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Thumbs down from the troika Cyprus’ proposals are ‘insufficient’ say lenders, who urge cooperation

YPRUS is not cooperating enough with its international lenders, in the view of the troika themselves, reports from Berlin said last night. The island’s proposals on a possible memorandum of understanding were, in the view of the troika, “insufﬁcient”, according to a document obtained by Reuters in Berlin. “The Eurogroup working group has again urged Cyprus to cooperate with the troika,” the document said, according to a report from the news agency. The comment appears to contradict the continuous stream of positive spin coming out of the Cyprus government that the negotiations were moving along, despite some differing views. Cyprus remains at odds with the troika over privatisations and automatic wage hikes, the ﬁnance minister said yesterday, but he said he was optimistic a bailout deal would be brokered soon. The government has repeatedly said it want-

ed to seal a negotiation before the November 12 Eurogroup meeting but missing that would not be “the end of the world,” Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly said. “It is more important to strike a deal with the troika team,” said Shiarly. The minister said there were also differences with the troika – European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund and European Commission - on recapitalisation needs of the island’s Greek-exposed banks and the supervision of co-operatives. The minister said there was a ﬁfth issue – he did not specify – which was not of much concern. “We are waiting ... to hear when they will come to Cyprus to conclude the ﬁnal round of negotiations... Now the ball is in their court,” Shiarly told reporters in Nicosia. Cyprus applied for an EU and IMF bailout in June after its two largest banks sought state aid to help with massive losses incurred by the Greek TURN TO PAGE 4

CYPRUS RALLY GETS UNDERWAY IN PAPHOS

The much-anticipated 2012 Cyprus Rally got underway last night with a Super Special Stage in downtown Paphos. In a thrilling display of driving, Norway’s Andreas Mikkelsen (at the starting line above) went on to steer his Skoda Fabia S2000 to a winning time of just 2m 48.6s to take the evening’s all-tarmac LTV Super Special Stage 4.4s faster than 2nd placed Jarkko Nikara of Finland in his Subaru Impreza

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FIGHT a hobbit for an aisle seat? Get life jacket instructions from a beautiful female elf? Only on a plane to Middle Earth – or in an Air New Zealand safety video. The company’s latest in a series of variations on the usual dull pre-ﬂight safety instructions has lifted a page from J.R.R. Tolkien’s

classic The Hobbit in the run-up to the world premiere of the film later this month, a bid to attract visitors to the nation where much of the film was shot. An Unexpected Briefing, a play on the movie’s title of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, features crew members explaining flight

safety to passengers headed for Middle Earth, Tolkien’s enchanted land. Director Sir Peter Jackson, who received Academy Awards for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, makes a cameo appearance in the four-minute video, playing a passenger seated among Orcs, elves and furry-foot-

ed hobbits. Gollum, the creature corrupted by the infamous ring at the centre of the series, also does his bit by scuttling along darkened aisles to point at the emergency exit lights, while an elf pointedly tells the powerful wizard Gandalf that he cannot smoke his pipe on the ﬂight.

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CYPRUS’ first female lawyer, first cabinet minister, and first and only female attorney-general, Stella Soulioti, died on Thursday night in Limassol at the age of 92. Throughout her life, Soulioti was the first among Cypriot women to obtain prominent positions. She was Cyprus’ first female lawyer. She was the world’s and Cyprus’ first female Justice Minister serving for the newly formed Republic of Cyprus between 1960 and 1970. She was the island’s first law Commissioner between 1971 and 1984. She then became the island’s first and only female attorney-general, between 1984 and 1988. Soulioti was among the first Cypriot women to join the British air force when in 1943, the British administration asked women in Cyprus to join. She left the force at the rank of lieutenant. Soulioti also headed the Cyprus Red Cross society between 1961 and 2004 and was on UNESCO’s executive board between 1987 and 1991. She advised successive Cyprus governments on the Cyprus problem for decades from the sixties

Stella Soulioti passed away aged 92 in Limassol on Thursday night onwards and wrote ‘Fettered Independence’, two volumes on Cyprus’ history between 1878 to 1964. The president, cabinet members, politicians and political parties yesterday expressed their condolences to the family, hailing Soulioti as a pioneer of public life. Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis said Soulioti was the archetype of the digniﬁed politician, who paved the way for others. “We are all poorer today,” she said. “At a time when women’s position in Cypriot society was difﬁcult, she was an example to emu-

late,” the Green party said. Law Commissioner Leda Koursoumba said that Cyprus owed her thanks for keeping thorough records that enriched the state archives. After the Turkish invasion of 1974, Soulioti was in essence a “state representative,” coordinating thousands of volunteers, Koursoumba said. Cyprus Red Cross has declared a ﬁve-day mourning period until Tuesday. “I will always refer to her as Mrs Soulioti,” said attorney-general Petros Clerides referring to a deference he said was always

due to her. Soulioti was born in 1920 in Limassol, one of the four children of Aggeliki and Sir Panayiotis. Her father was knighted by the British government in 1936, serving as a lawyer and public servant. Two of her siblings have already died: director Michael Cacoyannis and lawyer George – ‘Gogos’ – Cacoyannis. Her sister, Yiannoula CacoyannisWakeﬁeld is the head of the Michael Cacoyannis foundation. Soulioti’s daughter, a doctor, lives in London. The funeral in Limassol is scheduled for Tuesday.

Cyprus and Egypt talk energy matters By Stefanos Evripidou THE PROSPECTS of cooperation between Egypt and Cyprus in the energy sector are “enormous”, said Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis yesterday after meeting her Egyptian counterpart in Nicosia. Mohamed Kamel Amr is the first senior Egyptian official to visit Cyprus since the Egyptian uprising in 2011 forced Hosni Mubarak to step down after 30-years in power. Speaking after their meeting, Marcoullis said the two discussed a wide range of issues, including energy and the second round of licensing for offshore blocks in the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). She recalled that Egypt was the first country to sign a delineation agreement on the respective EEZs between the two countries in 2003. “The prospects of cooperation are enormous,” said Marcoullis. The energy authorities of both

countries are already working in that direction, she said, noting that Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis was in Cairo just two weeks ago to discuss the training of Cypriot energy ofﬁcials. Cyprus has signed a delimitation agreement with Egypt, Israel and Lebanon, though the latter has yet to ratify it. Cyprus and Israel are also in negotiations on a unitisation agreement, stipulating how the two countries could commercially exploit any hydrocarbons found on the boundaries between their respective EEZs. Marcoullis noted that Cyprus and Egypt are looking to do the same. “We will start negotiations on a unitisation agreement,” she said. For his part, the Egyptian minister Amr thanked Cyprus for its support to the people of Egypt during the uprising in 2011. “We will never forget that. You are a good friend and a friend when we needed you.” He noted the “enormous potential”

for increasing economic and cultural cooperation between the two countries, referring in particular to prospects in maritime transportation and renewable energy sources. The two ministers also discussed ways to repatriate funds embezzled by the former Mubarak regime in foreign countries. Marcoullis told the Cyprus Mail that the Cypriot and Egyptian authorities have already located embezzled funds in bank accounts in Cyprus, though she could not specify the amount. Amr thanked Cyprus for its help in getting the EU to prepare a resolution making it easier for these funds to be repatriated to Egypt. The Egyptian minister highlighted that the “situation in Syria is tragic”. Military intervention would be extremely dangerous, he said, adding that Egypt was looking for a “controlled change” in Syria by an organised opposition which would preserve Syria’s integrity and harmony.

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Home CYPRUS TODAY KPMG to check the books LARNACA municipality has appointed auditors KPMG to conduct an investigation of its accounts to determine the extent of fraud involving some 70 employees who are said to have withheld social insurance cheques instead of handing them over to the municipality. In a written statement the municipality said it wanted to establish the extent of the problem but it also wanted to identify weaknesses in the system, which may have contributed. The failure by the employees in question to hand over their sick leave cheques cost the municipality €80,000, initial estimates showed. The investigations will take around a month.

Safe cycling theme for latest police road campaign By Peter Stevenson AS PART of road safety week which began yesterday, Justice Minister Loucas Louca spoke of the advantages of cycling rather than driving. The theme this year for Road Safety week is ‘Cycling with Safety’. “It is important to promote this cheap, easy and ecological mode of transport,” said Louca. He added that even though cyclists were relatively small in number they were a high risk group when it came to use of the roads. Proponents of cycling however often cite the

lack of facilities for safer bike riding, especially in urban areas, although some progress has been made in the establishment of bicycle lanes in recent years. Louca spoke about the damage done to society by the number of road fatalities each year, especially among the young. “Human pain, which overwhelms the victims and their families cannot be measured,” Louca added. Statistics have shown an improvement this year in comparison to the same period in 2011 and 2010, the minister said, with 40 road deaths so far this year as opposed to 57 last year and

Nadir must pay back £5m or face six more years jail Judge rejects the disgraced tycoon’s claims of poverty

Murder arrest AUTHORITIES yesterday arrested a man, 44, from Polis Chrysochous in relation to the murder of a 67-year-old jeweller from Larnaca. Michalakis Demetriou was found dead on Wednesday near Petra tou Romiou in Paphos. A state pathologist said he was shot at close range.The 44-year-old was arrested in the evening after authorities interviewed Demetriou’s family and examined data from his mobile phone, police said. He is due to appear in court today for a remand hearing.

Explosives found POLICE found powerful explosives in a field in Strovolos late on Thursday night. An anonymous tip was given at 9.30pm leading officers to an empty field near the Aretousa Care Home. Upon arrival, they found a large leather bag containing 30 highly explosive sticks, 16 electronic triggers, three flammable fuses and one explosive fuse.

52 the year before during the same period. Ofﬁcial statistics for cycling deaths for 2012 were not immediately available but there has been at least one reported death of a cyclist this year. In 2009 there was an accident-free year for cyclists in Cyprus although there were two deaths in 2010 and two more in 2011. During the coming week many events, organised by the police and Popular Bank, will take place all across the island. Police Chief Michalis Papageorgiou announced that any funds generated by these events would be given to charity.

Nadir claimed to have lived on the generosity of his mother and a girlfriend

DISGRACED tycoon Asil Nadir was yesterday ordered to pay back £5 million of the money he stole from his Polly Peck business empire -- or face a further six years’ jail. Nadir was jailed for 10 years in August after being found guilty of stealing £28.8 million from the company and its shareholders. He later claimed to be penniless after prosecutors demanded £60 million should be paid in compensation and interest to the administrators. Polly Peck, a leading stock exchange conglomerate, collapsed in 1990 after Nadir stole money which he sent abroad through a complex series of companies. Justice Holroyde, sitting at the Old Bailey, rejected his claims of poverty and said he believed Nadir had money stashed away. Nadir was given two years to pay the compensation. He may be released after serving half of both sentences. The judge also ruled that Turkish airline boss Hamit Cankut Bagana could apply for the return of the £250,000 security he paid to allow Nadir bail. Nadir ﬂed from the UK to his native northern Cyprus

in 1993 but returned in 2010 to face trial. He claimed to have lived on the generosity of his mother and a girlfriend while in exile and before he was discharged as bankrupt. But the judge said: “It is not true that Nadir received no significant income or owned no significant assets since 1993.” It was argued on his behalf that Nadir had not taken part in business during his years in exile. But the judge said he could not accept that “such a proud and talented man” would have lived off handouts from his mother and a girlfriend. He added: “Why would he have impoverished and demeaned himself in such a way?” Nadir had not helped in revealing his finances but the judge said he did not think he could make an order for the full amount. He said: “Conscious that I am probably erring on the side of caution and being more generous to the defendant than he deserves, I believe he has the means to pay compensation of £5 million.” Nadir thanked the judge from the dock before being taken away to Belmarsh prison.

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Thumbs down from the troika Shiarly said Cyprus had been holding ‘long-distance’ talks with the lenders (continued from front page) debt write-down earlier in the year. The island has been unable to borrow from international financial markets for more than a year because of high yields on its traded debt. Shiarly said Cyprus had held “long-distance” talks with representatives of the ECB, the IMF and the European Commission and was expecting them to set a date to come to the island to resolve “no more than five” outstanding issues. He said the issues yet to be resolved included the troika’s call for privatisations, its demand that wage indexation be scrapped, the supervision method of cooperative banks, and the recapitalisation needs of the banking system. Privatisations and scrapping wage indexation, known as cost of living-adjustment or CoLA is a red flag for the government, which is deeply rooted in the labour union movement and which faces presidential elections in February. “I’ll say it from now, I am ready to take to the streets with the workers to defend CoLA,” President Demetris Christofias said last month. The government has been careful to state it is against privatisations of “profitable” state assets, such as the island’s

telecommunication company CyTA. That organisation pays dividends to the state on its proﬁts each year. But in the case of other assets, like lossmaking Cyprus Airways it is looking for a buyer. Cyprus has also rejected the troika’s recommendation to harmonise the supervision of cooperative credit societies with the standards applied for commercial banks. The two sides also disagree on the total amount needed by the banks – Cypriot authorities believe the island needs about €5 billion to recapitalise its banks, while the troika puts the ﬁgure at about €10 billion, Shiarly told lawmakers on October 3, minutes of a meeting leaked to the media this week showed. A more accurate picture of potential banking needs would only be ready by mid-January, when an outside asset quality review is completed, the minister said. “The difference (in assessment) is not material right now since whatever is decided between us and the troika on the probable recapitalisation amount is preliminary. “I don’t think that will be a thorny issue preventing the conclusion of a memorandum,” he said.

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HUNDREDS of teachers have asked to retire early for they will lose their lump-sum retirement payment to austerity measures imposed by the island’s lenders. Teachers at all levels have been opting to retire early – sometimes by four or five years – scared their lump-sum payment might be taxed in the near future, as part of austerity imposed by the troika. Another concern for teachers in elementary schools and kindergartens, at least, is the possibility of extending the retirement age, currently at 60. Secondary education teachers retire at 63. According to figures obtained from the education service commission, 312 teachers have applied for early retirement so far this year. From them, 63 were elementary and 56 were kindergarten teachers. Most kindergarten teachers, 39, applied for retirement in the past two weeks or so. The flight in the education sector started in 2011 when the island’s economic problems worsened – 134 teachers sought early retirement compared with 64 in 2010 and 51 in 2009. The situation in the central government was no different. In July, the chairman of the public service commission said there had been 250 applications in the first half of the year compared with 240 for the whole of 2011. And this even after President Demetris Christofias pledged that the lump-sum retirement payment would not be touched.

Cyprus Mail celebrates 67th birthday By Theo Panayides “GROWING Violence in Palestine” read our headline on November 2, 1945, a headline that could still apply today. The more things change, the more they stay the same – and the Cyprus Mail has stayed much the same for 67 years now, even as things have changed around it. Cyprus is now unrecognisable from the quiet, predominantly rural British colony which received our very ﬁrst issue, though in fact the front page 67 years ago didn’t contain any Cyprus news. Instead we wrote about a British brigadier killed in Java, an attempt to break the British air-speed record (which stood at around 600 miles an hour) and the end of a strike by Manchester dock-workers. Indeed, that alleged pro-British ‘bias’ has been the paper’s biggest problem in the past six decades – rather unfairly, because the Mail never hesitated to be critical of the British authorities in colonial

days, taking them to task in scathing editorials, and covered the EOKA uprising extensively and objectively. The paper is still aimed partly at British expats, and of course it still features more British news than its Greek-language equivalents, but its focus has always been Cyprus, covering the island longer than any other local paper. Waves of emigration in the 40s and 50s, changing social mores, rising divorce rates, the shift from rural to urban – and of course EOKA, independence, the ﬁghting in 1963, the Turkish invasion, the 2004 referendum, EU accession: all this has been grist to our mill. And what about the Cyprus Mail website? Well, let’s put it this way: not only was there no World Wide Web in 1945 – there wasn’t even a Tim Berners-Lee (he was born 10 years later), the man widely credited with inventing the World Wide Web! That, at least, is one thing that hasn’t stayed the same in 67 years.

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Lawyers warn of anarchy in justice system Islandwide strike over public sector freeze which has cut number of judges By Stefanos Evripidou

A worker from Nicosia municipality atop a cherry picker in the capital yesterday checking out the Christmas lights as the festive season looms (Christos Theodorides)

Tourism revenue will reach €1.9bn CYPRUS expects to rake in a whopping €1.9 billion from tourism this year, Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis said yesterday. The minister said that during the period of January – August this year, there was an increase of 8.5 per cent in revenues compared to the same period in 2011. With the present trends, total income from tourism is expected to reach €1.9 billion for 2012, he said. So far this year the number of tourists visiting Cyprus increased by 4.6 per cent, in comparison to its corresponding period in 2011, which will reach almost 2.5

million for the entire year. Measures taken in the past few years have resulted in more than doubling the percentage of tourists from the Russian market, Sylikiotis said. By the end of the year, more than 450,000 visitors will arrive from Russia and it is estimated that the following year the number will surpass half a million. The minister stressed that these results were not achieved by chance, but through a comprehensive action plan and the setting of priorities, decided through close cooperation with the Cyprus Tourism Organisation.

LAWYERS ARE calling a nation-wide 24-hour strike on Tuesday to highlight the “insurmountable” problems threatening to bring the justice system to its knees following the hiring freeze in the public sector. President of the Bar Association Doros Ioannides said yesterday that if immediate action was not taken to ﬁll the vacant positions left by retiring judges and courtroom staff, the already overburdened justice system would collapse, resulting in “anarchy”. The justice system is already suffering from “huge problems that have remained unsolved for decades”, creating massive delays for people seeking justice and serious problems in getting court rulings enforced. The hiring freeze in the public sector as a result of the economic crisis has served to make those problems “insurmountable”, argued Ioannides. He noted that the problems started many years ago, over many governments. “But we have reached

the end of our tether with this moratorium on jobs in the public sector...In many sectors, the justice system is at its lowest point since the establishment of the Cyprus Republic,” he said. The lawyers’ head listed some of the problems facing the legal system. He referred to the failure to replace retiring judges, resulting in their ongoing cases getting “put in the corner”, or added to the already brimming workload of the remaining judges.

DELAYS Courtroom staff are also not replaced when they retire, adding to the delays in the justice system, while some courts do not even have buildings to carry out their work, said Ioannides. As a result of the mounting problems, the justice system is on the verge of collapse, with 165,000 court-issued warrants currently outstanding. In the Nicosia district alone, lawyers are still waiting to complete cases that were ﬁled in 2006. “If you factor in an appeal, the average case in Cyprus needs ten years. Imagine how it feels to wait ten years and then

have the court issue a warrant in your favour only for it not to be implemented,” he said. To avoid the “complete collapse of the justice system”, the bar association is calling a strike next Tuesday in all districts of the Republic. “Democracy cannot survive without a strong justice system,” argued Ioannides, adding, “If justice collapses in Cyprus, everything will collapse”. He called on all lawyers registered with the bar association, both in the private sector and in the Legal Service to gather outside their respective district courts at 9am on Tuesday to send a message that the situation could not continue. Responding to the news, Justice Minister Loucas Louca said yesterday: “Certainly those positions that have become vacant in the justice system need to be ﬁlled immediately.” He pledged to meet as soon as possible with the ﬁnance ministry and parliament to discuss the matter. The economic crisis should not impact upon the role of justice, added the minister.

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Focus is on illegal private schools Three already closed down as others apply for licences By Alexandra Anastassiades EDUCATION minister, Giorgos Demosthenous, has compiled a list of illegallyrun private schools, in response to a request made by DISY deputy Efthymios Diplaros. The reply contains information on what action has been taken by the ministry in each individual case, which schools have been closed down as a result of illegal operation, and which schools have been given deadlines to submit the necessary documentation in order to meet the ministry’s criteria for a licence. The minister, as quoted in Phileleftheros, said that “as regards the illegal operation of private schools, each time the ministry received information in relation to their operation, it acted accordingly. More speciﬁcally, ministry ofﬁcers arranged on-site visits to schools in Paphos and Limassol in order to ascertain their illegality and to proceed with the necessary recommendations to those not complying with the law.” “It was made crystal clear to the schools that they cannot operate without a licence from the ministry of education”, Dr Panayiotis Mavros, Head of Private Education at the ministry, told the Cyprus Mail. “As a result, three schools on the list have been closed down and the remaining four are currently under investigation.” The procedure followed by the ministry, under The

Private Schools and Institutes Law, stipulates that the ministry must carefully examine each accusation made on the illegal operation of a private school, and must subsequently refer the case to the police, who bear the responsibility of the investigation and referral of any illegal activity to relevant judicial authorities. According to Mavros, the minister’s reply contains a list of seven private schools that were found to be in violation of the law. The Emba Private School Education Centre in Emba, The Red Dragon Private School in Limassol and the Private School St.Piran Peyia Ltd in Peyia are the schools that have so far been closed down. The Emba Private School Education Centre was not complying with the legal requirements for the establishment and running of a private school. The Red Dragon Private School and the Private School St. Piran Peyia were both found to be operating without a legal licence. The Private American School Paphos and the Highgate Private School in Ayious Trimithias have been given until December 31, 2012 to submit the relevant certiﬁcates and documentation regarding the schools’ premises. The Private School Tlc in Peyia and the Silverline Private School in Trachoni both submitted applications to the Ministry in February 2012 for the establishment of their schools, which are currently under examination.

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CYPRUS Airways was yesterday celebrating its expansion into Greece, which began on October 28. Events to mark four separate launches were held over four days in Thessaloniki, Rhodes, Heraklion and Athens, where the new network will be operating. Further expansion has not been ruled out. At Heraklion airport, the Cyprus Airways plane

was welcomed with a water arch (above). The Greek routes are: Thessaloniki-Athens: three flights daily, Athens-Heraklion: two flights daily, Athens-Rhodes: one flight daily (from 12 November this will rise to two daily flights), Thessaloniki-Heraklion: one daily flight, Thessaloniki-Rhodes: three flights per week, and Heraklion-Rhodes: four flights weekly

Without new chief at helm of HIO implementation of NHS at standstill By Alexandra Anastassiades THE IMPLEMENTATION of a National Health Scheme (NHS) is currently at a standstill, as the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) is still without a chairman, seven months after the departure of its former head, Vassos Shiarly. “A lot of work has so far been done by the HIO. Both the private and public sector have been hit hard by the economic crisis, and one of the most efﬁcient ways for these problems to be resolved is through the creation of a National Health Scheme”, Andreas Demetriades, the Director General of HIO, told the Cyprus Mail. However, despite the HIO’s continuing work towards the implementation of the NHS, they are unable to achieve any concrete results as all executive decisions must be made by a chairman. Health Minister,

Androulla Agrotou, said recently that a chairman would be appointed soon, yet it appears that until then, the HIO is powerless to ﬁnalise the process. Cyprus, which is currently the only EU member state to not have a national health system in place, has been debating this issue since the passing of an NHS law in 2001.

TROIKA PRESSURE Pressure from international lenders, the troika, to speed up the process has mounted as the implementation of a national health system will make it possible to follow and control health costs in all public hospitals. The scheme will be ﬁnanced through a Health Insurance Fund which will be made up of contributions from employers, employees from both the public and private sector, pensioners and the government.

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The proposed NHS includes a centralised, integrated IT system, based on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) setup, which would reduce bureaucracy by giving patients and doctors access to files and will increase the transparency and efficiency of the health system. Under the BOT model, the infrastructure, cost and management of the IT system would be taken over by a third party thereby alleviating costs for the state. According to Demetriades, the HIO is currently holding talks with the two candidate companies that have sent in tenders for managing the IT system, in order to clarify some pending issues that remain. However, once again, the final decisions that will complete the tender procedure and set the NHS wheels in motion, must be made by an executive council, which at the moment cannot run as there is no chairman in place.

THE HOUSE environment committee yesterday said that because of delays with the legal services, dangerous petrol stations including one found responsible for a city centre fuel leak were being allowed to operate. The petrol station that caused a fuel leak in central Larnaca reopened in September, following the temporary shutdown of two other petrol stations while municipal workers looked for the leak. The head of the environment committee, Adamos Adamou, said yesterday they needed to update legislation to solve problems with the 150 unlicensed petrol stations in Cyprus. But the legal services are still examining a bill proposed by the commerce ministry to create a framework to deal with petrol stations. “We’re not going to solve this (Larnaca petrol station) problem unless the legislation that has been with legal services for a very long time gets [to parliament] so that all the problems that are discussed on and off in the environment committee can be solved,” Adamou said. Larnaca Mayor Andreas Louroudjiadis said in September that “a legal deadend” prevented him from ordering the shop to close because of the lack of legal framework.

ACTION Louroudjiadis called the environment committee to take action. But ruling party AKEL deputy George Georgiou yesterday called Larnaca municipality to consider revoking the station’s licence, adding that “no one can use as an excuse” that they are waiting for legislation. “What concerns us the most is the residents’ health and safety and… we are not assured that the station’s operation guarantees it,” Georgiou added. The Green party’s George Perdikis said it was “unacceptable and illegal that the petrol station reopened, and violates the laws of justice and common sense.” He added that though the petrol station did pay for the ﬁnancial costs to restore the environment and deputies were not concerned about another fuel leak, those responsible were not punished.

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Teachers hit back on ‘over-marking’ claim

Killer of vicar and teacher sentenced to life behind bars

Exam system abused by teachers, says Ofqual

A HOMELESS drifter will die in prison after being convicted of the murders of a vicar and a retired teacher. Stephen Farrow, 48, was found unanimously guilty of the murder of the Rev John Suddards, 59, and guilty by a majority of 11-1 of the murder of Betty Yates, 77. Both were viciously attacked in their own homes six weeks apart by Farrow. Farrow, who showed no emotion as the verdicts were returned, was told by a judge at Bristol Crown Court that he had committed two “horriﬁc” murders and would never be released. Mr Justice Field told Farrow, who was surrounded by security guards: “Stephen Farrow, you have been found guilty of two horriﬁc murders. “On January 2 this year you somehow got into Betty Yates’ home in the afternoon or early evening. “You struck Mrs Yates from behind with a heavy walking stick, hitting her hard at least twice to the back of the head with the rounded, bulbous handle. You hit her with such force that the

By Alison Kershaw TEACHERS hit back yesterday after the exams regulator claimed they were guilty of signiﬁcantly over-marking papers amid pressure to produce good results. Teenagers were let down this summer by an exam system abused by teachers, Ofqual said in a new report into the GCSE English ﬁasco. Chief regulator Glenys Stacey laid blame for the debacle on intense pressure on schools to reach certain targets, which led to over-marking, as well as poorly-designed exams and too much emphasis on work marked by teachers. But teaching unions reacted angrily to the suggestion of deliberate over-marking, ar-

Teaching unions said there was intense pressure on schools to reach certain exam result targets guing teachers should not be made scapegoats. Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), said schools are judged on their pupils’ performance in GCSE English, and called for a re-think on

how schools are held accountable. “It is a diversion to attempt to blame teachers for following the rules they were given,” he said. “If your elected government tells you this is the right thing to do, if your performance is measured on

it and if you are sacked for failing to achieve it, you have no choice but to do it. “Our punitive and singleminded focus on C grade exam passes does indeed deserve a share of the blame for this summer’s re-grading ﬁasco. “The way we hold schools accountable has distorted, degraded and at times corrupted our examination system. “In particular, the crude focus on a single summary statistic (the percentage of ﬁve A*-Cs) has forced the profession to concentrate on hitting that benchmark because of the dire consequences of failing to achieve that magic number.” Teachers were “not to blame for the grading shambles surrounding the exam and they should not be made scapegoats for the system,” the NAHT said. Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said it was “outrageous” to suggest teachers and schools were to blame, adding that Ofqual is responsible for ensuring “fairness and accuracy” in the system.

Homeless drifter Stephen Farrow will die in prison walking stick splintered. “At the vicarage on February 13 Rev Suddards let you in and in his hallway you attacked him with knives. He tried to defend himself by using his hands. On your account to Dr Rogers, when the reverend tried to get back up, you kicked him back to the floor.” The judge continued: “The sentence for murder is a mandatory life sentence and in respect of each count I pass a life sentence. I am satisfied that in your case a whole life sentence is an appropriate sentence in each of these dreadful, horrific killings.”

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World Japan ‘deplores’ alleged assault on teenager JAPAN complained yesterday about a “deplorable” incident in which a U.S. serviceman is believed to have assaulted a teenage boy on the southern island of Okinawa where opposition to U.S. military bases is running high. The US ambassador to Japan, John Roos, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry over the incident and later said the United States was very upset about it and would cooperate fully in an investigation. A US servicemen was suspected of breaking in to an apartment to assault the boy early yesterday, media reported. The incident came shortly after the United States imposed a night-time curfew on military personnel after two US servicemen were arrested on suspicion of raping a Japanese woman. Many people on Okinawa oppose a US base there and disagree with a government decision to allow the United States to deploy Osprey hybrid aircraft on the island despite concern about their safety. “This happened when a night-time curfew was in place and it is extremely deplorable,” Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was quoted as saying by Kyodo news agency, referring to the assault on the boy. “A supposedly impermissible thing has happened.” A foreign man, reportedly a US serviceman from the US Air Force’s Kadena base, broke in to an apartment on the third ﬂoor of a building and hit a 13-yearold boy in the face, Okinawa police said. The man, who had apparently been drinking, seemed to have fallen out of a thirdﬂoor window and was hospitalised, police said.

US Air Force crews ofﬂoad Southern California Edison power grid repair equipment in Newburgh, New York, on Thursday (AFP)

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Millions still without power in Sandy’s wake By Scott DiSavino MORE than 1.3 million homes and businesses in New York and 1.4 million in New Jersey were still without power yesterday, four days after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast, the states’ power companies said. Most utility companies in the two states said it could take a week or more to restore power to all customers in the wake of Sandy, the worst natural disaster to strike their customers. In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo sent a letter on Thursday to the CEOs of state power companies, saying he would “take appropriate action against those utilities and their management if they do not meet their obligations to New Yorkers in this time of crisis”.

Power companies warned by New York’s governor “I recognise there are men and women in the ﬁeld now working hard to restore service ... but it is your job to provide them with adequate resources and support to get the job done in a timely and safe manner,” Cuomo said. New York’s Consolidated Edison Inc, the biggest utility in the state, said yesterday about 565,000 homes and businesses in New York City and Westchester County were without power, down from more than 900,000 affected by the storm. Con Edison serves more than 3 million customers in New York City and Westchester County. In New Jersey, Public Serv-

ice Enterprise Group Inc said more than 716,000 customers were still out, down from 1.7 million. PSEG serves about 2.2 million customers in the state. FirstEnergy Corp’s Jersey Central Power and Light utility reported more than 712,000 customers were still without power, down from more than 1 million affected by the storm. JCP&L serves about 1.2 million in New Jersey. Con Edison said it expects to make signiﬁcant progress restoring electricity to all customers over the next seven days. In lower and mid-Manhattan, Con Edison has said it expected to restore power

by today. But the company warned that more than 100 buildings which have had their power restored were still without electricity due to flooding in basements or damage to local equipment. “Utilities, like elected officials, are vested with the public’s trust. In the case of utilities, in exchange for conducting business and generating profits for their shareholders, they are entrusted to provide safe and adequate utility service,” Cuomo said in his letter. “When they fail to keep the public’s trust, they must answer,” the governor said. He warned: “If you failed to prepare ... I would direct the Public Service Commission to commence a proceeding to revoke your Certificates (of public convenience and necessity).”

China to promote two rising stars in Bo Xilai’s old stomping ground, sources say CHINA is set to promote two rising stars and possible future national leaders at a Communist Party congress opening next week, one taking the old job of disgraced former high-ﬂyer Bo Xilai in the country’s biggest metropolis, sources said. Southwestern Chongqing, left reeling in the wake of a corruption and

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murder scandal, is expected to go to Sun Zhengcai, a former agriculture minister and current party boss of the chilly northeastern province of Jilin. The export powerhouse of Guangdong in the south, facing an economic slowdown due to the global downturn along with rising social

tensions, will probably be handed to Inner Mongolia party boss Hu Chunhua, sources with ties to the leadership told Reuters. China has in the past groomed potential future top leaders in posts as party boss - the most powerful position - of a series of provinces, where senior leaders can assess

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their performance in increasingly high-proﬁle roles. Leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping worked his way up from a fairly lowly position in the arid province of Hebei to the wealthier coastal provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang and then eventually party boss of Shanghai.

THE United Nations’ most senior human rights ofﬁcial urged China yesterday to address deep-rooted frustrations that have led to desperate forms of protest by Tibetans, including some 60 self-immolations since March 2011. Navi Pillay called on the Chinese authorities to release detainees, allow independent human rights monitors to visit Tibet, and to lift restrictions on media access to the restive Himalayan region. “Social stability in Tibet will never be achieved through heavy security measures and suppression of human rights,” Pillay said, in a rare statement critical of China.

Massive N. Korea hotel could open THE 105-storey, pyramidshaped hotel that has stood over North Korea’s capital city like a mountain for more than 20 years just might be on the verge of opening for the ﬁrst time. Pyongyang’s Ryugyong Hotel will “partially, probably” open in the middle of next year, Reto Wittwer, chief executive of international hotel operator Kempinski AG, said at a forum in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday. The enormous hotel has been a source of fascination and ridicule for the outside world and an oversized embarrassment for North Korea’s authoritarian regime.

Acid murder A PAKISTANI couple killed their teenage daughter by pouring acid on her face and body after they caught her talking to a boy, police and a doctor said on Thursday. The parents of the 16year-old confessed to police in Kotli, a town in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, that they attacked their daughter after she had spoken to the boy outside their house.

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‘Syria rebels may be guilty of a war crime’ By Stephanie Nebehay

A UN rights spokesman said the disturbing incident was the latest atrocity committed by opposition ﬁghters seeking to topple Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (AFP)

A VIDEO that appears to show Syrian rebels killing soldiers who had surrendered probably constitutes a war crime that should be prosecuted, the United Nations human rights office said yesterday. The disturbing incident looks to be the latest atrocity committed by opposition fighters seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad, Rupert Colville, a UN rights spokesman, said. “It will be examined carefully,” Colville told a news briefing in Geneva, saying it may be difficult to identify the perpetrators and the location where the footage was recorded. “But the allegations are that these were soldiers who were no longer combatants. And therefore, at this point it looks very likely that this is a war crime, another one,” he said. The footage, which has been widely publicised around the world, has dealt a further blow to the rebels’ image and is embarrassing for their for-

Erdogan hope ‘failing’ over reform TURKISH Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in published remarks yesterday he was losing hope of building cross-party support for reforms that could see him installed in a newly-empowered presidency but was determined to push the plans forward. Erdogan has dominated Turkish politics since his Islamist-rooted AK Party swept to power in 2001, trouncing the opposition in three elections, delivering unprecedented economic growth and bringing a staunchly secular military to heel. But under party rules he can’t run for prime minister again when his term ends in 2015 and it is an open secret he wants to switch to a presidential system and become head of state. Four political parties sit on a parliamentary commission set up after last year’s general election to forge a new constitution and Erdogan has advocated the introduction of an executive presidency as part of the reform process. Asked how work on the draft was going, Erdogan was quoted by Sabah newspaper as saying: “To be honest, my

Erdogan has dominated Turkish politics since 2001 hope is diminishing with each passing day. Despite that, I think it is necessary to maintain the process in a decisive and resolute way.” Erdogan vowed at his AK Party congress last month to forge a constitution that would boost political freedom and democracy to replace the current one, which was drawn up after a military coup three decades ago. He invited opposition parties for further consultations, but

opponents fear the replacement of the current parliamentary system - a probable outcome of the constitutional review - would hand too much power to a man whose intolerance of dissent is viewed with increasing concern in Turkey and abroad. Hundreds of activists, lawyers, politicians, military ofﬁcers and journalists are being held on charges of plotting against the government or supporting outlawed Kurdish militants. The UN Human Rights Committee said on Thursday Turkey was using a vague counterterrorism law to hold many for long pre-trial periods without access to a lawyer and that some of its provisions ﬂouted international law. Erdogan has reminded his critics that the aim of the new constitution is to bolster, not diminish, political freedom. “There can be no walking away from the table. Our position on a new constitution is clear. What is important here is to achieve the maximum common ground,” he was quoted as telling reporters on his plane returning from Berlin.

Meltdown looms for Israel’s centrist Kadima party ISRAEL’S once dominant Kadima party faces eclipse at a January election, with polls suggesting the movement created by former prime minister Ariel Sharon could be replaced by new and revived forces at the helm of centreleft opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Surveys ahead of the January 22 election predict victory for Netanyahu and his right-wing Likud bloc, and a realignment that revives the ailing

Labour party as leader of a strong centre-left, championing domestic issues of the economy and the ultra-religious’ role in Israeli society. Polls indicate that the centrist party once led by former prime minister Ehud Olmert and former foreign minister Tzipi Livni will be trounced. The latest, published by the daily Yedioth Ahronoth yesterday, showed Kadima winning no seats at all, an astonishing collapse for the

party that led Israel’s last government three years ago. “They simply haven’t delivered, nor identiﬁed enough with the issues of the day, therefore they have disappeared. People are looking for answers elsewhere,” says Tamir Sheafer, a political expert at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. “I wouldn’t be surprised if they disappear altogether given the continuing momentum of decline in popularity.”

New video appears to show rebels executing soldiers eign supporters. Anti-government rebels killed 28 soldiers on Thursday in attacks on three army checkpoints around Saraqeb, a town on Syria’s main northsouth highway, a monitoring group said. Some of the dead were shot after they had surrendered, according to video footage. Rebels berated them, calling them “Assad’s Dogs”, before ﬁring round after round into their bodies as they lay on the ground. “Unfortunately, this could be just the latest in a string of documented summary executions by opposition factions as well as by government forces and groups afﬁliated with them, such as the shabbiha (pro-government militia),” Colville said. He told Reuters: “A year ago, reports of excesses and atrocities by opposition forces were few and far between. But towards the end of last

year and increasingly during 2012, we’ve seen events like this happen.” More than 32,000 people are estimated to have been killed since protests against Assad first broke out and then degenerated into full-scale civil war, with his forces using artillery and air strikes. UN human rights investigators led by Brazilian Paulo Pinheiro have gathered evidence and testimony on atrocities committed by government forces as well as by armed rebels in the 19month-old conflict. In their last report in August, the investigators said government forces and allied militia had committed war crimes including the murder and torture of civilians in what appeared to be a statedirected policy. The team has already drawn up a confidential list of suspects for future prosecution, either by an international tri-

bunal or by a Syrian national court if feasible. Carla del Ponte, the former UN war crimes prosecutor who has joined the inquiry, promised last month to bring high level Syrian political or military figures who may have ordered or committed war crimes to justice. “There should be really no illusions that accountability will follow. There is a lot of evidence for many of these crimes that have been taking place,” Colville said yesterday. “This video, if it’s verified, if the details become a little clearer, could well be part of that evidence,” he said. Colville called once again on both sides to respect international human rights law and international humanitarian law. “You can carry out conflict within the rules of war”. The Geneva Conventions lay down rules that aim to limit the barbarity of war. They call for the protection of civilians and of those who no longer take part in hostilities, including captured soldiers and the wounded, who it says should be humanely treated in detention.

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Business Relief for Obama as payrolls grow

RBS faces fines to settle Libor investigation

U.S. employers stepped up hiring in October and the jobless rate ticked higher as more workers restarted job hunts, a hopeful sign for a lackluster economy that has been a drag on President Barack Obama’s re-election chances. Employers added 171,000 people to their payrolls last month, the Labour Department said yesterday. The government also said 84,000 more jobs were created in August and September than previously estimated. The jobless rate edged up a tenth of a point to 7.9 per cent, but that was due to workers surging back into the labour force. Only people who are looking for a job count as unemployed. “This report is consistent with the emerging picture of an economic recovery that is continuing to regain traction after grinding to a halt earlier this year,” said Millan Mulraine, senior US strategist at TD Securities in Toronto. The employment data was the last major report card on the economy before Tuesday’s presidential election. Polls show Obama and Republican Mitt Romney locked in a dead heat in a race in which the nation’s feeble jobs market has been front and centre. “Really vigorous is a number like 250,000 to 300,000 jobs a month. This is simply not good enough,” Romney economic adviser Glenn Hubbard told CNBC. Alan Krueger, the head of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, said the report showed the economy moving in the right direction. “While more work remains to be done, today’s employment report provides further evidence that the US economy is continuing to heal,” he said in a statement.

Dues arise for role in interest rate setting case

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ROYAL Bank of Scotland faces fines for its part in a global interest rate rigging scandal and wants to reach a settlement as soon as possible. US and UK authorities are investigating the part-nationalised bank over how it set Libor and other interest rates and it is expected to be one of the next to settle after British rival Barclays was fined $450 million in June. RBS expects to start talks on a settlement soon, which is likely to result in financial penalties, the bank said yesterday as it published third quarter results. Chief Executive Stephen Hester said the timing of a settlement was in the hands of regulators. “We are up for settling with all and every one as soon as they are ready.” Hester said it was difficult to assess whether RBS would be hit with a bigger fine than Barclays, the only bank to settle so far. More than a dozen banks are under investigation by authorities in the United States, Europe and Asia. Even if a fine was smaller than Barclays’ penalty it would still be a “miserable day” for RBS, Hester said. “It is a deeply regrettable thing ... this is the sort of thing the industry has to put behind it,” he said. Hester expected details of

Libor and other past mistakes are threatening to overshadow RBS Chief Executive Stephen Hester’s efforts to turn the bank around, which he said would be complete in 15 to 18 months a settlement to emerge between now and the bank’s full year results next February. “I’d be disappointed if we were talking to you at our full year results in February without having had more news but it’s not under my control.” RBS has dismissed a number of employees for misconduct after its own investigations into interest rate setting. Libor and other past mistakes are threatening to overshadow Hester’s attempts to turn the bank around, which he said would be complete in the next 15-18 months. The bank is under political pressure to shrink its investment bank further and to con-

sider the future of its US business, Citizens, because it does not ﬁt with RBS’ narrowed focus on its home market. However analysts, who estimate Citizens could fetch over £9 billion, expect Hester to delay any sale until he has got the business into better shape. He said yesterday that Citizens was a core asset, but left the door open for a disposal. “I’ve never ruled anything out and I’m not going to start ruling it out now,” he said. But he said there was a “cogent and coherent strategy” for the bank “to not have all its eggs in one geographic basket”.

Shares in RBS were down 2 per cent to 281 pence at 1215 GMT, lagging a 0.1 per cent rise across Europe’s banks. The bank set aside another £400 million to compensate customers mis-sold loan insurance, bringing its total provision to £1.7 billion. Its third-quarter operating proﬁt of £1.05 billion ($1.69 billion), was up from £2 million in the same period the previous year, as losses from bad debts dropped. Bad debts were £1.18 billion in the third quarter, down 12 per cent from the previous three months. Staff costs fell 5 per cent. The bank has cut 9,900 staff in the past year, or

7 per cent of its workforce, most notably at its investment bank. That business saw a 2 per cent dip in revenue from the previous quarter. But its operating profit jumped 18 per cent to £295 million due to lower costs. Hester said RBS had already significantly shrunk its investment bank and would continue to take a “pragmatic” approach to the size and scope of the business. Taxpayers are sitting on a loss of over £20 billion after Britain pumped £45 billion into the bank to keep it afloat during the 2008 financial crisis.

Eurozone manufacturing shrinks for 15th month running

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EUROZONE manufacturing shrank for the 15th month running in October as output and new orders fell, a survey showed yesterday, fuelling expectations of further easing from the European Central Bank. Manufacturers were the driving force behind the bloc’s recovery from the last recession, but the downturn in factory activity that began in smaller periphery countries has now engulfed core members Germany and France. Europe is expected to remain the biggest drag on the world economy next year as its sovereign debt crisis rumbles on, and the situation deteriorated further in Italy and Spain - the two countries most worrying investors with whether they can keep paying their debts. Ireland was the only one of the 17 countries using the euro seeing growth. “The situation in the core economies is worsening. Rather than the strength in the core dragging the periphery out of recession it appears more likely that the core will follow the periphery into recession,” said Ben May at Capital Economics. Markit’s Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 45.4 in October from September’s 46.1. The October ﬁgure was just up from an earlier reported ﬂash reading of 45.3. The index has been below the 50 mark that divides growth from contraction since August 2011. The manufacturers’ output index sank to 45.0 from 45.9. Earlier data from Germany, Europe’s largest economy, showed its manufacturing sector shrank

The downturn in factory activity that began in smaller eurozone states has now engulfed core members Germany and France for the eighth month and French ﬁgures showed a decline in all but one of the last 15 months. In Spain, likely to become the next country to be bailed out by the European Union, the pace of decline accelerated. The picture was similar in Italy. Flagging growth prospects for the eurozone’s biggest economies will prompt the ECB to ease mon-

etary policy more in the next few months and cut interest rates to a new record low of 0.5 per cent, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday. “All in all, the picture for the economy remains extremely sluggish. Further rate cuts would be fully justiﬁed by the current economic scenario,” said Annalisa Piazza at Newedge Strategy. The bank holds its following policy meeting next Thursday. Data due next Tuesday is expected to show the bloc’s dominant service sector has contracted for all but one of the last 14 months. Markets were unfazed by the latest data with little movement in European stock markets or the euro. The 17-nation bloc’s economy almost certainly slipped back into recession last quarter and may have to wait until 2014 before it recovers from its decline this year, with only feeble growth expected next year. On Thursday, sister PMI surveys showed big Asian economies are only slowly picking up after a year spent battling against global headwinds and that Britain’s factories are facing a deepening decline. In the United States manufacturing grew in October at its slowest pace in more than three years, its PMI showed, but an Institute for Supply Management survey said growth in manufacturing picked up modestly as new orders improved. As global factory activity slows, demand for the eurozone’s goods has dried up. The new orders sub-index fell last month to 43.3 from September’s 43.5, marking its 17th month below 50.

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People are paying enough taxes on property already THE LEGISLATURE is absolutely right in refusing to approve the government’s proposal to tax real estate. The bill was submitted to the legislature as ‘urgent’ on Tuesday but the political parties had warned the government they would not pass isolated taxation proposals, before the bailout package was approved. It is a perfectly reasonable position considering there would be a plethora of new taxes in the package that would be agreed with the troika. Why has the government not included the measure in the counterproposals it sent to the troika? Could it be because it wants to include the revenue that the tax would supposedly generate in this year’s budget deficit calculations? It is difficult to think of any other reason for the hurry, when we consider that the tax would not even be collected before next year. Perhaps, this is part of the government’s publicity strategy that wants to counter-balance the pay-cuts in the public sector with a tax on the wealth – the bigger the houses the higher the property tax - so it is not accused by union bosses of only targeting the workers. But how sensible is it to impose yet another tax on property. A person who buys a new flat pays VAT, for an old flat there is transfer tax while the seller pays capital gains tax. Is this not enough taxation on property, without further penalising the property-owner with an annual tax on his or her property? There have been claims that the amount that would be paid would be small, but this would be only until property values are adjusted to current prices; initially property would be taxed on 1980s prices. The truth is we pay enough tax on property under the current tax regime and there is no justification for paying the state every year for the right to own property. It is a law that has no logical justification other than to satisfy the bullying union bosses who have been demanding that the government taxed wealth. With the tax percentage increasing the higher the value of the property, the government could claim that it has taxed wealth. But it would be taxing everyone else in the process as well. Someone with a house valued at €200,000 would pay almost one per cent of its value in tax every year. And what would happen to church property? Would The Church, the biggest landowner in Cyprus be paying tax on all the plots it owns, or will it refuse to do so claiming that it is exempt from taxation?

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Where’s the smart home? T HE RELUCTANCE of utilities and makers of appliances and intelligent meters to develop demand response systems undermines a core motive in a massive smart meter rollout in Europe. It is a great idea: when everyone rushes to turn on the kettle at half-time in a football final the utility can remotely turn off nonurgent services like air conditioning to avoid a demand surge and so save firing up another power plant. Demand response is one of the most obvious examples of a system which helps avoid building new power plants and boosts energy efficiency. At the household level, the user agrees to pay a reduced tariff (called dynamic pricing) in exchange for allowing the utility remotely to control more energyintensive appliances, including, in future, charging of electric vehicle batteries. Such a system depends on the rollout of smart meters which allow two-way communication between the appliance and utility. It was part of the motive for an EU mandate to roll out smart meters to most energy consumers by 2020. But smart, wireless-enabled home appliances barely exist, except as additional features in the most expensive products, meaning the meters will have nothing to communicate with. As the smart appliance internet page of US-based GE says: “Smart Appliances / Demand Response info coming soon.” As it happens there are enough

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benefits of smart meters, but demand response will not be one of them for a decade or so. That raises questions over the value for money of a massive rollout programme whose costs will be passed to consumers, and means putting back in the box one of the few energy efficiency measures to grab the public imagination. Unlike legacy analogue meters, smart meters automatically send electronic readings through the power cable or by wireless to the energy supplier. One important benefit is to allow utilities to read meters remotely, avoiding costly home visits and making readings more accurate, avoiding a subsequent true-up of estimated bills. Another is to give utilities for the first time information about energy use in real time at the household level, allowing grid optimisation where energy companies can more accurately tailor supply to demand at any time. Both of these largely benefit energy generators and distributors. A third advantage, for households, is that the smart meters will display regularly updated data on power consumption. The idea is that once consumers can see their energy use they will be more aware of waste and potential savings.

And there is the demand response benefit, if the smart meter can communicate with individual appliances where these are wireless-enabled - allowing the utility to remotely switch these off to shed load during peak demand and for the consumer to access cheaper tariffs. But demand response services barely exist yet on the market. The ability to shift load to off-peak hours makes demand response so tempting to policymakers staring at the alternative of public investment in power generation. The EU expected demand response benefits in its mandated rollout of smart meters to at least 80 per cent of consumers by 2020, compared with about 10 per cent now. In March this year the European Commission detailed “minimum functional requirements” in its recommendations on the smart meter rollout. “Smart metering systems should include advance tariff structures, time-of-use registers and remote tariff control. This should help consumers and network operators to achieve energy efficiencies and save costs by reducing the peaks in energy demand. This functionality ... is a key driving force for empowering the consumer and for improving the energy efficiency of the supply system. “There is a significant consensus on provision of standardised interfaces which would enable energy management solutions in ‘real time’, such as home automation, and different demand response

schemes.” The European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas last year identified a “load shedding” benefit. “Load shedding schemes driven by the meter could allow customers to fully and easily benefit from new tariffs. Through customer information and settlement of incentive tariffs, peak load could be reduced.” What went wrong? For one thing, the benefits may have been overstated: as home appliances become more efficient, and so use less energy, there is less benefit from controlling these in real time. Second, the low replacement rate of appliances is a drag on adoption. Third, many actors are needed to cooperate, including utilities (to develop new tariffs), appliance manufacturers (to make and retail wireless-enabled units), smart meter companies (to ensure compatibility), regulators (to design standards) and software companies (to develop the back office). A similar problem has been seen in the roll out of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, where the manufacturers of street-side charging stations have to work with utilities to identify and bill motorists. Also similarly to EVs, there is a chicken and egg problem where there is no point developing sophisticated systems before retailers are selling large numbers of smart appliances. On balance a smart meter rollout is a good thing, but it will not deliver yet the futuristic intelligent home that was on the packaging.

Patrick Leigh Fermor: the story was the thing THE ROYAL Geographical Society was full to overﬂowing last week to hear Colin Thubron in conversation with Artemis Cooper, the accomplished biographer of Patrick Leigh Fermor. Memory, as we all know, can be an unreliable witness. As Cooper explained, Paddy, who died at the age of 96 last year, was a story teller: a complex man who struggled with depression, who loved life, who loved people, but who at his heart was intensely private. It amused me when I ﬁrst arrived in Greece that everyone we met seemed to have a ‘Paddy’ story: rather like Princess Diana he was one of those charismatic icons that everyone wanted to own: a living legend. It was appropriate that he chose the wild Mani at Kardymili for his home, for it is a land of heroes and myths.

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It was brave of Cooper to tackle the question of the elaboration of truth, the ability of PLF like any good raconteur to give edited highlights: to cut and paste to make the tale more engaging: the spirit rather than the letter of historical accuracy. She took head on too, the reasons for his mixed reception in Crete, the place where he won a DSO for the daring capture of General Kreipe. The place where he was parachuted in by British intelligence to live in the

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wilds, as a shepherd, to organise the Cretan resistance: the place where he was immortalised on celluloid, forever, by the dashing casting of Dirk Bogarde. But there was a dark side: the accidental killing by Paddy, mishandling a loaded gun, of his comrade in arms in the Cretan resistance, Yanni Tsangarakis. It resulted in a long blood feud, after the war, leaving Paddy with a death vendetta on his head. Yanni’s family ﬁnally forgave him, but you cannot help but wonder if Paddy ever forgave himself. Cooper also tackled the terrible reprisals that happened as the Germans withdrew from Crete killing many of the men in the villages, and astutely blaming not Paddy but that policy, still used in wars today, which sees Special Operations’ forces sabotage and create havoc and

then leave. For as we see in the Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan it is always, however grateful for the intervention, those left behind that count the cost in lives and revenge. A year ago we were at a party at Paddy’s house to celebrate his life and legacy which left the house as a permanent memorial to the Benaki Foundation: a ‘study centre’ – to be used for writers, scholars and historians. Inevitably, given the limitations of money, for the house comes with no endowment, plans will take time to unfold. Meanwhile, those lucky enough to go will ﬁnd it full of the spirit of the man: to be loved even more, perhaps, once this biography humanises the hero, for like the Greek gods that squabble and feast in the high mountains behind the house, ﬂawed heroes are far more fun.

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25 years ago Thursday November 3, 1987

Explorer Christopher Columbus, on his second voyage of discovery, sights the island of Dominica after sailing across the Atlantic.

A bomb exploded amidst anti-American demonstrators in the northwest Iranian city of Mahabad yesterday, killing two and injuring 26 people, Tehran Radio reported. The radio, blamed mercenary agents of America for the blast. Nationwide demonstrations were held in Iran to condemn US policies in the Gulf.

1941 The Combined Japanese Fleet receive Top-Secret Order No. 1: In 34 days time, Pearl Harbour is to be bombed, along with Mayala, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines.

1957 The Soviet Union launches the ﬁrst animal into space, a dog named Laika, aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft.

1975 The Queen has formally begun the operation of the UK’s ﬁrst oil pipeline at a £500,000 ceremony in Scotland.

2004 George W. Bush wins a second term as President of the United States, defeating Senator John Kerry in the presidential election.

35 years ago Saturday November 3, 1977 The Minister of Education believes that the proposed Cyprus University must be multi-lingual and intercommunal. “I believe the university should serve all communities in Cyprus and thus become a unifying factor, strengthening instead of weakening the status and entity of the Cyprus State. Thus there could be no danger of any of the communities losing its cultural identity,” he said.

45 years ago Sunday November 3, 1967 President Makarios yesterday stressed that the key to the solution of the Cyprus problem will not be made in the political forge of any other foreign capital, but lies in Cyprus. President Makarios said that it had been reported that the defunct Greco-Turkish dialogue would now be resuscitated as a trilogy.

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Showbiz

Springsteen and Bon Jovi join Sting in Sandy concert

Blake Shelton dominates the country music awards

New Jersey natives in special TV benefit gig

By Vernell Hackett

NEW Jersey natives Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi joined Sting and other top music stars last night for a special television beneﬁt concert on NBC to aid victims of Sandy, the giant storm that killed scores and devastated large sections of the US Northeast. The Walt Disney Co meanwhile announced a $2 million donation for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts on Thursday, while Disney/ABC Television Group designated November 5 as a ‘Day of Giving’ wherein viewers of network and syndicated programming would be encouraged to help. Entertainment giant Viacom Inc. also announced a $1 million donation to the Mayor’s Fund NYC and local organisations. Springsteen and Bon Jovi are both New Jersey natives who have often taken inspiration from their home state and used their star platform to highlight both its charms and challenges. NBC said on Thursday that the commercial-free onehour telecast, Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together, would air on Friday night and would include appearances by Christina Aguilera, Billy Joel, Jimmy Fallon and NBC News anchor Brian Williams. The telethon, also to be shown on NBC Universal networks Bravo, CNBC, E!, G4, MSNBC, Style, Syfy and

Bon Jovi (left) and Bruce Springsteen are both New Jersey natives who have often taken inspiration from their home state and used their star platform to highlight both its charms and challenges USA and live streamed on NBC.com, will beneﬁt the American Red Cross, with proceeds going toward victims of Hurricane Sandy. Today show anchor Matt Lauer, who announced the concert on air on Thursday, will host. Donors can also text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 contribution. On Tuesday, Springsteen tweeted a picture of the legendary Stony Pony club in New Jersey, saying “The Stone Pony stands proud despite hurricane Sandy!”

The club, at the ocean’s edge in Asbury Park, N.J., one of the shoreline communities lashed by the storm, has been associated with Springsteen since he performed there early in his career, and he continues to make appearances. Bon Jovi cut short a promotional tour in the United Kingdom to rush back to his home state, where he established a charity restaurant several years ago. “I really need to get back home having spoken to my wife and kids,” he told Brit-

ain’s Daily Mail before ﬂying out of London. “I need to be with my people. Thankfully, my family are safe,” he said, adding “The devastation is off the charts.” Large sections of the state, especially its famous coastline, were devastated by the monster storm this week. Most of the other telethon performers are also from areas hard-hit by the storm, which killed at least 82 people in the United States and Canada and was the largest storm by area to hit the United States in decades. Mil-

lions remain without power, and emergency teams have struggled to reach the worsthit areas. Announcing ABC’s Day of Giving set for Monday, Anne Sweeney, president of Disney-ABC Television Group, said, “This coordinated effort between network and syndicated programming spanning news, daytime, primetime and late night will reach tens of millions of viewers with a speciﬁc call to action,” such as encouraging viewers to donate to the Red Cross.

Foster to be honoured Chris Brown to do Euro Tour at the Golden Globes DOUBLE-OSCAR winner Jodie Foster will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes ceremony in January, recognising her 40-year career as an actress, director and movie producer, organisers said yesterday. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which organises the annual Golden Globe awards, said Foster will join the likes of past winners Lucille Ball, Barbra Streisand, Al Pacino, Morgan Freeman and Judy Garland, and become the 2013 recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille award. “Jodie is a multifaceted woman that has achieved immeasurable amounts of success and will continue to do so in her career,” HFPA president Aida Takla-O’Reilly said in a statement. “Her ambition, exuberance and grace have helped pave the way for budding artists in this business. She’s truly one of a kind,” she added. Foster, 49, began her career filming commercials at the age of three and won international fame with her role as a streetwise teen in the 1976 film Taxi Driver. She has since appeared in more than 40 movies, winning best actress Oscars for her role as a rape victim in The Accused and as the FBI agent in 1991 thriller The Silence of The Lambs. Foster also branched out into directing (Little Man Tate) and producing for both film and television through her production company Egg Pictures. Foster will be presented with her award at the Golden Globes ceremony in Beverly Hills on January 13, where the HFPA will also announce its picks for the best films and performances in film and television of 2012.

Chris Brown and Rihanna broke up after he assaulted her back in 2009. They have since reconciled

R&B singer Chris Brown was given the go-ahead to carry out his European tour after a Los Angeles judge said that the entertainer was “in compliance” with probation imposed for his 2009 assault on former girlfriend Rihanna. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg had the authority to jail the singer if she had found that Brown had not kept up with the terms of his probation, which includes community service and an already-completed domestic violence program. Brown, 23, is half way through his ﬁve-year probation sentence after pleading guilty to assaulting his fellow R&B star Rihanna on the eve of the 2009 Grammy awards. Brown’s European tour begins on November 14 in Copenhagen and will ﬁnish in Paris on December 7. He will perform in Germany and Norway, among other countries. Brown and Rihanna have recently reconciled. Brown Tweeted a photo of himself at Rihanna’s Halloween party in Hollywood on Wednesday, .

BLAKE Shelton dominated the Country Music Association awards on Thursday night, taking home three trophies, including the coveted entertainer of the year prize, on country music’s biggest night. Shelton, 36, whose popularity has rocketed since he became a judge in 2011 on the TV singing contest The Voice, also won male vocalist of the year for a third time. Shelton shared song of the year honours with his wife, Miranda Lambert, for the emotional ballad Over You, while Lambert took home the female vocalist prize, also for the third time. Shelton looked stunned as he accepted the biggest award of the night, beating out recent arrivals Jason Aldean, country-pop crossover sensation Taylor Swift and veterans Brad Paisley and Kenny Chesney. He has not released an album since Red River Blue in July 2011. “Man! Entertainer of the year? What are you talking about?” he said. “I know I am not out there on the road as much. I don’t know how this happened. I freaking love it though.” “I know I have a side job,” he said, referring to his TV gig, “but country music is still what I love doing.” Swift, who won entertainer of the year last year and in 2009, and Aldean both came away empty-handed. Eric Church, who went into the show with a leading five nominations, went home with one award album of the year for Chief. “I spent a lot of my career wondering where I fit in country or rock? I want to thank you guys for giving me somewhere to hang my hat,” said Church, 35, sporting a baseball cap and sunglasses. Church, who got his first CMA nomination just a year ago, told reporters backstage that he never thought he could win a CMA award. “I can distinctly remember playing for about eight people in Amarillo, Texas, about four years ago and to get from there to here is surreal,” he said. The awards show, broadcast live from Nashville, kicked off with a shout-out to those affected on the US East Coast by Hurricane Sandy, and included appeals to viewers to donate to the Red Cross during the show. “Country music has always lifted people up in tough times, and we hope to do that tonight,” said co-host Carrie Underwood. The country world paid tribute to singer and songwriter Willie Nelson, 79, and his storied career, presenting him with the inaugural Willie Nelson lifetime achievement award. Nelson performed his signature 1980 song On the Road Again, while Lady Antebellum, Shelton, Keith Urban, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw did the honours with a medley of his hits.

CYPRUS MAIL Saturday, November 3, 2012

Tech

founder New Chinese elite face Megaupload reveals new online danger, ally in Weibo storage service By Naomi Tajitsu

Twitter-like platform a challenge in power shift By Melanie Lee AS China prepares for a generational power shift in the next two weeks, a similar shift is happening online that is testing the limits and displaying the evolution of China’s legions of state-directed censors. Since its launch three years ago, Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, has become the country’s water cooler, a place where nearly 300 million Internet users opine on everything from Korean soap operas to China’s latest political intrigue. It has posed a unique challenge for Chinese Communist Party leaders whose overarching goal is to maintain tight political and social control, while at the same time wanting to give their citizens a conduit to blow off steam. “One of the key challenges for the new leadership will be whether they can establish credibility through new governing mechanisms,” said Tony Saich, a professor of international affairs at Harvard Kennedy School in Massachusetts. “How are they going to deal with a wired, globally connected, urban middle class that is probably less likely over time to be treated like children?” Part of the solution is also the problem: Weibo. Last Friday, senior ofﬁcials from China’s Jiangxi province triggered an avalanche

Chinese censors maintain a restricted ebb and flow of criticism of officials on Weibo of online criticism when they showed up hours late for a commercial flight from Guangzhou. The other passengers were convinced the plane was delayed simply to accommodate the officials, and they were furious. Government censors let the online anger flow, and the incident was typical of the Weibo exposes that have often revealed details of low level officials’ wealth, corruption or abuse of power. Yet that same day, the New York Times ran a lengthy article on Premier Wen Jiabao family’s wealth, which lit up Twitter internationally but hardly made it on to Weibo. All references to the arti-

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

The research laid the groundwork for the polio vaccine

Polio virus crystallised In 1955, American researchers Carlton Schwerdt and F.L. Schaffer crystallised the polio virus. This was the ﬁrst animal virus to be obtained in crystalline form. Each virus crystal is composed of many thousands of virus particles. Virus preparations pure enough to crystallise usually provide the best material for chemical studie. This was used to split the polio virus into infectious and non-infectious parts. Schwerdt’s and Schaffer’s research laid the groundwork for the polio vaccine.

cle, direct and obscure, were quickly blocked. By letting certain types of party criticism ﬂourish on Weibo and even become “trending topics” while censoring even obscure references to others, Chinese authorities have tried to create an illusion of a rowdy online public square. The freedom Weibo users have to excavate dirt on provincial and county-level ofﬁcials stands in stark contrast to the muzzle they wear when wanting to discuss the nation’s top leaders, whose names, nicknames and weird permutations of their names are blocked on the website. “In China you can criticise and conduct investigative re-

ports on ofﬁcials who are lower than the county level, but you cannot criticise the top leaders,” said Zhang Zhian, a journalism professor Guangzhou’s Sun Yat-sen University. But even though discussion of top political leaders and the taboo Ts - Tiananmen, Taiwan and Tibet - are removed from Weibo, debate about political issues exists in code on the platform, making China’s Internet freer than before. Ultimately the continuous cat-and-mouse game could be vital to the stability and development of China, because it gives the Communist Party real-time feedback on policies and a method to take stock of the public mood.

KIM Dotcom, the founder of the shuttered file-sharing site that housed everything from family photos to blockbuster films, yesterday announced a new online storage service called Mega that will give users direct control - and responsibility - over their files. Mega will launch in January 2013, just before the internet entrepreneur is scheduled to face an extradition hearing to the United States where he and other Megaupload operators face charges of online piracy, fraud and money laundering. In a snub to US prosecutors, the site will not use US-based hosting companies as partners in order to avoid being shut down by US authorities. The US government alleges that Megaupload, once one of the world’s most popular websites, was directly responsible for illegally uploaded content on the site and that it netted $175 million from unlawful activities. “The new Mega will not be threatened by US prosecutors,” Dotcom said, adding he was confident Mega would avoid violating US law. “The new Mega avoids any deal-

ings with US hosters, US domains and US backbone providers and has changed the way it operates to avoid another takedown.” Mega is the follow-up to Megaupload, which was shut down in January this year when New Zealand police helicopters swooped into the flamboyant Dotcom’s mansion outside Auckland to seize computers and other evidence at the request of US authorities. Users of the new cloud-based service will be able to upload, store and share photos, text files, music and films, encrypt those files and grant access using unique decryption keys. “You hold the keys to what you store in the cloud, not us,” a statement on the Mega website said. While the new site will operate faster and boast a bigger storage capacity, the encryption technology marks a major change from Megaupload as Mega operators will not have access to files and will therefore be immune to content liability. Ensuring files are not pirated will be the job of content owners, a major change from Megaupload, which the US film industry says was directly responsible for taking down illegally uploaded content.

Like a good Hollywood sequel, Kim Dotcom (centre) is back with a new online storage system

Apple rolls out iPad mini in Asia to shorter lines APPLE fans lined up in several Asian cities to get their hands on the iPad mini yesterday, but the device, priced above rival gadgets from Google and Amazon.com, attracted smaller crowds than at the company’s previous global rollouts. Apple Inc’s global gadget rollouts are typically high-energy affairs drawing droves of buyers who stand in line for hours. But a proliferation of comparable rival devices may have sapped some interest. About 50 people waited for the Apple store in Sydney, Australia, to open, where in the past the line had stretched for several blocks when the company debuted new iPhones. At the head of yesterday’s line was Patrick Li, who had been waiting since 4.30am and was keen to get his hands on the 7.9-inch slate. “It’s light, easy to handle, and I’ll use it to read books. It’s better than the original iPad,” Li said. There were queues of 100 or more outside Apple stores in Tokyo and Seoul when the device went on sale, but when the company’s ﬂagship Hong Kong store opened, staff appeared to outnumber those waiting in line. The iPad mini marks Apple’s ﬁrst foray into the smaller-tablet segment,

The iPad mini marks Apple’s ﬁrst foray into the smaller-tablet segment and the latest salvo in a global mobiledevice war that has engulfed combatants from Internet search leader Google Inc to Web retailer Amazon.com Inc and software giant Microsoft Corp. Microsoft’s 10-inch Surface tablet, powered by the just-launched Windows 8 software, went on sale in October, while Google and Amazon now dominate sales of smaller, 7-inch multimedia tablets. Unveiled last week, the iPad mini has won mostly positive reviews, with criti-

cism centring on a screen considered inferior to rivals’ and a lofty price tag. The new tablet essentially replicates most of the features of its full-sized sibling, but in a smaller package. “Well, first of all it’s so thin and light and very cute - so cute!” said iPad mini customer Ten Ebihara at the Apple store in Tokyo’s upscale Ginza district. At $329 for a WiFi-only model, the iPad mini is a little costlier than predicted but some analysts see that as Apple’s attempt to retain premium positioning. Some investors fear the gadget will lure buyers away from Apple’s $499 flagship 9.7-inch iPad, while proving ineffective in combating the threat of Amazon’s $199 Kindle Fire and Google’s Nexus 7, both of which are sold at or near cost. Also yesterday, Apple rolled out its fourth-generation iPad, with the same 9.7-inch display as the previous version, but with a faster A6X processor and better WiFi. Both devices were going on sale in more than 30 countries. Apple will likely sell between 1 million and 1.5 million iPad minis in the first weekend, far short of the 3 million third-generation iPads sold last March in their first weekend.

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What’s on

films

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

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

NICOSIA Skyfall (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5, 7.40 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5, 7.40 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11am and 2pm. Tel: 7777-8383 To Rome With Love (12) (in English and Italian, with Greek subtitles) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Looper (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 7.45 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Paranormal Activity 4 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.30 and 8.05pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (K) (in French, with Greek subtitles) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 5.35, 7.50 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Killer Joe (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Savages (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Watch (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 8pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 11.30am, 1.35pm and 3.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Tabu (in Portuguese, with Greek subtitles) Cine Studio, tonight only at 9pm, presented by ‘Lux Film Days’. Tel: 22-870500 Le Havre (in French, with Greek subtitles) Cine Studio, Sunday at 8pm,

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

Tuesday and Thursday at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96-420491, www.ofk.org.cy

LIMASSOL Skyfall (12) Rio 2 at 5pm (weekends only), 7.45 and 10.30pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5, 7.40 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 To Rome With Love (12) (in English and Italian, with Greek subtitles) Rio 5 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends at 8.15 and 10.20pm; Rio 1, weekends only at 3 and 5.20pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings (K) Rio 3 (in Greek) at 6pm, weekends at 3, 4.45 and 6.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Looper (15) Rio 4 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends at 8.10 and 10.20pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (K) (in French, with Greek subtitles) Rio 3 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends at 8.15 and 10.20pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Paranormal Activity 4 (15) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30 and 8.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Killer Joe (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Savages (18) Rio 6 at 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Watch (15) Rio 6 at 5.30pm (weekends only) and 7.45pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) Rio 2 (in Greek) at 6pm, weekends only at 3.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 4 (in English, in 2D), weekends only at 3, 4.45 and 6.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 5 (in Greek), weekends only at 3, 4.45 and 6.30pm. Tel: 25-871410 The Artist Rio 5, Monday at 8.30pm,

presented by the Limassol Cine Club. www.cinelesxi.org

LARNACA Skyfall (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5, 7.40 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 To Rome With Love (12) (in English and Italian, with Greek subtitles) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Looper (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 7.45 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Paranormal Activity 4 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Killer Joe (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (K) (in French, with Greek subtitles) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Savages (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Watch (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Artist Larnaca Municipal Theatre, Thursday at 8.30pm, presented by the Larnaca Film Society. Tel: 99-658831, www.lfcinema.org

PAPHOS Skyfall (12) Rio 1 at 5.30 and 8pm; Rio 7 at 9.45pm, weekends at 10pm. Tel: 26-207000 To Rome With Love (12) (in English and Italian, with Greek subtitles) Rio 2 at 6, 8 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000 Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings (K) Rio 7 (in Greek) at 6pm, weekends at 3, 4.45 and 6.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 Looper (15) Rio 4 at 7.45pm (weekends at 7.30pm) and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Paranormal Activity 4 (15) Rio 7 at 7.45pm, weekends at 8.15pm; Rio 1 at 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

listings Today

about a Greek immigrant. November 3-4. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. €15/10. In Greek. Tel: 77-777745

Exhibition

Just Broken Up Act Theatre presents play by Vassilis Myrianthopoulos & Vangelis Hatzinikolaou. Cyprus Dialect Adaptation by Christiana Artemiou. November 4 until January 6. Latsia Municipal Theatre, 57 Yiannos Kranidiotis Avenue, Nicosia. On specific days at 8.30pm and 6pm on Sundays. €20. Tel: 77-777181

Dhekelia Art Group Annual Exhibition Group art exhibition. Opens November 3, 6.30pm until November 15. Sun Hall Hotel Apartments, Finikoudes, Larnaca. Open daily. Tel: 24-645591

Music Female Metal Attack Cyprus Festival Festival featuring female metal bands. November 3. Franky’s Live, 39 Apollonos Street, old Nicosia. 7.30pm. €20/15. Tel: 99-215490/96-302945 Smirnoff Midnight Circus A modern interpretation of a circus is Smirnoff’s newest effort to support the brand’s mission to discover unique nightlife, includes DJs and mixologists, as well as unannounced performances by leading musical acts. November 3. Occhio Lounge Bar, 23 Alkeou Street, Engomi, Nicosia. 11pm. Tel: 22-255111 Opera Concert Music by classical and contemporary composers with the Bel Canto Ensamble. November 3. Holy Cross Church (near the Paphos Gate), Nicosia. 8pm Free entrance

Theatre The Life of Andreas Kordopatis Well-known play by Thanasis Valtinos,

Dance Fourth No_Body Festival A dance and performance arts festival with a sole aim the production of new works encouraging Cypriot artists to come together for the enrichment of the choreographic field in Cyprus. November 3-4. Pallas Theatre, old Nicosia. 8pm. €10. Tel: 70-007046/97772264

to raise public discussions. November 3. Gymnasium of Linopetra, Limassol. 12 midday-6pm. Tel: 22-662269/99875558. www.youthpowercyprus.org www.facebook.com/groups/streetartforpeace St Paul’s Car Boot Sale Sell your unwanted items in aid of St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral Funds. November 3. Anglican Cathedral, Byron Avenue, in the Cathedral Car Park, Nicosia. 2pm-5pm. Car Spaces €13, individual tables on request (€3 per table). Refreshments available. Reservations and information: 99823785/22-466753/99-836405 LUX Film Days Screening of competition finalist: Tabu. November 3. Cine Studio, University of Nicosia. 8pm. In original language with Greek subtitles. Tel: 22-870500

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Bizarre Bazaar Handmade crafts and homade food. November 3. The Snails Café, old Nicosia. 1pm

Eighth Annual Book Fair The Moufflon Bookshop presents a selection of old and used books for all ages, covering a wide range of subjects. November 3-4. Holiday Inn, Nicosia. Saturday: 10am-8pm. Sunday: 10am-6pm. Tel: 22-665155/22712712

Travel, Explore, Learn Wandering Milia’s inspirational workshop based on the theme of travel. November 3. Nicosia Municipality’s ‘Peace’ Venue. 11am-6.30pm. Language mainly English – translation on request. www.yeiamilia.wordpress. com. Email: yeia.milia@gmail.com

Street Art for Peace in Action A Youth Power Small Grants project launches free workshops in graffiti, yard bombing, wheat pasting and more with the aim of providing Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot youths with an alternative means of expression and

Walk – Bike – Run for the Environment Annual event that includes hiking 2km, 5km Road Race and cycling 7km. November 3. 28th October Avenue, Makedonitissa, in front of Papaphilippou Luna Park, Nicosia. 3.30pm. For all ages

Tomorrow Theatre Hansel and Gretel The newly formed Maskarini Theatre present play in an original adaptation by Nikos Nikolaidis. November 4 & 11. Russian Cultural Centre, 16 Alassias Street, Nicosia. 10.30am. In Greek. Tel: 22-761607/99-485083 Noah’s Family A theatrical play for children written by Xenia Kalogeropoulou and Thomas Moschopoulos. November 4 until December 23. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every Sunday at 10.30am. In Greek. Tel: 22-864300

November 4. Every first Sunday of each month. Navarria Hotel, Ayios Tychonas, Limassol. 10am-7.30pm. Tel: 25-320855/99-492793 Cancer Patients Support Group Annual Bazaar Fundraising bazaar, if you can help or donate any items. November 4. Angelika’s Restaurant St. Georges Traffic Lights, Paphos. 9.30am-12.30pm. Tel: 26-654007 Cycling excursion in Mari and Alaminos A pleasant and relatively easy cycling excursion. November 4. Central square of Mari village, Limassol. 8.30am. Tel: 99-956528. E-mail: podilates.lefkosias@gmail.com

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Other Events Cyprus – a Literary Destination Open literary event with five writers reading their first impressions of the island. With music by singer/composer Demetris Makris accompanied on the piano by Philip Zilfo. At the venue there will also be a Book Fair, from the Publishing House Entipis. November 4. Offices of the Cyprus Culture Foundation, Nicosia. 7pm. The reading will be in the original language and translations in Greek or English will be projected on a screen. Tel: 99-678132 Creart Handcrafts & Arts exhibition Hand-made art and crafts including jewellery, ornaments, house decorations, aromatic candles, and more.

Exhibition Maria Ladommatou Solo painting exhibition. Opens November 5, 7.30pm until November 17. Opus 39 Gallery, 21 Kimonos Street, Nicosia. Monday: 5pm-8pm. Tuesday-Friday: 10.30am-12.30pm and 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22-424983 Christmas Arts and Crafts Exhibition Artwork exhibition includes Encaustic (wax), stone painting, icons, mosaics, photography, canvas prints and more will also have a varied selection of pottery, soaps and toiletries, hand sewn bags and gifts, knitting and wool, cards, glasswork and jewellery. Opens November 5,

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2pm-7pm until November 11. En Plo Gallery, Paphos Harbour. Open daily: 10am–6pm. Tel: 96-664201

Other Events Ninth Brazilian Film Festival With a whole range of top quality films delving into the life, culture and politics of Brazil. November 5-10. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Street, Nicosia. 7.30pm and 9.30pm. Tel: 22-663871. info@pharosartsfoundation.org Tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau Pierre-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer, and the son of Jacques-Yves Cousteau along with Dr. Evangelos Papathanassiou, the Research Director at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research will present and discuss Cousteau’s work and influence, as well as their concerns for the marine environment. November 5. Evagoras Lanitis Centre, Carobmill Lanitis Vasilissis Street, Limassol. 10am. Tel: 25-342123. www.lanitisfoundation.org Seminars on Karnatic Music Internationally recognised Cypriot composer hosts seminar on Karnatic (South Indian) music and its application on everyday music practicing, composing and improvising. November 5-7 & 9-10. Windcraft Music Centre. 27 Xanthis Xenierou, Nicosia (close to OXI roundabout). November 5-7: 7pm-9pm or November 4pm-6pm. €25 per workshop / €60 all workshops. Limited number of places. Call to reserve a place. Tel: 99-482782/99-549141/99-808835. andyssko@gmail.com

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Above: Aboard the Calypso, Cousteau unlocked the mysteries of the sea for TV viewers in the ’60s and ’70s with his riveting documentary series. Top right: Like father like son, Pierre-Yves Cousteau continues his father’s legacy

The ocean, blue, tranquil, yet treacherous is the source of life on planet earth, providing most of the oxygen we breathe, the food we eat and reserves of energy needed to support life as we know it today. The ocean has provided us with an inexhaustible source of beauty, power, and intrigue. So vast are the oceans, in fact, that they take up almost 71 per cent of the entire surface of the globe. From earliest recorded history the sea has made possible trade and commerce, adventure and discovery. While the time when the ocean was seen as the mother of mysterious creatures and monsters is far behind us, today, however, we’ve become more aware of different species as we learn more about this “silent world”. Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a man of the sea. Explorer, inventor and communicator, no other individual in the 20th century promoted and inﬂuenced research of the world’s oceans as signiﬁcantly as this legendary personality. As part of the International Sea Festival Nautilus, the Evagoras Lanitis Centre, in collaboration with the Oceanographic Centre of the University of Cyprus and the Rencontres de la Terre Foundation, will present a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau on Monday at the Lanitis Carob Mills. This tireless adventurer sailed the seven seas – much of it on his famous boat the Calypso – and inspired generations of ocean explorers, to don a mask and enter that shimmering blue world.

“When you dive, you begin to feel that you’re an angel,” he once said. The bespectacled Cousteau, often wearing his trademark red woolly cap, became a household name primarily through his hugely popular television series, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, and his many documentaries. Very little was once known about the effects of pollution, over-exploitation of resources and coastal development, but through his films and books, he lifted the veil on the largest living kingdom on our planet. His pioneering documentaries were made possible only by his technological discoveries. Cousteau was instrumental in developing scuba gear, underwater cameras and a one-person, jet-propelled submarine, and also helped start the first manned undersea colonies. His work drew the public’s attention to the disastrous environmental consequences of human negligence. The tribute on Monday will host the honorary guest Pierre-Yves Cousteau, the youngest son of JacquesYves Cousteau, oceanographer and founding member of the Foundation Cousteau, along with Dr. Evangelos Papathanassiou, the Research Director at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, who will present and discuss Cousteau’s work and influence, as well as their concerns for the marine environment. Today, Pierre-Yves plays a key role in not only preserving his father’s legacy, but also continuing the work he left behind. Trained in biochemistry and space science,

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Two-wheel invitation Cycling enthusiasts may want to head to Limassol tomorrow, as Podilates Lefkosias Cycling Club is organising a pleasant and relatively easy cycling excursion. The members of the Group and any other cyclists who want to participate in the event, are invited to meet up at the central square of Mari village at 8.30am where they will be offered free snacks and drinks by the sponsors of the Club, VTT Vasiliko, the company that is investing 300 million euro in the construction of an oil storage terminal at Vasilikos. The ride will begin from Mari at 9am and head towards Zygi, along the seaside. The cyclists will then pass through the villages Alaminos and Koﬁnou to return to Mari. The distance is about 44 km and is appropriate for all bikes, and the road is 100 per cent asphalted, with a total ascent of approximately 466 metres.

Christmas comes early

Those who want to participate in the ride can contact Podilates Lefkosias through Facebook, or e-mail. It’s also worth noting that Podilates Lefkosias meet every Wednesday at 7.45pm at the D’Avila Gate for an easy night ride, with a distance of approximately 20km that is open to all. Cycling excursion in Mari and Alaminos A pleasant and relatively easy cycling excursion. November 4. Central square of Mari village, Limassol. 8.30am. Tel: 99-956528. E-mail: podilates.lefkosias@gmail.com

Christmas decorations, cards and gift ideas are already starting to ﬁll the shelves in stores. Once again, the time has come to throw away our pumpkins and Halloween treats and quickly turn our thoughts to Christmas. So what if it’s only November and Christmas is nearly two months off – when it comes to celebrating the festive season, there are no time constraints and no shame in getting prepared for this year’s magic, getting preparations under way good and early. From Monday until Sunday, En Plo Gallery at Paphos Harbour is hosting a Christmas arts and crafts exhibition. If you’re looking for unique handmade Christmas gifts and cards then this is the place to be. You can also watch a group of creative types ‘at work’ in the gallery and talk with them to learn more about their particu-

he worked as an intern for NASA in the search for microbial life in extreme environments, before working at the European Space Agency as a young graduate trainee in science coordination for biology experiments, beginning at the International Space Station. A diving vacation, however, convinced him that there is another ﬁnal frontier to explore – and one that has been in his DNA all along. Based in Paris, he started delving into marine conservation in 2009, and became a prominent leader in the Cousteau Society, a non-proﬁt ocean conservation organisation founded by his father. In 2010, he founded Cousteau Divers, which gets individuals to actively participate in the study and protection of the environment. Travelling the world, he visits schools and other public institutions to speak about environmental issues and the work that the society does. In Limassol, the conservationist will discuss the need for awareness shifts and his father’s love for the Mediterranean Sea. Tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau Pierre-Yves Cousteau, son of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, along with Dr. Evangelos Papathanassiou, the Research Director at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, will present and discuss Cousteau’s work and influence, as well as their concerns for the marine environment. November 5. Evagoras Lanitis Centre, Limassol. 10am. Tel: 25-342123 By Ledha Socratous

lar subject or perhaps you have questions about arts and craft in Cyprus which they may be able to assist you with. The Artwork exhibition will include encaustic (wax), acrylic, watercolour, oil, stone painting, mosaics, photography, canvas prints and more. They also have a varied selection of pottery, soaps and toiletries, bags, knitting and wool, glasswork and jewellery. You may not have seen some of the methods used before, or you may want to find out exactly what goes into soap products and their benefits. You can even get something specifically made for you, whatever you are looking for they will try to tailor your desire to your needs. Don’t forget Creart Handcrafts & Arts exhibition hosts a market every first Sunday of the month at Navarria Hotel in Ayios Tychonas. At Creart Handcrafts & Arts artistic people can find beautiful handmade art and crafts including jewellery, ornaments, house decorations, aromatic candles, ceramics and cosmetics, stained glass and homemade cakes,

homemade sweets, knitted dolls and many more. Every month new artists get the opportunity to exhibit their work, therefore, the exhibition and market has always something new to offer. This exhibition and market is unique because it strictly markets and exhibits handmade and handcrafted items by artists living and working in Cyprus. Their main goal is to promote inspiring artists who don’t have the chance to show their work. Christmas Arts and Crafts Exhibition Artwork exhibition includes Encaustic (wax), stone painting, icons, mosaics, photography, canvas prints and more. Also have a varied selection of pottery, soaps and toiletries, hand sewn bags and gifts, knitting and wool, cards, glasswork and jewellery. Opens November 5, 2pm-7pm until November 11. En Plo Gallery, Paphos Harbour. Open daily: 10am–6pm. Tel: 96-664201 Creart Handcrafts & Arts exhibition Hand-made art and crafts including jewellery, ornaments, house decorations, aromatic candles, and more. November 4. Every first Sunday of each month. Navarria Hotel, Ayios Tychonas, Limassol. 10am-7.30pm. Tel: 25320855/99-492793

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Lifestyle PRINCE OF PARIS With Carine Roitfeld and Jefferson Hack in Paris

With Olga Berluti in Paris

Fine and dandy: Berluti a/w 2012

As heir to the £50 billion LVM has a lot to learn about hand Good job his father’s given hi John Arlidge meets Be

OW could you not hate Antoine Arnault? It’s all too easy but let’s do it anyway. He’s French. He’s young - 35. He’s tall and handsome. His girlfriend is Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova. His father is Bernard Arnault, the boss of LVMH, the world’s largest and most valuable luxury goods conglomerate with a market capitalisation of some £50 billion. He works for his old man, which makes him pretty much unsackable. And if he plays his cards right, he will inherit not just the snazziest business in the world but also a share of his father’s £25.4 billion fortune.

But if he was born with a silver cuillère in his mouth, Antoine is good at hiding it. Take today. On a bright autumn morning he is sitting in his suite at the Bulgari Hotel in Knightsbridge, dressed in a blue jacket with a blue polo shirt, juggling his unfashionable BlackBerry and scofﬁng biscuits. “I want to learn this business from the bottom from the ground up,” he says between mouthfuls. “I want to start as small as possible.” Small, perhaps, but perfectly formed. Antoine has just taken the reins at the French brand Berluti, owned by LVMH, and wants to trans-

form it from the world’s most upscale men’s shoemaker into the spifﬁest menswear label. “I want it to become a 100 per cent masculine brand for men who love great craftsmanship, quality and style.” Antoine’s desire to expand Berluti could easily be seen as a personal vanity project because that’s exactly what it is. “I didn’t really know where to go to buy stuff for myself. I love beautifully crafted products but I could not ﬁnd the right style. The clothes were either beautifully crafted but badly cut - boring and old or they were well-made but super-edgy with, say, a wild silhouette and, therefore, to-

tally unwearable. I wanted craftsmanship and style.” In many ways, he is his target customer. The rich ain’t who they used to be. Like policemen, they are getting younger. In India, China, Brazil, Russia and the Middle East, billionaires are no longer all over the age of 50. Many are thirty and forty-somethings. These young guns don’t want Savile Row. They want something casual but also reassuringly expensive. Something like, Antoine hopes, Berluti, where a cashmere parka with mink lining can be yours for £21,900. Off-the-rack suits are £2,000 and shoes around £1,000 to £1,500.

In the midst of the worst recession in living memory, and at a time when luxury sales are sluggish - LVMH recently reported its slowest quarterly sales growth since the end of 2009 - critics say it is bonkers to expand the brand at a cost of £160 million. Antoine retorts: “Luxury is one of the sectors that has held up well and has grown since 2008 and there’s a reason for that. It’s not because people are indecent. It’ s because firms like ours have values and we don’t cheat. We make authentic products that are high quality.” He cites market research figures compiled by consulting firm Bain that show that spending by men on luxury goods, especially clothes and shoes, is rising and now equals that of women.

Antoine hopes that men will carry on splurging because, of course, Berluti is much more than a vanity project, it is his big test. From when he was knee-high to a mannequin,

Antoine hopes th on splurging bec Berluti is muc vanity project, i growing up in Paris, he has been groomed for success at LVMH. “Every weekend our parents would take us to the stores. We would talk to sales assistants. Ask about new

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17 Antoine at the Christian Dior Haute Couture show at Paris Fashion Week in July with (from left) Diane von Furstenberg, his girlfriend Natalia Vodianova, Princess Charlene of Monaco, his father Bernard and sister Delphine

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Berluti’s a/w collection 2012

MH empire, Antoine Arnault bags, heels and champagne. im a company to practise on. ernard’s blue-eyed boy products. We loved it.” The ‘we’ he is referring to is himself and his sister Delphine. His father has been married twice. Antoine and Delphine, who also works for the family

hat men will carry cause, of course, ch more than a it is his big test ﬁrm as a director of LVMH, are the children of his ﬁrst marriage. They have three teenage half-brothers from his father’s second marriage to Hélène Mercier, a pianist

from Quebec. For Antoine, his jeunesse dorée was rather too good to be true and there was the inevitable rebellion. In his twenties he moved to Canada to study and set up an internet domain registration company that specialised in illegal cyber-squatting. “We bought names like VoteJacquesChirac.com and ZinedineZidane.com,” he recalls. But his time as an e-bandit didn’t last long. He returned to France and after studying at INSEAD, the leading French business school, he joined the family ﬁrm, which was already the biggest name in luxury. His father had started out in real estate, working in the US before becoming boss of Financière Agache, a French

l u x u r y goods company that he set about expanding rapidly by acquisition. He bought Christian Dior and began buying into the nascent LVMH, eventually taking over the ﬁrm. Flush with big budgets, he went on the kind of shopping spree that would make an emperor blush. As well as Louis Vuitton, LVMH now controls Bulgari, Dior, Givenchy, Fendi, Marc Jacobs, TAG Heuer, Hublot, De Beers jewellery and Krug and Dom Pérignon champagnes. Bernard Arnault is the richest man in Europe and the fourth richest man in the world, according to US business magazine Forbes. Antoine made it to the position of head of communications at Louis Vuitton. It is he who was behind those “we’re not just about bling, we’re really brainy” adverts, featuring the likes of Bono, Mikhail Gorbachev and Muhammad Ali carrying Louis Vuitton bags. Along the way he has picked up the model girlfriend. He and Natalia Vodianova have been together for two years, sit side by side on the front rows, and friends say they are “a serious item”. She has recently moved to Paris with her three children from her marriage to British aristocrat Justin Portman. Berluti may be a small part of the LVMH empire but, for Antoine, it is a big step up. It is the ﬁrst time he has taken control of an entire label. Get it right and, well, he will be in pole position to succeed Papa. Get it wrong and, Antoine acknowledges, it will be “a screw-up and I will lose Brownie points,” he laughs. “It’s a great opportunity. Making a small brand work makes it easier to understand how the big brands and the company as a whole work. If one day I have the chance of being in one of the big brands, I think I’ll be able to pick it up.” Pick it up! Enough of this coyness. He’s an Arnault, goddammit. He has the keys to the golden kingdom. Does he want the top job or doesn’t he? “Yes, I do. There aren’t many better jobs in the world. But nothing will happen soon, God willing. My father is 63 and is in the greatest shape of his life and is planning to work until he is 90.” Can Antoine make Berluti more than just the sole of chic? Will he and the other billionaire boys around town be booted and suited?

LVMH IN NUMBERS •LVMH was formed in 1987 as a result of the £3.25 billion merger between Louis Vuitton and Moët-Hennessey •It is the biggest luxury conglomerate in the world; the group’s market capitalisation is around £50 billion •Bernard Arnault is worth £25.4 billion •LVMH includes over 60 of the world’s most prestigious brands including Dior, Bulgari, Marc Jacobs (left) and Veuve Clicquot •The classic hard-sided, monogrammed Louis Vuitton suitcase costs £4,200 (above right) •There are around 3,000 LVMH stores in over 50 countries •The most expensive Hublot watch costs £4 million and is inlaid with

more than 1,200 diamonds •In the ﬁrst nine months of this year LVMH had a turnover of £16 billion (a rise of 22 per cent) •There are more than 700 versions of the Fendi Baguette bag •Château d’Yquem is the oldest LVMH brand, started in 1593 •Only 65,000 cases of Château d’Yquem are produced annually •Givenchy’s 2012 Haute Couture collection included an evening dress with more than 1 million hand-stitched black beads and another made out of the skins of two alligators •A night in a suite at the Bulgari Hotel in Knightsbridge costs from £1,560

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JJ PAINTING & DECORATING All aspects of internal and external decorating call jay 97731647 UPHOLSTERY, RUG, BLINDS + CURTAIN CLEANING Rugs from 20€ - Carpets from 38€ - Fabric Suites from 85€ Leather Suites from 95€ - Mattresses from 25€. Curtains, Roman blinds, Vertical Blinds need to be surveyed. Collection Service available. For a free quotation call Mark on 70006766 All areas DO YOU WANT A SHINY LOOKING FLOOR? Full repair & restoration of chipped, scratched, dull and stained, Marble, Terrazzo, Stone & Ceramic tiled floors and surfaces. Professional cleaning, repair & sealing of internal/external ceramic tiles & grout lines. For a free professional consultation & demonstration contact Mark at Premier on 70006766 or 96333961 All areas LOGS FOR SALE olive, carob and eucalyptus. Delivered to your door free 12 euro per 20 kilo bag tel 99682243 or 99588114 By the Tom the log man. KEEP YOUR HOME COOLER IN SUMMER AND WARMER IN THE WINTER by having Windowfilm professionaly fitted. Stops up to 86% of heat from entering/leaving your home! Windowfilm increases privacy, blocks harmful uvrays which cause fading, reduces glare and saves energy

Employment Opportunities pg 18 Employment Miscellaneous 18 Pets 18 Lessons 18 Health & Fitness 18 Personal 18 Services 18 For Sale Miscellaneous 19 For Sale Land/ Property Business 19 For Sale Motor vehicles -Wanted 19 To Let Nicosia 20 To Let Limassol 21 To Let Larnaca 22 To Let Paphos 22 To Let Protaras, Ayia Napa, Paralimni -To Let Athens 24 Land For Sale Bulgaria -For Sale Nicosia 24 For Sale Limassol 24 For Sale Larnaca 24 For Sale Paphos 24 For Sale Ayia Napa 24 For Sale Famagusta Protaras -For Sale Athens -Property& Home Services display ads 25

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

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

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

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Advertiser SERVICES costs on air-con/heating. Call Ian on 99979671 K.D.FLYSCREENS LTD We manufacture top quality sliding screens, opening doors and roller systems. We also do repairs. For a FREE QUOTE please contact Phone: 99119582 Website: www.kdﬂyscreens.com WE UNDERTAKE REFURBISHING of houses or holiday homes, construction of pergolas, undertaking of plumbing, house painting, garden work. For information call JIMMYS: 96587137, MELIS: 96547879

FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS CLOTHES STOCKS AND SHOP FITTINGS FOR SALE. Excellent women’s brands for sale including Italian, Spanish and French clothes and shoes. Also women’s dummies and modern wall ﬁttings (clothes rails.) Selling at very low prices for clearance. Tel: 99-168943

FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND TIMI, PLOTS, a few selected available, seaview, near the 2 golf courses, Venus Rock and

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airport 60% building factor, €99.000. Half registration fees til the 31.12.12. Tel. 99621914

tor, near all shops, and amenities €210.000 negotiable Tel: 99 330 908

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

FOR SALE PLOT of 528sqm located in Paphos Municipality in the Agios Paulos area. It offers a large 100% build factor, and is suitable for the construction of a large house or apartment building. Price € 260.000 tel. 99 330 908 www. cyprusre.com/listing-paf-0007

PLOT LOCATED IN MESA GEITONIA, LIMASSOL 617sqm. 100% build. Ideal for the construction of apartment building or 1 or 2 large houses. Price reduced to € 360.000 tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre. com/listing-lim-0170 RESIDENTIAL PIECE OF LAND of 985sqm in the village of Pareklisia. Partial sea views, near to electricity and water supplies. €135.000 D.C. (Cyprus) Real Estate Tel: 99 330 908 FOR SALE PLOT IN THE CENTER OF LEFKARA Village 670sqm, high build fac-

SALE OF FIVE ADJACENT PLOTS in Paphos.Considered a signiﬁcant investment opportunity because the plots are located in a central area of Paphos(very close to the central public market).Sale of either all together or independently. Prices: €220000 – 250000 each. Call 99494753

FOR SALE B.P./LAND LIMASSOL. 40, 000 sq.m., zoning Ka7 (80% -45% - 3 stories). Regular amphitheatrical shape overlooking Ladies Mile. Close to New Limassol Hospital with direct access to Limassol – Paphos Highway. Water supply, electricity and telephones are readily available. Suitable for immediate development. Ideal for various health facilities and resorts, holiday centres, commercial and shopping centres, entertainment enterprises etc. Information: Tel. 22 674338, 99621554 FOR SALE LAND in Anthoupoli (half plot) 288 sq.metres. for information 99621554.

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

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TO LET NICOSIA ﬂat; three bedrooms; bathroom; laundry room; fully ﬁtted kitchen; large sitting and dining room; everyday room; two verandas; guest WC; central heating, air-conditioning, Broadband internet, Satellite TV; Covered parking. Furnished €1200, unfurnished €1000, Tel 22312255, 99557457.

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

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA Ave. furnished 440, 2 bdrm Lykavito furnished 575, Nikis Ave. furnished 500, Acropolis brand new furnished 550, Ag. Dometios ground floor with garden 600, 3 bdrm Ag. Omologites house ideal for cultural centre/spa 850, Strovolos 600, 4 bdrm Acropolis ground floor 800, Dasoupolis new independent house 1200. 21 PROPERTY FINDER LTD. A.M. 627, A.A. 108/E 99474839, 99646822 WHOLE FLOOR OFFICE FOR RENT in Ayios Andreas, Nicosia, 240 m2, 8 offices plus conference room, reception area, kitchen and WC, structured cabling, hot and cold aircon, 1800 euros pcm, tel. 99 895649 FOR RENT – three-bedroom flat in Lykavitos, Nicosia. Open plan fully-equipped kitchen and living area, two bathrooms, air conditioning and central heating. Big veranda. Near the town centre and University of Cyprus. Contact 99721911 / 99-454141 3 BEDROOMS flat on second floor in a block of six flats, in a nice position at Strovolos area, fully a/c, c/h, covered parking place for one car, recently painted. Rent €650pm. (furnished if required). Tel: 97773358. ***************************** LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 5 bedrs detached house, 550sq.m, built in 2 big plots of

TO LET NICOSIA 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 - Strovolos €2500 (H5ST10001-R), (photos in the website). 2. H3ST10010-R, 2 Bedroom plus office semi-detached house 180sq.m with central heating, fully a/c, covered parking in a quiet area off Tseriou avenue. Strovolos, €600 (photos in website). 3. 2 bedr fully renovated semi detached house 120 sq. m, a/c for hot and cold, small yard, FULLY FURNSIHED or not, double glazed windows with aluminum shutters, in a quiet area off Nikis behind Burger King - ACROPOLIS €650 (H2ACS0001-R), (photos in the website). 4. H3ST10012-R, 3 bedr luxury semi detached house with central heating independent, a/c, 3wc, parquet floor, fire place, electrical appliances in the kitchen, curtains, SHARED SWIMMING POOL, in a very quiet neighborhood in the area near Falcon

TO LET NICOSIA school. Strovolos € 1200, (photos in website). 5. 4 bedr new luxury detached house, separate maid’s room, central heating, full Ac, 260sq.m, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, blinds on all the windows, 4wc, 2 showers, 1 bathroom, 2 covered parking, big garden with grass in a quiet neighbourhood in a dead end near French Ambassador house - Strovolos €1400 (H4ST10045-R), (photos in the website). 6. 3 bedr+big attic room with shower and wc luxury new house, 210sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 4wc, blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, small garden, covered parking near Alpha Mega supermarket - STROVOLOS €1200 (H4ST10007-R), (photos in the website). 7. 3 bedr upstairs and one downstairs luxury detached house built in 2 plots of land with big garden and big over ﬂoor swimming pool 4 X 10, central heating, full a/c, 2 covered parking, FULLY NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, double glazed windows(PVC), electric shutters on all windows, in a very quiet neighbourhood, in the centre of Latsia near Carrefour - LATSIA €2700 (H4LAT0010-R), (photos in the website). 8. 4 bedr luxury detached house

TO LET NICOSIA + big separate maid’s room, central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining area, big separate family room with fire place, big kitchen with breakfast area, 4wc, parquet floor all the house, mature garden on the front and back of the house, 3 covered parking, in a quiet area - PARISSINOS €2300 (H4PA20006-R), (photos in the website). 9. 3 bedr upstairs and 2 separate bedroom in the basement luxury detached house(all the bedrooms with en suite bathrooms/shower), also separate kitchen and sitting room in the basement which has also separate entrance from the house, central heating, full a/c, solid parquet floor all the house, big sitting and dining room with fire place, big fully equipped kitchen with breakfast area and family room, big overfloor, swimming pool with covered patio area with fully equipped bar(bbq, fridge, freezer, cooker), mature garden around the house, 2 parking places, alarm system near the Cyprus Conference Centre- PLATY AGLANTZIAS €3500 (H5PAG0002-R), (photos in the website). 10. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, electrical appliances, small yard, bbq area, off Kostantinoupoleos street near French ambassador residence.- STROVOLOS €900

TO LET NICOSIA (H4ST10043-R), (photos in the website). 11. 4 bedr luxury semi detached house with good size garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area, central heating, a/c units, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, 2 covered parking, FULLY FURNISHED AND EQUIPPED, in a quiet area in a dead end close to all amenities and schools. ANTHOUPOLIS €1300 (H4ANT0002-R), (photos in the website). 12. 2 bedr + attic room luxury house with central heating, full expensive air conditions Daikin, blinds, cooker and oven in the kitchen, in a quiet area near Sampson farm - STROVOLOS €700 (H3ST10013-R), (photos in the website). 13. 3 bedr detached house with extra room for office, 250sq.m, central heating independent, 4a/c, big renovated, kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting and dining room with parquet floor and fire place, 1bathroom, 1 shower, 2wc, 2 covered parking, big verandas surrounded by trees and bushes off 28th October street - Makedonitissa €1300 (H4STI0043-R), (photos in the website). 14. 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

TO LET NICOSIA with shower and wc, central heating, full AC, 450sq.m, big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with sitting area and ﬁtted cooker and oven, 6 wc, 2 covered parking’s, big yard with tiles and garden with grass, bbq area in a very quiet neighbourhood near the CYBC ( RIK) station and near a neighbourhood park – Aglantzia €2000(H4AGZ0005-R), (photos in the website). 15. 4 bedr luxury detached house, separate maid’s room, 600 sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 6 wc, 4 bathrooms, big sitting and dining areas opening on to the garden, big kitchen with electrical appliances, built in 2 big plots of land with huge garden with grass, swimming pool, 2 covered parking, in a quiet neighbourhood close to Alpha Mega supermarket Engomi - €3000 (H4PA20005-R), (photos on the website). For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22-422225/96422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates.com ***************************** LUXURY FLATS: 1. 3 bedr furnished apartment, 140sq.m, near Cyprus Hilton, kitchen, bathroom and extra guests toilet, large sitting room, opposite a small park, recently renovated independ-

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA ent oil central heating, air conditions, solar heater, covered parking – Acropolis €630 (A3ACS0040-R), (photos in the website). 2. AINIC0006- R, 1 bedr., fully furnished and equipped apartment, 50sq.m, 2AC for hot and cold, covered verandah, covered parking, nice view, off Makarios avenue between Hilton and DEBENHAMS shop. Nicosia centre, € 450 (photos in website). 3. 2 bedrs luxury big apartment in a small building with 4 apartments only, very big bedrooms with parquet ﬂoor, 125sq.m, central heating independent, 3ac, Fully nicely furnished separate kitchen, big sitting and dining area, 2wc, covered parking behind Hilton hotel off Kennedy and Makarios close to the centre.– NICOSIA CENTRE €600 (A2NIC0026-R), (photos in the website). 4. A1DAS0010-R, 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting and dining room, big bathroom, big bedroom with shutters, covered veranda, storage heaters, 2a/c, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking in a quiet area in a small modern building near Acropolis Park. Dasoupolis €400 (photos in website). 5. 2 bedrs big luxury ﬂat, 110sq. m+big covered veranda, CH ind, 3 a/c, cooker, oven in the kitchen, roller blinds, 2 bath-

TO LET NICOSIA rooms, 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). 6. 1 bedr new modern luxury apartment, 50sq.m, 2 a/c for hot and cold, nicely modern furnished, 3rd floor, covered parking, 6 year old in a quiet neighborhood off Kantaras street. - STROVOLOS €400 (A1ST10009-R), (photos in the website). 7. New 2 bedr luxury apartment, 90sq.m, storage heaters, 3 a/c, cooker and oven, covered verandah, 2 wc, NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking and storage room of Kyriakou Matsi street near the centre – Agioi Omologites €650 (A2AOM0008-R), (photos in the website). 8. A1ACS0007- R, 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with 2 a/c for hot and cold, electrical appliances in the kitchen, big bedroom, covered veranda, blinds, covered parking, in a quiet area near Acropolis park. NICELY FURNISHED. Acropolis €450 (photos in website). 9. 3 bedr luxury spacious floor apartment on the 4th floor of award winning building, 200sq.m+big covered veran-

TO LET NICOSIA da, 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).

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in a dead end street, off Athalasas Avenue behind Stephanis near English School €800 (A3ST10030-R), (photos in the website). 12. A2LYK0006-R, 2 bedr penthouse apartment with big veranda 60sq.m, storage heaters, full a/c, 2 bathrooms(one en suite), big sitting room, big separate kitchen with cooker and oven, blinds, covered parking near Agios Antonios market CLOSE TO THE

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS variety of fruit trees, fabulous kitchen, €450 TREMITHOUSA- 2 Bedroom, Traditional Village Bungalow, Very Large Courtyard, Parking. €280 FULLY FURNISHED PROPERTIES WANTED MORE PROPETIES AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 99862922 ***************************** 1. 1 bedroom, fully furnished apartment in Peyia in a small complex in a very quiet area, air condition throughout, spectacular sea and mountain views and communal pool, pets allowed Price: €270 o.n.o 2. 2 bedroom, fully furnished apartment in Peyia in a small complex in a very quiet area, 1 bathroom, air condition throughout, spectacular sea and mountain views and communal pool, close to all amenities, pets allowed Price: €320 o.n.o 3. 2 bedroom, fully furnished apartment in Peyia in a small complex, quiet area, 1 W/C downstairs, 1 bathroom, air condition throughout, communal pool, balcony, lovely sea and mountain views, close to all amenities, satellite dish, pets allowed, Price: €370 o.n.o 4. 4 bedroom fully furnished detached Villa in Peyia in small complex, private swimming pool, BBQ area and small gar-

TO LET PAPHOS den, 1 en-suite bathroom in master bedroom, downstairs bedroom and bathroom, air condition throughout, 2 balconies, very spacious rooms, with additional storage space, lovely sea and mountain views, close to all amenities, satellite dish, pets allowed. Price: €750 o.n.o ALL THE ABOVE PROPERTIES ARE PRIVATELY OWNED PLEASE CALL: 99351008/99563020 ***************************** FLOWRON PROPERTY SERVICES LTD: PROVIDING AN EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE FOR TENANTS AND LANDLORDS: PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR RENT LONG TERM RENTAL. PROPERTIES WANTED: FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WITH KEY HOLDING AND RENT COLLECTIONS OFFERED 1 Mandria: 3 bed unfurnished apartment on a quiet complex with communal pool, off street allocated parking, white goods, blinds Ref: 969 Price 350 2 Konia: 3 bedroom unfurnished town house with communal pool in nice residential area, near to all local amenities: Ref: 1027 Price 500 3 Yeroskipou: 2 bed furnished Town house, downstairs wc, kitchen, dining/sitting room, upstairs 2 bedroom, family bathroom: Ref: 1169 Price 350 4 Mesogi: Luxury 4 bed unfurnished villa with large living areas, downstairs bedroom with en suite, 3 bedrooms upstairs, Fire place, Modern villa, resi-

TO LET PAPHOS dential area Private pool: fully fenced off: pets welcome Ref: 783 Price 750 5 Secret Valley: fully furnished, modern style, easy maintenance gardens, Private heated pool, quiet residential area, near golf area: Ref: 1186 Price 800 6 Kissonergra: 4 bedroom villa offered furnished, downstairs bedroom, 3 upstairs, en suite, family bathroom, closed garage, private pool, on its own very private no near by villas: Ref 0003 Price 900 7 Tala: 3 bedroom villa offered part furnished with private pool, stunning sea views, property is a family home, central heating, residential Ref: 988 Price 700 8 Coral Bay/Peyia: large luxury villa with central heating, large gardens, AC, off street parking, stunning views, quality fittings and furniture’s: Ref: 1176 Price 3500 OFFICE: 120 MARKARIOS AVENUE, PAPHOS. OFFICE: 26600450 MOBILE: 97614070 many properties available on WEB: www. flowron.com Email info@ flowron.com ***************************** LONG TERM RENTALS 1. CHLORAKAS 1 bed ground floor furnished apartment with central heating, communal pool and parking, sky TV. €350 pcm including all bills 2. KISSONERGA 2 bed town house, small garden, off street parking, close to bus and shops. NO POOL €350 pcm 3. SEA FRONT 200 sq-m plus detached villa, large plot, am-

TO LET PAPHOS ple parking, cul-de-sac, stunning sea views, loads of room and storage. Must be viewed. €999 pcm open to offers. 4. PEYIA 2 bed 2 bathroom house, a/c, ceiling fans, fly screens, storage, satellite TV, private parking, swimming pool, From €390 pcm THIS IS JUST A SMALL SELCTION OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND MANY MORE PLEASE CALL EITHER 96 545 174 OR E-MAIL ON ENQUIRIES@ CYPRUSPROPERTYSOLUTIONS.COM LANDLORDS; WE NEED YOUR PROPERTIES NOW. PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT. ***************************** 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 ***************************** 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

TO LET PAPHOS Poseidonio Gym, near Carrefour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from €340p.m.Tel 99403261 ***************************** MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. UNIVERSAL AREA €450 spacious 3 bedroom apartment, master with ensuite & walk in wardrobe. Second ﬂoor with lift. Covered parking & storage. Situated on a complex with communal pool & security entrance barrier. Fully furnished with modern furniture. Great central location. Website reference number_473 2. SEA CAVES €500 we are delighted to offer this detached 2 bedroom villa situated on a corner plot in a quiet residential area offering sea views. Gated drive for off street parking. Fully enclosed good sized low maintenance garden with private pool offering privacy and shaded areas. Available unfurnished or part furnished. Pets allowed at owners’ discretion. Website reference number: RTL_482 3. TALA €590 unfurnished modern 3 bedroom detached villa offering total privacy & breathtaking sea views. Includes un-

TO LET PAPHOS der floor heating plus real fire. Master with ensuite. Storage room. Shutters & flyscreens. Covered veranda, garden with mature plants, private pool offering sea views. Off street parking. A beautiful home. website reference number: RTL_530 4. PEYIA €700 price includes pool cleaning. If you are looking for a villa with breathtaking views & privacy then this property is for you. This modern detached 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom villas is furnished with modern furniture, including satellite TV. One bedroom & bathroom on ground floor. a spacious enclosed garden with private pool offering stunning views. Off street parking. Website reference number: RTL_401 5. MANDRIA €750 modern detached 4 bedroom villa, master with ensuite. Fully enclosed low maintenance garden offering private pool. Available unfurnished to include white goods, blackout blinds, curtains, ceiling fans & log burner for those winter months. Immaculate condition. Pets allowed at owners’ discretion. Website reference number: RTL_633 offers considered. 6. KONIA €750 spacious 3 bedroom 2 bathroom bungalow (168 sq metres) on plot size of 707 sq metres. Situated in a quiet residential area offering enclosed easy maintenance

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS garden with no pool. Separate kitchen, utility room, and master with ensuite. Off street parking for a number of cars. Available fully furnished or part/unfurnished. website reference number: RTL_605 7. KATO PAPHOS €800 large 4 bedroom detached villa situated in the sought after residential area of Limnaria. Walking distance to the beach and the many amenities of Kato Paphos. Spacious living accommodation offering an enclosed garden with c/pool. Fully furnished with modern furniture & solar panels. website reference number: RTL_442 8. TALA €900 a charming detached 4 bedroom villa with character, situated on a corner plot in a quiet residential area with breathtaking sea views. Spacious living rooms with central heating & real fireplace. Separate kitchen & dining room. Good-sized garden offering private pool and stone-built barbeque area. Undercover parking. website reference number RTL_638 Tel: 97790883 office: 26271858 visit our website for many more properties www. mrrent-paphos.net email: info@mrrent-paphos.net ***************************** RENTAL POINT - PAPHOS PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!! 1. MESA CHORIO – 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished ground floor apartment set on an elevated position on this prestigious development. Open plan living area. Good sized kitchen. 2 double, bedrooms, master with en-suite shower room. Family bathroom. Large patio areas with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views. Covered

TO LET PAPHOS parking and security gates.. Comm swimming pool, and landscaped gardens. Euros 425.00 a month. 2 bed apartment same complex Euros 400.00 a month. 2 MESOGI 3 bed 3 bath furnished apartment in handy location close to the shopping areas. Large open plan living area and dining area.. Fully fitted dining/kitchen with appliances . Guest WC. Utilty room. 3 double bedrooms one with en-suite. Family bathroom. Balcony & and parking. Euros 500.00 a month. Suit non-drivers! 3. TOMB OF THE KINGS – 3 bed fully furnished apartment in established block. Own entrance via stairway. Open plan living area. Dining kitchen. 3 bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, sat TV. Internet available. Large balcony area. Parking. Euros 350.00 per month 4. KISSONEGA - 3 bed 2 bath unfurnished villa. Set in enclosed gardens the villa consists of open plan living area. Full itted kitchen. Small utility area. Conservatory room. Ground floor bed room with en-suite. Stairs to two double bedrooms and family bathroom. Pool and off street parking. Euros 600.00 per month 5. STROUMBI – 2 bed fully furnished stone bungalow set in quiet location. Open plan living area with working fireplace. Spacious dining kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom with corner bath. Landscaped gardens, swimming pool and covered parking. Realistically priced Euros 500.00 per month or close offers only 6. UNIVERSAL AREA. 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, Enclosed garden area, comm. Pool and parking. Euros 375.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Universal starting at 250 euros per month.

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7. CORAL BAY - 3 bed, 3.5 bath furnished/unfurnished villa situated very near to the centre and within easy walking of beaches and restaurants. Open plan living area with fully ﬁtted kitchen. Doors out to garden and pool. Ground ﬂoor bedroom with ensuite. Separate guest WC. Stairs to 2 double bedroom both with en-suite and balcony areas. Private pool, gardens, BBQ area and covered verandahs. Central location.Euros 650.00 per month or close offers.

Limassol centre, 5 beds 4 baths + ofﬁce, €480.000-title deeds, rented for €13.000p.a. 99672602 ***************************** FOR SALE AGIOS TYCHONAS detached 2 bedroom house with deeds. Sea/mountain views. Retiled, replastered, rewired, replumbed. Fans. A/C. Handmade solid wood kitchen. Large lounge/ dining area. 2 mins from highway. Email janmurr1@yahoo. co.uk for photos and info. Price €235, 000. ***************************** BARGAIN PRICE DETACHED HOME FOR QUICK SALE with title deeds. Located on a quite cul de sac in Germasoyia within a short 2 minute drive to the beach and tourist area. 3 bedroom. 325sqm plot, 160sqm house. Price € 385.000 tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre.com/listing-lim-0337

best central area, 800m from the European University, excellent view, €99.000. Tel. 99621914. ***************************** FOR SALE is a building with 4 flats, each 3 bedroom. 2 on the ground floor with yards, and 2 on the first floor. 2 on first floor completely renovated. Located in quite area. Building recently plastered and painted. €850, 000. Negotiable Call: 99 330 908 ***************************** FOR SALE PENTHOUSE between Armenias Str and Hilton Hotel. 3 bedroom, main bedroom with shower, c/h, fireplace, large verandas. For more information please call: 99467596.

8. STROUMBI– 3 bed 2.5 bath large unfurnished villa in quiet village area. Spacious open plan living area with feature fireplace and dining space Good sized fitted kitchen and breakfast area. Guest WC with storage area.3 double bedrooms. Master with en-suite bathroom. Family bathroom. Enclosed gardens, pool and off street parking. Realistically priced Euros 550.00 per month. OVNO FOR FULL LISTINGS OF A PA R T M E N T S / T O W N HOUSES AND VILLA PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/ OWNERS PLEASE CALL PLEASE CALL 97648440 or email:inforentals@aol. com ***************************** REFURBISHED stone-built village house located in Kili Paphos. Consists of 3 large rooms 1 small. Traditional wood burnt fireplace, fully tiled secluded yard and garage. Tel: 99210610. *****************************

PROPERTY FOR SALE LIMASSOL 2 BED FLAT on the beach 70sq m €375,000 – title deeds 99337415 ***************************** COUNTRY VILLA 7 miles

LARNACA DUPLEX PENTHOUSE OROKLINI, zen, 110 m2, 75 m2 private roof garden, 2 covered 25 m2 verandas, 3 bed, furnished and equipped, 2 bath, private covered parking, storage, shared pool, gym, sauna, Hassapis 2006. 225.000 €, 99073975.

NICOSIA HOUSE FOR SALE AT ARCHANGELOS AREA (Nicosia) WITH SEMI-DETACHED STUDIO FOR HOUSEKEEPER AND GARDEN 300 sq.m - with Title. 3 bedrooms (one big with dressing room and bathroom). Open big space Kitchen with Dining and Living Room. Two Bathrooms and one WC for Guests. Fully Air-conditioned, Central Heating €390.000 TEL 99668822/99680700 ***************************** NICOSIA, FLAT FOR SALE: 2 bdrm ﬂat with title deeds, 110 sq.m., fully renovated,

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PAPHOS LOFOS – TALA, 3 bedroom bungalow for sale, living room, kitchen, bathroom, shower room, central heating, air con, private pool, landscaped gardens, lovely views. Call: 99342913 – no agents ***************************** 1. PAPHOS, FLATS FOR SALE OR RENT: Kissonerga, 3 bdrm flat with title deeds, in a block of 4 flats only, fully renovated, 2 baths, 146 sq.m closed area, c/h, a/c, covered parking, excelent view of sea and mountains, half registration fees titll 31.12.12 reduced to €135.000 or rent €450 per month. Tel. 99621914. ***************************** FOR SALE- PAPHOS 1. REGINA GDNS- 2 Bedroom Townhouse set on a luxury complex with 3 communal pools, private parking, private driveway, rear patio, solar panels, TITLE DEEDS. Covered area 92sq. mtrs. Priced to sell at €115, 000. 2. FAROS BEACH- 2 Bedroom fully furnished apartment, situated 120m from a popular beach off Tombs of The Kings. Sea views, solar panels, private parking, spacious balcony, large family bathroom, TITLE DEEDS AVAILABLE. Priced to sell at €138, 000. 3. ATHENA GARDENS- Beautiful 2 Bedroom fully furnished ground floor apartment in Geroskipou with communal pools, gardens, large patio with roll down canvas sidings (low electricity bills). This property comes with many many extras and it is priced at 25% below value at €140, 000. Covered area 96sq. mtrs. 4. UNIVERSAL- 2 Bedroom end of terrace Townhouse, situated close to the new school and bus route, with front

FOR SALE PAPHOS garden, rear patio area, and communal pool, this property comes fully furnished and is priced for a quick sale at €98, 000. TITLE DEEDS IMMINENT. 5. LIMNARIA GARDENS- 1 Bedroom fully furnished spacious top floor apartment with lounge leading to patio overlooking communal pools on a luxury complex. Shutters all round, heated pool with Jacuzzi, 200m from beach. Priced to sell at €135, 000. 6. SECRET VALLEY- Splendid 3 Bedroom detached villa with master bedroom en-suite, enclosed gardens, private pool next to Secret Valley Golf Course and set in a quiet cul-de-sac. This beautiful villa comes furnished with high quality furnishings and a covered area of 154sq. mtrs. Set on a plot of 408sq. mtrs. Very reasonably priced at €370, 000. 7. LOWER PEGIA- 3 Bedroom 2 Bathroom detached villa with totally enclosed gardens, workshop and storage units. Master bedroom ensuite, downstairs bathroom, private 8mx4m pool, to be sold including quality furniture. Covered area 132sq. mtrs on a plot 378sq. mtrs. TITLE DEEDS. Priced to sell at €295, 000. 8. MARATHOUNDA- Superb 4 Bedroom detached villa with a covered area 310sq. mtrs on a beautiful plot of 928sq. mtrs. Set in an unspoilt area offering marvellous views. All bedrooms en-suite, large lounge with stone carved fire surround and wood burning fire, black granite work surfaces, traditional stone arches, private 8mx4m pool, outbuildings, garage. Many many extras. Price includes all furniture and white goods. TITLE DEEDS. Priced well below the market value at €475, 000. For further details please contact 99874804 or E-mail: rocpropertiescyp@gmail. com ***************************** FOR SALE special offer, €79, 000 first floor apartment in Protaras, fully furnished with 2 bedrooms and a swimming pool. Walking distance to the beach of Ayia Triada and all amenities. Tel: 97 608941. *****************************

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

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

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

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08.00 Ti Tha Ginei Me To Gero No further details supplied. 08.30 Kali Sas Mera Best Of Highlights of local variety show, featuring entertainment options, cookery tips and more. 11.30 Vimata Stin Ammo (rpt) Two episodes of local period drama, based on true events. 13.00 Edoxe Ti Vouli Kai To Dimo 14.00 News 14.30 Me Kali Parea New weekend show presented by Vivian Kanari, a mix of news, information and live music. 16.20 Greek FILM: Douliko Amesou Draseos Comedy. 1972. 18.00 News 18.15 Tete A Tete Tasos Tryfonos interviews Greek celebrities from the world of showbiz. 19.30 Local Sketch 20.00 News 21.30 Savvato Ki Apovrado Variety show, with well-known guests pretending to have a good time for the beneﬁt of You At Home. 23.30 News 23.45 Local Sketch 00.15 Savvato Ki Apovrado (rpt) 02.15 Edoxe Ti Vouli Kai To Dimo (rpt) 03.15 Me Kali Parea (rpt) 05.15 Tete A Tete (rpt) 06.00 News (rpt)

07.00 NRG Zone 08.00 Kids’ TV 12.35 ISU Grand Prix Of Figure Skating 16.10 More Kids’ TV 17.00 FILM: 101 Dalmatians An evil fashion designer is bent on turning a litter of puppies into a magniﬁcent fur coat. Disney comedy adventure remake, starring Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels and Joely Richardson. 1996. 18.50 News In English 19.00 News In Turkish 19.10 NRG Zone Weekend 21.00 Lost Sixth season. ‘LA X - Part One’. Part one of two. The ﬁnal series of the hit show starts with a bang as the aftermath of Juliet’s decision to detonate the bomb is revealed. The mystery surrounding the ‘man in black’ and Jacob’s fate is also set to be unveiled along with some of the older questions that have been haunting fans since the beginning. 21.45 FILM: The Ring Horror remake, starring Naomi Watts. 2002. See Film Picks. 23.45 Repeats

06.40 Tango Yia Treis (rpt) 07.10 Dada Yia Oles Tis Douleies (rpt) 07.40 Oi Men Kai Oi Then (rpt) 08.10 Vodka Portokali (rpt) 09.00 Deixe Mou To Filo Sou (rpt) 10.20 Akros Oikogeneiakon (rpt) 12.00 Ta Koritsia Tou Baba (rpt) 13.40 Oikonomahies (rpt) 14.20 To Pio Glyko Mou Psema (rpt) 16.00 Niose Me (rpt) With News at 18.00. 18.30 Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt) 20.15 News 21.10 Wipeout USA American version of the game show, in which 20 contestants take on an extreme obstacle course for the chance of winning a cash prize. 22.10 FILM: Rush Hour Comedy adventure, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. 1998. See Film Picks. 23.55 News 00.00 Sports News 00.10 FILM: Sixty Six A Jewish boy’s bar mitzvah celebrations are overshadowed by the excitement of the 1966 World Cup ﬁnal. Comingof-age comedy drama, starring Gregg Sulkin. 2006. 01.40 Dancing On Ice (rpt) 03.40 News 04.40 7 Zoes (rpt)

07.20 Yia Sena (rpt) 09.10 Kids’ TV 10.00 Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes 10.40 Mpoukia kai Sychorio (rpt) 11.30 Savvato gennimenes 12.20 Klemmena Oneira (rpt) 13.10 Mousiko Kouti (rpt) 14.00 Chuck 15.00 Dansing For You (rpt) 18.20 News 18.30 Epta Thanasimes Petheres (rpt) 20.20 News 21.20 Anonymous Local variety show. 23.10 Gossip Girl US drama about a group of privileged New York teenagers from the Upper East Side who rely on an exclusive blogger called Gossip Girl to keep them up-todate. With News at 00.00. 01.00 My Boys 01.40 FILM: Wieners When a teenager is humiliated on national television, his friends embark on a trip across America to get revenge on the presenter responsible. Comedy, starring Kenan Thompson. 2008. 03.20 Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes (rpt) 04.00 Casa Di Macaroni (rpt) 04.30 Richter Music (rpt) 05.00 O Ios Tou Patera (rpt) 05.40 I Dipsa (rpt)

06.30 Oi Takkoi (rpt) 07.30 Zoi Podilato (rpt) 08.30 Barbie A Fairy Secret 10.00 Mes Stin Kali Hara 14.00 Aspra Balonia (rpt) 15.45 7 Ouranoi Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) 17.35 Pame Paketo (rpt) Popular talk-show, that deals with human interest stories such as reuniting people, fulﬁlling dreams and connecting individuals who want to correct past mistakes in their lives. With News at 18.00. 18.40 Eﬁaltis Stin Kouzina The famous Greek chef comes to the aid of struggling restaurateurs, and dispenses advice to help them turn their business around in the space of weeks. 19.30 Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama (rpt) 20.15 News 21.20 Al Tsantiri News (rpt) A highly successful live satirical comedy show that features Lakis Lazopoulos giving ‘his version’ of the news. 23.10 24 Ground-breaking real-time drama series, starring Kiefer Sutherland as a government agent out to stop terrorists wreaking havoc across America. 23.50 News 23.55 The 4400 (rpt) 00.40 Mes Stin Kali Hara (rpt) 04.00 Magazino (rpt)

06.50 Star News (rpt) 07.50 Kids’ TV 12.05 LTV Sports News (rpt) 13.00 Star News 13.40 Gossip Girl Second season. ‘There Might Be Blood’. Serena invites Aaron to be her guest at a charity gala honouring Lily and Bart. 14.25 One Tree Hill Second season. ‘The Hero Dies in This One’. Haley decides music is her true vocation in life, while Lucas antagonises Karen and Nathan by moving in with Dan. Peyton’s friendship with Jake grows stronger, and Brooke runs for student council president. 15.15 Fotis - Maria Live Best Of 16.30 Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of 17.30 Mila (rpt) 19.00 Exelixeis Sti Showbiz 19.20 FILM: Raspberry Magic A coming-of-age story about an 11-year-old, who thinks she must win the science fair in order to bring her father back after he runs out on the family. Comedy drama, starring Lily Javaherpour. 2010. 21.00 Greek FILM: I Glossa Comedy. 22.30 Exelixeis Sti Showbiz

07.00 Kids’ TV 11.10 Telemarketing 13.25 Greek FILM: O Aittitos 15.10 Mila Mou Prasina 15.25 Kouzina Me Apopsi 15.55 FILM: The Deep End Of The Ocean A family grow frantic at the disappearance of their son - only to ﬁnd him living in the same town a decade later. Drama, starring Michelle Pfeiffer. 1999. With News at 17.30. 18.00 Remington Steele With News at 18.35. 19.05 Acapulco HEAT 19.55 News 20.05 Rubi 21.00 FILM: The Woman of the Ledge One of a trio of female friends is about to commit suicide. Drama, starring Deidre Hall. 1993. 22.45 FILM: Adrift A group of friends go on a sailing trip to celebrate a birthday. But the party atmosphere quickly dissolves when, having left the boat to swim in the ocean, they realise they have forgotten to put a ladder down. Thriller, starring Eric Dane. 2006. 00.30 FILM: Live Once, Die Twice A widowed woman is abducted by strangers who give her one week to ﬁnd the money they claim her husband owed them. Thriller, starring Kellie Martin. 2006.

23.15 00.00 00.50 02.00

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Radio BBC World Service (1323 MW) 00:01 BBC News 00:06 HARDtalk 00:30 BBC News Summary 00:32 One Planet 00:50 From Our Own Correspondent 01:01 BBC News 01:06 World Briefing 01:30 BBC News Summary 01:32 World Business Report 01:50 Sports News 02:01 BBC News 02:06 World Briefing 02:30 BBC News Summary 02:32 Business Daily 02:50 Witness 03:01 BBC News 03:06 World Briefing 03:30 BBC News Summary 03:32 Global Business 04:01 BBC News 04:06 Your World: Southern Tracks 04:30 BBC News Summary 04:32 One Planet 04:50 More Or Less 05:01 BBC News 05:06 World Briefing 05:30 BBC News Summary 05:32 In The Balance 06:01 BBC News 06:06 Top Of The Pops 06:30 BBC News Summary 06:32 Top Of The Pops 07:01 BBC News 07:06 World Briefing 07:20 Sports News 07:30 BBC News Summary 07:32 The Fifth Floor 08:01 BBC News 08:06 The World Today Weekend: The World Today 08:30 BBC News Summary 08:32 The World Today Weekend: The World Today 09:01 BBC News 09:06 The Forum 09:30 BBC News Summary 09:32 The Forum 09:50 More Or Less 10:01 BBC News 10:06 Top Of The Pops 10:30 BBC News Summary 10:32 Top Of The Pops 11:01 BBC News 11:06 From Our Own Correspondent 11:30 BBC News Summary 11:32 In The Balance 12:01 BBC News 12:06 World Briefing 12:20 Sports News

12:30 BBC News Summary 12:32 One Planet 12:50 Witness 13:01 BBC News 13:06 World Briefing 13:30 BBC News Summary 13:32 Global Business 14:01 BBC News 14:06 Your World: Southern Tracks 14:30 BBC News Summary 15:01 BBC News 15:06 Newshour 15:30 BBC News Summary 15:32 Newshour 16:01 BBC News 16:06 World Briefing 16:30 BBC News Summary 16:32 The Fifth Floor 17:01 BBC News 17:06 Sportsworld 18:01 BBC News 18:06 Sportsworld 19:01 BBC News 19:06 Sportsworld 20:01 BBC News 20:06 World Briefing 20:30 BBC News Summary 20:32 In The Balance 21:01 BBC News 21:06 The Documentary: Just

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Add Cash but could inﬂation actually be good for you? Max Flint investigates.” 21:30 BBC News Summary 21:32 Discovery 21:50 Witness 22:01 BBC News 22:06 World Brieﬁng 22:30 BBC News Summary 22:32 Global Business 23:01 BBC News 23:06 Newshour 23:30 BBC News Summary 23:32 Newshour

06.00-7.30 Programmes in Turkish with News at 7.30 07.40 Good morning Cyprus 10.00-12.00 Kalimerhamba 12.00 Gunortasa 12.45 Greek Cyprus Press 13.00 Turkish Music 13.15 News in Turkish 13.30 News in English 13.45 PM Classics 16.00 Greek Radio 16.15 Our country doesn’t divide 16.50 News in Turkish 17.00-18.00 Programmes in Armenian; News at 17.15 18.00-20.00 Round & About 20.00 News in English 20.10 Welcome to Cyprus in French and German 20.40 Ship of Fools with Robert Camassa 22.00 News in English 22.00 International Music 00.00-06.00 Rebroadcast of the evening’s programme

BFBS 1

(N’sia 91.7, WSBA 92.1, ESBA 99.6 FM) 02.00 Heavens Gate Deep Sessions 04.00 BFBS Shufﬂe 05.00 Ops Breakfast 07.00 Neil Skinner 08.00 Saturday Breakfast 10.00 Hal Stewart 12.00 Luisse Shaw 16.00 Vicki And Adam’s Saturday Show 20.00 Club Culture Live 00.00 Groove Collective 01.00 BFBS Hosts

03.00 BFBS News 03.03 Nigel Rennie Country 04.00 BFBS News 04.03 The BFBS Radio 2 Saturday Show 06.00 BFBS News 06.03 Soul On 2 07.00 Morning Reports 08.00 Weekend Breakfast 09.00 Today 11.00 BFBS News 11.03 The BFBS Radio 2 Saturday Show 13.00 BBC Radio 4 News 14.00 Five Live Sport 21.30 BFBS Jukebox 22.00 Five Live

LiveCyBC2 (91.1, 92.4 FM)

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

Oldies Digital

(Hotbird SAT / (www.oldiesdigital.com) SATURDAYS 08:00 Sinatra Hour 09:00 Solid Gold Music Show with John Watson 11:00 Easy Going Gold 19:00 Oldies Digital plays some great classic party hits - perfect for a Saturday night. 22:00 Night Gold

CYPRUS MAIL Saturday, November 3, 2012

Television PICK OF THE DAY Jack and Jill (Novacinema1, 22.10) OK, the real Pick of the Day tonight - as in, a film you should actually watch - is obviously Tootsie on LTV. Yes, but Tootsie is so perfectly worked out there’s very little we can say about it - and besides Jack and Jill also has a certain must-see factor, if only to witness the depths to which Hollywood comedy has sunk. It’s a strange coincidence, juxtaposing two films where men dress up as women - and if Tootsie is the best example of this dubious sub-genre, Jack and Jill is probably the worst. Consider the facts: Tootsie won 10 Oscar nominations but Jack and Jill won a record 10 Razzie (i.e. ‘Worst of the Year’) awards, with Adam Sandler winning both Worst Actor and Worst Actress - though in fact this isn’t strictly a ‘men in drag’ movie, since Sandler plays a woman as opposed to a man dressing up as a woman. He’s both Jack and Jill, a high-flying advertising executive and his loud, brassy, highmaintenance twin sister who comes for Thanksgiving and decides to stay on (and on). Everyone knows what’s going to happen, of course: Jack will resist, he’ll rant and rave, but he and Jill will finally bond because family values blah blah blah, blood is thicker than water blah blah blah. The incredible thing is how lazy the film is, setting up Jill as the houseguest from hell

then just riffing randomly. Now she’s on a pony. Now she’s in the pool, on a jet-ski. Now she’s a contestant on TV’s The Price is Right. Now Jack and Jill are jumping rope together. Now Al Pacino sings. Now John McEnroe turns up, railing against atheists. Al Pacino? John McEnroe? What are they doing here? The former tennis champ is just a cameo but Big Al has a proper role (albeit ‘as himself’), implausibly falling for Jill even when she snubs his advances and breaks his only Oscar. It’s weird seeing Pacino giving so much to this role (he really gets into it), just as it’s weird seeing the bookend scenes in which real-life twins talk earnestly about their relationships (even if some of their lines are clearly scripted by the same cretins who wrote the movie: “We used to be triplets, but he ate the third one!”). Did these people think they were appearing in a serious take on what it means to be a twin? Didn’t they realise that the film is obviously awful, a cesspool of fart jokes (“It’s not you, it’s the chimichangas!”), blatant mediocrity and Dunkin’ Donuts product placement? So random it’s actually quite soothing, or perhaps just brain-numbing; watch a few minutes, then zap to Tootsie. Made in 2011.

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FILM PICKS

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Tootsie (LTV, 21.00) At one end of the spectrum you have Jack and Jill [see Pick of the Day], at the other you have Tootsie - second only to Some Like it Hot in the annals of men in drag, with Dustin Hoffman outdoing himself as both ‘difficult’ New York Michael Dorsey (he can’t even play a tomato in a TV advert without wondering about his motivation) and Dorothy Michaels, the middle-aged actress he ‘becomes’ in order to land a part on a daytime soap. His agent (Sydney Pollack, who also directed) is horrified, but in fact Dorothy becomes a feminist icon as well as a kind of supportive auntie to co-star Julie (Jessica Lange) - the only catch being that Michael is in love with Julie, while also (as Dorothy) having to fend off the unwelcome attentions of a middle-aged co-star. All these plot strands are carefully built up then triumphantly resolved, making for one of the slickest (and best) Hollywood fi lms of the 80s. 1982, to be precise.

The Ring (CyBC2, 21.45) Taking a break from men in drag - and comedy will be the last thing on your mind as you watch this truly scary horror fl ick, remaking a Japanese original and actually improving upon it. Naomi Watts is our heroine, a journalist investigating a spate of teenage murders that may be linked to a mysterious videotape; legend has it that anyone who watches the tape immediately gets a phone call, a creepy child’s voice says “Seven days”, and the person dies seven days later. Yikes! Most of the scary detail (like the deformed faces in the photos) comes from the original - but it’s still impressively solid, in that Hollywood way. ‘Mum, what’s a videotape?’ asks your small child, but small children shouldn’t be watching this fi lm in the fi rst place. Made in 2002.

Rush Hour (Antenna, 22.10) Anyone writing a Ph.D. thesis on Race in America may note the way African-Americans are allowed to mock Asians (“I been lookin’ for your sweet-and-sourchicken ass!”) in a way that might be deemed offensive if applied to themselves. Anyone not writing a thesis, on the other hand, should relax and enjoy this action comedy - which is quite enjoyable, pairing Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan as mismatched cops. Chris is a motormouth from LA, Jackie a rather uptight fellow from Hong Kong; their banter is pleasant, but the real asset is Chan’s goofy persona and physical grace. Watching him scale a wall in a couple of ﬂuid moves, or beat up a roomful of thugs while plaintively insisting “I don’t want no trouble!”, is close to poetry. Made in 1998.

Tootsie (LTV, 21.00)

01:35 Lab Rats A Bee 02:05 ‘Allo ‘Allo! The Duel 02:35 Big Bear Diary 03:00 Doctors The Comeback Kid 03:30 Live At The Apollo 04:15 Lab Rats A Bee 04:45 Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps Goblins 05:15 ‘Allo ‘Allo! The Duel 05:45 Big Bear Diary 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 The Large Family Mystery Of The Missing Elephant 07:10 Jackanory Junior The Bun Gun 07:25 Teletubbies Numbers 07:50 Me Too! I Want To Dance 08:10 The Large Family Mystery Of The Missing Elephant 08:20 Jackanory Junior The Bun Gun 08:35 Teletubbies Numbers 09:00 Little Robots Stargazing 09:10 Spot’s Musical Adventures Spot’s Band 09:15 Robin Hood Too Hot To Handle 10:00 Strictly Come Dancing 11:20 The Weakest Link 12:05 Monarch Of The Glen 12:55 The World’s Toughest Driving Tests 13:45 As Time Goes By The Mini Series 14:15 After You’ve Gone School Of Hard Knocks 14:45 2 Point 4 Children Whoopee 15:15 Casualty 16:05 EastEnders 17:55 Monarch Of The Glen 18:45 The Weakest Link 19:30 Robin Hood The King Is Dead, Long Live The King 20:15 Doctor Who Flesh And Stone 21:00 Live At The Apollo 21:45 Being Erica She’s Lost Control 22:30 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 23:15 Jam And Jerusalem 23:45 Little Britain 00:15 Lee Evans: Big Live at the O2

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Rides 08:15 Fifth Gear 08:45 Fifth Gear 09:10 Mega Builders 10:05 Mighty Ships 10:55 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 14:30 Extreme Engineering 15:25 Man Made Marvels China 16:20 Mega Builders 17:15 How It’s Made 18:10 Extreme Explosions 19:05 X Machines 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Auction Hunters 22:00 Auction Kings 23:00 Dealers 00:00 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 01:00 Ultimate Survival 01:55 Auction Kings 02:25 Dealers 03:20 The Real Hustle 03:50 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 04:50 How It’s Made 05:15 Auction Hunters 06:05 Auction Kings

07:00 UFO Files 08:00 Ancient Aliens 10:00 American Pickers 12:00 WWII : Europe’s Secret Army 14:00 Pawn Stars 5 16:00 Ancient Aliens 18:00 UFO Files 19:00 Storage Wars 2 19:30 Storage Wars 2 20:00 Pawn Stars 6 20:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 21:00 American Pickers 3 22:00 Mysteryquest 23:00 UFO Hunters 00:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 01:00 Storage Wars 2 02:00 Pawn Stars 6 02:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 03:00 American Pickers 3 04:00 Mysteryquest 05:00 UFO Hunters 06:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East

07:30 Hollywood Buzz 08:00 Passed Away 09:40 Step Up 3 11:30 Before Sunrise 13:10 Once 14:45 Agora 17:00 Pre-Game 18:00 A’ Division Cyprus Soccer Championship 201213 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Tootsie 23:05 La Vie En Rose 01:30 Hustler TV 03:00 Goya’s Ghosts 04:55 Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 The Looney Tunes Show 07:25 Loonatics Unleashed 07:50 Wonder Pets 08:20 Dora The Explorer 08:50 Ni Hao, Kai-Lan 09:20 Spongebob Squarepants 09:45 Tak & The Power Of Juju 10:10 Fanboy & Chum Chum 10:35 The X’s 11:00 The Mighty B! 11:30 My Life As A Teenage Robot 12:00 Hey Arnold! 12:30 ICarly 13:30 Legion Of Super Heroes 14:05 Barclays Premier League Preview 14:55 2012 Formula 1 16:15 Planet Speed 17:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 19:00 Liga BBVA 2012-13 23:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 01:00 Liga BBVA 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

07:15 Gossip Girl 08:00 Friends 08:30 The Big Bang Theory 09:00 According To Jim 09:55 Aliens In America 10:45 Supernatural 11:30 Southland 12:15 Five Days 2 13:20 Luck 14:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 15:00 Strike Back 19:10 Shameless 00:45 Primal Fear 03:00 Action Zone 03:30 90210 06:30 Hawaii Five-0

09:15 Fia World Touring Car Championship: Round In Shanghai, China 10:00 Figure Skating: Isu Grand Prix-Cup Of China 12:15 Snooker: International Championship China 16:30 Futsal: World Cup Thailand 18:30 All Sports: Watts 19:45 Snooker: International Championship China 22:30 American Football: Ncaa 01:30 Rally: Intercontinental Rally Challenge Cyprus 02:00 Snooker: International Championship China

08:30 Creation 10:30 Letters To Juliet 12:30 The Witches Of Eastwick 14:30 Things That Hang From Trees 16:30 8 Seconds 18:30 Centurion 20:15 Dance Flick 22:00 The Expendables 00:05 Daring! TV 04:05 Solitary Man 05:40 The Gumball Rally

05:40 Work Of Art: The Next Great Artist 06:30 Private Practice 10:20 Friends With Beneﬁts 11:10 Happy Endings 12:00 New Girl 12:50 Masterchef 14:30 Revenge 17:40 Once Upon A Time 18:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 20:10 Donna Hay: Fast, Fresh, Simple 21:00 Jane By Design 21:50 Desperate Housewives 22:40 Raising Hope 23:05 Melissa & Joey 23:30 Glee 00:20 Castle 04:25 Happy Endings

07:00 Knights Of Mayhem 08:00 Dog Whisperer 10:00 Mystery Files 11:00 Test Your Brain 12:00 Scam City 13:00 Chasing UFOS 14:00 Man Hunt 18:00 Search For The Living Cannibals 19:00 Tribal Odyssey 21:00 The Witch Doctor Will See You Now 22:00 Taboo 00:00 Strippers: Cars For Cash 01:00 The Witch Doctor Will See You Now 02:00 Taboo 04:00 Strippers: Cars For Cash 05:00 Tribal Odyssey

The Expendables (LTV3, 22.00)

06:00 All Good Things 07:40 America’s Sweethearts 09:25 Cine News 10:10 War Horse 12:35 Cine News 13:10 The Muppets 15:00 Ncis X - 15:50 The Newsroom - 16:50 Cine News 17:25 The New Protocol 19:05 What’s Your Number? 22:10 Jack And Jill 23:55 Johnny English 01:40 Cine News 02:10 The Emperor’s Club 04:00 Shoot’em Up

06:20 Perfect Stranger 08:15 Cine News 09:15 Robots 10:50 Bridesmaids 13:00 Cine News 14:00 Revenge Of The Pink Panther 15:45 Trapped In Paradise 17:40 Mad On Novacinema 18:20 A Far Off Place 20:15 Winter’s Bone 22:00 Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes 23:50 Black Swan 01:45 Mad Dog And Glory 03:25 Melancholia

07:25 Cine News 09:35 Monsters 11:15 Cine News 11:40 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 13:15 Ap’ Ta Kokala Vgalmena 14:50 The Perfect Storm 17:05 The King’s Speech 21:00 Heaven 23:00 Sea Of Love 00:45 Cine News 01:30 Adult Zone 03:15 The Transporter 04:50 On The Inside

06:35 Rango 08:25 The King Of Comedy 10:15 Taxidi Sti Mitillini 12:05 It’s Kind Of A Funny Story 13:50 Pina 15:35 Alﬁe 1966 17:30 Gospel Hill 19:10 Extraordinary Measures 21:00 Doctor Dolittle 22:35 Lily Sometimes 00:30 Made In Dagenham 02:25 Les Emotifs Anonymes 03:45 Monte Carlo

00:30 Big Ten Women’s Volleyball Penn State At Nebraska 02:30 NHL Teams TBA

05:00 Big Ten Women’s Soccer Big Ten Championship Semiﬁnal #1 07:00 The Haney Project Charles Barkley: Welcome To Arizona 07:30 The Haney Project Charles Barkley: Lights, Camera...Hesitation? 08:00 Golf Central International 08:30 Academy - Tony Jacklin: Full Swing 09:00 Golf Fitness - Mark Wilson 9:30 Academy - Tony Jacklin: Short Game 10:00 Champions Tour: Charles Schwab Cup Championship Rd. 2 12:30 Nascar Camping World Truck Series Texas Motor Speedway 15:30 Big Ten Women’s Soccer Big Ten Championship Semiﬁnal #2 17:15 Pre Game 18:00 Championship 2012-13: Aep Vs Aek 20:00 Post Game 20:45 Teams TBA 21:30 NHL Teams TBA 00:00 Nascar Camping World Truck Series Highlights Martinsville Speedway

07:00 Globe Trekker 08:00 Flavours Of Peru 08:30 Flavours Of Mexico 10:00 Planet Food 11:00 Flavours Of Greece 12:00 Globe Trekker 13:00 Departures 14:00 Off Limits 15:00 Bert The Conqueror 16:00 Globe Trekker Round The World Marathon 17:00 Planet Food 18:00 Globe Trekker 20:00 Cruising To The Northern Lights 21:00 Around Iceland On Inspiration 22:00 The War Of 1812 Trail 00:00 Julian And Camilla’s World Odyssey 01:00 Cruising To The Northern Lights 02:00 Around Iceland On Inspiration 03:00 The War Of 1812 Trail 05:00 Flavours Of Peru 05:30 Flavours Of Mexico 06:00 Inside Luxury Travel

07:00 Above Suspicion 08:30 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 11:00 Honky Tonk 12:45 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 15:00 Meet Me In St. Louis 16:50 Seven Women 18:15 Action In The North Atlantic 20:20 Manpower 22:00 Singin’ In The Rain 23:40 All Fall Down 01:30 Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid 03:25 Never Let Me Go 04:55 Little Women

Saturday, November 3, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL

CRYPTIC 2227

PREVIOUS DAY’S SOLUTIONS

Across

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

runna (3) 14 Way navy follow in current fashion (6) 15 Harp on about unfortunate child (6)

MEDIUM

EASY

MEDIUM

HARD

17 Wrecked state of bear not bothered to start with (4) 18 Bird is in the same place at the start (4)

Answers to crossword 2226

QUICK: Across – 5 Apse; 7 Well-spoken; 8 Yvonne; 10 Ponder; 11 Acme; 12 Derisive; 14 Obtruded; 16 Ros ; 17 Clench; 19 Covert; 21 Unﬁnished; 22 Cyst. Down – 1 Sway; 2 Plunge; 3 Splendid; 4 Skip; 5 Ananas; 6 Supervisor; 9 Vocabulary; 13 Reducing; 15 Run out; 16 Ravish; 18 Haft; 20 Tide.

Rating EASY

CRYPTIC: Across – 5 Cash; 7 Indelicacy; 8 Smoker; 10 Manual; 11 Oder; 12 Rebuttal; 14 Threaded; 16 Nude; 17 Spiced; 19 Petard; 21 Minestrone; 22 Snap. Down – 1 Miss; 2 Seeker; 3 Mirrored; 4 Warm; 5 Cygnet; 6 Salamander; 9 Midshipman; 13 Budapest; 15 Encamp; 16 Nature; 18 Dune; 20 Does.

Rating HARD

1 Boy producing some handywork (4) 2 Be left to make the noise of oxen – or of bulls (6) 3 Four reportedly made a warning cry (4) 4 Avoid revolutionary in east, south and west (6) 5 Middleman in politics? (8) 6 Pluto had a bent but felt reluctant (11) 7 Truck carrying meal? (6-5) 11 Be in doubt as to whether the tea is to be stirred (8) 12 Move quickly from Co-

Rating HARD

Down

Rating MEDIUM

6 A nasty turn en route? (9,4) 8 Shade over our heads (3-4) 9 Discover less than one success ﬁrst (3,2) 10 Specialised skill, say? Not at all (5) 12 Hair we’d removed from untanned leather (7) 13 Degree of slant developed outside by no. 11 batsman (4,3) 15 Sign that one’s car has broken-down? (2,3) 16 Set to music and made a record (5) 17 Excellent way of ruining one’s clothes? (7) 19 Resolution to prevent motorway race (13)

QUICK Down

6 Highly regarded (4,7,2) 8 This evening (7) 9 Musical work (5) 10 Board game (5) 12 Noxious (7) 13 Succession of rulers (7) 15 Deduce (5) 16 Eyeshield (5) 17 Open grassland (7) 19 Reanimated (13)

1 Quiche (4) 2 Mark of infamy (6) 3 Swelling disease (4) 4 Fungus (6) 5 Rugby player (5-3) 6 Guarded (7,4) 7 Fruitless journey (5,6) 11 Rock-fall (8) 12 No (3) 14 Try hard (6) 15 Turn upside down (6) 17 Moan (4) 18 After tax (4)

HOROSCOPE

Across

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

It’s back to the daily grind now as power plays could be set in motion. Keep your cool and watch what you say. With Jupiter in Gemini, you have the gift of the gab, but nevertheless make sure you aren’t getting the short straw. With your conﬁdent manner, it looks like money and business deals could be very successful, especially if you promote yourself.

A love interest may play an important role and pleasure seeking may pay off, even if they are a little too emotional for your tastes. Social contacts are busy with new plans now, and you’ll want to join in, so network with people who have similar interests. At work, try not to be put off by someone’s attitude. Tomorrow, they can be as sweet as pie once more.

You can have a lot of fun, providing you can keep a worry or concern at bay. If you can’t do anything about it now, try to let it go. Some worries may be deeper than others though, so it might help to have someone to talk to that you trust. Also, be careful of any commitments and entanglements that could prove costly or end up burdensome.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

Work projects are likely to keep you busy, but the social scene is lively too. A new relationship may become more passionate and perhaps even obsessive. It may be an idea to cool it just for today and see how you feel tomorrow. Change is in the air. Friends may be changeable, and entertainment plans could be on or off. Time to do your own thing!

Work and business proceed in a positive direction. Check out property and domestic projects, as this is a good time to redecorate, clear out clutter or to make changes to your home. For instance, if you are thinking of getting a pet, or creating your own home ofﬁce, this may be the best day to plan ahead. Connections with signiﬁcant others are important too.

If you don’t see eye to eye with another, instead of throwing your hands up in despair, put a little effort into understanding each other more. If you’re out and about today, have a back-up plan in case a trip or date falls through. As far as ﬁnances are concerned, maybe an item can be given a new look, which might, hopefully, save you some money.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

Work and business go well today, especially if you’re returning to your routine. But someone in a position of authority may be difﬁcult. If you don’t take it personally and can distance yourself, you’ll do ﬁne. If you have a special someone in your life, treat them with kindness. Release any power issues and be thoughtful and sensitive.

Today may bring one unpredictable emotional storm your way. It may be linked with family issues, and there is a possibility you may feel you’re being manipulated. Try not to overreact, as in a few days the whole thing may have blown over. A focus on your communication zone reveals this is a great time to advertise your skills and market your services.

Your sense of balance and fair play comes to the fore, and is appreciated by friends and groups now. Likewise, a friend or professional can intervene on your behalf if necessary. With so much going on in your social zone, group activities should be fun, especially if you make an effort to dispense with your usual routines and sit back and relax.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

You seem to be busy at work right now. Get involved and be conﬁdent, and you’ll make the right decisions. You might want to retreat tonight, but there’s a strong chance that someone won’t let you, so go with the ﬂow. You seem to be doing well health wise, but if any issues are on your mind, face them squarely. Consider alternative routes to healing.

If you can let your guard down, your sympathetic side can be appealed to now, but watch out for those who might take advantage of your good nature. Where dormant conﬂicts are concerned, it may be best to let sleeping dogs lie. This is the right time to take a new approach towards health; to begin a diet or get rid of a bad habit.

Avoid getting caught up in the crossﬁre of an argument. People may be easily provoked today, so watch what you say. Projects calling for decisive action can succeed, but avoid taking things to extremes. It might help to be patient with someone in your life, especially if you’re intimate with them. You might have to put someone else’s needs ﬁrst as well.

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Sport Thorpe angered by questions over sexuality By Nick Mulvenney AUSTRALIAN swimming great Ian Thorpe has hit out at the innuendo surrounding his sexuality that has followed him for much of his career, and said the most frustrating thing was the implication that he would lie about it. “The thing I ﬁnd hurtful about it is people are questioning my integrity and what I say... that this is something that I would be embarrassed about, or I would hide,” he said in an interview with ABC TV. “I don’t want to offend any-

one, whether they’re friends that are gay or whatever else, by getting angry about it, frustrated about it. “The only part of it I find frustrating is that people think I’m lying.” The five-time Olympic champion said speculation that he was gay had perhaps arisen because he did not fit into the stereotypical idea of how a successful Australian athlete should behave. “I behave differently, I guess, I like different things,” he added. “I’m a nerd, I’m just someone who just happened to be good at a sport as well... I like

beautiful things in the world, I like the aesthetics of those things.” Thorpe is promoting his autobiography, This is Me, in which he reveals that he has also struggled with severe depression and had on occasions considered suicide and turned to heavy consumption of red wine to manage the illness. “I was probably in my midteens when I realised something wasn’t quite right,” Thorpe, who won his ﬁrst world title as a 14-year-old, said. “And at the time, I didn’t know that it was depression and it wasn’t until a little bit

later that I actually went to seek some help. “I didn’t actually have the words to put around what I was feeling, and I think a lot of young people struggle with that.” Despite failing to qualify for a spot on the Australia team for the London Olympics after his return from retirement, Thorpe said he was “in a good place” as he continued training in an attempt to compete at the 2013 world championships. “I’m happy with what I’m doing. I’m loving swimming, I’m enjoying my life, things are good,” he said.

The Australian is promoting his new autobiography

Oosthuizen in China onslaught South African evokes memories of St Andrews

IN BRIEF

LOUIS Oosthuizen is in familiar territory after a recordbreaking performance at the HSBC-WGC Champions Tournament put him in pole position after the first two days at Mission Hills. The 30-year-old from Mossel Bay holds a five-shot lead over Australia’s Adam Scott and that is exactly the same advantage he had after the opening two rounds at St Andrews in 2010 on his way to winning The Open Championship. Oosthuizen bettered the course record seven-underpar 65 he shot on Thursday with a nine-under 63 to mirror the lead he held over Mark Calcavecchia when he claimed The Open, his only major triumph to date. “Scoreboard-wise it is probably the same, looking at the leaderboard there are so many great players up there,” Oosthuizen told reporters after a round which included eight birdies and an eagle at the par-five seventh hole where he sank a long putt across the green. “But it’s far from over as it

IOC opens Armstrong investigation By Karolos Grohmann

Louis Oosthuizen bettered the course record seven-under-par 65 he shot on Thursday with a nine-under 63 yesterday was at The Open. With this tournament, I am probably in a great position to win but it has not even crossed my mind at the moment. “There is still a lot of golf to be played and I need to put myself in a great position going down the back nine.” On a course which has ﬁve par-ﬁves, all of which offer birdie or eagle opportunities, there has been specu-

lation the European Tour could witness its ﬁrst 59shot round. Despite breaking the layout record twice, however, Oosthuizen remains sceptical. “I think 59 is something that when the day comes it just happens,” he said. “I would be really surprised if I shot 59 this week. I have just been playing really solid to shoot low numbers. You

know for a 59 you need everything to go in, you need everything to go right.” Scott said making up a five-shot deficit over the weekend would be difficult with a quality player like Oosthuizen leading from the front. The Australian kept pace with Oosthuizen with four birdies in his first seven holes but then fell back with three

Steyn takes three as South Nets’ home NBA opener Africa open Australia tour against Knicks rescheduled SOUTH Africa made a strong start to their tour of Australia yesterday, with Dale Steyn getting among the wickets early on, but their attack stalled later on the opening day against Australia A at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The tourists reduced the home side to 44-3 in the morning session on the first day of the three-day match but a 122run stand before tea, and another of 133 after the break, helped the Australians to 325-7 at the close of play. Paceman Steyn, the world’s top ranked bowler, finished with 3-43 from his 18 overs, while uncapped Rory Kleinveldt, the fourth quick in the South African party, ended the day with figures of 2-45.

THE season-opener between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets, postponed because of the havoc caused by Hurricane Sandy, has been rescheduled for November 26, the National Basketball Association said on Thursday. The NBA had originally intended to play the game as scheduled on Thursday at the Barclays Centre until New York mayor Michael Bloomberg indicated on Wednesday that it should be postponed. While the Barclays Centre was not damaged by the super storm that pounded the eastern United States on Monday, New York’s subway system was swamped, leaving transportation in and around the city at a near standstill.

bogeys on the back nine. “Its tough chipping around these greens,” he said. “There are quite a lot of runoff areas and it’s tricky to judge how your shots are going to respond when you hit chip shots.” Scott shares second place with another South African, Ernie Els, who matched Oosthuizen’s second-round 63 yesterday.

THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) will investigate Lance Armstrong’s 2000 Olympics bronze medal after the American was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles in the biggest doping scandal to hit the sport. “The IOC will now immediately start the process concerning the involvement of Lance Armstrong, other riders and particularly their entourages with respect to the Olympic Games and their future involvement with the Games,” an IOC ofﬁcial said. Armstrong, who won a time trial medal at the Sydney Games, was stripped of his 1999-2005 Tour victories last month when the International Cycling Union (UCI) ratiﬁed a US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) decision to erase his results from August, 1998. A USADA report that included testimony from several former team mates against him and themselves, called it the “most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping program that sport has ever seen”. Apart from stripping Armstrong’s titles, the UCI also said it was setting up an independent commission to investigate allegations made against the UCI over the Armstrong affair.

France return to Eden Park for All Blacks series THE All Blacks will host France in three Tests next June, in a high proﬁle series taking place at the same time as the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia. France were the last northern hemisphere side to beat the world champions on home soil when they won 27-22 at Carisbrook in 2009 but there will be no return to Dunedin next year with Auckland, Christchurch and New Plymouth hosting the Tests. Les Bleus will be returning to Auckland’s Eden Park, however, where they gave the host nation an almighty scare with an inspired performance before succumbing 8-7 in the World Cup ﬁnal last October.

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Sport Bayern boosted by ‘PR show’ ahead of Hamburg trip By Karolos Grohmann

The Old Lady of Turin is inching closer to AC Milan’s record of 58 games without loss, set in the early 1990s

Juve bid for 50-up against Inter By Brian Homewood JUVENTUS can stretch their unbeaten record in Serie A to 50 in today’s top-of-the-table match with Inter Milan who cannot afford to lose, even this early in the season, if they want to keep the champions in sight. Juventus have taken 28 points from a possible 30 but second-placed Inter, four points behind, have won their last nine games in all competitions. The match has the makings of a classic. “We’ll go there as a team on the up and will look to play our own game,” said Inter defender Javier Zanetti. “We know we’re playing a great team - let’s hope it’s a good game of football.”

Italian champs seek to extend unbeaten run Inter’s conﬁdence was boosted by their recovery to beat Sampdoria on Wednesday. Trailing 1-0 at halftime, they scored three goals in the second half after Andrea Costa was sent off for the visitors and ﬁnished 3-2 winners. “Our comeback was a great sign. We conceded a goal, which can happen, but we had the strength to respond without getting impatient and we used our quality,” Zanetti said. Inter coach Andrea Stramaccioni added: “The best thing to emerge from this is that we’re improving. Tonight I saw our best per-

formance yet in terms of the football we produced.” It is the first game against Juventus for Stramaccioni. His predecessor Claudio Ranieri was fired in March, two days after Inter lost their last meeting with Juventus 2-0. “When it comes to Juve on Saturday, I’m lucky because I’m relatively calm, perhaps I’m not aware of the significance of it,” Stramaccioni said. “But I believe that whether you play a team at the top or bottom of the league, at Inter you always have to try and win. The only advantage Juventus have over us is their

players are used to playing together. But I’d rather keep my players.” Juventus also drew strength from their recovery skills on Wednesday after Paul Pogba grabbed an injury-time winner in a 2-1 home win over Bologna. “Saturday’s Inter clash will be a great match,” said Fabio Quagliarella, who scored the opening goal for Juventus. “But I don’t know whether I will play as the coach likes to rotate his strikers. “We displayed our never-say-die attitude again (against Bologna). We believe we can do it right up until the 95th minute.”

Juventus won last season’s title without losing a match and last suffered defeat in the league against Parma in the penultimate round of the 2010/11 season. The record unbeaten run was put together by AC Milan in the early 1990s - 58 games, started against Parma and ﬁnished by the same team. Napoli, who dropped to third place after losing at Atalanta on Wednesday, have a chance to make up ground at home to Torino on Sunday. AC Milan, with only three wins in 10 outings, will hope to repeat their second-half performance against Palermo, where they hauled back a two-goal deﬁcit to draw 2-2, when they host Chievo today.

Atletico Madrid on prowl for club record in Valencia By Mark Elkington

Hotshot: Radamel Falcao has been ﬁring in the goals

JOINT-LEADERS Atletico Madrid can strike an important blow against a direct La Liga rival for a Champions League berth and set a new club record when they visit Valencia today. The Europa League winners are level on points with Barcelona at the top of the standings, but second on goal difference, after a run of eight straight victories from nine games this season. One more, and they will better their previous best start to a campaign, when they went on to win a league and King’s Cup double back in 1996. The intimidating ﬁgure of Diego Simeone controlled Atletico’s midﬁeld in the those days, and he now stalks the touchline as coach, lauded by the fans as much as his players. The former Argentina captain has moulded a hardworking side that give little

away, often happy to cede possession to rivals, but lethal on the counter-attack. “The good thing about Atletico is that they have great players who know how to play as if they are in a small team,” Osasuna coach Jose Luis Mendilibar said after defeat at the Calderon last weekend. “Then, going forward, they kill you. They are very quick and take their chances. They are on a roll.” Atletico’s Colombia striker Radamel Falcao, with 10 league goals so far, is one of the most coveted players in Europe and has helped the club go 23 games unbeaten across all competitions. The last time they tasted defeat was against city rivals Real Madrid when they fell 4-1 at home in the league on April 11 last season. Simeone, however, is not one for too much introspection. “We aren’t going to stop and analyse what we are doing, that wouldn’t be good,”

he said after Wednesday’s 3-0 King’s Cup win at Jaen, their 13th consecutive victory this season. “The good thing is to think about Valencia which will be extremely tough.” Valencia, who ﬁnished third in La Liga the last three years, are struggling down in 11th place, 14 points adrift of their visitors. New coach Mauricio Pellegrino is still struggling to get the best out of his squad and a famously impatient Mestalla will surely vent their frustration if the side fail to respond against a direct rival for a top four ﬁnish. Unbeaten leaders Barcelona host Celta Vigo tonight with no sign of a return from injury for centre-backs Carles Puyol or Gerard Pique. Third-placed Malaga, seven points behind the leaders, host Rayo Vallecano this afternoon, while champions Real Madrid, a point further back in fourth, are at home to Real Zaragoza.

WITH Claudio Pizarro and Arjen Robben back in goalscoring form, Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich roll into Hamburg brimming with confidence ahead of today’s derby. The pair, dubbed the ‘PR show’ after notching all the goals in Wednesday’s 4-0 German Cup victory over Kaiserslautern, made sure Bayern rebounded in style after suffering their first league defeat last week. Peruvian Pizarro, who at 34 returned for a second spell at Bayern to play a back-up striking role, has not featured much with top scorer Mario Mandzukic grabbing the starting spot in place of the injured Mario Gomez. On Wednesday, however, when coach Jupp Heynckes fielded a second string team, Pizarro grabbed his chance with both hands, scoring twice and setting up the other two for Robben, who had returned from a month-long injury break only days earlier. The Dutch winger’s first start since a back injury that had ruled him out for more than four weeks showed he is racing back to his best just when Bayern need him most. Bayern’s 2-1 loss to Bayer Leverkusen last weekend snapped their record eight-win start to the season but their Cup performance showed they have learned from their implosion at the same stage last year when they squandered a big lead to end a second straight season with no silverware. “Despite the many changes in the team, they worked like a unit, with a lot of enthusiasm and discipline,” said Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes. “They earned it themselves.” Heynckes will need all the players he can muster against Hamburg, with the northern club in sparkling form after a bad start to the season. With three wins in their last four league games, Hamburg are giving their fans something to smile about, lifting themselves out of the basement and into seventh place. “I can’t wait for the game. We have three points to lose and we want to win this match,” said Hamburg keeper Rene Adler, whose superb saves have fanned speculation of a Germany comeback. He lost his first choice spot to Bayern’s Manuel Neuer after a rib injury shortly before the 2010 World Cup. “The Leverkusen game showed that if we stay compact we can make it hard for them. No team is unbeatable,” he said.

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Mancini offers no denial over Monaco manager speculation Man City boss says he turned down French club

By Nemanja Bjedov

By Andy Hampson MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini has not denied reports that he spoke to Monaco last season. It has been reported that the Italian, prior to guiding City to the Barclays Premier League title, spoke to the wealthy Ligue 2 club with a view to joining them this season. He went on to sign a new ﬁve-year contract at City over the summer and he insists he is happy at the Etihad Stadium. Mancini, who was linked with other jobs last season including that of Italy national boss, said: “Last year I was very close with seven or eight teams but I prefer to stay here. “I have worked well here for three years. If someone thinks we didn’t do a good job - we won three trophies in two years. I am very happy we worked well. “Now, the next three or four years will be very important for us.” Mancini had just one year remaining on his previous deal when he agreed his new one, but insists he was never uncertain about his future. Mancini, who guided City to the title after they had trailed by eight points with six games to go, said: “No, my future, I thought always this (that he would stay).

Under pressure Omonia looking to go on a run

Roberto Mancini (left) celebrates clinching last season’s Premier League title. The Italian says he is happy in Manchester

“I signed a contract for the next five years because I believe in this squad, because I can work with serious people like the owner and the chairman. “To work with these people is fantastic. In football it is difficult to find people who work well with the manager. “For me it is a fantastic situation. Now, I think we have time to improve and build a team.” City’s off-field set-up has changed since last season with the arrival of Ferran Soriano as new chief executive and the appointment, last weekend, of Txiki Begiristain

as director of football. Both enjoyed considerable success together when working in comparable roles at Barcelona. Begiristain’s appointment has been interpreted in some quarters as a blow to Mancini, as the Spaniard will have control over player recruitment. But the manager said: “I am very happy. He has a lot of experience with a top club like Barca. “If we did well in the last two years, I think we can do better in the future. “It is very important for this reason. He worked with

Barca and won everything with this club. “He built a fantastic team with Barca and for this reason I think, for us, he will be very important.” In terms of current players, Mancini has expressed hope defender Micah Richards might be back in action much sooner than previously reported. Richards said he feared a lay-off of 12 to 16 weeks after undergoing knee surgery following last week’s win over Swansea. But Mancini said: “I think maybe - it is my opinion three or four weeks. I read

three months but I don’t know why. One month maximum. “It is not bad. Maybe in three or four weeks he can start to play. “He put only two stitches in his knee. For this reason, maybe four weeks.” Richards went down in agony late in the game against the Swans and was carried off on a stretcher wearing an oxygen mask. The 24-year-old had been in just his fourth game since recovering from an ankle injury sustained playing for Great Britain at the Olympics.

Moyes not fazed by criticism By Carl Markham

Everton have made a good start to the season and lie only one point off the Champions League places in ﬁfth

MANAGER David Moyes is unconcerned by criticism of Everton’s playing style as he insists his is the only opinion which matters. The Scot believes his side have many more facets than initially suggested by Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard after last week’s Merseyside derby. Gerrard described the Toffees as “playing like Stoke” before later retracting his comments. Moyes believes the statistics speak for themselves and Everton would not be ﬁfth, one point off the Champions League places with only one defeat all season, had they not more to offer. “Your style is whatever suits yourself,” he said. “Neutrals who have watched Everton would say our style is exciting and entertaining; you are seeing chances and goals. “More importantly, if you ask any Evertonian what they think they would all say we’ve played very well. “And even more importantly if you ask the manager how it has gone I would tell you Everton have played really well, passed it well.

“I think we are one of the teams who have made the most chances in the Premier League, we have scored a lot of goals (only Manchester United have scored more away from home). “I think we have been good value and good to watch. “I don’t really bother with what Liverpool think to tell you truth, I only bother what I think. “We pass it very well and hit lots of good long balls at the right time as well so I think we mix our game up and that is why people are talking about Everton. “When you have Leon Osman, Steven Pienaar, Kevin Mirallas and Steven Naismith there will be a style you have to play with those players. “But we are also able to use Nikica Jelavic and Marouane Fellaini at times so we have different variations.” Moyes believes only a quirk of the ﬁxture list has prevented Everton cementing their place in the top four, from which they dropped out after last weekend’s 2-2 draw at home to Liverpool. Today’s match at Fulham is their 10th of the campaign, which the manager said was always his yardstick in assessing how good a start they had made.

OMONIA will be looking to record their first back-toback league wins for the first time this season when they face Doxa Katokopia at the Ammochostos Stadium in Larnaca this afternoon at 6pm. “We have another tough match ahead of us. We are obviously the favourites but we need to show that on the pitch and try to repeat the performance we had in the first half against Paralimni last week in order to reach our goal which is all three points,” said Omonia coach Toni Savevski, whose team left it late to beat Enosis Neon Paralimni 2-0 in the previous round. “We need to string together a good run of victories and nothing anybody can say will distract us from this aim. “We have been unlucky, both at home and away so far this season, and this is why we are now ten points behind the leading trio,” he added “What everyone expects from us is victories playing beautiful football. I do not know if our problem has been a psychological one, but people will stop criticising us when the wins start coming. Omonia will be forced into changing their starting lineup once again after Montenegrin defender Savo Pavicevic left the club due to unnamed serious personal reasons this week. Georgios Efrem is out injured, while Joao Paulo Andrade is expected to take Pavicevic’s spot in central defence, while Maltese international Andre Schembri should replace Efrem down the left flank. Leandro will probably start the match off the bench, while Renato Margaca, Andreas Avraam and Bruno Aguilar are also all out injured. “The pressure since I accepted this job is the same. We always want to win. You all know that very well. However, pressure is pressure and we must live with it. There is nothing else to it,” Savevski concluded. Elsewhere this afternoon AEK visit AEP in Paphos also at 6pm, while an hour later AEL host Ethnikos Achnas at the Tsirion Stadium in Limassol. Tomorrow afternoon at 5pm Enosis Neon Paralimni take on Olympiakos Nicosia, while at 6pm Alki and Anorthosis host Apollon Limassol and Nea Salamina respectively. In the final match of Round 8 on Monday night APOEL face Ayia Napa at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia. APOEL, Anorthosis and AEK currently top the standings with 19 points apiece, while defending champions AEL are fourth with 15 points.

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Goals may flow as United and van Persie host Arsenal Gunners looking to avenge last season’s humiliation By Mike Collett

ANCHESTER United and Arsenal, who have scored and conceded a total of 41 goals between them in eight matches since October 20, promise a feast of football today as Robin van Persie faces his ex-club for the ﬁrst time. Arsenal will be desperate to stop their former talismanic striker, who scored 37 goals for the Gunners in all competitions last term before joining United in August where he has continued to ﬁnd the als net with nine goals m ahead of the 2.45pm Old Trafford clash. s, The Londoners, though, had no trou-n ble without him on y Tuesday when they e sealed a remarkable 7-5 extra-time win at gue Reading in the League Cup after trailing 4-0 at one stage in an extraordinary match. ott Winger Theo Walcott nd scored a hat-trick and ger boss Arsene Wenger says he can play ass a int striker, a sticking point tiain contract negotiations, but a berth up ms front at United seems too soon. “I always said that he will be a

Memorable: United ran riot in the corresponding ﬁxture last season, putting eight goals past their shell-shocked opponents striker, so we are on the wav same wavelength there,” W Wenger told reporters having struggled to replace van P Persie. Th The last time United scored as many as seven in a game Aug was August last year when they beat Arsenal hom but they have 8-2 at home co netted consistently this lo season, losing WednesLeagu Cup last 16 day’s League clash 5-4 at Chelsea after extra time. Arsenal are sixth while

United will start the eagerlyawaited encounter in second after their controversial 3-2 win against leaders Chelsea last Sunday in the ﬁrst of two back-to-back games between the sides. Wenger will be wondering which Arsenal show up at Old Trafford - the one that played so poorly in the ﬁrst half at Reading or the one that powered their way to an incredible victory even if it too was a much-changed side for the cup. Chelsea lost their unbeaten league record when they were beaten by United but remain

Robin van Persie will face former club Arsenal for the ﬁrst time since his £24 million move to the Red Devils

top by a point even if life is rarely plain-sailing for the European champions, who visit Swansea City today at 5pm. After losing to United, Chelsea accused match referee Mark Clattenburg of using “inappropriate language” to Nigerian John Obi Mikel. The fallout has dominated English football all week with both the English FA and the Metropolitan Police now investigating the allegations. Yesterday, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said he does not believe Clattenburg used “inappropriate language” towards Mikel. “I don’t believe he would make comments like that,” said Ferguson. “I refuse to be-

lieve it. It’s unthinkable.” Clattenburg maintains his innocence and neither of his assistants, nor the fourth ofﬁcial, support Chelsea’s allegations. Ferguson added: “There is not a referee who would stoop to that. I’m convinced by that. “I’ve never had a player come to me in the last 15 years and say a referee swore in a game - ever. “The way we see the game today rather than how it was 25 years ago, it has completely changed. I played myself and I know that the banter which went on between referees and players 25 years ago is different to today.”

Chelsea meanwhile travel to Wales without their skipper John Terry, who will serve the last game of four-match domestic ban for racially insulting Anton Ferdinand of Queens Park Rangers last year. What impact this week’s trauma will have on the team remains to be seen after their up-and-down League Cup win but Chelsea will be looking to do better than the 1-1 draw they achieved at the Liberty Stadium last season if they are to stay top. If Chelsea do slip up, champions Manchester City, as well as United, would be looking to capitalise with City visiting erratic West Ham United for today’s late kick off (7.30pm) at Upton Park. City were not distracted by the League Cup in midweek as they were eliminated by Aston Villa last month but coach Roberto Mancini will be looking for a huge improvement on their jaded performance against Swansea last weekend which ended with a narrow 1-0 win thanks to a well-taken goal by Carlos Tevez. Tottenham Hotspur will also be looking to consolidate their place in the top four after five wins from their last six league matches when they face Wigan Athletic at White Hart Lane today at 5pm. Spurs climbed above Everton and Arsenal with their 2-1 win at Southampton last Sunday, leaving the Saints deep in trouble in 19th place but still optimistic they can survive the drop after an encouraging second-half performance. Southampton travel to West Bromwich Albion on Monday night (10pm) but could find themselves bottom by two points by then if Queens Park Rangers beat shell-shocked Reading at Loftus Road tomorrow (3.30pm) and record their first league win of the season.

Vettel heads Hamilton in Abu Dhabi practice By Alan Baldwin

Red Bull’s defending double world champion Sebastian Vettel has won the last four races in a row

FORMULA One championship leader Sebastian Vettel set the practice pace yesterday ahead of an Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that could bring him a ﬁfth win in a row and speed Red Bull to the constructors’ title. The German lapped the ﬂoodlit Yas Marina circuit with a quickest lap of one minute 41.751 seconds in the evening session after McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton claimed the honours in the afternoon with a time of

1:43.285. Hamilton was second on the timesheets in the second practice for Sunday’s dayto-night race. Team mate Jenson Button was second and third respectively. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, Vettel’s main rival who is 13 points behind in the standings with three races remaining, was fourth and seventh respectively as the team tried new aerodynamic updates to the front and rear wings. Red Bull’s Australian Mark Webber, who can be expected to ‘ride shotgun’ for Vettel in tomorrow’s race, was ﬁfth

and fourth. Hamilton won in Abu Dhabi last year, after Vettel qualiﬁed on pole and then retired with a puncture, and the two men are the only drivers to have qualiﬁed on the front row at Yas Marina in three editions of the race. Such has been their dominance, that they are also the only two to have won the race while Red Bull and McLaren are the only teams to have lapped fastest in the 11 practice sessions held there to date. Hamilton, who set a best time of one minute 43.285

seconds on Friday afternoon, has been quickest in ﬁve of them. Vettel, winner of the last four races, was 0.765 off the 27-year-old Briton’s pace. The double world champion turned the tables in the later session with a lap 0.168 faster than Hamilton.