis.

Over the years she has moved from traditional and folk styles to more jazz, classical and avantgarde works.

The National Theatre of Greece will stage Shakespeare’s Pericles

Programme Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra - World Youth Choir Towards A Europe of Peace Thursday August 30 & Friday August 31, Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia National Theatre of Greece Moliere: Amphitryon Friday September 7, Makarios III Amphitheatre, Strovolos, Nicosia William Shakespeare: Pericles Saturday September 8, Makarios III Amphitheatre, Strovolos, Nicosia Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Othello’s Tower Thursday September 13, Municipal Garden Theatre, Limassol Friday September 14, Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia En Chordais Maria Farantouri Mediterranean Express Saturday September 15, Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia Sunday September 16, Rialto Theatre, Limassol

Multi-award winning Greek band En Chordais take on the different musical traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean. The oud, qanun, double-bass, percussion and voice are the instruments chosen to cover the eight centuries of musical traditions of this region. While Lebanese singer Ghada Shbeir is a specialist and professional performer of traditional Middle Eastern folk and Arabo-Andalusian songs, Syriac and Ancient Maronite chants.

In this concert the outstanding musicians from Greece and Lebanon collaborate on stage, and demonstrate both the relevance of Mediterranean musical traditions and the artistic interaction of cultures in the course of a long history of coexistence.

There follows a concert by Giannis Kotsiras and the group Estoudiantina with the collaboration of Michalis Terlikkas. The concert, titled Love Songs from Smyrna meet Cyprus Tradition, features works that comprise the beginning of rembetiko and have left their mark on the 1920s musical culture.

From music to dance, next up in the programme is Aterballetto,

En Chordais will take part in Mediterranean Express

one of Italy’s foremost dance companies. The company brings a concert of two repertory works with common characteristics, but diverging styles. Choreographed by the company’s artistic director Mauro Bigonzetti, it is performed by an exuberant and technically explosive cast of young dancers gathered from Italy and all over the world.

Rossini Cards is a performance without dramatic context which contains scenes regarding parallel lives. The sumptuous choreography feeds the spectator´s imagination with harmony, music and drama. The creation invites you to a feast prepared by two Italian masters: Mauro Bigonzetti and Rossini, composer and master chef.

Cantata pays homage to the Italian culture and musical tradition in a choreography bursting with the typical vibrant colours of the south. Its passionate and visceral gestures evoke a Mediterranean and wild type of beauty.

An instinctual and vital dance explores the various facets of the relationship between man and woman: seduction, passion, quarrels, jealousy.

One performance to take note of is a theatre piece that is bound to provoke some important discussion. Set in Kerynia during the three days of the 2004 Annan referendum in Cyprus, A Slight Risk is a new play by the Fresh Target Theatre Ensemble which attempts to dig deep into the psyche of a seemingly trouble free British couple who’ve set up base under the Cyprus sun.

But all is not well as their dream home is located in the north, on Greek Cypriot-owned land.

Having as its starting point George Seferis’ poem At the outskirts of Kerynia - Sketch for

an Idyll the play is heavily based on the notorious Orams case that saw a British couple sued by a Greek Cypriot for building a house on his land in occupied Lapithos.

Last but not least The Centre of Vocal Arts, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of Greece and in collaboration with distinguished Cypriot institutions, presents in Cyprus one of the greatest works of Ianni Xenaki, Oresteia — the composer’s only opera.

Both an architect and composer, he voyaged further than anyone else, combing science with music. His serious engagement with voice and classical dramas in particular started in the sixties, after experimenting for more than a decade with rigid mathematical theories.

Xenakis composed the core of the work as incidental music for a staging of that Aeschylus trilogy in 1966 and recast it as a concert suite in 1967. In 1987 he expanded it significantly, adding a long Kassandra section for bass and percussion. And in 1992 he added the finale, La Déesse Athéna.

Kypria International Festival Festival featuring music, dance and theatre performances performed by well-known and acclaimed artists and groups. August 30-Ocotber 20.

Multiple locations. 8.30pm. €7/15.

Tel: 22-208400. www.kypria.org.cy Box Office Bookings Nicosia: Pallas Cinema – Theatre.

Tel: 22-410181 Limassol: Rialto Theatre. Tel: 77-777745. On-line www.rialto. com.cy Municipal Garden Theatre. Tel: 25-343341/25-582268

By Ledha Socratous

Giannis Kotsiras - Eestoudiantina Love Songs from Smyrna Meet Cyprus Tradition, participation by Michalis Terlikkas Thursday September 27, Makarios III Amphitheatre, Strovolos, Nicosia

Fondazione Nazionale Della Danza aAterballetto Rossini Cards / Cantata Sunday September 30, Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia Wednesday October 3, Municipal Garden Theatre, Limassol Fresh Target Theatre Ensemble A Slight Risk Wednesday October 3 & Thursday October 4, Skali Aglantzias, Nicosia Vasos Argyridis Anthology 25 Years Composing in Cyprus Thursday October 4, Municipal Garden Theatre, Limassol Friday October 5, Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia Diastasis Cultural Association Michalis Christodoulides Porfyromata Wednesday October 10, Makarios III Amphitheatre, Strovolos Friday October 12, Municipal Garden Theatre, Limassol J. Kriste, Master of Disguise The Age of Now Thursday October 11, Rialto Theatre, Limassol Friday October 12, Famagusta Gate Moa, Nicosia Centre of Vocal Arts Iannis Xenakis: Oresteia - Aeschylus Suite Saturday October 20, Makarios III Amphitheatre, Strovolos, Nicosia

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The ongoing conflict in Syria has caught US attention

Would a second nd term mea mean unleashed’ on n the world s Obama promised ‘more flexibility’ if reelected but he could face constraints on bold action says MATT SPETALNICK

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MAGINE it’s November 7, President Barack Obama has won a second term and he now looks abroad, ready to pursue his foreign policy vision essentially free of electoral constraints.

Would the spectre of ‘Obama Unleashed’ that Republicans have conjured up during the presidential campaign become the new reality on the world stage?

Not very likely.

The international arena is where second-term presidents often focus more of their attention, especially

when a divided Congress stymies their legislative ambitions - and there is ample reason to believe Obama might be headed in that direction.

But interviews with current and former aides and independent policy analysts suggest Obama will hew to a mostly cautious, pragmatic approach should he win another four years.

Even with Republicans preparing to sharpen their critique of Obama ahead of their convention in Tampa this week, his foreign policy advisers are quietly sketching out

priorities that could define his legacy in a hypothetical second term.

It begins with a familiar list of unfinished business, such as the war in Afghanistan, the nuclear stand-off with Iran, the conflict in Syria and Obama’s pledge to reinforce US influence in Asia as a counterweight to China.

But the deliberations, still at a tentative stage inside Obama’s National Security Council, are also gauging prospects for reviving initiatives that have eluded him and could be more politically

dicey. These include immigration reform, climate change, Israeli-Palestinian peace and further nuclear arms cuts with Russia, aides say.

In some ways, Obama has only himself to blame for suspicions he would act differently abroad starting in January 2013.

In March, not realising a microphone was switched on, he was overheard telling Russia’s then-President Dmitry Medvedev he would have “more flexibility” to deal with contentious arms-control issues after the November election.

The following month, at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the president tried to make light of the issue. He responded to “conspiracyoriented” Republican foes

who accuse him of crafting a secret agenda. “You’re exactly right,” he deadpanned.

“In my first term, we ended the war in Iraq. In my second term, I will win the war on Christmas.”

But now, with the election looming, the debate over what another Obama administration might look like is no joking matter - even if foreign policy has taken a back seat in a campaign dominated by domestic matters.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s camp is warning that Obama would steer foreign policy sharply to the left, with concessions to adversaries and pressure on US ally Israel to agree to a Mideast peace deal.

“All of the administration’s liberal impulses would be

unbound at that point,” said John Bolton, UN envoy under Obama’s Republican predecessor, George W Bush.

There is little doubt that Obama, if re-elected, would have greater freedom to

The first order of b winding down in more than a decad make more of a mark abroad as he looks to his legacy. Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan did so in second terms - Reagan with dramatic disarmament initiatives, Clinton with a high-stakes Middle East

Little respect for conventions

By Sam Youngman

US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney looks on as his running mate Paul Ryan speaks during a campaign rally

THERE are few timeouts in US presidential campaigns any more. A tradition of candidates keeping a low profile while opponents bask in the limelight at their party conventions has frayed in recent elections.

This year, that custom will be all but ignored as President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney compete to be heard amid the cacophony of campaign noise on Twitter, YouTube and the 24-hour news cycle.

In a phenomenon known as “convention counter-programming,” the two White House hopefuls will campaign at full speed during each other’s conventions to try to grab some of the attention from their rival.

“The old tradition of parties giving each other a week to have uncontested conventions is a relic of the three TV network and two local papers media era,” said Jamal Simmons, a Democratic strategist.

Obama’s campaign is laying out an aggressive agenda for this week when Romney will be officially nominated in a blaze of media attention at the convention in Tampa, Florida, to the acclaim of thousands of delegates.

“The internet, 24-hour news and Twitter almost mandates the opposing party stages counter events, fact-checks speeches and otherwise keeps the pressure on without a break. Four days of unmolested spin is a lifetime in this environment,” said Simmons.

Obama will focus much of his time this week on young voters, embarking on a twoday college tour in the critical swing states of Iowa, Colorado and Virginia.

“While Hollywood producers and advertising executives try to reinvent Mitt Romney in Tampa, President Obama and Vice President Biden will be on the road to lay out the clear choice between building an economy from the middle class out or the top down,” said Ben LaBolt, Obama’s cam-

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an ‘Obama stage? peace push that ultimately failed.

Obama deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said re-election would be a mandate for the president’s approach. But he dismissed

business would be Afghanistan after de of fighting there the notion it would be taken as a blank cheque to “move in some dramatically different direction.”

The first order of business would be winding down in Afghanistan after more than a

decade of fighting there. But a new twist would be to forge an “architecture of counter terrrorism cooperation” in places like Somalia to cast a wider net against al Qaeda and its affiliates.

Rhodes said another priority for Obama would be to press forward with a US refocus on the economically dynamic Asia-Pacific region while at the same time setting “red lines” for China on trade practices and regional security.

Obama also hopes to pursue further nuclear arms talks with Russia, he said, although Republicans in Congress might block any new arms control treaty.

Obama aides say a second term would mean heavier foreign travel. Asia would be high

on the itinerary, but Obama might also devote more time to Africa, which some say he has neglected.

Romney, who has only sketched his own foreign policy plans in broad brush strokes, has accused Obama of already making too many concessions to Moscow in his “reset” of post-Cold War ties, and of not taking a hard enough line with Beijing.

The presumptive Republican nominee also has predicted that Tehran would develop nuclear weapons if Obama won a second term. Obama has vowed to keep that from happening. Rhodes acknowledged that Iran would remain a major second-term challenge.

The Romney campaign has latched onto Obama’s early

in never-ending US campaign paign spokesman.

First lady Michelle Obama is appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman today, the same night as vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan presents himself to the American public in his acceptance speech at the Republican event.

As aggressive as the Democrats will be, Romney and his team also have no intention of just letting Obama enjoy rallies and partisan speeches uncontested when the Democrats meet for their convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, from September 4 to 6.

Senior advisers to the Romney campaign say it never entered their minds that they might take time off during the Democratic convention.

Romney and Ryan’s schedules are still being firmed up for that week.

Romney adviser Kevin Madden said while the national media is focused on Obama and his convention, the Republican candidate will seize on the opportunity to travel

to battleground states and interact with voters and local media.

“From the campaign’s perspective, the sprint from Labor Day to Election Day really requires us to make the most of every day, to concentrate on voter contact and to carry our message to as many local media markets as possible in these battleground states,” Madden said. “It’s a competition for voters and in a competition like this, it’s important that we don’t let any opportunities pass us by.”

Romney got in an early shot against Obama on Saturday, 10 days before the Democrats’ convention starts.

“I know the president’s going to go to that convention, he’s going to have all sorts of marvellous things to say. I mean I can almost read his speech now. It will be filled with promises that tell people how wonderful things are. Of course, they’ll have to contrast that with what they know they’re experiencing,” he said at a rally in Ohio.

Obama’s priorities could include the US policy on Afghanistan (top) and his pledge to reinforce US influence in Asia as a counterweight to China (above), where Shanghai’s tallest building is currently under construction overtures to Iran and North Korea and his outreach to the Muslim world to accuse him of weakening America’s place in the world.

“Under President Obama, America is going to be more compromised,” said Richard Williamson, a senior Romney adviser who served under Reagan and both Bush administrations.

It is impossible to predict, of course, precisely what Obama would do foreign policy-wise in a second term, or even what opportunities and challenges would present themselves.

But experts question how much latitude Obama would have for bold new measures and to what extent his own Democrats – who would still have to worry about re-election - might hold him back.

Budget pressures could also limit his options.

Obama came into office in 2009 with more room to manoeuver, promising a new era of US multilateralism in a sharp break with the perceived go-it-alone approach of the Bush era. His lofty,

change-the-world oratory helped him win a Nobel Peace Prize even before he had any tangible accomplishments.

Since then, Obama’s results on the world stage have been mixed. He has shown himself to be more practical - and even hawkish - than many of his friends or foes had expected, embracing covert warfare by employing drone strikes to attack al Qaeda militants and cyberwarfare against Iran.

Obama initially offered an olive branch to Iran’s leaders, but that approach morphed into an intensifying US-led pressure campaign.

At the heart of the Romney camp’s ‘Obama Unleashed’ plot line is the accusation that the president, in a second term, would squeeze Israel for concessions to the Palestinians for a landmark peace deal that eluded his predecessors at the end of their tenures.

Rhodes said the administration hoped to make a renewed push for peace, but said Obama would get personally involved only if the sides were ready for serious

negotiations.

Obama was criticised by Israel’s US supporters early on for being too tough on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with whom he has a strained relationship. He has yet to visit Israel as president but aides say he wants to go in a second term, though the timing would hinge on prospects for diplomatic gains.

Obama would probably be willing to take some foreign policy risks in a second term if it meant securing his place in history, experts said. But he would be reluctant to invest much capital in big initiatives that were doomed to flop – like tackling resistance to his promise to close Guantanamo Bay prison or ending the five-decade-old US embargo on Cuba.

“A president still has to choose wisely because he doesn’t get credit for trying and failing miserably,” said Christopher Preble, a foreign policy specialist at the Cato Institute think tank in Washington. “A quixotic crusade produces nothing but bad news for your legacy.”

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Self employed Beautician required. To apply, please call 22672515 or email hr@toniandguy.com.cy ***************************** 3CX Hiring 3CX, a global leader in the telecommunications sector and the company behind the award winning 3CX Phone System for Windows, is seeking a Web Developer and Web Designer for the Marketing Department in our Nicosia, Cyprus office. Web Developer (Cyprus, Nicosia) The successful candidate will possess: • Skills in software programming: PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML/XHTML, SQL and experience with WordPress. • Excellent command of English, both verbal and written. • Ability to work as part of a team. • Knowledge of international web standards and protocols. • Attention to detail. Within the role, you will be working as part of an internal Marketing Team and will be tasked to: • Work closely with Project Managers and other members of the Marketing Team to develop websites.

• Convert images and layouts into CSS/XHTML. • Create and maintain Facebook Applications. • Identify and troubleshoot website errors. To apply please send your CV, including a recent photograph, to jobs@3cx.com. Web Designer (Cyprus, Nicosia) The successful candidate will possess: • Skills and experience in graphics software. • Creativity and imagination. • Attention to detail. • Excellent command of English, both verbal and written. • Ability to work as part of a team. • Knowledge of international web standards and protocols.

• Within the role, you will be working as part of an internal Marketing team and will be tasked to design websites and images for online use. To apply please send your CV, including a recent photograph, to jobs@3cx.com. ***************************** CHEF WANTED for Hotel Apartments in Ayia Napa. Please contact 99648808 for more information.

NURSERY NURSES REQUIRED Experience preferred, English/Greek speaking in Peyia/ Coral bay area.

For further information contact us on 99264520 RETIRED DISABLED ENGLISH GENTLEMAN REQUIRES a helper/carer to visit uk on short

trips with him (Paphos area).

Telephone: mobile 99894139 landline 26621343.

SECRETARY WANTED full/part time job. Language: English Russian Greek preferable Expert in Microsoft Office & computers. Hard working responsible, long term. Email your CV with personal photo & contact www.citycellwifi.com info@citycellhotspot.com

Nicosia - tel: 22 818583 fax: 22 676385 Paphos Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday 99916331 / 99399240 Details of meetings are available on www.aa-europe.net ***************************** DOES SOMEONE ELSE’S DRINKING CAUSE YOU A PROBLEM? Al - Anon is for family and friends of those with a drinking problem. Call Nicosia 99 877205 for more information and details of meetings.

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HEALTH & FITNESS CHILDCARE We have fully trained paediatric nurses/ qualified nursery nurses, English and Greek speaking. taking children from 3 months of age offering a range of activities incl: respite services. For more information contact Tina on 99264520 CLAIRVOYANT / MEDIUM, readings, emotional and spiritual healing, classes and short courses. Accurate, honest and confidential service by an experienced English spiritualist medium, based in the Paphos area but willing to travel islandwide Tel: 97801472 / www.yvebrooks.org TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE GREEK ORTHODOX: The European Union Parliament is pressuring the Turkish Government to restore Saint Sophia Cathedral from a museum into a Greek Orthodox Church. However the Parliament has set a requirement of 1,000,000 signatures on a petition before it makes this conversation a prerequisite for Turkey’s admission into the European Union. You are requested to cast your vote by logging on to a link at www. hagiasophiablog.com. This is an opportunity for each of you to have an impact on world events. Get as many Greek Orthodox, other Orthodox and Christian friends of yours to sign the petition and make history. ***************************** ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CYPRUS Is drink costing you more than just money? AA could be the answer.

Meeting at the following locations/days. Call to speak to an AA member.

Ayia Napa Monday 97798043 Larnaca Tuesday (Polish spk) 96616589 Thursday 24645523 / 99259264 Limassol Tuesday / Wednesday / Friday / Saturday 25368265 / 99559322 Nicosia Wednesday/Sunday 99013596

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 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 prevention of musculoskeletal injury especially lower back pain, sacro-iliac pain and neck pain. More info on 22446988. *****************************

PETS FOR SALE A BLACK GIRL AND A RED BOY ENGLISH COCKER SPANIEL PUPPIES, 3 months old, with an excellent pedigree, fully vaccinated, microchip with registration number, lovely natured, DNA tested parents. Living with a family with kids, other dogs and a cat. For information look at www.costopa.net or call 99884578/22383983 Anna ( Nicosia)

Limassol - tel: 25 761117 fax: 25 761141

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A MEDIUM SIZED MALE POODLE CROSS, brown white colour, 3 months old is looking for a forever home! He is very loving and friendly! at the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes!

To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 Mon-Fri 10-2pm. *****************************

CUTE MALE DOG CALLED MAX, brown white colour, 2 years old Cocker Spaniel is looking for a forever home!

Sweet natured and polite!

Will be a medium sized dog.

At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 Mon-Fri 10-2pm. *****************************

Paphos - tel: 26 911383 fax: 26221049

MAYA, BROWN COLOUR, 3 years old pinscher is looking for a forever home! Sweet natured and polite! Will be a small sized dog. At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 Mon-Frid 10-2pm. *****************************

CUTE MALE PUPPY, GOLD COLOUR, 5 months old Pekingese cross is looking for a forever home! He is very friendly and adorable! Will be a small sized dog. At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 Mon-Frid 10-2pm. *****************************

PERSONAL AUSTRIAN ENGINEER, 50 years, searching for a nice women. Mobile: 00491726293462

LESSONS

CUTE FEMALE, gold colour, 1 year old mix Terrier is looking for a forever home! He is very friendly and adorable! Will be a medium sized dog. At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes!

To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520C511 Mon-Fri 10-2pm *****************************

CUTE FEMALE DOG CALLED

PRIVATE RUSSIAN LESSONS – Paphos area, Greek or English speakers, from beginning to advanced any level, call: 99007970 - Nicky ***************************** PRIVATE ENGLISH TUITION – UK university graduate (postgraduate 1975), native English speaker, Limassol-based, offers part-time tuition at all secondary school levels, up to and including IGCSE/O-levels. For further details phone 99312567 ***************************** 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

Larnaca - tel: 24 652243 fax: 24 659982

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

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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LESSONS ***************************** 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. Telephone 26642781 or 99318796.

SERVICES HOME/ OFFICE professional security systems at affordable prices catered for your needs, call now on 99841265 to arrange a free quotation in the Paphos area ***************************** NEW KINDERGARDEN Opening shortly in Lower Peyia/ Coral Bay area. UK and Cypriot qualified Nursery Nurses speaking Greek and English.

Good rates and sibling discount. For further information contact us on 99264520 email: traininganddevelopment.org. uk ***************************** 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 ***************************** 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 fit-

SHIRT IRONING SERVICE FREE COLLECTION & DELIVERY WITHIN CENTRAL LIMASSOL area

Tel: 96 665404

ted. 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 2

BEDROOM ATLAS MOBILE HOME for sale . Granite kitchen surfaces, tiled floors in W.C., Shower room and kitchen REDUCED TO €7,900. 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. Excellent women’s brands for sale including Italian, Spanish and French clothes and shoes.

Also women’s dummies and modern wall fittings (clothes

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

For information call 99781943

FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS rails.) Selling at very low prices for clearance. Tel: 99-168943

FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND 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 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 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.

FOR SALE B.P./LAND

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price. Please call after 18h, Jean at 99087779 DIPLOMAT’S DUTY FREE HONDA CIVIC (FERIO) SALOON – Very low mileage – 35500 kilometres only, 2005, Original Japanese, 1493CC, No. 21CD4/KWS056, Silver, Excellent Condition, Manual, 2 Airbags, Stereo/MP3, Power Steering, Windows, Mirrors, Very Economical, Euro 5,500/negotiable (Duty Free), Contact: Ravi – 97603209

bours. All amenities close by.

Large dining room and separate living room. Well kept front and back garden. References required. Available from September. For more information, please call 99409028 or email m_sotri@yahoo.com 3 BEDROOMS flat on second floor in a block of six flats, in a nice position at Strovolos area, fully a/c, c/h, covered parking place for one car, recently painted. Rent €650pm. (furnished if required). Tel: 97773358.

FLATS/HOUSES RENT studio Strovolos 280, Ag. Andreas 295, 1 bdrm Ag. Andreas 450, Makarios Av. 490, Ag. Antonios 380 2 bdrm Lykavito furnished 600 Acropolis new 650, Ag. Omologites 500, Engomi near universities 540 Strovolos furnished 650 3 bdrm central 700, Kennedy 650, US Embassy independent house gardens 850. POSPORIDES ESTATES REG. 338 99474839 99646822 FOR RENT 3-bedroom luxury apartment over 200 sq.m. Very spacious living area extending to a large veranda overlooking the green of the river area.

Bathrooms all marble (one ensuite), modern kitchen. Fully air-conditioned, with underfloor heating, garage for 2 cars and large store. Situated in the exclusive gated development of J&P Glastonos, one of the oldest classy residential areas of Nicosia. Call 99630320 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 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 ap-

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.

PROPERTY TO LET NICOSIA

BEAUTIFUL BIKE FOR SALE. Better to see to discuss the

***************************** VILLA LATSIA 900 sq.m. build in 6 donum inside pool lrg garden, Strovolos villa pool 330 sq.m. underfloor heating patio €2500 Latsia 5 bedr.pool f/f €2500, Acropolis modern flat 180 sq.m. €1100, 3 bedr., Mak/ssa modern flat wooden floors €1200 Upper house Archangelos f/f modern €1000 Costas Markides 22- 378898 / 99 464764, Reg. No. 487, E16 ***************************** 3-4 BEDROOM ground floor garden apartment. 800 euro pm.

Good area with good neigh-

English-Painter & Decorator

FOR SALE

Fully Qualified 30 years’ Experience

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

FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES

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

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

WIN A TRIP FOR 2 TO SOUTH AFRICA IN AID OF PAPHOS HOSPICE Organised by SACY NEWS The SACY NEWS was launched early 2012, and has within a short period, become a popular and well-liked publication among the South African community, and other expatriates living on the island of Cyprus. With the support of the South African Consulate, the SACY NEWS has become a prime media source for all South African Cypriots living in Cyprus.

“We wanted to create a ‘voice’ for all South Africans in Cyprus. The South African community has increased in number, and it was only a matter of time before we had our own community paper,” says Paul Charalambous, editor of the SACY NEWS. The high-quality publication is produced on a bi-monthly basis and is distributed all over the island, free of charge.

The SACY NEWS’ presence as a media sponsor for almost all South African events has spread extensively throughout the island. In recognition of the strong and supportive South African community, the SACY NEWS will be organising the South African New Year’s Eve Ball at the ‘Fifth Floor Restaurant’ in Paphos. This event will become an annual affair on the SACY NEWS calendar. “Everyone is welcome,” says Paul. “We want to revive the traditional South African Greek events we were accustomed to in South Africa.”

The SACY NEWS will be organising competitions on a regular basis to support the many charities on the island. After months of planning, and the support from many sponsors in Cyprus and South Africa, the SACY NEWS recently launched the ‘Win a trip for 2 to South Africa Competition’ in aid of the Paphos Hospice.

This unique prize package, which includes two return tickets to Johannesburg with Etihad Airways and Century Travel, will be complimented by seven nights at the 5-Star Peermont D’oreale Grande at Emperors Palace Hotel, Casino and Convention Resort. The prize includes an additional two nights at Sandton’s premier Michelangelo Hotel, and a further two nights at the Thabana Safari Lodge for an exceptional full board safari experience.

SAFARIS 4 U – A leading group tour operator based in Johannesburg, will provide unique tours to top attractions in Johannesburg, during the course of your stay.

Tickets are on sale from all Paphos Hospice Charity Shops, participating outlets (island wide) and private individuals for the price of € 3 per ticket. The winner will be announced at the South African New Year’s Eve Ball on the 31st December 2012.

For more information on this unique eleven nights prize package to South Africa, contact the SACY NEWS on 96 343 687. You can also visit their page on Facebook.

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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pliances, 2 wc curtains, big veranda, big patio on the back with bbq area, 2 covered parkings in a quiet neighbourhood 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, 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, 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 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 neighbourhood 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 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 neighbourhood 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 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 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 apartment 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 neighbourhood – 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 Omologites €700 (A2AOM0007-R) 8. 1 bedr, fully furnished and equipped apartment, 50sq.m, 2 a/c for hot and cold, covered verandah, covered parking,

THE DEVONSHIRE RESTAURANT IN PAPHOS WILL RE-OPEN ON THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER, WILL RESUME IT’S REGULAR MENU, OPEN FOR SUNDAY ROAST LUNCH AND DINNER, FOR BOOKINGS CALL 96870774

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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 neighbourhood – 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 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 neighbourhood 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, 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 independ-

ent, 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) 19. 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 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 neighbourhood next to a playground, near Central offices of Cyta and Laiki Head quarters – Dasoupolis €600 (A2DAS0018-R), (photos in 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 Centre €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 Centre €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 €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 parking, 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 cooker 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

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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.

Saint Lazaros Church, 4 minutes walk to Phinicoudes sea front. Small block 2 years old (6 apts) From €400 - to €500.

Tel. 99388901 ***************************** FOR RENT 2 bed, 2 bath, new built apartment, in a quiet scenic location In Alethriko, Larnaca 5 min. to Larnaka, 5 min. to the beach Fully furnished, A/C, communal pool, under covered parking, Long term rent, €350.00 per month For more info pls call 99639378 ***************************** PROTEA APTS LARNACA Residential and holiday apts for rent monthly or weekly Larnaca – Dhekelia road, close to Golden Bay Hotel 1 & 2 bedroom apts, furnished and with low rent with swimming pool, 2 minutes walking distance from the beach, with a new pedestrian crossing in front of the building. Contact us on 99672466, 99404522, and 99078590 ***************************** LARNACA FLAT FOR RENT: Fully-furnished spacious 2-bedroom first floor flat in central location near Metro supermarket, A/C, private parking, intercom system, en-suite bathroom, small block. Phone: 99354789 ***************************** 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) 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 bed-

room 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 by visiting www.KSLlettings.com updated daily. LANDLORDS ADVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY FOR FREE AND GET WORLD WIDE ADVERTISING – NO TENANT NO FEE ! *****************************

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 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 call 99329357 Or please view at are website www.cyprussands.com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus ***************************** 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 ***************************** 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 en-suite 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.

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 en-suite.

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 en-suite. 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 includes pool cleaning. Unfurnished 3 bedroom bungalow, master with en-suite. 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 & en-suite

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 PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!!

1. MESA CHORIO – 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished ground floor apartment set on an elevated position on this prestigious development. Open plan living area. Good sized kitchen.

2 double , bedrooms, master with en-suite shower room. Family bathroom. Large patio areas with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views. Covered parking and security gates.. Comm swimming pool, and landscaped gardens. €475.00 a month 2. GEROSKIPOU 2 bed 1.5 bath furnished duplex apartment in quiet location with outstanding sea views. Open plan living area and dining area.. Fully fitted kitchen with appliances . Guest WC. 2 double bedrooms. Family bathroom. Balcony & covered parking. Comm pool. Rent includes free internet. €430.00 a month.

3. SEA CAVES – 5/6 bed fully furnished luxury villa with no immediate neighbours.. Open plan formal living area with dining area for 12. Separate family room. Outstanding fitted kitchen with breakfast area.

Separate utility /2nd kitchen.

Ground floor office/bedroom Shower-room with sauna. 4 double bedrooms, master with en-suite and large dressing room with safes.. Family bathroom. Garage, parking & gardens. Separate 1 bed suite plus maids quarters. Swimming pool with massive outside BBQ/kitchen. A/C, C/H and fireplace in family room.

An outstanding luxury home with many internal features.

Very quiet area. €4000.00 a month 4. MESA CHORIO – 2 Bed, 2. bath fully furnished apart-

LIMASSOL TO LET one bedroom furnished flat in Katraki building, 100 metres from the sea and Debenhams Olympia. Price €430 (included common expenses). Tel: 99406415 Andreas.

TWO STOREY TRADITIONAL STONE HOUSE in Vasa Kellakiou village furnished with 4 small studios [w.c/shower] and 2 bdrs [bathroom] with large kitchen, living room, wooden balconies, large garden with trees, surrounded by the stonewall courtyard for rent short/long term, only 15 kms from Le Merritien hotel. Tel: 99 649830 ***************************** HOUSE in Mesa Geitonia for rent.

1st floor, 2 bedroom, full A/C, semi furnished, 4 years old. Balcony.

For more info call 99375101. ***************************** STUDIO FOR RENT 100 metres from the sea, available immediately. furnished, parking available. Rental €325 monthly including levies. 99867267 ***************************** 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 ***************************** 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 LARNACA FLATS TO LET Fully furnished, spacious 2 bedrooms in central Larnaca. Near

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

PAPHOS GEROSKIPOU beautiful: brand new: unfurnished: 2 bedroom apartment €330 pm; 3 bedroom apartment €390 pm; fully a/c vertical blinds, cooker fan extractor, situated in quiet area, very modern, near Kato Paphos Near Neapolis Univercity, close to supermarkets.

Call 99370845 TO LET UNIVERSAL – 1 bed apartment - f/f, a/c, wall heaters, communal pool – available for 6 or 12 month rentals. €270. For more information call - 9977 4314 ***************************** KISSONERGA, 3 bedroom flat, in a block of 4 flats only, fully renovated, 2 baths, 146 sqm closed area, c/h, a/c, covered parking, excellent view of the sea and mountains.

Short or long term rent. Tell 99 621914. ***************************** PROPERTY RENTALS From 250 Euros per month. Villas and apartments available.

Also wanted for waiting clients. www.johnalice-properties.com johnalicecy@gmail. com Tel: 00357 99984681 FOR RENT 2 bed townhouse within walking distance to International School, only four houses in the project, free swimming pool and WiFi. Large green areas around.

Please call Demetris at 99 439891, only families and retired please. €350 per month.

2 BEDROOM APARTMENT in the heart of Kato Paphos, the property is situated in a quiet, private complex, next to archeological site overlooking the light house, very reasonable rent, tel : 99411933 6 BEDROOM, luxury detached

TO LET ON THE BEACH STUDIO FLAT WITH SUPERB SEA VIEW Newly renovated, fully air-conditioned one bedroom flat, comprising open-plan living room, fully equipped kitchen, bathroom and veranda with direct sea view on the beach next to the Larnaca fishing harbour. Covered parking in gated garage. Long-term rental, furnished €650 or unfurnished €575/month.

Call 99441499, 99431873

Domestic Violence Centre .......................................... 1440 (Emergency Centre for Victims)

Friends for Life Limassol Hospice Care Appeal requires new Friends and Volunteers to help operate their Charity Shops in both Limassol and Larnaca.

Drug Info & Poison Control ............... 1401

This is to help our large volunteer group to expand in the near future.

Cyprus Samaritans ... 77777267

Our aim is to open a Third Shop in the Limassol area due to popular demand.

Police Duty Officer ......... 1499 (Confidential Information)

Please do not forget when clearing your wardrobes and cupboards to remember us.

Airports Larnaca ..........................77778833 Paphos ...........................77778833

Contact Anne 25632446 99269016

Shop hours Mon-Sat. 9.30 -12.30

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

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ment 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. €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. €750.00 per month.

6. UNIVERSAL AREA. 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C. Enclosed garden area, comm. Pool and parking. Euros 375.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Universal starting at €250 per month.

7. TALA - 5 bed, 3.5 bath large fully furnished villa. Very large property with open plan liv-

ing 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.€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 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.. €550.00 per month.

OVNO FOR FULL LISTINGS OF A PA R T M E N T S / T O W N HOUSES AND VILLAS PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/OWNERS 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.

***************************** 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

covered on a 285m plot. Private swimming pool, aircon, flyscreens, carport. Built 2007, 5 min walk to Pervolia square, 3 min drive to Faros beach. €220,000, 99051706 ***************************** 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.

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 *****************************

AYIA NAPA STUDIO 38sqm, furnished and fully renovated, in licensed complex, 500m from the Nissi Beach, short or long term rent.

Tel: 99 621914. *****************************

PROPERTY FOR SALE

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. *****************************

PAPHOS

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NICOSIA ***************************** FOR SALE HOUSE IN NICOSIA beautiful, well situated 4 bedroom plus attic house in Engomi area. Modern kitchen, sitting-dining room incl. fireplace, c/h, a/c, etc. Close to shops, amenities and at the same time in a quiet area.

For viewing please contact 99585695

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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) *****************************

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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 & C.C.P. ANIMAL WELFARE Registered Charity No 1529 Contact our shops and we can take your clutter The Charity Shops are located at: Shop No.1 Agapinoros Street, Kato Paphos Tel 26910325 Shop No.2 Ap Pavlou Avenue, Kato Paphos Tel 26942894 Shop No.3 Gr. Afxentiou Avensia Court 3 Larnaca 24623494 Shop No.4 9 Ayiou Ioanni Street 3061 Limassol 25561695 Peyia Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 26622828 Polis Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 99223572 Book Exchange Shop Trimithousa 99771763 Our shops are always happy to receive your unwanted goods!

NOW YOU CAN HELP BY COLLECTING YOUR ALUMINIUM CANS AND HANDING THEM IN AT ANY PAPHIAKOS CHARITY SHOP OR THE CLINIC. SAVE AN ANIMAL AND SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT!!

PAPHIAKOS CAR BOOT SALE EVERY SATURDAY at the Ambassador Restaurant and outside in the grounds at Paphiakos.

Free parking. Sellers from 7am, buyers from 8am. For information & bookings please call MIKE on 96702600.

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 WITH THEIR NECESSARY WORK. Telephone Jan 26946461 ex 114 or 97614008 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! FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR PAPHIAKOS CHARITY NO. 1529 September 15th Paphiakos Stall at Episkopi Fete.

September 15th Sights & Sounds of the 60s & 70s Live Music & Dancing Trimithousa Community Hall at 8pm €5 tickets from Ollies Bar Trimithousa Pre Show Suppers at Ollies ring 96354182 September 27th Legends of Rock Pissouri Ampitheatre €10 tickets from Pissouri Pools, Markos Internet Café & all Paphiakos Charity Shops Tel 99905624/99955431 for further details.

PAPHIAKOS SHELTER OPEN DAY The Open Day will be held on Sunday October 7th between 10am and 3pm. It will be a Family Fun Day out with a lot of different activities. There is car parking, toilets and refreshments on site so enjoy and join in the celebration of animals and what they bring to our lives. Entrance is €2

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

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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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With the ‘X’ sudoku, the shaded X must also contain the numbers 1-9.

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19 Step found in most airports (5) 20 See 1 down

Answers to crossword 2170

Rating EASY Rating HARD

QUICK: Across – 5 Semi; 7 Knockabout; 8 Dredging; 10 Crow; 11 Alas; 13 Tackling; 15 Egomania; 16 Ruin; 17 Stet; 18 Codified; 21 Merseyside; 22 Once. Down – 1 Skid; 2 Acid; 3 Pakistan; 4 Long; 5 Stickler; 6 Mayonnaise; 9 Relegation; 12 Sometime; 14 Chandler; 18 Core; 19 Fast; 20 Deep.

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CRYPTIC: Across – 5 Pipe; 7 Overcharge; 8 Prospect; 10 Cite; 11 Clap; 13 Tasmania; 15 Entrance; 16 Tied; 17 Puss; 18 Painless; 21 Depressant; 22 Thee. Down – 1 Coup; 2 Iris; 3 Threaten; 4 Brat; 5 Penchant; 6 Paltriness; 9 Relinquish; 12 Port side; 14 Specimen; 18 Pope; 19 Lost; 20 Sate.

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1 & 20 Pleasing trees found at the racecourse (8) 2 Make a fresh deal (12) 3 Chemical obtained from trees (5) 4 Pie swallowed with pride? (6) 5 One leaving stockist is easier to bend (7) 6 Keeping payment, a lawyer gets it in advance (9,3) 7 The hare jumping about in the flowers (7) 12 Broken up with a salt spoon

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1 Great quantity (4) 2 English county (12) 3 Nawab (5) 4 Dependent on drugs (6) 5 Small body of water (7) 6 Smooth-tongued (5-7) 7 Stuck (7) 12 Proving of a will (7) 14 Studied charm (7) 16 Can be seen (2,4) 19 Engine (5) 20 Shivering fit (4)

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ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

It’s a carefree and happier day with a chance to mix and mingle with some of your best friends and generally enjoy life. The Moon in Aquarius brings you lots of opportunities to join in group events or to become more community minded. Mars in Scorpio can take some getting used to though, and means that when you want something you want it now.

You may have a lot to say to someone, and they may a have a lot to say to you. But you don’t have to worry as most of it is light-hearted banter and will cheer you up. On another note there could be something in the pipeline job wise. You may be offered an opportunity that could bring more money. Yet do stay alert so as you don’t miss out.

It’s a fun kind of day, just the way you like it. And the Moon in Aquarius might encourage you to get in touch with any friends or family that you have not heard of for some while.

There may be something brewing in association with your career which brings the possibility of change, but could turn out to be very worthwhile in the long-term.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

At last! Some positive energy romance-wise with the Sun lighting the way for better times ahead can cheer you. Yet you may feel a tension building up today which could give you butterflies. If you are in a long-term relationship you may need to make a decision for the benefit of you both.

If you are dating, you may find yourself fighting a powerful obsession.

You could find it hard to make a choice and may not have the necessary information you need to help you. Hand the problem over to the universe and allow it to sort everything out on your behalf. If you can let it go and carry on with your life before you know it a solution might come out of the blue. Don’t dismiss it as it may be just what you need.

Someone wants to hear from you, as much as you want to hear from them. Today the cosmos makes it easier to connect. No matter how long it is since you talked, you should get along just fine. Your social life is buzzing and will probably stay like this for a few weeks. Is there someone useful that you want to contact? If so, it’s a good time to get in touch.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

The Moon in Aquarius may pique your curiosity and might encourage you to do something different or go somewhere you have never been before. Alternatively you may be ready to find the best travel deals and book an impromptu break. After all you’ve been up to, you could probably do with a chance to relax and let the world drift by.

You may want light romance, easy chat and a chance to go on a love adventure, so try and give yourself the opportunity to wind down. Pluto in your home zone suggests that you may have your day already planned and want to stick to your agenda. Don’t - go with the flow and be willing for unexpected things to happen, as the surprise can cheer you up.

The Moon in your sign is perfect for all kinds of conversations, and especially those that result in a change of heart, and make friends out of former enemies. There is the potential for a decision to be taken that could make everything better. As the Sun connects with Pluto you may find that an intuition about a financial matter is spot on and could save the day.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Even if you do notice intense feelings for someone, the mood of the day might encourage you to laugh it off and put them to the back of your mind. However, it is possible that they may come back even stronger as long as you keep trying to forget about them. It might help if you acknowledge what’s going on and talk it over with a friend.

Health and wellness are important yet at the same time you don’t want to be burdened with routines that are so boring and repetitive that you very quickly lose the will to continue. Use your imagination, but also listen to your body, as it could be trying to send you a message. A sport or exercise routine with a spiritual or metaphysical focus may work well.

The big decisions that you may find yourself facing could involve money and soul mate issues. This is a good time to hold those especially important conversations, and to clear the air if necessary. If anything is holding you back from being completely happy this may be your opportunity to have a word and come to an agreement or a compromise.

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Television CYBC 2

CYBC 1 06.45 News (rpt) 08.00 Concert 09.45 Chef Ston Aera (rpt) Cooking show offering viewers quick, simple and economical recipes.

10.30 Reload Summer 12.00 Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) 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 Foresight (rpt) 17.30 Entehnos 18.00 News 18.15 Candid Camera Unsuspecting people react to bizarre events.

18.30 Kati Psinetai (rpt) Amateur chefs each stage a dinner party to find who will be crowned the winning host.

19.20 Paizoume Kypriaka (rpt) Local game show about Cypriot dialects.

20.00 News / Weather/ Financial Report 21.10 Vimata Stin Ammo (rpt) Local period drama, based on true events.

21.30 Ego Ki Esi (rpt) 22.15 Kato Apo Ton Idio Ourano (rpt) Topical show, aiming at peaceful co-existence and multicultural diversity.

23.00 I Skoteini Plevra Tou Fengariou (rpt) 23.30 News 23.45 Repeats

07.00 NRG Music Channel 08.00 Kids’ TV 16.35 Candid Camera 17.00 Reload Summer (rpt) Show aimed at teens.

18.05 60 Minute Makeover (rpt) DIY challenge, in which a team of designers have just one hour to transform a home.

18.50 News In English 19.00 News In Turkish 19.10 Decoding Disaster (rpt) Documentary series investigating the causes of various disasters.

‘Mines’. An Alabama mining disaster in which two explosions triggered a blaze which lasted for three days, becoming the worst accident of its kind in several decades.

20.00 NRG Music Channel 21.00 Euromaxx Magazine show.

21.30 Paralympics Opening Ceremony

Live from London.

See Pick Of The Day. 00.30 Repeats

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07.30 Oi Men Kai Oi Den (rpt) 08.00 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) 12.10 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. ‘The Honeymoon’. The medic agrees to treat Stacy’s husband, despite the fact that he exhibits no symptoms apart from stomach pains. Apparently being shown in two parts, with Part 2 advertised tomorrow.

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)

06.10 Paralliloi Dromoi (rpt) 07.00 Yia Sena (rpt) 08.40 Batso Agapi Mou (rpt) 09.20 Denis O Tromeros 10.00 Proino Mou (rpt) 12.00 Yia Banaki 14.00 I Dada Repeat of Greek comedy series, based on US sitcom ‘The Nanny’.

16.10 I Ora I Kali (rpt) 17.40 Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes 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 Me Lene Vangeli (rpt) 23.20 Daddy Cool (rpt) Greek comedy series (despite the title), another of the wall-to-wall repeats on Mega.

00.00 News 00.10 The Shield Cop drama series chronicling the turbulent dayto-day life of the Strike Team, a group of corrupt Los Angeles cops.

No further details supplied.

01.00 Yia Banaki (rpt) 03.30 Yia Sena (rpt) 05.30 Proino Mou (rpt)

05.35 The Del Monte Heirs (rpt) 06.20 Erotas Me Epidotisi (rpt) 07.20 Stin Kouzina Tis Mamas (rpt) Greek cookery show.

08.00 Eho Ena Mistiko (rpt) 09.00 Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) 09.40 Vasiliki (rpt) 10.20 Para Pente (rpt) 11.30 Ta Hrisopsara (rpt) 12.30 Oi Takkoi 13.10 Vourate Geitonoi (rpt) 14.00 Baywatch (rpt) Glossy surfside drama with the Malibu lifeguards, starring David Hasselhoff.

15.00 Oikogeneiakes Istories (rpt) 16.50 Tha Se Do Sto Ploio (rpt) 17.30 Pame Paketo (rpt) Greek talk-show.

With News at 18.00.

18.30 Tropico Latin American telenovela.

19.20 The Del Monte Heirs Latin American telenovela.

20.10 News 21.20 Uefa Champions League No details supplied.

00.30 News 00.35 Sex And The City (rpt) Popular US drama/ comedy series.

07.45 Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of 09.15 Kids’ TV 11.50 Kostakis Ki Yioi (rpt) Local comedy series.

12.30 I Kouzina Me Tin Dina (rpt) 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 women’s issues.

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 Fringe (rpt) First season of sci-fi drama. ‘Bound’.

Peter joins forces with the FBI in a desperate search for the abducted Olivia, unaware that the man heading the investigation is responsible for her disappearance.

23.30 Supernatural (rpt) Fifth season. ‘Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid’. Sam and Dean investigate a town where the dead are rising from the grave.

Instead of attacking humans, they initially reunite with their families - but it’s not long before the zombies turn evil.

00.50 LTV Sports News 01.50 Star News 02.40 Repeats

01.00 G4 (rpt) 01.30 Se Eida (rpt) 02.00 Alithinoi Erotes (rpt) 02.50 Eleni (rpt) 04.30 Tropico (rpt)

CAPITAL 08.00 10.30 11.00 11.30 13.15

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Kids’ TV Magikos Kosmos I’ll Take Manhattan Deste Tous Greek FILM: Megales Prosdokies The Harts Of The West FILM: Fire In The Dark A 75-year-old widow who leads a spirited life begins to realise her limitations as she gets older. Drama, starring Olympia Dukakis. 1991.

O Anthropos Tis Thalassas Melrose Place With News at 18.30.

News Sports Time Rubi FILM: Fools Rush In Romantic comedy.

1997. See Film Picks FILM: Judicial Consent A judge’s life is turned upside down by the murder of her close associate, which leaves her the prime suspect.

Thriller. 1994.

FILM: I Witness An activist visits a factory in Mexico, where he realises the powers-thatbe aren’t averse to adopting a murderous approach to management.

Thriller, starring Jeff Daniels. 2003.

FILM: Wonderland True story of legendary porn star John Holmes’ alleged involvement in a grisly murder.

Crime thriller, starring Val Kilmer.

2003.

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 Lip Locked With Anna Kiss 04.00 BFBS Shuffle 05.00 Ops Breakfast 06.00 Cyprus Breakfast With Wez Thompson 09.00 Steve Knight 12.00 Total Ops Connection 15.00 Wez Thompson 18.00 Jessie Aru 21.00 Gareth John 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 Gareth John 14.00 BFBS Gold With Dave Windsor 15.00 World At One 15.45 Simon Marlow 19.00 PM 20.00 6 O’Clock News 4 20.30 Five Live Drive 21.00 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

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Television PICK OF THE DAY Paralympics 2012 (CyBC2, 21.30) “10 things you need to know about the Paralympics” is the title of a useful article on the BBC website, just in time for tonight’s Opening Ceremony.

No Olympic rings but instead “Agitos” for the next two weeks, that being the official name for the “three swoops in red, green and blue that represent the Paralympic motto ‘spirit in motion’”. Oh, and did you know about “classifications”? Makes perfect sense, of course, but it hadn’t occurred to me till a few days ago, when I was perusing the schedule and wondered why there was more than one Men’s 100m; there are actually fi fteen (!), because the word ‘disabled’ covers a wide gamut and there’s no point having athletes with one disability compete against athletes with a very different disability. Thus, for instance, there are three classifications for blind and visually impaired 100m runners, five more for those with cerebral palsy, three for amputees and four for athletes with a spinal cord disability (i.e. paraplegics). That’s why there are 503 events at the Paralympics, more than half as many as in the actual Olympics.

Oops, did I say ‘actual Olympics’? Have to watch my terminology, because there seems to be a concerted effort being made to equate the two events, as if to avoid any implication that disabled athletes are second-class citizens. London 2012 always pa-

raded its two mascots together (Wenlock was the mascot for the Olympics, Mandeville for the Paras), and it’s striking how much coverage CyBC are giving the event - live swimming and athletics every night (those being the sports where Cyprus has won medals in the past), a big step up from the one hour of recorded highlights we got four years ago.

Not to mention the Opening Ceremony.

What’s going to happen in the Opening Ceremony? The theme is apparently “Enlightenment”, the point being to “celebrate Britain’s history of science and discovery”. Tribute will be paid to scientists from Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking, followed by a programme of music, dance and acrobatics that includes 50 disabled people among the performers. Sebastian Coe says the show will be “more thoughtful” than the Olympics equivalent which may be as close as we’ll get to admitting that the two events aren’t quite the same, and the Paralympics are a lot more sombre. One admires these athletes, but they don’t make the heart sing with joy in the same way. Everyone wants to be Usain Bolt; no-one wants to be in a wheelchair, even if it means winning a gold medal in the wheelchair basketball. Sorry, politically-correct Olympic people.

Good luck to all our athletes, needless to say...

Preston Wilder

FILM PICKS

SATELLITE Wars 01:00 Ax Men 02:00 Lock N’ Load 03:00 Top Shot 04:00 The Universe 05:00 Battle Of Britain 06:00 Ax Men

Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Novacinema1, 20.15) “This is a fi lm I would never want a child to see,” snarls a hard-to-please Brit (who claims to be a fan of both penguins and the original, 1930s children’s book) at the Internet Movie Database - but the Wall Street Journal reckoned it will “please pint-size persons”, taking its cue from Pippi (the splendidly-named Ophelia Lovibond), Mr. Popper’s secretary who speaks almost entirely in words beginning with ‘p’. Pippi is taken from the book but the rest is mostly Hollywood, using the tired template of workaholic Dad realising the Importance of Family; he’s Mr. Popper (Jim Carrey), rich, divorced and lonely - at least till he gets a penguin in the mail from his own father, then accidentally orders five more of the birds. He plans to send them back, but then his kids bond with them and even give them names: one is called ‘Stinky’ because he farts a lot, the kind of joke you’d expect in this kind of fi lm - but in fact it’s mostly pleasant, and quirkier than expected. Made in 2011.

Fools Rush In (Capital TV, 21.00) Matthew Perry (a.k.a. Chandler in Friends) has mostly given up trying to be a movie star; the last fi lm he starred in was 17 Again three years ago, since when he’s been back in TV shows. This is probably a good thing, judging by the fi lms Perry made in the 90s, milking his slightly neurotic Chandler persona - and he’s paired with Salma Hayek in this rom-com, the fiery Latina to his sallow white boy. They have a one-night stand, Salma gets pregnant so they decide to get married - but Matt is American and Salma is Mexican, and a culture clash is inevitable. Not the most original premise, or the most original comedy; still worth a look, if only to explain to your kids who Matthew Perry is. Made in 1997.

Death Race 2 (Novacinema1, 22.00) A big sports night, what with Paralympics and Champions League - and Death Race 2 is admittedly fictional but the titular sport is as big as the Olympics, a no-holds-barred car race where the cars are packed with guns and ammo and the drivers are hard-as-nails convicts (“What if we could harness their hatred ... in a Death Race?” muses prison chief Ving Rhames); anyone who wins five races wins their freedom, and the whole thing is televised as a smash-hit reality show. The exact same plot did duty in the fi rst Death Race with Jason Statham, so there’s no real reason for this straight-tovideo sequel (actually prequel) to exist - but anyone who wants to see Luke Goss (once of 80s band Bros) take over from Statham in the snarling-Brit stakes, backed

by B-movie stalwarts like Sean Bean and Danny Trejo, will fi nd what they’re looking for. Made in 2010.

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Sport Ashwin emerges as India’s next spinning spearhead ‘India have found a potent weapon to torment the visitors on the slow pitches at home’

By Sudipto Ganguly A STALWART of the team that soared to number one in the rankings, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh’s chances of a return to the Test arena are looking remote with Ravichandran Ashwin’s emergence as India’s new slow-bowling spearhead.

The 32-year-old Harbhajan, who has taken more than 400 Test wickets, struggled during India’s dismal tour of England last year in which he claimed two wickets in the first two Tests before an abdominal strain cut short his trip.

The team was whitewashed 4-0 in the Test series and went on to lose their number one ranking without winning a single match on the tour.

With Harbhajan unavailable, India selectors turned to Ashwin and the 25-yearold spinner has not let them down.

Hailing from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Ashwin has made full use of his chance to shine on the big stage and racked up 34 wickets in four Tests on home soil.

He picked up the man-ofthe-series award in his debut series against West Indies and took a career-best

12 wickets against New Zealand in Hyderabad to help guide India victory by an innings and 115 runs in the opening Test on Sunday.

With England and Australia each scheduled to play a four-match series in India later this season, the hosts have an ideal opportunity to make up for their eight consecutive away Test defeats to the same opponents last year.

In Ashwin, India have found a potent weapon to torment the visitors on the slow pitches at home as New Zealand captain Ross Taylor was quick to point out.

“We need to learn how to play Ashwin and... play him a lot better,” Taylor said after the heavy defeat in the opener of the two-match series.

Ashwin has forged a strong partnership with left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha, the duo sharing 60 wickets in the four Tests they have played together.

They may still be a long way from becoming a strikeforce similar to the one formed by leg-spinner Anil Kumble and Harbhajan, but all the early signs are encouraging.

“Ojha is someone who I have played with since I was 16 and we have always enjoyed each other’s company,” Ashwin told reporters

New star: Ravichandran Ashwin has racked up 34 wickets in four Tests on home soil

this week.

“I was a batsman then when Ojha was a prime bowler but I still used to bowl in one-day games. We always used to bowl well together because we used to build pressure very well.”

Ashwin may lack the variation of Harbhajan but he does possess excellent control over his line and length, and bowls very few loose deliveries.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni praised his spin twins for their ability to maintain pressure on opposing batsmen.

“I think the bowlers bowled brilliantly. They didn’t give any loose deliveries to score runs which meant even if the opposition batted for one or two hours, the score was not picking a lot,” Dhoni said.

“That really made the difference as we could have those catching fielders and put pressure on them.”

Ashwin has the advantage of height, which he uses well to extract bounce off the wicket, and his ‘carrom ball’ is also very effective on turning wickets.

He is also a useful batsman lower down the order, already boasting a Test hundred and a batting average of more than 35, which makes Harbhajan’s comeback even more unlikely.

Ferrari ponder Massa replacement

Under-performing: Felipe Massa’s place is under threat

FERRARI are aiming to finalise their 2013 driver lineup by the end of September as they search for a replacement for Felipe Massa.

The team have not decided whether he will be dropped, but it is likely.

According to BBC Sport, Ferrari have had talks with Jenson Button, but he is likely to stay at McLaren, while sources close to Ferrari dismiss reports that Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen could return.

The favourites to partner Fernando Alonso are Force India’s Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg or Sauber’s Sergio Perez.

Ferrari are interested in Button, but any attempt to do a deal is complicated by the fact that the 2009 world champion is under contract to McLaren.

Button is in the first year of a ‘two-plus-one’ contract, with the two fixed years taking him to the end of 2013, after which McLaren have the

option to retain him.

A further complication to Button joining Ferrari is that the Englishman wanted to sign a two-year contract.

The Italian team only want to sign a one-year deal with their second driver for 2013 with an eye on the possible arrival of Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel in 2014.

Ferrari have an arrangement with Vettel for the season after next, but it is not clear whether it is a firm contract or the equivalent of a letter of intent for him to join them.

Sources close to McLaren and Button dismiss talk of him moving to Ferrari as “complete rubbish”.

Rumours of Raikkonen returning to Ferrari in 2013 emerged at the Hungarian Grand Prix last weekend he last drove for the team in 2009, after which Ferrari terminated his contract and paid him not to drive in 2010 to make way for Alonso.

Sources close to Ferrari

say the Finn’s representatives did approach them to inquire whether they were interested in taking Raikkonen back, but were told the team were not interested.

Ferrari have been left in a quandary as the other drivers on the list are all to a certain degree unproven, and the team are unsure whether any would be an improvement on Massa.

But the Brazilian’s inconsistent form this year means they are leaning towards replacing him.

Massa started the season a long way off the pace of Alonso at a time when the Ferrari was very difficult to drive.

His qualifying pace has improved in recent months but he continues to struggle to score points in races and has tended to get involved in incidents.

Ferrari are seeking a second driver who can back Alonso up and also score enough points to help them win the constructors’ championship.

Harmful ‘boosting’ casts a shadow over Paralympics

By Mark Meadows THE Paralympics begin in London today and despite the euphoria from the Olympics, the buildup to the disabled Games has been blighted by tales of deliberate “performance enhancing” injuries.

The practice of ‘boosting’, where wheelchair-bound athletes hurt themselves to increase blood pressure and endurance, is banned by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) but is surprisingly common.

A survey of athletes at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics showed around 17 percent had used boosting.

Able-bodied athletes naturally increase blood pressure through certain exercise and can therefore push themselves harder but those with spinal injuries cannot do so easily.

One way of increasing blood pressure is to injure yourself with common ways of boosting including breaking toes, letting your bladder overfill, sitting on sharp objects, wearing overly tight leg wear or even trapping the scrotum.

British media outlets have suddenly cottoned on to the practice with widespread reports this week but the IPC and London organisers LOCOG will try to root out any cheats.

“There is testing (for boosting). Our medical team work with the IPC over testing,” a LOCOG spokeswoman said.

Checks for boosting, which is considered dangerous by doctors as it can induce strokes or intracranial haemorrhage and death, include blood pressure tests and monitoring for tell-tale signs such as skin blotches.

However, doctors in the Beijing survey acknowledged that “it is possible that some athletes could have induced boosting during the competition and circumvented the initial screening process. This is difficult to monitor and poses a real challenge to the procedures for monitoring boosting in these athletes”.

Boosting, known medically as the intentional induction of autonomic dysreflexia, has been compared to doping in Paralympic circles.

“Paralympics GB have included education about boosting for all our athletes and we do not perceive this to be an issue with any British athletes,” the British Paralympics Association told Reuters.

The Paralympics in London run until September 9.

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Sport Poulter and Colsaerts get Ryder Cup picks

Patchy putting underpins Tiger’s puzzling year

By Tony Jimenez

Woods ends 2012 without a major title again

By Mark Lamport-Stokes IN many ways, Tiger Woods’ 2012 PGA Tour campaign is the most perplexing of his entire career.

While the former world number one has triumphed three times on the US circuit this season - more than anyone else - he has often faded over the weekend after being in prime position to push on for victory.

In his latest slide, Woods trailed by just three shots after two rounds at last week’s Barclays tournament in Farmingdale, New York, before struggling with his putter as he closed with scores of 72 and 76.

He was so frustrated by his final-round performance at Bethpage Black, where he won the 2002 US Open, that he left the course without speaking to any media outlet.

The Tiger Woods of old, especially when in his regal pomp of the late 1990s and early 2000s, was considered a supreme closer and arguably the best pressure putter of all time from inside 15 feet.

He relentlessly piled up 14 major titles and, in part because of his unprecedented aura of dominance, he frequently benefited in final rounds as his closest rivals wilted under the spotlight.

However the 2012 Tiger model is a surprisingly unpredictable one. Having end-

ed a two-and-a-half-year title drought on the PGA Tour with a five-shot win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March, it seemed the floodgates would once again open for the greatest player of his generation.

For the first time in at least half a decade, Woods was injury-free and he appeared to have successfully completed the latest rebuild of his swing - this time with coach Sean Foley.

As ever, the majors would prove to be the most accurate benchmark of his progress but, very surprisingly, Woods ended this season with the cupboard entirely bare in that department.

Though he recorded a tie for third at the British Open, he spectacularly faded at the US Open and the PGA Championship after reaching the weekend at both events in a tie for the lead.

Perhaps even more remarkably, he failed to break par in a weekend round at any of the four majors this year.

“I was there at the US Open after two days and I was right there with a chance at the British Open,” Woods said while preparing for the PGA Championship. “Things have progressed, but still, not winning a major championship doesn’t feel very good.”

In this month’s PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, Woods was tied for the 36-hole lead with Fiji’s former world number one Vijay Singh and

Swede Carl Pettersson before losing momentum.

Woods felt he had ultimately paid the price for a relaxed strategy going into the third round where he bogeyed four of his first eight holes.

“I was right there ... but I came out with probably the wrong attitude,” the 36-yearold American said. “And I was too relaxed, and tried to enjoy it, and that’s not how I play. I play intense and full systems go. That cost me.”

The cold black-and-white of certain key statistics underlines the perplexing nature of Woods’ 2012 PGA Tour campaign.

On the plus side, he leads the money list with earnings of $4,989,158 and, perhaps most crucially of all, he tops the scoring averages with 69.02.

However, with the putter, he lies only 41st in strokes gained - his performance relative to the rest of the tournament field. With putts between five and 10 feet, he languishes 79th in the PGA Tour charts and, from between 10 and 15 feet, he lies a staggering 145th.

Going into this week’s Deutsche Bank Championship at Norton, Massachusetts, world number three Woods is well-positioned for a fourth victory of the season at a venue where he won in 2006.

He just needs to get that putter, once a lethal weapon for him, firmly back on his side.

Where’s the magic gone? the Tiger Woods of old was arguably the best pressure putter of all time from inside 15 feet

Springboks coach laments lack of experience after scare

By Ken Borland

Francois Steyn’s (left) try against Argentina made sure the Springboks avoided a shock as they earned a draw

SOUTH Africa’s lack of experience was a major factor in their shock 16-16 Rugby Championship draw with Argentina at the weekend but coach Heyneke Meyer does not plan to make wholesale changes for upcoming Tests against New Zealand and Australia.

Playing in the southern hemisphere tournament, previously known as the TriNations, for the first time this year, Argentina were on the brink of a famous victory over the South Africans before Francois Steyn’s try earned the Springboks a draw.

Meyer was unhappy with the result and the performance but said it was his job to make the team better, not simply pick different players.

“It was not good enough, it was unacceptable and I was very disappointed,” Meyer

told reporters at Johannesburg airport on his return from Argentina this week.

“But I always knew it would be very tough in the first year because of the inexperience of the side, a lot of them were playing their first Test away from home.

“People underestimate Argentina, but their whole starting line-up plays in Europe and they are very experienced.”

Meyer was missing a quartet of injured players who would have been in the starting line-up in Schalk Burger, Bismarck du Plessis, Pierre Spies and JP Pietersen.

John Smit, Victor Matfield and Jaque Fourie have retired, while Fourie du Preez, Bakkies Botha, Danie Rossouw and Gurtho Steenkamp are not playing rugby in South Africa.

The Springboks coach is set to announce his squad for the upcoming games against Australia and New

Zealand but he said there would not be a raft of changes.

“It’s easy to say throw people out and pick new ones, but that’s not coaching, that’s picking,” he said.

“I’ve been in this position a few times as a coach and the easiest thing is just to cut players, but that won’t move you forward.

“We’ve already lost a lot of leadership and then you’d be throwing out what little experience you’ve got.”

Meyer agreed that taking on Australia in Perth and New Zealand in Dunedin in their next two Rugby Championship fixtures would require a much-improved performance from the Springboks.

“The next two games will be even tougher and we have to improve. I know we can do it, but the only way the side will improve is by coaching them, improving their technique and mental strength,” Meyer said.

ENGLAND’S Ian Poulter and Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium were named by captain Jose Maria Olazabal this week as Europe’s two wildcard picks for next month’s Ryder Cup. World number 26 Poulter and 35th-ranked Colsaerts join 10 automatic selections in the 12-man team for holders Europe for the September 28-30 match against the United States at the Medinah Country Club in Illinois.

“Every one of you pretty much guessed Ian was going to be there. That was not a difficult pick because he has a great Ryder Cup record and he’s playing well,” Olazabal told a news conference at Gleneagles, Scotland.

“He had some issues earlier this season when he got ill and couldn’t play as much as he wanted. But his attitude and his spirit in the Ryder Cup has always been great and he is a player that likes to be in that environment.

“It gets the best out of him.

At Valhalla in 2008 and at Celtic Manor in 2010 you didn’t need to motivate him. Just by looking into his eyes you could tell he was going to give everything he had,” added Olazabal, an assistant captain in the last two editions of the biennial team event.

The 29-year-old Colsaerts, one of the longest hitters on the tour, will become the first Belgian to play in the Ryder Cup. “Nicolas is going to be the only rookie in an experienced team but his match play record is very good - he won the World Match Play Championship in Spain this year,” said Spaniard Olazabal.

“He has had a very solid season and on top of that he has made the extra effort to try and get in the team - that showed me he wants to be a part of it.

“Nicolas has shown a lot of heart, a lot of character, and I think he has got the game and the desire to do well. It’s also a long course at Medinah and he can take advantage of that, he will be suited to it.”

There was no place in the team for triple major winner Padraig Harrington of Ireland, who failed to qualify for this year’s World Golf Championship tournaments, the events that are one rung down from the four majors.

“I talked to the next few guys on the points list - David Lynn, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Alvaro Quiros and Padraig,” said Olazabal.

“I made those phone calls and it wasn’t easy. They were disappointed not to make the team but they all took my decision well.”

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By Alastair Himmer

The Catalans won last week’s first leg 3-2 at the Camp Nou, with Lionel Messi (left) in great form, having scored five times in three games this season

Stuttering Real seek boost

By Iain Rogers A SPANISH Super Cup comeback against arch rivals Barcelona and the arrival of Croatia playmaker Luka Modric may provide the perfect springboard for Real Madrid to kickstart their season.

Jose Mourinho’s stuttering side, still seeking a first league win of the season, need to overturn a 3-2 deficit from last week’s first leg when they host Barca at the Bernabeu tonight.

Sunday’s shock 2-1 reverse at city neighbours Getafe came after a 1-1 home draw with Valencia in their opening La Liga game.

An angry Mourinho did

Arch-rivals Barca lie in wait in Super Cup not mince his words in the post-match news conference, calling it a “horrible” game against Getafe.

Real deserved to lose and their performance was unacceptable, the Portuguese said, adding he was particularly concerned by the two goals conceded against Valencia and Getafe from dead-ball situations.

“We tried to do our best but we agree with the coach that it wasn’t a good performance,” said captain and goalkeeperIker Casillas.

“It’s a game to forget and we have to focus on the next.

Now it’s the Super Cup and we’ll have the perfect chance to pick ourselves up and forget these three matches.”

Real announced on Monday they had agreed to sign Modric from Tottenham Hotspur on a five-year contract and the 26-year-old Croatian’s creativity and guile are what Mourinho’s side have been missing this term.

Modric turned in an excellent performance for Croatia against Spain in a 1-0 group phase defeat at Euro 2012 and could be up against Barca’s Spanish internationals including Xavi, Gerard Pique, Jordi

Alba and Sergio Busquets if he makes his debut.

Barca are riding high at the top of La Liga having won their opening two matches, in large part thanks to the genius of World Player of the Year Lionel Messi.

The Argentina forward has scored five times in three games in all competitions including a penalty in the Super Cup first leg and both goals in Sunday’s 2-1 comeback win at Osasuna, his best start to a season.

The 25-year-old has netted 31 times in Barca’s last 17 league outings stretching

back to last season and is only 17 short of the club’s league scoring record of 190 held by Cesar Rodriguez.

“The season could not have started better...the team seems in very good shape,” said Pique.

Barca coach Tito Vilanova has a question mark over captain and centre back Carles Puyol after he fractured his cheekbone in the Osasuna game.

New signing Alex Song may be handed his debut after the Cameroon midfielder joined from Arsenal last week.

Real are waiting on the fitness of Portugal defender Pepe who has not played since sustaining a head injury against Valencia.

Eto’o refuses to return to ‘amateurish’ Cameroon setup

By Gregory Blachier

The forward was suspended for eight months for having led a player strike over unpaid bonuses

SAMUEL Eto’o has rejected the chance to make a comeback for Cameroon, saying the team environment is still plagued by “amateurism and bad management”.

The 31-year-old forward was recalled last week for the African Nations Cup final round first leg against Cape Verde Islands on September 8, eight months after he was suspended for having led a player strike over unpaid bonuses.

The row caused Cameroon to cancel a friendly in Algeria.

“I regret to inform you I’ve decided not to participate in any game with the national team since the flaws I kept denouncing as a captain have not been solved,” Eto’o

wrote in a letter to the Cameroon football federation published on his website (www.samueletoo-officiel. com).

“The national team environment is still made up of amateurism and bad management which do not suit the requirements for highlevel sport,” added the fourtime African Footballer of the Year who has played for his country more than 100 times.

“I am sure all Lions lovers will understand my move which is only aimed at drawing attention on the necessity to have a more professionnal management of this team,” added former Inter Milan and Barcelona player Eto’o.

“This team is an institution which brought a lot to our country and we can still ex-

pect a lot from it.”

Eto’o now plays for wealthy Russian Premier League side Anzhi Makhachkala.

The two-legged match between Cameroon and Cape Verde Islands will decide a place at the 2013 finals in South Africa.

The return leg is in Yaounde in October.

In other news, Tunisia’s Etoile Sahel were kicked out of the African Champions League this week after rioting fans caused the abandonment of a group-stage match against compatriots Esperance.

The August 18 game in Sousse was called off in the 69th minute after home fans invaded the pitch while others threw missiles including stones, bottles and firecrackers, the Confederation of African Football said.

FORMER Chelsea strikers Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka could be sold by China’s Shanghai Shenhua due to an escalating equity stake row among shareholders, local media reported.

Chairman Zhu Jun, who holds a 28.5 percent stake, would only pay his share of the club’s daily costs if his demands for greater control were not met, according to the China Daily.

Zhu currently controls the Chinese Super League club along with five state-owned enterprises after becoming a shareholder in 2007.

The agreement was that if he invested $23.6 million over two years, his stake would increase to more than 70 percent, the newspaper reported.

The Oriental Sports Daily reported that Zhu had ploughed more than $94 million into the club in the past five-and-a-half years, while the state-owned companies had spent nothing.

The transfer of shares stalled in 2009 and again last year, a source told the Oriental.

“It is annoying and has had a bad effect on many of our tasks,” a club official said.

“The biggest problem is that the operation and financing work of the club cannot be carried out normally.

“The equity stakes issue has become the biggest bottleneck for the development of Shenhua.”

If unresolved, Zhu, who has been signing all the cheques, could decide to cough up just 28.5 percent of the club’s expenditure, potentially affecting player salaries.

Colombian Giovanni Moreno missed the match against Shandong Luneng at the weekend amid speculation Shenhua had fallen short on his transfer fee with Argentina’s Racing Club.

The futures of Drogba and Anelka could be in the balance if Shenhua fail to make their salary payments.

Both reportedly earn over $300,000 a week.

Despite investing heavily in big-name foreign players, Shenhua sit 10th in the 16-team Chinese Super League on 27 points from 23 matches. Leaders Guangzhou Evergrande are on 47 points.

The duo earn over $300,000 per week each

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Dembele to kick off £60m spending spree at Spurs

O'Neill excited by new arrivals

AVB wants Fulham star to replace Modric as Levy sanctions more deals

By Damian Spellman

By Simon Johnson TOTTENHAM have opened talks with Fulham over signing Moussa Dembele as they attempt to make at least three purchases before the transfer window closes on Friday night.

Chairman Daniel Levy has vowed to back coach Andre Villas-Boas after the club’s disappointing start to the season and is set to sanction £60 million of spending on fresh talent. Half of that has been funded by the £33m sale of midfield star Luka Modric to Real Madrid on Monday and Dembele is seen as an ideal replacement for the Croatia international.

The 25-year-old has begun the campaign in superb form for Fulham and has a £15m release clause written into his contract.

He is also being monitored

by Manchester United but Spurs have already begun negotiations. Fulham do not want to lose their prize asset, however, Spurs are confident a deal can be struck even though they don’t want to pay the full fee in cash.

The club have offered fringe players Jermaine Jenas and David Bentley to make up part of the transfer and also suggested whether Fulham would take Tom Huddlestone on loan.

Dembele, who has admitted he wants to play for a “top club”, fits Spurs’s requirements as he can play in central midfield as well as in a more attacking role. His age also meets Levy’s criteria of a young talent with potential for a sell-on value.

Talks are still at an early stage but the club are also busy working on a number of other transfers which could go right down to the wire.

While confidence is high that Spurs will sign the Bel-

Moussa Dembele (left) has begun the season in superb form for Fulham, with Man United apparently monitoring the situation gium international, their move for Shakhtar Donetsk star Willian is in the balance.

They offered £11.8m for the Brazil international but the Ukrainian club, who rejected Chelsea’s advances in both transfer windows last season, are demanding more than £20m.

Willian is determined to force through the move having grown frustrated at his club’s attitude and significantly didn’t play in their

League game against Karpaty on Sunday.

Levy is hoping to use the situation to get a lower price but Shakhtar are remaining firm - although there is hope on both sides that an agreement will be reached. V illas-Boas’ first-choice summer target, Porto’s Joao Moutinho, seems out of reach with the Portuguese club still demanding over £30m. As a result, Spurs are still looking at Rennes mid-

fielder Yann M’Vila.

But a £13m move for Lyon keeper Hugo Lloris is closer to being completed after their president Jean-Michel Aulas confirmed that Levy has been in contact again.

Spurs may also make another move for Marseille striker Loic Remy having given up on buying Leandro Damiao from Internacional.

At present, they only have Emmanuel Adebayor, Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane

to play up front, although they could make another attempt to sign Damiao in January.

Remy scored 20 goals for Marseille last season and has been on Tottenham’s wishlist for over a year.

Meanwhile, Gareth Bale is confident Spurs will click into gear soon having taken just one point from their opening two games. He said: “We just need the luck to turn a little.”

Celtic quartet a doubt for Euro tie

By Ronnie Esplin NEIL Lennon has doubts over four players ahead of Celtic’s Champions League play-off clash with Helsingborg at Parkhead tonight.

Defender Thomas Rogne (ankle), skipper Scott Brown (groin), striker Georgios Samaras (thigh) and midfielder Kris Commons (ankle) all missed Saturday’s 4-2 Premier League win at Inverness.

Celtic are 2-0 up from the first leg in Sweden and are favourites to go through to the group stages for the first time since 2008-09.

Lennon said: “We still have a few nagging doubts regard-

ing the boys we left out at the weekend so we will see how they are.

“Thomas has an ankle problem, Kris has an ongoing ankle problem and Scott is a doubt with a sore groin.

“Some might not be fit to play, some might, so we will just have to gauge that.

“But apart from that, we came through the game at the weekend injury-free so we will have a decent-sized squad to pick from.”

Lennon confirmed striker Mo Bangura has returned to AIK Stockholm on loan after his £2.2 million move from the Swedish club last year proved unsuccessful.

The Parkhead manager said: “He is away back to Stock-

holm for a year’s loan.

“He is still our player but he needs to play some football and get himself going again.

“Possibly the expectation of the price tag weighs a little bit on younger players at times.

“We know he is a talent but has been hampered by injuries.

“He is fit now and we think it is a good time for him to go and play football and come back here a better player.”

Lennon admitted the club had expressed an interest in Auxerre defender Willy Boly and Rosenborg midfielder Markus Henriksen, but denied making a move for former Liverpool and Manchester United striker Michael Owen.

The Glasgow giants are leading 2-0 after the first leg of their Champions League play-off clash with Helsingborg

SUNDERLAND boss Martin O’Neill is convinced bigmoney signings Steven Fletcher and Adam Johnson will bring the flair back to the Stadium of Light.

The Black Cats finally addressed the lack of firepower which has hampered them ever since Darren Bent’s shock departure to Aston Villa in January last year when they made a sensational double swoop on Friday.

Striker Fletcher and winger Johnson arrived on Wearside within hours of each other after owner and chairman Ellis Short splashed out well in excess of £20 million in fees alone to capture O’Neill’s major summer targets.

The manager could hardly have been more delighted, and although 25-year-old Fletcher was denied a swift debut when Saturday’s Barclays Premier League fixture against Reading fell victim to torrential rain in the north-east, both he and Johnson, also 25, were set to figure in last night’s Capital One Cup second-round tie against League Two Morecambe.

O’Neill said: “Fletcher gives us a bit of a new dimension.

I would love to promise that we will score a lot more goals with the two in the team, but I do get the impression that we will create more chances.

“Johnson is a very exciting player. He just needs more encouragement to keep going.

“He is the type of player I love, someone who takes opponents on. I used to do it myself - without great success.”

In the last 18 months, the Black Cats have reluctantly sold Bent and Asamoah Gyan and seen loan signings Danny Welbeck and Nicklas Bendtner return to their parent clubs.

Until the arrival of 34-yearold Louis Saha earlier this month, O’Neill’s pool of strikers comprised Fraizer Campbell, Ji Dong-won, Connor Wickham and Ryan Noble.

O’Neill has admitted he would probably not have made wholesale changes to the team which started against Reading had the game gone ahead, and now faces a series of decisions with only Saturday’s trip to in-form Swansea to come before the break for international matches.

However, asked if both the new boys might be involved, he said: “That depends.

“Adam, with playing for England, his fitness is fine and a lot more advanced than Steven Fletcher.

“In fairness, Adam wanted to get things sorted on Friday, but the timing for Saturday just beat us.

“I think for him, it would be a great opportunity. He will be playing.”

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Anderlecht win leaves AEL in Europa League Anderlecht 2 AEL 0 Anderlecht win 3-2 on aggregate

By Nemanja Bjedov AEL Limassol will have to settle for the UEFA Europa League group stage participation after losing to RSC Anderlecht 2-0 last night at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium in Brussels in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League play-off round.

The Belgian champions progress into the group stage of the Champions League with a 3-2 ag-

gregate score, while AEL continue their European campaign in UEFA’s second-tier competition.

Despite a first-half stalemate both teams created opportunities to open the scoring. Ten minutes into the game Tom De Sutter blasted a left-footed strike high and wide from the edge of the penalty area after Dieudonné Mbokani had shrugged off his marker before laying the ball into the 27-year-old’s path, while Rui Miguel was denied a crucial away goal in the 33rd minute following an instinctive save from Anderlecht goalkeeper Silvio Proto.

Pambos Christodoulou was forced into making a substitution four minutes

later as the Angola international Gilberto replaced Jorge Monteiro who suffered a groin injury.

It was goalless at the break much to the frustration of Anderlecht’s manager John van den Brom who was pacing the touchline throughout the first half eager for his side to capitalise on their control of possession.

The home side dominated the proceedings after the interval and their first goal scoring opportunity came in 66th minute when after a corner Mbokani directed a header into Guillaume Gillet’s path who was not more than five metres away from the goal but his shot only rattled the crossbar. The same player then

had three consecutive close range shots saved by Matias Degra four minutes later as Anderlecht continued to pile the pressure on the Cypriot champions.

Nine minutes from time the Congolese striker Mbokani brought relief to the home fans as he smashed the ball into the roof of the net to make it 1-0. John van den Brom’s side then kept pressing forward for a second goal and their attacking philosophy finally paid dividends when the substitution Oleksandr Yakovenko curled a right-footed strike beyond Degra to set up the final score two minutes before the end of regulation time.

Anderlecht’s Denis Odoi and Limassol’s Edmar fight for the ball

Federer stunning at US Open Murray and Sharapova cruise through

By Simon Cambers and Steve Ginsburg

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ORLD number one Roger Federer produced a stunning opening performance at the US Open in the early hours of yesterday morning, but then said Novak Djokovic deserved to be the favourite for the title.

Five-time champion Federer ran through his full array of shot-making as he dismissed American Donald Young 6-3 6-2 6-4 to reach the second round.

Having won his 17th grand slam title with his victory at Wimbledon last month, Federer is many people’s pick to add a sixth US Open crown to his ever-growing resume.

But the Swiss said the efforts of Serbia’s Djokovic in recent times gave him the edge.

“I still think Novak is the favourite for the title coming in here,” Federer told reporters after his one hour, 34-minute victory under the lights.

“He’s the defending champion, he’s probably won more hard court titles than anyone in the last few years and he also beat me here in the last two years.”

Federer was untroubled by windy and humid conditions at Flushing Meadows as he made world number 81 Young look distinctly second-rate.

The American was once tipped for greatness as a teenager but his win in the first round in Winston-Salem last week snapped a 16-match

Swiss meastro: the 17-time grand slam champ looked in ominous form in New York, where he is seeking a record sixth title losing streak that saw him plummet down the rankings.

The left-hander has plenty of talent but Federer just absorbed everything he could throw at him and gave it all back, and more.

The Swiss looked in a hurry to get off the court and reeled off his full array of strokes to set up a second-round encounter with Bjorn Phau of Germany.

“I think it was a good start in difficult conditions,” Federer said.

“He was a talented opponent and I’d never played him before but it was good.”

Earlier in the day, Andy Murray’s serve was anything but golden but the Olympic champion still had too much firepower for Alex Bo-

gomolov Jr. and led a parade of favourites into the second round.

The top guns had little trouble making it through their first-round encounters, with three-time champion Kim Clijsters, and top-seeded Victoria Azarenka hardly breaking sweat.

Murray was at his best when it mattered most, recording a service break in a healthy nine of 19 chances against the 29-year-old Russian to win 6-2 6-4 6-1 in two hours, 15 minutes. He will play Croatia’s Ivan Dodig in the second round.

However, the Scotsman, who beat Federer to win the

gold medal at the London Games in what he called his best career victory, successy 49 percent fully landed only serve es in huof his first serves con ond nditions di mid, windy conditions omo mo olo l v. against Bogomolov. fairrly “I played fairly the well from the back of the ust court. I just ve would have ve liked to have it served a bit ebetter be’t cause I wasn’t ny getting many free points on my serve,” said Murray, looking for his first itle. grand slam title.

Olympic champion Andy Murray said he needs to work on his serve after his opening win

“Because of that, there were a lot more rallies. When he’s in a rhythm, he’s tough to break dow down.”

Clijster Clijsters overwhelmed Americ American teenager VicD toria Duval 6-3 6-1. Not o to be outdone, Azarenka, seeki seeking her second majo or title after winning jor th this year’s Australia Open, blew past ian R Russian Alexandra P Panova 6-0 6-1 in ju 50 minutes. just Defending champ pion Samantha S Stosur needed o only 51 minutes t to blitz Croatia’s P Petra Martic 6-1 6-1, while 2006 US Open winner Maria Sharapova blew

by Hungary’s Melinda Czink 6-2 6-2.

Clijsters, who will retire after the tournament, said she was not scared that her match against Duval under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium could be her last.

“I didn’t really think about that,” said the 29-year-old Belgian. “I was just excited to be out there and to have the opportunity to play in this kind of condition, prime time.

“A night match, it’s always a very special occasion. The energy, when you step out on court also after the opening show, the stadium was almost full.

“So it was a lot of fun to go out there. But still a bit nervous, too.”

Stosur said it was “fantastic” to take the court in defence of her title.

“It was great to get out there again,” said the Australian seventh seed. “I felt like I was ready to go. First match up, first day, was a good start, so I certainly won’t complain about being out there.”

Third seed Sharapova meanwhile enjoyed a 24-8 advantage in winners and lost her serve to Czink only once in swirling wind to set up a second-round match against Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain.

“I haven’t been far here, past the first week, in a long time,” said Sharapova, playing her first match since winning a silver medal at the Olympics.

“I would love to get that back.

I haven’t played at a level that I wanted to play here.

“There shouldn’t be any reason why I can’t, having the success that I had for a few years, winning it in ‘06. That’s certainly something that I’m looking to get back.”