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FTER DECADES of fearing the ultimate demise of the island’s turtle population, between 30,000 and 40,000 will hatch this year from some 800 nests, a testament to the success of a protection and conservation project started 34 years ago.

Between 1978, when the programme started, and 2006, experts had been recording a steady number of 300 nests a year.

But the years following 2006 saw a boom in births on the protected beaches of Cyprus – the only country in the Mediterranean to record this type of rise in numbers.

“We consider this increase the result of the programme to protect sea turtles in Cyprus,” said the project’s head Myroulla Hadjichristoforou.

The caretta-caretta, or loggerhead turtle takes around 20 years to mature while the green tur-

tle needs 30. The newborn turtles intuitively record the coordinates of the beach where they are born and return there after maturity to lay their own eggs, Hadjichristoforou told the Cyprus News Agency.

Hadjichristoforou had started the programme, the Cyprus Turtle Conservation Project – the first of its kind in the Mediterranean – along with former Fisheries Director Andreas Demetropoulos.

The programme, which is under the fisheries department, focuses on the protected areas of Lara – Toxeftra and Polis-Yialia on the island’s western coast.

Lara – Toxeftra covers a stretch of coastline 10 km long, and the Polis– Yialia region is 13 km long and is part of the NATURA 2000 plan.

Apart from the protected areas, the project also covers other places where turtles nest. The legislative framework aims at avoiding human interference with the breeding activity, both TURN TO PAGE 2

Hindu devotees form a human pyramid to break the dahi-handi, curd-pot, suspended in the air during celebrations of Janmashtami, which marks the birth of Lord Krishna,

in Mumbai yesterday. Hindu men and boys construct the pyramid until it is tall enough to enable the topmost person to reach the pot and claim the contents (AFP)

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Even more could be done with extra staff however (continued from front page) during nesting and during the incubation period of the eggs, when the reproduction period ends.

The turtles lay their eggs around the end of May and during this time the hatching begins and will be completed around the end of September.

The main provisions of the project include protecting and managing turtle nesting beaches, protecting eggs and hatchlings from predation and human activities, protecting adult turtles, monitoring the turtle population and nesting activity in Cyprus and raising public awareness in turtle conservation.

Hadjichristoforou said not all beaches can be declared protected but the state must protect nests wherever they are. She said turtles also used to lay their eggs in Ayia Napa but the tourist and construction activity drove them away.

When the programme started 34 years ago, 80 per cent of the nests had been destroyed by foxes. Today, the project has succeeded in saving almost all of the nests.

“If back in the day 5,000 newborn turtles managed to get to the sea, today we send 50,000,” Hadjichristoforou said.

She expects the number of nests this year to reach 800 with between 30,000 and 40,000 hatchlings making their way to the water – a journey sometimes fraught with danger.

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Examining the eggs in a turtle’s nest on one of the protected beaches ators that could be lurking in the dark, umbrellas, sunbeds, sand castles and holes can all prove deadly.

Car lights, fires and loud noises can also disorient the hatchlings who on instinct head for the light reflections over the water. Lights shining inland could make them head in the wrong direction to certain death.

As part of the project, when the turtles lay their eggs in sand, the eggs remain in the same spot without being moved and special protective nets are placed on top of them.

Since 1989, Cyprus has had the strictest legislation in the Mediterranean but its implementation is lagging somewhat due to lack of staff.

People are advised not to approach turtle beaches with their vehicles, start fires along the sand or dig

Little hatchlings: their numbers are growing rapidly holes to make castles as these pose fatal danger for hatchlings. People are also advised to avoid loud noises and bright lights along the protected beaches.

The Fisheries Department is also operating a turtle rescue centre at Meneou village for injured or sick turtles, in its effort to further protect the species.

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Rape suspect referred to trial in October

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LARNACA district court yesterday referred to the criminal court a 37year-old man who faces charges in relation to raping a ten-year-old boy.

The trial is set to start on October 5. The court will decide on Monday whether the suspect will remain in custody until trial as it must hear the suspect’s lawyer, who has reserved his right to object to custody until trial.

The Palestinian boy has identified the Greek Cypriot man from Larnaca, along with his motorcycle. The suspect’s DNA matches genetic material collected by authorities, police said.

The Palestinian boy told the police

that he was on his bike at around 9pm in Larnaca a week ago on Wednesday when a man on a motorbike forced him to go along with him to “show [him his] dog”.

The man who spoke Greek in the Cypriot dialect took him to a rooftop and raped him at knifepoint. The ten-year-old then walked to the police station and reported what had happened to him.

Later that night, the boy was taken to Makarios children’s hospital where a state pathologist said there was evidence he was raped.

On Friday last week, court remanded another Greek Cypriot man, 34, after a 16-year-old witness placed him in the area, and who matched the description the boy had already given to the police.

However when the boy was taken to the police station to identify his alleged attacker on Friday evening, he instead pointed out the 37-yearold, also present.

The 37-year-old was there reporting to the police as part of his bail conditions pending trial in relation to attempted sexual abuse of two boys last year, the police said. He had paid €50,000 for bail, the Larnaca News Agency reported.

The original suspect was released and the 37-year-old was remanded in custody.

In 1994, the 37-year-old was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for the manslaughter of a 26-year-old Chinese female student in Larnaca.

He was released after about seven years in 2001.

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Home Cyprus ranks 12th on scale of hours spent on PE at school ‘TRNC athletes deserve a chance’ CYPRUS ranks 12th among 40 countries in relation to the number of hours allocated to physical education (PE) lessons at school per week.

A survey conducted among the 27 EU member countries and some

other non-European countries has shown that England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Netherlands and part of Belgium are the only countries that do not have a set target for the number of physical education lessons a week in schools. Most

countries, according to the survey, have different targets according to the age group of the pupils with France, Portugal and Luxembourg asking schools to provide up to three hours of games and exercise a week. The survey conducted by

Eurydice, the Information Network on European Education, ranks Cyprus 12th among 40 countries with 2.1 hours of physical exercise per week based on a 39-week year.

Top of the list are Australia and Liechtenstein with three hours.

By Poly Pantelides

Cyprus honours Pavlos Kontides Order of Merit, and words of advice from Christofias

By Natalie Hami THE ISLAND’S first Olympic medallist Pavlos Kontides was honoured yesterday by President Demetris Christofias with the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Cyprus in a small ceremony at the Presidential Palace.

The ceremony came in the middle of two days of celebration beginning when Kontides arrived at Larnaca airport on Thursday night, continuing later in Limassol well into the night, and resumed again last evening.

During the ceremony at the Presidential Palace Kontides, in a peach shortsleeved shirt wearing his silver medal for men’s laser stood by the podium while Christofias spoke.

“This distinction which we will bestow on Pavlos… he earned with very hard work,” said Christofias, adding that his efforts had led him to the Olympic podium and “into our hearts”.

“The world won’t remember that during so-and-so’s presidency we won a medal,

but they will remember Pavlos Kontides, the Olympic winner,” he said. “Dear Pavlos we were in need of this success,” added Christofias.

Christofias also offered to support Kontides in his studies, which he had put on hold for two years to prepare for the Olympics.

He also said he had been contacted by some Turkish Cypriot friends who said they were proud of Kontides’ achievement.

After Kontides was given the merit cross he said: “These moments cannot be described with words, I felt the same way yesterday.”

He said that if all young people took part in sport then the whole of society could change.

“We’ve shown through the years that I along with other athletes from Cyprus can go far in athletics, make our country proud, make it famous, promote it abroad,” he added.

Kontides also said the island had to find a way to cash in on all the many talented young athletes it had.

“The relevant (people) have to find a way to invest

Kontides receives his honour from President Demetris Christofias and benefit from this talent,” he said, adding that sport was like a pyramid, the bigger the base the easier it was to get to the top.

Asked to what extent the state had supported him, he said: “The state stood by me to the degree that it could, but the sport of sailing and the level at which I was competing is expensive and my main support was my family.”

After the excitement of the last week Kontides said that for the next month he simply plans to rest. “Just like every year though we’ll go for the world championships, the European ones, and we’ll always aim for Rio [Olympics] in four years.”

In a more intimate meeting with Kontindes and his family before the ceremony, Christofias gave him a word of advice telling him to always “remain humble”.

For Kontides and his family festivities continued just a few hours later at the Enaerios beach front in Limassol where he and his parents were escorted by boats from the Ports Authority and the Limassol Nautical Club from a small inflatable speedboat to the pier. While they walked up to the podium to be greeted by Limassol deputy mayor Savvas Stouppas a choir sang and crowds of enthusiastic people shouted and clapped. Stouppas presented Kontides with a

silver plate depicting a lion - the lion of Amathoundas emblem of Limassol.

“This first Olympic medal will write history, because it’s never happened before in the Republic,” said Stouppas.

“I see lots of young people and this makes me happy because I always wanted to be a role model for young people and for them to embrace sport and sailing so our state can have a much brighter future,” said Kontides.

He thanked God and all Cypriots for giving him the energy to win. The ceremony was brought to an end with the playing of the National Anthem.

WITH a banner reading ‘respect, equality, recognition’ the Association of Turkish Cypriots Abroad (ATCA) yesterday marched to the UNcontrolled Ledra Palace to demand that athletes in the north be allowed to compete under the ‘TRNC’ identity.

“Turkish Cypriots are demanding the right to be in the Olympic Games and to be able to compete abroad under their own identity,” ATCA coordinator Hatice Herimgil said.

The group also gathered at the Ledra Street crossing with around 20 athletes, including young Taekwondo, Judo and Akido students. The group included the former ‘TRNC foreign minister’ Vedat Celik who said that denying youth participation in sports events was “unacceptable and should be condemned”.

Including people in sports events would be a “foundation for solution” and “would help lift [Turkish Cypriot] isolation”, Celik said. Because the ‘TRNC’ lacks international recognition its request to send athletes to the Olympics was denied. “Sports and politics shouldn’t mix. Turkish Cypriots should be allowed to compete,” ATCA’s Kerem Hassan said.

Supporting their cause was 18-year-old Jordan Duckett, one of the seven young people who got to light the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony in London. Carrying his torch, which he was allowed to keep, and wearing the black and gold jumper he wore on the night of the ceremony, Duckett, who works as a youth ambassador for sports, said that “sports shouldn’t have anything to do with politics”.

Duckett and his family visit the north every year and his mother was watching the Olympic ceremony from Cyprus when she realised that her son was part of the top secret plan. When he joined his family, ATCA asked him if he would join their protest and he said yes.

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Parliament and state haggle over CY board Discussions to continue on Tuesday, Shiarly says

By George Psyllides THE finance minister will meet lawmakers anew on Tuesday after failing to reach an agreement yesterday over the new board of ailing state carrier Cyprus Airways.

Parliament last month passed a law calling for the replacement of the eight state-appointed members of Cyprus Airways – one of the conditions they attached for the release of around €16 million, the remainder of a €31 million share capital increase approved by parliament last month.

However, the government sought yesterday to keep on board four of the old members – including executive chairman Giorgos Mavrocostas – something that opposition MPs rejected.

Reports suggested that a lot of haggling took place behind closed doors during the two-hour meeting with the House Finance Committee.

Finance ministry permanent secretary Christos Patsalides was also asked if he would be willing to take the top spot – a proposal that

CYPRUS TODAY Fracas after football match POLICE arrested a 20-year-old man during the Anorthosis–FC Dila Gori match on Thursday night at Antonis Papadopoulos stadium, when he ran onto the pitch in the 88th minute and headed for the Anorthosis goalkeeper.

Police stopped and arrested him despite some 30-40 football fans trying to put a stop to it.

Fans then began to pour onto the pitch forcing the referee to stop the match. The score was 3-0 to FC Dila Gori.

Violence then spread to outside the stadium with fans pelting stones at people and cars. Five police officers who were injured slightly were taken to Larnaca hospital, received first aid and then were discharged. Four cars were damaged, one of them a patrol car.

An eyewitness commented on the security team’s incompetence during the incident. “The authorities just stood there,” the eyewitness said. He himself was advised not to leave the area until after 11pm.

Meanwhile at another match, a 20-year-old was arrested on the same night after the Omonia–Erythros Asteras match at the GSP stadium in Nicosia. Apparently he set fire to the stadium’s plastic chairs.

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DIKO’s Nicolas Papadopoulos (left) with Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly was rejected. Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly emerged from the meeting optimistic that an agreement would be reached on Tuesday.

“It was a constructive discussion based on the provisions of the law and I believe that next Tuesday, I am optimistic, we will come to an agreed result,” Shiarly said.

Finance committee chairman, DIKO vice chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos also

described the discussions as “very constructive.”

“We ought to say that it is a common view and belief that we must secure the future of Cyprus Airways,” Papadopoulos said. “Cyprus needs a national carrier and the new board must enjoy the respect and confidence not only of the executive, but also the legislature.”

Apart from replacing the eight board members, par-

liament also wants the company to draft a new reliable restructuring plan within three months.

In June, MPs approved a €5.3 million cash injection for the airline, which comes in the form of assistance for losses incurred due to the Turkish airspace ban on Cypriot aircraft.

The cash represents the extra cost of fuel to circumvent Turkish airspace.

New deadline for sex education competition THE CYPRUS Family Planning Association (CFPA) and the Cyprus Youth Council (CyC) have announced a new deadline for the submission of applications for the youth competition about the importance of sex education in schools.

The competition encourages participation by young people aged 13 to 21 years of age who would like to express themselves in a creative, direct and authentic way with a video clip, visual art, dance, song, story, essay, performance, radio spot, mobile phone app or any other way that they feel expresses them.

The new deadline is October 31, 2012.

The competition is being held within the framework of the European Project: Sexual Awareness for Europe (SAFE II).

For more information about the competition, visit: www.

cyfamplan.org, www.cyc.org.cysafe@cfpa.org.cy or call 22751093 / 22751455. More information about the SAFE II project can be found at www.ysafe.net/old/SAFE/.

The CFPA is one of the oldest, well-established non-governmental organisations (NGO) in Cyprus, dealing with issues of health, education and human rights since its inception in 1971.

It is also a member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). The CFPA’s vision is “a world in which sexuality is expressed and enjoyed with freedom, equality, respect and love”.

The Cyprus Youth Council (CyC) is the only platform that represents non-governmental youth organisations in Cyprus, and operates as their coordinating body with the state.

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THE WEATHER will become unsettled as the weekend draws to a close with some rain, possible storms and a reduction in temperatures, according to the met office.

“On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday the weather will be mainly fine but there will be clouds in the afternoons which might bring with them rain and isolated storms on the coast and in the mountains,” said meteorological officer Marios Theofilou.

According to Theofilou, temperatures will also drop slightly.

He also said that this type of weather – storms during the summer months – is more characteristic to tropical climates. Temperatures today will be 38C inland, 33C-37C on the coast and 23C in the mountains. Tomorrow they will drop slightly to 37C inland, 32C-36C on the coast and 23C in the mountains.

CyTA teaches soldiers road safety CYTA recently organised a number of lectures and training sessions on road safety for hundreds of newly-recruited national guardsmen.

The lectures, which occured from July 18 to 26 took place at army training centres in Larnaca, Paphos and Limassol as well as the commando training unit in Stavrovouni.

CyTA’s initiative began in 2004 and has become an established institution which strives to meet the concerns of parents about road safety issues. They also aim to develop traffic awareness among youth.

The lectures took place in collaboration with the defence ministry and the National Guard’s general staff.

According to officers at the training centres, the new recruits felt that CyTA’s initiative was very positive.

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Police warn over email scammers PEOPLE should be suspicious of mail claiming they have received inheritance money, the police said yesterday in an announcement.

A 69-year-old woman told the police she had received a letter from an overseas law firm claiming she could inherit $10.7 million from a person who had no relatives but with whom she shared her name.

People should ignore messages of that kind, whether by email or by post, the police said adding that once these scammers receive money they are never heard of again.

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Home Aderfi blaze finally brought under control THE FORESTRY department yesterday brought under control a state forest fire, which began on Thursday afternoon, possibly from a cigarette stub, senior official Alekos Katalanos said yesterday.

The fire broke out in the Aderfi state forest at about 3.30pm, north of the villages of Palechori and Fterikoudi at a secluded wooded area serviced by a small paved road, Katalanos said.

“The fire was not arson. All indications point to a cigarette stub,” Katalanos said.

Because the forestry department has ruled out arson, they believe a cigarette stub is the most likely explanation for the fire, Katalanos said.

Inhabited areas were not put at risk.

The blaze ate away at about two square kilometres of state and private land while over 120 people, 25 fire brigade trucks, two planes and four helicopters tried to put it out.

Volunteers from neighbouring villages and members of community councils helped put the fire mostly under control overnight when the choppers and planes had to stop.

People used bulldozers and tractors to cut off the flames controlling the fire by early morning.

The firefighters said they took advantage of the lack of wind. By noon, the forestry department had secured a perimeter and set out to put out isolated bits of smoking land.

When the Cyprus Mail’s photographer arrived at about that time, he saw staff from the forestry department hosing trees and smoking vegetation with water.

Choppers were also posted to monitor the forest from the air. The forestry department yesterday believed the blaze would not reignite but was keeping men posted just in case.

A member of the forestry department putting out the last vestige of the blaze yesterday

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Top diplomat resigns following furore over China investment

By Stefanos Evripidou UNDER FIRE diplomat Marios Ieronymides yesterday handed in his resignation following revelations over his involvement in negotiations between the state and a Chinese investor to secure a five-decade lease of the old Larnaca airport.

According to state broadcaster CyBC, Ieronymides, director of President Demetris Christofias’s diplomatic office, submitted his resignation yesterday.

Government sources told the broadcaster that his resignation was accepted not because the Presidential Palace believes he has influenced ongoing negotiations but because his involvement in such matters is considered inappropriate.

In the last few days, press reports revealed that Ieronymides was present when Chinese investor Yang Qi, who represents Cyprus-registered company Far Eastern Phoenix (FEP), signed an agreement with Hermes Airports on March 23, 2012, for the 19-year lease of the old airport.

When Politis broke the story, the top diplomat said he was at the meeting in his capacity as a “friend” of the Chinese businessman who he met during his time as Cypriot ambassador to China.

After the signing, he accompanied Yang Qi to an introductory meeting with Communications Minister Efthymios Flourentzos to explore the option of extending the lease for a further 31 years with the government.

On Thursday night, Flourentzos released a state-

Resignation was accepted because Marios Ieronymides’ involvement in such matters is considered inappropriate ment referring to a third meeting that Ieronymides attended on May 10, this time between FEP and the ad hoc committee set up to evaluate the project’s viability.

According to yesterday’s press reports, the minutes of the meeting reveal that Ieronymides was present in his capacity as director of the president’s diplomatic office.

Further complicating matters is the fact that his wife, Tatiana Ieronymides served as co-director of FEP for three years, resigning on March 17, 2012, just six days before the signing of the agreement with Hermes.

The government maintains that while it was kept briefed on ongoing developments regarding negotiations with the Chinese businessman, it was kept in the dark about Ieronymides’ involvement and that of his wife.

Flourentzos yesterday insisted that in no way was the ad hoc committee or

any procedures influenced

by Ieronymides’ presence at any of the meetings.

“Studying the (ad hoc committee’s) evaluation, no such conclusion could be reached,” he said.

DISY number two Averof Neophytou yesterday said the revelations were a “scandal”, and questioned how it was even possible for Christofias not to know about Ieronymides’ involvement.

He accused the Presidential Palace of trying to lift off the president’s shoulders “any responsibility for this scandal - just like with Mari, it’s the president’s treasured tactic of knowing nothing”.

Regarding the argument that his wife resigned when the company decided to get involved in the project, he argued that the Chineseinterest company entered into the process to lease the airport from November 2010, when Hermes invited bids for tenders.

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EDEK deputy Nicos Nicolaides also spoke of a scandal, saying Ieronymides’ involvement could not be justified either as a friend of Yang Qi, or as head of Christofias’ diplomatic office.

The whole affair revealed a “lack of seriousness and credibility about the government”, he said, calling for a full investigation into the reports.

Acting government spokesman Christos Christofides hit back at criticism, saying the government has closely followed all the proper procedures in negotiations with FEP, to the point that the company and opposition MPs have accused it of delaying the project.

The president was kept informed of the progress in negotiations but was not aware that his diplomat was present at several meetings, he said.

Christofides accused Neophytou of having as his “main objective” to negate any prospect of the large investment going ahead.

The DISY deputy’s behaviour follows his party’s previous efforts to hamper economic cooperation between Cyprus and Russia, he said.

“It seems they’re following a scorched earth policy on the economy. To serve petty party politics and other interests, they are trying to ‘kill’ any prospect of economic growth,” he added.

Marios Ieronymides

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‘Beaten, unpaid farm worker in jail’ says KISA ‘He went voluntarily to the police as the victim of a crime and was detained’

By Stefanos Evripidou A FARM worker, allegedly beaten and left unpaid for the last six months, ended up behind bars when he went to report his employer’s abusive behaviour after police discovered his work permit had expired, it was reported yesterday.

According to migrant support group KISA, the Indian national arrived in Cyprus last October to work on a farm in Pera Chorio, after paying a significant sum to arrange his work placement here.

The farm worker told the NGO that his employer had assured him all his documents were in order. In fact the Cypriot employer even kept all his employee’s documents in his possession, including the worker’s passport and bank booklet.

The Indian national complained to KISA that he has not received a wage since February, despite repeated pleas to his employer.

Last Saturday, he left the farm, where he worked and lived since October, after suffering “serious abuse” allegedly from the employer’s brother in the presence of the employer.

A state pathologist later confirmed that he had sustained “clear injuries to his head”, said KISA represent-

ative Doros Polycarpou.

On Monday, he went to KISA to report the beating but was unable to communicate in a language the NGO could understand. He returned on Wednesday, with a friend who helped translate.

The migrant support group advised him to go straight to Pera Chorio police station to report the abuse suffered.

He went to the station on the same day, “and after a long wait, he was detained without anyone explaining in a language he could understand the reason for his arrest and detention”, said Polycarpou.

KISA later discovered that his work permit had expired in June.

“We consider the arrest and detention of the complainant migrant unacceptable given that it is not consistent with basic principles of justice or with a series of EU laws and directives,” said Polycarpou.

“The arrest of a victim of a serious crime, who goes voluntarily to the police for help, shakes the confidence of citizens in general and in this case, of migrants towards law enforcement agencies, and discourages victims from reporting offences committed against them by employers, while being in conflict with the spirit of EU directives.

“It also encourages the

perpetrators to break the law and violate the rights of migrant workers, since they feel they can escape the consequences of the law,” he said.

Polycarpou pointed out that in this case, police responded swiftly in detaining the complainant without even arresting or charging the employer.

He further highlighted that under Cyprus law, the option of detention of irregular migrants should only be used as a last resort and only when there is a feasible prospect of deportation within a reasonable time.

Given that the police are supposed to investigate the allegations against the employer, the prospect of deportation is certainly not immediate, said the KISA representative.

If police deport the Indian national, who is now being held in Xylophagou police station, not only will the alleged crime go unpunished, but he stands zero chance of receiving outstanding wages, said Polycarpou.

KISA called for his immediate release. The NGO also called on the state to re-examine its policy and practice in such cases, realigning them to have respect to the human rights of victims and towards the effective investigation of reports of a crime.

It’s always more difficult to collect blood donations during the August holidays

Blood bank issues plea for donations THE ISLAND’S Blood Donation Department head Socratis Menelaou is urging the public to continue signing up at blood donation centres islandwide throughout the holiday period.

“For all needs to be satisfied during this difficult period, apart from blood donations from army barracks, night-time blood drives are and will be held in mountainous areas and villages,” said Menelaou.

According to an EU Commission report for 2010, Cyprus has the 3rd highest level

of Pan-European blood donation along with Greece, and the relevant bodies are struggling to keep that position. Menelaou stressed that the summer was a particularly difficult period so any member of the public who met the criteria should donate blood.

He also encouraged the public to take heed of text messages about blood drives, and attend events at their closest blood bank.

There will be blood drives at army barracks almost every day after August 13, said Menelaou.

Extraordinary friendship still going strong

By Natalie Hami THE EXTRAORDINARY and unusual story of two men – a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot - depicted in Panicos Neocleous’ documentary ‘Memoirs’ will be screened on August 28 in Dali.

The event will take place at 8pm at the park near the town’s refugee housing estate.

The documentary brings together the unexpected yet touching story of a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot soldier, Yiannis Maratheftis and Fat’hi Akinci, who came face to face during a battle at Lefka in 1974. The story goes that Akinci shot Maratheftis in the head and believed for 35 years that he was

dead until he read Neocleous’ first book ‘The Ignored: 1974’ (also translated into Turkish).

Akinci immediately contacted the author, who then arranged a meeting between the two former soldiers, leading to their reconciliation and the beginning of a new friendship, and a documentary.

Both books are considered to be somewhat of an eye-opener. ‘The Ignored:1974’ focused on the personal testimony of Greek Cypriot soldiers serving in 1974.

‘Memoirs’ is a follow up to ‘The Ignored: 1974’ and includes Akinci’s account of the shooting, as well as interviews with 30 relatives of Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots killed in the invasion.

‘Memoirs’ has already been screened

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in Istanbul, Greece as well as in the north. It will soon be screened in the occupied part of Famagusta, in Crete and Athens.

Following the screening members of the public will have the opportunity to pose questions to Maratheftis, Akinci and Neocleous. The programme for the evening will also include live music by the band ‘Three AAA.’ The Dali event is a continuation of screenings that have taken place at other location islandwide including Ayia Napa. On August 31, the Slovakian Ambassador Anna Turenikova will be organising a screening of the documentary at the Ledra Palace.

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Libor could now be scrapped after row An initial discussion paper suggests regulators should be given more powers to prosecute traders

By Peter Cripps LIBOR could be scrapped as a key indicator for the City after being branded “not fit for purpose” yesterday in an inquiry set up in the wake of the rate-rigging scandal.

An initial discussion paper by Martin Wheatley, who heads conduct regulation for the Financial Services Authority, outlined a number of proposals to overhaul the way the rate is set, which suggests regulators should be given more powers to prosecute traders.

Other proposals include using more hard data to set the rate and introducing a standard procedure to corroborate submissions, while alternative benchmarks should be considered for setting key rates that affect important financial transactions.

The Wheatley Review, which was ordered by Chancellor George Osborne after Barclays was hit with a £290 million fine for Libor manipulation, said any move to using new rates would need to be carefully planned to limit disruption.

Wheatley said: “The attempted manipulation of Libor and its European equivalent Euribor has cast a shadow over the industry at large and the construction and governance of the benchmarks themselves.

“Trust in a vital part of the financial system has been lost, and timely action is needed to regain it.”

Libor is an indicator of how much banks are charged to borrow money. It is a key benchmark in the financial services industry and is used to set the price of hundreds of trillions of dollars of contracts across the world, including some mortgages and loans to

Martin Wheatley, the head of conduct regulation said current state ‘not fit for purpose’ businesses.

However, the Libor scandal revealed that the system, currently overseen by the British Bankers’ Association, has been abused by traders who lied about their bank’s borrowing costs, in order to benefit their colleagues’ trading positions or make the company seem more secure.

Yesterday’s report considers looking for alternatives to Libor or cleaning up the system to restore trust in it.

One possibility would see Libor setting regulated, or overseen by an independent body with a code of practice.

And individuals within banks who supply rates could be made to go through an approval process with the regulator, which could be given more powers of prosecution.

The paper allows four weeks for banks and other parties to

respond, and final recommendations are expected to be published by the end of next month.

The fast pace of the review is designed to allow its findings to be implemented in the Financial Services Bill, which is being discussed in the House of Lords.

Peter Vicary-Smith, chief executive of Which?, said: “Wheatley has said it’s vital to rebuild trust in the Libor setting process, but the bigger job is to rebuild trust in banking that has been shattered by one scandal after another.

“The government and regulator must now thoroughly investigate the impact of Libor rate-rigging on ordinary borrowers and savers, and introduce a collective redress system to properly compensate consumers if they have lost out.”

Barclay twins win luxury hotel court battle BRITISH brothers David and Frederick Barclay have won a legal fight for control of Coroin, which owns three five-star hotels in London, after a court dismissed claims against the twins by one of the firm’s shareholders.

Irish property developer Paddy McKillen sued the Barclays in March, kickstarting a five-month trial that roped in a raft of high-profile names including former prime minister Tony Blair and billionaire Hong Kong property tycoon Walter Kwok.

McKillen has a 36.2 per cent stake in Coroin, which owns The Berkeley, Claridges, and The Connaught, while the Barclays have a 28.4 per cent holding through deals with shareholders.

McKillen said the brothers schemed illegally to bypass his right to buy more Coroin shares from Derek Quinlan to seize control of the firm and also that company directors appointed by the Barclays had breached their duties.

Quinlan still owns his 35.4 per cent share following the court’s decision. However, the Barclays have effective control over that stake after buying Quinlan’s debt last September.

A spokesman for the Barclays said the

judgement “vindicated the Barclay interests’ position”.

A spokeswoman for McKillen said while he “might have lost this battle he was actually in a better position to win the war. The Barclay Brothers have not achieved their stated objective. We still have the right to purchase Quinlan’s interest in Maybourne at a later date should it become available”.

During the trial, the court heard that Blair gave free advice to McKillen who was trying to buy a majority stake in Coroin and that McKillen had approached Kwok, former chairman of Hong Kong-based developer Sun Hung Kai Properties, as a potential investor.

Coroin was set up in 2004 by McKillen, Quinlan and others using 660 million pounds ($1 billion) Irish bank debt to buy the three hotels.

The loans were seized by Ireland’s staterun National Asset Management Agency during the country’s property crash. Last September, NAMA sold the loans to a Barclay brothers’ firm, Maybourne Finance, for more than 800 million euros ($985 million).

In June, an English court ruled NAMA was free to transfer the loans without restrictions to Maybourne.

China’s Gu Kailai admits to killing Heywood - Xinhua THE Chinese woman accused of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood admitted guilt and blamed a mental breakdown for the events that brought her to trial and toppled her oncepowerful politician husband, Bo Xilai, state media said yesterday.

The first extended comments on the case from Bo’s wife, Gu Kailai, appeared in a Xinhua news agency account which said she and a household aide, Zhang Xiaojun, had “confessed to intentional homicide” in poisoning Heywood in November.

“I will accept and calmly face any sentence and I also expect a fair and just court decision,” Gu told her trial on Thursday, according to the Xinhua account, which could not be independently verified.

“This case has been like a huge stone weighing on me for more than half a year.

What a nightmare,” Gu said.

But the state media account of Gu’s testimony also repeated her argument that she turned on Heywood, a long-time family friend who had helped her son Bo Gua-

gua go to school in England, only after she concluded he was a threat to her son.

“During those days last November, I suffered a mental breakdown after learning that my son was in jeopardy,” Gu said. “The tragedy which was created by me was not only extended to Neil, but also to several families.”

The latest official account from the scandal that has beset China’s ruling Communist Party came on the same day that four Chinese policemen admitted to attempting to shield Gu from suspicion of the murder of Heywood, an official said, in another damaging development for the exPolitburo member.

The official statement, given after an 11-hour hearing barred to non-official media, formally establishes for the first time that there was an attempted cover-up of the murder of businessman Heywood and comes just a day after Bo’s wife, Gu, chose not to contest a charge of poisoning Heywood.

Bo was sacked as Chongqing boss in March and his wife was publicly accused of Heywood’s murder in April.

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Holmes seemed alert but disinterested in his third appearance in a Colorado court since the July 20 shootings

ACCUSED Colorado gunman James Holmes, charged with murder over a shooting rampage last month at a movie theatre in a Denver suburb, has a “mental illness” and tried to get help before the shooting, his defence attorney said in court on Thursday.

Holmes’ public defender, in a hearing on media access to court files in the case, repeatedly made references to his client’s unspecified mental illness, giving the first clear sign that Holmes’ lawyers might be considering an insanity defense.

“He tried to get help with his mental illness,” Daniel King said of his client, a 24-year-old former neuroscience graduate student at the University of Colorado who faces 24 counts of first-degree murder and 116 counts of attempted murder.

Holmes is accused of bursting into a mid-

night screening of The Dark Knight Rises in the Denver suburb of Aurora and opening fire in the crowded theater, killing 12 people and wounding 58 others.

Holmes, who seemed to have not shaved for days, appeared in court on Thursday wearing maroon prison garb and shackled at his hands and ankles, with his dyed hair fading to pink in some places from its original reddish-orange.

He seemed alert but disinterested in his third appearance in a Colorado courtroom since the July 20 mass shooting. He mostly stared straight ahead and did not talk to his lawyers.

“Mental illness is the only possible defence available in this case. It is hardly a whodunit,” Craig Silverman, a former chief deputy district attorney in Denver who now practices law privately, told Reuters.

Japanese tax hike plan clears its final obstacle Tax bill clears final vote after PM polls pledge

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Linda Sieg JAPAN’S contentious plan to double the sales tax cleared the final hurdle in a parliamentary vote yesterday after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda promised to bring forward an election likely to end his party’s three-year rule.

The passage of the plan in the opposition-controlled upper house is a result of a rare political compromise and a breakthrough for Japan trapped for years in a cycle of revolving-door governments and policy paralysis.

“Politicians tend to delay or avoid policies that increase the burden on the public, but we have to do this to ensure that there is a sustainable source of funds for our welfare system,” Noda told reporters.

“Europe’s debt crisis shows the dramatic damage that a country can suffer once confidence is lost in

public finances.”

Noda was speaking as hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside his office for a weekly protest against his drive to restart reactors shut down after Fukushima disaster.

“Each party involved was determined to send a message to the world that Japan’s politics is functioning, and that an effort is being made to steer clear of Japan’s fiscal collapse,” said Natsuo Yamaguchi who represented small opposition party New Komeito in 11th hour talks to save the tax plan.

But as the focus now shifts to the elections, analysts expect horse-trading over the exact timing of the polls to stall any further significant policy initiatives.

The plan to bring the tax to 10 per cent by 2015 has been billed as a test of Japan’s ability and resolve to tackle its snowballing debt that already tops two years’ worth

of its economic output, a record among industrialised nations.

It is also a victory for Noda, though a bittersweet one.

The former finance minister and the ruling Democrats’ third leader in as many years made the tax plan his top goal and has worked relentlessly to achieve it, saying he was ready to sacrifice his political career if necessary. With his offer to call an election “soon” he may have just done that given the Democrats’ likely drubbing at the polls.

In its 2009 landslide victory the party rode a wave of public disillusionment with half a century of nearly non-stop rule by the rival Liberal Democratic Party. Now it faces a similar backlash over broken promises, the government’s confused response to last year’s tsunami and nuclear crisis and Noda’s embrace of unpopular causes such as the tax hike or restarts of nuclear reactors.

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NZ rock mass Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda promised yesterday to bring forward an election likely to end his party’s three-year rule (EPA)

Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Tokyo had recalled its envoy to Seoul. “The visit to Takeshima

by President Lee is unacceptable in light of Japan’s stance on this issue,” Yonhap news agency quoted Gemba as saying.

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THOUSANDS of mourners were expected to gather yesterday to pay their final respects to the six worshippers gunned down by a white supremacist at their Sikh temple over the weekend in the central U.S. state of Wisconsin.

A former army veteran, 40-year-old Wade Michael Page killed five men and a woman at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin shortly before Sunday services, and then shot himself in the head.

Mourners then planned to return to the temple and begin a traditional rite called “akhand path”, a ceremony that involves a series of priests reading their holy book aloud from cover to cover.

The process, which takes 48 hours, is intended to honour the memories of the six victims.

A PLAN by Uruguay’s leaders to turn the government into the nation’s marijuana dealer has been presented to Congress.

President Jose Mujica’s entire cabinet signed up to the proposed law, which aims to take over an illegal marijuana trafficking business estimated to be worth 30 million to 40 million US dollars (£19 million to £25 million) a year.

The law would allow the government to control marijuana imports, production, sale and distribution, creating a legal market for people to get pot without turning to riskier illegal drugs.

nuclear weapons programme.

Japan issued a terse warning over the islands, known as Takeshima in Japanese and Dokdo in Korean, which lie equidistant from the two mainlands, and summoned South Korea’s ambassador to Tokyo to lodge a complaint.

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A MASS of small volcanic rocks nearly the size of Belgium has been discovered floating off the coast of New Zealand.

The stretch of golf ballsized pumice rocks was spotted by a New Zealand air force plane about 620 miles north west of Auckland. The rocks stretch for about 10,000 square miles. Officials say the small rocks pose no danger to shipping.

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media told Refugees near 150,000 Egypt 6 ‘Sinai terrorists’ as Syria exodus grows held after attack Turkey braces for more fleeing Aleppo

By Stephanie Nebehay GROWING numbers of Syrian civilians are fleeing abroad to escape conflict at home, especially in Aleppo, and Turkey is building more refugee camps in anticipation of a larger exodus, the United Nations said yesterday.

Nearly 150,000 refugees have registered in four neighbouring countries since the conflict began 17 months ago, it said, while others are reaching Maghreb countries and southern Europe.

The total includes 50,227 in Turkey, where more than 6,000 Syrians arrived this week as Syria’s largest city of Aleppo came under heavy bombardment from government forces.

The number of refugees registered in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq is also rising.

“There certainly in the past week has been a sharp increase in the numbers arriving in Turkey, and there many of the people are coming from Aleppo and surrounding villages,” Adrian Edwards, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told a news briefing.

“Now if you look at other areas, I think that the situation is more of a steady and continued increase, but

Meanwhile, veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi (above) was expected to be named to replace Kofi Annan as the UN-Arab League joint special envoy for Syria where fighting happens we tend to see the consequences,” he said.

Rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in Aleppo promised a counter-attack on Friday after losing ground as residents fled in cars crammed with belongings during a lull in the fighting.

Before the battle for Aleppo began, the United Nations said an estimated 200,000 residents had fled the city, which is close to the Turkish border.

If that figure is accurate, it is not clear why the exodus did not result in a flood at the border, though the UNHCR has said it has anecdotal evidence of military roadblocks and “irregular

violence” such as snipers making it a difficult journey.

Turkish authorities plan to double their capacity in order to receive up to 100,000 refugees and are building up to 13 new sites in addition to nine existing camps, Edwards said.

With the possible expansion of a camp in Jordan to take up to 150,000 refugees, Syria’s neighbours are bracing for a potential flood of people trying to get away from the fighting.

The UNHCR has appealed for Syria’s neighbours to keep their borders open, having doubled its forecast in June for the number of registered refugees this year to 185,000.

Given the current out-

Libya assembly votes Gaddafi foe as president LIBYA’S national assembly picked former opposition leader Mohammed Magarief as its president as the North African country’s newly elected congress began its rule.

Magarief, seen as a moderate Islamist, will head the 200member congress, which will name a prime minister, pass laws and steer Libya to full parliamentary elections after a new constitution is drafted next year.

Magarief, leader of the National Front party, is effectively acting head of state, but the true extent of his powers is yet to be determined. He beat a liberal candidate in the vote.

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Magarief’s full range of powers is not yet clear

Libyan ambassador to India who had lived in exile since the 1980s, Magarief was a leading figure in Libya’s oldest opposition movement - the National Front for the Salvation of Libya - which made several attempts to end Muammar Gaddafi’s rule.

The 72-year-old’s National Front Party is an offshoot of the old opposition movement and won three seats in the July 7 poll - Libya’s first free vote in a generation.

“I am very, very happy. This is a big responsibility,” he told Reuters after the late night vote on Thursday.

Magarief won 113 votes versus independent Ali Zidan, who secured 85 votes.

Israeli media talk of imminent strike against Iran ISRAEL’S prime minister and defence minister would like to attack Iran’s nuclear sites before the U.S. election in November but lack crucial support within their cabinet and military, an Israeli newspaper said yesterday.

The front-page report in the biggest-selling daily Yedioth Ahronoth came amid mounting speculation - fuelled by media leaks from both the government and its detractors at home and abroad - that war with Iran could be imminent even though it

might rupture the bedrock ties between Israel and the United States.

“Were it up to Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak, an Israeli military strike on the nuclear facilities in Iran would take place in the coming autumn months, before the November election in the United States,” Yedioth said in the article by its two senior commentators, which appeared to draw on discussions with the defence minister but included no direct quotes.

flows, the agency is considering revising upwards its contingency planning figure, Edwards said.

THE Egyptian army has captured six people it regards as “terrorists” in Sinai after an attack on a police station earlier this week that killed 16 border guards near the border with Israel, a military source told state media yesterday.

Egypt sent hundreds of troops and armoured vehicles into North Sinai on Thursday to tackle militants operating near the border in an offensive commanders said had killed up to 20 people they deemed terrorists.

The action, which Cairo says is its biggest military operation in the desert region since its 1973 war with Israel, is seen as crucial to maintaining stable relations between the former foes who signed a peace treaty in 1979.

Israel fears Islamist militants based in the increasingly lawless region could link up with Palestinian jihadis in the neighbouring Gaza Strip to launch attacks on the Jewish state - potentially jeopardising the peace accord.

The military source told state television that six militants had been captured in the border settlement of

Sheikh Zuwaid, where on Wednesday Egyptian warplanes fired rockets at suspected militant hideouts.

Separately, an army official told the al-Ahram state newspaper that preparations were under way to raid the mountainous Jebel El Halal region in Central Sinai in order to purge it of “terrorist” elements.

A Reuters witness said several army tanks were heading towards al-Arish yesterday, the main administrative centre in North Sinai. In the past two days, the witness had only seen armoured vehicles mounted with machine guns in the region.

A security source in North Sinai told Reuters that seven and not six men had been detained, but that figure could not be immediately corroborated.

He said the detained men had been previously arrested after bombings in resorts along Sinai’s southern Red Sea coast between 2004-2006 that killed or wounded hundreds of foreign tourists.

They had been jailed for months, he said, but were freed without charges.

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Time to realise that all football clubs these days recruit globally CYPRIOT footballers, earlier this week, issued a statement protesting about the naturalisation of three foreign players that would make them eligible for selection by the national team. They threatened to boycott the national team if any of the three was selected. It was a rather xenophobic outburst, with one football official warning that the football players association PASP could easily be accused of racism.

He had a point even though PASP’s statement explained that their members had nothing against their three colleagues, but were concerned about the future of Cypriot footballers who were becoming an endangered species. There were first division matches last season in which teams did not have one Cypriot player on the field.

“National teams are the last bastion left for Cypriot footballers since the teams have lost their Cypriot character completely,” said PASP, which feared that the national side, which last season featured two foreign nationals, could eventually consist entirely of naturalised foreign players. Cypriot players would be consigned to the substitutes’ bench as is the case at the club sides they play for.

Cyprus football has been dominated by foreign players for quite some time now.

First division clubs rarely play more than a couple of Cypriots in their first team, even though they have the minimum number of Cypriots stipulated by the Football Federation in their squads. The strange thing is that all clubs have been investing in youth academies, in the hope of developing home-grown talent, but results have not been good.

The truth is that everyone would like to see more Cypriots playing for the local teams, but the island’s talent pool is too small - we are country of less than a million people – and it now has to compete with global market, not just the EU. What chance do Cypriots have of playing when they are competing with African, European and South American players, many of whom are willing to sign up for less money?

In the end, it is a matter of economics. A club tries to get the best possible player for the money it is prepared to pay which is why it recruits foreigners. It is more likely to find the player it wants from a pool of tens of thousands than from a few hundred Cypriots. Football clubs now recruit from a global labour market and the problem is not specific to Cyprus. Inter Milan won the Champions League a few years ago without a single Italian player in their first team; Arsenal in past seasons, often played without a British player.

PASP could keep on protesting, but stopping the naturalisation of a couple of foreign players every year will not make any difference to the international character of Cypriot football.

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ood news from Africa: after two decades of bloody anarchy, Somalia is finally on the mend.

Something resembling a government is coming into being in Mogadishu, with much help from African Union troops – though the country’s most popular comedian, Abdi Jeylani Marshale, famous for his parodies of Islamic militants, was assassinated in broad daylight a week ago.

Bad news from Africa: the situation in Mali is awful. The military coup in March that opened the way for Tuareg tribalists and Islamist extremists to seize the northern half of the country isn’t really over. The ignorant and brutal young officers who made the coup are blocking the arrival of 3,000 African Union troops, Mali’s only hope of ever regaining control in the north, because it would undermine their own power.

News about Africa that you don’t know whether to cheer or deplore: the major foreign aid donors have finally got fed up with Rwanda’s endless military meddling in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The United States has announced a cut in military aid, and Britain, Germany and the Netherlands are delaying payment of civilian aid, until Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame, stops backing a rebel Tutsi militia in his country’s Congolese neighbour.

Comment Gwynne Dyer

Too many names, too many places, too much news. Even Africans cannot keep up with the news about their own continent.

Is Africa going forwards, sideways, or nowhere at all? Indeed, is Africa any more than a geographical term?

The surfeit of news is inevitable in a continent that contains half a hundred countries. The sense of chronic crisis and chaos is due to the fact that in such a newsrich environment, the bad news will always jostle the good news aside. And yes, there really is an Africa about which you can usefully make large generalisations.

Firstly, the entire continent is finally growing economically.

Many African economies stagnated or even went backwards in the first three or four decades after decolonisation, but now there is real growth. Local disaster areas remain, of course, but over the past decade the gross domestic product of those 50 countries has grown at an average rate of 5 per cent.

Manufacturing production in Africa has doubled in the past 10 years. Seven of the world’s 10

fastest-growing economies are in Africa. The growth is starting from a desperately low base, but the magic of compound interest means that a 5 per cent growth rate will double the size of the economy every 14 years.

So there really is hope that most Africans can escape from poverty in the next generation – but on one condition. The birth rate is declining in most countries, but it must fall faster.

The 2008 UN projections saw Africa doubling its population to two billion by mid-century, even assuming that the current gradual decline in African birth rates continues. That means an average population growth over this entire period of almost 2 per cent a year.

If the economy is growing at 5 per cent and the population is growing at 2 per cent annually,

‘...most Africans can escape from poverty in the next generation - but on one condition’

that only leaves room for a 3 per cent growth in average income.

That means a doubling time of about 23 years for African average incomes, so let’s assume that they triple by 2050. That’s not enough.

African average incomes now are so low, tripling them would still not create the degree of prosperity and security that people in other continents are coming to expect. Worse, it would not give African governments the resources to cope with the huge damage that climate change will do to the continent.

There is enough potential cropland in Africa to feed twice the current population in the present climate, but it’s far from clear that this will remain true in a two-degree-warmer world.

If African governments invest enough in agriculture now, they can probably keep everybody fed; if not, the long-term future of the continent is probably widespread political violence and gradual economic collapse.

It’s a race. Grow average incomes fast enough and you probably survive the coming storm. Otherwise, you lose all you have gained, and more besides. Nobody said it was going to be easy.

Gwynne Dyer is a Londonbased independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries

Never quite ‘last orders’ for the Irish IN CORK on a drizzly summer’s evening, I’m in the Sin E bar in Coburg Street. It’s a local legend of a place: dark, atmospheric, ceiling and walls covered layer on layer with every postcard, poster and collectible imaginable. A Che beret, Easy Rider... you get the feeling this place has seen it all. A Ceilidh-style band is crammed into a corner playing traditional Irish folk music, the beat of the bodhran, and the fast notes of the fiddle making us tap our feet and lift our spirits along with a pint of Murphy’s.

But I am shocked at the change in Ireland. It’s been a while since I was in Dublin in the boom days. The Irish have taken the medicine, not whinged and whined in the same way as the Greeks, nor taken to the streets like the

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Spanish, nor blamed the corruption of their politicians like the Italians. Rather, they have taken as big a hit as anyone.

The men at the bar tell me that most people have seen at least a 50 per cent drop in the price of their houses.

The Irish boom built on borrowed EU grants provided new homes for the new industries; now along the River Lee there are the empty skeletons of office space to rent, along the small roads of Cork Quays shops stand boarded and deserted, with young men sitting

ON THIS DAY AUGUST 11

on benches with cans of lager, surrounded by ‘for sale’ signs.

This is a nation famed for its humour and the Cork craic never ends - for every statement ends with a question, doesn’t it now? It’s close to Blarney Castle and its famous stone, a place of determined cheerfulness and the last stopping point for the Titanic as the Irish of an earlier generation piled aboard to find hope in another land.

But there is a dark side to recession, in a country still Catholic to its core, a country that puts family at the heart of its relationships: the young are starting once again to leave in droves.

Even worse, a report published this week by the Corkbased National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF), showed suicides increasing: a

third of all deaths in the last few years from those working in the construction industry: unemployment, drink and depression - a familiar tale.

As the Olympic Games come to a close and we rightly applaud those who have come home with gold, we should remember that Britain’s record medal haul is not just due to talent and hard work, but the opportunity for honing their skill provided by a massive injection of funding.

As I reluctantly leave the warmth, welcome and beating drum of the bar, I ask the owner the reason for the name: ‘Ah now, yer see there’s the undertaker’s next door...in Gaelic ‘Sin E’ means ‘That’s it’,” he said.

Then added winking: “we’ve time still for another, have we not?” Not then, we hope, quite last orders for the Irish...

WHAT THE MAIL SAID

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25 years ago, Thursday August 11, 1987

Germany adopts the democratic Weimar constitution following the abolition of the German Empire.

The ruling Democratic Party of President Spyros Kyprianou yesterday accused the presidential candidate George Vassiliou of telling lies in his contention that taxation in Cyprus is unbearable. The Democratic Party said that while taxation in European countries rose to 37.1 per cent, in Cyprus it is only 20.6 per cent. Increased taxes were necessary in order to deal with the invasion effects, improve social security and pay for development.

1934 A group of federal prisoners classified as ‘most dangerous’ arrive at Alcatraz Island, a 22-acre rocky outcrop situated 1.5 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay.

1956 Abstract painter Jackson Pollock dies in a motor car accident on Long Island, New York.

1965 Black anger over discrimination and unemployment erupts in the first of six days of rioting in the Watts neighbourhood of Los Angeles.

1999 The last solar total eclipse of the 20th century is visible from southern Cornwall in south-western England.

35 years ago, Saturday August 11, 1977 There will be absolutely no change in the policy of the Cyprus government, the official spokesman said yesterday. The decision on this was taken unanimously by Acting President Spyros Kyprianou and the ministers. The view was also expressed that Kyprianou, should be elected as uncontested president for the remainder of the five-year term of office.

45 years ago, Sunday August 11, 1967 Speaking before his departure for Athens, Greek Minister Colonel George Papadopoulos said yesterday that Enosis was the only “just and historically acceptable” solution to the Cyprus problem. He pledged that Greece would strive for Enosis by peaceful means, and in cooperation with President Makarios.

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Showbiz Chateau wedding: Brangelina to tie the knot this weekend?

PREPARAT PREPARATIONS for a huge French home of party at the t Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie sparked fevered specuhave spa lation that th they are secretly preparing to marry. preparin Guests already at the chaBrad’s mother teau include inc Jane and an father Bill. jeweller Robert ProTop je who made Angelina’s cop, wh engagement ring, is also at engagem residence. the resid event is said to be for The eve parents’ 50th wedBrad’s p

ding anniversary but locals think otherwise and claim there is a “real buzz” there.

A source told The Sun newspaper: “Brad flew in to oversee preparations but they’re all here now. They say it’s for Jane and Bill, but some think this could be it. Even Angelina’s private jeweller is here.”

The couple, who met on the set of hit film Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2005 and have six children, announced their engagement in April.

Their plan was always for a small ceremony at their Chateau Miraval home in the south of France.

Brad, 48, recently bought Angelina, 37, a £250,000 watch as a pre-wedding gift.

Their guest list, said to be no more than 20, would include actor George Clooney, 51, who’s yet to arrive.

A source said: “George and Brad are best pals, there’s no way he’d miss it. He’s at his house in Italy, but could fly to Marseille in an hour. There’s a real buzz around the estate.”

It is thought that the couple will wed in a private chapel in the grounds of their home, with civil ceremonies only allowed at the town hall in France.

“We don’t know anything about it,” Patrick Mareschi, deputy culture secretary of the nearby village of Correns, told Reuters.

“Under French law couples have to get married at the town hall. Unlike with a religious wedding, there’s no way a couple can hold a civil ceremony at their own home,” he added.

It has long been known that the pair were planning to hold their wedding at their £35million estate in the South of France.

Jackson chimp could spot gold-digger

Gary Barlow agony over ‘baby death’ troll taunts

THE singer was apparently convinced his chimpanzee Bubbles had an instinct for being able to tell who in his family was trying to live off his fortune. The late star is said to have barred siblings from his Neverland ranch if the pet did not like them.

Michael reportedly told staff: “He is a good judge of character.”

A former housekeeper told The Sun newspaper: “Bubbles often would be a gauge for Michael to decide who should stay and go.”

The revelation comes around the time that the performer’s family endure an argument over his millions, three years after his death in Los Angeles aged 51.

His ex-employee said Michael would react to Bubbles response to his various relatives.

He would say: “They are only after my money.”

Brothers Jermaine and Randy were said to be among those regularly snubbed.

Jermaine recently defected from a family letter criticising the Michael Jackson Estate.

However he still has “deep reservations” about the executors. Jermaine posted a long letter on his twitter account confirming the move.

He wrote: “I rescind my signature from the letter which was sent to the Estate, and which should never have gone public.”

“I still hold deep reservations about many issues involving the Estate, and I will continue to bring scrutiny and a resolute voice wherever we have cause for concern.

But the way to address such matters is through the proper channels and via a private dialogue, not public conflict.”

Former Big Brother contestant causes outrage after sending vile tweets over stillborn daughter AN internet troll has sparked a wave of revulsion after mocking Gary Barlow’s stillborn baby online - then grumbling that a model had blocked him on Twitter.

Twitter user @MrKennethTong, a former Big Brother contestant posted a number of offensive statements on his account about the grieving musician’s late daughter Poppy.

He then claimed he would stop if model and actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley responded to him on Twitter. And he went on to suggest the controversy should enable him to be given a “verified” account on the social networking site, such as those used by prominent figures and celebrities.

Tong’s comments, which provoked a mass outpouring of anger on Twitter, have been widely condemned by other users and celebrity friends of Barlow and his wife Dawn, who delivered her fourth child stillborn in London on Saturday.

The Take That star’s fellow X Factor judge Louis Walsh was among those calling for Tong to be banned from the microblogging website.

He wrote in a tweet: “How DISGUSTING. This man should not be allowed on twitter.

RETWEET this if you want him banned!”

He added: “Kenneth Tong shouldn’t be allowed to tweet such horrible things. His tweets to Gary Barlow are horrific & disrespectful to the lowest level.”

Tong, who appeared on series 10 of Big Brother in 2009, referenced lyrics from a number of Take That songs in the series of tweets directed at 41-year-old Barlow. He also posted a picture of a child’s coffin accompanied by more sickening comments.

Pop star Professor Green was among other celebrities to criticise Tong.

He tweeted: “@MrKennethTong never in my life seen such a disgusting case of atten-

tion seeking ... please never have children.”

Big Brother’s Bit On The Side presenter Jamie East also showed his disgust.

“Nothing would make me happier today than seeing Kenneth Tong going to prison.

What an absolutely hateful, hateful human being,” he wrote.

But unruffled Tong appeared to be relishing his moment in the spotlight with a later Tweet which said: “With all my controversy and continued notoriety, twice over, I deserve to be Verified by Twitter. Do you lot agree?”

And referring to Transformers 3 star Huntington-Whiteley, he said: “Why vilify me when it’s @RHW that’s the culprit. All she needs to do is tell me to stop and I will behave.”

“Cannot believe Rosie HuntingtonWhiteley blocked me,” he added.

Barlow had previously spoken about how he was looking forward to becoming a father for the fourth time with his wife, a 42-yearold dancer.

Left: Kenneth Tong the eye of the storm. Tragedy: Gary and Dawn Barlow are mourning their baby daughter

Spice Girls to return for closing ceremony Kris Jenner angry at Kanye y West tribute to Kim THE girl band, who have reunited for the London 2012 Games, will arrive standing on top of five black cabs on Sunday, reports the Daily Star newspaper.

The plan for the routine involving Victoria Beckham, 38, Geri Halliwell, 40, Emma Bunton, 36, Melanie Brown, 37, and Melanie Chisholm, 38, was unveiled when they were pictured practising their moves at a secret rehearsal.

More than 20 pop and rock legends will perform 30 British songs at the show.

Artists said to be involved in the two-andhalf-hour concert include Queen stars Brian May, 65, and Roger Taylor, 63, who will perform ‘We Are The Champions’ with comedian Rus-

sell Brand, 37.

The Who and The Rolling Stones are also booked for the lineup.

The show titled A Symphony Of British Music is being masterminded by David Arnold, 50, who has written music for James Bond movies and TV shows Sherlock and Little Britain.

He told The Telegraph newspaper: “To me, this should be the greatest after-party in the world. If the Opening Ceremony was the wedding, then we’re the wedding reception. We’re the one where everyone gets out of their cars at the village hall, goes ‘Wasn’t that lovely, everyone looked great, let’s put on ‘Blame It On the Boogie’ and have a laugh’.”

KIM is said to be flattered by her boyoyfriend’s latest tribute - which tells how w he’s been with so many girls but now w found his ideal woman - but her mothher is upset at him referring to her as a bitch.

A source told the Daily Star newspaaper: “Kris told Kim to get a grip, sayying no woman should be called such a term.”

Kanye, 35, debuted the new song at New York’s Dream Downtown club lastt Friday, where he was partying with Le-onardo DiCaprio. He reportedly pulled d out a laptop and asked DJ Reach to o blast out his new songs.

Those Thos who heard it said ‘Perfect Bitch’ contains numerous references to Kim’s faconta mous curvaceous figure and eye-popping butt.

The hip-hop star previously rapped about being bein in love with Kim on ‘Way Too Cold’, which whic referenced her ex-husband, basketball ketb player Kris Humphries.

In that track he said: “I’ll admit I fell in love with Kim / around the same time she had fell in love with him / Well, that’s cool, baby girl, do your thing / Lucky I ain’t ba have Jay drop him from the team.” h ‘Perfect Bitch’ will be featured on Kanye’s upcoming Cruel Summer alK bum. b

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Tech

Olympic coaches hone performances using array of apps COACHES at the 2012 Olympic Games in London have been harnessing a new set of tools to land a coveted spot on the podium - mobile apps.

Gymnastics, diving and swimming coaches have been using apps to analyse form, execution and timing to improve performance.

John Geddert, head coach of the US women’s gymnastics team and personal coach of Olympian Jordyn Wieber, likes SwingReader and Coach’s Eye, apps available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, to record gymnasts’ routines and play them back in slow motion, frame-by-frame.

“You can see form and execution errors, legs apart or knees bent,” explained Geddert, adding that the apps helped him diagnose why a gymnast at the Olympics was not being credited for an element in a routine and make immediate adjustments.

The US swim team have used an underwater camera to take video footage which is reviewed poolside in slow motion with an app called VideoPix, available for iPhone and iPod Touch.

National performance advisor Russell Mark said it helps

the swimmers master aspects of their technique such as their starts and turns.

Aaron Dziver, one of the coaches behind Canadian synchronised diving bronze medalists Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion, is also a fan of VideoPix. “We can look at the actual technique we’re trying to modify in the diver and very quickly show them what they’re doing and have them try to focus on a corrected execution,” he said.

The coaches also use apps to superimpose different dives on top of each other to compare differences in execution.

Meanwhile, Cindi Bannink, coach of US triathlete Gwen Jorgensen and some members of the US cycling team, likes the MapMyRide app, which creates and shares cycling routes, and the US Trampoline and Tumbling team have used Instant Replay Camera, according to programme director Susan Jacobson. The app slows down routines in a frame-by-frame progression.

“The ability to instantly analyse technique has helped make corrections in day-today practice, but also in lastminute adjustment prior to competition,” said Jacobson.

The US swim team have used an underwater camera to take video footage which is reviewed later in slow motion (AFP)

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Apple’s new mobile OS to exclude YouTube app Exclusion is latest sign of mounting rivalry with Google

By Alexei Oreskovic APPLE Inc’s new version of its iPhone and iPad software will not include a pre-loaded app for Google Inc’s popular video website, YouTube, Apple said this week.

It was the latest sign of the growing rivalry between the technology companies that once were closely aligned but now are vying for supremacy in the fast-growing mobile computing market.

Earlier this year, Apple said it would dump Google’s mapping software from its mobile devices.

“Apple and Google are the mobile operating systems for the future and this is where the battleground is going to lie,” said Needham & Co analyst Kerry Rice.

“If it’s going to be a twohorse race, you certainly don’t want to give the other horse any kind of lead,” he said.

Google, the world’s No.1 Web search engine, is also the maker of the most popular smartphone software with its Android operating system. In May, Google closed the $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, setting the stage for Google to more tightly integrate its smartphone software and hardware and mount a more direct challenge to Apple’s iPhone.

Apple said in a statement on Monday that its licence to include the YouTube app in the iOS operating system “has ended”. Apple noted that “customers can use YouTube in the Safari browser and Google is working on a new YouTube app to be on the app store”.

An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment on whether the company’s YouTube licence included any financial terms, or on whether Apple planned to replace YouTube with another pre-installed

YouTube has been among a handful of apps that come pre-loaded onto the screens of Apple’s mobile devices since the original iPhone was introduced in 2007 online videoapp from a different company.

YouTube has been among a handful of apps that come pre-loaded onto the screens of Apple’s mobile devices since the original iPhone was introduced in 2007.

But the app, which was actually built by Apple using YouTube’s standards, did not appear to be as full-featured as YouTube’s own website: the YouTube app does not appear to feature any advertising, and the catalog of available music videos lacks many of the titles found on the website.

Analysts said Google was unlikely to take much of a financial hit from the move, though it could complicate

Google’s efforts to expand online services to the growing ranks of mobile users.

“It’s a risk to Google’s overall mobile approach and strategy, in that their services are not going to be as easy to find as they used to be,” said Think Equity analyst Ronald Josey. “They need to be everywhere that users are.”

More worrisome, said Josey, is what the move could mean for Google’s deal with Apple to be the default search engine on the iPhone.

“The writing’s on the wall that when search is up for renewal, there’s a significant chance that Google may not be the default,” said Josey.

Analysts believe Google generates a significant por-

tion of mobile advertising revenue from iPhoneusers.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt once sat on Apple’s board of directors, but the relationship between the two companies has frayed. Apple’s co-founder, the late Steve Jobs, was quoted as saying he was willing to go “thermonuclear” on the search leader, after it decided to position Android against theiPhone.

News of YouTube’s disappearance from Apple’s mobile software came as Apple released a new test version on Monday of the iOS 6 software, which for the first time did not include the YouTube app. The final version of iOS 6 is due for release sometime in the Fall.

Starbucks embraces Square mobile payments

The modern version of Ames’ idea is vital in airports today

Escalator patent In 1859, the first U.S. patent for an escalator-type idea - titled “Revolving Stairs” - was issued to Nathan Ames, of Saugus, Massachusetts. He arranged steps on an inclined, endless belt around rollers, so when placed in motion, the steps acted as elevators saving muscular effort. When stationary, the stairs could be used in the usual way, but when in motion, a person could also walk up the steps, ascending with increased speed. The patent showed not only two parallel sets of stairs (one up, one down), but also a triangular arrangement .

STARBUCKS Corp’s (SBUX.O) deal to use Square Inc to process payments at its U.S. coffee shops is a big win for a two-year-old startup that is beginning to threaten established payment processors and shake up retailing.

As part of the deal announced on Wednesday, the world’s biggest coffee chain will also invest $25 million in Square, the San Francisco-based company led by Jack Dorsey, co-founder of social media company Twitter Inc. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz will also join Square’s board Starbucks acquired its stake as a participant in Square’s recent $200-million funding round that valued the company at $3.25 billion - sharply up from its $1.6billion valuation just a year ago - a person familiar with the matter said.

For Square, “the Starbucks deal will bring millions and millions of consumers to their application,” said Dana Stalder, a partner at venture-capital firm Matrix Partners and former chief operating officer at PayPal. The alliance comes as Square faces increasingly stiff competition from ri-

At least initially, Starbucks will only rewire the way its lattes and frappucinos are charged vals such as eBay Inc and Intuit Inc as everyone rushes to offer mobile payment processing tools.

The swift rise of these tools in recent years has led some observers to predict a future in which consumers leave

wallets at home. That could transform retailing, but also create security headaches for existing payment processing businesses.

News of the deal sent the shares of VeriFone Systems Inc - a company that produces a widely used credit card processing machine - tumbling about 12 per cent to $34.18 by the close of trading on Wednesday. Earlier this year, VeriFone launched a product called Sail that competes with Square.

At least initially, the Starbucks partnership will only rewire the way lattes and frappucinos are charged. Square technology will be integrated into Starbucks’ existing point-of-sale hardware and consumers will not notice anything different as a barista swipes their credit cards.

But in the future, Starbucks said it plans to roll out certain cutting-edge Square products, including one that allows stores to use proximity sensors to pick up when a user carrying a smartphone loaded with Square’s app has walked in the door. Clerks could accept payments simply by taking that user’s name and charging their account.

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Tech Facebook to give Brits real-money gambling

Nokia’s PureView 808 is a cameraphone with a 41-megapixel sensor. Naturally, it is huge, but nonetheless a revolutionary product.

Not only does it offer that howlingly mad number of megapixels, it’s also got a 1.5-inch

sensor inside (most phones have a tiny one you could comfortably swallow if you were arrested by the Gestapo).

You can crop and zoom, and zoom again, and photos still look great.

Blogger, journo names required in court case Google-Oracle case judge’s order stuns legal and media community members

By Alexei Oreskovic A JUDGE in the patent battle between Google Inc and Oracle Corp ordered the companies to disclose the names of journalists on their payrolls, stunning the legal and media communities.

The highly unusual order was issued on Tuesday by US District Judge William Alsup, who said he was concerned Google and Oracle or their counsel had retained or paid people who may have published comment on the case.

The order, issued several months after a jury found Google did not infringe Oracle patents, hints at the possibility of a hidden world of for-pay press coverage and injects uncertainty into the widely followed case.

“I haven’t seen anything quite like this before,” said Eric Goldman, a professor of Internet law at Santa Clara University School of Law. “I think the judge is in uncharted territory with this order.”

Goldman said two potential reasons for the order would

be if there were evidence that the jury had been swayed by extensive press coverage of the case, or if the jury had relied on evidence not properly labeled as unbiased, such as a for-pay news article offered as an exhibit in the trial.

COURT’S ‘CONCERN’ But with the trial mostly finished and few details in the order, Goldman said it was unclear why the issue was coming up now.

“The court is concerned that the parties and/or counsel herein may have retained or paid print or Internet authors, journalists, commentators or bloggers who have and/or may publish comments on the issues in the case,” Alsup wrote in order.

He said the information “would be of use on appeal” and could “make clear whether any treatise, article, commentary or analysis on the issues posed by this case are possibly influenced by financial relationships to the parties or counsel”.

The companies must submit

the information by noon August 17.

Oracle sued Google in federal court, claiming the search engine giant’s Android mobile platform violated its patents and copyright to Java, seeking roughly $1 billion on its copyright claims. The jury ruled in Google’s favour and the judge decided Oracle could not claim copyright protection on most of the Java material that Oracle took to trial. Oracle has said it will appeal.

The trial, which featured testimony from high-profile technology executives including Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison and Google CEO Larry Page, has attracted heavy media coverage from the mainstream press and technologyfocused blogs.

One of the more well-known bloggers on intellectual property matters and on the Oracle-Google case, Florian Mueller, revealed three days into the trial that Oracle had recently become a consulting client of his. People who followed the case said they were not aware of any other similar examples.

For the time being you’ll have to fork out £520 to buy it outright on Amazon. Or you could wait until Nokia puts this technology into its (quite decent) Windows phones, as it has said it will.

Your choice.

FACEBOOK Inc will allow users in Britain to wager real money on its service, opening its doors to gambling for the first time as revenue growth slows at the world’s No. 1 social network.

On Tuesday, Gamesys, an independent gaming company, launched a version of online Bingo for Facebook users in Britain who are at least 18, and which the company said will pay winners real money.

Gamesys also announced plans to offer virtual slots gambling on Facebook.

Facebook confirmed that it is partnering with Gamesys to allow gambling on its service.

“Real money gaming is a popular and well-regulated activity in the UK and we are allowing a partner to offer their games to adult users on the Facebook platform in a safe and controlled manner,” Facebook said in a statement.

Facebook spokeswoman Linda Griffin said there are no current plans to offer gambling in any other countries or with any other partners besides Gamesys.

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

What’s on

films

(K) All Audiences (12/15/18) No admittance to Under-12s/ 15s/ 18s (N/A) Not Available

Times are subject to change, so check first with cinemas before you head out

NICOSIA The Raven (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 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 The Dark Knight Rises (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.15 and 10.15pm, and (Screen 2) at 8pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.15 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 1.30pm, and (Screen 2) at 8pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in 3D, in Greek) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in 2D, in Greek) at 8.15pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) (in 3D, in Greek) at 8.15pm, weekends also at 11.30am; 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 Summer Open-Air Marathon (tonight: Zabriskie Point)

Konstantia Open-Air Cinema, Wednesday to Sunday at 9pm.

Tel: 22-348203

K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.30pm. Tel: 77778383

Summer Open-Air Marathon (tomorrow: The Last Metro) (in French, with Greek subtitles) Konstantia Open-Air Cinema, Wednesday to Sunday at 9pm.

Tel: 22-348203

The Dark Knight Rises (12) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.15 and 10.15pm, and (Screen 2) at 8pm. Tel: 77778383

LIMASSOL The Raven (15) Rio 4 at 6.20, 8.20 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 4.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ted (15) Rio 2 at 6.20, 8.20 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 4.30pm. Tel: 25-871410;

The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 8 and 10.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 10.25pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

The Dictator (15) Rio 6 at 10.10pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Lucky One (K) Rio 6 at 6.30 and 8.20pm, weekends also at 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410 The Amazing Spider-Man (12) Rio 3 at 8 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 5.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 3 (in 3D, in Greek), weekdays only at 6.20pm. Rio 5 (in 2D, in Greek) at 6.30, 8.20 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in 3D, in Greek) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in 3D, in English) at 8.15pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3)

The Amazing Spider-Man (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 7.45pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

(in 3D, in English) at 5.25pm.

K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.25pm. Tel: 77778383

LARNACA The Raven (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ted (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.30pm. Tel: 77778383

PAPHOS The Raven (15) Rio 4 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 Ted (15) Rio 7 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Dark Knight Rises (12) Rio 1 at 4.45, 7.45 and 10.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Dark Knight Rises (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.15 and 10.15pm, and (Screen 2) at 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Dictator (15) Rio 3 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.20, 8.10 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 8 and 10.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Lucky One (K) Rio 2 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.20, 8.10 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Amazing Spider-Man (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in 3D, in Greek) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in 2D, in Greek) at 8.15pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Amazing Spider-Man (12) Rio 6 at 8 and 10.30pm, weekends at 8.10 and 10.40pm. Tel: 26-207000 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 5 (in 2D, in Greek) at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.20, 8.10 and 10pm. Rio 6 (in 3D, in English) at 6pm, weekends at 4.30 and 6.20pm.

Tel: 26-207000

The Dark Knight Rises

listings Today Music Despina Vandi and Elli Kokkinou Two of the biggest names in the Greek music scene, return to Cyprus for a unique concert. August 11. Pelendri Community Stadium, Limassol. 9pm. €20. Tel: 22-372115/25-552503 Paschalis Terzis Popular Greek singer live in concert.

August 11. Tasos Markou Stadium, Paralimni. 9pm. €20/Free for children under 10. Tel: 70-002737 C: Real Popular pop rock band from Greece perform live along with DJ Leonid Rudenko on the decks. August 11.

Dolce Club, Amathus Avenue 138, Ayios Tychonas, Limassol. 11pm.

Tel: 25-314900 Gemini Celebrating one year of DIRTY events, Dirty Basslines presents, for the first time in Cyprus British electronic music producer and DJ. August 11. Guaba Beach Bar, Amathous Avenue, Agios Tychonas, Limassol. 4pm. Free Live Rock, Pop & Blues Live music with Luis Nahas and Paul Pearson. August 11. Aletri Bar,

Yermasoyia, Limassol. 9.30pm. free.

Tel: 99-574417

Other Events Accept – LGBT Beach Party Beach party with DJs and fire show.

Part of the sales will go towards Accept. August 11. Fanari Beach Bar, Faros Beach, Pervolia, Larnaca.

8pm. Free. Tel: 99-812343

Monday Music

Medieval Fort, Kamil Kenan. 9pm. In Greek. €7/12. Tel: 24-652800

Other Events

Paschalis Terzis Popular Greek singer live in concert.

August 13. Paphiako Stadium. 9pm. €20/15/Free for children under 10.

Tel: 70-002737

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

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

First Recycling and Artistic Creation Festival Opportunity to create different kind of crafts out of recyclable materials in order to inform and raise awareness about recycling and the institution Paphos 2017. August 12. Paphos Archaeological Park, Marina Paphos.

5pm-11.30pm

Theatre

Exhibition

Dinner of Fools The Theatre Group of Agros Youth Centre presents a hilarious theatrical play. August 13. Courtyard of the Glafkos Clerides Sports Centre, Agros, Limassol . 9pm. €3. In Greek.

Maniera Cypria: Lemesos, Fabula, Historia, Memoria Exhibition dedicated to ancient findings. Until August 12. Evagoras Lanitis Centre, Lanitis Carob Mill, Limassol. 5pm-9pm daily except Mondays. Tel: 25-342123

Raw Circles Qualifiers Qualifiers for the 2vs2 break dancing battle event for Raw Circles International. The winners will win tickets for the raw circles Portugal Europe qualifiers and then the International Raw Circles final in Belgium on 2013.

August 12. Eurogym, 56 Kyriakou Matsi, Ayios Dometios, Nicosia. 6pm. €7/20. Tel: 99-741779. rawcirclescyprus@soundcancer.com.

Ongoing

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

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

Tomorrow Other Events

Paradise Rock Festival A classic rock music festival. August 13-15. Paradise Place – Pomos, Paphos. 9pm. €10 (each day). Tel: 26-342537/99-516932

Theatre My Friend, Lefterakis Theatro Skala presents the Greek theatrical comedy by Alekos Sakellarios. August 10-12. Larnaca

Nicosia International Airport Solo photography exhibition by Andreas Efstathiou. Until August

30. Is Not Gallery, 11 Odysseus, Chrysaliniotissa, Nicosia. MondaySaturday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-8pm.

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

Until September 2. The Leventis Municipal Museum, Temporary Exhibitions Hall, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday: 10am-4.30pm. Tel: 22-661475/ 22-671997 I Will follow you to the end of the World - Immigrating for Love Exhibition by visual artist Lia Lapithi influenced the story of Queen Caterina Cornaro. Until September 2. The Leventis Municipal Museum, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Open: 3.30pm -5.30pm. Tel: 22-661475 Diaspora Exhibition by visual artist Nikos Kourossis. Until September 2. The Leventis Municipal Museum, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Open: 3.30pm -5.30pm. Tel: 22-661475 The Area is Sacred Solo art exhibition by Panagiotis Mina. Until September 13. 50-1 Gallery, Limassol. Monday-Friday: 11am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. Saturday: 11am-1pm. Tel: 99-522977

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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 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: 25-378733. www.morfi.org Nicosia: Topographies of Memory: From Ermou Street to the Buffer Zone Exhibition by Anita Bakshi reconstructing Ermou marketplace – using maps that were created from memories and narratives provided by shopkeepers who once worked or lived in the area. Until September 30.

Home for Cooperation, 28 Markou Drakou, opposite Ledra Palace Hotel in the UN Buffer Zone, Nicosia.

Open Monday-Sunday: 10am-6pm.

Tel: +90 542 8506681/22-445740 www.home4cooperation.info/www. ahdr.info Our Lady of Nicosia Exhibition about the church of Phaneromeni and it relics. Until September 30. Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 96-90 Phaneromenis Street, old Nicosia. Monday-Sunday: 10am-7pm. Tel: 80-000800

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Aphrodite Aphr odite Festival almost here

The time is fast approaching for the annual escape into opera presented by The Pafos Aphrodite Festival, now in its 14th year. This year is particularly prestigious since the presentation is under the auspices of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of Europe.

The opera will be Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello which is related to the history of Cyprus since the plot takes place during the 15th century at the Castle of Famagusta. The opera will be presented by the Opera of the Slovak National Theatre on September 7 to 9 at the Medieval Castle in Paphos.

An adaptation of William Shakespeare’s renowned Othello, the plot follows Othello, governor of Cyprus, who returns victorious from the war unaware that two of his men, Iago and Rodrigo, are plotting to destroy him. Iago, wishing to satisfy his own ambitions, defames Othello’s wife Desdemona, convincing him that she is unfaithful to him with his Captain Cassio.

Othello, blinded by jealousy, kills her, but soon finds out the truth and, unable to bear the burden of what he has done, stabs himself in the end.

There will be, as usual, two sets of principals over the three performances, and the line-up is impressive. The strong dramatic leading role of Otello will be played by two well-credentialled tenors, Michal Lehotsky (Friday and Sunday) and Ernesto Grisales (Saturday). The former has great experience with the Slovak National Theatre, where he has created a formidable gallery of roles (including the Duke in Rigoletto, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Manrico in Il Trovatore, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Gustav III in Un Ballo in Maschera, Radames in Aida, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Don José in Carmen, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, Canio in I Pagliacci, Calaf in Turandot, Peter Grimes, Macduff in Macbeth, Jeník in The

Today Other Events Loud and proud Blue Flags have been flying at beaches and marinas throughout Europe since the ’80s giving a strong indication of high environmental standards, but tonight Faros Beach in Pervolia will be flying a different type of flag: the rainbow banner.

It’s that time of the year when Accept–LGBT Cyprus organises

Bartered Bride, the Prince in Rusalka, and Gennaro in Lucrezia Borgia). He has prepared Otello for this current season.

Whereas the Colombian tenor Ernesto Grisales who graduated from the Madrid Conservatoire has won a number of awards at various prestigious international contests (Verviers in Belgium, Marseilles, Toulouse, the Maria del Monaco, Alfred Krause and Plácido Domingo contests, among others). His most important parts include Radames (Arena di Verona with Daniela Dessi), then Calaf (the Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago, Sao Paolo with Eva Marton), Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (State Opera Berlin), Cavaradossi, Turiddu, Canio, Don José (Athens, Japan), De Grieux in Manon Lescaut (Venice), Pollione in Norma (Marseille).

The Desdemonas will be played by Eva Hornyàkovà (who gave such a wonderful performance as Mimi in this company’s La Bohemé for the Festival in 2010) and Adriana Kohútkovà respectively. Ms Hornyàkovà made her debut in 2006 at the Opera of Slovak National Theatre and has played many roles since. This season she will shine as a gentle Desdemona. Ms Kohútkovà studied singing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava under Prof. Hana Štolfová-Bandová. In 1993 she became a soloist at the opera of the Slovak National Theatre where she has performed a number of roles from an international repertoire (Gilda in Rigoletto, Konstanza in Abduction from the Seraglio, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Nedda in I Pagliacci, Amina in Bellini’s La Sonnambula, Violetta in La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Marie in La Fille du Régiment, Tatiana in Eugen Onegin and others). She began her career as a coloratura soprano, and later moved into the lyric and young dramatic repertoire.

its annual Beach Party at Fanari Beach Bar by Faros beach.

Openly gay living has been a source of tension in Cypriot society for some time, but Accept-LGBT Cyprus has sought to address this through campaigning and organising events that combat prejudice and social exclusion.

For tonight’s beach party organisers are aiming to make the whole affair bigger and better with a double DJ line-up. DJ Loop and DJ Ntia from Ithaki will be joining the party, while Alice In Flames will be showing off her spectacular skills in a dazzling fire show.

Entrance will be free and drinks will be reasonably priced at just €5 each, while all full Accept members are entitled to one free drink. New full members can be registered at the entrance. Part of the sales will go towards Accept, helping the organisation fund its activities that aim to stop human rights violations and injustice arising from sexual orientation.

Acce Accept–LGBT Beach Party Be Beach party with DJs and fi show. Part of the fire s sales will go towards A Accept. August 11. Fanari Beach Perv Bar, Faros Beach, Pervolia, Larnaca. 8pm.

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The villain of the piece – Iago – will be played by two baritones of considerable distinction. Bratislava-born Dalibor Jenis (Friday and Sunday) has played all the major operatic baritone roles and won many awards. He was drawn to opera from a very early age, singing Mozart at the age of 19.

He’s since become an Italian opera specialist, having in his repertoire roles like Germont, Don Carlo, Don Giovanni, Figaro, and many others. Constantinos Yiannoudes who will play Iago on Saturday evening has, over the past several seasons, appeared with New York Grand Opera, Eugene Opera, Nevada Opera, Teatro Grattacielo, Little Orchestra Society, Annapolis Opera and Taconic Opera, as well as in concert at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and the Bruno Walter Auditorium. Other recent engagements include Kurt Weill’s Mahagonny-Songspiel, Virgil Thomson’s Four Saints in Three Acts, Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors and Marius in the New York premiere of Robert Starer’s Apollonia. World premiere performances have included the baritone role in Roger Trefousse’s Found Objects.

The performances will be conducted by Ondrej Lenárd and Martin Leginus while stage direction is

by Josef Prudek. During the performances there will be simultaneous translations in Greek and English via surtitles.

Otello – Pafos Aphrodite Festival Opera performed by the Slovak National Theatre Opera.

September 7-9. Medieval Paphos Castle. 8pm. Simultaneous translation in Greek and English via surtitles. ¤35/80. Tel: 26822218/80-008005 or visit www.pafc.com.cy

By Chris Ekin-Wood

Sky Blu Postponed Due to unforeseen circumstances LMFAO’s Sky Blu will not be doing the wiggle dance at the much-anticipated performance in Ayia Napa. The concert had originally been scheduled for August 17, but is now postponed until a later date.

Tickets can be refunded, oth-

erwise tickets will be valid for the rescheduled date. Exact replacement dates have yet to be announced.

More details regarding the postponed concert will be posted as soon as possible.

Tel: 99-888327 www.soldout-tickets.com.cy

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Reportage Is Boris Johnson an unashamed selfpublicist seeking political advantage, or just an eccentric, enthusiastic mayor promoting his city?

Taking a ride in the cable car over London

By Sara Ledwith

Johnson watches Britain’s Sir Christopher Hoy during the Men’s Keirin at the Velodrome. O

I

N THE evening sun near Tower Bridge, people watch Olympians on a big screen and cheer.

High above them, on the top floor of the bulbous glass building where he has his office, Mayor of London Boris Johnson is addressing technology entrepreneurs in a speech that underlines his ideology.

Why does Usain Bolt run fast, he asks. Competition that’s why.

The excitement of the crowd outside penetrates through the open windows.

The blond mop-haired mayor, selling the British capital in a reception in the penthouse, warms to his theme.

Another example comes from science.

The 17th-century scientist Robert Hooke, Johnson notes, was also competing fiercely with others in London when he worked out the law of elasticity.

Strain is equal to stress “as I proved on that zip wire the other day”.

The reference - to the minutes when the Mayor of London dangled helplessly from an aerial runway above the assembled crowd in a park - raises a laugh. “Ut tensio sic vis,” booms Johnson, offering Hooke’s Law in Latin.

The audience roars.

Boris Johnson, or plain “Boris” as he is known to most people, seems to be everywhere at the London Olympics. From the 48-yearold’s plummy tones encouraging Underground commuters to avoid congested stations to his imitation of Bolt’s victory pose, or his prose likening female beach volleyball players to “glistening otters”, he has turned 2012 into Boris’s Games.

Some say he is an una-

THE BORI Johnson watches the men’s synchronised 10m platform final shamed self-publicist seeking political advantage, some an eccentric, enthusiastic mayor promoting his city. But many pundits believe he ultimately wants the top job.

Britain’s current Prime Minister, David Cameron, went to Eton, the elite feepaying school, just like Johnson, and shared his Conservative beginnings at Oxford University. Cameron says Johnson “defies all forms of gravity”.

In the real world, the economy is struggling and Johnson’s critics are angry that his warnings on the Underground have put people off visiting London.

But inside the Games bubble, Johnson, a free-market defender of the banking classes, repeats a relentlessly upbeat story that is attracting the most incongruous support. “I’m incredibly left-wing and I absolutely

love Boris Johnson,” said Lucy Lapham, a 27-year-old event manager.

“He’s come down to our level almost,” agreed her friend, Victoria Stickland, 24.

For Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, who was born in New York General Hospital in June 1964, the London Games kicked off with a trim of the unruly blond hair that gets mussed up on camera, and a promise that the “Geiger-counter of Olympomania” was headed “Zoink!” off the scale.

Handing financial decisionmaking for London over to local council officers for the duration of the Games, he took to the stage in Hyde Park.

There he promised the crowd “more gold, silver, bronze medals than it takes to bail out Greece and Spain together”.

By the opening ceremony,

Georgina Wharton, a 30year old from Melbourne, Australia, said the best thing about Boris was that he is immune to the political correctness she sees everywhere in Britain. “He just doesn’t care,” she said admiringly.

On day one of the Games, Johnson was on camera with Queen Elizabeth, complimenting her for her performance with James Bond in the “magnificent and bonkers” opening ceremony.

By day three, there were headlines about empty seats at Olympic venues.

Businesses were blaming his warnings for a slump in their trade. That evening, Johnson schmoozed representa-

‘Those who know Johnson say that, beneath the cultivated buffoonery, he is an intelligent, serious politician’

tives from the creative industries to encourage them to invest in London. He and his staff would, he vowed, “kick down the doors” for them. Investment in the city’s infrastructure, including transport, would deliver, he said. He conceded that the capital’s economy was “patchy” during the Games but saw an “optimism and a confidence now that is fantastic”.

Those who know Johnson say that, beneath the cultivated buffoonery, he is an intelligent, serious politician.

His slapstick moments including a tumble into a river in east London in 2009 - combine with enthusiasm for the eccentric genius of Britain. A journalist as well as a politician, the twicemarried Johnson relies on humour and charm to divert attention from a history of sexual affairs.

He has a deft touch with what he calls the “blessed sponge of amnesia”, ensuring that he claims credit while others shoulder blame.

When he was first elected mayor in 2008, he won more than a million votes - the largest personal mandate of any politician in British history.

The Conservative Party has not won an absolute parliamentary majority for 20 years, and now some of its members and even some polls suggest he could lead the country, although Johnson dismisses such sugges-

tions as nonsense.

“I think people will look back on these Olympics as a time of great pride,” said Tim Montgomerie, editor of a website for Conservative activists. “The whole thing has been magical, and he just seems to have captured the mood.”

For Montgomerie, comparisons between Johnson and wartime leader Winston Churchill are not out of place. Like Churchill, he said, “Boris has all kinds of character question-marks about his suitability for the top job, but there is a precedent there, someone who worked out incredibly well”.

Many of the London businesses that hoped for a boost from the Games would disagree. Johnson’s transport warnings were stopped, but too late for them.

Paul Cunningham, owner of the Biscuit Ceramic Cafe, had expected thousands of Olympic visitors to stroll past every day on their way to the equestrian events in Greenwich, but said crowd management had diverted them. “The end of August is going to be a tricky time, it’s scary.”

A nearly one-metre-high barrier stretches along the main road. Games stewards wielding huge foam hands urge crowds to follow a direct route to the Olympic site. Iona Tovey, operations manager at the Black Vanilla ice cream parlour next door to Greenwich’s popu-

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Johnson dangles in the air after getting stranded on a zip wire while trying to make a dramatic entry to a London 2012 Olympics party at Victoria Park

Observers say the London Mayor really captured the mood of the London Olympics

IS GAMES ‘Boris has all kinds of character question-marks about his suitability for the top job, but there is a precedent there, someone who worked out incredibly well’ lar market, called the barrier “the Berlin Wall”. Since the Games began, sales on some days have fallen more than 50 per cent.

In the eaves of London’s historic Covent Garden piazza, a year-round tourist hub in the theatre district, Benjamin Pollock’s Toyshop is still waiting for the summer crowds who buy its eccentric stock of finger puppets, jumping jacks, antique toy theatres and other trinkets for children.

Shop worker Stephen Fowler, 40, drafted in for extra hours during the Games, said an Australian customer had mentioned that Sydney was equally deserted during its Olympics eight years ago. Why hadn’t London planners anticipated that, he wondered.

“It’s been a bit of a disaster,” said part-owner Louise Heard, laughing. She wants the mayor to help. “He’s the

face of London, isn’t he? If Boris came out and said tomorrow, ‘You know, the Olympics is great, but hey everyone, go shopping’ ... if he’s seen falling off a zip wire, then he can come do a stunt in the centre of London perhaps.”

To some extent, the mayor’s high-wire act distracted the media from less positive stories, including the fact he had invited media baron Rupert Murdoch to an Olympic swimming event.

That day Johnson also gave an interview to Murdoch’s Fox News. “It’s all going horribly right - touch wood,” he said.

The invitation to Murdoch, whose titles are under investigation for alleged phone-hacking by staff, angered Johnson’s opponents on the council. Murdoch titles including the Sun have for years been able to make or break political careers in

Britain, a fact underlined by the phone-hacking scandal.

As mayor, Johnson is in charge of the police who are conducting the probe into phone-hacking. His opponents were angry.

“The mayor is acting in his own interests and not those of Londoners,” said Liberal Democrat Stephen Knight.

Where in the old days Cameron would ask Murdoch to use the back door on his visits to Number 10 Downing Street, Johnson was photographed at the Olympic Aquatics Centre with Murdoch, and said the 81-yearold was one of 23 executives he had hosted.

Murdoch’s Sunday Times followed the Sun this week with a positive opinion poll about the mayor. It found Johnson would be the preferred choice for 24 per cent of voters to become Conservative leader if Cameron stepped down.

In the Olympic Park, orange-clad Dutchman Roger Andriessen, 44, who lives in Britain, said Johnson had been a better ambassador for the Games than even the organisers.

“The headlines have been full of rubbish,” he said, referring to British media reports about security problems and slack business during the Games.

The mayor, he said, “brushes it aside and says ‘Come on, let’s get on with it and have a good time’ - I think that’s the right attitude.”

Reciting a poem at the opening of the 124th IOC session at the Opera House in London

British PM David Cameron (left) says Johnson ‘defies all forms of gravity’

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

FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND FOR SALE PLOT in the centre of Lefkara Village 670sqm, high build factor, near all shops, and amenities € 210.000 negotiable Tel: 99 330 908 NEWSAGENT’S STORE in prime spot in Pernera area (Protaras).

Very low rent. Ideal for two partners, two shifts, all year round

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 18 For Sale Miscellaneous 18 For Sale Land/ Property Business 18 For Sale Motor vehicles 19 Wanted 19 To Let Nicosia 19 To Let Limassol 21 To Let Larnaca 21 To Let Paphos 22 To Let Protaras, Ayia Napa, Paralimni 23 To Let Athens -Land For Sale Bulgaria -For Sale Limassol 23 For Sale Nicosia 23 For Sale Larnaca 23 For Sale Paphos 23 For Sale Ayia Napa 23 For Sale Famagusta Protaras -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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Advertiser FOR SALE B.P./LAND

FOR SALE B.P./LAND

trade, all stock included, all accounts can be seen (till readings). Only serious callers. Tel: 99529149. ***************************** BAKERY BUSINESS FOR SALE based in St Lazaros Square in Larnaca. Fully equipped & guaranteed customers. Contact 95115916 ***************************** ONE ACRE (3 donums) land for sale Arakapas area Limassol district, with title deeds. Sloping ground with stream and 8 foot waterfall at lower boundary. Naturally growing trees. €40.000 sandymathie@hotmail.com or 99416918 ***************************** TIMI, plots, a few selected available, sea view, near the 2 golf courses, Venus rock and airport. 60% Building eu 115,000.

Half registration fees till the 2.6.12. Tel. 99 621914 ***************************** LARNACA, ALETHRIKO, PLOTS FOR SALE, 525 sqm, 90% building factor, near highway Limassol-Larnaca, 5 min from airport, quiet residential area, eu 125,000. Half registration fees till the 2.6.12. Tel. 99 621914 ***************************** RESIDENTIAL PIECE OF LAND of 985sqm in the village of Pareklisia. Partial sea views,

near to electricity and water supplies. € 135.000 D.C. (Cyprus) Real Estate Tel: 99 330 908 ***************************** PLOT LOCATED in Mesa Geitonia, Limassol 617sqm. 100% build. Ideal for the construction of apartment building or 1 or 2 large houses. Price reduced to € 360.000 tel. 99 330 908 www. cyprusre.com/listing-lim-0170 ***************************** FOR SALE OR RENT - Kato Paphos – full moon bar, fully furnished and equipped, large flat screen TV’s + projector, fits 120 people comfortably, incredible opportunity for ready business!

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

BUSINESS TO RENT ***************************** FOR RENT : SHOP 180sqm’s in Tala - Paphos, main road. Available now. Rent negotiable. Call 26652409 *****************************

WANTED TO RENT 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. *****************************

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.

TO LET NICOSIA

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

and Pentadaktylos. 3 Baths, garage for 2 cars with automatic doors, bbq, fireplace, oil central heating, airconditioning, fully furnished. €2000 Pm, tel 99 621914 ***************************** 3 BEDROOM FLAT completely renovated in Strovolos.

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

Please call 99695382 ***************************** TO LET 3 bdrm flat Kaimakli area near Frederic. Tel. 99606665. ****************************** LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 5 bedrs detached house, 550sq.m, built in 2 big plots of land, big garden with grass, big swimming pool with extra fence for children and big covered patio with bbq area, big reception areas with marble floor, fire place and bar, big kitchen with all electrical appliances and sitting room with fire place, maid’s room, floor heating, full a/c, blinds on the windows, master bedroom with

PROPERTY TO LET NICOSIA

Tel. Tony on 99176557

**************************** ACROPOLIS LUXURY FLAT; 3 bedrooms, master with ensuite; bathroom, laundry room, fully fitted kitchen, large sitting/ dining room, everyday room, two large verandas, guest w/c, c/h, a/c, broadband internet/TV/satellite connection, covered parking. Furnished/ unfurnished (€1,200/€1,000) 22312255, 99557457. ***************************** FOR RENT Location: Prevezis 13 Nicosia (near Cleopatra Hotel). Flat: 2 bed rooms - 90 sq m (the flat is in a new building in the centre and can also be used as an office). For info tel: 99763804 Andreas Panayi ***************************** 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 ***************************** TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT (113 sq. metres) on Second floor (No lift) in Aglandja, (Nicosia). Fitted kitchen: fridge, gas cooker, built-in electric oven.

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

CHILDCARE

FOR SALE

FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES ***************************** HONDA HRV, 5 doors, year 2001, excellent driver, all taxed and M.O.T’D, new disks and brake pads fitted. Good tyres. Silver metalic paint, bargain €4600 o.n.o. For info call 96533284. **************************** FOR SALE Mercedes SLK 230.

Full MOT, low mileage, automatic, burgundy colour. Genuine reason for sale. Offer price €10,000 Call 99951393. *****************************

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.

FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES

FOR SALE BMW 320i CONVERTIBLE, 2008, colour platinum bronze, 18’’ alloys, being leather, cruise control, front and rear parking sesonrs, lights-rain sensors, wind deflector, 45000 km, excellent condition, €30,900. For information call 99405122.

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

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

For information call 99781943

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Camilla Strømstad Liquidation board

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA ing’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

TO LET NICOSIA 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 neighborhood close to CYBC station.

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

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

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

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

16. 3 bedr + office space +separate maid’s room detached luxury house, 450sq.m, recently renovated, with central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining area with parquet floor, TV room with fire place, big kitchen with breakfast area and fitted cooker and oven, 4 wc, roller blinds on all windows, very big verandas and yard, covered parking, in a very quiet neighborhood in the centre of Makedonitissa opposite a playground. - €1400 (H4MAK0003-R), (photos in the website).

17. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/ shower, sitting room upstairs, attic room with shower and wc, office space/maid’ s room with shower and wc, central

TO LET NICOSIA 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

TO LET NICOSIA 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 neighborhood – Agios Dometios €450 (A1ADO0004-R), (photos in the website).

4. 3 bedr luxury PENTHOUSE apartment with storage heaters, full a/c, office space,

TO LET NICOSIA 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, ice view off Makarios Avenue between Hilton and DEBENHAMS shop – Nicosia Centre €460 (A1NIC0006-R), (photos in the website).

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

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

TO LET NICOSIA MING 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 neighborhood park – Dasoupolis €550 (A2DAS0001-R), (photos in the website).

14.

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 independent, full ac, fully modern nicely furnished and equipped, big covered verandah, 2 wc, covered parking opposite Hilton, off Makarios Avenue close to the centre – Lykavitos €650 (A2LYK0003-R), (photos in the website) 17. Brand new quality finished 2 storey Penthouse apartment with cozy nicely modern fully furnished apartment, 150sq.m unique design, a/c for hot and

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA cold in all the flat, 2wc, big verandas around the flat, private elevator with lock for the flat , in the centre of Makedonitissa of 28th October street – €1200 (A2MAK0004-R), (photos in the website).

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

TO LET NICOSIA

TO LET NICOSIA

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).

solid parquet floor all the flat, big sitting and dining area (can fit 2 sitting rooms and dining table), electrical appliances in the kitchen which has a breakfast area,2 covered parking, storage room in a very quiet green neighbourhood near the centre and Ag. Andreas - AVAILABLE in AUGUST– Nicosia Center €1450 (A3NIC0004-R), (photos in the website).

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

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

23. New luxury spacious 3 bedr quality apartment, 165sq.m+ big covered verandah, separate floor heating, full a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms (one en suite),

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), ex-

TO LET NICOSIA pensive electrical appliances in the kitchen, double glazed windows with electrical shutter, covered veranda, pressure system, solar heater, central satellite antenna, 2 covered parkings, storage room, security entrance, close to Honda traffic lights walking distance to the centre – Agioi Omologites €850 (A3AOM0009-R), (photos in the website).

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

TO LET LIMASSOL LIMASSOL STUDIO FOR RENT 100 metres from the sea, available immediately. furnished, parking available. Rental €325 monthly including levies. 99867267 ***************************** FIRST FLOOR HOUSE FOR RENT in Potamos Germasogia. 1 bedroom A/C, full furnished. Parking available large veranda. Call 96717537 ***************************** FOR RENT one bedroom furnished flat in Katraki building, 100 metres from the sea and Debenhams Olympia. Price €450 (included common expenses). Tel: 99406415 Andreas, fax: 25582963 ***************************** 4 BEDROOM recently renovated whole floor apartment of 200sqm.. Fully Furnished.

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

3 new bathrooms, new kitchen with stainless steel appliances.

2 Covered parkings. Price € 1500/month. Call 99 330 908 ***************************** OFFICE FOR RENT opposite sea with amazing sea views.

120sqm, 2 bathrooms, kitchen.

Security system, cabling and server room ready. Price € 1400/month negotiable tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre.com/ listing-LIM-0103 ***************************** GROUND FLOOR HOUSE 3 bedrooms in Omonia furnished /unfurnished, fire place in sitting room, main sitting room, kitchen, bathroom, utility,

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

Viewing available after 23/8/12 please contact Yiannakis Georgiou 99451011. ***************************** 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 ***************************** VERY LONG TERM RENT 160sq.mtrs on ground floor, very clean spacious open plan living. Perfect for expat or retired couple looking for a quiet life in a peaceful area only one minute walk to Orphanides, Marks and Spencer and St.

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Advertiser TO LET LARNACA Raphael Clinic. Own courtyard, small dog welcome, sky satellite link, also suitable for office space. Only English spoken on 99890128. ***************************** 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, ensuite bathroom, small block.

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

For long term rent only €380.

Tel: 99222197, 99541828. ***************************** FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom flat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel: 99202543 **************************** 1. K.S.L LETTINGS – APARTMENT FOR RENT Fully Furnished ground floor 2 bedroom apartment, overlooking pool. Beautifully furnished throughout. 350 Euros per calendar month. Larnaca District.

Quote TLL884. Tel. (00357) 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

TO LET LARNACA – VILLA FOR RENT Fully furnished 3 bedroom Villa with a good-sized rear garden & Communal pool, located in the village of Oroklini. Call for further information quoting Ref. TLL1189. Tel. (00357) 24815104 CALL 24 815 104 TO ENQUIRE OR ARRANGE A VIEWING – NO OBLIGATION OR FEES. VIEW OUR FULL RANGE OF OVER 200 PROPERTIES

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PAPHOS ***************************** 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT in the heart of Kato Paphos, the property is situated in a quiet, private complex, next to archeological site overlooking the light house, very reasonable rent, tel : 99411933 ***************************** AGIOS NEOPHYTOS, TALA, 2 bedroom house, with a/c, split units, private parking, beautiful garden, very quiet area, with sea views. Rent is negotiable, Tel : 96570227 ***************************** 6 BEDROOM, LUXURY DETACHED VILLA in Chlorakas, for rent. Breathtaking, unobscured sea and mountain views. Close to all amenities, located in a cul de sac in Melanos area with a private road. 6 bed, 2 bathrooms (+2en suite), utility room, outdoor storage, Jacuzzi, private pool, fully A/C, fitted kitchen, large verandas and landscaped gardens. Long term let or sale by owner, call 99414920 **************************** 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

TO LET PAPHOS

TO LET PAPHOS

view at are website www.cyprussands.com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus ***************************** CHLORAKA, 2 bedroom apartment, only 5 years old, fully furnished with a/c, lovely, large patio area in rear €300 per month, + communal charges please call Malcolm on: 99127031 - no agents **************************** FOR RENT new ground floor terrace studios for rent in Kouka village(20 minutes from Limassol) in a quiet and peaceful area fully furnished €180 per month minimum contract 1 year. Inf. Mob 99548855 **************************** For your consideration

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. KATHIKAS AREA €450 a modern 2 bedroom, stone walled villa with sea views, large swimming pool and 650 sq metres garden. In a quiet cul-de-sac, available unfurnished or furnished. Solar panels and pressurised water system. A great villa in a fabulous village. Will accept pets.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Call Val on 99166563 Or Liz on 96703403 **************************** 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:

1. UNIVERSAL AREA €550 spacious 3 bedroom semi detached house all with ensuite bathrooms plus downstairs guest wc. Large storage room & roof terrace. Enclosed garden with private pool. Drive for off street parking. Available unfurnished with sky satellite.

Situated in a great central location.

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

Off street parking. A beautiful home.

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

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

4. KONIA €700 new to the market this spacious detached 3 bedroom villa, master with ensuite. Guest wc. Beautifully furnished with quality modern furniture. Separate modern fitted kitchen plus separate util-

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ity 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 ensuite. Spacious kitchen & living area. Enclosed garden with well & private pool offering sea views. Covered verandas, private drive for off street parking. Situated in a quiet residential area.

6. PEYIA €750 price includes pool cleaning. If you are looking for a villa with breathtaking views & privacy than this property is for you. This modern detached 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom villas is furnished with modern furniture, including satellite TV. One bedroom & bathroom on ground floor. a spacious enclosed garden with private pool offering stunning views. Off street parking.

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

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

Pets allowed.

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

Tel: 97790883 office: 26271858 visit our website for many more properties www.mrrent-paphos.net email: info@ mrrent-paphos.net **************************** RENTAL POINT - PAPHOS PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!!

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

2 double , bedrooms, master

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

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

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

Fitted kitchen, utility room. 3 bedrooms, master with ensuite. Family bathroom. Parking, Swimming pool and landscaped garden areas. Very quiet area. Euros 600.00 a month 4. MESA CHORIO – 2 Bed, 2. bath fully furnished apartment in good location close to ISOP Open plan living area with dining space. Fitted kitchen, 2 double bedrooms, master with en-suite. Family bathroom. Off street parking & comm. Pool.

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

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

Large gardens. Euros 800.00 per month.

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

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

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

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TO LET PAPHOS

FOR RENT

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

For information call: 99496541

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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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS Euros 1500.00 per month or offers.

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

Spacious open plan living area with feature fireplace and dining space Huge fitted kitchen and breakfast area.

Guest WC with storage area.4 double bedrooms. Master with en-suite bathroom. Family bathroom. Pretty landscaped gardens, shared pool and off street parking. Quiet rural property.. Euros 550.00 per month. OVNO FOR FULL LISTINGS OF APARTMENTS/TOWNHOUSES AND VILLA PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/OWNERS PLEASE CALL PLEASE CALL 97648440 or email: - inforentals@aol. com **************************** REFURBISHED stone-built village house located in Kili Paphos. Consists of 3 large rooms 1 small. Traditional wood burnt fireplace, fully tiled secluded yard and garage. Tel: 99210610. *****************************

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

Available 20/8 up to 20/9,

TO LET AYIA NAPA

FOR SALE NICOSIA

FOR SALE LARNACA

FOR SALE LARNACA

FOR SALE PAPHOS

SPECIAL PRICE For more info see owner’s direct UK, prop. No CY2141 or call 99775861 *****************************

and 2 on the first floor. 2 on first floor completely renovated. Located in quiet area.

Building recently plastered and painted. €850,000 negotiable Call: 99 330 908 *************************** FOR SALE PENTHOUSE between Armenias Str and Hilton Hotel. 3 bedroom, main bedroom with shower, c/h, fireplace, large verandas. For more information please call: 99467596. ***************************

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dining room, Large Kitchen, Full C/H Provision for a/c All furniture & car included €295,000 99147929 ***************************

*************************** 2 PROPERTIES BETWEEN POLIS AND LATSI. 2 bed townhouse, village centre €69,000 and quiet 3/4 bed house overlooking bay.

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

Car parking. Plot: 620 sq.m.

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

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

LIMASSOL ***************************

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

LARNACA *************************** PERVOLIA 4 Bed house for sale with Full Title Deeds.

160m 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.

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

For viewing telephone 99890128.

NEAR MARONI Coastline Larnaca 2 bdrm bungalow on large plot Wrap around veranda with sea & mountain views, Large lounge/

PAPHOS CHOLETRIA VILLAGE 5 Bedroom Villa 2 En-suite family bathroom Large lounge/kitchen diner downstairs toilet Gas central heating & wood burner 7 Air cons Private 10x5 pool with Roman end Private drive Plot 900 sq mtr covered 275 €320,000 Call 99774242 *************************** UNIVERSAL AREA, 1 bedroom apartment with title deeds, c/p, communal pool in small complex of 8, under cover parking, roof terrace, store room and large balcony overlooking the pool, the sale also includes celing fans, white goods and furniture , bargain at : euro 69.500, Tel : 99131044 *************************** FLATS FOR SALE OR RENT: kissonerga, 3 bedroom flat with title deeds, in a block of 4 flats only, fully renovated, 2 baths, 146 sqm closed area, ch, ac, covered parking, excellent view of sea and mountains, half registration fees till 31.12.12. Reduced to eu 135,000,or rent eu 450 pm. Tel 99 621914

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

GREEK ISLAND SAILING We still have some availability for July and August but be quick!

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

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

Paphiakos & C.C.P. Animal Welfare Education/Information Centre, No. 12 Dedalos Building, 8049 Kato Paphos PO Box 61272 8132 Kato Paphos Web. www.cyprusanimalwelfare.com www.facebook/paphiakos Email info@cyprusanimalwelfare.com Larnaca Emergency Service - The contact point for animal emergencies in Larnaca is Maria at the Paphiakos Animal Welfare Charity Shop, telephone 24623494 or 99325897 STOP, SHOP AND GIVE TO THE ANIMALS! ALL DONATIONS ARE WELCOME AT OUR CHARITY SHOPS!!!!!

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

NOW OPEN !!!

BOOKSHOP/INFORMATION CENTRE/T-SHOP IN POLIS CONTACT JUDY 99223572 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND DETAILS. PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. BOOK EXCHANGE SHOP TREMITHOUSA Paphiakos Book Exchange Shop, Tremithousa. Special Tuesday sales held on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Tuesdays of each month. For more information Tel 99771763/99283467 PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. ANIMAL WELFARE Registered Charity No 1529 Contact our shops and we can take your clutter The Charity Shops are located at: Shop No.1 Agapinoros Street, Kato Paphos Shop No.2 Ap Pavlou Avenue, Kato Paphos Shop No.3 Gr. Afxentiou Avensia Court 3 Larnaca Shop No.4 9 Ayiou Ioanni Street 3061 Limassol Our shops are always happy to receive your unwanted goods!

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

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

PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. ANIMAL WELFARE URGENTLY NEEDS PASTA TO HELP FEED THE DOGS AND SOFT FOOD FOR ALL THE CATS. DONATIONS CAN BE MADE AT THE CLINIC. PLEASE SPONSOR AN ANIMAL OR BECOME A MEMBER TO ENSURE PAPHIAKOS CAN CONTINUE WIH THEIR NECESSARY WORK. Telephone Jan 26946461 ex 114 or 97614008 NOW YOU CAN HELP BY COLLECTING YOUR ALUMINIUM CANS AND HANDING THEM IN AT ANY PAPHIAKOS CHARITY SHOP OR THE CLINIC. SAVE AN ANIMAL AND SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT!!

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

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

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

DEUTSCHE GOTTESDIENSTE IN ZYPERN

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

Nikosia: Am 1. und 3. Samstag im Monat in der St. Paul’s Cathedral um 18 Uhr Limassol: Am 2. Sonntag im Monat im Gemeindehaus in Germasogeia um 11 Uhr Am 4. Sonntag im Monat in der St. Barnabaskirche um 18 Uhr Paphos: Am 2. Samstag in der Kirche an der Paulussaeule um 16 Uhr Agia Napa: Am 4. Sonntag im Monat im Hof des Klosters um 9.30 Uhr

Open Door Baptist Church

Näheres Informationen durch Pfarrer Dr. Herold, Tel 25-317092 oder im Internet www.ev-kirche-zypern.de

GRACE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH Invites you to COME AND EXPERIEBNCE THE LOVE OF GOD WITH US Int. Christian Business Fellowship Meeting Centre Sundays: 10.00am Sunday School 11.00 am Main Service (Dine with us centre services) Wednesdays: Prayer meeting 6pm Address: To Arsinois Str., 1010 Nicosia (Next to Western Union Office to KISA) Contact: 99988900 or 97667932.

VISITORS ESPECIALLY WELCOME!!!

THE REFORMED CHURCH OF LIMASSOL

CONTACT DETAILS FOR PAPHIAKOS.

Sunday School (Juniors and Teens) Outreach and Evangelism Bible Studies

Website: www.immanuelchurchnicosia.org

9 Larnakos Street Katholiki Area Limassol Sundays: 9:45, 11:00 AM, 1:30 PM Wednesdays: 7:30 PM 25 751193 or 99 758729 www.cbm-odbc.org

FOR PAPHIAKOS ANIMAL WELFARE SOS HELPLINE, 24 HOUR MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICE - CALL 99655581

Family oriented evangelical church Contemporary Christian Worship Sunday 10am (Holy Communion - 1st Sunday of the month)

Clear exposition of the Bible in the presence of God, and relevant to our lives.

Our Sunday services start at 10:30 am sharp, and the Wednesday Bible discussion at 7 pm.

International Evangelical Church (Reformed) is located at 352 St. Andrew’s Street. 1½ blocks from Starbucks / Fat Boy, and 1 block from the Municipal Gardens, Zoo. For further information call Steve at 99384742, or email: iee.limassol@gmail.com All are welcome!

NICOSIA CHRISTIAN CENTRE 10 PINDOU STR, ENGOMI, NICOSIA, TEL. 22464375 SERVICES: SUNDAY 10AM, WEDNESDAY 8PM St Barnabas’ Anglican Church 153 Leontiou A Street Limassol www.stbarnabas-cyprus.com Telephone: 25362713 - All welcome HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH, PAPHOS GATE, NICOSIA Sunday Masses: Saturdays 6.30 pm, Sundays 8.00am, 9.30am & 6.30pm Weekday Masses: 6.30 pm Monday to Friday Tel: 22662132 Email: holcross@logos.cy.net

GRACE CHURCH, LARNACA 8 Ayiou Neofytou St Sundays 10 a.m.

Also Midweek Meetings Details: Colin 24530700

The Anglican Church of Paphos Ayia Kyriaki (St. Paul by the Pillar) Sunday 8.15am Holy Eucharist 6.00pm Sung Eucharist 4th Sunday 6.00pm Choral Evensong Wednesday 9.00am Holy Eucharist rd 3 Wednesday (BCP) St. Stephen’s, Tala 1st & 3rd Sunday 11.00 am Holy Eucharist 2nd & 4th Sunday 11.00am Morning Worship St. Luke’s, Prodromi 1st & 5th Sunday 9.30am Morning Worship 2nd , 3rd & 4th Sunday 9.30am Holy Eucharist 1st & 3rd Wednesday 9.30am Holy Eucharist 1st Sunday 6.00 p.m. Peace & Wholeness with Holy Eucharist 4th Sunday every quarter 9.30 am Holy Eucharist from BPC Church Office: 26-953044 Fax: 26-952486 Email: anglicancofp@cytanet.com.cy for directions to each church

St Helena’s Anglican Church, Larnaca St Helena’s Court, Grigoris Afx Sunday Service: Holy Communion 9.30 am ALL WELCOME Tel:24651327 office@sainthelenas.com

International EVANGELICAL CHURCH (Reformed) Limassol 352 St. Andrew’s Street (1½ blocks from Starbucks/Fat Boy) Sunday worship 10:30am Wednesday Bible Discussion 7pm For info: 99384742 ALL ARE WELCOME

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Across 5 You and I accepted one penny for sponge (4) 7 Improve his version or make it poor (10) 8 Pale yellow path? (8) 10 Blow back? (4) 11 Chieftain seen through the mirror (4) 13 Determined Rose played a musical instrument (8) 15 One won’t agree to have one (8) 16 Mend using a mild curse (4) 17 Avoid having a lisp – that’s a false idea (4) 18 Uneasy with all the others on the French ship (8) 21 Where spectators might see two batsmen scoring centuries together (10) 22 Go back with Leonard endlessly to cast amorous glances (4)

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

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(10) 12 Having a hard time with indigestible food (8) 14 Adjourn although ready with new ideas (3,5)

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18 Horse hurried round the ring (4) 19 Some zealot had been reluctant (4) 20 Dash to weaken the spirit (4)

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Rating EASY Rating HARD

QUICK: Across – 1 Spin; 8 On the brain; 9 Mean; 10 Undertow; 12 Steep; 13 God; 16 Unison; 17 In turn; 18 Urn; 21 Flood; 22 Estimate; 24 Asks; 25 Newsletter; 26 Tidy. Down – 2 Prettiness; 3 Nonsense; 4 Shinto; 5 Abbey; 6 Raft; 7 Know; 11 Overlooked; 13 Gnu; 14 Din; 15 Stalwart; 19 Rotate; 20 Smile; 22 Erne; 23 Tows.

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CRYPTIC: Across – 1 & 8 Seat of learning; 9 Agio; 10 Stressed; 12 Aggro; 13 Pro; 16 Impose; 17 Pulpit; 18 Pas; 21 Seven; 22 Striding; 24 Meet; 25 Candelabra; 26 Nett Down – 2 & 23 Engagement-ring; 3 Toolroom; 4 Jester; 5 Greek; 6 Bias; 7 Aged; 11 Enticement; 13 Pep; 14 Ops; 15 Alderman; 19 Annual; 20 Adder; 22 Sock; 23 See 2 down.

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1 Feeble person bearing a little demon (4) 2 Quickly move into the frame (4) 3 Freedom to return again to the path (8) 4 During the show I left out a trick (4) 5 Made a shrill sound coming from the wilds (8) 6 Post-war conditions (5,5)

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5 Soaks up (4) 7 Where one was born (10) 8 Brought forward (8) 10 Shrewd publicity (4) 11 Pick out (4) 13 Animal that chews the cud (8) 15 Jockey (8) 16 Large town (4) 17 Tibetan priest (4) 18 Combustible gas (8) 21 Impromptu (3,3,4) 22 Scoff (4)

1 Swedish pop group (4) 2 Portico (4) 3 After-image (8) 4 Conjuror’s rod (4) 5 Skilled worker (8) 6 One who pries (7,3) 9 Wretched (10) 12 One who leaves a will (8) 14 Form of government (8) 18 Scottish region (4) 19 Female drake (4) 20 Breath (4)

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ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

You could find yourself feeling really quite cheerful today.

And this mood of optimism can act as a springboard for the whole of your weekend. A lot of personal satisfaction can come from spending time with those who really count.

Yet with your ruler closing with Saturn, if your love life is ailing, it can leave you miffed and frustrated. Try to control this.

Now that Mercury is moving forwards in your sign uninhibited by its recent rewind, there can be a sense of things speeding up, especially anything of a practical nature.

And if you have felt frustrated by recent delays, Mars can urge you on. Equally, its connection with Saturn suggests you shouldn’t be too sure of people’s reactions. You may be surprised.

If you play any kind of contact or physical kind of sport, you can find yourself wanting to up your game, and do even better. But if you are currently or are about to make the transition from couch potato to local fitness fanatic, this a time when too much too soon might not be so good.

Doing things in stages, without over stressing your body, is best.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

Your sweet tooth can come out today - especially early on and this may see you weaken around a diet plan, or even around keeping to your budget. Something desirable can draw you, can you resist? If you have been working hard recently you may feel a little weary, more reason you can figure to indulge. However, your body won’t appreciate junk food.

Your determination to improve your financial prospects gains significant traction from now. This can see you work very hard, and very long hours in pursuit of greater security and it can do the trick, but an upturn will require you shed plenty of perspiration. Like most things in life, application is the difference between doing okay, and flourishing.

If you really want that promotion at work or to snaffle yourself a new executive role, or even pour energy into your own business enterprise, your staying power can be absolutely awesome now. And when you move into goal mode you can be remorseless, even on yourself. So, make sure you give yourself permission to have some downtime too.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

Is it time to give yourself a glam new look? You can certainly start today feeling like a spoiling session is in order.

And the sense that things are moving forwards is hard to dismiss. Yet if you are a creative Twin, a project which has struggled in recent years is about to get a boost. But this will require you double your application to truly win through.

I hope you are feeling clearer about some of your hopes for the future. It’s possible that there have been some stop starts recently, and perhaps someone else you were relying on has proved to be, well...unreliable. But all this serves to show that the firmer a grip you take on proceedings, the better you’ll do. Forget the approval of others, fire yourself up.

After two years of total slog when it comes to opening up your horizons, now you can find the wherewithal to finally make one final and rather big push forwards. But, and there is one, don’t be tempted to take any short cuts, or cut corners. Maintain the same consistent and fair approach, and rewards can start to come, and in a myriad of ways.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Yes, people are reacting to you differently and watch out for someone’s body language or hint today, because it may reveal a smouldering but secret attraction to you. If there is love in the air, go somewhere away from your normal environs. A change really can be as good as a rest.

Even if you are a settled Cancerian, look to spend time with your partner.

Now, I am not saying your complete dreamboat will pull up alongside you Scorpio but the chance to engage in some romantic fantasy is definitely strong, and...who knows how this can unfold. What’s true is that if you take the lead in situations they have greater chance of success than if you sit back and wait for anyone else to take the initiative.

You may have found that money has been rather scarce over the last couple of years, and you may even still be counting the cost from some kind of unexpected expense or dispute that occurred last month. But everything in life and astrology has a pattern and as long as you keep patiently chipping away, and stay realistic, good news does beckon.

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08.00 I Plateia (rpt) Two episodes of local drama series.

09.15 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 09.40 Handy Many 10.05 Barney 10.30 Inspector Gadget 11.00 Noonborry And The Super 7 11.30 Canoe / Kayak Flatwater: Men’s K-1 200m - Finals, Flatwater: Men’s C-1 200m - Finals, Flatwater: Women’s K-1 200m - Finals and Flatwater: Men’s K-2 200m Finals.

06.00 Lifting (rpt) 06.50 Proini Enimerosi (rpt) 07.20 Max Adventures 07.30 Oi Men Kai Oi Then (rpt) 08.00 Dada Yia Oles Tis Douleies (rpt) 08.40 Super Babas (rpt) 09.30 Akros Oikogeneiakon (rpt) 10.20 Deixe Mou To Filo Sou (rpt) 11.10 Tychi Vouno (rpt) 11.50 Santa Yiolanta (rpt) 12.40 Kos Kai Ka Pels (rpt) 13.30 Galileo 14.20 Dis Madiam (rpt) 15.10 Plaka Mou Kaneis (rpt) 16.00 Deligianneio Parthenagogeio (rpt) 16.50 Eleftheros Ki Oraios (rpt) 17.40 Me to Deksi (rpt) With News at 18.00.

18.40 O Polemos Ton Astron (rpt) 20.20 News 21.20 Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) 22.00 Ellada Eheis Talento (rpt) 23.20 News 23.30 FILM: Honey An aspiring choreographer realises her future lies with the underprivileged neighbourhood kids she once taught to dance.

Drama, starring Jessica Alba. 2003.

01.00 Top Chef (rpt) 02.30 Tolmires Istories (rpt) 03.20 News 04.10 Oikogeneia Karambela (rpt) 05.00 S’Agapo yia Panta (rpt)

07.00 Yia Banaki (rpt) 10.00 An Thimitheis To Oneiro Mou (rpt) 11.00 Glykes Alhimies (rpt) 12.00 Mpoukia kai Sychorio (rpt) 13.00 Oi Kipouroi Tou Mega 13.50 Baba Min Treheis (rpt) 14.40 Savvatogennimenes (rpt) 15.30 An Ipirhes Tha Se Horiza (rpt) 16.10 Kati Trehei Me Tous Dipla (rpt) 16.30 I Ora I Kali (rpt) 17.30 Epta Thanasimes Petheres (rpt) With News at 18.20.

19.20 Peninta Peninta (rpt) 20.20 News 21.05 Pername Kala 23.30 I Oikogeneia Vlaptei (rpt) 00.00 News 00.10 Damages A New York litigator becomes embroiled in a class action lawsuit.

01.00 Breaking Bad Informed he has terminal cancer, an underachieving chemistry genius turned high school teacher uses his expertise to secretly provide for his family by producing the world’s highest quality crystal meth.

08.00 Pink Panther Show 08.40 Kids’ TV 12.30 The Del Monte Heirs (rpt) Latin American telenovela.

14.00 Vourate Geitonoi (rpt) 14.40 I Kouzina Tis Mamas (rpt) 15.40 Oi Atromitoi (rpt) 16.40 Eho Ena Mistiko (rpt) 17.30 Oikogeneiakes Istories (rpt) With News at 18.00.

18.30 Baywatch Glossy surfside drama with the Malibu lifeguards.

19.20 Pame Paketo (rpt) Talk-show that deals with human interest stories such as reuniting people, fulfilling dreams.

20.15 News 21.20 Tha Se Do Sto Ploio (rpt) 22.20 FILM: A Guy Thing A man is horrified when he wakes up next to a strange woman after his stag party to learn she is his fiancee’s cousin. Romantic comedy, with Jason Lee, Julia Stiles and Selma Blair. 2003.

00.00 News 00.05 CSI: NY (rpt) Third season.

Second spin-off from the Crime Scene Investigation series, starring Gary Sinise as a hard-boiled investigator and tackling crime around the seamy side of New York City.

01.10 Mes Tin Kali Hara (rpt) 04.00 Eleni (rpt)

07.50 Kids’ TV 11.00 Exelixeis Sti Showbiz (rpt) 11.30 Ta Kopelia 12.05 LTV Sports News (rpt) 13.00 Star News 13.30 Kostakis Ki Yioi 14.00 Mila (rpt) 15.30 Fotis - Maria Live (rpt) 17.00 Exelixeis Sti Showbiz 17.30 Mesimeriani Meleti (rpt) 19.00 Nistikoi Praktores (rpt)

08.00 Kids’ TV 11.30 Deste Tous 13.15 The Adventures Of Shirley Holmes 13.45 Greek FILM: Oi Adistaktoi 15.25 Secret Of The Sahara With News at 18.30.

19.15 News 20.05 Remington Steele 80s detective drama, starring Pierce Brosnan.

21.00 FILM: First Daughter Romantic comedy, with Katie Holmes and Marc Blucas.

2004. See Film Picks.

23.00 FILM: Hush A doctor moves back to his home town with his wife and child in tow, but an old flame will go to any lengths to get him back.

Thriller, starring Tori Spelling and Victoria Pratt. 2005.

00.40 FILM: Virtual Obsession A scientist’s dying mistress downloads her brain into the computer he has invented in a lastditch bid to terrorise his family. Daft sci-fi drama, starring Peter Gallagher.

1998.

03.05 FILM: Red Rock West A drifter who is mistakenly hired as a hitman intends to take the money and run, but his plan backfires when the real killer turns up.

Thriller, with Nicolas Cage and Dennis Hopper. 1993.

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Code Europe (rpt) Concert Entehnos (rpt) Peri Kyprou FILM: Copacabana A theatrical agent persuades his only performer to fake dual identities so he can charge a nightclub double for providing two acts. Comedy, starring Groucho Marx and Carmen Miranda. 1947.

News Lefkara My Cypriot Kitchen (rpt) An introduction to Cyprus and the country’s food.

Reload Summer (rpt) Show featuring music videos, stories, polls, games and entertainment options.

Football Men’s Gold Medal Match. With News at 17.50.

Paizoume Kypriaka (rpt) Two episodes of local game show.

News / Weather / Financial Report Volleyball Women’s Gold Medal Match.

Olympic Games No further details supplied.

Handball Women’s Gold Medal Match.

News Diving Men’s 10m Platform - Final.

Repeats

12.55 Olympic Games 13.30 Volleyball Women’s Bronze Medal Match.

15.00 Track & Field Men’s 50km walk.

15.30 Rhyth Gymnastics Individual AllAround - Final, Rotation 1-4.

17.50 Modern Pentathlon Men’s Event Riding.

19.25 News In English 19.35 News In Turkish 19.45 Track & Field Women’s 20km walk.

20.10 Modern Pentathlon Men’s Event Combined (Run/ Shoot).

20.35 Track & Field Women’s 20km walk.

20.45 Track & Field Women’s High Jump - Final, Men’s Javelin Throw Final, Men’s 5000m - Final, Women’s 800m - Final and Women’s 4x400m Relay - Final.

23.00 Basketball Women’s Gold Medal Game.

01.00 Olympic News Channel

02.00 Meli Gala (rpt) 04.00 Casa Di Macaroni (rpt) 04.30 Ola Ta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou (rpt) 05.00 O Ios Tou Patera (rpt) 05.40 Paralliloi Dromoi (rpt)

19.45 Star News 21.00 Greek FILM: O Gambros Mou O Proikothiras Comedy. 1989.

22.45 One Tree Hill Second season.

‘The Tide That Left and Never Came Back’. First of a two-part story.

Brooke and Lucas visit Haley in New York, where their relationship goes a stage further than they expected. Peyton is thrilled to book a performance by pop group Jimmy Eat World, to celebrate Jake’s release from prison.

23.35 Supernatural (rpt) Fourth season.

‘Wishful Thinking’.

Sam and Dean investigate a town whose local well appears to grant people’s wishes - a teddy bear comes to life, someone wins the lottery and a misfit gets a stunning girlfriend.

23.30 LTV Sports News 00.15 Star News 01.00 Repeats

Radio BBC World Service (1323 MW) 00:01 BBC News 00:06 HARDtalk 00:30 BBC News Summary 00:32 One Planet 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 Witness 03:01 BBC News 03:06 World Briefing 03:30 BBC News Summary 03:32 Global Business 04:01 BBC News 04:06 Your World: Southern Tracks 04:30 BBC News Summary 04:32 One Planet 04:50 More Or Less 05:01 BBC News 05:06 World Briefing 05:30 BBC News Summary 05:32 In The Balance 06:01 BBC News 06:06 Top Of The Pops 06:30 BBC News Summary 06:32 Top Of The Pops 07:01 BBC News 07:06 World Briefing 07:20 Sports News 07:30 BBC News Summary 07:32 The Fifth Floor 08:01 BBC News 08:06 The World Today Weekend: The World Today 08:30 BBC News Summary 08:32 The World Today Weekend: The World Today 09:01 BBC News 09:06 The Forum 09:30 BBC News Summary 09:32 The Forum 09:50 More Or Less 10:01 BBC News 10:06 Top Of The Pops 10:30 BBC News Summary 10:32 Top Of The Pops 11:01 BBC News 11:06 From Our Own Correspondent 11:30 BBC News Summary 11:32 In The Balance 12:01 BBC

News 12:06 World Briefing 12:20 Sports News 12:30 BBC News Summary 12:32 One Planet 12:50 Witness 13:01 BBC News 13:06 World Briefing 13:30 BBC News Summary 13:32 Global Business 14:01 BBC News 14:06 Your World: Southern Tracks 14:30 BBC News Summary 15:01 BBC News 15:06 Newshour 15:30 BBC News Summary 15:32 Newshour 16:01 BBC News 16:06 World Briefing 16:30 BBC News Summary 16:32 The Fifth Floor 17:01 BBC News 17:06 Sportsworld 18:01 BBC News 18:06 Sportsworld 19:01 BBC News 19:06 Sportsworld 20:01 BBC News 20:06 World Briefing 20:30 BBC News Summary 20:32 In The Balance 21:01 BBC News 21:06 The Documentary: Just Add Cash but could inflation actually be good for you? Max Flint investigates.” 21:30 BBC News Summary 21:32 Discovery 21:50 Witness 22:01 BBC News 22:06 World Briefing 22:30 BBC News Summary 22:32 Global Business 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 The Chill Out Room 04.00 BFBS Shuffle 05.00 Ops Breakfast 08.00 Cyprus Saturday Breakfast 10.00 UK Saturday Breakfast 12.00 Luisse Shaw 16.00 Vicki And Adam’s Saturday Show 20.00 Club Culture Live 23.00 Groove Collective

BFBS 2 (Ni’sia 89.7, WSBA 89.9, ESBA 95.3 FM)

Radio Napa (106.3 FM)

03.00 BFBS News 03.03 Nigel Rennie Country 04.00 BFBS News 04.03 The BFBS Radio 2 Saturday Show 06.00 BFBS News 06.03 Soul On 2 07.00 Morning Reports 08.00 Weekend Breakfast 09.00 Today 11.00 BFBS News 11.03 The BFBS Radio 2 Saturday Show 13.00 BBC Radio 4 News 14.00 Five Live Sport 21.30 Saturday Edition 00.00 Late Night Live

06.00 Morning Music 08.30 BBC World Today 09.00 News, Weather and Exchange 09.05 Nathan Morley 12.00 BBC News 12.06 Lunchtime Classics 15.00 BBC News 15.06 Chris Yearley 18.00 News 18.06 Michael Godin 19.00 The Juke Box

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 17.00-18.00 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

98.5 Rock FM The Breakfast Show - Pafian Paul 08:00-10:00 The Weekend Link 10:00-12:00 Frock Fm - Philippos - 12:00-14:00 Double Dutch - Joep - 14:00-16:00 My Big Fat Arts Show - Kathleen Ruddy - 16:00-18:00 Non Stop Music - 18:0020:00 Ready To Blow Up The Seen - With Your Hosts Dj Mr Smith And Mc Svenny B – Live 20:00-22:00 22:00-24:00 Saturday Live Dj Set- Dj Allen D Night Train 24:00-07:00

Oldies Digital (Hotbird SAT / (www.oldiesdigital.com) SATURDAYS 08:00 Sinatra Hour 09:00 Solid Gold Music Show with John Watson 11:00 Easy Going Gold 19:00 Oldies Digital plays some great classic party hits - perfect for a Saturday night.

22:00 Night Gold

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Television PICK OF THE DAY The Big Bang (Novacinema1, 22.00) Actors tend to ‘rest’ quite a lot between projects.

Throw a rock in Hollywood (“And do me a favour, Fink: throw it hard,” like the scary studio head says in Barton Fink) and you’re bound to hit a dozen actors sitting beside their pools, waiting for a phone call and searching for their next script.

That explains a film like The Big Bang, not a well-known film but worth seeing just for its cast, specialising in actors whose career (how to put this kindly?) isn’t quite as robust as it once was.

James Van Der Beek used to be Dawson on Dawson’s Creek - but that was a long time ago, and now he’s making films like The Big Bang. Snoop Dogg is a rapper (now officially banned in Norway after a cannabis bust; his spokesman says that Snoop “can live with the [court’s] decision”), but nowadays he’s moving into reggae and calling himself ‘Snoop Lion’, and making films like The Big Bang. Sam Elliott is a legend, the Cowboy in The Big Lebowski - but I guess he was ‘resting’ by his pool with nothing much to do, so now he’s making films like The Big Bang.

What do you get in this obscure neo-noir? Well, let’s see. There’s a missing stripper. There’s a $30 million stash of diamonds. There’s a freakishly tall Russian boxer with violent tendencies.

There’s a Hollywood action star with a dirty lit-

tle secret. There’s a trio of corrupt cops (one of them played by William Fichtner, so great as ‘The Accountant’ in Drive Angry). There’s an enterprising porn producer who takes a personal interest in his work. There’s a kinky waitress with an unusual interest in particle physics (ooh, kinky!).

There’s a reclusive billionaire who’s teamed up with a physicist to try and recreate the Big Bang beneath the New Mexico desert.

Above all, there’s Antonio Banderas as the hapless private eye at the centre of it all, hired by the Russian to find the missing stripper and getting involved with the other various weirdos - and here’s where the ‘resting’ theory breaks down slightly, because Banderas was apparently instrumental in getting the film made (he “loved the script at first sight,” says the Internet Movie Database). Was he right to lend his star power to the project, thereby attracting the eclectic cast, relatively big budget and music score by Johnny Marr of The Smiths? The jury’s out on that - and the film flopped badly - but I guess it beats sitting by your pool waiting for things to happen. Still think it might’ve worked better with a hot chick moving in next door to two geeky scientists, but that’s just my Big Bang theory. Made in 2010.

Preston Wilder

FILM PICKS

SATELLITE

Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (Novacinema1, 17.50) Puppies are evil, you know. I mention this for your own protection (it might save your life someday) because many people have been taken in by how cute and cuddly puppies look, only to have their faces clawed off by the homicidal monsters. Novacinema are making things worse with what looks like a Saturday-night puppython, following up last week’s Treasure Buddies with this needless straight-to-video prequel to Marley & Me (which was actually quite a good fi lm), boasting the dodgy addition of speech: that’s right dog fans, Marley now ‘speaks’, voiced by a 12-year-old boy while “causing mayhem at the local dog contest” with his puppy pals.

Incredibly cheesy, but there is an upside: your kids will be traumatised and never want to see a puppy again, thereby protecting them from this dangerous menace.

Seriously, they’re worse than goldfi sh. Made in 2011.

The Postman Always Rings Twice (LTV, 21.00) “A drifter, looking for something. A woman, ready for anything.” The trailer for this early-80s noir plays up the steamy passion, because that’s how it was marketed - Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange having (allegedly unsimulated) sex on the kitchen table - maybe to explain why they’d bothered with yet another version of James M. Cain’s pulpy classic; in fact the fi lm is doomladen and surprisingly arty, though the promise of sex ensured it did quite well at the box-office. Jack gets a job at a roadside cafe (the time is the Great Depression) where the middle-aged boss is nice enough but his wife is bored and seductive, a fatal combination; what ensues is familiar, rather sluggish but worth a look, especially with these stars. “Hotter than any uncurbed passion since Last Tango in Paris!” drools the trailer, quoting Playboy magazine. Yeah, whatever. Made in 1981.

First Daughter (Capital TV, 21.00) Why did Katie Holmes marry Tom Cruise? We can only speculate, but many factors must’ve played a part in her decision. Love, of course. A life with one of the world’s biggest stars, quite probably. But I also suspect that Tom leaned in close and whispered in her ear: ‘Marry me, and you’ll never have to make a fi lm like First Daughter again!’. Katie is the daughter of the US President, heading off to college and asking her dad to get the Secret Service off her back; she just wants to be a normal student - and duly falls in love with a nice boy (Marc Blucas), but he’s actually an undercover agent keeping an eye on her. Mostly dire, and proof (if nothing else) that Tom Cruise has his uses. Made in 2004.

The Postman Always Rings Twice (LTV, 21.00)

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Business Chinese oil and iron ore slow in July with economy CHINA'S imports of crude oil sank in July to a ninemonth low and those of iron ore fell for the fourth time in five months as refineries and steel mills cut output due to slackening demand as growth in the world's secondlargest economy sputtered.

China is the top buyer of iron ore, coal and several industrial metals. Investors and miners around the world rely on Chinese appetite for imports to prop up commodities prices struggling with sluggish demand in the United States and Europe.

A surprise monthly rise of 6 per cent in copper imports in July was the one bright spot amid broader signs from raw material demand that China's economy was slowing swiftly. Trade data on Friday showed China's total July exports grew a mere 1 per cent - well below the consensus call for growth of 8.6 per cent.

China would face a challenge in meeting its target of 10 per cent growth in trade in the second half of the year, Vice Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng told reporters ahead of the trade data.

The country's factory output growth slowed unexpectedly in July to the weakest in more than three years.

China's implied oil demand stood at its second-lowest this year, despite an annual rise of 0.9 per cent to 9.15 million barrels per day, while average daily imports fell 3 per cent from a month ago to hit a nine-month low.

The slowdown is hitting oil demand hard in the country that has driven the increase in global fuel consumption for a decade.

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United shares make flat debut as IPO lukewarm

US corn and soybean crops have been decimated by the worst drought in over five decades

US drought and food prices fan crisis fears Germany's Commerzbank curbs agriculture investment

By Catherine Hornby and Karl Plume GLOBAL alarm over a potential repeat of the 2008 food crisis escalated after data showed food prices had jumped 6 per cent last month and importers were snapping up a shrivelled US grain crop, helping drive corn prices to a new record.

Ahead of a critical government report on Friday on the state of the US corn and soybean crops, which have been decimated by the worst drought in over five decades, the United Nation's food agency warned against the kind of export bans, tariffs and buying binges that worsened the price surge four years ago.

"There is potential for a situation to develop like we had back in 2007/08," the Food and Agriculture Organisation's senior economist and grain analyst Abdolreza Abbassian said.

"There is an expectation that this time around we will not pursue bad policies and

intervene in the market by restrictions, and if that doesn't happen we will not see such a serious situation as 2007/08.

But if those policies get repeated, anything is possible."

FOOD SUPPLIES Adding a further risk of strain on global food supplies, Japan's official weather bureau said on Friday its climate monitoring data and models indicated the El Nino phenomenon had already emerged and was likely to last until winter.

So far, most governments have refrained from trade intervention. Russia's deputy prime minister has said he saw no grounds to ban wheat exports, as the country did in 2010, but did not rule out protective export tariffs after the end of the 2012 calendar year.

Abundant rice supplies, sluggish economic growth and relatively lower oil prices may also help temper the rally in prices, Abbassian added.

But signs of unusually large early buying and extra stock-

piling are emerging. US corn export sales over the past week jumped to the secondhighest in 10 months, if the sales figure includes a nearrecord one-time purchase by private importers in Mexico, the world's No. 2 importer.

A mix of high oil prices, growing use of biofuels, bad weather, soaring grain futures markets and restrictive export policies pushed up prices of food in 2007/08, sparking protests in countries including Egypt, Cameroon and Haiti.

WEATHER DAMAGE Unlike that demand-driven spike, however, the current rally in grains has been fuelled largely by a dire drought covering the US Midwest. After slashing its corn crop estimate by 12 per cent last month, the US Department of Agriculture was expected to report a further 15 per cent decline on Friday, providing the most authoritative view yet of the weather damage to the world's biggest grower.

Benchmark Chicago corn prices for December delivery, already up more than 60 per cent since mid-June, reached a new record of nearly $8.30 per bushel. Soybeans jumped 3 per cent.

The price surge is also reviving a debate over the role of financial speculators in commodity markets. Big banks and institutional investors were often blamed for inflating prices back in 2008, although academic and government studies have offered conflicting views over the cause.

Commerzbank said it had joined two of its German peers in restricting food-related investments by stripping agricultural products from its ComStage ETF CB Commodity EW Index TR, a small $145m commodity index fund.

"Climbing prices are creating reputational risk for banks," said Alexis Dawance, former manager of the agriculturalsfocused Global Agricap Fund, "If food prices continue to rise you will see this happening more and more."

SHARES in Manchester United priced below expectations and were essentially flat in early trading on Friday, a disappointing stock market debut for the world's most famous football club and most valuable sporting team.

Manchester United sold 16.7 million shares as planned, but at a price of $14 each, below the expected range of $16 to $20.

At 10.45am ET (1445 GMT) shares were up 2 cents at $14.02, with turnover having tapered off sharply following an initial surge. Shares never dipped below $14 and were mostly steady within the initial five-cent range.

One of the club's top officials said the team took less money than planned because it preferred the mix of investors involved at the lower price.

"We priced below the range because as you sort of took a step back and looked at the book, the huge number of high-quality institutional investors that were there at $14 just made us more comfortable in terms of the longerterm view here with regard to the type of investor base we wanted," said Ed Woodward, vice chairman of Manchester United, in an interview.

A mystery to most Americans but a household name in most of the world, the club listed on a US exchange after pulling a planned IPO in Singapore earlier this year.

The offering valued the 19times English champions at $2.3 billion but shaved as much as $100 million off the proceeds that had been expected for the team and its owners.

The $233 million ultimately raised in the IPO will be split equally between the 134year-old club and its owners, the Florida-based Glazer family, owners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL team among other interests.

The loss of as much as $50 million in expected proceeds for the club will be a blow as it copes with a heavy debt burden and seeks to buy new players, who cost tens of millions of dollars each. United had debt of £423 million ($661 million) at the end of March.

Barclays shares rise as new chairman Walker takes over BARCLAYS shares rose yesterday after the British bank named finance industry veteran David Walker as its new chairman, moving quickly to fill a void and picking an expert in business best-practice to lead its recovery from an interest rate rigging scandal.

Walker, 72, is a former Bank of England and UK Treasury official who wrote one of the most significant corporate governance manuals for British banks and has investment banking experience from 17 years at Morgan Stanley.

"We hope it marks the beginning of a new chapter - a chapter of change - for Barclays. We are confident that Sir

David is the right man for the job," said Guy Jubb, global Head of Governance & Stewardship at Standard Life Investments, a top 10 shareholder.

"This will be good for Barclays and good for the City of London," Jubb added.

Walker has been offered a three-year term to spearhead the bank's recovery efforts and will find the tasks of cutting pay, improving business culture and picking a new CEO bold enough to change strategy at the top of his agenda.

"I sat in many meetings with him where we would debate the appropriate way of doing business. And his view always is

that reputation and integrity go far beyond short-term profit," said Jonathan Chenevix-Trench, who succeeded Walker as chairman of Morgan Stanley International in 2004.

Barclays shares were up 2.5 per cent at 1135 GMT, the strongest performer in the European bank index, which was down 0.1 per cent.

Walker replaces Marcus Agius, who quit following Barclays' record $453 million fine for manipulating Libor lending rates in a scandal that forced the resignation of Bob Diamond as chief executive and exposed deep cracks in the bank's relations with US regulators.

Sir David Walker (above) replaces Marcus Agius

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Sport American love affair with footie darlings grows after gold medal US women take fourth Olympic title

By Steve Keating THE United States women’s basketball team has the records, the Dream Team has the fame but it is the women’s football team that has the hearts of American sports fans and another Olympic gold medal.

There is little warm and fuzzy about the Americans, who play the beautiful game with more beastly aggression than flair but there is no denying their appeal at home and abroad as a Games record crowd for a women’s football game of over 80,000 streamed into Wembley Stadium on Thursday night to watch the US cap a perfect Olympic run with a 2-1 win over Japan.

American women basketballers, unbeaten in Olympic play since 1992, will go for a fifth straight gold medal today while the US men and their all-star NBA lineup are widely expected to bring down the curtain on the London Games with a successful defence of their title tomorrow.

But it is only the scrappy football team that will return home to a hero’s welcome with a victory tour of matches across the United States.

“We don’t realise now but I feel like we’re writing history,” said US midfielder Carli Lloyd, who had both Ameri-

Jumping for joy: the US women’s football team celebrate at Wembley Stadium after beating world champions Japan can goals. “The 1999 team did a phenomenal job kind of turning the game around and I think now we’re doing that.”

The US were both hosts and winners of the women’s World Cup in 1999 and the team’s success drew huge crowds to the games including more than 90,000 for the final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

“It’s a different game now.

There are so many good teams; the style of play is different,” Lloyd said.

The US have claimed fourof-five gold medals since women’s football joined the Olympic program in 1996 but have hardly had it their own way on an increasingly competitive international stage.

A year ago at the World Cup

final in Germany, it was Japan leaving with the trophy beating the US on penalties, setting up Thursday’s classic rematch between reigning world and Olympic champions.

Success did not come easily in London, the Americans reaching the final with a rough-and-tumble extratime win over Canada.

It is that type of gritty effort and never-say-die spirit that had increasingly endeared the women’s team to the American public.

“You cannot win at everything you attempt at in life,” said US striker Abby Wambach. “You have to be willing to fail and fall flat on your face in order to get gold.

“We did that last year in our opinion. We have to give Japan credit but anything

less than winning for us is a failure. We worked tirelessly to prove we are still champions.”

Professional women’s football leagues have come-andgone but when the national team takes to the pitch their popularity rivals any team the men can field.

Keeper Hope Solo is arguably the United States bestknown player appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated and naked inside ESPN’s body issue while Wambach, second on the all-time scoring list with 143 goals in 188 international matches, is one of the sport’s greats.

Christie Rampone is a mother of two while two players have fathers who are cardiac surgeons and another Lauren Cheney, had open-

heart surgery.

Shannon Boxx won a gold medal in softball at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and now has one from football as well.

But it is Solo, a big personality capable of producing the big save, who attracts the spotlight on and off the pitch.

When not sneaking celebrities into Olympic athletes villages as she did in Beijing for a bit of Games partying or performing on Dancing with the Stars, Solo has shown, as she did against Japan, that her best moves are made on the field.

“Hope saved the day five times,” gushed Wambach.

“Sometimes in these final games your goalkeeper can make that difference and she proved that.”

Home hero Adams shuns big time for chicken dinners

By Patrick Johnston

History-maker: Britain’s Nicola Adams (right) is the first woman to win an Olympic boxing title

AS the first woman to lift an Olympic boxing title, Briton Nicola Adams is about to face a plethora of media attention, fan adulation and professional contract offers, but the modest flyweight only has eyes for the simple life.

The 29-year-old from Leeds, whose previous jobs include being a tiler and an extra in television shows, will adorn the pages of the British tabloids after her devastating display on Thursday.

Having battered China’s great three-time world champion Ren Cancan to win the landmark gold in front of a rapturous crowd, Adams was asked how she would celebrate.

“I think I am going to see the family, probably going to (res-

taurant chain) Nandos,” the diminutive fighter told reporters.

“I think life’s probably going to change now but I’m going to try to stick to what I normally do as much as possible. It will only be once everything settles down that I’ll think, ‘wow, I’ve actually done it’. It’s like a fairytale ending for me.”

While she says she enjoys the quiet life back home in the northern English county of Yorkshire, which has been home to a significant number of Britain’s gold medal winners , she has embraced the attention women’s boxing has received over recent weeks better than her team mates.

Heavily touted middleweight team mate Savannah Marshall buckled under the pressure of expectation to lose her opening bout in London in the quarter-finals despite being

the number one seed. Adams, though, was more assured.

Starting each round with a Muhammad Ali-like shuffle in her corner before acknowledging the crowd with waves, smiles and shadow boxing when her opponent is beaten, Adams has been a marketing firm’s dream.

Britain’s last two boxing gold medallists James DeGale and Audley Harrison cashed in on their wins to try their hand in the professional ranks and neither have become the world champions they had predicted.

For Adams though, the Olympics in Brazil in four years is still on the cards. “There is an option of going pro, but I am happy with the amateur game and 2016 is a definite possibility for me and I think it will be nice to see what their opening ceremony is like,” she said.

Here’s your medal - try not to lose it

By Belinda Goldsmith BRITISH tennis player Andy Murray’s two dogs were photographed wearing his silver and gold Olympic medals from the London Games.

Brazilian judoka Felipe Kitadai damaged his bronze medal when he dropped it in the shower, getting a replacement from London officials.

Venezuelan fencer Ruben Limardo Gascon was spotted wearing his gold medal on the London underground.

Winning athletes walk away from the podium with their medals around their necks but are often at a loss over what to do with them before leaving the athletes’ village and heading home where they can be securely stored.

South African swimmer Cameron van der Burgh who won the 100 metres men’s breaststroke, said it was hard to let his gold medal out of his sight.

British rower Helen Glover, the first British woman to win an Olympic rowing event with her partner Heather Stanning, said she was sleeping with her gold medal by her pillow.

Olympians have been known to lose their medals while still at the Games and are advised not to lose it as no insurance comes with the hardwon gong, and gold medals at London are valued at about $706 at current metal prices.

“Once handed over the medal becomes the responsibility of the athletes,” said a spokesman from organising committee LOCOG. He said he was not aware of any more damage to medals or losses at the London Games although this has happened previously.

Dutch rower Diederik Simon was sitting in a restaurant in Athens in 2004 when he realised he had lost his silver medal. He didn’t tell anyone but went to the police who managed to track down the taxi driver who had the medal in his cab.

Italian rower Davide Tizzano leaped into the water in joy after being awarded his gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Games but the medal slipped out of his hand when team mate Agostino Abbagnale landed on him. It took scuba divers two days to recover the missing medal.

Once home, athletes can mount their medals in cases, secure them in safes or safety deposit boxes, or give them to museums or sporting organisations to be publicly displayed. Some, however, do lose them.

Snowboarder Shaun White said he lost his gold medal from the 2006 Turin winter Games three or fours times.

Once he found it in the pocket of a passenger seat in the family car and another time realised his mother had taken it to the dry cleaners as the ribbon was dirty.

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Love the London atmosphere? Buy it on eBay

By Alan Baldwin LOVING the London Olympics but unable to be there in person or worried about feeling low when the Games end tomorrow?

For those with more money than sense, there is always a solution on the Internet.

Enterprising vendors, some offering a small percentage of any takings to

charities, are seeking to cash in on the success of London 2012 by offering bottled ‘atmosphere’ on auction website eBay (right).

“So you weren’t one of the lucky ones, unable to travel to London for whatever reason and soak up the exhilarating atmosphere,” says vendor mictoria.

“Well maybe a little bit of that ambiance can come to you.”

Bids were open until Sun-

day, “when the atmosphere goes back to normal”, with three would-be purchasers of the novelty item registering an interest with the highest at 10.50 pounds.

Other vendors offering bottled Olympic air - one of them “collected at the entrance to the Olympic Park only days ago” - had yet to attract any bids, however.

One put an optimistic starting price tag of 49.99 pounds on an empty plas-

tic water bottle that could be bought immediately for 99.99 otherwise.

There was also a crumpled tissue on offer.

“This was the tissue I used at the 2012 Opening Ceremony to wipe the seat with, it has some of the molecules of the Olympic atmosphere attached to it and I shall be sealing it in a plastic wallet so you can show it to your Grandchildren and so on,” declared captainjay1701.

Always faster, higher, stronger for Decathlon champion Eaton

Defar outsprints Dibaba to regain title

American wins title of world’s greatest athlete

ETHIOPIA’S Meseret Defar sprinted past compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba yesterday to reclaim the Olympic women’s 5,000 metres title she won in 2004.

Dibaba, chasing an Olympic distance double-double after retaining her 10,000 title last week, had no response to Defar’s turn of speed and faded to third as Kenya’s world champion Vivian Cheruiyot overtook her before the line.

“It’s a great day for me.

Since 2008, I have tried everything as I wasn’t able to win the Olympics,” Defar, the bronze medallist from Beijing, told reporters.

“I have won two Olympic medals before and this is my third. I’m not sure I can do a fourth so this means a lot to me,” added the 28year-old.

Dibaba hit the front with four laps to go after a slow first half followed by Defar, Gelete Burka and the three Kenyans in the race who moved up on the outside.

The field started to string out as Dibaba began to test her rivals and at the bell, only Defar, Kenya’s Sally Kipyego and Cheruiyot had gone with her.

But victory over in the longer race a week ago appeared to have taken its toll as Dibaba’s usual searing final lap did not materialise and Defar remained on her shoulder ready to pounce on the home straight.

Defar crossed the line with her arms in the air before kissing a religious picture she had carried in her top and falling to the track weeping.

By Alison Wildey

IN BRIEF

OLYMPIC Decathlon champion Ashton Eaton lived up to the title of the world’s greatest athlete with a dominant 198-point victory although the exhausted gold medallist said he felt anything but.

The two-day ten-discipline epic truly encapsulates the Olympic motto of ‘faster, higher, stronger’ yet Eaton wanted improvement.

“For me to consider myself the world’s greatest athlete I’d have to really amaze myself in every single event,” Eaton told reporters.

Decathlon incorporates sprints, jumps, throws and, finally, a 1,500 metres slog that invariably leaves a trail of shattered athletes lying on the track before they pick themselves up for a traditional group lap of honour to celebrate the fact they made it to the end in one piece.

Eaton, who set a world record of 9,039 points in June, won gold with 8,869, 24 short of the Olympic record.

The 24-year-old’s Herculean efforts impressed double Ol-

Gruelling: the two-day ten-discipline epic truly encapsulates the Olympic motto, with Ashton Eaton emerging victorious ympic sprint champion Usain Bolt, who declared himself a legend after retaining his 100 and 200 titles from Beijing.

“I’m a great athlete but to do 10 events, especially the 1,500 metres, I gotta give it to him,” said Bolt whose every move in the stadium received a rock star reception from the adoring crowd.

In contrast, the graft of the decathletes went virtually unnoticed at times as they

fought for attention against the more glamorous events even though they were the first on the track and the last to leave.

“I got more sleep than I did at the world championships, six hours, so not bad,” Eaton said of his night after the first day of competition.

“You have to come through the mixed zone (to talk to the media), then we go in and try to eat. There’s physio - you

have to cool down of course because it’s 400 metres - and then travel back to the village is not five minutes, it’s 15-20.

“Eat, ice bath and then by the time you’re in bed, you’ve got to get up early to warm up,” he told reporters.

Their final event on Wednesday, the 400, was at 8.30pm local time and the decathletes were back for the 110 hurdles less than 12 hours later with spectators still flooding in

through the entrances.

There was a look of relief on his face when he crossed the line in the final 1,500 metres discipline, although it was hard to tell whether that was because he had the gold or simply because the ordeal was over.

“I have fun doing what I’m doing and it’s easy for me to go to practise - actually that’s not true, sometimes it’s not,” Eaton said with a smile.

Empty-handed Austria vows no more ‘tourists’

Great Britain win sailing silver behind Australia

Cypriot gymnast Trikomiti fails to make final

AUSTRIA will no longer support ‘Olympic tourists’, the country’s sports minister has said, promising a major shakeup of state support for competitors after the country failed to win a summer Olympic medal for the first time in half a century. Legislation to be crafted would ensure aid focused on popular Olympic sports rather than continuing a ‘watering can’ approach that sprinkled money across the athletic spectrum, Norbert Darabos said.

“The new law on promoting sports should ensure that Austria no longer produces Olympic tourists,” added Darabos, saying he was fed up with athletes who had performed poorly gushing about the atmosphere at the London Games.

GB sailors Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell had to settle for silver after falling short of their Australian rivals in the men’s 470 medal race in Weymouth yesterday.

The British duo were already guaranteed at least a silver medal and went into the final race needing to beat the Australians with one boat between them to clinch gold.

The British led around the first mark, but Australia’s Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page made ground downwind and stayed clear to clinch gold.

Argentina held onto third place to secure the bronze.

CYPRIOT rhythmic gymnast Chrystalleni Trikomiti finished 19th overall in the Individual All-Around qualifications with 104.675 points yesterday.

After the first day of competition, the teenager from Larnaca had an outside chance of booking a spot among the top ten finalists, but her performances with the ribbon and clubs did not bring her enough points to feature in today’s showdown.

The 18-year-old earned 25.800 points with a 0.050 point penalty with the ribbon in the first rotation, while her grade with the clubs was the highest out of all four rotations at 26.375 with an identical points deduction.

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Olympic Games I have no respect for Carl Lewis, says Bolt

Amazing Rudisha plots a 400m fun run against Bolt

By Mitch Phillips

Kenyan reflects on one of the greatest races

By Nick Mulvenney DAVID Rudisha lit up Thursday evening with an 800m world record but despite running one of the great Olympic races, he was eclipsed an hour later when Usain Bolt took to the track.

The softly-spoken Kenyan is far too polite ever to express any resentment, and probably too gracious a man to harbour any, but he did reveal that he had spoken to the Jamaican sprinter about possibly going head-to-head on the track.

“He used to run 400 metres,” Rudisha told a news conference. “I also run 400 metres early in the season and we were just making fun, and saying that maybe just one time we should race over 400m and see who wins, it would be great.

“Usain Bolt is the greatest sprinter I have ever seen. People love Bolt because of his great achievements. I knew if I could do something special, it would be great for me.”

After single-handedly rescuing the two-lap race from the domination of tactical sprint finishers, there are some who believe that Rudisha should be as big a name as Bolt.

Rudisha shattered Wilson Kipketer’s 13-year-old world record in 2010 and improved it again the following week as he went unbeaten at 34 meetings until the end of last sea-

son.

His sensational 2010 saw him succeed Bolt as IAAF world athlete of the year but the difference in profile between the pair is not difficult to explain when you have spent any time in their company.

Bolt is athletics as Rock ‘n’ Roll, oozing charisma, striking dramatic poses before and after his races, speaking confidently to the media and surrounded in public by a posse of assistants and advisors.

The only thing remotely showy about Rudisha is a slender gold chain around his neck and he makes much of the humility of his Maasai tribe.

While Bolt was setting the athletics world alight by winning the sprint double in Beijing, Rudisha, already world junior champion, was at home in Kenya nursing an injury and doing his school exams.

That might have been a blessing in disguise, he said.

“Sometimes when you get disappointments, it can make you stronger going forward,” he said. “Because I was still young, I did not get discouraged, I knew there would be other Olympics.

“I was happy, perhaps if I had won the Olympic Games at such a young age, maybe I couldn’t have handled the pressure.”

Now he has added the Olympic title to the world title he won in Daegu last year, Rudisha thinks it will not be long

before he betters the world record of one minute 40.91 he ran on Thursday.

“Nobody has ever done the world record in the 800m without pace-setting,” he said.

“I thought it was going to be difficult. But I was very determined. In the heats, I could see the track was fast and I was just praying for perfect weather.

“It was incredible to break the record, but I was a little bit tired after the heats and semi-finals.

“If I can get to a race in perfect conditions and fresh, I think I can even improve on that.”

Rudisha’s father Daniel was the first athlete from their Maasai tribe to compete at an Olympics and won a silver in the 4x400m relay in Mexico in 1968.

His 23-year-old son was delighted to go one better.

“Even before the start of the race, I was thinking about my father watching on television,” Rudisha said.

“He couldn’t come here, of course, but I know that he is always proud of me.

“He’s a big inspiration in my career, he won the silver medal and I have always been dreaming to add to, or even to better it. I wanted to go a step ahead.

“He wanted to break the world record in the 400m, he couldn’t do it, but for his son to come and do it is a great achievement.”

Wow! David Rudisha set a sensational 800m world record as he became the first man to run under one minute and 41 seconds as he lit up the Olympic Stadium

Long wait for last gold of Games

By Kylie MacLellan

Germany’s Lena Schoeneborn, who won Modern Pentathlon gold in Beijing, says competitors need to keep focus

JUST three hours before the Olympic closing ceremony, one group of athletes will still be battling it out to be crowned women’s modern pentathlon champion and bag the final gold medal of the Games.

The one-day event, which takes place tomorrow, will see 36 competitors challenged in five disciplines across three different venues over an 11hour period.

“For us it is still a little bit difficult because we have to keep the balance between enjoying the atmosphere and still be focussed and well-trained because we still have our competition coming up so the day is packed,” said Germany’s Lena Schoeneborn, who won gold in Beijing in 2008.

“Maybe next time we can increase the event by having the medals awarded at the closing ceremony?,” she

joked.

The men’s modern pentathlon, celebrating its Olympic centenary, takes place a day earlier today.

Its new format begins with a round-robin fencing competition followed by a 200 metres swim. Then comes show jumping and a combined shoot/run where athletes take five shots at a target before running 1000m, repeating the procedure three times.

The combined event is making its Olympic debut, having been introduced to the sport in 2009 in a bid to make it more exciting for spectators.

The competitor who has amassed the most points in the three earlier events goes first and the rest of the field is staggered behind, with the first across the finish line taking gold.

“When during the shoot/ run the places are changing, there is some drama, it is much more exciting,” said Klaus Schormann, President of the International Modern

Pentathlon Union (UIPM).

Laser shooting, rather than air pellet pistols, will also be used for the first time at an Olympics, having been introduced last year to make the event safer and more environmentally friendly.

Although Russia’s Andrei Moiseev, seeking to win a third successive gold, is among the favourites in the men’s event, Schoeneborn believes the changes the sport has undergone since Beijing will make it hard to defend her title.

“I won in 2008 and I was really confident with what I was doing and suddenly something big changed and I had to adapt, my technique especially. We had to train differently ... I think I would need more time to really adjust,” she said.

“For me this is a completely new competition, a different competition... so far I don’t have the title of 2008 too much in mind. So it is everything back to zero.”

NEWLY-CROWNED ‘greatest-ever sprinter’ Usain Bolt said he had lost all respect for Carl Lewis, the man whose on-track exploits he has surpassed with his unique Olympic double-double but who still leads the way in selfregard.

American Lewis is the only other man to win two Olympic 100m gold medals, the second coming in 1988 when he was promoted from second place after the disqualification of Ben Johnson.

He won the 200m in 1984 but managed only silver four years later. He did, however, have a remarkable run of success in the long jump, winning that event in four successive Games for a tally of nine golds in all.

In the wake of Bolt’s triplegold record success in Beijing Lewis was quick to point the finger of suspicion at him and Jamaica in general.

“I think there are some issues,” he said at the time.

“Countries like Jamaica do not have a random (drugs testing) program, so they can go months without being tested. I’m not saying anyone is on anything, but everyone needs to be on a level playing field.

“I’m not saying they’ve done anything for certain. I don’t know. But how dare anybody feel that there shouldn’t be scrutiny?”

He has continued to fire broadsides ever since but Bolt, now with his sprinting record unquestionably superior, hit back.

“I’m going to say something controversial right now, Carl Lewis - I have no respect for him,” Bolt said, having cited 1936 quadruple champion Jesse Owens as a man he held in the highest regard.

“The things Lewis says about the track athletes, it’s really downgrading for another athlete to be saying something like that about other athletes.

“I think he is just looking for attention really because nobody really talks much about him. It was really sad for me when I heard the other day what he was saying, it was upsetting.

“So, for me, I’ve lost all respect for him, all respect.

“It was all about drugs, about drugs stuff. For an athlete to be out of the sport saying that was really upsetting for me.

As far as I am concerned he is just looking for attention.”

Lewis tested positive three times for a stimulant before the 1988 Games but had the results overturned by American officials.

He was named ‘Athlete of the 20th Century’ by the IOC, the IAAF, and Sports Illustrated and has always seemed uncomfortable with the idea that someone from the 21st could surpass his achievements.

Asked before the London Games what he thought of Bolt, he said: “It’s just... interesting.”

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AEL and APOEL learn European fate

By Nemanja Bjedov AEL will play Belgian champions Anderlecht in the Champions League playoff round, while APOEL will face Neftchi Baku of Azerbaijan in the Europa League. The draw for the final qualifiers before the group stages was made at UEFA headquarters in Nyon yesterday.

“First of all we will try to gather as much information as possible on Anderlecht and then give everything we have to advance to the group stage,” said AEL manager Pambos Christodoulou immediately after the draw.

AEL will host the Belgians in the first leg on Wednesday

August 22 and will then travel to Brussels for the second leg the following Tuesday.

“For AEL it was a great success winning the Cyprus championship and we built on that by beating Linfield and Partizan. The fact that we have definitely secured a spot in the Europa League group stage says a lot about our team,” Christodoulou added.

“If we fail to qualify for the Champions League we will still live our European dream in the Europa.

Whatever happens we have deserved to live this dream,” he concluded.

APOEL will also play the first leg of their tie against Baku in Cyprus, with the game scheduled for August

23 at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia.

Omonia did not feature in the draw, while Anorthosis were only technically involved after being knocked out on Thursday night.

Omonia went down 6-5 on penalties, after playing out two goalless draws to Serbian outfit Red Star Belgrade, while Anorthosis’ match with Dila Gori of Georgia was abandoned after 83 minutes due to a pitch invasion by the home fans in Larnaca with their side trailing 3-1 on aggregate.

UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings and is now waiting to receive reports from the match officials.

However, the Cypriots are almost certain to be hit with

a severe penalty taking into consideration that the club was already on thin ice after similar incidents in the 20102011 season when Belgian side Cercle Brugge visited the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca.

After UEFA’s decision, the winner of the tie between Anorthosis and Dila Gori will take on Portuguese side Maritimo in the play-off round.

On the British front, Liverpool have been drawn against Scotland’s Hearts, while Newcastle will face Greek side Atromitos in the Europa League.

Meanwhile, Celtic have been drawn to face Swedish club Helsingborgs in the Champions League play-off.

We can do it! AEL will face Belgian side Anderlecht for a place in the Champions League group stage

Restless Bolt needs new goal World’s fastest man could try long jump or football

By Justin Palmer

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Amazing: the Jamaican has achieved an unprecedented sprint double-double in the 100 and 200 metres

HE Olympic doubledouble achieved and his “living legend” status in the pantheon of great sprinters now secure, Usain Bolt plans to think long and hard about just how long he can remain master of his domain.

A world that has marvelled and gushed at the Jamaican’s raw speed, world records and Olympic titles now waits to see what the fastest man on earth will do next.

It is time for reflection in the Court of Bolt. The great showman of track and field, with a passion for sports and fast cars, is not ready to hang up his spikes, but he is restless for a new challenge, one that can satisfy his great lust for life.

“I’m not going to retire yet.

I love this sport. I have got all my success through this sport.

I got all my fans through this sport,” Bolt said after scorching to back-to-back Games 200 metres titles on Thursday, completing the 100-200 sprint double as he had done in Beijing four years ago.

“I have made my goal, now I have to sit down and make another one.”

At 25 and with five Olympic sprint golds tucked away in a safe “with some armed men around them”, and a sixth beckoning in the relay, Bolt is searching for a new horizon

Fooling around: the superstar performs his trademark ‘Lightning Bolt’ victory celebrations on the medal podium to conquer, one that will give him the motivation he craves.

Time, which catches up eventually with Olympic champions and park runners alike, would still appear to be on Bolt’s side. For Bolt though, Beijing and London were “my time”.

The future, he said, was for compatriots Yohan Blake and Warren Weir, silver and bronze medallists in a Jamaican podium sweep on Thursday.

Bolt and Blake, 22, share the same coach, train together and have a strong friendship away from the track but down in the blocks they are fierce rivals.

“I said to him (Blake in 2010) ‘you came around the wrong time, these next two years are mine’. I had to show him these next two years are

mine.”

Britain’s Linford Christie was 32 when he won 100 gold in 1992 in Barcelona. Bolt will be on the cusp of 30 during the next Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and may not be in Brazil.

“I think when I get to 30 I will be thinking about retiring. Track and field is way too hard,” he said.

“Yohan Blake is running 19.4 already, so in the next four years he’s going to be firing. I think I want to get out before he starts running too fast.

“I think it’s going to be a hard mission in Rio. Both Blake and Weir are 22 - I’m going to be 30, they are going to be 26. I think I’ve had my time. In life everything is possible, but for me this is going to be a hard match.”

Like great sprinters Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis, Bolt has one eye on the long jump pit.

“That’s something I’ve always wanted to try,” he said.

Could his sporting future lie away from the track?

The world’s fastest man often likes to talk up his prowess as a footballer and cricketer, letting it be known again, tongue firmly in cheek, after his 100 victory that his dream was to play for Manchester United.

Bolt, in his own words is “an accomplished player”.

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is unlikely to dash for the telephone before the start of the Premier League season but Bolt has reached the stage in his career where anything is possible.

“I made a goal to become a legend. If I can’t find something to motivate me, then maybe football. I don’t know.

Only if I am good, remember that.

“I’m definitely thinking about it. After this Olympics I don’t know, so I’ll see.”

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