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Drowning couple saved by officers Four policemen risk their own lives in dangerous current

GROUP of police officers from the drugs squad YKAN, risked their lives in the dangerous waters off the Tombs of the Kings Road in Paphos in the early hours of yesterday, to rescue a young couple who had gotten into trouble during a midnight swim. Three of the four officers ended up in hospital after the dramatic rescue when they found themselves in danger of drowning in the notorious currents in that area. Last night one of them was still in hospital. During the rescue, in which they used a rope and tyre, one of the officers stayed on the beach to give first aid to the young couple who were eventually dragged ashore. He also called an ambulance to the scene. The four officers were on a routine patrol in the area when they shone their vehicle’s lights on the water and saw a young woman in trouble. The 18-year-old Polish teen had gone swimming with a 21-year-old Romanian man but the officers did not realise immediately that there were two people in the water, both struggling against the strong current. “Using a tyre and some rope they managed to save them. The fourth YKAN officer who was on the beach gave first aid to the girl who had lost consciousness,” said

police spokesman Andreas Angelides. “They didn’t think for a moment of themselves. They only thought about saving the lives of two people.” He said the officers themselves had been in serious danger of drowning. The young couple were treated at the first aid department of Paphos hospital and released later yesterday. The four policemen were named by Antenna as Ioannis Christodoulou, Christos Antoniou, Panayiotis Demetriou and Andreas Ioakim. Christodoulou’s sister Andri told the television station that although she knows it’s a police officer’s job to save lives, she was still “very proud”. “They saved two people who might not be alive today if they had not acted immediately,” she said. ‘They just dived in...the current was so strong...” The officers were congratulated by the chief of police who sent a representative to Paphos hospital. Reports also said that Justice Minister Loucas Louca would present them with awards for bravery. Dozens of people have drowned on the same stretch of beach over the years. A Russian man drowned there just two weeks ago. Although the stretch in question has ample signs and red flags, people continue to swim there. As far back as 2010 there was talk of sealing off the beach completely but nothing was done.

A picture taken yesterday shows pictures and ﬂowers laid down under the “Flame of Freedom” statue at the Pont de l’Alma underpass where Princess Diana died, on the eve of the 15th anniversary of her death (AFP)

100-year-old motorist knocks down nine children A 100-YEAR-old motorist lost control of his automobile as he backed out of his driveway into a crowd of children and parents outside an elementary school in Los Angeles, injuring nine children and two adults, authorities have said. Four of the children initially were listed in critical condition, though most were upgraded after they arrived at the hospital, and none appeared to have suffered life-threaten-

ing injuries, authorities said. The pedestrians were standing around a sidewalk vendor’s cart when the car rolled up over the curb in front of Main Street Elementary School in south Los Angeles as classes were letting out at about 2.30 pm local time, police said. The driver, who was detained for questioning on Wednesday and later released without being charged, told police his car experienced some kind of

mechanical failure, LA Police Department spokeswoman Karen Rayner said. “At this point, it doesn’t appear as though there are going to be any charges ﬁled, but it’s an ongoing investigation,” she said. “We’ll deﬁnitely be looking at his competency to retain his driver’s licence.” The driver gave his name to local television station ABC7 as Preston Carter and said he turns 101 next month.

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Deputy Minister for EU Affairs Andreas Mavroyiannis hailed the progress made at key meeting

The ‘issues paper’ prepared by the presidency ‘has brought a new momentum and this momentum will not be lost’ By Stefanos Evripidou NEGOTIATIONS ON the seven-year EU budget worth around a trillion euros reached “a watershed moment” yesterday, said Deputy Minister for EU Affairs Andreas Mavroyiannis following a key meeting of EU ministers in Nicosia. The Cypriot diplomat hailed the progress made in the negotiations on the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) during the informal meeting of European Ministers and State Secretaries for EU Affairs, chaired by the Cyprus EU presidency. Negotiations on the EU’s MFF for the period 20142020 are considered to be the “biggest issue” Cyprus will have to face during its six-month presidency of the EU Council ending at the close of 2012. Discussions on the next long-term budget are considered of huge importance as they will deﬁne the level of spending and investment by the EU for the next seven-year period, with the purported focus on growth and job creation given the ongoing economic crisis. The Cypriot-led negotiations are even more unique for including real-time consultations on the budget with the European Parliament for the ﬁrst time, as a result of the Lisbon Treaty

coming into effect. “This is a watershed moment for the negotiations,” said Mavroyiannis after the day’s negotiations between representatives of the 27 member states, the European Commission and the European Parliament. The Cypriot presidency tabled a paper outlining the main issues of disagreement recorded during bilateral meetings in July to kickstart yesterday’s debate. According to Mavroyiannis, “the issues paper prepared by the presidency has brought a new momentum and this momentum will not be lost. The meeting served its purpose and has guided the presidency into the next steps that can lead to the ﬁnal deal – a deal necessary for our citizens and Union.” The main areas of disagreement rest on the total sum of the seven-year budget, the level of spending and content under each chapter (heading) within the MFF, as well as the Commission’s proposals for creating a new revenue base for the EU. Mavroyiannis announced that European Council President Herman Van Rompuy plans to set a date for an extraordinary summit of the leaders in November, solely focusing on the MFF. Yesterday’s informal meeting provided the Cyprus presidency with an even greater understanding of the gap between member

states’ positions and those of the Commission and Parliament, which were “big”, said Mavroyiannis, adding that a compromise was possible. Asked if any numbers were discussed, Mavroyiannis said that the idea was not to come up with numbers and ﬁgures at this stage. “We all know that the Commission (budget) proposal involves an overall amount of 1.11 per cent of the Gross National Income (GNI) of the EU 27 while a group of member states is asking for a substantial reduction, (with the total budget) not exceeding 1.0 per cent of the total GDP of the EU,” he said. The budget proposed by the Commission goes over the trillion euro mark, while the difference of 0.11 per cent in the diverging positions accounts for a reduction of around €140 billion, noted Mavroyiannis. Fifteen EU states support the Commission proposal, eight powerful states oppose it while four remain on the fence. The informal meeting was attended by Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic, and Budget Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski. Sefcovic praised the Cyprus presidency’s “high quality” issues paper for helping spark a very open and frank debate, which he hoped would conclude by the end of the year. “For the Com-

mission, it is not acceptable to see the (budget) proposal revised downwards. We invested a lot of analytical thinking on the MFF proposal and see it as already quite modest,” said Sefcovic, adding that a reduced budget would be a bad response to the economic crisis and future of the EU. European Parliament Chairman of the Budget Committee Alain Lamassoure yesterday hailed the working session, describing it as a “ﬁrst”. “Never before were parliamentary delegates involved in discussions with ministers this way. This was very useful and we will continue, both informally and pragmatically,” he said. Asked if the European Parliament would consider blocking the EU’s 2013 budget if it did not achieve its goal of keeping the budget sum at least at 1.11 per cent of GNI, Lamassoure said the two were not connected at this stage of the game, leaving the door open for pressuring tactics in the future. “Nothing was as important (yesterday) as the commitment of all participants, ranging from the UK to Poland, to ﬁnd an agreement (by the end of 2012) in order to provide predictability of investment for Europe and capacity to act by the European Union,” said Lewandowski.

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Home CYPRUS TODAY Rare wine bottle A RARE empty Commandaria bottle, the famous Cyprus wine, has been donated to the commerce ministry by wine collector François Audouze. The bottle, dating back to 1845, is the oldest found, and it belonged to Audouze collection ‘Chypre 1845’. Audouze acquired the bottle during an auction 15 years ago. It has been handed over to the Cyprus embassy in France. The ministry offered the bottle to the municipal museum of Limassol, which will include it in its exhibits. Commandaria is a sweet wine produced in a small area in the Troodos Mountains, covering 14 villages. It is made from sun-dried grapes using the Xynisteri and Mavro varieties. It is thought to be the world’s oldest named wine still in production. Commandaria was named by the Knights of St John in the 11th century in Cyprus, and was an extremely popular export to Europe. It represents an ancient wine style dating back to 800BC in Cyprus.

Central Bank cannot order return of money to investors THE Central Bank yesterday sought to clarify that it was not within its powers to order the return of money to people who were misled into buying bank securities. The regulator said it has received hundreds of letters from people claiming banks had used deception “aiming in promoting the sale of securities to individuals who did not have the knowledge to adequately assess the risks involved.” The matter came to the fore recently after the island’s troubled

banks suspended interest payments for the high-yield securities. Investors feel they have been tricked into buying bank securities or converting securities into useless shares. They say they were depositors given advice by untrained staff who gave them the impression they would have a stable, safe income from investing their savings into what they eventually discovered were high risk securities. In a news release yesterday, the

with a 5.0 per cent interest rate and the option to retrieve 20 per cent each year. The securities and exchange commission (CySEC) has said that banks had followed the law by distributing prospectuses enumerating risks, including that of withholding interest payments in the event they did not have enough capital. CySEC said only those investors who prove they were misled should be compensated.

‘We’ll bring flock to EU meeting’ Sheep and goat farmers insist on full subsidy and plan to continue protests By Jacqueline Agathocleous and Stefanos Evripidou

Wine festival WINE will be ﬂowing aplenty at this year’s annual Limassol wine festival, which kicked off last night at the municipal gardens. The wine festival is now in its 51st year. This year’s cultural programme offers music, theatre and dance. During the festivities – which will run until September 9 - the four big wine making industries KEO, SODAP, ETKO, and LOEL – along with smaller independent producers will offer free wine tasting. Anyone living outside Limassol can hitch a free ride (Wine Express) on transportation provided by the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) from Nicosia, Larnaca, Paphos and Ayia Napa. The festival was opened by Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis.

Central Bank said it can impose administrative sanctions on a bank found in violation but it does not have the power to “order or demand from the lenders to return the money paid for the purchase of the securities.” The Central Bank said it will examine the complaints in a bid to determine the banks’ degree of compliance with the law and the directions issued by the regulator. Investors proposed converting their securities into ﬁve-year bonds

Farmers caused chaos when they let their animals loose outside the presidential palace last week

GOAT AND sheep farmers last night decided to continue efforts to secure the full subsidy originally pledged to them by the state, agreeing to take their vehicles and animals to Nicosia when the EU agriculture ministers meet next month. All goat and sheep farmers’ organisations bar one gathered last night in Pissouri to discuss the next steps in their efforts to save the sector, which they argue is on the verge of collapse due to the continually soaring costs of animal feed. The cut in half of state subsidies is the ﬁnal nail in the cofﬁn for the sector, argue the farmers, who have threatened to release their animals on the highway if the government does not meet their demands. The farmers agreed last night they would send letters this morning to all party leaders asking for meetings with them next week to explain their arguments and get the positions of the parties. The next step is to gather their animals outside a farm in Paphos to hand them over, on the premise that they can no longer afford to keep them.

On September 24, they will gather with their cars outside the conference centre in Nicosia, where the Cyprus EU Presidency’s informal meeting of agriculture ministers will take place, to protest. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC earlier in the day, the head of the Paphos sheep and goat farmers’ association, Evagoras Chrysanthou, said farmers’ demands to support their sector had not been met in their meeting with Agriculture Minister Sophoclis Aletraris on Wednesday, despite the minister stating otherwise. He added that proposals to step up protests – including previous threats to free livestock onto the island’s highways - would inevitably be tabled at last night’s meeting. “We may,” he said, when asked if farmers were preparing to take drastic action. Chrysanthou said farmers may have initially agreed to call off measures when told that they would get half the state subsidy they were expecting, but only because they believed that other kinds of solutions would be found to counterbalance the effects. “Unfortunately nothing,” he said. “The minister said he couldn’t announce measures to support the sector, just report it to the EU Council

of Agriculture Ministers next month, which isn’t enough.” Farmers last week took to the streets to protest a recent cabinet decision taking their state subsidy from €12 million to under €6 million. The protests turned violent at some point, with farmers clashing with police, while coming under ﬁre for their rough treatment of the goats and sheep brought before the presidential palace. Police yesterday called on the goat and sheep farmers “to show seriousness and not violate the law, or put the lives of humans as well as animals at risk in violation of the relevant legislation, which provides for the protection and welfare of animals”. The police said they issued the statement in response to information received that farmers are planning to mobilise again and release animals on the Limassol-Paphos highway. The police highlighted they would not accept any actions or behaviour on the part of the farmers which is deemed illegal and puts public safety at risk. If offences are committed, including releasing the animals on to the streets, police said they will take all necessary measures in accordance with the law.

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Writedowns and provisions send BoC into the red By George Psyllides BANK of Cyprus yesterday posted a first-half net loss of €134 million on increased provisions for non-performing loans, as it increased its requirements for state assistance by €230 million. “Taking into account the deterioration of its loan portfolio, the Group significantly increased the provisions for loan impairment to €568 million for the first half of 2012, raising the accumulated provisions on June 30, 2012 to €2.0 billion and the coverage ratio of nonperforming loans to 50 per cent from 46 per

cent,” BoC said. Taking into account tangible collateral at forced sale value, the overall coverage ratio was 106 per cent, the lender said. The bank had reported a net loss of €107 million in the first half of 2011. Before provisions, the bank said it recorded a first-half profit of €360 million – a 6.0 per cent drop compared with the first six months of 2011. The lender sought €500 million in state assistance in June after its regulatory capital was depleted from heavy exposure to Greek debt and a rise in non-performing loans earlier in the year. Yesterday, BoC said its capital shortfall had widened. “Following the results of the first half of 2012,

the shortfall to meet the capital deficit as defined by the European Banking Authority is estimated on June 30, 2012 at approximately €730 million due to additional provisions relating to the loan portfolio in Cyprus and Greece and to the further impairment of Greek Government Bonds and bonds issued by financial institutions in Cyprus and Greece,” the bank said. Ten days ago, BoC said it was looking at swapping part of its loan book with a Greek bank operating on the island, as part of moves to strengthen its capital base and ring-fence operations in Greece. “Faced with an extreme and uncertain economic environment in the key markets where

it operates, the Group continues to focus on strengthening its capital adequacy and liquidity, maintaining adequate organic profitability and effective management of risks,” BoC said. Popular, Cyprus’ second-biggest bank also sought state aid after it also took a hammering because of its exposure to Greece. Popular required €1.8 billion, prompting the cash-strapped state to apply to its EU partners for assistance on June 25. Cyprus became the fifth eurozone nation to request a financial bailout to cover the needs of its banks and its fiscal requirements, after becoming unable to raise the money on its own from capital markets because of high yields on its traded sovereign debt.

Prospects looking good for DISY-DIKO alliance Both parties likely to agree on what is needed for economy

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By Jacqueline Agathocleous DISY and DIKO yesterday agreed on the principles that would guide the handling of the Cyprus problem if the two opposition parties eventually agree to join forces for February’s presidential elections. The two parties agreed that active participation of the EU would be sought in any new effort for the national issue and that Turkey would be accountable for any proposals tabled by the Turkish Cypriot side, DISY leader and presidential candidate Nicos Anastasiades said after a meeting with a DIKO delegation led by party leader Marios Garoyian. It was also agreed that any decisions would be discussed with the other political parties at the National Council, based on the view that any effort should be the result of dialogue and consensus.

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DISY leader Nicos Anastasiades (third left) was especially pleased with the outcome Following the meeting, the two leaders said they had already started discussing the framework for managing the economy. They will meet again next week to continue their discussion. “From the initial exchange of views and documents, it seems there will be no issues when it comes to us agreeing on the economy,” said Anastasiades. Garoyian wouldn’t be drawn in on who his party planned to back in the elec-

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tions, saying any agreements with DISY would be put to his party’s central committee before ﬁnal decisions were made. “I want to honestly say that it was a very substantive and productive discussion, during which we did an indepth analysis of everything concerning the Cyprus problem and I am in a position to say that we concluded on an important framework of principles that would need to govern the new strategy that must be followed in managing the Cyprus problem,” said Garoyian. “I am satisﬁed with the outcome of the discussion.” He said the two parties’

initial thoughts on the economy had been tabled, to be followed by a more in-depth discussion next week – “in the hope that we can conclude on a framework of principles about the philosophy as well as the management of the economy”. Garoyian said he hoped the efforts will be a success. Anastasiades said he was especially happy with the outcome of the meeting, promising to implement everything he committed to if he got elected. He said the agreements on managing the Cyprus problem were made with the country’s best interests in mind and the same route

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(Christos Theodorides) would be followed in his discussions with the other parties. Anastasiades said he was convinced discussions on the economy and other political matters would be just as successful. He repeated his quest for a “government of national salvation”. Even though DISY deputy leader Averof Neophytou was present at yesterday’s meeting, DIKO vice chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos was notably absent. Garoyian tried to avoid saying whether this indicated disagreements within the party, but admitted he didn’t know why Papadopoulos did not attend.

BANK of Cyprus yesterday appointed Andreas Artemis as chairman to succeed businessman Theodoros Aristodemou who resigned earlier in the week for health reasons. The island’s biggest lender also said Evdokimos Xenophontos had been appointed vice-chairman. “We know the difficulties and the problems, but we are determined, with the necessary changes, to restore confidence, stability and credibility in the Bank of Cyprus (BoC),” Artemis said. BoC sought state assistance in June to cover losses from its exposure to Greek bonds. Its chief executive resigned shortly afterwards Artemis pledged to set a new course for the group by tackling the problems through hard work and strict adherence to the rules of corporate governance. “Despite the current difficulties, the BoC Group is a robust and strong finance organisation with a leading role to play in the country’s economic affairs,” Artemis said. Born in 1954, Artemis is the chairman of Commercial General Insurance and its associated companies. He has served on the board of state telecommunications company CyTA for a number of years and he is the honorary consul general of South Africa in Cyprus since 1996. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Cyprus Group since March 2000 and vice-chairman since May 2005.

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Home Re-remand for Napa murder suspects THE TWO men suspected of murdering five people in Ayia Napa last June, yesterday had their remand order renewed for another five days. The two, 29-year-old Demetris Mamalikopoulos and Anastasios Tsehilides, 41, are suspected of gunning down five men on June 23 on a side street in the heart of Ayia Napa’s nightclub scene. Four of the victims were security guards for Famagusta businessman Phanos Kalopsidiotis, whom police think was the target. In yesterday’s Famagusta District Court hearing, the district’s deputy police chief, Giorgos Economou, said eight statements had been taken in Famagusta, Nicosia and Larnaca, while he added that Mamalikopoulos and Tsehilides continued to deny any involvement. Economou said another two Greek nationals are wanted in connection with the case. Requesting renewal of the suspects’ remand, Economou said there was a risk they could flee through the north.

‘Potato protest went on for too long’ police say POLICE spokesman Andreas Angelides yesterday defended a decision to charge the leaders of potato farmers’ organisations with traffic offences following a protest last week. The farmers protested on August 22 on the Ayia NapaLarnaca highway, under a prior agreement with police but the spokesman said the protest, which blocked the road with tractors, overran. “In the end [the farmers] blocked the road for over an hour despite assurances this would not happen,” Angelides said. “It is one thing diverting traffic during an event and another thing creating a traffic jam,” he told state broadcaster CyBC. Angelides added the police charged two men with traffic violations and being a public nuisance after “obtaining testimonies and further investigation”. The farmers deny the charges. The potato farmers were protesting over competition from the north.

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Greece will stand by Cyprus’ side despite its ﬁnancial difﬁculties, said Greek National Defence Minister Panos Panagiotopoulos yesterday. Photo shows the Greek minister (left) arriving at the presidential palace where he is being met by Undersecretary to the President, Ti-

tos Christofides. Speaking after his meeting with President Demetris Christofias, Panagiotopoulos, who is on a two-day official visit, said: “whatever the problems facing Greece ... we are determined to stand by the side of Cypriot Hellenism”

Status of police filming under data law unclear Data commissioner will meet police brass to clarify By Poly Pantelides THE PERSONAL data commissioner said yesterday he would arrange for a meeting with police to settle a dispute over whether the force is allowed to film people at public gatherings. “I will meet with the chief of police (Michalis Papageorgiou) to discuss whether they should be allowed to film at the sign of trouble,” commissioner Yiannos Danielides said. He told the Cyprus Mail yesterday he would discuss whether to allow police to record trouble at demonstrations, although on Tuesday he had said that even when there was trouble the police should not film people. He had said police should not film people at public events in anticipation of trouble – prevention - because it violated the law on personal

data processing. The issue hinges on the interpretation of the 2001 law and whether the police are allowed to video-record people to prevent crime, without the consent of the data protection commissioner. The 2001 law, Article 4 lays out when personal data can be collected and processed for specific, predefined reasons. Personal data can be processed without consent for reasons of public interest according to the law’s Article 5. The law exempts usage pertaining to public security, defence, state security and the “investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences”. There is no reference to prevention and it is not clear if the police may film public events anyway for reasons of public security, defence or state security or whether it needs explicit permission. At the same time however,

CCTV cameras are permitted in public areas like shops, to prevent crime and may even be used without the public’s consent if the commissioner gives permission. Danielides said the difference was that CCTV cameras were used for protection of property. He added that cameras used for protecting property and ﬁlming people at public venues was different. Although the commissioner conceded that the police could apply for permission to ﬁlm without public consent to prevent crime, he could not comment on whether the police were allowed to videorecord people without consent for reasons of public security, defence or state security. “The important thing is to clarify what is allowed or not,” Danielides said referring to the forthcoming meeting with police. The issue came to the fore after the police said earlier in the week that it

was standard practice to ﬁlm public gatherings to prevent crime. Danielides responded on Tuesday by asking the police to stop immediately. The police chief said Wednesday they only ﬁlmed or took pictures when there were signs of trouble and not beforehand. Police have asked their EU partners on what their policies are, and so far have been told by 15 EU countries that they take photos and videos at public events. The EU’s 1995 Directive does allow member states to include exemptions for the prevention of criminal offences. A 2008 council framework decision on personal data on police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters states that preventing criminal offences is a legitimate reason for authorities to exchange personal data information. Attorney-general Petros Clerides yesterday declined to comment.

PARTS of the Nicosia to Troodos road will be closed for more than three weeks starting Monday while crews install the sewerage system, it was announced yesterday. The works will be carried out every day from 7am to 5 pm, except weekends and holidays. The public works department said 150-metre sections of one lane would be closed to trafﬁc, which will be diverted into the opposite lane. Work would span 1.5 kilometres along the length of the road – which passes by Kakopetria – from Onoufrios Clerides Street to Eso Gitonia Street, it said.

Wanted men POLICE are looking for 31-year-old Panayiotis Christoﬁs from Anthoupoli and 22-year-old Viola Angelo from Agious Trimithias in connection with a break-in and burglary committed on August 7 in Kokkinotrimithia. Christoﬁs is described as being 1.70m tall, and Angelo 1.65m. Both are said to be of slim build. Anyone who can provide information on their whereabouts should contact their nearest police station, Kokkinotrimithia station or the Citizen’s Line on 1460.

Bases exercises THE BRITISH bases said yesterday they would be carrying out a routine military exercise between tomorrow and September 16 in the Western Sovereign Base Areas. “There may be some disturbance on some of these days and possibly on the evening of the 6th September. Exact times cannot be provided,” a statement from the bases said, “Please do not be concerned if explosions are heard in the local area. This occasionally happens when certain atmospheric conditions prevail”

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Moore eyes referendum poll progress

Scottish Secretary Moore (above) expects to meet with Scottish First Minister Salmond in the next few weeks

THE terms of the independence referendum should be agreed by the UK and Scottish governments within the next two months, the Scottish Secretary said yesterday. Michael Moore expects to meet Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond in the next few weeks to clear the way for agreement on the vote by the end of October. The Scottish Government has put forward plans to hold the ballot on the country’s constitutional future in the autumn of 2014, with its timetable including bringing forward a referendum Bill early next year. The UK Government has said the Scottish Government does not currently have the power to hold a legal vote and wants to transfer legislative powers to do so using a Section 30 Order.

In his keynote speech to the National Business Convention in Edinburgh yesterday, Moore said: “It’s time to crack on. Time is pressing. “The sooner we can get the process issues out of the way and get on to the ‘great debate’ itself, the better for everyone, and the less damaging the uncertainty will be for people and businesses alike. “But importantly, if the Scottish Government wants to meet its own timetable for the referendum, the powers must be devolved by next spring. “That means both governments reaching agreement on a Section 30 Order by late October. “That will allow both of Scotland’s parliaments to scrutinise and approve the Order, paving the way to a Bill in the spring.”

Westminster published the results of its public consultation on the referendum earlier this year. The Scottish Government was examining the responses to its own version over the summer, but has yet to publish its results. Moore said: “As we near four months since the Scottish Government’s consultation closed, on the eve of the return of Holyrood and just before a (statement on the) new programme for the Scottish Government is made, the moment must be close. “I look forward to seeing the responses very soon.” Moore said he remained conﬁdent that “a legal, fair and decisive referendum” can be agreed by the two administrations and emphasised the need for a single question on the ballot paper.

Fate of overseas students gives rise to criticism

Ex legal adviser held in hacking investigation

Uni stripped of right to admit foreigners By Wesley Johnson, Arj Singh and Alex Diaz THE Government should have considered other options before stripping a university of its right to admit foreigners, critics have said. More than 2,000 students could face ejection from the country after the Government revoked London Metropolitan University’s highly-trusted status (HTS) for sponsoring international students. The move, which critics said sent a damaging message that the UK deports foreign students to all corners of the globe, comes after more than a quarter of students sampled studying at the university did not even have permission to stay in the country. Professor Eric Thomas, president of Universities UK, said there were other ways to address UK Border Agency concerns and the university’s licence should only have been revoked as a last resort. “The UKBA’s decision to revoke London Metropolitan University’s licence will cause anxiety and distress to those

many legitimate international students currently studying at London Metropolitan, and their families,” he said. “We believe that there were alternative ways of addressing UKBA’s concerns, and that revocation of a university’s licence should only be a decision of last resort. “We will be working with UKBA to ensure that compliance issues can be addressed in a more constructive way in the future.” Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union, added: “No matter how this is dressed up, the damaging message that the UK deports foreign students studying at UK universities will reach all corners of the globe. “The last thing we can afford to do is send a message that international students are no longer welcome here. “Yet Government efforts to impress a domestic audience by sounding tough on immigration, coupled with the chaotic handling of this affair, risk doing exactly that.” Universities minister David Willetts said a task force -

led by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Universities UK - would be formed to help overseas students affected by the decision. “It is important that genuine students who are affected through no fault of their own are offered prompt advice and help, including, if necessary, with finding other institutions at which to finish their studies,” he said. London Metropolitan University’s HTS status was suspended last month while the UK Border Agency (UKBA) examined alleged failings. Immigration minister Damian Green said that along with more than one in four students sampled not having permission to stay in the country, a “significant proportion” of students did not have good English and there was no proof that half of those sampled were turning up to lectures. “Any one of those breaches would be serious,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “We found all three of those breaches at London Metropolitan.

Advertising giant WPP plans return to UK ADVERTISING giant WPP gave Chancellor George Osborne a boost yesterday by conﬁrming plans to move its headquarters back to the UK. The FTSE 100 Index company, which is headed by Sir Martin Sorrell, has been based in Dublin since 2008 following changes to the corporate tax regime introduced by Osborne’s predecessor Alistair Darling. But with the coalition removing the threat of double taxation on overseas earnings by multinational companies from next year, WPP said it will ask its shareholders to vote in December on a proposal to return to the UK. The move came as WPP announced a 7-per cent rise in pre-tax proﬁts to £358 million for the six months to June 30. But it disappointed investors by downgrading its forecast on underlying revenues growth for this year to 3.5 per cent from 4 per cent. It reported a slowing of revenues in the

United States and certain markets in western Europe, but said the UK and faster-growing markets such as Latin America were doing well. WPP owns companies including public relations firm Ogilvy, communications agency RLM Finsbury and market research firm Kantar Worldpanel. Its shares were 4 per cent lower yesterday. Sir Martin said 2013 was likely to be more challenging, even though GDP forecasts are for stronger growth than in the current year. There will be no major sporting events in the year and the next American president will have to confront the country’s growing budget deficit, possibly in the face of a deadlocked Congress. However, he added that 2014 looked better with the World Cup in Brazil and the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, set to boost the profile of the two countries.

More than 2,000 students could face ejection from the country after the Government stripped London Metropolitan University of its right to admit foreigners

NEWS International’s former legal adviser Tom Crone was arrested yesterday by police investigating alleged phone hacking. The 60-year-old was held at his home in south west London on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and was questioned at a south London police station. He is the 25th person to be arrested under Operation Weeting, the Metropolitan Police’s investigation into allegations of phone hacking. The investigation is being run alongside two separate probes - Operation Elveden, which is looking at alleged corrupt payments to public ofﬁcials, and Operation Tuleta, which concerns accusations of computer hacking and other privacy breaches including the alleged hacking of stolen mobile phones. So far 43 people have been arrested under Elveden and 11 under Tuleta. Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday over charges linked to Operation Weeting. She is accused of one general charge of conspiracy to illegally access voicemails, and two others relating to murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler and former union boss Andrew Gilchrist.

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Killer demands Pussy Riot are freed THE bodies of two murdered women were found beneath a scrawled message demanding freedom for jailed members of Pussy Riot, Russian officials said yesterday. An investigator cautioned that the killer was possibly trying to mislead police by drawing attention to supporters of the punk provocateurs. The Investigative Committee said in a statement that the women, aged 76 and 38, were killed late last week in their apartment in the central city of Kazan with the words “Free Pussy Riot” written on the wall, “presumably” with blood. The substance has not yet been confirmed, it said. It did not provide the women’s names nor revealed details about their occupations or whether they had any connection to the band. Russian tabloid Lifenews quoted an unnamed investigator as saying the bodies were disfigured by multiple stab wounds. The jailed band members’ attorney said on Twitter that “what happened in Kazan is horrible,” calling the case “either a horrendous provocation or a psychopathic” case. “I am sorry that some freaks are using Pussy Riot’s band name,” Nikolai Polozov was further quoted by Interfax as saying. In mid-August, a Moscow court sentenced three band members to two years in jail for performing a “punk prayer” against President Vladimir Putin at a Moscow cathedral in February, in a case that has polarised Russian society and drawn international criticism.

Pro-Pussy Riot protesters

Egypt’s Mursi (left) urged NAM members to support Syria’s opposition (AFP)

Iran policies attacked by Ban, Egypt’s Mursi By Marcus George and Yeganeh Torbati THE U.N. chief and Egypt’s president delivered stinging speeches at a summit of developing nations in Iran yesterday, damaging the host country’s quest for global prestige and support for its nuclear programme and its policy on Syria. The Iranians had to listen while Ban Ki-moon denounced them for calling for Israel’s destruction and denying the Holocaust. Nor did Mohamed Mursi, the ﬁrst Egyptian leader to visit Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, hold back as he urged Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) members to back Syrians trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad, Tehran’s closest Arab ally. The United States and Israel had frowned on the decisions by Ban and Mursi to attend the summit. “I strongly reject threats by any member state to destroy another or outrageous attempts to deny historical facts such as the Holocaust,” Ban said in his speech, with-

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UN chief, Egypt president blast Ahmadinejad rhetoric, Assad’s ‘oppressive regime’ out naming Iran. “Claiming that Israel does not have the right to exist or describing it in racist terms is not only wrong but undermines the very principle we all have pledged to uphold,” he said. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly denied the Holocaust and this month called Israel a “cancerous tumour”. Deputy Israeli Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said Ban would have conveyed a stronger message by boycotting the NAM summit. “His going there harmed the message and really sabotaged the efforts, which are so critical today, to stop the illegal Iranian nuclear activity,” Ayalon told Israel Radio. However, Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian-Israeli expert at the Interdisciplinary Centre in Herzliya, Israel, said Mursi and

Ban deserved credit for their blunt remarks in Tehran. “Mursi’s statement on Syria will be viewed as a serious challenge against Iran’s narrative on Syria,” he said, adding that Israel should thank Ban for speaking out so clearly. “In the history of the Islamic Republic, nobody has challenged the supreme leader’s (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s) position on Israel in front of him, and in such a manner. This is likely to have longterm reverberations and consequences inside Iran’s halls of power.” In his speech, Khamenei criticised the UN Security Council as a tool used by the United States “to impose its bullying manner on the world”. “They (Americans) talk of human rights when what they mean is Western interests. They talk of democracy when what they have is military

intervention in other countries,” he declared. Khamenei did not mention the conﬂict in Syria or Iran’s staunch support for Assad, who is struggling to crush a 17-month uprising in which more than 18,000 people have been killed. Mursi, a moderate Egyptian Islamist, said solidarity with the Syrian people “against an oppressive regime that has lost its legitimacy is an ethical duty” and a strategic necessity. “We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this sympathy into a clear political vision that supports a peaceful transition to a democratic system of rule that reﬂects the demands of the Syrian people for freedom.” His words prompted Syrian delegates to leave the hall. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said the delegation withdrew “in rejection of the incitement in the speech to continue the shedding of Syrian blood”, and returned after Mursi’s address was over, Syrian state television reported.

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Lonmin workforce falls to under 7% FEWER than 7 per cent of Lonmin’s 28,000-strong South African workforce reported for duty yesterday as the platinum producer held talks with warring unions, attempting to cool tensions and bring people back to work. The world’s third-largest platinum producer has been forced to shut its mining operations for almost three weeks because of a violent turf war between the established National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and militant Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), which led to the deaths of 44 people this month. That total includes 34 striking workers killed in a hail of police bullets, which has stiffened the resolve of surviving comrades to hold out until their demands are met. “We have a 6.6 per cent average attendance across all shafts this morning,” Lonmin said in a statement. Prosecutors said a court has accepted a petition to seek possible murder charges against 270 miners for the deaths of the 34 shot by police on the grounds that they were arrested at the scene with weapons. Arguments on the matter will be made in a court near the mine site next week when bail hearings resume on the 270, who are in police custody, a prosecution spokeswoman said. Critics have ridiculed the move, saying prosecutors are inﬂaming a tense situation by seeking a mass indictment that will eventually be rejected. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate said it had received nearly 200 complaints from the arrested miners of being abused while in custody.

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Romney’s speech his defining moment MITT Romney was facing a critical test in his White House bid yesterday when he was to address the Republican National Convention, an opportunity to convince millions of Americans that he can forge a path to economic rebirth and provide better leadership than President Barack Obama. It was to be Romney’s biggest television audience to date with much of the nation tuning in, giving some voters their ﬁrst extended look at the 65-yearold former Massachusetts governor who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in 2008. Romney, who can often come across as stiff, faces the challenge of making Americans feel more comfortable with him. He had a hard act to follow after the ringing “you can trust Mitt” endorsement delivered by his wife, Ann, on

WORLD TODAY Helicopters collide, 9 dead TWO military helicopters collided in mid-air during a training sortie over India’s western state of Gujarat on Tuesday, killing nine Air Force personnel, the government said. TV pictures showed skeletal, charred remains of the Russian-made MI-17 multi-utility helicopters in what seemed like a sparsely populated area. The wreckage was surrounded by police, firefighters and military officials. Officials quoted by media said the crash site was a military area near the Jamnagar airbase in Gujarat, a state bordering Pakistan. No casualties or loss of property on the ground was reported.

China mine blast AN explosion in a Chinese coal mine killed 26 miners and 21 others were still unaccounted for after a day in the gas-ﬁlled pit, the Xinhua news agency said, marking one of the biggest disasters of the year in the accidentplagued industry. Rescue teams from other mines had been sent to the Xiaojiawan Coal Mine in Sichuan province and 107 miners had been rescued after Wednesday’s blast, it reported yesterday. Fifty-one were sent to hospital with seven in critical condition.

Rocket lift-off AN unmanned Atlas 5 rocket lifted off yesterday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, placing a pair of heavilyshielded NASA science satellites into position to study Earth’s radiation belts. The 58-metre tall rocket, built by United Launch Alliance, blasted off at 4.05am EDT, soaring out over the Atlantic Ocean toward an orbit as far as 30,645 km above the planet’s surface.

Tuesday night, a speech that was widely viewed as one of the most signiﬁcant ever given by an aspiring ﬁrst lady. Romney got a strong testimonial on Wednesday night from his vice presidential running mate, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, who generated the most enthusiasm so far at the convention with his address.

‘THE MAN FOR THE JOB’ “After four years of getting the runaround, America needs a turnaround, and the man for the job is Governor Mitt Romney,” said Ryan. As portrayed by Democrats, Romney is alternately a heartless corporate raider, wealthy elitist, tax evader and policy ﬂip-ﬂopper who should not be trusted with the keys to the White House. Despite the attacks, Romney is run-

ning even with Obama in the polls in a race that is too close to call. A Reuters/ Ipsos poll on Wednesday showed the two men tied at 43 per cent each. But Obama has the advantage over Romney in likability, an important characteristic that may mask other problems that the Democratic incumbent has in persuading voters to give him four more years. Arizona Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in 2008 who lost to Obama, said Romney needs to accomplish two tasks: one, convince Americans “that they believe in him and trust in him, and two, that he has a concrete plan to get our economy back on the right track.” “We’ve got to reduce the unfavourables, and many Americans will be looking at him for the ﬁrst time,” McCain told Reuters.

Romney (R) is looking to put Americans at ease with him

Five Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan PM: ‘nation’s worst day in ongoing conflict’ THREE Australian soldiers were killed and two wounded in Afghanistan after a man in an Afghan army uniform opened fire and another two Australian soldiers were killed in an unrelated helicopter crash. The nation’s prime minister said the deaths made it Australia’s worst day in the ongoing war. The first three soldiers were killed while relaxing at a base late on Wednesday, when a man wearing an Afghan National Army uniform opened fire on them with an automatic weapon at close range, Air Marshal Mark Binskin, vice chief of the Australian Defence Force, said. Australian soldiers at the base in Uruzgan province returned fire, but the shooter scaled a fence and escaped from the base, Binskin said. The Australians tried to revive their comrades, but the wounds proved fatal. One of

Australia PM Gillard described the news as ‘a physical blow’ (AFP) the two wounded soldiers sustained a serious gunshot wound and was evacuated to another base for further treatment. He was in satis-

factory condition. The second wounded soldier was treated at the scene. Australian and Afghan soldiers were still hunting for

zthe killer yesterday, Binskin said. He would not release further details of the attack, and would not speculate on the gunman’s motive.

In a second, unrelated incident early yesterday, two Australian soldiers died after their helicopter rolled over while landing in Helmand province. A crew member on board was also wounded. “Australia’s lost ﬁve men today. They were soldiers who were committed to serving our nation,” Binskin said. “I cannot begin to describe the overwhelming grief their families are experiencing. This is a terrible day for all of us.” Prime minister Julia Gillard, in the Cook Islands for a forum of Paciﬁc nation leaders, said she would be returning to Australia early in the wake of the deaths. “In a war of so many losses, this is our single worst day in Afghanistan,” she said. “Indeed, I believe this is the most losses in combat since the days of the Vietnam War and the Battle of Long Tan. This is news so truly shocking that it’s going to feel for many Australians like a physical blow.” “Green-on-blue” attacks - in which Afghan colleagues or militants disguised as them turn on international forces have been on the rise in recent years. Last year, four Australian soldiers were killed by Afghan troops. Thirty-eight Australian soldiers have been killed in the more-than-decade-long Afghanistan war.

Activists demand Pakistani girl’s release Names off Myanmar blacklist A PAKISTANI court adjourned yesterday a bail hearing for a Christian girl accused of defaming Islam, prompting human rights activists to make fresh calls for her release in a case that has drawn renewed criticism of the country’s anti-blasphemy laws. Religious and secular groups worldwide have protested over the arrest this month of Rimsha Masih, accused by Muslim neighbours of burning Islamic religious texts. “This will go on and on and this little minor girl will rot in jail,” said human rights activist Tahira Abdullah outside an Islamabad court. “We want her out of jail. We want her under protection.” Under the blasphemy law, anyone who speaks ill of Islam and the Prophet Mohammad commits a crime and faces the death penalty, but activists say vague terminology has led to its misuse.

Human rights groups say the law dangerously discriminates against the Muslim country’s tiny minority groups. Convictions are common, although the death sentence has never been carried out. Most convictions are thrown out on appeal, but mobs have killed many people accused of blasphemy. There have been conﬂicting reports about Masih’s age and her mental state. Some media have said she is 11 and suffers from Down’s Syndrome. A hospital said in a report she was about 14, but had the mental capacities of someone below that age and was uneducated. Rao Abdur Raheem, a lawyer representing the accuser in the case, said the medical report was conducted without a court order, prompting the bail hearing to be postponed until September 1.

FORMER U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright, Aung San Suu Kyi’s sons and two dead U.S. congressmen were among 2,082 names removed yesterday from a Myanmar government blacklist that gives an insight into the paranoia of its former military junta. Late Philippine President Corazon Aquino, US singerturned-politician Sonny Bono and Kim and Alexander Aris, the sons of Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, were some of the prominent names taken off a list stacked with journalists, academics, human rights campaigners and exiled Burmese activists. Its publication on the website of the Office of the President (www.president-office.gov.mm/) is the latest sign of surprise openness by a quasi-civilian government that has legalised protests, abolished media censorship, freed hundreds of political prisoners and embarked on economic reforms since coming to power in the former Burma in March 2011. No reasons were given for why they had been blacklisted, but many were critics of the reclusive and thin-skinned generals who ruled Myanmar with an iron fist for 49 years and persecuted politicians, reporters and dissidents.

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Business

Italy bond auction success points to ECB action hopes

China buys 50 Airbus jet planes

Merkel eases China eurozone crisis fears

CHINA signed an agreement with Germany for 50 Airbus planes worth over $4 billion during Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Beijing yesterday, the first significant order since a dispute between Beijing and Europe over emissions trading. The dispute between China and the European Union has frozen earlier deals worth up to $14 billion. China’s ICBC Leasing and Airbus, whose parent company is Franco-German-led aerospace group EADS, signed the deal for 50 Airbus A320-family planes and another agreement about Airbus plane assembling in China, state news agency Xinhua said. Xinhua put the value of the deal at $3.5 billion, but at published list prices it could be worth $4.6 billion, according to a breakdown of models supplied by Airbus. China regularly orders aircraft in large batches timed to coincide with high-level contacts with US or European leaders, but the deal fell short of European expectations of a 100-plane order circulating on the eve of Merkel’s trip. Airbus insisted it was satisfied with the deal, which includes the first Chinese order for its fastest-selling model, a revamped version of its narrow-body plane known as A320neo. “In the current economic environment, every deal is a good deal. What counts is: aviation is and remains a growth industry, with Asia and China being significant drivers,” a company spokesman said. Officials said Airbus and Chinese authorities had also reached a $1.6-billion framework deal to extend an Airbus A320 assembly line at Tianjin near Beijing.

By Francesca Landini and Andreas Rinke A SUCCESSFUL Italian bond auction yesterday pointed to growing conﬁdence among investors that the European Central Bank will live up to its words and take measures to change the course of the currency bloc’s debt crisis. In Beijing, German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to temper China’s fears about the damage the crisis could wreak on the world economy, enough to elicit an undertaking that China would, under certain conditions, buy more eurozone bonds. Since ECB President Mario Draghi vowed a month ago to do whatever it takes to save the euro, Spanish and Italian bond yields have fallen markedly, particularly for shorterdated maturities. Now he has to follow through. At a policy meeting next week Draghi is expected to reveal the ECB’s terms of engagement for intervening in the bond market, reconciling a resistant German Bundesbank to the plan while avoiding conditions that will scupper its effectiveness. Credible ECB action to lower Italian and Spanish borrowing costs would buy the two countries time to reduce their debt and push through economic reforms to boost growth potential. Italy sold 7.29 billion euros of debt at its ﬁrst auction in a

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao review an honour guard during her welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday (AFP) month, and shifted the maximum targeted amount of a new 10-year bond at a yield well under its 6 per cent pain threshold. “It’s a lower yield than the previous one,” said Elisabeth Afseth, ﬁxed-income analyst at Investec in London. “I think it is very much to do with the ECB, and if we hadn’t had that, I suspect both Spanish and Italian yields would have been considerably wider than where they are.” Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said a brieﬁng by Merkel assuaged his concerns slightly, but warned that no quick resolution for the cri-

sis was in sight. “The main worries are twofold: ﬁrst is whether Greece will leave the eurozone. The second is whether Italy and Spain will take comprehensive rescue measures,” Wen said. “After I heard her views, it increased my conﬁdence. But I must honestly say, the implementation of these measures won’t be completely smooth,” Wen said, before adding China could be prepared to buy more EU government bonds after evaluating the prevailing risks. His remarks helped lift the euro, although Beijing

has made similar noises on bond buying before with little result. Draghi has said the ECB will buy Spanish and Italian bonds if called upon, but that any recipient country must ﬁrst seek help from the eurozone’s rescue fund, to which conditions will be attached. Merkel has signalled her backing for Draghi’s strategy despite warnings from Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann that to do so would risk letting indebted eurozone governments off the hook for austerity measures and reforms they need to implement. Sources say Weidmann

is short of allies within the ECB and could not block the scheme, but if his concerns are not met, ongoing Bundesbank criticism could undermine it. Draghi has cancelled a visit to a gathering of top central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, suggesting he has his hands full knocking up a viable plan. “We have to see what the ECB can do by its statutes, but we also have to tighten controls because it cannot be that this leads to moral hazard,” Austrian Finance Minister Mario Fekter said in an interview with Reuters.

Barclays name Jenkins as new CEO Rates

New Barclays CEO Jenkins (above) inherits a daunting intray, having succeeded US predecessor Diamond

BARCLAYS named retail banker Antony Jenkins as chief executive yesterday, signalling a shift of emphasis from investment banking after the interest rate-setting scandal that brought down his American predecessor Bob Diamond. Regulators had criticised Britain’s fourth biggest bank by market value for an aggressive risk-taking culture and the big question for the soft-spoken Jenkins is whether he will pare back the investment bank that the colourful Diamond had built. Jenkins said Barclays had made mistakes and had to change. “Getting there will require nothing short of the transformation of how we operate the business,” he said. He told Reuters: “It would be wrong to ignore some of the things that have happened in the past. That does require us to modify the culture.” Jenkins inherits a daunting in-tray. He was appointed hours after the bank said fraud prosecutors had launched a criminal probe into dealings with Qatar in 2008. That comes just two months after Barclays was ﬁned over $450 for manipulating Libor interest rates, prompting Diamond’s resignation. Jenkins, 51, started as a graduate trainee at Barclays in 1983. After spells elsewhere, he returned six years ago to turn around its

credit card business before taking on all its retail banking. He had been seen as the leading internal candidate to follow Diamond, although some investors had questioned his lack of investment banking experience and would have preferred an external hire to mark a bigger change. The investment bank has been at the heart of the firm’s recent troubles, but it delivered 54 per cent of the group’s underlying profit in the first half of 2012. Barclays would only be following other global banks in scaling back investment banking at a time of tougher economic conditions and additional regulation, but financial analysts questioned how far Jenkins would do so. Changes would be “incremental rather than revolutionary” said Jason Napier, analyst at Deutsche Bank. “We expect the bank to stick to its strategy of seeking to operate world leading retail and investment banking operations,” he said. Barclays shares traded down nearly 0.7 per cent at 1245 GMT compared to a 0.6 per cent fall in the European banking index “He’s a very capable guy,” Oriel Securities analyst Mike Trippitt said of Jenkins. “I think the fact that he’s come up the ranks in the retail and commercial world means he’ll take a very fresh view of the investment bank.”

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

0.7963 0.7883

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Denmark Kr

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Japan Yen

99.1363 97.9537

Norwegian Kr

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Polish Zloty

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Romanian Leu 4.5597 4.3809 Russian Ruble 40.8346 39.8264 Swedish Kr

8.4467 8.2381

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Christofias throws pity party for the Diaspora’s benefit PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias took full advantage of this week’s overseas Cypriots conference to throw his latest pity party. Here was a captive audience, the members of which do not actually live in the country and thus were not here to witness his previous self-pitying outbursts on television. With teary eyes he apologised to them for the situation on the domestic front, but not because he had anything to do with our dismal predicament. It was a classic passive aggressive move – blame others for your situation. Can’t keep a job? ‘My co-workers were out to get me’ or ‘everyone else is ruining my life’. In Christofias case it was: ‘the Cyprus problem hasn’t been solved because of Turkey’, ‘the economy is in the toilet because of the banks’ and there is ‘no mutual understanding’ on the domestic front’. He’s allowed a pass on the first excuse because every Cyprus president in the last 38 years has said the same thing, On the latter, well, if there was mutual understanding between governments and opposition, there would be no opposition, or maybe Christofias just wants everyone to agree with him and not criticise. This is a character flaw not to be held against him too much because everyone knows he is a just a big softy inside. His remarks, and attitude towards the state of the economy are much more telling of what kind of president he is however. There was still no sign of accepting any responsibility for what has happened even though it’s a fact that he knew, and had been warned on several occasions that action needed to be taken. Like with Mari, Christofias went down the ‘cheated husband’ path. It was all the fault of the banks and the former central bank governor. While he was sowing his seeds of distrust among the Diaspora about the banks, his minions were busy demonising them further in the media. The propaganda machine has been working overtime the past couple of weeks grinding out negative press. On Wednesday it reached a crescendo. A front page story about banks’ alleged mis-dealings appeared in AKEL mouthpiece Haravghi, and on the same day the state news agency put out a story quoting AKEL-controlled central bank sources subtly alluding to criminal liability on the part of the banks. This was all neatly wrapped up by the state broadcaster the same evening, Of course the banks have a responsibility for what has happened but at least they have acknowledged it, unlike Christofias who acts as if he is Christ being crucified, when his behaviour more closely resembles that of Pontius Pilate. “I do not know if I am leaving with a heavy heart or whether a great weight will be lifted from me,” he told the Diaspora delegations of his decision to step down, but as someone aptly commented on our website yesterday, “no, a great weight will be lifted from us’.

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N THE coming months, several serious regional economic and political crises could combine into one mega-watershed, fueling an intense global upheaval. In the course of the summer, the prospect of a perilous fall has become only more likely. The drums of war are being banged ever more loudly in the Middle East. No one can predict the direction in which Egypt’s Sunni Islamist president and parliamentary majority will lead the country. But one thing is clear: the Sunni Islamists are decisively altering the region’s politics. This regional re-alignment need not be necessarily anti-Western, but it surely will be if Israel and/or the United States attack Iran militarily. Meanwhile, civil war is raging in Syria, accompanied by a humanitarian catastrophe. To be sure, President Bashar al-Assad’s regime will not survive, but it is determined to ﬁght until the end. Syria’s balkanization among the country’s diverse ethnic and religious groups is a clearly predictable result. Indeed, a Bosnia-type scenario can no longer be excluded, while the prospect of the Syrian government’s loss of control over its chemical weapons poses an immediate threat of military intervention by Turkey, Israel, or the US. Moreover, the Syrian civil war has become a proxy in an openly declared battle for regional hegemony between Iran on one side and Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and the US on the other. Staying on the sidelines of this Arab-Western coalition, Israel is playing its cards close to its chest. Iran, for its part, has proclaimed Syria an indispensable ally, and is determined to prevent regime change there by all available means. Does that mean that Hezbollah’s militias in neighbouring Lebanon will now become directly involved in Syria’s civil war? Would such intervention revive Lebanon’s own long civil war of the 1970’s and 1980’s? Is there a threat of a new Arab-Israeli war hanging over the Middle East? And, as Kurds inside and outside of Syria grow more assertive, Turkey, with its large and longrestive Kurdish population, is also growing restive. At the same time, the regional struggle currently playing out in Syria is becoming increasingly entangled with the other major source of war sounds: Iran’s nuclear pro-

Comment Joschka Fischer gramme. Indeed, parallel to the Syrian drama, the rhetoric in the confrontation between Israel and Iran over the program has become dramatically harsher. Both sides have maneuvered themselves into a dead-end. If Iran gives in and agrees to a sustainable diplomatic solution, the regime will lose face on a critical domestic issue, jeopardizing its legitimacy and survival. From the regime’s point of view, the legacy of the 1979 Islamic revolution is at stake. But the international sanctions are hurting, and Iran risks losing Syria. Everything points to the regime’s need for success – now more than ever – concerning its nuclear programme. Similarly, Israel’s government has backed itself into a domestic policy trap of its own. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak cannot accept a nuclear-armed Iran. They do not fear a nuclear attack against Israel, but rather a nuclear arms race in the region and a dramatic shift in power to Israel’s disadvantage. From their point of view, Israel must either convince the US to attack Iran and its nuclear plants or take on the maximum risk of using its own military forces to do so. Both sides have substantially reduced their options, thereby limiting the possibility of a diplomatic compromise. And that means that both sides have stopped thinking through the consequences of their actions. Everywhere there is talk of a “military option,” which means air strikes. But, while advocates speak of a limited “surgical operation,” what they are really talking about is the start of two wars: an aerial war, led by the US and Israel, and an asymmetric war, led by Iran and its allies. And what if this “military option” fails? What if Iran becomes a nuclear power, the region’s democratic movements are swept away by a wave of anti-Western Islamic solidarity, and the Iranian regime emerges even stronger? Iran, too, evidently has not thought its position through to its logical conclusion. What does it stand to gain from nuclear status if it comes at the

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The drums of war are being banged loudly cost of regional isolation and harsh United Nations sanctions for the foreseeable future? And what if it triggers a regional nuclear arms race? A war in the Persian Gulf – still the world’s gas station – would affect oil exports for some time, and energy prices would skyrocket, dealing a severe blow to a global economy that is teetering on the brink of recession. China, already in economic trouble, would be hit hardest, along with the whole of East Asia. With the US also economically weakened and facing a presidential election, America’s leadership ability would be seriously constricted. And could a weakened Europe cope with an oil shock at all? A regional and global security

shock caused by asymmetric warfare could add still further to the world economy’s troubles, causing exports to slump even more. Respice ﬁnem! (“Consider the end”), the Romans used to say. World leaders need to take this timeless wisdom to heart. And that applies doubly to Europeans. It would be absurd if we had to suffer a real catastrophe again in order to understand what European integration has always been about. Joschka Fischer, Germany’s foreign minister and vicechancellor from 1998 to 2005, was a leader in the German Green Party for almost 20 years © Project Syndicate 2012

WHAT THE MAIL SAID

1959

25 years ago Wednesday August 31, 1987

British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and American president Dwight Eisenhower give a historic live television broadcast from Downing Street.

The three suspects held in connection with a car bombing that killed Panicos Michael and his two sons in Limassol last July 10 have been formally charged with premeditated murder. The detainees are Panayiotis Panayi Kafkaris, a driver from Vouni, and the two Aeroporos brothers, Pambos and Andreas, from Kolossi.

1977 Ian Smith’s ruling Rhodesian Front wins an overwhelming victory in the country’s general election.

1994 The IRA announces a ‘complete cessation of military operations’ after 25 years of bombing and killing.

1997 Diana, Princess of Wales, is killed after her car crashes in a Paris underpass - the driver and her companion Dodi Fayed are also dead.

2006 Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.

35 years ago Friday August 31, 1977 Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash has formally backed the statement made in the UN Security Council by the Turkish Cypriot envoy, Vedat Celik that the Turkish side is in favour of continuation of the talks, despite earlier declarations that the Turks would call off the talks if the Famagusta issue was taken to the UN.

45 years ago Saturday August 31, 1967 The Beatles have turned to mystical retreat, seeking some key to inner happiness. Their meditations with an Indian holy man were shattered by the death of Brian Epstein, the ﬁfth Beatle. A cloud of uncertainty dropped over the glittering future of the world’s top pop group.

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Trey Songz’s latest album takes No. 1

R&B artist Trey Songz’s ﬁfth studio album sold 135,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan

R&B artist Trey Songz topped the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday with his latest album Chapter V, successfully edging out three other new entries on the chart this week. Songz’s ﬁfth studio album sold 135,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan, pushing last week’s chart-topper Based On A T.R.U. Story from rapper 2 Chainz to No. 2 with 48,000 copies. DJ Khaled’s sixth studio album Kiss The Ring debuted at No. 4 with 41,000 copies sold, behind the compilation of various artists on the Now 43 album, which dropped one

spot to No. 3 this week with sales of 45,000 units. Electronic-indie act Owl City (real name Adam Young) debuted at No. 7 with his fourth studio album The Midsummer Station, selling 30,000 copies in its ﬁrst week, fueled by his hit single “Good Time” featuring Carly Rae Jepsen. Christian music band Tenth Avenue North had the fourth debut in the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart. Their third studio album, The Struggle, came in at No. 9 with 26,000 copies sold. Justin Bieber’s Believe took No. 5

in its 10th week in the chart, while Maroon 5’s Overexposed notched No. 6, Rick Ross’ God Forgives, I Don’t dropped from No. 3 to No. 8, and One Direction’s Up All Night rounded out the top ten. Over on the Digital Songs chart, Taylor Swift safely held onto the No. 1 position as her latest hit “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” sold 307,000 downloads in its second week. Maroon 5’s “One More Night” climbed from No. 4 to No. 2 with 195,000 downloads while Flo Rida’s “Whistle” dropped one place to No. 3 with 180,000 downloads.

Cheryl Cole injured in crash

Birthday vigil held for Jacko in home town Supporters flock to late singer’s boyhood home, joined by Prince Michael and Paris MICHAEL Jackson’s fans held a vigil outside his childhood home on Wednesday on what would have been his 54th birthday. Many supporters ﬂocked to the late singer’s boyhood home in Gary, Indiana, to pay tribute to their idol, who died in June 2009 from acute Propofol intoxication. They were dancing outside to Michael’s music until his eldest two children, Prince Michael, 15, and 14-year-old Paris arrived, when they started forming around them to get their memorabilia autographed. Paris then tweeted a photo of the crowd and wrote: “you guys are amazing!!! (sic)” Reverend Jesse Jackson also showed up at the tribute, stopping in the crowd before the vigil to pose for a photo with a Michael Jackson impersonator. Before the vigil, Paris and Prince were given blue

‘Team Gary’ T-shirts by Gary Mayor, Karen Freeman-Wilson as they posed for pictures at a casino overlooking Lake Michigan. Paris later told fans: “We just want you to know how much he meant to us and the city of Gary.” Prince and Paris are in Gary for four days with their brother Blanket, 10, aunt La Toya Jackson and the trio’s co-guardians, grandmother Katherine Jackson and their cousin TJ Jackson. Karen Freeman-Wilson, the Mayor of Gary, was to host a special dinner yesterday to commemorate the life of the King of Pop, as well as honour Michael’s mother Katherine, and a tribute concert will take place today at the local West Side Theatre Guild. Michael’s personal physician Dr Conrad Murray is currently serving a jail sentence for the singer’s involuntary manslaughter.

Late singer Michael Jackson (above right, and left) was to be honoured with a special dinner in the city of Gary, Indiana yesterday, and a tribute concert taking place today at the local West Side Theatre Guild

CHERYL Cole and Will.i.am have been injured in a car crash. The pair were left with whiplash after a minor accident in Los Angeles, which occurred early on Wednesday after they left a studio following a long recording session. According to reports, Will.i.am was driving a Cadillac which hit a parked car while his best friend Cheryl was in the front passenger seat. Both quickly assured fans they were fine. Will.i.am tweeted: “Car accidents are not dope...I’m glad I’m o.k#wiplash.” He added: “We’re fine. Cheryl Cole (and I) were coming back from the studio but she and I are fine ... just a little wiplash.” Cheryl added: “Don’t worry me and @iamwill are fine, promise x” According to reports, the airbag by the steering wheel inflated, hitting Will.i.am in the face and making his nose bleed. But there was apparently no inflation of any airbag on the passenger side and Cheryl may have struck her head on the dashboard. Will.i.am had a full checkup at nearby Cedars-Sinai hospital, while Cheryl was treated at the scene and did not go to hospital.

Britney Spears bans pretty staff from X Factor Pattinson the target for Garfield’s ex BRITNEY Spears has banned pretty female staff from working on the US X Factor. The ‘Toxic’ singer – who joined the panel of the reality TV show as a judge this year alongside Demi Lovato, Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid – has reportedly told producers she doesn’t want any attractive women working backstage while she is on the show as they make her feel insecure. A source told the Daily Star newspaper: “Britney has stipulated that none of the female backstage staff working with her are too pretty or stylish. Britney recently claimed she is a “very subtle” ‘X Factor’ judge and tries to

Insecure: US X Factor judge Britney Spears

be constructive in her advice for the auditionees. She said in a promo clip for the show: “So far everything has been so fun for all of us. “Everything is like a new experience for me, so it’s a lot of fun and the talent has been amazing. “I feel like my judging style is very subtle. I try to use constructive criticism.” Despite saying she is “subtle”, Britney - who has been described as an “incredibly tough” judge - is seen in the video dispensing some harsh words to one contestant. She tells the hopeful: “I wanna know who let you on stage.”

ANDREW Garﬁeld’s ex-girlfriend has set her sights on Robert Pattinson. Actress Shannon Woodward has been growing close to the Twilight Saga hunk - who was left devastated when Kristen Stewart cheated on him - and hopes the brooding actor will fall for her because she understands how it feels to go through a traumatic love split. A source told the Daily Star newspaper: “R-Patz and Shannon have been getting really close. She’s fancied him for years, but he’s always been dating Kristen when their paths crossed at social events. “She understands what Rob’s going through. She split up with Andrew

Heart to get: recently single Robert Pattinson

Garﬁeld after he fell in love with his Spider-Man co-star Emma Stone.” “Shannon’s hoping they can be more than just friends.” Shannon’s best pal Katy Perry recently enjoyed a friendly dinner date with Robert where she encouraged him to get out and have fun. A source said: “Katy and Rob met up at the Soho House in West Hollywood for a bite to eat (last week). They are close friends and can just be themselves when they are with each other. “Katy has been trying to be as supportive as she can for Rob. She understands what he’s going through and wants to help him. Katy has been urging Rob to go out and be silly and have fun!”

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

NICOSIA Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) and (Screen 3) (in English) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek) and (Screen 3) (in English) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Expendables 2 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.15am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ted (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.35, 8.05 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 5.35, 8.05 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 11.15am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Dark Knight Rises (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35 and 10.05pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 10.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.35 and 8.05pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Summer Open-Air Marathon (tonight: Brother Bear) Konstantia Open-Air Cinema, Wednesday to Sunday at 9pm. Tel: 22-348203

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

LIMASSOL Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 1 (in 2D, in English) at 6.30, 8.20 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 4.45pm; Rio 2 (in 3D, in Greek), weekends only at 4.45 and 6.30pm; Rio 3 (in 3D, in Greek) at 6.30pm (weekdays only), 8.20 and 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) and (Screen 3) (in English) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Expendables 2 (15) Rio 2 at 6.20pm (weekdays only), 8.20 and 10.20pm; Rio 3, weekends only at 4.30 and 6.20pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Raven (15) Rio 6 at 10pm. Tel: 25-871410

The Raven

Ted (15) Rio 4 at 6.20, 8.20 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 4.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 5) at 8.05 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dark Knight Rises (12) Rio 5 at 7.45 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35 and 10.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dictator (15) Rio 6 at 6.30 and 8.10pm, weekends at 5, 6.40 and 8.20pm. Tel: 25-871410 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 77778383

LARNACA Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) and (Screen 3) (in English) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Expendables 2 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ted (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.35, 8.05 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dark Knight Rises (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35 and 10.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Expendables 2 (15) Rio 7 at 6, 8.10 and 10.20pm, weekends at 8.30 and 10.40pm; Rio 5, weekends only at 4.30 and 6.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Raven (15) Rio 2 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Ted (15) Rio 3 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Dark Knight Rises (12) Rio 4 at 4.45, 7.45 and 10.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

PAPHOS

The Amazing Spider-Man (12) Rio 6 at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 1 (in 3D, in Greek) at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm; Rio 5 (in 2D, in English) at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 8.30 and 10.30pm; Rio 7 (in 2D, in English), weekends only at 4.30 and 6.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

listings Today Exhibition Water Solo art exhibition by Chris Akordalitis. Opens August 31 8pm, until September 3. House of Arts and Literature, 41 - 43 Athinas Street, Paphos. Open: 4pm-9pm. Tel: 26818560

Music Towards A Europe of Peace A performance by the Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra as part of the Kypria International Festival. August 30 and 31. Strovolos Municipal Theatre. 8.30pm. €7/12. Tel: 22-208400. www.kypria.org.cy Glykeria Concert with popular Greek singer accompanied by Areti Ketime and Dilek Koc. August 31. Chloraka Community Stadium, Paphos. 8.30pm. €10/15 with food. Tel: 99-306430

Full Moon Dance Festival Full Moon Productions presents dance festival, a 12 hour event of nonstop music. August 31. Alamanos Beach Paradise Place, Agios Georgios Alamanou, Limassol. 6pm-6am. Presale Tickets: Brent Cross Limassol. €10 with one drink. Tel: 99-178666/99-742221

Theatre Liar Wanted Theatro Ena presents play by Dimitris Psathas set in a modern day Cyprus. August 31-September 1. B Municipal Market (Theatro Ena), Limassol. 8.30pm. In Greek. €12/15. Tel: 96-458399 Please Hold An amateur theatrical performance on how technology has affected human relationships. August 31 and September 1. Satiriko Theatre, Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, Aglantzia, Nicosia. 8.30pm. In Greek. €5. Tel: 22-421609

Other Events Sakis Rouvas – 20th Milk Festival Live performance by famous Greek pop star accompanied by Tamta and the band Cabin 54. August 31. Chalkanoras Idaliou Football Field, Dali, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €12/60. Tel: 99-641421/99-934560

Tomorrow Music Sabaton Swedish metal band perform live with new line-up. September 1. Kingston Rock City, 33 Navarinou Street, Limassol. 8pm. €20/25. Tel: 99-427323 Rock Against the Crisis Rock festival featuring bands from Limassol. September 1. Heroes Square, Limassol. 7pm. Free

Other Events Stationary and School Items Bazaar Get the kids ready for school with a 25% discount off marked prices. September 1 and 8. Soloneon Book Centre, Nicosia. 8.30am-6pm. Tel: 22-666799

Ongoing Theatre Eighth Theatre Festival Until September 2. Community Park, Lympia. 8.30pm. Free. All plays in Greek. Tel: 99-625907

Other Events Geroskipou Beer Festival Music and dance from around the world, fire shows, acrobatics, DJ’s and 40 different kinds of beer. Until September 2. Summer Club, Geroskipou Beach, Paphos. 6pm. €5. Tel: 99-621772/99-294571 Limassol Wine Festival Live music and dancing, traditional Cypriot food and an opportunity to sample different local wines from large and small wineries. Until September 9. Limassol Municipal Gardens, 28th October Avenue. €4/6. Tel: 25-344402/25-344952/25745919

Exhibitions 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

Summer 2012 Group exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Until September 30. Morfi Gallery, 84 Agkyras St, Limassol. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm. Tuesday-Friday: 5pm-8pm.Tel: 25378733. www.morfi.org

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

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

Summer Breeze Group mixed media exhibition. Until September 15. Apocalypse Gallery, 30 Chytron Street, Nicosia. MondayFriday: 10.30am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30am-1pm. Tel: 22-30000/150

Our Lady of Nicosia Exhibition about the church of Phaneromeni and its relics. Until September 30. Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 96-90 Phaneromenis Street, old Nicosia. Monday-Sunday: 10am-7pm. Tel: 80-000800

Diaspora Exhibition by visual artist Nkos Kourossis. Until September 2. The Leventis Municipal Museum, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Open: 3.30pm -5.30pm. Tel: 22-661475

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Document the ‘truth’ through photographs THE DEADLINE is fast approaching for those who want to master the art of storytelling through photography. Those individuals who want to take part in documentary photography seminars organised by Forest Troop in collaboration with the ARTos Foundation, which will take place from October 4 until October 15, still have time to apply online. The series of seminars includes a masterclass for professional photographers as well as a workshop for amateurs with instructor Maro Kouri, an award winning photojournalist. The application deadline for both seminars is Monday, September 10. This is a unique opportunity, as never before has such an intensive, challenging and intimate series of seminars taken place in Cyprus. Whether you’re aspiring to turn professional or just want an exciting and valuable ‘taste’ of what it’s like to work as a documentary photographer, the upcoming seminar is for you. In this course you will learn to document what you see. Images can be a powerful tool – a good photograph demands attention - it takes us to places we have never been, it makes personal that which would otherwise have remained out of sight. For the past century, photography has played a key role in recording the world, informing the public, and shaping society. It reveals hidden worlds, gives faces to those caught in turmoil or change and makes a point of giving voice to people who have none. As with photojournalism, documentary photography seeks to show the truth without manipulating the image. The masterclass Documentary Photography seminar has a duration of 20 hours and is designed for professional photographers and photojournalists, while the Workshop Documentary Photography seminar has a duration of 12 hours, and is designed for amateur photographers with an appetite for creativity. You will learn about different visual languages in

Pictures from Maro Kouri’s portfolio (left) Tanzania - Albino Talisman and (right) China - The different faces of Beijing

documentary photography and their relationship to delivering a message, while considering information and truth. Emphasis will be given to the creation of a portfolio, the editing process of the photographs and the selection and editing of images to be able to present a sample of work to the media, to photo agencies and exhibitions. The seminars will take place in two parts. In the ﬁrst, participants will be taught the theory of photojournalism and will chose an assignment to work on during the week with the help of the instructor. In the second, participants will edit and present their photographs and will discuss and evaluate the results among themselves and with the instructor. Instructor for both seminars is Maro Kouri. She has been awarded with many international awards, including Life.com – 2011 Photos of the Year, International Photojournalist Award SCOOP and Photojournalist of the Year by the Greek Association of Photojournalists. It’s important to note that the seminars will be conducted in Greek and participants must bring a dig-

Coming Up Music Cyprus Cultural Festival revives Fado music THE melancholy, passionate vibratos of fado singers that was born in the bustling sidestreets and alleys of old Lisbon will ﬁnd its way to our shores next week as Cláudia Madur and company perform live at the 15th Culture Festival organised by the Cyprus University. Kicking-off on Wednesday and running until October 12, the festival brings Mediterranean culture to the fore through dancing and musical shows. Originally the festival began as a broader artistic supplement to THEPAK’s (The Theatrical Workshop of the University of Cyprus) efforts in the area of drama, but gradually evolved and expanded to include

concerts by mainly non-commercial musicians. The aim of the festival is to promote those who represent something that has not been assimilated by majority culture of a country, something special, which still lives on in the region

and remains off the beaten track. Also there is a strong emphasis on embracing Mediterranean culture and cultures on the periphery in particular. Thus, organisers tend to choose small ensembles or solo artists who create an intimate atmos-

ital camera and a laptop with them. All the necessary details about the seminars can be found on the ARTos Foundation site (www.artosfoundation.org). Participants must ﬁll out the application form, corresponding to the seminar chosen, and send it to info@foresttroop.com, indicating the title of the chosen seminar (Masterclass or Workshop). In addition, each participant will receive a certiﬁcate and a documentary photography kit including the topics developed during the seminar. Documentary Photography Seminars Masterclass & Workshop by Forest Troop in collaboration with ARTos Foundation instructed by award-winning photojournalist Maro Kouri. October 5-14. Application Deadline: September 10. ARTos Foundation, 64, Ay. Omoloyites Avenue, Nicosia. All participants will receive a certificate and a documentary photography kit including the topics developed during the seminar. Workshop €200/ masterclass €350. Tel: 22-445455 info@artosfoundation.org. www.artosfoundation.org

phere and blend beautifully in the home-like surroundings of the festival’s venue, which is the open-air courtyard of a traditional mansion in Axiothea Street, in the old city of Nicosia. A unique musical tradition from the western edge of the Mediterranean will come to embellish the ﬁrst September night at the mansion. Soulful and haunting, fado (meaning ‘fate’ in Portuguese) captures the spirit of Portugal. The songs are often characterised by passionate lyrics and mournful tunes. Often a fadista is a woman dressed in black, singing with great dignity and drama, accompanied by a Portuguese guitar player and a classical guitarist. The music is said to be the oldest urban folk music in the Western world, representing the voice of the Portuguese soul, yet unfamiliar to many people in Cyprus. The genre can be traced back to the 1820s in Portugal. Some say it came earlier from Africa, while others attribute it to the sailors and ﬁshermen off the Portuguese

By Ledha Socratous coast. It took root in the steamy working class bars of Lisbon, where music was always on offer and the drama was frequently high-pitched. Today, a young generation of fado singers is embracing the centuries-old music, redeﬁning and reinvigorating the tunes. One such fadista is Cláudia Madur, who will be accompanied by Mario Henriques (Portuguese guitar) and Daniel Paredes (classical guitar) for the show next week. The trio, which will make its debut in Cyprus after a special invitation by the Cultural Centre of the University of Cyprus, will perform traditional fado songs about fate and destiny as well as songs belonging to the most cheerful, melodically and rhythmically, kind of fado, the Fado Cancao. Claudia Madur Portuguese fado singer performs live, part of Cultural Festival of the University of Cyprus. September 5. Cultural Centre of the University of Cyprus, Axiothes Mansion, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €5/10. Tel: 22-894531-2

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The Expendables 2

SUMMARIES Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (See page opposite) Our rating:

The Expendables 2 Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road and Hale Caesar – with newest members Billy the Kid and Maggie aboard – are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries – at least till a villain called Vilain (Jean-Claude Van Damme) intervenes; when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them. Also starring Terry Crews and Nan Ted

The Dark Knight Rises

Yu, with special appearances by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris. Directed by Simon West. (Action, 103 mins.) Our rating:

calls on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case. Also starring Alice Eve and Brendan Gleeson. Directed by James McTeigue. (Mystery thriller, 110 mins.) Our rating:

The Raven When a mother and daughter are found murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaper – part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack). But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story. Realising that a serial killer is on the loose using Poe’s writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the author’s help in stopping the attacks – but the stakes soon become even higher, and the inventor of the detective story

Ted As a child, John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) makes a Christmas miracle happen by bringing to life his one and only friend – his teddy bear. Ted the talking teddy (voice of Seth MacFarlane) becomes a celebrity but remains faithful to John, his best friend forever. Boy and bear grow up together – but the time comes when grown-up John has to choose between staying with his girlfriend Lori (Mila Kunis) or holding on to his friendship with his crude and extremely inappropriate teddy bear. Also starring Giovanni Ribisi. Directed by Seth MacFarlane. (Comedy, 106 mins.) Our rating:

The Dark Knight Rises It’s been eight years since

Batman (Christian Bale) vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act – but everything will change with the arrival of Selina (Anne Hathaway), a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane (Tom Hardy), a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce Wayne out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane. Also starring Michael Caine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard and Gary Oldman. Directed by Christopher Nolan. (Comic-book action drama, 164 mins.) Our rating:

The Dictator General Admiral Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen), the dictator of Wadiya, is developing nuclear weapons, and the UN delivers an ultimatum for him to address the General Assembly personally or face the world’s wrath. The demented Dictator and his henchman Tamir (Ben Kingsley) head for New York, where a plot to assassinate him and turn Wadiya into a

democracy so its oil can be exploited – by those inside the country as well as some outside – is in the making. But when an anti-Aladeen protester (Anna Faris) mistakes the now beardless or a fellow traveller, Aladeen for or’s complicated the Dictator’s ent becomes even predicament mplicated. Also more complicated. ason Mantzoukas. starring Jason Directed by Larry Charles. (Comedy, 83 mins.) Our rating:

The Amazing azing Spider-Man Peter Parker ker (Andrew Garfield) iss an outcast highschooler who was abandoned rents as a boy, by his parents m to be raised by leaving him his Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field). He’s tryingg to figure out who anwhile also finding he is, meanwhile his way with his first highush Gwen Stacy school crush tone). Peter finds (Emma Stone). ous briefcase a mysterious ged to his father, that belonged and beginss a quest to solve ry of his parents’ the mystery ance – leading him disappearance directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curtt Connors (Rhys Ifans), hiss father’s former long the way he partner. Along vertently acquires also inadvertently ary powers – extraordinary pider-Man, is set and, as Spider-Man, sion course with on a collision Connors, who transforms to ‘The Lizard’. himself into ing Denis Leary and Also starring Campbell Scott. Directed by bb. In 3D. (ComicMarc Webb. on, 136 mins.) book action, Our rating: **

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift Scrat’s nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he’s been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences – causing a continental cataclysm that creates the Earth as we know it and triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny the mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), Diego the sabertoothed tiger (voiced by Denis Leary) and Sid the sloth (voiced by John Leguizamo). In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home. Also with the voices of Peter Dinklage and Nick

Frost. Directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier. In 3D. (Kids’ cartoon, 94 mins.) Our rating:

Nicostratos, Le Pelican Yannis (Thibault Le Guellec) lives with his father Demosthenis (Emir Kusturica) on a small Greek island. Since the death of his mother, his relationship with his father has deteriorated. During the summer of his 14th birthday, however, his encounters with Nicostratos, a pelican, and Angeliki, a 15 year old city-

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NEW FILMS Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

Directed by: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath and Conrad Vernon With the voices of: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer US 2012, 93 mins. In 3D. Showing from today at the K-Cineplex and K-Cineplex (Mall of Cyprus) in Nicosia, the Rio and K-Cineplex in Limassol, the K-Cineplex in Larnaca and the Rio in Paphos.

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Ratings key Unforgettable Unmissable Recommendable Watchable Regrettable Abominable

girl, changes his life. Directed by Olivier Horlait. In French, with Greek subtitles. (Drama, 95 mins.) Our rating: N/A

Alex the lion (voiced by Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) are still trying to get back to New York and their beloved Central Park zoo, but ﬁrst they need to ﬁnd the penguins. When they travel to Monte Carlo, they attract the attention of obsessive animal-hunter Chantal Dubois of Animal Control after gate-crashing a party, and are joined by the penguins, the monkeys, King Julian (Sacha Baron Cohen) and the rest of the crew. How does such a crazy menagerie travel through Europe without attracting attention? Simple. They join a travelling circus.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID Pro: “Why Europe? Be-

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

cause each Madagascar movie needs a different setting; and because the continent, with folks of many nationalities to make gentle mock of, has already served as the excuse for such earlier sequels as National Lampoon’s European Vacation and Pixar’s Cars 2. And why may the Mad menagerie never go home for good? Because home is boring, and domestic contentment a snooze. That’s why there was never a Wizard of Oz sequel called ‘Dorothy Stays in Kansas’… “Darnell and McGrath, who also directed the first two Madagascarr movies, have learned that nothing n thingsucceeds no excess, like so they don’t bother with down-time scenes that would let the audience catch its collective breath. Nor do they worry that the typhoon of pop-culture references may elude some viewers. At first, the comic tone is archer than the McDonald’s logo … Then the picture goes truly nuts and approaches the comic surrealism of a very early Warners cartoon gem, Bob Clampett’s 1938 Porky in Wackyland. Only in 3-D, with fireworks and magical flying circuses. It’s a true Cirque de Berserk. “Mad 3 doesn’t exactly belong in the animation Hall of Fame. What King Julien says of himself – ‘I’m just an emotional whoopee cushion for you to sit on’ – is equally true of this psy-comic sequel … But I have to give props to a movie that ascends from eccentricity to insanity without losing its footing, In circus terms, it’s

like a guy who’s shot out of a cannon and lands on a high wire wir in a perfect pirouette.” Richard Corliss, TIME (US) R “Aside from Pixar (and “A even eve that studio isn’t always safe territory), computersaf animated kiddie flicks like ani Madagascar 3: Europe’s Ma Most Mo Wanted usually aren’t movies, so much as collecmo tions of brightly coloured tio shapes, past-their-sell-date sha pop po songs (Reel 2 Real’s ‘I Like Lik To Move It’, a franchise favourite, gets another airfav ing in the latest instalment), wacky celebrity voices and wa merchandising opportunime ties. tie So the threequel – which has a trio of directors and was co-written by, of all people, coThe Th Squid And The Whale writer-director Noah Baumwri bach – deserves a moment of ba applause for being so deeply, app engagingly weird… eng “Madagascar 3 tramples all “M logic log with disarming exuberance anc – an unlikely romance that tha develops between Sacha Baron Cohen’s flamboyant Ba lemur and a tricycle-riding lem bear bea is indulged to the point where the two take a trip to wh the Vatican to meet the pope while ‘Con Te Partirò’ plays wh in the background. Scenes like the pursuit through the streets of Monaco, a climacstr tic circus performance, a signature hoop-jumping trick nat by a tiger voiced by Bryan Cranston, and a rescue via air Cra balloon and trapeze actually bal merit 3-D and delve into the me surreal. Credit Baumbach, sur credit the filmmakers, credit cre no one giving a damn anymore mo – for what’s yet another hyperactive talking-animal hyp children’s movie, Madagaschi

car 3: Europe’s Most Wanted is uncommonly rewarding, and a potential future stoner’s delight.” Alison Willmore, The A.V. Club (US) “Madagascar 3 is deeply involved in surrealism, rivalling Disney’s pink elephants on parade in a circus sequence that, if not as good as Dumbo’s, is not as good because it’s scored by a genuinely dreadful Katy Perry song. The picture’s so cheerfully, indefatigably strange, in fact, that at times it approaches the Golden Age of Looney Tunes. It’s an effervescent little artifact housing a psychotic, bestial gendarme named Capt. Chantel DuBois (voiced maniacally by Frances McDormand), who, in a moment of extreme cultural insensitivity, rouses her comatose henchmen with a rendition of Edith Piaf’s ‘Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien’ … The picture is lawless in this way: Chris Rock’s Marty the Zebra has never been blacker (his signature song this time around has something to do with a circus afro), David Schwimmer’s Melman the Giraffe was never more of a kvetch, Bryan Cranston’s Russian tiger Vitaly is depressed and bellicose, and Martin Short’s brilliantlyconceived sea lion Stefano is enthusiastically, effervescently, Roberto Benigni-stupidly Italian. “They’re broad caricatures, all, but Madagascar 3 gets away with it by being goodnatured and frequently hilarious. It has a lemur fall in love with a sub-vocal circus bear as our heroes try to make their way back to Manhattan on the coattails of a

moribund circus abandoned midway by its human owners. It’s an empty premise given some pretext of tension by the pursuit of DuBois, to whom the animators grant a heightened olfactory sense and what seem like backwards-hinged joints that let her scuttle about like a Gallic cockroach. The action scenes are on a par with those in Spielberg’s Tintin; the movie avoids dead weight, such as the romantic subplots that bog down a surprisingly high volume of animated fare.” Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central (Internet) Mixed: “This may sound like a silly complaint in a movie that features talking animals, penguins who fly planes and tigers who jump through a flaming hoop the size of a wedding ring, but Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted just isn’t realistic enough. “The film … has quite a few laughs for adults and kids, like its predecessors … But plot devices and developments appear out of nowhere, in a throw-it-at-the-wall-andsee-what-sticks approach. It’s silly, and it’s lazy. “And yet, again, it’s pretty funny… “We have gotten to know and like these characters over three movies, and most of what made us feel that way about them is still on display. Zipping from one thing to the next as it does at breakneck pace, Madagascar 3 has a problem: It rarely slows down enough to let us really enjoy it.” Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic (US)

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LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 5 bedrs detached house, 550sq.m, built in 2 big plots of land, big garden with grass, big swimming pool with extra fence for children and big covered patio with bbq area, big reception areas with marble floor, fire place and bar, big kitchen with all electrical appliances and sitting room with fire place, maid’s room, floor heating, full a/c, blinds on the windows, master bedroom with en suite bathroom and shower, big bathroom for the other 3 bedrooms and extra shower in the 5th bedroom. Available end of July - Strovolos €2500 (H5ST10001-R),

TO LET NICOSIA (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 neighbourhood close to the Embassies –Engomi €900 (H3ENG0002-R), (photos in the website) 3. 4 bedr + separate office space + maid’s room luxury detached house, split level, big open space sitting areas,400sq.m,a/c for hot and cold in all the rooms, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, swimming pool, big verandas, 2 covered parking, in a very quiet area near Lidl – Latsia €2500 (H4LAT0008-R), (photos in the website). 4. 3 bedr luxry detached house with 1 bedr flat in the basement, floor heating with gass a/c units, big kitchen with electrical appliances, 4 wc, 3 bathrooms, big garden with small pebbles, 2 covered parking, in a quiet area in a dead end. Can be rented furnished or not. AVAILABLE in August – Makedonitissa €1700 (H4MAK0027-R), (photos in the website). 5. 4 bedr+ attic room with shower and wc luxury detached house with separate maid’s room, central heating, a/c, separate office room, sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with dining room and big family room opening to the big garden with grass and

WIN A TRIP FOR 2 TO SOUTH AFRICA IN AID OF PAPHOS HOSPICE Organised by SACY NEWS The SACY NEWS was launched early 2012, and has within a short period, become a popular and well-liked publication among the South African community, and other expatriates living on the island of Cyprus. With the support of the South African Consulate, the SACY NEWS has become a prime media source for all South African Cypriots living in Cyprus. “We wanted to create a ‘voice’ for all South Africans in Cyprus. The South African community has increased in number, and it was only a matter of time before we had our own community paper,” says Paul Charalambous, editor of the SACY NEWS. The high-quality publication is produced on a bi-monthly basis and is distributed all over the island, free of charge. The SACY NEWS’ presence as a media sponsor for almost all South African events has spread extensively throughout the island. In recognition of the strong and supportive South African community, the SACY NEWS will be organising the South African New Year’s Eve Ball at the ‘Fifth Floor Restaurant’ in Paphos. This event will become an annual affair on the SACY NEWS calendar. “Everyone is welcome,” says Paul. “We want to revive the traditional South African Greek events we were accustomed to in South Africa.” The SACY NEWS will be organising competitions on a regular basis to support the many charities on the island. After months of planning, and the support from many sponsors in Cyprus and South Africa, the SACY NEWS recently launched the ‘Win a trip for 2 to South Africa Competition’ in aid of the Paphos Hospice. This unique prize package, which includes two return tickets to Johannesburg with Etihad Airways and Century Travel, will be complimented by seven nights at the 5-Star Peermont D’oreale Grande at Emperors Palace Hotel, Casino and Convention Resort. The prize includes an additional two nights at Sandton’s premier Michelangelo Hotel, and a further two nights at the Thabana Safari Lodge for an exceptional full board safari experience. SAFARIS 4 U – A leading group tour operator based in Johannesburg, will provide unique tours to top attractions in Johannesburg, during the course of your stay. Tickets are on sale from all Paphos Hospice Charity Shops, participating outlets (island wide) and private individuals for the price of € 3 per ticket. The winner will be announced at the South African New Year’s Eve Ball on the 31st December 2012. For more information on this unique eleven nights prize package to South Africa, contact the SACY NEWS on 96 343 687. You can also visit their page on Facebook.

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

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bbq area, 2 covered parking, behind General flooring shop – Makedonitissa €3000 (H4MAK0025-R), (Photos on the website). 6. 3 bedr + big attic room which can be used as a bedroom/ office, detached house, central heating, full a/c,3wc, 2 bathrooms, big sitting and dining room, separate kitchen with all the electrical appliances, small garden and patio with bbq area, covered parking, near Apollonion hospital. – Makedonitissa €1200 (H4MAK0016-R), (photos in the website) 7. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, 330sq.m, central heating, full ac, 2 covered parking’s, big kitchen with sitting room and all expensive electrical appliances, blinds on the windows, lighting fixtures, 2 bedrs with en suite shower and wc, main bathroom with jacuzzi,3rd bedroom with only shower ,swimming pool with wooden deck around, covered patio with nice covered bbq area, opposite a green area in a very quiet area – Strovolos €2600 (H4ST10040-R), (photos in the website). 8. 4 bedr luxury detached house, 350sq.m, central heating, full a/c, office space, separate maid’s room, big storage room, solid parquet floor in the bedrooms, 2 covered parking, swimming pool, garden with trees, veranda with bbq area, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, big sitting and dining areas,

very near to English School, off Athalassas Avenue €2300 (H4ST10036-R), (photos on the website). 9. 3 bedr ground floor semi detached house in very good condition with storage heaters, 5a/c,2wc, big kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting and dining room, big front veranda, 2 covered parking in a very quiet neighbourhood close to Alpha Mega - Parissinos €550 (H3PA2001-R), (photos in the website). 10. 4 bedr new luxury finished top quality detached house, 290sq.m, central heating, full a/c, master bedroom with ensuite shower/jacuzzi, guest bedroom with shower, main bathroom with jacuzzi, 4wc, fully expensive furnished with 3 LCD televisions, kitchen with very expensive electrical appliances and family room, garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area,2 covered parking’s, alarm system, pressure system, - Strovolos €3000 (H4STI0039-R), (Photos on the website). 11. 4 bedr luxury detached house built in 3 plots of land. Separate maid’s room outside the house, big basement with playroom, office and guest room with separate entrance. The house has big sitting and dining room, separate family room, separate kitchen, big bedrooms, internal elevator, central heating, full a/c, big yard with tiles, covered kiosk and trees, 2 covered parking, in a quiet area in a dead end

opposite Cineplex – Strovolos €3000 (H4STI0042-R), (photos in the website). 12. 5 bedr new luxury finished detached house with separate maid’s room, one of the bedrooms with shower and wc and can be used as guest room,4 wc, solid parquet floor all the house, separate family room with fire place, big sitting room, separate dining room, big kitchen with breakfast area, big outside patio with tiles and bbq area,2 covered parking, electrical appliances in the kitchen, in a very quiet neighbourhood close to CYBC station. Can be rented furnished or not. – Platy Aglantzias €3000 (H5PAG0001-R), (Photos on the website). 13. 3 bedr detached house with extra room for office,250sq.m, central heating independent, 4a/c, big renovated, kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting and dining room with parquet floor and fire place,1bathroom,1 shower,2wc, 2 covered parking, big verandas surrounded by trees and bushes off 28th October street - Makedonitissa €1300 (H4STI0043-R), (photos in the website).

ting areas, near the MEGA TV station – Archangelos €1300 (H3AR0002-R), (photos in the website). 15. 3 bedr luxury semi detached house with central heating independent, a/c, 3wc, parquet floor, fire place, electrical appliances in the kitchen, curtains, in a very quiet neighbourhood in the area near Falcon school – Strovolos €1500 (H3STI012-R), (photos in the website). 16. 3 bedr + office space +separate maid’s room detached luxury house, 450sq.m, recently renovated, with central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining area with parquet floor, TV room with fire place, big kitchen with breakfast area and fitted cooker and oven, 4 wc, roller blinds on all windows, very big verandas and yard, covered parking, in a very quiet neighbourhood in the centre of Makedonitissa opposite a playground. €1400 (H4MAK0003-R), (photos in the website). 17. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/ shower, sitting room upstairs, attic room with shower and wc, office space/maid’ s room with shower and wc, central heating, full AC,450sq.m, big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with sitting area and fitted cooker and oven,6 wc, 2 covered parking’s, big yard with tiles and garden with grass, bbq area in a very quiet neighbourhood near the CYBC ( RIK) station and near a neighbourhood park – Aglantzia €2000(H4AGZ0005-R), (photos in the website). 18. New luxury 4 bedr + very big 40sq.m attic room with shower and wc semi detached house, 300 sq.m, central heating, full air condition, big sitting and dining areas, 4 wc, 2 showers,1 bathroom, solar heater, pressure system, covered parking, big back yard with tiles, blinds, cooker, oven and, refrigerator in the kitchen, in a very quiet neighborhood and area – Agios Dometios €1500 (H4ADO0004-R). (photos in the website). 19. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, small yard, bbq area, FULLY FURNISHED, off Costantinoupoleos street near French

Ambassador residence – Strovolos €900 (H4STI0043-R), (photos in the website). 20. 4 bedr + 2 separate rooms with showers and wc (120sq.m) detached house with big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with dining area and family room with fire place, very big swimming pool with bbq area, covered patio, garden with grass, central heating in 4 zones, full a/c, 6wc, 5 covered parking’s, pressure system, opposite Apoel training field. Can be rented furnished or not. AVAILABLE END OF AUGUST – Archangellos €4000 (H4AR0007-R), (photos in the website). 21. 4 bedrs luxury detached villa built in 5 plots of land, 600sq., central Heating, full a/c, very big garden with grass, big swimming pool 5 x 13, bar with bbq area, office space, TV room with fire place, marble floor, all the bedrooms en suite shower/bathroom, separate self contained apartment for the maid, 2 covered parking in a nice area with easy access to the Limassol road. Can be rented also partially furnished – Latsia €5000(H4LAT0007-R), (photos in the website). 22. 4 bedr luxury detached house, separate maid’s room, 600 sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 6 wc, 4 bathrooms, big sitting and dining areas opening on to the garden, big kitchen with electrical appliances, built in 2 big plots of land with huge garden with grass, swimming pool, 2 covered parking, in a quiet neighbourhood close to Alpha Mega supermarket Engomi - €3700 (H4PA20005-R), (photos on the website). 23. 4 bedr luxury detached house with expensive finishes, office space, separate maid’s room, 3 of the bedrooms with en suite shower/bathroom, floor heating, full air condition, white marble floor all the house, fire place, lighting fixtures, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, swimming pool with bbq area, small garden,2 covered parking’s in a nice neighbourhood with expensive houses near KEMA building – Platy Aglantzias €3500 (H4PAG0004-R), (photos in the website). For many more properties with photos visit our web-

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 sit-

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LUXURY FLATS: 1. 2 bedr luxury fully renovated apartment, storage heaters, 3 a/c, separate big kitchen, big sitting dining room, fully modern furnished and equipped with solid parquet floor off Prodromou street – Engomi €600 (A2ENG0010-R), (photos in the website). 2. 2 bedr new luxury modern, 2 storey apartment with solid parquet floor, floor heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 2 wc, expensive fitted electrical appliances, blinds, covered veranda with very nice view, in a quiet neighbourhood on a modern design building. AVAILABLE 1st of August – Aglantzia €750 (A2AGZ0021-R), (photos on the website). 3. 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting room, separate kitchen with electrical appliances, central heating independent with diesel,2 a/c, aluminum shutters in the bedrooms, covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, on a small quiet building in a quiet neighbourhood – Agios Dometios €450 (A1ADO0004-R), (photos in the website). 4. 3 bedr luxury PENTHOUSE apartment with storage heaters, full a/c, office space, very big veranda 100sq.m with nice view and bbq area with bar, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, 2 bathrooms, 2 storage rooms, covered parking, in a small building near Hilton park and Ippokration hospital – Engomi €1000 (A3ENG0023-R), (photos in the website). 6. 1 bedr luxury fully furnished apartment, 60sq.m, with 2 a/c for hot and cold, spacious, covered parking, on a small building near Alpha Mega supermarket – Dasoupolis €450 (A1DAS0001-R), (photos in the website). 7. 2 bedr brand new luxury finished apartment on a small modern design building with 2 bathrooms, a/c for hot and cold (Mitsubishi), storage

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 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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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 neighbourhood – Aglantzia €650 (A2AGZ0022-R), (photos in the website) 11. 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting and dining room, storage heaters,

2 a/c, cooker, oven, dishwasher, washing machine/dryer, refrigerator in the kitchen,2 wc, 1 bathroom, blinds, big covered veranda, storage room, parking, big common SWIMMING pool. Price includes common expenses – Latsia €500 (A1LAT0004-R), (photos in the website). 12. 2 bedrs big luxury flat, 110sq. m+big covered veranda, CH ind, 3 a/c, cooker, oven in the kitchen, roller blinds, 2 bathrooms, 2 wc, parquet and granite floor, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining room, covered parking, intercom, on a small building with 6 flats only near Coca Cola factory 2 km from McDonalds in Egomi – Agios Dometios €550 (A2ADO0013-R), (photos in the website). 13. New luxury 2 bedr apartment with nice view, 100sq.m, big sitting & dining area, big separate kitchen with cooker and oven, big covered verandah, 2 wc, storage heaters, 2 a/c, electric shutters in the bedrooms, covered parking and storage room on the 11th floor of a small building with 6 flats only 200 meters for Akropolis park and opposite a small neighbourhood park – Dasoupolis €550 (A2DAS0001-R), (photos in the website). 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 cold in all the flat, 2wc, big verandas around the flat, private elevator with lock for the flat , in the centre of Makedonitissa of 28th October street – €1200 (A2MAK0004-R), (photos in the website). 18. 4 bedr luxury floor apartment,250sq.m, office, maid’s room, central heating ind, full a/c,2 showers, 1 bathroom, 3wc, parquet floor, big kitchen with cooker and

oven, big sitting area, roller blinds on all the windows, big veranda on a small building off Athalasas Avenue near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital – Dasoupolis €1100 (A4DAS002-R), (photos on the website) 19. 3 bedr luxury spacious floor apartment on the 4th floor of award winning building,200sq. m+big covered veranda, central heating independent, full built in air conditions, lighting fixtures, curtains and blinds on all windows, big spacious living room with fire place, big kitchen with double cooker, oven and microwave and breakfast area, double glazed windows, all the bedrooms with en suite shower/bath, big satellite dish with sky decoder,2 covered parking and storage room, close to American embassy and other amenities – Engomi €1600 (A3ENG0025-R), (photos in the website).

(A3ACS0019-R), (photos in the website). 21. 2 bedr new luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, big sitting and dining room, separate kitchen with cooker and oven, blinds on all windows, covered veranda, solar heater, pressure system, covered parking, storage room, on a small building in a quiet neighbourhood next to a playground, near Central offices of Cyta and Laiki Head quarters – Dasoupolis €600 (A2DAS0018-R), (photos in the website). 22. 4 bedr new luxury finished apartment, 160sq.m+35sq.m covered veranda, big sitting and dining room, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, Daikin air-conditions for hot and cold in all the rooms, 2 bedrs with en suite shower/ wc, 4wc, 2 covered parking, in a small modern building off Makarios Avenue in a quiet neighbourhood. Available in August – Nicosia Centre €1400 (A4NIC0001-R), (photos in the website). 23. New luxury spacious 3 bedr quality apartment, 165sq.m+ big covered verandah, separate floor heating, full a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms (one en suite), solid parquet floor all the flat, big sitting and dining area (can fit 2 sitting rooms and dining table), electrical appliances in the kitchen which has a breakfast area,2 covered parking, storage room in a very quiet green neighbourhood near the cen-

tre and Ag. Andreas - AVAILABLE in AUGUST– Nicosia Centre €1450 (A3NIC0004-R), (photos in the website). 24. New luxury 2 bedr apartment, open plan kitchen, 3 a/c for hot and cold, blinds on all the windows, nicely expensive full furnished with real leather sofas, double bed, big dining table, LCD 32”, satellite dish with receiver, internet, very big bedrooms with big and many wardrobes, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet area near BMH – Aglantzia €620 (A2AGZ0001-R), (photos in the website). 25. 2 bedr new luxury finished and FURNISHED ground floor apartment, 80sq.m +120sq.m veranda and garden, separate floor heating, full a/c, 2wc, aluminum shutters outside the windows, pressure system, fully expensively fitted with electrical appliances in the kitchen, big covered parking and big storage room, off Athallassa Avenue near English School in a small modern building. AVAILABLE 1st of AUGUST – Strovolos €800 (A2ST10023-R), (photos in the website). 26. 3 bed brand new luxury finished apartment in a small modern design building with 2 bathrooms (one en suite), expensive electrical appliances in the kitchen, double glazed windows with electrical shutter, covered veranda, pressure system, solar heater, central satellite antenna,

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

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2 covered parking, storage room, security entrance, close to Honda traffic lights walking distance to the centre – Agioi Omologites €850 (A3AOM0009-R), (photos in the website). 27. 3 big bedrs +office space luxury penthouse floor apartment, renovated, central heating independent, full a/c, 230sq.m, double glazed windows,3wc, 2 bathrooms (one en suite), solar heater, pressure system, SKY satellite dish, big sitting and dining areas, solid parquet floor all the flat, big kitchen with cooker and oven and breakfast area, very nice view of the old city,40sq.m private roof garden area ,covered parking on a small building in the centre of Nicosia near the Museum and the old Hospital. Available middle 15th of SEPTEMBER –Nicosia Centre €1200 (A4NIC0005-R), (photos in the website) For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates. com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22-422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates. com

hams Olympia. Price €430 (included common expenses). Tel: 99406415 Andreas. HOUSE in Mesa Geitonia for rent. 1st ﬂoor, 2 bedroom, full A/C, semi furnished, 4 years old. Balcony. For more info call 99375101. STUDIO FOR RENT 100 metres from the sea, available immediately. furnished, parking available. Rental €325 monthly including levies. 99867267 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-LIM0103

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

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FOR SALE Semi-detached house in Archangelos area split level Nn 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.

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LARNACA LARNACA FLATS TO LET Fully furnished, spacious 2 bedrooms in central Larnaca. Near Saint Lazaros Church, 4 minutes walk to Phinicoudes sea front. Small block 2 years old (6 apts) From €400 - to €500. Tel. 99388901 FOR RENT 2 bed, 2 bath, new built apartment, in a quiet scenic location In Alethriko, Larnaca 5 min. to Larnaka, 5 min. to the beach Fully furnished, A/C, communal pool, under covered parking, Long term rent, €350.00 per month For more info pls call 99639378 PROTEA APTS LARNACA Residential and holiday apts for rent monthly or weekly Larnaca – Dhekelia road, close to Golden Bay Hotel 1 & 2 bedroom apts, furnished and with low rent with swimming pool, 2 minutes walking distance from the beach, with a new pedestrian crossing in front of the building. Contact us on 99672466, 99404522, and 99078590 LARNACA FLAT FOR RENT: Fully-furnished spacious 2-bedroom first floor flat in central location near Metro supermarket, A/C, private parking, intercom system, ensuite bathroom, small block. Phone: 99354789 FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom flat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel:

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1. K.S.L LETTINGS – APARTMENT FOR RENT Fully Furnished ground ﬂoor 2 bedroom apartment, overlooking pool. Beautifully furnished throughout. 350 Euros per calendar month. Larnaca District. Quote TLL884. Tel. (00357) 24815104 2. K.S.L LETTINGS – Properties Required for waiting Long Term Tenants. We desperately require 2/3 & 4 bedroom villa’s with private swimming pools for waiting tenants in the Larnaca District. Please call us for a free valuation. Tel. (00357) 24815104 3. K.S.L LETTINGS – largest range of properties. Over 200 rental properties in the Larnaca district at the most competitive rates! Flexible contracts available. Tel. (00357) 24815104 4. www.KSLlettings.com – Villa For Rent Fully furnished 3 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 by visiting www.KSLlettings.com updated daily. LANDLORDS ADVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY FOR FREE AND GET WORLD WIDE ADVERTISING – NO TENANT NO FEE ! *****************************

PAPHOS GEROSKIPOU beautiful: brand new: unfurnished: 2 bedroom apartment €330 pm; 3 bedroom apartment €390 pm; fully a/c vertical blinds, cooker fan extractor, situated in quiet area, very modern, near Kato Paphos Near Neapolis Univercity, close to supermarkets. Call 99370845 TO LET UNIVERSAL – 1 bed apartment - f/f, a/c, wall heaters, communal pool – available for 6 or 12 month rentals. €270. For more information call - 9977 4314 *****************************

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and apartments available. Also wanted for waiting clients. www.johnalice-properties.com johnalicecy@gmail. com Tel: 00357 99984681 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT in the heart of Kato Paphos, the property is situated in a quiet, private complex, next to archeological site overlooking the light house, very reasonable rent, tel : 99411933 6 BEDROOM, luxury detached villa in Chlorakas, for rent. Breathtaking, unobscured sea and mountain views. Close to all amenities, located in a cul de sac in Melanos area with a private road. 6 bed, 2 bathrooms (+2en suite), utility room, outdoor storage, Jacuzzi, private pool, fully A/C, ﬁtted kitchen, large verandas and landscaped gardens. Long term let or sale by owner, call 99414920 UNIVERSAL AREA, 1 bedroom, furnished apartment, off street parking, quiet area, euro 250 per month, plus electricity, no other charges. Tel : 96523557 FOR RENT A selection of 1 to 5 bedroom houses & apartments F/F & U/F Universal, Peyia, Tomb of the Kings, Tsada, Timi & Kato Paphos Landlord & Owners please call 99329357 Or please view at are website www.cyprussands.com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus

TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. Geroskipou €350 modern ground floor 2 bedroom apartment. Situated in a quiet complex with lovely communal pool. Enclosed pretty patio area & underground parking. Fully furnished with modern furniture, including leather sofa’s and plasma tv. Would suit mature couple. Pets allowed. 2. Chloraka €425 modern 3 bedroom townhouse, master with ensuite. Ground floor guest wc. Fully furnished with modern furniture. Enclosed garden with decking offering sea views. Undercover parking. Pets allowed. Complex with large communal pool & playground. 3. Tomb of the kings €450 modern 2 bedroom apartment on first floor with lift. Modern ensuite shower room & family bathroom. Fully furnished with modern furniture. Balcony with sea views. Situated on a good complex with lovely communal pool. Close to bus routes and shops. 4. Tala €650 modern 3 bedroom detached villa with garage. Situated in a small quiet cul de sac. Includes underfloor heating plus real fire. Master with ensuite. Separate utility room. Shutters & flyscreens. Covered veranda, garden with mature plants & private pool offering stunning sea views. Available unfurnished. 5. 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 villa is furnished with modern furniture, including satellite tv. One bedroom & bathroom on ground floor. A spacious enclosed garden with private pool offering stunning views. Off street parking. 6. Mesogi €800 fantastic modern 4 bedroom 3 bathroom detached villa. One bedroom & bathroom on ground floor. Storage room. Beautifully finished to a high standard. Quality modern kitchen with granite worktops & modern bathrooms. Gas central heating & real fireplace. Beautiful landscaped garden with private pool. Undercover parking on drive. Available unfurnished. Wonderful property. 7. Peyia €850 spacious detached 4 bedroom luxury villa, offering stunning sea views. Private pool, enclosed

garden, garage, basement for storage & separate utility room. Modern fitted kitchen with miele kitchen appliances & granite work tops. Private drive. Available unfurnished or part furnished. Fantastic property! 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.mrrentpaphos.net Email: info@ mrrent-paphos.net

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ONE BEDROOM fully furnished apartment for rent in Kissonerga. Near Cynthiana Beach hotel and close proximity to Coral Bay. Overlooking the sea and 100 metres from beach. AC in bedroom. Tel: 99-492521/ 99- 673276 PEYIA – 3 bedroom villa with modern quality furniture and ﬁnishes. Central heating, sky, alarm, inﬁnity pool and stunnning sea and mountain views €700 per month, call : 99389426 BRAND NEW APT, opposite Poseidonio Gym, near Carrefour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from €340p.m.Tel 99403261 *****************************

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

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RENTAL POINT - PAPHOS PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!! 1. MESA CHORIO – 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished ground floor apartment set on an elevated position on this prestigious development. Open plan living area. Good sized kitchen. 2 double , bedrooms, master with en-suite shower room. Family bathroom. Large patio areas with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views. Covered parking and security gates.. Comm swimming pool, and landscaped gardens. €475.00 a month 2. GEROSKIPOU 2 bed 1.5 bath furnished duplex apartment in quiet location with outstanding sea views. Open plan living area and dining area.. Fully fitted kitchen with appliances . Guest WC. 2 double bedrooms. Family bathroom. Balcony & covered parking. Comm pool. Rent includes free internet. €430.00 a month. 3. SEA CAVES – 5/6 bed fully furnished luxury villa with no immediate neighbours.. Open plan formal living area with dining area for 12. Separate family room. Outstanding fitted kitchen with breakfast area. Separate utility /2nd kitchen. Ground floor office/bedroom Shower-room

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with sauna. 4 double bedrooms, master with en-suite and large dressing room with safes.. Family bathroom. Garage, parking & gardens. Separate 1 bed suite plus maids quarters. Swimming pool with massive outside BBQ/kitchen. A/C, C/H and fireplace in family room. An outstanding luxury home with many internal features. Very quiet area. €4000.00 a month 4. MESA CHORIO – 2 Bed, 2. bath fully furnished 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. €425. Or close offers 5. GOUDI (near Polis) Outstanding 3 bed, 3.5 bath unfurnished villa. Set in a rural setting the property enjoys privacy with no immediate neighbours. Open plan living area, spacious fitted kitchen. Guest WC. Ground floor bedroom with en-suite. Stairs to 2 further double bedroom with en-suite. Breakfast area with hob & fridge and seating space. Doors out to large covered verandah with panoramic views. Full A/C, C/H,

garage, over-flow tiled pool, SKY dish. Villa has substantial insulation to walls and floors. Large gardens. €750.00 per month. 6. UNIVERSAL AREA. 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C. Enclosed garden area, comm. Pool and parking. Euros 375.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Universal starting at €250 per month. 7. TALA - 5 bed, 3.5 bath large fully furnished villa. Very large property with open plan 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.€1500.00 per month or offers. 8. POLEMI – 4 bed 2.5 bath massive unfurnished apartment with own entrance in large landscaped gardens. Spacious open plan living area with feature fireplace and dining space Huge fitted kitchen and breakfast area.

Guest WC with storage area.4 double bedrooms. Master with en-suite bathroom. Family bathroom. Pretty landscaped gardens, shared pool and off street parking. Quiet rural property.. €550.00 per month. OVNO FOR FULL LISTINGS OF A PA R T M E N T S / T O W N HOUSES AND VILLAS PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/ OWNERS PLEASE CALL 97648440 or email:- inforentals@aol.com *****************************

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ARADIPPOU, Larnaca Magniﬁcient Villa fully furnished reduced by thousands to €280,000. 3 - 4 bedrooms, lounge (marble ﬂoors), dining/ sitting, utility, kitchen, ensuite, bathroom. Many extras. Walk in condition e-mail: weetotie@cytanet.com.cy or phone 97851329 *****************************

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

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

Paphiakos & C.C.P. Animal Welfare Education/Information Centre, No. 12 Dedalos Building, 8049 Kato Paphos PO Box 61272 8132 Kato Paphos Web. www.cyprusanimalwelfare.com www.facebook/paphiakos Email info@cyprusanimalwelfare.com Larnaca Emergency Service - The contact point for animal emergencies in Larnaca is Maria at the Paphiakos Animal Welfare Charity Shop, telephone 24623494 or 99325897 STOP, SHOP AND GIVE TO THE ANIMALS! ALL DONATIONS ARE WELCOME AT OUR CHARITY SHOPS! PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. ANIMAL WELFARE Registered Charity No 1529 Contact our shops and we can take your clutter The Charity Shops are located at: Shop No.1 Agapinoros Street, Kato Paphos Tel 26910325 Shop No.2 Ap Pavlou Avenue, Kato Paphos Tel 26942894 Shop No.3 Gr. Afxentiou Avensia Court 3 Larnaca 24623494 Shop No.4 9 Ayiou Ioanni Street 3061 Limassol 25561695 Peyia Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 26622828 Polis Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 99223572 Book Exchange Shop Trimithousa 99771763 Our shops are always happy to receive your unwanted goods! NOW YOU CAN HELP BY COLLECTING YOUR ALUMINIUM CANS AND HANDING THEM IN AT ANY PAPHIAKOS CHARITY SHOP OR THE CLINIC. SAVE AN ANIMAL AND SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT!! PAPHIAKOS CAR BOOT SALE EVERY SATURDAY at the Ambassador Restaurant and outside in the grounds at Paphiakos. Free parking. Sellers from 7am, buyers from 8am. For information & bookings please call MIKE on 96702600. PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. ANIMAL WELFARE URGENTLY NEEDS PASTA TO HELP FEED THE DOGS AND SOFT FOOD FOR ALL THE CATS. DONATIONS CAN BE MADE AT THE CLINIC. PLEASE SPONSOR AN ANIMAL OR BECOME A MEMBER TO ENSURE PAPHIAKOS CAN CONTINUE WITH THEIR NECESSARY WORK. Telephone Jan 26946461 ex 114 or 97614008 THE DONKEYS AT PAPHIAKOS WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO HELP YOU GET RID OF YOUR UNWANTED CAROBS. PLEASE DELIVER TO THE CLINIC AND GIVE THE DONKEYS A SPECIAL TREAT! FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR PAPHIAKOS CHARITY NO. 1529 September 15th Paphiakos Stall at Episkopi Fete. September 15th Sights & Sounds of the 60s & 70s Live Music & Dancing Trimithousa Community Hall at 8pm €5 tickets from Ollies Bar Trimithousa Pre Show Suppers at Ollies ring 96354182 September 27th Legends of Rock Pissouri Ampitheatre €10 tickets from Pissouri Pools, Markos Internet Café & all Paphiakos Charity Shops Tel 99905624/99955431 for further details. PAPHIAKOS SHELTER OPEN DAY The Open Day will be held on Sunday October 7th between 10am and 3pm. It will be a Family Fun Day out with a lot of different activities. There is car parking, toilets and refreshments on site so enjoy and join in the celebration of animals and what they bring to our lives. Entrance is €2

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

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

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

Open Door Baptist Church

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

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

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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

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, August 31, 2012

CRYPTIC 2173

7 PREVIOUS DAY’S SOLUTIONS

Across 1 Mother with second thoughts names the disease (5)

4 Made sounds in a sheepish way? (7) 8 No particular trader (7,6) 9 Claud cooked with Ronald using a large boiling pot (8) 10 In the horse-box encouraged cattle (4) 12 Unusual talent concealed (6) 13 City couple with fever (6) 16 Devilish cut? (4) 18 End pair’s excitement, having torn a ligament (8) 21 With which a streaker hurries? (8,5) 22 Man puts arm in an item of clothing (7) 23 Replanted part more settled (5)

10 11

15 16

20 21

22 12 Top of the ﬂight – or the end? (7) 14 First book production (7) 15 Put a peg in the instrument (6)

Down 1 Art of spelling? (5) 2 Another human not heartless-

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

MEDIUM

EASY

MEDIUM

HARD

17 Detectives hesitantly drink (5)

19 Lived and spoke at length about it (5)

20 Airman, he has pain (4)

ly involved in the search (7)

Answers to crossword 2172

Rating EASY

QUICK: Across – 3 Boomerang; 7 Lotto; 8 Blindfold; 9 Carob; 10 Airing; 13 Purveyor; 15 Annulled; 17 Lumber; 20 Sisal; 21 Starlight; 22 Evoke; 23 Beleaguer. Down – 1 Blackpool; 2 Storeroom; 3 Bobble; 4 Mandarin; 5 Refer; 6 Nylon; 11 Implosion; 12 Gondolier; 14 Yearling; 16 Ulster; 18 Untie; 19 Barge.

Rating HARD

CRYPTIC: Across – 3 Flagstone; 7 River; 8 Amazement; 9 Moron; 10 Modest; 13 Trade gap; 15 Tidemark; 17 Toddle; 20 Inter; 21 Antitoxin; 22 Canon; 23 Drug-store. Down – 1 Dramatist; 2 Overrated; 3 France; 4 Gazumped; 5 Timid; 6 Nones; 11 Eglantine; 12 Tinkering; 14 Gatepost; 16 Evince; 18 Owner; 19 Doing.

Rating HARD

(8) 4 Unwell in the front of the ship – because of this wave (6) 5 Paradise ﬂower (4) 6 Gretel expressly included a message (5) 7 Phoned in letter about disorder (7) 11 It could be cheaper before mid-afternoon for one giving a sermon (8)

Rating MEDIUM

3 Second weapon was grating

QUICK Across

Down

1 Room scheme (5) 4 Verbatim (7) 8 In a self-contradictory

1 Bus garage (5) 2 Toffee (7) 3 Send letters on (8) 4 Looseness (6) 5 Drawing-pin (4) 6 Keepsake (5) 7 Laminated (7) 11 Trader (8) 12 Part of E Anglia

way (13)

9 Rashness (8) 10 Maple tree (4) 12 Join ropes (6) 13 Guarded (6) 16 Truth (4) 18 Greeted (8) 21 Start of a fairy-tale (4,4,1,4)

HOROSCOPE

22 Riotous dance (5-2) 23 Rated (anag.) (5)

(7)

14 Unite (7) 15 Reimburse (6) 17 Revolution (5) 19 Awe (5) 20 Bustle (4)

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

Dreams may come true when you least expect them to, and especially under today’s inﬂuence which may help you connect with those goals that have been left by the wayside. There is a very special energy in the air and the Full Moon in Pisces could make this one of the most romantic days you’ve experienced in a while - if you make yourself available to it.

There seems to be a lot happening beneath the surface, so don’t dismiss those flashes of intuition or your gut instinct. It’s working on your behalf today and could save you a lot of time and effort if you pay attention to it. A powerful influence may cause memories to float to the surface - some good, some not so good. Let them wash over you and relax.

It’s party time, so if you have been thinking of holding a celebration, don’t wait - go for it today. The mood can be relaxed, mellow, warm and friendly. Feelings will ﬂow easily and be easy to express. Make sure you don’t get carried away on the spur of the moment and do something that you might regret. This really could be a night to remember.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

This can be a perfect day for a party, a wonderful get-together or perhaps a drink and a chat with friends. You may find it hard to concentrate on anything too detailed like coping with targets or deadlines - that may be too difficult. You may find it easier to do something creative or tackle a project that needs imaginative ideas. Anything along these lines should succeed.

Relationships may be affected by the power of the today’s Full Moon, which may coincide with a romantic overload. A long-term relationship could become edgy especially if unwelcome feelings rise to the surface - try not to overreact. Single? You may be tempted to go that bit further with a budding partner, especially if you are really smitten.

Trying to hold it together and think clearly may not be easy due to the Full Moon. You may notice that you become more intuitive and less logical. This situation intensiﬁes today when you may be hard pushed to remember crucial details or get your words out but you will be a mine of incredibly imaginative ideas which could count for a lot.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

Today’s Full Moon in your career zone may bring one situation to a head - either that or you may feel worried, anxious and perhaps vulnerable about your current circumstances and the best way to deal with this may be to talk it over with someone experienced. Having a more objective view of your situation can help you enormously. A problem shared is a problem halved.

Trying to get anything done at work may require a feat of concentration that is almost supernatural. You may ﬁnd yourself daydreaming - especially if you’re doing something repetitive. Health wise you might feel tired - perhaps more than usual. But gentle exercise, especially swimming, may help you feel better. A good day for creative projects or watching movies.

You seem very determined to succeed no matter how much energy you have to put in. But the Full Moon may take some of the wind out of your sails especially where ﬁnances are concerned. Don’t be tempted to take a risk on the spur of the moment, especially if it involves a large amount of cash. However, pampering yourself may be a good move.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

You may have an irresistible urge to be by water, whether this is a stream, pond, lake or the sea. You love water anyway, but today that feeling can be heightened. If you like swimming enjoy some time in the pool, or if there is no other option relax in a warm, scented bath and listen to some sweet music. Romance is also possible - if you feel in the mood.

This has to be one of the most potentially romantic days in a long while. A Full Moon in Pisces may encourage feelings to come to the surface. If you have a new relationship or even a budding one this may be the best time to make an impression. A candlelit meal, a walk in the moonlight, or the chance to spend time together may be magical.

You may need the help of a good friend to make sure you don’t do anything too crazy today. The Full Moon in your sign along with Neptune suggests that you might be feeling in an escapist mood and not at all ready to tackle anything too boring. The secret is not to give yourself too much to do, the more time you have to relax and dream, the better.

Friday, August 31, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL

Television CYBC 1

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PLUS TV

06.45 News 08.00 Concert 09.30 Chef Ston Aera (rpt) Cooking show offering viewers quick, simple and economical recipes. 10.10 Reload Summer 12.00 Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) Two episodes of local comedy series, which happens to be the longest-running show on TV. 13.00 Apo Mera Se Mera 15.30 Syn Plyn Local talk-show with studio discussion and viewers calling in. 17.00 Kypros Ena Taxidi (rpt) 17.30 Entehnos (rpt) 18.00 News

07.00 NRG Music Channel 08.00 Kids’ TV To Kokkino Leoforeio, Fireman Sam, Flipper and Lopaka, Bob the Builder, Pippi Longstocking, Tinga Tinga Tales, Maya the Bee, etc. Repeated from 12.00. 16.25 Candid Camera Unsuspecting people react to bizarre events. 17.00 Reload Summer (rpt) Show aimed at teens, with music videos, polls, entertainment options, games and more. 18.00 Decoding Disaster (rpt) Discovery Channel documentary series investigating the causes of catastrophic natural disasters. Today looking at safety issues in today’s passenger planes. 18.50 News In English 19.00 News In Turkish 19.10 Futuris 19.30 Paralympics 2012 Highlights from London. Swimming Finals. Men’s 100m Backstroke, Women’s 100m Backstroke, Men’s 100m Butterﬂy, Women’s 200m Ind. Medley and Men’s 50m Freestyle. 21.00 Paralympics 2012 Athletics Finals, including Men’s 100m and Men’s 200m. 23.50 Repeats

07.30 Oi Men Kai Oi Den (rpt) 08.00 Fast Money (rpt) 08.45 Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) 09.30 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 10.20 Eleftheros ki Oraios (rpt) 10.50 Deixe Mou To Filo Sou (rpt) 11.30 Santa Yiolanta (rpt) 12.15 Tin Patisa (rpt) 13.00 News 13.15 Galileo (rpt) 14.00 Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) 14.40 Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) 15.30 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 16.20 Krifa Monopatia (rpt) 17.10 Mi Mou Les Antio (rpt) 18.00 News 18.10 Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt)

06.30 Paralliloi Dromoi (rpt) 06.50 Batso Agapi Mou (rpt) 07.30 Denis O Tromeros 08.00 Nea Mera

07.20 Stin Kouzina Tis Mamas (rpt) 08.00 Eho Ena Mistiko (rpt) 09.00 Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) 09.40 Vasiliki (rpt) 10.20 Para Pente (rpt) 11.20 Ta Hrisopsara (rpt) 12.20 Oi Takkoi (rpt) 13.10 Vourate Geitonoi (rpt) 14.00 Baywatch (rpt) Glossy surfside drama with the Malibu lifeguards, starring David Hasselhoff. 15.00 Oikogeneiakes Istories (rpt) 16.50 Tha Se Do Sto Ploio (rpt) 17.30 Pame Paketo (rpt) With News at 18.00. 18.30 Tropico 19.20 The Del Monte Heirs Colombian telenovela. 20.10 News 21.20 UEFA Super Cup Football game between the winners of the Champions League and the Europa League - in this case Chelsea and Atletico Madrid, respectively. Live from the Stade Louis II in Monaco. 00.40 News 00.45 Sex And The City (rpt)

06.45 Star News 07.45 Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of 09.15 Kids’ TV 11.50 Kostakis Ki Yioi (rpt) 12.30 I Kouzina Me Tin Dina 13.30 Star News 14.00 Max Adventures 14.25 Rastamouse 14.35 Bo On the Go 15.00 King 15.25 Martha Speaks 15.45 Teen Days 16.15 Exelixeis Stin Showbiz 16.45 Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of (rpt) 17.50 Mila Best Of (rpt) 18.50 Nistikoi Praktores (rpt) Cooking show, with helpful tips on eating well. 19.40 Fotis - Maria Live Best Of (rpt) Entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, health, fashion, lifestyle issues and more. 21.00 Exelixeis Stin Showbiz (rpt) 22.00 FILM: Boss of Bosses Biopic of Maﬁa boss Paul Castellano, who rose through the ranks of organised crime to become the head of one of New York’s biggest ‘families’, seeming to command the respect of cops and criminals alike. Drama, starring Chazz Palminteri. 2001 23.40 LTV Sports News 00.45 Star News 01.00 Repeats

18.15 Candid Camera 18.30 Kati Psinetai (rpt) Contestants try to outdo each other by throwing the perfect dinner party, which is then judged on its merits by their rivals. 19.20 Treis Ki O Kokos (rpt) 20.00 News / Weather / Financial Report 21.10 Vimata Stin Ammo (rpt) Local period drama, based on true events. 21.45 FILM: Top Gun Action drama, starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis. 1986. See Pick Of The Day. 23.30 News 23.45 Oi Erastes Ton Kimaton (rpt) Local period drama. 00.35 Repeats

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Tin Patisa (rpt) Eva Luna News Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) House (rpt) Second season. ‘Acceptance’. A death row inmate collapses, and doctors predict he will die within the hour but House insists on treating the prisoner. Ekeines Ki Ego (rpt) News Kai Oi Pantremenoi Ehoun Psihi (rpt) Ellas To Megaleio Sou (rpt) Tmima Ithon (rpt) News Skertsakia (rpt)

10.00 Proino Mou (rpt) Lifestyle programme that features entertainment, music and more. 12.00 News Programme 14.00 Greek Series (rpt) 15.00 I Dada (rpt) Greek comedy series, based on a popular US sitcom. 16.10 I Ora I Kali (rpt) 17.40 Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes Greek drama series, based on a popular Latin American telenovela about mistaken identities. 18.20 News 18.30 Mousiko Kouti (rpt) Greek game show, testing contestants on their music knowledge. 19.20 Peninta Peninta (rpt) 20.10 News 21.20 Eftyhismenoi Mazi (rpt) 22.20 Piso Sto Spiti (rpt) 23.30 Daddy Cool (rpt) Local comedy series. 00.10 News 00.20 The Shield Police drama series chronicling the turbulent day-today life of the Strike Team, a group of corrupt Los Angeles cops. 01.00 Yia Banaki (rpt) 03.30 Yia Sena (rpt) 05.30 Proino Mou (rpt)

01.30 G4 (rpt) 02.30 Se Eida (rpt) 03.00 Alithinoi Erotes (rpt) 03.30 Eleni (rpt) 04.30 Tropico (rpt)

CAPITAL 07.00 08.00 10.30 11.00 11.30 13.15 14.40 15.35

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Alpha News Kids’ TV Magikos Kosmos I’ ll Take Manhattan Deste Tous Greek FILM: O Nikitis The Harts of The West FILM: My Baby’s Daddy Three laid-back slobs get a lifechanging shock when they discover all three of their girlfriends have become pregnant at the same time. Comedy, starring Eddie Grifﬁn. 2004 O Anthropos Tis Thalassas Melrose Place With News at 18.30. News Sports Time Rubi FILM: Princess in Love The relationship between Princess Diana and Captain James Hewitt, based on the latter’s tell-all book. Romantic drama. 1996 FILM: Suspect A lawyer represents a deaf-mute Vietnam veteran accused of murder, and uncovers corruption in high places. Courtroom drama, starring Cher. 1987 FILM: Supreme Sanction An assassin learns that her latest target has an infant daughter who would be left orphaned by his death. Action thriller. 1998

Radio BBC World Service (1323 MW) 00:01 BBC News 00:06 Assignment 00:30 BBC News Summary 00:32 Science In Action 00:50 From Our Own Correspondent 01:01 BBC News 01:06 World Briefing 01:30 BBC News Summary 01:32 World Business Report 01:50 Sports News 02:01 BBC News 02:06 World Briefing 02:30 BBC News Summary 02:32 Business Daily 02:50 Sports News 03:01 BBC News 03:06 World Briefing 03:30 BBC News Summary 03:32 World Business Report 03:50 Witness 04:01 BBC News 04:06 HARDtalk 04:30 BBC News Summary 04:32 World Football 05:01 BBC News 05:06 Newsday 05:30 BBC News Summary 05:32 Newsday 06:01 BBC News 06:06 Newsday 06:30 BBC News Summary 06:32 Science In Action 06:50 From Our Own Correspondent 07:01 BBC News 07:06 Newsday 07:30 BBC News Summary 07:32 The Strand 07:50 Witness 08:01 BBC News 08:06 Newsday 08:30 BBC News Summary 08:32 Newsday 09:01 BBC News 09:06 Newsday 09:30 BBC News Summary 09:32 Newsday 10:01 BBC News 10:06 World Football 10:30 BBC News Summary 10:32 Business Daily 10:50 From Our Own Correspondent 11:01 BBC News 11:06 HARDtalk 11:30 BBC News Summary 11:32 Science In Action 11:50 Sports News 12:01 BBC News 12:06 World Update 12:30 BBC News Summary 12:32 World Update 13:01 BBC News 13:06 World Briefing 13:30 BBC News Summary 13:32 The Strand 13:50 Witness 14:01 BBC News 14:06

World Have Your Say 14:30 BBC News Summary 14:32 Business Daily 14:50 Sports News 15:01 BBC News 15:06 Newshour 15:30 BBC News Summary 15:32 Newshour 16:01 BBC News 16:06 HARDtalk 16:30 BBC News Summary 16:32 World Football 17:01 BBC News 17:06 World Briefing 17:30 BBC News Summary 17:32 Science In Action 17:50 From Our Own Correspondent 18:01 BBC News 18:06 World Briefing 18:30 BBC News Summary 18:32 Sport Today 18:50 Witness 19:01 BBC News 19:06 World Briefing 19:30 BBC News Summary 19:32 World Business Report 20:01 BBC News 20:06 World Have Your Say 20:30 BBC News Summary 20:32 World Have Your Say 21:01 BBC News 21:06 World Briefing 21:30 BBC News Summary 21:32 Business Daily 21:50 From Our Own Correspondent 22:01 BBC News 22:06 World Football 22:30 BBC News Summary 22:32 The Strand 22:50 Witness 23:01 BBC News 23:06 Newshour 23:30 BBC News Summary 23:32 Newshour

BFBS 1 (N’sia 91.7, WSBA 92.1, ESBA 99.6 FM) 02.00 Groove Collective 04.00 BFBS Shufﬂe 05.00 Ops Breakfast 06.00 Cyprus Breakfast With Wez Thompson 09.00 Steve Knight 12.00 Total Ops Connection 15.00 Charlie Fife 18.00 Jessie Aru 21.00 Gareth John 00.00 The Vibe

BFBS 2 (Ni’sia 89.7, WSBA 89.9, ESBA 95.3 FM) 03.00 BFBS Radio News 03.03 BFBS Gold With Dave Windsor 04.00 Up All Night 07.00 Morning Reports 07.30 Wake Up To Money 08.00 Today 11.00 Gareth John 14.00 BFBS Gold With Dave Windsor 15.00 World At One 15.45 Simon Marlow 19.00 PM 20.00 6 O’Clock News 20.30 Five Live Drive 21.00Five Live Olympics 00.30 Five Live LiveCyBC2 (91.1, 92.4 FM) 06.00-07.30 Programmes in Turkish with News at 7.30 07.40 Good morning Cyprus 10.00-12.00 Kalimerhamba 12.00 Gunortasa 12.45 Greek Cyprus Press 13.00 Turkish Music 13.15 News in Turkish 13.30 News in English 13.45 PM Classics 16.00 Greek Radio 16.15 Our country doesn’t divide 16.50 News in Turkish 17.0018.00 Programmes in Armenian; News at 17.15 18.00-20.00 Round & About 20.00 News in English 20.10 Welcome to Cyprus in French and German 20.40 Ship of Fools with Robert Camassa 22.00 News in English 22.00 International Music 00.00-06.00 Rebroadcast of the evening’s programme Radio Napa (106.3 FM) 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

98.5 Rock FM The Breakfast Show - Tony Newell - 07:00-10:00 2 Hours With Bejay Browne 10:00-12:00 Rock Fm’s Lunch Box - Jason Collins - 12:00-14:00 Non Stop Music 14:00-15:00 Valentina 15:00-18:00 Monday - Tuesday - Thursday - Friday Liquid Radio Show - Pavlos - 15:00-18:00 Wednesday Drive Time - Johny G. 18:00-20:00 Monday - Tuesday Johny G. 18:00-20:00 Wednesday (Mix @ 6) The Cocktail Show - Antonis - 18:00-20:00 Thursday - Friday Panic In The Year Zero - 20:00-22:00 Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday Radioactive Metal - 20:00-22:00 - Thursday Live Dj Set- Dj Allen D 20:00-22:00 - Friday 22:00-24:00 The Gathering - With Your Hosts Dj Mr Smith And Mc Svennyb – Live Wednesday & Friday Night Train 24:00-07:00 Monday To Friday Oldies Digital (Hotbird SAT / (www.oldies-digital.com) MONDAY-FRIDAY 05:00 That Was The Year 06:00 Easy Going Gold 10:00 The Juke Box 17:00 That Was The Year 18:00 Oldies Overnights - Hear the greatest hits of all time playing non stop during the darkest hours.

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, August 31, 2012

Television PICK OF THE DAY Top Gun (CyBC1, 21.45) Why did he do it? Two weeks later, that question remains unanswered. Why did 68-year-old fi lm director Tony Scott - happily married, father of twin 12-year-old boys, the man behind highly successful fi lms like Crimson Tide, Man on Fire and yes, Top Gun - walk to the south side of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles on August 19 and, “without hesitation”, leap 200 feet to his death? A source allegedly close to the late director claimed he had inoperable brain cancer but his wife has since denied that, saying he had no major health problems (autopsy results are expected in the next few weeks). So why did he do it? Strangest of all, perhaps, is that Scott was busy in his fi nal days, working closely with Tom Cruise on a longcherished project - Top Gun 2, a sequel to the fi lm that made both their names. The pair were apparently scouting locations and touring naval bases less than a week before Scott killed himself. Curiouser and curiouser. Would a sequel to Top Gun even work today? Probably not. The fi lm is a product of its time, the gung-ho America of the mid-80s that also saw Rambo and Chuck Norris fighting the Commies. Not that Cruise fights Commies necessarily, but he could if he wanted to. The young men at the ‘Top Gun’ school for US Navy fighter pilots can

do anything - and Cruise is the cockiest of them all, singing ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling’ to buxom civilian instructor Kelly McGillis (who?), competing with other young men called ‘Iceman’ and ‘Goose’ (his own moniker is ‘Maverick’) to be top dog, or top gun or whatever, oozing arrogant testosterone and taking part in fl ying sequences that made the fi lm a sensation. That’s another reason why a Top Gun sequel wouldn’t have the same impact today; special effects have moved on, and it might be hard to make aerial dogfights as impressive as they seemed 26 years ago. Yet in fact the fi lm was never really about the special effects. It was about Tom Cruise, the old unspoiled Tom Cruise - before Katie, before Scientology, before Nicole Kidman - when he was just a cocky kid with a toothy smile, a cool pair of Ray-Bans and boundless self-confidence. It was about male camaraderie, and of course there’s the well-known Quentin Tarantino riff where he unpacks the fi lm as a coded homoerotic allegory (Kelly wants Tom to go straight, while his fellow pilots keep tempting him to “the gay way”!). And of course it was about Tony Scott’s fi ne sense of style, more kinetic than Spielberg, artier than Michael Bay. Why did he do it? Made in 1986.

Preston Wilder

FILM PICKS

SATELLITE

Oranges and Sunshine (Novacinema2, 20.10) If you saw Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves, you may be a trifle disappointed by this very decent British drama - because Watson was remarkable in that fi lm, hearing voices and having conversations with God, whereas here she’s like the world’s most helpful librarian, super-keen to help you fi nd that book you wanted. She’s a social worker who uncovers a shocking secret, the mass deportation of some 130,000 British kids to Australia in the 1950s and 60s, looking sad and stricken as the now-grown-up kids tell their awful tales of priests who abused them and officials who lied to them. The story is true - based on a memoir by the real-life lady in question - which may be enough for some people, but in fact being true doesn’t make the style any less plodding, or the script any less one-dimensional. Made in 2010.

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (LTV, 21.00) I recall seeing the trailer for this horror remake and being quite unnerved by the set-up - a scared little girl, a spooky old house where something awful happened, whispering voices in the woodwork - at least till it climaxed in a two-second shot of the beasties themselves (the “little things” behind all the whispering) and even that ﬂeeting shot was enough to undo all its good work. The “little things” may be mean and malign but they look like angry rat-monkeys and aren’t even especially fearsome (a bright light is usually enough to repel them), so the ﬁ lm loses much of its impact once it reveals them - which it foolishly does before it’s even half-over, then tries to play scary-movie with silly clichés like the handyman getting mauled by the monsters (he’s barely alive, but manages to talk just long enough to supply important clues: “Lock 1134 ... public library...”). Mostly hackneyed, and fatally un-scary. Made in 2010.

The Last Days of Disco (LTV3, 22.00) The last days of disco were in the early 80s (or thereabouts), forming a backdrop to this witty comedy as a group of 20-something friends hang around a Manhattan nightclub. They’re all educated and slightly yuppie-ish a hallmark of the ﬁ lms made by director Whit Stillman, also responsible for Metropolitan and this year’s Damsels in Distress - but still good company; the girls (Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny) work in publishing, one of the guys works in advertising - and then there’s Des (the great Chris Eigeman) who works at the club, dabbles in drugs and does a great line in quirky conversation. “No teasing, Des,” cautions his boss, warning him not to rile his more fun-challenged colleagues - and he gasps in disbelief (“No teasing...?”), which more or less sums up the ﬁ lm’s antic spirit. Made in 1998.

Oranges and Sunshine (Novacinema2, 20.10)

Bridesmaids (Novacinema1, 15.15) 07:00 Ned Bruha: Skunk Whisperer 07:25 Living With The Wolfman 08:15 Dick ‘N’ Dom Go Wild 08:40 Breed All About It 09:10 Pandamonium 10:05 Amba The Russian Tiger 11:00 Wildlife Sos International 11:25 Orangutan Island 11:55 Animal Cops Houston 12:50 Animal Airport 13:45 Animal Precinct 14:40 Amba The Russian Tiger 15:30 Ned Bruha: Skunk Whisperer 16:00 Dick ‘N’ Dom Go Wild 16:30 Animal Crackers 17:25 My Cat From Hell 18:20 Dogs 101 19:15 Wildlife Sos International 19:40 Orangutan Island 20:10 Monkey Life 20:35 Snake Crusader With Bruce George 21:05 Daniel And Our Cats 22:00 How Not To Become Shark Bait 22:55 I Was Bitten 23:50 Animal Cops Houston 00:45 Human Prey 01:40 Untamed & Uncut 02:35 How Not To Become Shark Bait 03:30 I Was Bitten 04:25 Daniel And Our Cats 05:20 Monkey Life 05:45 Snake Crusader With Bruce George 06:10 Animal Airport

01:25 The Weakest Link 02:10 Red Cap 03:05 Eastenders 03:30 Doctors 04:00 India With Sanjeev Bhaskar 04:50 The Weakest Link 05:35 Red Cap 06:30 Keeping Up Appearances 07:00 Teletubbies 07:25 Charlie & Lola 07:35 Nina & The Neurons 07:50 Me Too 08:10 Teletubbies 08:35 Charlie & Lola 08:50 Nina & The Neurons 09:05 Me Too 09:30 Keeping Up Appearances 10:00 Blackadder 10:35 The Weakest Link 11:20 Eastenders 11:50 Doctors 12:20 Heart & Soul 13:10 India With Sanjeev Bhaskar 14:00 Fawlty Towers 14:30 Keeping Up Appearances 15:00 The Weakest Link 15:45 Eastenders 16:15 Doctors 16:45 India With Sanjeev Bhaskar 17:35 Heart & Soul 18:25 The Weakest Link: S11: Set 01 19:10 Chimp Family Fortunes 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Doctor Who 21:00 The Cup 21:30 Twenty Twelve 22:00 Sport Relief 2012 - This Is Sport Relief 22:30 Sport Relief 2012 - Sport Relief Spoofs 23:00 The Impressions Show With Culshaw & Stephenson 23:30 Allo Allo 00:05 Live at the Apollo (45’ version) 00:50 Being Erica

07:00 Fifth Gear 07:25 Dirty Jobs 08:15 Deadliest Catch 09:10 Extreme Fishing 10:05 Mythbusters 11:00 How Do They Do It? 11:30 Destroyed In Seconds 11:55 Ultimate Survival 12:50 Wheeler Dealers 13:45 Fifth Gear 14:40 American Chopper 15:35 Dirty Jobs 16:30 Mythbusters 17:25 Deadliest Catch 18:20 Extreme Fishing 19:15 River Monsters 20:10 How It’s Made 20:40 How Do They Do It? 21:05 Curiosity 22:00 Swamp Loggers 22:55 Weapons That Changed The World 23:50 A Haunting 01:40 Curiosity 02:40 Swamp Loggers 03:40 Weapons That Changed The World 04:40 A Haunting 05:35 How It’s Made 06:00 Overhaulin’

04:00 Tennis: Us Open New York 10:00 Football: U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 12:00 Tennis: Us Open New York 13:30 Football: U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 15:30 Cycling: Tour Of Spain 16:00 Cycling: World Ports Classic-Rotterdam

And Antwerp 17:00 Cycling: Tour Of Spain 18:45 Tennis: Us Open New York

05:30 The Amazing Race 06:15 Family Guy 07:05 Lost 07:50 How I Met Your Mother 08:40 White Collar 09:30 Criminal Minds 10:15 The Amazing Race 11:00 Family Guy 11:50 Lost 12:35 How I Met Your Mother 13:25 White Collar 14:15 Criminal Minds 15:00 Neighbors From Hell 15:25 Bob’s Burgers 15:50 Episodes 16:20 The Amazing Race 17:05 Family Guy 17:55 Lost 18:40 How I Met Your Mother 19:30 White Collar 20:15 Criminal Minds 21:00 Neighbors From Hell 21:25 Bob’s Burgers 21:50 Episodes 22:20 Call Me Fitz 22:50 White Collar 23:35 Neighbors From Hell 00:00 Bob’s Burgers 00:25 Episodes 00:55 Call Me Fitz 01:25 The Amazing Race 02:15 Family Guy 03:05 Lost 03:50 How I Met Your Mother 04:40 White Collar

07:00 Pawn Stars 07:30 Storage Wars 08:00 The Universe 09:00 The Korean War In Colour 10:00 Pawn Stars 10:30 Storage Wars 11:00 Ax Men 12:00 History Of The World In Two Hours 14:00 The Korean War In Colour 15:00 The Universe 16:00 History Of The World In Two Hours 18:00 The Korean War In Colour 19:00 The Universe 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:30 Storage Wars 21:00 Ax Men 22:00 America: The Story Of The Us 23:00 Treasure Houses Of Britain 00:00 Pawn Stars 00:30 Storage Wars 01:00 Ax Men 02:00 America: The Story Of The Us 03:00 Treasure Houses Of Britain 04:00 The Universe 05:00 The Korean War In Colour 06:00 Ax Men

Chum 11:10 X’s 11:35 Ni Hao, Kai-Lan 12:00 Dora The Explorer 12:25 Spongebob Squarepants 13:15 Mighty B! 13:40 My Life As A Teenage Robot 14:05 Hey Arnold! 14:30 Icarly 15:20 Batman: The Brave And The Bold 17:00 ATP World Tour Uncovered 17:30 Planet Speed 18:00 Barclays Premier League World 18:30 ATP World Tour Uncovered 19:00 La LIGA World 19:30 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 21:30 2011 World’s Strongest Man 22:00 PGA Tour Classic Films 23:00 Geisco Pba Team Shootout 23:30 Barclays Premier League Preview 00:00 La LIGA Show 2012-13 00:30 Geisco Pba Team Shootout 01:00 Barclays Premier League Review 02:00 La LIGA Review 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

07:15 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia 08:00 Two And A Half Men 08:30 Harry’s Law 10:00 Friends 10:25 V I 11:15 Mentalist 12:45 Closer 13:30 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia 14:15 Harry’s Law 15:45 Big Bang Theory 16:10 According To Jim 17:00 Sons Of Anarchy 18:45 Closer 19:30 Side Order Of Life 20:15 Trust Me 21:00 Friends 21:30 Alcatraz 23:05 Underbelly 00:05 Final Destination 02:00 Beauty And The Beast 03:55 Big Bang Theory 04:20 According To Jim 05:05 Sons Of Anarchy

08:00 With Honors 09:45 Avatar 12:30 General’s Daughter 14:45 Maﬁa! 16:15 8 Seconds 18:15 Horrible Bosses 20:00 Hall Pass 22:00 Last Days Of Disco 00:05 Daring! TV 04:00 American History X 06:00 Insidious

07:30 Kung Fu Panda 09:30 Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory 11:10 Jonah Hex 12:35 Cop Out 14:25 Revolutionary Road 16:20 Friends 17:10 Double Jeopardy 19:00 Friends 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark 23:00 Midnight In Paris 00:35 Hustler TV 02:10 Dolores Claiborne 04:20 Fugitive 06:30 LTV Sports News

06:05 The Ward 07:35 De-Lovely 09:40 Enemy Of The State 11:50 Down With Love 13:35 Joe Somebody 15:15 Bridesmaids 17:25 Courageous 19:45 Stars In Style 20:20 Nicostratos Le Pelican 22:00 No Strings Attached 23:55 Resident Evil: Afterlife 3d 01:30 The Edge Of Love 03:20 Cine News 04:00 The Big Bang

07:00 Baby Looney Tunes 07:25 Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs 08:15 Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures 08:40 Loonatics Unleashed 09:05 Scooby-Doo Where Are You! 09:30 Superman: The Animated Series 09:55 Big Cartoonie Show 10:20 Tak & The Power Of Juju 10:45 Fanboy & Chum

05:45 The Color Of Money 07:50 Cine News 08:25 Morning Glory 10:15 Cine News 11:15 Love And Other Impossible Pursuits 13:05 Cine News 13:40 Rango 15:30 Cine News 16:05 Duplex 17:40 Spotlight On 20:10 Oranges And Sunshine 22:00 The Adjustment Bureau 02:00 Conviction 03:50 Cine News

20:20 Housebroken 22:00 Ncis Pyramid 23:00 Predators 00:55 Cine News 01:30 Viens Baisser Ma Femme 03:15 Flight No Dp69 04:45 Bugsy

19:10 Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore 21:00 Extraordinary Measures 22:50 Cruel Intentions 00:30 From Time To Time 02:10 To Eteron Imisi 03:40 Goodbye Lover

21:00 Cover Girl 22:50 Sabrina

05:00 MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers 08:00 Academy 08:30 School of Golf - Chapter 26: Control Your Tempo 09:00 Golf Central International 09:30 Trump’s Fabulous World of Golf - Trump National Philadelphia 10:00 Trump’s Fabulous World of Golf - A Holiday with the Trumps 10:30 The Golf Fix 11:00 Web.com Tour Mylan Classic Rd. 1 13:00 Hard Parts: South Bronx Run, Ferrer, Run 13:30 Pass Time 14:00 Car Warriors ‘66 Mustang 15:00 Mobil 1 The Grid 15:30 European Tour: Omega European Masters Rd. 2 19:30 MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers 22:00 PGA Tour: Deutsche Bank Championship Rd. 1 01:00 Inside the PGA Tour

07:00 Globe Trekker 08:00 Nomad’s Land 09:00 Culinary Asia 10:00 Planet Food 11:00 Food Tripper 12:00 Globe Trekker 13:00 The World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides 14:00 Out Of Country 14:30 Essential 15:00 Nomad’s Land 16:00 Globe Trekker 17:00 Food Tripper 18:00 Planet Food 19:00 Globe Trekker 00:00 4real 00:30 Essential 01:00 Globe Trekker 05:00 Planet Food 06:00 Food Tripper

06:00 Swan, The 07:45 Happy Years, The 09:35 Logan’s Run 11:30 Lili 12:50 Patch Of Blue, A 14:35 Anchors Aweigh 16:50 They Died With Their Boots On 19:10 Glass Bottom Boat, The 21:00 Reckless 22:30 Night Of The Iguana, The 00:30 Whose Life Is It Anyway? 02:30 Twenty-Fifth Hour, The 04:25 Son Of A Gunﬁghter

Friday, August 31, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL

Sport Clijsters ushered to exit as Murray cruises in New York

Comeback kids no fans of scrapping five-setters

Briton Laura Robson ends Belgian’s career

By Will Swanton

By Steve Ginsburg and Will Swanton

IN BRIEF

KIM Clijsters’ illustrious singles career drew to an emotional close yesterday when the former world number one was knocked out of the second round of the US Open by Britain’s Laura Robson. Robson’s compatriot Andy Murray later made light work of Croatia’s Ivan Dodig to reach the third round but it was the 7-6 7-6 defeat of Belgian Clijsters that grabbed the attention as the first significant upset of the tournament. Murray’s 6-2 6-1 6-3 second round victory completed the third consecutive night of uncompetitive matches on the showcase Arthur Ashe Stadium. The big names have won six matches in prime time for the loss of only 24 games. Eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic earlier survived a major scare against Guillaume Rufin to be one of nine men to recover from two-set deficits in the opening round. Clijsters, three-times a US Open champion, remains in the doubles and mixed doubles but the loss to Robson was her final singles match before she quits the tour to concentrate on family life. She saved two match points in the 12th game of the second set with a searing forehand volley and a huge first serve. The tiebreak was tense as Clijsters fought to extend her career but Robson, the world number 89 playing with fearless aggression and pinpoint accuracy, converted her third match point and it was all over for the 29 year old. “I have played some of my best tennis here and some of my best matches,” Clijsters said. “It is a place that has in-

Impressive: Robson played with fearless aggression spired me. This feels like the perfect place to retire - but I just wish it wasn’t today. “I fought and gave it my all but just wasn’t good enough in the end. “It’s been a great adventure. It’s all been worth it but I’m looking forward to the next part of my life.” Robson paid tribute to Clijsters in an on-court interview. “I was just trying to play as well as I could because if I didn’t, I knew Kim would completely dominate,” Robson said.

GREAT ROLE MODEL “I want to say thanks to Kim for being such a great role model for so many years. I have grown up watching you play and it has been an honour to ﬁnally play against you.” Other matches went mostly to script, the only mild surprises involving lower seeds. World number one Victoria Azarenka overpowered Belgian qualiﬁer Kirsten Flipkens 6-2 6-2 in 65 minutes in a blustery Arthur Ashe Stadium before defending champion Sam Stosur re-

corded a routine 6-3 6-0 win over Edina Gallovits-Hall. Stosur met Redfoo of the music group LMFAO before he watched her match and his presence at courtside inspired a victory dance by the Australian. “I ﬁgured, well, there’s only going to be maybe one chance you can do that at the US Open with him there,” Stosur said. “I’m sure I looked like a goose.” Russia’s third seed Maria Sharapova trounced Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-0 6-1 in the ﬁrst of two night matches. Murray was equally untroubled in his win over Dodig and thousand of spectators walked out before the match was completed. Scratchy in his opening round match against Alex Bogomolov, the Scot had all guns blazing against Dodig. Elsewhere in the men’s draw, fourth-seeded David Ferrer disposed of Kevin Anderson 6-4 6-2 7-6 and local hope John Isner won a highquality clash with Xavier Malisse 6-3 7-6 5-7 7-6. “A lot of people are projecting me to go far here but I wasn’t looking past this match,” the ninth-seeded Isner said. “As you guys could see, I had my hands full. Got to a certain point there where it was anyone’s match.” Ernests Gulbis defeated 21st seed Tommy Haas 3-6 4-6 6-4 7-5 6-3 and Gilles Muller snuck home for a 2-6 3-6 7-5 7-6 7-6 defeat of 28th seed Mikhail Youzhny to join Tipsarevic in the band of players who have come back from the brink. “I had to grind and suffer and do whatever was necessary to win,” Tipsarevic said. Former men’s champion Juan Martin del Potro as well as top women Petra Kvitova and Li Na all progressed with routine victories.

Thanks for the memories: Kim Clijsters, a three-time US Open champion, has played her last singles match

NINE miracle workers at the US Open vehemently disagree with abolishing best-of-five set matches at grand slam events, for without the extended format they would have been on the next plane out of JFK Airport. Janko Tipsarevic, Gilles Muller and Ernests Gulbis joined a growing list of players recovering from the abyss of two-set deficits at Flushing Meadows amid debate for best-of-three set clashes in the early rounds at grand slam events. Tipsarevic defeated French wildcard Guillaume Rufin 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-3 6-2, Muller edged 28th-seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny 2-6 3-6 7-5 7-6 7-6 while Latvian Gulbis beat Germany’s Tommy Haas 3-6 4-6 6-4 7-5 6-3 in another Houdini escape act filled with drama and engrossing theatre. “I saw there is talk about best of three,” said Tipsarevic. “But this is part of the grand slam. I had to grind and suffer and do whatever was necessary to win.” Defending champion Novak Djokovic and leading commentator Darren Cahill are among those offering support to an abbreviated format but the drama provided by the nine wars of attrition this week have proved the attraction of players being forced to go the distance. Tipsarevic, Muller and Gulbis joined Fabio Fognini, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Philipp Petzschner, Paul Henri-Mathieu and Marin Cilic as players who would have been packing their bags without the opportunity to drag themselves back from the brink. Dolgopolov’s epic revival came from two sets and 0-4. He was even one point away from trailing 0-5 in the third set against American Jesse Levine. He will play Cyprus’ Marcos Baghdatis today.

Ryder Cup incentive for Mahan, Fowler, Snedeker

McLaren won’t use team orders in F1 title battle

South Africa dominate ICC team of the year

WITH US Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III set to announce his four wildcard picks on Tuesday, Hunter Mahan, Rickie Fowler and Brandt Snedeker are among those eager to impress at this week’s Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC Boston. The eight automatic qualiﬁers were decided after this month’s PGA Championship and Love will round out his 12-man team when he names his captain’s selections. Cup veterans Steve Stricker and Jim Furyk are widely expected to be included in that quartet, leaving players such as Mahan, Fowler, Snedeker, Nick Watney, Dustin Johnson and Bo Van Pelt to vie for the remaining two spots.

MCLAREN boss Martin Whitmarsh says the team are not yet considering using team orders despite Jenson Button falling off the pace in the title race. Button is 88 points behind championship leader Fernando Alonso of Ferrari with team-mate Lewis Hamilton 44 adrift. “It will be quite a few races before we make that decision,” said Whitmarsh. Whitmarsh added that he thinks Hamilton’s contract situation, which runs out at the end of the season, will be resolved “in fairly short order.” The Belgian Grand Prix takes place at Spa on Sunday.

SOUTH Africa’s rise to the top of the Test rankings was reflected in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test Team of the Year yesterday with four Proteas making it to the Michael Clarke-led side. Prolific batsman Hashim Amla and allrounder Jacques Kallis were joined by pace bowling team mates Vernon Philander and Dale Steyn in the squad which has a fifth South African - AB de Villiers - as the 12th man. England, who surrendered the number one tag to South Africa, had three representations in opener newly appointed Test captain Alastair Cook, wicketkeeper Matt Prior and pace bowler Stuart Broad.

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Marathon trophy from 1896 Games on display By Renee Maltezou

Greece’s triple Olympic weightlifting champ Pyrros Dimas looks at the six-inch Breal’s Silver Cup, one of the most important pieces of memorabilia associated with the Games

THE trophy won by the marathon winner at the 1896 Olympics has gone on display for the ﬁrst time in Greece, and the new owners and prime minister said they hoped it would help inspire Greeks to overcome the economic crisis. The Breal’s Silver Cup, which stands just six inches tall, has been described as one of the most important pieces of memorabilia associated with the Games. When it was sold in April by the grandson of the victor, Greek athlete Spyros Louis, it smashed the previous auction record for an Olympic artifact. The Athens-based Stavros Niarchos Foundation paid more than 650,000 euros to acquire the cup. It said it wanted

to keep it in Greece, which won it 116 years ago and is now in its deepest recession since World War Two. “In these tough times, all Greeks must follow the bravery, resilience and fighting spirit that made Spyros Louis win,” Andreas Dracopoulos, head of the foundation, said this week when the trophy went on display. “We must work hard, this time not to win a cup but to stand, proud, on our feet again.” Athens’ Acropolis Museum will keep the cup, named after French philologist Michel Breal, until September 2013. It will eventually go on display in a planned new cultural centre. Louis was the only Greek athlete to win at the 14-nation 1896 Games in Athens. He finished the 26-mile race first after the previous leader, Australian Edwin Flack, collapsed in the final

stages. He was hailed as a national hero and presented with the cup, a silver medal, an antique vase, an olive branch and a diploma by Greece’s King George I. The marathon devised for the 1896 Games was inspired by the legendary run of Pheidippides to carry the news of victory by the ancient Greeks in battle over the Persians. He died moments after delivering the message, according to the story. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who visited the museum this week, said the trophy’s purchase and return to Greece at a time of crisis was symbolic. “We will win this marathon, we will overcome the hurdles,” Samaras said. “This cup is a symbol of the victory we owe to our history, ourselves and our children.”

Maori team to tour as ‘Opening ceremony showed how far the Paralympic movement has come’ ‘All Blacks’ for first time

Records smashed in London THE Paralympics got under way in spectacular fashion on Wednesday night with the focus now shifting to the athletes - who are already smashing world records. Cyclist Sarah Storey got off to a blistering start in her pursuit of a gold medal, chalking up a new Games record in the process. In front of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, she clocked three minutes 32.170 seconds to advance to the gold medal ride-off in the 3km C5 individual pursuit. The 35-year-old swimmerturned cyclist has won seven Paralympic titles since making her debut in Barcelona in the pool in 1992 and is aiming to add to her collection in London. The Games got off to a spectacular start last night in Stratford’s Olympic Stadium with a stunning ceremony, including aerial acrobatics and guest appearances by the Queen and Professor Stephen Hawking. Viewing ﬁgures released by Channel 4 showed the ceremony drew a peak audience of 11.2 million people the broadcasters’ biggest in a decade - and four times that of the opening in Beijing four years ago. And yesterday, Craig Spence, the International Paralympic Committee’s director of media and communications, hailed the “fantastic” ceremony a success. He said: “It gave a reﬂection of all impairment groups and I think it showed how far the Paralympic movement has come. “It had global appeal in Stephen Hawking. I thought his narration of the ceremony was fantastic. Every word he said meant something. “I think there was a line in Sir Philip’s speech that said the Paralympics will make you reassess how you think about yourself and how you think about others. I think Stephen Hawking’s words did that as well.” But there was controversy amid rumours that some

By Ossian Shine

Double amputee Afghan war veteran Joe Townsend flew into the Olympic Stadium on a zip wire to begin the lighting of the cauldron in a ceremony narrated by Professor Stephen Hawking Paralympians appeared to cover the branding of Games sponsors Atol. The company works alongside the Department for Work and Pensions to carry out Work Capability Assessments used to decide whether an individual is fit for work but has been criticised by some for its role in slashing the benefits bill. But LOCOG yesterday said it was unaware that athletes had hidden the branding. It follows protests from disability rights activists about the company’s Government contract to carry out controversial tests that determine whether claimants of incapacity benefit are “fit to work”.

Jackie Brock-Doyle, LOCOG’s director of communications, again defended the decision to use the sponsor. She said: “They are one of our sponsors, we do support our sponsors. Without them, as I said yesterday, we don’t have a Games.

HELPING US “They do an awful lot in helping us present a big chunk of the Games, certainly through their technology. “They support us in the accreditation process, they support us in the volunteer process, they support us with the the results, and they support the IPC with a lot of work they are doing

with ParalympicsGB.” UK Sport have set ParalympicsGB the minimum target of winning 103 medals from at least 12 different sports, with the overall goal of once again ﬁnishing second in the medal table. Britain won 102 medals, including 42 golds, in Beijing four years ago to claim second place for a third consecutive Paralympic Games. On Wednesday, 62,000 people crammed into the stadium as millions around the world watched on. Professor Hawking delivered the powerful message to “Look up at the stars, and not down at your feet”. The highlight, however, was double amputee Afghan

war veteran Joe Townsend, who flew into the stadium on a zip wire to begin the lighting of the cauldron. Six Paralympians and former competitors - including Baroness Tanni GreyThompson - were bathed in gold as they ‘flew’ into the stadium in a stunning acrobatic display. Accompanying the athletics star were fellow Paralympians Robert Barrett, Kay Forshaw, Tony Griffin, Ian Rose and Marc Woods. The ceremony heralded the start of 11 days of elite sporting action featuring athletes from across the world and before sell-out crowds who have made this the most successful Paralympic Games in history.

TWO months after extending the lucrative All Blacks brand name from rugby union’s world champions to include New Zealand’s Sevens and Maori rugby teams, the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) announced yesterday a Maori tour of Britain. The Maori All Blacks will play English Premiership winners Leicester Tigers, a select Championship XV, and Canada’s international team in November’s tour, NZRU chief executive Steve Tew said. “We are very excited that our re-named Maori All Blacks will showcase our unique brand of rugby to the northern hemisphere,” Tew said. “This announcement conﬁrms our commitment to a tour programme for the Maori All Blacks.” The Maori team has traditionally tended to play sides touring New Zealand. A prerequisite for selection is that the player has Maori ancestry. The Maoris are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. With their distinctive black kit, silver fern logo, intimidating pre-match haka - or war dance - and a winning record against every team they have ever played a Test match against, rugby union’s All Blacks are one of the most recognisable teams in world sport. The NZRU is now looking to convert that appeal into cash and raise funds for all layers of the game in New Zealand. “We need $100 million a year to sustain our national game, to produce and retain the best players in the world and to keep making the community game attractive to young players,” Tew said earlier this year. Tew said that the expansion of the All Black term would in no way dilute its value.

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Sport End of Europa road for Cyprus side APOEL APOEL 1 Neftchi 3 Neftchi win 4-2 on aggregate By Nemanja Bjedov

Madrid’s second-leg victory broke Barca’s seven-match unbeaten streak at the Bernabeu and was Real’s ﬁrst home win in a ‘Clasico’ since May 2008

Ronaldo seals Super Cup win By Iain Rogers REAL Madrid claimed their first Spanish Super Cup in four years and a moraleboosting success against their arch-rivals when Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo struck in a 2-1 win against 10-man Barcelona. The victory over error-prone Barca, who had Adriano sent off in the 28th minute, meant the tie finished 4-4 on aggregate after the Catalans won last week’s first leg 3-2 at the Nou Camp and Real took the trophy on the away goals rule. It was a much-needed success for Jose Mourinho’s side after they failed to win in their opening three matches of the season and crashed to a shock 2-1 defeat at city rivals Getafe in La Liga on Sunday. Mourinho had warned his

Real fight back against holders Barcelona players he wanted a vast improvement and they responded with two goals inside 20 minutes thanks to poor Barca defending that allowed first Higuain on 11 minutes and Ronaldo eight minutes later to burst free and score. Lionel Messi gave Barca a chance of pulling off an unlikely comeback when he curled in a spectacular free kick from 30 metres moments before the break. Pedro drew a brilliant save from Iker Casillas and both sides had chances in a frenetic ending but Real held firm to end Barca’s threeyear grip on the trophy. The second-leg victory also broke Barca’s seven-match unbeaten streak at the Bernabeu and was Real’s first

home win in a ‘Clasico’ since May 2008. “At the Nou Camp they had a chance for a fourth goal and in the next move we scored the one that kept us in with a chance,” Casillas said in an interview with Spanish television. “We dominated the ﬁrst half and the match in general, although we had to suffer a bit at the end,” he added. “We were on a poor run and we owed this to the fans. We haven’t started the season well but some days you have good luck and some you don’t.” Real’s opening goal came when Javier Mascherano, playing his 100th game for Barca, failed to clear a long ball from Pepe and Higuain raced clear and ﬁred a shot

under Victor Valdes. Mascherano’s central defensive partner Gerard Pique was then at fault for Real’s second. Ronaldo beat the Spain international to the ball and although the Portuguese forward’s chance appeared to have passed as the defence regrouped he loosed off a shot that ﬂew high into the net off Valdes. Barca were down to 10 men just under 10 minutes later when Adriano hauled Ronaldo down as he homed in on goal and the Brazilian was deservedly shown a straight red card. World Player of the Year Messi lifted Barca with his 45th-minute stunner, leaving Spain captain Casillas ﬂailing at thin air as the ball

rocketed past him into the net. The goal put the Argentina international level with former Real striker Raul on 15 goals in ‘Clasicos’ and three short of the record held by Real great Alfredo Di Stefano. As the Real players and fans celebrated, Barca were left rueing what might have been if a mistake from Valdes had not gifted Angel Di Maria a goal late on in the ﬁrst leg. “We started the match badly and those two errors cost us,” Xavi told Spanish TV. “But despite that we replied to their two goals even with 10 men and we had two great chances even to win the Cup,” he added. “We lost this title but the most important ones are still up for grabs.” Mourinho gave new signing Luka Modric a runout late in the game, while Alex Song made his debut for Barca.

Deschamps moving on from Euro 2012 controversy

France coach Didier Deschamps insists the misdemeanours of Euro 2012 are ‘history’

FRANCE coach Didier Deschamps insists the misdemeanours of Euro 2012 are “history” after recalling Jeremy Menez for next month’s World Cup qualifying double-header. The Paris St Germain forward was banned for one national team game - August 15’s friendly against Uruguay - after a hearing into confrontations with both Italian referee Nicola Rizzoli and his own goalkeeper Hugo Lloris during the Euro 2012 quarter-final defeat to Spain. He was one of four players punished for their conduct during the tournament, with Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri still serving a three-match ban and midfielders Yann M’Vila and Hatem Ben Arfa

issued with warnings. The latter two have not been recalled, but Deschamps insists the door is not closed on them and he will go into his ﬁrst competitive games in charge - against Finland next Friday and Belarus four days later - with Menez at his disposal. “What interests me is the future and he is part of it,” Deschamps told reporters at a press conference at the French Football Federation headquarters in Paris. “What happened at the Euros is history. He has great qualities as a footballer. It is up to him to know what to do or not, to ﬁt in with the squad. “He has great qualities but also faults, it is up to

him to erase them. “He is a player capable of making a difference. Along with his club, he must allow himself to be at his best and perform in the national team.” Yohan Cabaye of Newcastle and Arsenal’s Abou Diaby are back in the squad after injury, the latter for his ﬁrst call-up in more than a year. “Last year, he had a disastrous season due to injuries,” Deschamps said of Diaby. “There is a worry over his physical condition. I hope nothing happens to him. He played 90 minutes at the weekend. “He is a very interesting player and is at an age, 26, when he has more maturity.”

APOEL’s European campaign came to an unexpected early end as they suffered a 3-1 defeat against Azerbaijani side Neftchi in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League play-off round yesterday evening at Nicosia’s GSP Stadium. The seven-time Azerbaijani champions booked a spot in the group stage draw for the European secondtier competition with a 4-2 aggregate victory, after playing a 1-1 stalemate last Thursday in Baku. After only 13 minutes into the game in the Cypriot capital, the visitors had a great chance to open the proceedings. Mario Sergio brought down Flavinho just outside the penalty area and Julius Wobay hit the woodwork from the free kick with a powerful strike. Neftchi then continued to dominate and nine minutes later took the lead, when Cavid Imamverdiyev was sent through down the right flank and Dionisios Chiotis rushed out of his goal trying to stop the Azerbaijani forward - only to deflect the ball into the path of incoming Rashad Sadygov who slotted it home. Eight minutes later it was already 2-0 for Neftchi. Wobay took a long distance shot from the right wing some 25 metres away from the goal, and luckily for the Sierra Leone international, the ball deflected off Nektarios Alexandrou and flew across the goal past hapless Chiotis. Needing three goals to advance at this stage, APOEL received a lifeline in the last minute of the first half when Selim Benachour hit the net from close range. Efstathios Aloneftis connected with Gustavo Manduca’s cross, but Sasa Stamenkovic managed to save his shot only for the experienced Frenchman to score his second goal against Neftchi in as many games. After the interval, Ivan Jovanovic’s men were firmly determined to go all out offensively, but it was not meant to be, as the visitors utilised a counter attack 15 minutes into the second half, with Brazilian forward Flavinho making it 3-1, which eventually proved to be the final score. APOEL’s premature Europa League exit means that only one Cypriot team, AEL, will be drawn this afternoon in Nyon for the group stage of the Europa League.

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A thousand reasons for Fergie to keep his winning formula

Fiorentina hit out at Berbatov over Fulham move

Man United manager to take charge of 1,000th league game on Sunday

MANCHESTER United striker Dimitar Berbatov is having a medical at Fulham, manager Martin Jol has confirmed. The Bulgarian, 31, was expected to join Fiorentina but the deal fell through after interest from the London club. Juventus were also keen to sign Berbatov and their director general Giuseppe Marotta said: “There was a proposal by Fulham. “We made our own, then the player said he preferred to stay in England for family reasons.” Fiorentina say they had agreed a deal with United and had already paid the first instalment of the transfer fee for Berbatov, who was a club record £30.75m signing from Tottenham in 2008. A statement from the Serie A club criticised the player, claiming he had failed to arrive in Florence to finalise the move after paying for his flight. They also claim United granted written permission for Berbatov to travel to Florence for a medical and to sign the contract. “The player embarked in the company of his agent and with tickets paid by Fiorentina on a direct flight to Florence,” the statement added. “But the player never arrived in Florence.”

By Dan Jones FOOTBALL is a sport in which heroes are casually made and quickly forgotten. In the course of every season players are lionised for scoring goals and managers for winning matches, and their names are sung from the terraces. But the cold truth is that, in the long run, almost everyone in football is a journeyman who will win no trophies and will eventually be forgotten. The historical importance of most players and managers is virtually nil. That being so, when we consider the living marvel that is Sir Alex Ferguson, we should shake our heads in wonder. On Sunday, the Manchester United manager will take his team to play at Southampton. It will be United’s third Premier League game of the season. But it will be Ferguson’s 1,000th League game in charge of the club, a run which began on November 8, 1986 with a 2-0 defeat to Oxford United and has yielded, in the 999 games to date, a remarkable 598 wins, 233 draws and 168 defeats a win ratio just a bootlace below 60 per cent (and just under 65 per cent in the Premier League era). Ferguson is unquestionably the foremost manager in English football’s modern history, and there’s a pretty good case for saying he is the greatest League manager ever to have lived, since his epic reign at United has taken place during an era of increasingly blinding shorttermism. According to the League Managers’ Associa-

tion, the average tenure of a manager at a football club today is 2.12 seasons. Ferguson is in his 27th season at United. For that alone, Ferguson is a freak of history, a big beast and a titan of his times. If football were the world, Sir Alex would be a Churchill, a Caesar or - perhaps this is a better example - a Napoleon. He has dominated his age completely, not by trying to make the world love him, but by forcing the world to submit to his vision. Twelve League titles and a top-three ﬁnish every season since 1991-92 are the headline achievements but Ferguson has also set the mould for managerial conduct: making himself a father and a tyrant, a custodian and coach, a fan and severe critic. Above all, he is a lightning rod to absorb external criticism, whether of his players or, lately, of his club’s odious owners. Much has been made this week of two examples of the casual autocracy with which Ferguson runs United. First, he demonstrated his stern paternalism by prohibiting his younger players from driving the sportier cars supplied by United’s new sponsor Chevrolet. Then he showed his ﬁerce intolerance of - bordering on genuine contempt for the press, by banning from his Friday conferences a journalist who had reported (accurately) that Rio Ferdinand would miss the opening game of this season through injury. Overbearing? Yes. Obnoxious? Sure. But why change a winning formula? After a quarter of a century of this sort of behaviour, it would

be odd and probably fatal for Ferguson to ease off now. Ferguson’s 1,000th overall match in charge of United was in November 2004: a 2-1 victory over Lyon in the Champions League. But there is more signiﬁcance to his millennium of League games. For all that United are tweaked by the fact they have not won more than three European Cups, winning the Premier League is still the bare necessity of every season Ferguson begins. Brian Clough, another irascible, quasi-despotic tracksuit genius, once said, “I would gladly go out of the European Cup, the Football League Cup and the FA Cup . . . tomorrow if you could guarantee me winning the League. “That is the one that you have to have every single aspect of football management about you to win it. You’ve got to have endurance, you’ve got to have talent, you’ve got to be a little bit daft. You’ve got to have strength, psychology... and, of course, you’ve got to have very good players. It’s a real endurance battle over nine or ten months.” That might as well have been Ferguson speaking. And now, another of those endurance battles has begun, with Manchester City and Chelsea the leading rivals - rivals whom some think have too much money and talent to be beaten. We’ll see. Ferguson has specialised over the years in seeming always to be presiding over the dying days of his extraordinary reign. Unfortunately for everyone else, the end, like Godot, never actually comes.

ARROGANT

Still going strong: Sir Alex is in his 27th season as United boss - during an era of increasingly blinding short-termism

Terry included in England squad

Chelsea skipper John Terry has been selected by Roy Hodgson despite concerns over his ﬁtness

JOHN Terry has been included in Roy Hodgson’s 24-man England squad for September’s World Cup qualiﬁers against Moldova and Ukraine. But Manchester United winger Ashley Young, who featured at Euro 2012 and in England’s recent friendly against Italy, has been dropped. Chelsea skipper Terry, 31, missed his side’s 2-0 victory over Newcastle on Saturday with a neck injury. But he is selected alongside team-mates Daniel Sturridge and Ryan Bertrand. Sturridge, 22, and Bertrand, 23, both played against Italy and the former keeps his place as Wayne Rooney misses out as a result of the badly gashed thigh he suffered in Manchester United’s 3-2 over Fulham. Rooney’s United team-mate Michael Carrick could make his ﬁrst competitive appearance for England since he asked not to be considered for international duty last January, having not featured at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Also returning to the squad is Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard, who missed the the Italy friendly. Arsenal forward Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is also included, alongside his team-mate at the Emirates, Theo Walcott. Jack Rodwell, who recently joined Manches-

ter City in a £12m deal from Everton, has been left out. Birmingham goalkeeper Jack Butland and Norwich’s John Ruddy will be back-up to Manchester City’s Joe Hart, meaning there is no place for Queens Park Rangers’ Robert Green. The road to Brazil 2014 begins at the Zimbru Stadium in Moldova on Friday 7 September before Hodgson’s side are back in action at Wembley ﬁve days later against Ukraine. Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Birmingham City), Joe Hart (Manchester City), John Ruddy (Norwich City). Defenders: Leighton Baines (Everton), Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Joleon Lescott (Manchester City), John Terry (Chelsea), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur). Midﬁelders: Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Adam Johnson (Sunderland), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), James Milner (Manchester City), Theo Walcott (Arsenal). Forwards: Andy Carroll (Liverpool), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United).

The club blamed “the reckless and arrogant actions of other clubs” and said they were “happy” that Berbatov would not be signing for Fiorentina. “He’s not worthy of our city, our shirt and the values it represents,” read the statement. Fiorentina, looking to rebuild after a disappointing 13th-place finish last season, said they had reached a verbal agreement with the player over the terms of his contract. Berbatov’s agent was unavailable for comment when contacted by BBC Sport, but Marotta defended Juventus against Fiorentina’s accusations. “We have acted with the maximum fairness and transparency with regard to the market dynamics,” he told Sky Italia. “I reject the allegations from Fiorentina. We entered into the business over Berbatov when we heard that he had refused Fiorentina.” In July, Berbatov said it would be “better for everyone” if he left United after starting just five Premier League matches last season. He has seen his chances of earning more regular first-team football diminish further with the arrival this summer of £24m striker Robin van Persie from Arsenal.

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Sport Super Cup comes full circle with last Monaco match By Mike Collett CHELSEA’S relationship with the European Super Cup comes full circle tonight when the winners of the first final at the picturesque Stade Louis II in Monaco face Atletico Madrid in the last one to be staged there. Chelsea, at the time holders of the Cup Winners’ Cup, beat European champions Real Madrid 1-0 in 1998 and now, as European champions themselves, they are back to face Atletico, the winners of last season’s Europa League. Chelsea’s win 14 years ago, secured by a late Gus Poyet goal over a Real side that included Raul, Roberto Carlos, Clarence Seedorf and Fernando Morientes, began a trend. Of the 14 finals played in Monaco in the traditional curtain-raiser to the European club season, the European champions have lost eight times to the Cup Winners’ Cup holders and then subsequently the UEFA Cup and Europa League winners. Atletico, like Chelsea, have also beaten the European champions in Monaco, scoring a 2-0 victory over Inter Milan at the Stade Louis in 2010. However, unlike in 1998, Chelsea will start as favourites after a fine start to the domestic season in which they have won their opening three Premier League matches. “Of course we want to extend that run with another win,” coach Roberto Di Matteo, who played in Chelsea’s 1998 win over Real, said. “And you can never win enough trophies.” Chelsea defied the odds last season to realise the dream of billionaire Russian owner Roman Abramovich and win the European Cup on

penalties against Bayern in Munich. Abramovich has since gambled some £80 million on new players since the night Chelsea reached the European pinnacle at the Allianz Arena. Brazilian playmaker Oscar, Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard, Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta, Germany’s Marko Marin and Nigerian-born Victor Moses have arrived at Stamford Bridge while Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba are among those who have left. There is no doubt Abramovich would like to sail away from Monaco with another trophy in the locker before the Super Cup begins its travels around Europe. Following a suggestion by UEFA president Michel Platini to rotate, next year’s match will be in Prague, the 2014 final in Cardiff and the 2015 game in Tbilisi. Like Di Matteo, Atletico’s charismatic Argentine coach Diego Simeone has just begun his first full season in charge at the Vicente Calderon and still has most of the players in his squad who helped win the Europa League. They appear to have fended off interest from wealthier rivals in striker Radamel Falcao, the Colombia international known as ‘The Tiger’ who netted 24 goals in La Liga last season and 12 in Europe. Falcao has picked up where he left off and scored a fine hat-trick in Monday’s 4-0 mauling of Athletic Bilbao, the team they beat 3-0 in the 2012 Europa League final. “This gives us a lot of encouragement to face the game on Friday,” Falcao told Spanish television after the Bilbao match. “We knew that if we won this game we would have more confidence to face Chelsea.”

Roberto Di Matteo, who led Chelsea to Champions League glory last season, played in the Blues’ 1998 Super Cup win over Real Madrid

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CITY MEET REAL, UNITED FACE GALATASARAY, ARSENAL PLAY SCHALKE A general view shows the draw for the Champions League group stage yesterday in Monaco

Chelsea will face Juventus, Shakhtar By Mike Collett

uropean champions Chelsea will face former winners Juventus, Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine and Danish newcomers FC Nordsjaelland at the start of their title defence following The Champions League group stage draw yesterday. In Group D nine-times European champions Real Madrid are grouped with English champions Manchester City, Dutch league winners Ajax Amsterdam and German champs Borussia Dortmund. Bayern Munich, who lost to Chelsea in last season’s Champions League ﬁnal, will face Valencia, Lille and BATE Borisov of Belarus in Group F. Chelsea were placed in a tough group with Juventus, Shakhtar Donetsk and Nordsjaelland. “It is not going to be easy. Manchester United thought they had an easy passage last season and went out early. You cannot afford to make that mistake,” Chelsea club secretary Dave Barnard said. Real director Emilio Butragueno told Spanish television his team had not had much luck after being drawn with Manchester City, Ajax and Dortmund. “It’s a very tough group, every game will be very tight with a lot of tension,” he said. “City are a very strong team after an enormous investment in

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW Group A Porto, Dynamo Kiev, Paris St Germain, Dinamo Zagreb Group B Arsenal, Schalke, Olympiakos, Montpellier Group C AC Milan, Zenit St Petersburg, Anderlecht, Malaga Group D Real Madrid, Manchester City, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund Group E Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus, FC Nordsjaelland Group F Bayern Munich, Valencia, Lille, BATE Borisov Group G Barcelona, Benfica, Spartak Moscow, Celtic Group H Manchester United, Braga, Galatasaray, CFR Cluj recent years and they will be a rival of the highest level.” Bayern Munich, runners-up to Dortmund in the Bundesliga last season, face Valencia, who they beat on penalties in the 2001 Champions League final, Lille and BATE. “I see Valencia as our strongest opponents in this group, but in any case it’s our duty to reach the quarter-finals,” Bayern captain Philipp Lahm said. Barcelona, the strong favourites last year until they lost to Chelsea in the semifinals, face old rivals Benfica, Spartak Moscow and Celtic. Barca skipper Andres Iniesta, in Monaco and named as UEFA’s Best Player in Europe last season, said: “The Champions League is an incredibly difficult competition to win,

and we will respect every side that we have to face in it.” Lionel Messi, who scored 73 goals for Barca last season and was also in Monaco, added: “Sometimes luck helps decide the Champions League as Chelsea discovered last season. It’s a tough draw but hopefully we can do better this season than last.” Celtic manager Neil Lennon said the draw with Barcelona would be a test for his team, but would add a touch of “real glamour” to their European campaign. Manchester United, the three-times European champions who failed to get past the group stage last season but are back for a record 18th appearance in the competition, will face Braga, Galatasaray and CFR Cluj and should

progress comfortably The draw included 11 former European champions as well as holders Chelsea, 20 teams who competed last season and three newcomers including Montpellier, who won the French League for the first time. They were drawn in the same group as Arsenal, Schalke 04 and Olympiakos. “Arsenal are a European great, Olympiakos’ fans are among the hottest and Schalke represent the German seriousness,” Montpellier coach Rene Girard said. “Obviously, we will fight as hard as we can, we did not do all this for nothing.” Paris St Germain, who finished as runners-up to Montpellier and are back in the competition for the first time since 2004-05, will play Porto, Dynamo Kiev and Dinamo Zagreb. The competition starts on September 18-19 with the group stage ending in the first week of December. The final is being staged at Wembley on May 25 as part of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the English FA, the world’s oldest, in 1863.