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Merkel, Hollande clash pre summit Merkel pushes EU veto power over national budgets, Hollande the priority of banking union By Noah Barkin and Julien Toyer

ermany and France, Europe’s two central powers, clashed over greater European Union control of national budgets and moves towards a single banking supervisor before a summit of the bloc’s leaders began yesterday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded stronger authority for the executive European Commission to veto national budgets that breach EU rules, but French President Francois Hollande said the issue was not on the summit agenda and the priority was to get moving on a European banking union. The two leaders met privately for 30 minutes just before the start of the 22nd EU summit since the euro zone’s debt crisis erupted nearly three years ago. Afterwards, a French source said they had agreed on the need for a tight timetable for introducing banking union. Addressing parliament in Berlin earlier, Merkel sought to slow the race to create a single European banking supervisor, saying quality was more important than speed. Reluctant to see its politically sensitive regional Landesbanks and savings banks come under outside supervision, Germany says European oversight should cover big cross-border banks only, and rejects any joint deposit guarantee under which richer countries

might underwrite banks in poorer counterparts. Hollande told reporters: “The topic of this summit is not the fiscal union but the banking union, so the only decision that will be taken is to set up a banking union by the end of the year and especially the banking supervision.” Asked why he thought Merkel was dragging her feet, Hollande said it could be related to Germany’s electoral calendar, with elections due in September 2013, adding that the two dominant EU powers had a duty to solve the crisis. In her speech to parliament, Merkel skirted the issue of a possible credit line for Spain, which eurozone officials expect Madrid to request within weeks, but reiterated her desire to keep Greece in the currency area despite chronic debt problems. “We have made good progress on strengthening fiscal discipline with the fiscal pact, but we are of the opinion, and I speak for the whole German government on this, that we could go a step further by giving Europe real rights of intervention in national budgets,” Merkel told the Bundestag lower house. A proposal by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble to create a superempowered European currency commissioner was a possible way forward, she

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Dolphins ‘can stay awake for 15 days’

Greek police detain a protester during the demonstration marking the 24-hour general strike in Athens yesterday (AFP) SEE STORY PAGE 8

DOLPHINS can stay alert and active for 15 days or more by sleeping with one half of their brain at a time, scientists have learned. The trick of keeping half the brain continuously awake is vital to the sea mammals’ survival, experts believe. It allows them to come to the surface every so often to breath, and remain constantly vigilant for sharks. Scientists in California, US, tested the ability of two bottlenose dolphins to echolocate accurately over periods of time which would have left other animals sleep-deprived and exhausted. The dolphins, a male called Nay and female called Say, had to swim around a pen looking for phantom sonar targets. Each of the eight targets consisted of a device that picked up dolphin sound pulses and sent back “phantom” echoes. When a dolphin detected an echo from an activated target, it responded by pressing a paddle. Correct detection triggered a tone, signalling success, and the dolphin was rewarded with a fish. False alarms led to no tone and no reward. Over three sessions of five continuous days both dolphins did well, with success rates of up to 99 per cent, but Say outperformed her male partner. The scientists then went on to test Say further by repeating the same experiment over a period of 30 days. In the event, a storm cut the trial short after 15 days had elapsed. However, during this time Say’s performance hardly deteriorated at all. The findings were published yesterday in the online journal Public Library of Science ONE.

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FOLLOWING Moody’s, ratings agency Standard and Poor’s has also downgraded Cyprus further into junk status citing “policy inertia” due to the presidential elections and faster than expected deterioration of the banks’ domestic loan books. S&P said it lowered its longterm sovereign credit rating on the Republic of Cyprus to ‘B’ from ‘BB’ while affirming its short-term sovereign credit rating at ‘B’. “The downgrade reflects our view that Cyprus’ creditworthiness has deteriorated since the last downgrade on August 2, 2012, as the government has not yet negotiated a support package, while external and fiscal risks have risen,” S&P

said. “We believe that electoral considerations ahead of the presidential poll … have contributed to policy inertia.” S&P said this was in the face of a severe banking crisis, partly triggered by Cypriot banks’involvement in Greek debt restructuring in early 2012 but made worse by the deterioration in domestic lending books, and the government’s ﬁscal inaction. “We see only limited progress by the government in agreeing to a critical loan programme with the troika,” S&P said. The long-term rating remains on CreditWatch negative, where it was initially placed on Aug. 1, 2012, the agency said. Other risks cited by S&P is the short average maturity of the government’s debt stock, which weakens its liquidity. “For ﬁnancing, the

government relies heavily on the same distressed domestic banks it is obligated to recapitalise, in the absence of direct European Stability Mechanism (ESM) support for Cypriot banks,” S&P said. At the same time the real economy is being hammered by deteriorating domestic credit conditions and eroding consumer and investor conﬁdence. “The banks’ domestic loan books are deteriorating faster than we had originally anticipated, including those of Cyprus’ 90 co-operatives.” S&P suggested that Cyprus’ commercial banks – or the government itself – could be forced to reschedule their debt in order to meet the terms of an ofﬁcial lending programme, which could reach upwards of €15 billion.

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“It (debt) could reach 130 per cent of GDP by the end of 2013, the upper end of our July 2012 estimate,” S&P said. The agency said the CreditWatch placement reflected its view of the potential for another downgrade if the island’s external and fiscal financing pressures escalated. “We see at least a one-in-two chance that we could lower the rating again if official assistance is not forthcoming. We could also lower the ratings if we believe the government is not able to fulfill the conditions of a troika programme.” However, the ratings could “stabilise at their current levels if we see that a programme is quickly concluded and if growth prospects, government debt, and external funding needs begin to stabilise.”

Not everything on the horizon is gloomy. The sun is shining brightly with temperatures in the thirties and the beaches were still buzzing yesterday (Christos Theodorides)

Troika not trying to harm Cyprus By George Psyllides FINANCE Minister Vassos Shiarly yesterday sought to put to rest talk international lenders wanted to harm Cyprus, reminding that they would be providing the island with muchneeded funds it could not get anywhere else. “I do not believe the troika is coming to harm the economy, if this is the message some people want to give. It is not the case,” Shiarly said. To secure the cash, Cyprus must agree to certain conditions – an adjustment programme which includes measures, especially concerning the public sector, that have prompted the reaction of unions. They are coming to finance Cyprus at a rate of 2.0 to 3.0 per cent “which we could not find any other way,” Shiarly said. The minister acknowledged that people were worried about certain conditions recommended by the troika. The minister said he expected talks with the lenders to start next week after the government finalises its counter-proposals over the weekend. After dragging its feet for a couple of months, the government is now scrambling to meet a November 12 deadline or risk running out of cash.

After November 12 - the next meeting of the Eurogroup - it would take the parliaments of individual eurozone nations about six weeks to sanction the Cyprus memorandum. Meanwhile, reacting to the Standard & Poor’s downgrade, Shiarly said: “It does not please us at all but it’s a fact that developments do not help the Cypriot economy,” the minister said. “We should not be surprised each time there is a negative assessment.” The opposition did not miss the chance to comment. “The new downgrade reﬂects the dire reality,” DISY spokesman Haris Georgiades said, adding that the government would now have to negotiate under suffocating timeframes brought about by its inaction. Meanwhile the state broadcaster reported last night the government has modiﬁed its proposals for savings in the public sector with greater salary cutbacks. It said that salaries between €1,001 and €1,500 would be slashed by 6.5 per cent (instead of by 5 per cent); from €1,501 to €2,000 by 8.5 per cent; from €2,001 to €3,000 by 9.5 per cent; €3,001 to €4,000 by 11.5 per cent (instead of by 11 per cent); and €4,000 and over by 12.5 per cent (instead of by 12 per cent). No cuts will be made to salaries under €1,000.

LAWMAKERS appeared unhappy yesterday with the response they received from the Central Bank to their query regarding the terms of reference of a professional services firm hired to look into what led the country’s two largest banks, Bank of Cyprus and Popular, to seek state support. Earlier this month, parties asked the Central Bank governor to submit the terms of reference in detail but reports yesterday suggested they were not happy with the response, which essentially repeated what was already said previously. The parties are to send a second request for the details of the probe. The CB appointed Avarez & Marsal to investigate what led the country’s two largest banks to seek state support, providing “clarity and comprehension regarding the current financial stress” and guide remediation to strengthen the stability of the banking sector.” In his October 16 reply, CB Governor Panicos Demetriades said the investigation aims to establish the conditions in which the two lenders incurred huge losses leading them to ask for state assistance. Alvares & Marsal will look into the procedures followed in the bank’s expansion abroad through branches or subsidiary companies and the conditions under which they acquired Greek government bonds, Demetriades said. “The findings of the investigation are expected to give direction for the necessary measures to be put in place to strengthen the stability of the banking sector,” the governor said. The response essentially repeats what the CB has already said regarding the investigation. Cypriot bank capital shortfalls from over exposure to Greek debt and their reliance on the government for aid forced Cyprus into seeking a financial bailout from its EU partners in June.

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Home CYPRUS TODAY Arrest after Larnaca hit and run A 25-YEAR-OLD woman from Larnaca was arrested yesterday in connection with a hit-and-run of a 26year-old cyclist who is in critical condition at Nicosia general hospital. According to police, at around 6.30pm on Wednesday, the 26-year-old Romanian cyclist was riding from Eleftherias Avenue to Griva Digheni Avenue in Larnaca when a car heading towards the centre of town cut him off. Instead of stopping, the driver speeded up, leaving the 26-year-old lying injured on the road. Oncoming motorists called an ambulance which took him to Larnaca general hospital where doctors conﬁrmed fractures to various parts of his body. The Romanian, who lives alone in Larnaca, was transferred to Nicosia hospital for treatment, where he remains in a critical condition. Police yesterday arrested a 25-year-old woman from Larnaca in connection with the hit-and-run, who allegedly confessed to the crime.

Two in custody on drugs offences TWO MEN were remanded in custody for eight days by the Larnaca district court yesterday in connection with the alleged possession and sale of illegal drugs. The drugs squad were monitoring the movements of the two men, 29 and 43, from Hungary on suspicion of dealing with the import and supply of synthetic drugs. Armed with a search warrant, the drugs squad searched their residence in Pervolia in the Larnaca district. During the search, police found and confiscated 600 grams of a white powder and 315 grams of a dry herb-like substance, both believed to be part of a recently outlawed group of synthetic drugs formerly known as ‘legal highs’. Police also found and confiscated 374 blue pills. The two men were arrested based on the findings with the court remanding them in custody for eight days while police continue their investigations, including tests on the three different substances found.

‘End pensioner postmen jobs’ PARLIAMENT yesterday called on the Postal Services to cease the employment of pensioners and hourly-paid public employees as postmen so that positions can be created for the unemployed. According to the chairman of the House Labour Committee, AKEL’s Andreas Fakontis, there are currently 214 postmen in various communities who are paid based on the number of residents they serve and the amount of work they do. He said 31 per cent of those are pensioners, hourlypaid workers, or municipal workers. “The Committee asked the postal services to examine the possibility of replacing the pensioners and hourly-paid workers with unemployed people,” said Fakontis. He said the current rate for distributing post in communities is between €200 and €900 a month. “The committee is sensitive towards the living conditions of pensioners, however the times demand bigger sensitivity for the unemployed and especially long-term unemployed youths,” said Fakontis.

Cypriot leads team in kidney breakthrough Engineering of new tissue could change the field of transplanting A CYPRIOT man has led a team of researchers to a breakthrough in the engineering of new kidney tissue from a patient’s own cells that could revolutionise the field of kidney transplants and save lives. With a worldwide shortage of kidneys for patients who need transplants, researchers have been working to find ways to engineer new kidney tissue from a patient’s own cells or another source. They’ve come a step closer with a breakthrough described in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) study. The advance could lead to more options for individuals with kidney failure, as well as better tools for understanding kidney diseases and how to treat them. Cypriot Christodoulos Xinaris PhD from the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Milan, and his colleagues have now for the first time constructed “organoids” that can be integrated into a living animal and carry out kidney functions including blood

Christodoulos Xinaris (centre) with two members of his research team ﬁltering and molecule reabsorption. According to an announcement from the institute, key to their success was soaking the organoids in a solution containing molecules that promote blood vessel formation, then injecting these molecules into the recipient animals after the organoids were implanted below the kidneys. The organoids continued to mature and were viable for three to four weeks after implantation, it said.

It’s Radiomarathon time THOUSANDS of volunteers island-wide are going to take to the streets on Monday and Tuesday to collect donations from the public for this year’s Radiomarathon for children with special needs. There will be 39 kiosks, 14 money collection vehicles, 10 walks and a series of fun events. Radiomarathon events include skeet shooting in Nicosia, Festivals of Love in a number of towns and villages, children’s parties, football and futsal tournaments, an orienteering competition, a bowling tournament, a beauty week, theatrical shows, Zumba dances and more. For dates and further details, visit www.radiomarathonios.com Sponsors are; CyBC, Cyprus Airways, Popular Bank, Louis Group, the police, army, and Zorbas bakeries.

“The ability to build functional renal tissue starting from suspensions of single cells represents a considerable step toward the practical goal of engineering renal tissues suitable for transplantation and offers the methodological basis for a number of investigative and therapeutic applications,” said Xinaris. For example, he said, disease-related genes could be introduced into an organoid to help researchers study the mechanisms of complex

kidney diseases and to perform a preliminary screening of new drugs to treat them. Investigators can produce tissues similar to immature kidneys from simple suspensions of embryonic kidney cells, but they have been unsuccessful as yet at growing more mature kidney tissues in the lab because the kidneys’ complicated ﬁltering units do not form without the support of blood vessels, the institute said.

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Risky packages known about By Elias Hazou AS FAR back as two years ago regulatory authorities were aware of reports that commercial banks were selling ﬁnancial instruments to investors without adequately explaining the risks involved, according to the minutes of a top-level meeting held at the Central Bank. The minutes of the November 12, 2010 meeting, leaked yesterday, suggest that reports were coming in to the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and to other regulatory agencies about suspect practices by banks. The minutes, how-

Quicker action would have saved girl’s eyesight THE HEAD of the Paphos Medical Association yesterday admitted that a sevenyear-old girl whose sight in her left eye has been jeopardised after a state dentist accidentally sprayed her with phosphoric acid, could have avoided any problem if doctors had simply washed her eye out properly. Efstathios Efstathiou essentially said that accidents happen, but did admit that if hospital doctors had washed the eye out properly the worst could have been avoided, although he said state doctors were overworked. He said he was waiting for the results of the hospital’s internal investigation. The matter came to light after the girl’s father, Christodoulos Constantinou, publicised a letter he wrote to the health ministry. Constantinou said his wife had taken their daughter to a dentist at Paphos General Hospital earlier this month. The female dentist went to show the little girl the disinfectant when she accidentally sprayed the child. Instead of dealing with the issue, the hospital’s A&E told the parents to take the girl to a private optician. He was away, and by the time they managed to locate someone else, more than two hours had passed and the damage was done. The girl has undergone surgery and has been taken to Israel, though she could permanently lose sight in her left eye.

Leaked report said authorities were aware that investors might not have been well informed ever, also indicate that no written complaint had been lodged up until that time. At the meeting, then SEC head Giorgos Charalambous said he had information that banks were selling investors high-risk, open-ended securities. Although there was nothing untoward regarding the actual promotion of such products, Charalambous pointed out, what did raise concern was whether the products were being sold by authorised bank staff in accordance

with the MiFID (Markets in Financial Instruments) directive. Charalambous said that banks were asking clients to sign a statement verifying that they received investment advice from their bank. Naming the island’s two largest lenders, the SEC head said the Bank of Cyprus was offering convertible securities which listed terms and risks which should be explained to investors by authorised bank staff. Charalambous also referred

to Marﬁn Popular Bank and its advertising of its ‘Global Champion Deposit’ product. He argued this was not a deposit product, since it was not guaranteed for its duration, only on its expiry. The Central Bank has ordered an investigation into whether investors were misled and/or misinformed into buying high-risk products. Parts of the probe were leaked to the media this week. Responding in a press release yesterday, the Bank of

Cyprus said it would not comment for the time being on the probe, which has yet to be ofﬁcially released. The probe was ordered after it recently transpired that the island’s two largest lenders - in need of a bailout - collectively accumulated over one billion in securities but stopped paying interest on them after making signiﬁcant losses in the wake of a Greek sovereign debt write-down. The banks closed access to capital, affecting some 8,000 people. The majority of the investors claim they were deceived by the banks into investing in securities without being told the risks by an authorised professional.

Skip full of slashed shoes causes a stir By Stefanos Evripidou THE DUMPING of old stocks of unworn shoes by a wellknown shoe company caused havoc and confusion on Ledra Street yesterday. The Ecco store at the bottom of Ledra Street was getting rid of old stock, some 12 to 15 years old, by dumping it in a skip outside the store. When passersby caught wind of what was happening and went to pick up the old stock, to their shock and fury, they discovered all the unworn shoes had been slashed down the middle. One pensioner was seen picking up a few pairs for the younger folk in her familymost shoes were coloured for males coming in black and in boys’ sizes 35 to 36. “Shame on them. They could have given these shoes to poor boys instead of ripping them up,” said the woman who went by the name of Maria. However, a shop assistant explained to the Cyprus Mail that the soles of the shoes were manufactured many years ago using synthetic ma-

A group of women dig into the skip on Ledra Street yesterday morning terial known as polyurethane (PU), which in its old form is now deemed dangerous. It is now believed the PU used to make soles in the 1990s can pose health risks after 15 to 20 years if touched or inhaled. “This is why we had to slash all the shoes before dumping them,” said the shop assist-

ant. Company manager for Cyprus Fiona Graham was unavailable for comment yesterday. Outside, passersby were still looking inside the skip for a pair of unworn shoes, even with the slash. One lady took ten pairs to send to her family in China. When informed of the reason

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for the deliberate vandalism, one man sitting at a nearby cafe said the least the company could have done was to remove the shoes discreetly, so as not to arouse the interest of the public. The Ecco shop assistant said they tried to explain to members of the public why the shoes were slashed, but new people kept on coming to see what was in the skip. She said the store planned to put a sign on the skip warning people from taking the shoes until the skip could be removed from the street this morning.

‘Statement of assets should be filed every seven years’ MAIN opposition party DISY yesterday tabled a bill mandating that all citizens submit a statement of assets every seven years. The proposed legislation is intended to complement a bill tabled by DISY recently forcing all gainfully employed persons to file tax returns, after revelations that half of the working population does not have a tax file. Currently a vast swathe of the population – those earning under €19,000 –is not required to submit tax returns. DISY MP Averof Neophytou said the statement of assets would list all movable and immovable property, including bank deposits, bonds, shares, villas, plots of land, even valuable paintings and gold bars. “In this way,” he said, “the state will know the real wealth which people own, exposing the tax cheats.” Addressing privacy concerns, Neophytou said this would not be an issue since those filing a statement of assets would be obliged to procure from their bank documentation on their loans and deposits. The statement of assets form would be submitted to the Inland Revenue Department (IRD). He said IRD would be able to cross-check the information supplied on the assets form with data held by any government agency, such as Land Registry. It is hoped that the new regulations will weed out tax cheats. For example, if a person has declared income lower than the €19,000 per annum taxable threshold, authorities would be able to cross-check with Land Registry whether that person has purchased any immovable property during the tax period in question. That in turn would expose any discrepancies between the declared income and assets. Neophytou said also that his party is considering drafting legislation providing for more severe penalties for tax evaders. The state is owed about €400 million in unpaid income tax; in addition to that, authorities suspect that millions more are owed by people without tax records.

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Nicosia buses threaten strike Ten days’ warning given by the drivers By Stefanos Evripidou BUS DRIVER unions yesterday gave the Nicosia bus company OSEL ten days to come up with around a million euros to plug the gap in beneﬁt payments before going ahead with a planned strike. SEK and PEO unions yesterday announced that Nicosia bus drivers would carry out a work stoppage on Monday, October 29, from early morning until 10am during which time workers will meet for a general assembly to decide their next steps. According to the unions, the strike is being called following repeated calls for the bus company to solve a number of pending problems. SEK’s Charalambos Avgoustis said OSEL owes around €750,000 to the drivers’ provident fund plus roughly another €250,000 in other unpaid dues, including health insurance and the workers’ union fees that are supposed to be automatically subtracted from their salaries. “If the company sorts it out, either pays the full amount owed or provides an ofﬁcial

document stipulating how they will pay the remainder we will call off the strike,” he said OSEL chief Iordanis Iordanou told the Cyprus Mail that the company yesterday received money owed by the state for the month of September, immediately injecting a signiﬁcant sum into the provident fund to plug the gap. However, the sum came to €200,000, leaving another €550,000 still missing from the fund. “Once we get the remaining money owed to us by the state, we will pay the remainder by the end of November,” said Iordanou, adding, “We expect the unions to call off this action.” The bus chief said the Nicosia bus company was also at the mercy of the government’s efforts to secure a loan from the troika and reﬁll its coffers. “We’re waiting to see if we can get paid, we’re waiting for the system to start running smoothly. At the moment, we’re seeing delays and cuts,” he said. In the meantime, Iordanou said the company was in the process of securing additional loans to pay off debts until

things can be sorted out with delayed and reduced payments from the state. Speaking on behalf of the unions, Avgoustis said the €200,000 was not enough to call off the strike, noting that another issue they have with the company is the unilateral change of drivers’ hours and timetables without prior consultation with the unions. “I believe we can avoid conﬂict and sort things out by next week,” ahead of the October 29 strike date, said the unionist. In mid-September, Limassol bus drivers called off a 24-hour strike at the last minute when the Limassol bus company EMEL agreed to pay up salaries owed to 110 drivers. Also last month, parliament passed a supplementary budget of €21 million for public transport after government cash for this year ran out. The 2012 budget for public transport was reduced to €45 million from €68 million, with bus companies warning at the time that this would only cover fuel costs. The new public transport system, up and running since the second half of 2010, has been dogged by disagreement

Strike being called following repeated calls for the company to solve issues over how much the government pays the companies. Six bus companies were created, one for intercity routes and ﬁve for Cyprus’ districts - Paphos, Limassol, Larnaca, Nicosia and Famagusta. Each company has a ten-year con-

tract with the state. The government pays companies a rate per kilometre and also leases the buses which comprise the bus network. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, Iordanou said the new bus system, was “generally go-

ing very well”. “We have seen an increase in passenger numbers. More people are seeking cheaper forms of transport and are using buses. We hope the mentality will change and (public transport) will become a way of life,” he said.

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BRITAIN TODAY Gay couple win B&B battle A GAY couple have won their legal case against the owner of bed and breakfast accommodation who refused to let them stay in a double room because of her religious views, according to human rights pressure group Liberty. Michael Black, 64, and partner John Morgan, 59, sought damages from Susanne Wilkinson after she declined to let them have the room at the Swiss Bed and Breakfast in Cookham, Berkshire, in March 2010. Following the case heard at Reading County Court, the judge, Recorder Claire Moulder, found the couple had suffered unlawful discrimination. The court heard that the pair, from Brampton, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, were refused the room despite having made a reservation and paid a deposit. At the time, Black, an exams consultant and writer, protested at this treatment but the owner refused to allow them to stay as it was “against her convictions”. The judge found that Black and Morgan, a computer consultant, had been the victims of direct discrimination.

‘Lone gunman’ plan urged TERRORISTS who want to harm the UK are “waiting for the moment when we take our eye off the ball”, the Security Minister has said. The emergency services need to be better prepared to tackle a lone gunman on the streets of Britain and the UK is facing an increasing risk of terrorism from the situation in Mali, James Brokenshire said. “A collective failure to act might well manifest in attacks closer to home,” he said. “Those who want to do us harm are waiting for the moment when we take our eye off the ball. “The threat remains very real. But that does not mean we cannot stay ahead of it.”

Fears issue is turning increasingly politicised By Emily Beament

Energy Secretary Ed Davey said the Government would deliver the certainty to ensure investment in low carbon power while keeping the lights on in Britain

University funding for poorer students touted UNIVERSITIES should fund poor bright teenagers to help them to stay in school and achieve good results, the Government’s social mobility tsar has said. Alan Milburn said there was a “good case” for universities to provide ﬁnancial support to help them achieve the grades they need to apply for degree courses. The former Labour minister called for all institutions to give guaranteed interviews and lower A-level offers to disadvantaged sixth-formers, and said they should sign a pledge to take a candidate’s background into account when offering places. Leading university groups reacted angrily to the proposals, with one saying higher education should not be made to foot the bill for scrapped Government funding schemes. In a Government-commissioned report on widening access to higher education, Milburn condemned the controversial decision to scrap the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) and called on universities to take responsibility for replacing it. The EMA, a weekly £30 payment for students with household incomes of less than £20,817 a year, was scrapped last year by Education Secretary Michael Gove, who decided it was badly targeted. Milburn said: “Given the abolition of the EMA and the inadequacies of its replacement, there is a good case for universities helping to provide ﬁnancial support to promising disadvantaged pupils so they can achieve the necessary exam results to be able to successfully apply to higher education.” The new report said that universities must “redouble their efforts” to ensure that places were open to all of those with talent and potential.

Mum’s joy as conjoined twins separated A MOTHER from Greater London has described her joy after a successful operation to separate her conjoined twins. Rosie and Ruby Formosa, who were born joined at the abdomen and shared part of the intestine, needed an emergency operation to separate them. The identical twins, who are only 12 weeks old, underwent an operation at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) on July 27 - the day after they were born. Despite being told survival chances were low, the sisters are now doing well and are smiling “bubbly babies”, their mother Angela said. Formosa, 32, from Bexleyheath, said she had a “textbook” pregnancy with her first daughter Lily, now aged five, so finding out the twins were joined was a “shock”. “At an early pregnancy scan they said the

twins looked very close together, so I went to King’s College for another scan,” she said. “Between 16 and 20 weeks we found out that they were joined - I didn’t know what to think, I was shocked and I felt sad. We didn’t know what to expect until they were born - the doctors could not tell where they were connected. They decided to deliver them early at 34 weeks. I went into University College Hospital (UCH) and had the C section and the doctors decided that the girls should go for their operation quite soon; within a couple of hours they had been taken to GOSH.” The girls were operated on by a team of specialists led by paediatric surgeon Professor Agostino Pierro, who noted: “The babies will need further treatment in the future, but we expect they will both be able to lead happy and normal lives.”

ENERGY Secretary Ed Davey has insisted the Coalition is “united” behind plans to reform the UK’s energy sector, in face of concerns the issue is becoming increasingly politicised. He told a meeting organised by business group the CBI, which has called for “less politics, more policy” over energy, that the Government would deliver the certainty to ensure investment in low carbon power while keeping the lights on. But he gave no further information on a surprise announcement by the Prime Minister that the forthcoming Energy Bill would force companies to give consumers the lowest possible tariff, as opponents claimed the policy was “unravelling”. The Energy Bill is set to be published next month, following apparent divisions within Government over favouring a new “dash for gas” or driving forward new low

carbon electricity with targets to decarbonise the sector by 2030. Davey said: “I believe a strong case has been made by many investors in energy infrastructure for a decarbonisation target range for the power sector.

‘COMMITMENT’ “Such a range would help make clear our continued commitment to our climate goals.” In the face of claims of a Cabinet split over the Energy Bill, including over the inclusion of the target to slash emissions from the electricity sector by 2030, he said: “I can say with conﬁdence that the coalition is united behind these energy market reforms.” But he would not be drawn into revealing whether a 2030 target had been agreed. At the event, CBI deputy director-general Dr Neil Bentley said investors were not looking for more targets, but for detailed policy and a

clear political message. He said: “We are seeing UK energy policy get increasingly political. “Are you for green or for growth? Are you for renewables or for gas? “Fruitless debates over these false choices can seem like they’re just noises off, but they really matter. “With every new story that adds to the sense of uncertainty, I hear of more phone calls from overseas head ofﬁces to UK executives asking whether it is worth putting further work into scoping out possible investments in the UK.” He said the most cost-effective way to cut emissions was a diverse energy mix, including new nuclear reactors, renewables and new gas power. And he warned that while the Government was right to encourage “safe” extraction of unconventional shale gas to maximise domestic energy supplies at reasonable cost, gas alone was not the answer as prices were likely to rise.

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‘Attacker of Pakistani girl was held, freed in 2009’ Would-be killer thought now to be in Afghanistan THE alleged organiser of the Taliban shooting of a Pakistani schoolgirl was captured during a 2009 military offensive against the hardline Islamist group but released after three months, two senior officials told Reuters. They identified the man who planned the attack on 14-yearold Malala Yousufzai only as Attaullah, and said he was one of the two gunmen who shot her on a school bus this month in the Swat Valley, northwest of Islamabad. Believed to be in his 30s, Attaullah is on the run and may have fled to neighbouring Afghanistan, they said. He organised the attack on the orders of one of the Taliban’s most feared commanders, Maulana Fazlullah, officials said. Critics say Pakistan’s low

Pakistani students carry placards in support of child activist Malala Yousafzai in Lahore on October 16 conviction rate of militants, even high-proﬁle ones who carried out major attacks, is one reason why extremism has spread in the South Asian nation. The attack on Yousufzai, an advocate of education for

girls, has drawn widespread condemnation and raised fresh questions about US ally Pakistan’s commitment to ﬁghting militancy in the nuclear-armed country. Doctors treating her in Britain have said Yousufzai, a

symbol of resistance to Taliban efforts to deprive girls of education, has every chance of making a “good recovery” after being shot in the head. The Taliban have said they attacked her because she spoke out against the group and praised US President Barack Obama. The two officials said Attaullah was detained by security forces after a 2009 Pakistani military campaign pushed the Taliban out of the Swat Valley. “He spent three months in the custody of security forces but was freed after no evidence (of wrongdoing) was found,” one official said. The second source, a senior security official, said authorities had now gathered enough evidence to arrest

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Attaullah after raiding his house in the Swat Valley, a former tourist attraction. If Attaullah is in Afghanistan, finding him could be difficult. Some of the world’s most dangerous militants have operated in the unruly, ethnic Pashtun border area for years, a forbidding area hard for security forces to reach. The officials said Pakistani security forces were trying other ways to bring him to justice. “His mother and two brothers were taken into custody to force him to surrender,” said the second senior official. “Also two other close relatives of Attaullah have been taken into custody because we heard he spent the night in their house after his escape from Swat.”

Japan ministers’ war dead visit angers China CHINA condemned a visit by two Japanese ministers to a controversial shrine for war dead yesterday, further straining already tense relations between Asia’s two largest economies. Sino-Japanese relations have soured sharply in the past month when a row over disputed islands led to violent anti-Japanese protests across China and badly hurt trade. The ministers’ pilgrimage to the Yasukuni Shrine, seen by many in the region as a symbol of Japan’s war-time militarism, came a day after a visit to the site by Japan’s main opposition party leader and possible next prime minister, Shinzo Abe. China’s ofﬁcial Xinhua news agency, meanwhile, said the Chinese navy would conduct a joint exercise today in the East China Sea with the country’s ﬁshery administration and marine surveillance agency. It said the aim of the exercise was for “the effective maintenance of China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests”. Sino-Japanese relations

deteriorated sharply in September after Japan bought the East China Sea islets that both Tokyo and Beijing claim, sparking anti-Japanese protests across China. Land minister Yuichiro Hata and postal service privatisation minister Mikio Shimoji were among a group of non-partisan lawmakers visiting the shrine during the autumn festival. Fourteen Japanese wartime leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal are honoured at the shrine along with other war dead. Hata told reporters his visit was private. “I visited as a secretary general of the People’s New Party. It won’t be a big diplomatic problem,” said Shimoji, whose party is a small coalition partner of the ruling Democratic Party. China’s Foreign Ministry disagreed. “The Yasukuni Shrine is a spiritual pillar used by Japanese militarism for its overseas aggression. It still enshrines Class A war criminals who owe victimised people heavy bloody debts,” spokesman Hong Lei told a daily news brieﬁng.

WORLD TODAY Greek protest strike death HUNDREDS of youths have pelted riot police with petrol bombs, bottles and chunks of marble as yet another Greek antiausterity demonstration descended into violence. A 65-year-old protester suffered a fatal heart attack during the demonstration, the Health Ministry said. The man was taken to hospital but efforts to revive him failed. It was not immediately clear whether the protester had been caught up in the rioting when he fell ill. Authorities said around 70,000 protesters took to the street during the country’s second general strike in a month as workers across the country walked off the job to protest at new austerity measures the government is negotiating with Greece’s international creditors. The measures for 201314, worth 13.5 billion euro (£11 billion), aim to prevent the country from going bankrupt and potentially having to leave the 17-nation eurozone.

Twitter blocks Nazi account TWITTER says it has for the ﬁrst time blocked an account with its “country withheld content” function, shutting out a banned German neoNazi group. The move follows a request from local authorities. Twitter spokesman Dirk Hensen said today the account (at)hannoverticker has been blocked in Germany only, where its content is considered illegal. He says the content is still available for Twitter users elsewhere. The account is used by the far-right group Besseres Hannover Better Hannover - which Lower Saxony’s state government banned last month on grounds it was promoting Nazi ideals in an attempt to undermine German’s democracy.

Newsweek to be online-only The U.S. news magazine Newsweek plans to end its print publication after 80 years and will shift to an online-only format starting in early 2013. Job cuts are expected. Newsweek’s last US print edition will be its December 31 issue. Barry Diller, the head of the company that owns Newsweek, had announced in July that the publication was examining its future as a weekly print magazine.

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Brahimi headed for Syria to set up Eid ceasefire Assad govt. gives truce call wary welcome By Suleiman Al-Khalidi THE international mediator on Syria will go to Damascus in the next few days to try to broker a brief ceasefire in the war between President Bashar al-Assad’s government and rebels during the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival. Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN-Arab League envoy, told reporters yesterday after meeting Jordan’s foreign minister that a respite in hostilities could build confidence and help bring about a longer truce in the 19-month-old conflict. “Yes I am going to Syria. This appeal we made to our Syrian brothers, whether in the government or against the government, to stop fighting in the three or four days of the Eid next week,” Brahimi said. A previous ceasefire in April collapsed after just a few days, with each side blaming the other. Mediator Kofi Annan resigned his post in frustration a few months later. Since then the war pitting Assad’s troops against a loosely-organized rebel force trying to end his 12-year-old rule has intensified. The daily death toll usually tops 100 combatants and civilians and fighting rages in cities including Aleppo, the country’s commercial centre, and even the capital Damascus.

Brahimi (above) will meet Syria’s foreign minister on Saturday (AFP) The truce would be self-imposed with no monitoring. “This is an appeal to the Syrians themselves that they stop ﬁghting and observe it themselves. This is not the political process or the solution required to the Syrian crisis,” Brahimi added. The Syrian government guardedly welcomed the proposal, but said any initiative must be respected by both sides. Turkey, one of Assad’s harshest critics, and Iran, one of his strongest allies, both backed the plan, in rare display of agreement. Brahimi will meet Syr-

ian Foreign Minister Walid alMoualem on Saturday, an ofﬁcial in Damascus said. Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said Damascus hoped his talks in the region, including with countries which back the rebels, could herald “something which leads to the success of a constructive initiative”. Brahimi’s spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said the envoy, a veteran Algerian diplomat, was working on a new, comprehensive peace plan. Russia, which sold Syria arms worth $1 billion last year, and China have vetoed three resolutions favoured by Western powers condemning Syrian authorities and opening the way to UN sanctions on Damascus. The Kremlin denies trying to prop up Assad, who allows Russia to maintain a naval supply facility in the port of Tartus that is its only military base outside the former Soviet Union. Moscow says Syria’s crisis must be resolved without foreign interference, particularly military intervention. Violence wracked the country yesterday, from the desert eastern city of Hassake, where ﬁve soldiers were killed when rebels ambushed a military truck, to Damascus, where government forces were bombarding outlying suburbs.

Turkish pianist faces Islam ‘insult’ court A TOP Turkish pianist and composer has appeared in court accused of offending Muslims and insulting Islam in comments he made on Twitter. Fazil Say, who has played with the New York Philharmonic, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and others, is on trial in Istanbul for sending tweets that included one that joked about a call to prayer that lasted only 22 seconds. Say tweeted: “Why such haste? Have you got a mistress waiting or a raki on the table?” Raki is a traditional alcoholic drink made with aniseed. Islam forbids alcohol and many Islamists consider the remarks unacceptable. Prosecutors in June charged Say with inciting hatred and public enmity, and with insulting “religious values”. He faces a maximum 18 months prison term, although any sentence is likely to be suspended. Say, who has served as a cultural ambassador for the European Union, rejected the

charges and demanded his acquittal, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. The private Dogan news agency said the trial was adjourned until February 18. The prosecution has caused anger among intellectuals in Turkey and escalated concerns over freedom of expression in the country. Hundreds of his fans, supporters and human rights activists went to the courthouse in Istanbul in a show of solidarity, holding up signs that read: “Fazil Say is not alone” and “Free Art, Free World”. Say, 42, is a strong critic of the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a devout Muslim who has preached conservative values, alarming some secular Turks who fear the government plans to make religion part of their lifestyle. Turkey has a history of persecuting its artists and writers, and the European Union has long encouraged the nation to improve freedom of speech if it wants to become a member of the bloc one day.

Colombian govt, FARC rebels to start peace talks COLOMBIA’S government and Marxist FARC rebels will move to Cuba in midNovember to start substantive peace talks after nearly ﬁve decades of war, according to a joint declaration in Norway yesterday. The talks are the latest in a long history of attempts to end the conﬂict which has left tens of thousands dead since the establishment of

the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in 1964. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is betting that a decade of US-backed blows against the FARC has battered the group to the point where it will seriously seek to end the war. “The peace process will be successful if it’s serious, realistic and efﬁcient,”

chief Colombian negotiator Humberto de la Calle said in Hurdal, Norway. “The process that starts today is different from the past.” The two sides appeared at joint table separated in the middle by representatives of Cuba and Norway. It is the ﬁrst time that the rebels and government have met publicly since failed negotiations from 1999 to 2002.

Syrian men react following an airstrike by Syrian government forces in Maaret al-Numaan yesterday (AFP)

THE BBC said yesterday broadcasts had been disrupted in the Middle East and Europe, just weeks after its satellite transmission provider accused Iran of trying to jam U.S. and European programmes. Britain’s public broadcaster did not say who was interfering with the signal, but the company which transmits some of its programmes, Parisbased Eutelsat, said on October 4 that Iran had been deliberately jamming satellite signals. “The BBC, together with a number of other broadcasters, is experiencing deliberate, intermittent interference to its transmissions to audiences in Europe and the Middle East,” the BBC said in a statement yesterday. “Deliberate interference such as the jamming of transmissions is a blatant violation of international regulations concerning the use of satellites and we strongly condemn any practice designed to disrupt audiences’ free access to news and information,” the broadcaster said.

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Business Barclays takes a further PPI hit

Merkel, Hollande spar over EU’s budget tsar

COMPENSATING Britons sold unwanted insurance policies could cost banks as much as £15 billion ($24.2 billion) after Barclays reported a spike in claims, forcing it to set aside a further £700 million. Britain’s banks have now set aside more than £10 billion to compensate customers wrongly sold payment protection insurance policies, one of the worst consumer financial scandals in British history, and bankers are concerned the bill could rise by at least £5 billion more. Barclays said yesterday it had experienced higher than anticipated levels of PPI claims since the end of June, and had lifted its provision to £2 billion, from £1.3 billion. Barclays shares closed down 1.5 per cent, underperforming a flat European banking sector. Barclays had paid out £1.2 billion in compensation by the end of September, leaving £800 million to cover expected future redress for customers. PPI policies were typically taken out alongside a personal loan or mortgage to cover repayments if customers fell ill or lost jobs, but they were often sold to people who did not want or need it. Compensation has swelled as claims management companies have aggressively pursued claims in return for a chunk of any payout. Banks also face paying compensation for mis-selling interest rate hedging products and have been slammed by regulators for manipulating Libor interest rates, sparking fierce criticism of the culture across the industry. “It’s open season on the banks, whether you are a PPI claims management company or a regulator in New York,” said Gary Greenwood, analyst at Shore Capital.

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European Parliament President Martin Schulz (centre) speaks with French President Francois Hollande (right) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during an EU summit in Brussels yesterday (AFP) by Reuters. “Therefore, this would not lead to permanent transfers across countries.” Several countries, including the Netherlands, Finland and Austria, voiced suspicion of the idea, although none rejected it outright. European Parliament President Martin Schulz, in an address to the summit, warned the leaders against proposals which he said “threaten to drive a wedge through our union”. “Above all, there is no need whatsoever to create new,

parallel unions and new, parallel institutions,” he said. Decisions on institutional reforms are not expected until a December summit, and Merkel’s demands appeared to be partly an attempt to shift the focus away from moves towards a banking union, which have drawn ﬁerce criticism in Germany. Since the European Central Bank said last month it was ready to buy the bonds of struggling eurozone states in unlimited amounts, state borrowing costs have fallen

sharply and some of the pressure to move rapidly to resolve the crisis has dissipated. Spain’s 10-year bond yields sank to their lowest since February at an auction yesterday, helped by Moody’s decision this week to leave its credit rating at investment grade. But rather than signalling that Madrid does not need help, Moody’s verdict was predicated on Spain applying soon for a eurozone assistance programme to trigger ECB intervention.

“In many senses, it’s a very false market because it’s not really telling you (whether) people feel comfortable about the outlook for Spain,” said Marc Ostwald, strategist at Monument Securities in London. The leaders agreed at their last summit in June to create a single banking supervisor under the ECB, but the original goal of having legislation in place by January 2013 already looks in doubt, and it may not be fully up and running until 2014.

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(continued from front page) said, and more European control called for a stronger European Parliament. Such moves would require EU treaty changes, which Hollande is keen to avoid. Merkel also advocated the creation of a European fund to invest in specific projects in member states which she said could be fuelled by a financial transaction tax which 11 eurozone countries have said they will adopt. Her call echoed a proposal for the 17-member eurozone to have its own budget known in EU jargon as a “fiscal capacity” - on top of the bloc’s common budget, which mostly funds agriculture and aid to poorer regions. In a plea for unity at the start of the summit, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said last week’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU should inspire leaders to work together for peace and prosperity. A note circulated by Van Rompuy to leaders said the proposed new pot of money could provide eurozone countries with insurance against economic shocks and support those that committed themselves contractually to structural reforms. “Every member state, regardless of their income levels, would over time contribute,” Van Rompuy wrote to EU leaders in a note seen

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GOOGLE Inc inadvertently released its draft quarterly results hours ahead of schedule, missing expectations on both revenue and earnings and wiping 9 per cent off the market value of the Internet search and advertising leader. Google said its financial printers, RR Donnelley, filed its draft results statement without authorisation. The company said it was working now to finalise the statement. The surprise announcement, which had been expected after the market close, pushed its shares IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PAPHOS Probate Jurisdiction

down 9 per cent to $687.30 before trading was halted by Nasdaq. Google, which has been struggling to turn around loss-making cellphone maker Motorola Mobility that it bought for $12.5 billion, reported a 20 per cent dive in net income to $2.18 billion. Excluding certain items, it earned $9.03 a share, vastly underperforming the $10.65 analysts had expected, on average. “We have been saying this thing was ripe for a pullback. It’s not like they’re Google not being Google, but you still have some major is-

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sues,” observed BCG analyst Colin Gillis. “Click prices declined for the fourth consecutive quarter after rising for eight consecutive quarters before then. That’s a negative. This is the mobile problem. “The other bit is the Motorola millstone had been ignored by the market, and - boom - now you’ve got weak revenue from Motorola. When you acquire a business and you’re about to whack all kinds of people and close ofﬁces, you know what happens to the employees? They

take their eye off the ball. Sales are down.” Google reported net revenue - excluding trafﬁc acquisition costs - of $11.3 billion for the third quarter, below Wall Street’s expectations for about $11.9 billion. For the fourth consecutive quarter, the company reported a decline in average cost-per-click, a critical metric that denotes the price advertisers pay Google. Average CPC declined 15 per cent from a year ago and 3 per cent from the second quarter of this year.

Signs that slowdown in Chinese economy is stabilising HONG Kong shares closed at a sevenmonth high yesterday on signs that the slowdown in China’s economy is stabilising, with growth-sensitive sectors leading a sixth straight session of gains. Ofﬁcial data showed the world’s secondlargest economy grew 7.4 per cent in the third quarter from a year earlier, but positive September industrial output and retail sales raised hopes that the Chinese economy may have turned a corner. The Hang Seng Index ended up 0.5 per cent at 21,518.7, the highest close since March

2 and equalling a winning streak recorded a year ago. The benchmark is now just 1.1 per cent shy of the 2012 intra-day high at 21,760.3, recorded on February 20. The China Enterprises Index of the top Chinese listings in Hong Kong, also known as the H-share index, jumped 1.4 per cent. Gains were stymied by chart resistance at about 10,673, the bottom of a gap that opened between May 4 lows and May 7 highs. In the mainland, the CSI300 Index of the top Shanghai and Shenzhen listings ended 1.5 per cent higher at its highest close since August.

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Sending the wrong message to poachers THE COMMITTEE Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) was in Cyprus for the third autumn in succession in its ongoing campaign to stop illegal bird-trapping. With the help of Cyprus police, during their two-week stint, CABS members removed 4,000 lime-sticks, almost 100 mist-nets and 65 electronic lures. During these raids police arrested 16 suspected bird-trappers, the CABS co-ordinator said. As in past years, CABS volunteers encountered threatening behaviour and some violence by locals who wanted to protect their illegal activities. Volunteers were stalked by trappers in pick-ups, attacked with metal poles and had shots fired at them during a night patrol. Two hire cars used by CABS had their tyres slashed in a hotel car park. A couple of years ago CABS volunteers were beaten up by trappers, who appear to be a law unto themselves in the Famagusta district. They fear neither police nor game wardens, the latter often being the targets of intimidation and threats. This is illustrated by the fact that bird-trapping remains as widespread as it has always been. At the end of last year, conservationists estimated a record number of migratory birds had been killed in 2011 by poachers. Although the authorities, in particular game wardens, have been making a big effort to combat illegal bird-trapping, they are on their own. They have no backing from society or the politicians who take an ambiguous stance, at best. Then there are all the Famagusta deputies who side with the law-breakers. A group of them recently tried, unsuccessfully, to have the law on bird-trapping changed – they proposed that bird trapping should not be classed as a criminal offence. In July the House approved controversial amendments to the hunting law introducing relatively low on-the-spot fines for use and possession of audio devices to lure birds. The fine for possession is now €350 and if caught using it, the fine is €500. Under the original law, they would have faced court fines of up to €17,000 and/or up to three years in jail. Could there be any clearer message of support for bird-trappers by lawmakers? It gets worse. In a questionnaire given to the presidential candidates by Politis, two of them – Nicos Anastasiades and Giorgos Lillikas – said they supported the de-criminalising of bird-trapping. This was a blatant vote-buying response, disregarding the international conventions Cyprus has signed. What rational politician, who sees that criminalisation of birdtrapping has proved totally ineffective, would support de-criminalisation? It shows how committed the two presidential candidates are to the elimination of bird-trapping. This is the crux of the problem and the reason (apart from the money) why bird-trappers continue to disregard the law, attacking and threatening conservationists. When politicians and lawmakers publicly express disagreement with the law against bird-trapping, the poachers believe that they have a right to break the law. Unless we take a clear stance against this practice as a society the poachers will remain in complete control.

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AST January, China’s environmental authorities barely averted the contamination of nearly three million people’s drinking water after a mining company dumped cadmium – a toxic heavy metal used in the manufacture of batteries, paint, solder, and solar cells – into the Longjiang River. To stop the contamination from spreading, the local fire department had to add significant quantities of dissolved aluminum chloride, which binds to cadmium and settles on the river bottom. The toxic sediment will eventually be dredged. Such threats to health and the environment are not uncommon in China. The water in as many as half of the country’s rivers and lakes is unfit for human consumption or contact. China has also gained a reputation for food and drug contamination (not to mention lead paint in toys and poisonous toothpaste). For example, in 2008, the industrial chemical melamine was added to milk products in order to give falsely high readings of milk protein, causing the death of six infants and sickening 300,000 other people. Similarly, Mengniu, China’s largest dairy company, announced last December that it had destroyed hazardous products at a plant in the Sichuan province after government safety inspectors discovered the carcinogen aflatoxin in a batch of its milk. (The company denied that any contaminated milk had reached consumers.) In 2007, melamine was deliberately added to an ingredient in pet food to enhance artificially its protein levels, causing renal failure in hundreds of cats and dogs in North America, Europe, and Africa. Later that year, diethylene glycol was mislabeled as nontoxic glycerin, then mixed into cold medicine, killing at least 100 people in Panama, including many children. The following year, crude precursors of the bloodthinning medication heparin were contaminated, causing hundreds of allergic reactions and 19 deaths in the United States, and at least 80 serious adverse health events in

Comment Henry I. Miller Germany. Eggs contaminated that year with melamine caused kidney stones and renal failure in children. Internal criticism of the Chinese government’s management of health, safety, and overall quality-of-life issues is growing. In July 2011, following the highly publicized crash of a supposedly stateof-the-art high-speed train in eastern China, Qiu Qiming, a news anchor for the national broadcaster CCTV, turned the disaster into a metaphor. “While satisfying our need for speed, we might be forsaking many things,” she said.“China, please slow down. If you’re too fast, you may leave the souls of your people behind.” Given the pervasiveness of Chinese-made goods, China’s safety record concerns consumers worldwide. But Chinese officials’ piecemeal efforts to restore confidence in the country’s exports – for example, establishing limits for trace amounts of melamine in dairy products and tightening quality-control regulations for the dairy industry – are unlikely to reassure foreign consumers or importers. Indeed, Chinese policymakers seem unable to grasp the importance of crafting appropriate incentives and disincentives. Rather than adopting the Western model of motivating every link in the supply chain to adhere to specified quality and safety standards, the government continues to rely on top-down policies. But the decentralized, dispersed nature of many industries, the absence of an effective regulatory infrastructure, and the lack of firm-level inducements undermine the effectiveness of this approach. In fact, perverse incentives throughout the supply chain facilitate the widespread, systematic contamination of food and drugs. Both milk producers and heparin-precursor suppliers were motivated to add adulterants that would make their products appear to be of a higher quality than they actually were. To be sure, Chinese authorities face a daunting task. Only

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a few decades ago, China was a poor, largely rural country with an agrarian economy and almost no middle class. Today, it boasts the world’s secondlargest economy, a thriving manufacturing sector, and a rapidly growing, prosperous middle class, while more than half of China’s 1.5 billion citizens now live in cities. Until relatively recently, environmental protection and consumer safety were secondary issues in the United States and Europe. In 1952, London experienced ﬁve days of lethal, particulate-laden smog that killed 12,000 people and sickened more than 100,000. And, in 1969, America’s heavily polluted Cuyahoga River caught on ﬁre. Just as Europe and the

US have made substantial progress in implementing effective health and environmental policies, China’s quality-control mechanisms can be improved. But, in tackling the issue, Chinese officials would do well to heed the proverb: “With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.” Henry I. Miller, a physician and molecular biologist, is Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He was an official at the US National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration from 1977 to 1994 Project Syndicate, 2012

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25 years ago Wednesday October 19, 1987

Korean War: After the Chinese leadership ﬁnally settled the issue of armed intervention on October 18, the People’s Republic of China joins the Korean War by sending thousands of troops across the Yalu River to ﬁght United Nations forces.

The American-born wife of Greek Prime Minister, Andreas Papandreou, has said she has no intention of seeking a divorce despite press speculation about her husband’s relationship with an air hostess. Margaret Papandreou told the Athens newspaper Mesimvrini “I have said before that marriages go through periods of crisis and especially marriages which have lasted a long time”.

1954 The ﬁrst day of the public inquiry into the crashes of two Comet airliners within months of each other hears that metal fatigue is the most likely cause.

1987

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The UK stock market bottoms out after shares on Wall Street plummet following a wave of panic selling.

1989 The Guildford Four are released after the Court of Appeal quashes their convictions.

2005 Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

35 years ago Friday October 19, 1977 Premier Suleyman Demirel said in an interview published in Ankara that Turkey had no intention of handing back the modern section of Famagusta to the Greek Cypriots. In an interview given to Belgian radio, television and newspapers he also declared that Turkish troops would remain in Cyprus until a political settlement is reached.

45 years ago Saturday October 19, 1967 The Cypriot Committee for Restoration of Democracy in Greece in a statement yesterday on the occasion of the visit of Lieutenant-General Spandidakis, Deputy Premier of Greece, calls for restoration of democratic freedoms and release of detainees, the abandonment of power by the military and a return to civilian authority.

Friday, October 19, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL

Showbiz

Soft porn icon Sylvia Kristel, star of Emmanuelle, is dead Arguably the world’s first adult movie star DUTCH actress Sylvia Kristel, who starred in the 1974 erotic French film Emmanuelle, has died aged 60. “She died during the night during her sleep,” her agent, Marieke Verharen, told the AFP news agency. The actress, who had cancer, was admitted to hospital in July after suffering a stroke. Emmanuelle, which told the story of a sexually promiscuous housewife, spawned numerous sequels and played in a cinema on the ChampsElysees for 11 years. Released in 1974, the softfocus French film was one of the first erotic movies to be shown in mainstream cinemas. Kristel herself attributed its success to the changing censorship laws of the era. “In a lot of countries the light went on, and that contributed very much to the success,” she said. In the UK, however, the film was eventually given the restricted X-rating, having suffered heavy cuts. The unedited version did not appear in the country until 2007. Kristel went on to star in several Emmanuelle sequels, as well as more mainstream films - many of which, like Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Mata Hari, played on her reputation as an erotic film star. Born in Utrecht, Holland, in 1952, Kristel grew up with her younger sister Marianne

Hulk Hogan sues gossip site over sex tape By Joseph Ax

Emmanuelle, which told the story of a sexually promiscuous housewife, spawned numerous sequels in Room 21 of The Commerce Hotel, which her parents owned. Convent-educated, she ﬂed her strict Calvinist upbringing for Amsterdam as a teenager, where she worked as a secretary and a waitress before becoming a model. Aged 21, she won two beauty competitions - Miss TV Holland and Miss TV Europe - and, shortly afterwards, was encouraged to pursue acting by her boyfriend, Dutch au-

thor Hugo Claus. She had already appeared nude in the ﬁlm Because of the Cats, when she stumbled into the audition for Emmanuelle, having been sent to a casting call for a soap powder commercial next door. Speaking to The Evening Standard in 1994, she said she had no problem convincing director Just Jaeckin of her suitability for the part. “He asked me to take my dress off,” she said. “Luckily it

was an easy dress to take off. “It had spaghetti straps which I just slipped over my shoulders and it just fell off. I carried on talking and smoking in the nude. I was not inhibited at all. I’d done nude modelling and he thought I was very graceful.” Set in Thailand, the ﬁlm was based on the erotic novel by Emmanuelle Arsan. It told the story of a bored wife, who had followed her diplomat husband to Asia, and ﬁlled her

time with romantic trysts. On release, Emmanuelle inevitably caused controversy. It was banned in Paris, where it was supposed to have its premiere, for six months. But it also made Kristel a star. She spent seven years in Hollywood, appearing in such ﬁlms as The Concorde: Airport ‘79, and Private Lessons. But the actress, whose parents were both alcoholics, soon found herself addicted to drink and drugs.

Khloe Kardashian, Mario Beyonce to headline Super Bowl show Lopez to host the X Factor REALITY star Khloe Kardashian will co-host The X Factor, broadcaster Fox said this week, putting one of the popular celebrities on US television at the forefront of the revamped singing contest. Kardashian, who with her California socialite sisters Kim and Kourtney rose to fame in Keeping Up with the Kardashians, will appear on the US version of the show from November. She will share duties with Mario Lopez, host of syndicated entertainment news magazine show Extra, Fox said in a statement. X Factor creator Simon Cowell said in September that Kardashian, 28, was his top choice to co-host the singing contest following his firing in January of little-known British TV personality Steve Jones, who had the job as host for the show’s first season in 2011. “The worst kept secret in Hollywood is out,” Cowell said. “Mario and Khloe are our hosts. They will debut on our first live show in November and I couldn’t be happier.” Kardashian married basketball player Lamar Odom in 2009, and the pair got their own spinoff show last year. She has more than 7 million followers on Twitter and has been in the news recently over the couple’s efforts to have a baby. Lopez, 39, is less well known but the former actor hosts Extra as well as a radio show On with Mario Lopez. He is also an author of several fitness books. Kardashian and Lopez complete the celebrity overhaul of The X Factor after a disappointing first season. Britney Spears and former Disney Channel star Demi Lovato made their debut as judges in September, replacing Paula Abdul and singer Nicole Scherzinger, who were also fired in January.

The pop superstar will sing at the extravaganza

POP superstar Beyonce this week confirmed that she will headline the entertainment at next year’s Super Bowl, posting a photo of herself with the words Feb 3, 2013 inked on her cheeks. Super Bowl organisers also posted the photo news on their official Twitter account, with the words “Beyonce will perform @pepsi #SB47 Halftime Show in New Orleans. Feb. 3 2013 on @cbs.” In an entry on her official website, www.beyonce.com, the Grammy-winning singer used the caption “countdown to touchdown” to acknowledge an earlier report that she would sing during the biggest US sporting and television event of the year. The annual NFL championship showdown attracts more than 100 million TV viewers and high profile pop acts for its halftime show. Previous performers have included Madonna, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, U2 and Paul McCartney.

PROFESSIONAL wrestler Hulk Hogan has sued gossip website Gawker for $100 million for posting excerpts of a sex tape featuring Hogan and the wife of his best friend. Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, has also filed a lawsuit against the woman, Heather Clem, and her ex-husband, radio shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge, claiming they videotaped him without his knowledge. The posting of the video earlier this month “constitutes a shameful and outrageous invasion of plaintiff ’s right of privacy by a group of loathsome defendants who have no regard for human dignity and care only about maximizing their revenues and profits at the expense of all others,” said the lawsuit against Gawker, which was filed this week in Tampa federal court. The video depicted Hogan and Clem having sex in her bedroom while she was still married. It was recorded six years ago, according to the lawsuits. “Plaintiff has spent considerable time and effort developing his career as a professional champion wrestler and developing his brand,” the lawsuit against Clem and Bubba, whose real name is Todd Clem, said, noting that Hogan is a “12-time world wrestling champion.”

MERITLESS Cameron Stracher, a lawyer for Gawker, said he believes the suit is meritless and will ask a judge to throw the case out. “He’s having sex with another man’s wife in another man’s home,” he added. “I’m not sure it’s reasonable to say he has an expectation of privacy under the circumstances.” The lawsuit against Gawker seeks $100 million in damages. The lawsuit against the Clems, ﬁled in Pinellas County, Florida, does not specify an amount. Stephen Diaco, a lawyer for Bubba, said Hogan knew there was a tape of the encounter, despite his claim that he was unaware, and that Bubba had nothing to do with its release. “Bubba is a victim; Heather is a victim,” he said. “Bubba does not know who released this tape.” It was not immediately clear whether Heather Clem had retained an attorney in the matter. The two men have long been close; Hogan was the best man at the Clems’ wedding and is a godfather to their son, Diaco said. Hogan told radio host Howard Stern during a recent appearance on his show that Bubba gave him permission to have sex with his wife.

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, October 19, 2012

Health

bites

Cranberry juice no aid to cystitis CRANBERRY juice provides no meaningful protection against cystitis, contrary to the belief of large numbers of women, say scientists. A review of ﬁndings from 24 studies involving 4,473 participants found no evidence that cranberry juice, or supplements, can be used to prevent bladder and kidney infections. Cystitis is a stinging inﬂammation of the bladder usually caused by a urinary tract infection (UTI). It can also be triggered by irritation during sexual intercourse, leading to its nickname the “honeymoon disease”. For decades countless women have used cranberry juice to treat mild cystitis or prevent recurring infection. Experts have suggested that compounds in cranberries may stop bacteria sticking to cells lining the walls of the urinary tract.

Extra sleep may help kids’ conduct MAYBE parents should let their children sleep in a little more - it may help improve their behaviour and make them less restless in school, according to a Canadian study. On the flip side, few parents are likely to be surprised to know that cutting back on children’s sleep time seems to make them more likely to cry, lose their temper and become frustrated, according to the researchers, who published their findings in Pediatrics. “You can think about it from a lot of different angles,” said Reut Gruber, of Montreal’s McGill University and Douglas Research Center, who led the study. “What we are showing here is that it can go both ways in terms of behaviour and academic performance.” While Gruber’s team is not the first to link sleep and behaviour, few studies have looked at whether more sleep actually leads to better behaviour in school children.

Daily multivitamin shown to help ward off cancer in men SWALLOWING a daily multivitamin can reduce the

risk of cancer by at least eight per cent in middle-aged and older men and appears to have no dangerous sideeffects, according to the first large-scale, randomised study on the subject. The protective effect of the daily pill was described as “modest” by the trial investigators who emphasised that the primary use of vitamins was to prevent nutritional deficiencies. The findings were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and presented on Wednesday at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Anaheim, California. “This is indeed a landmark study,” said Cory AbateShen, a professor of urological oncology at Columbia University Medical Center who was not involved in the trial. “It suggests that a balanced multivitamin approach is probably more beneficial than increasing to high levels of any one vitamin.” About half of US adults take at least one daily dietary supplement - the most popular being a multivitamin, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings suggest that the biggest health benefit may come from a broad combination of dietary supplements. Last year, the questionnaire-based Iowa Women’s Health Study found that older women who take multivitamins have slightly increased death rates compared to those who don’t.

Weight loss surgery seen as ‘a quick fix’ in the UK Patients not being given adequate briefings before undergoing surgery By Ella Pickover BARIATRIC surgery is too often being seen as a “quick fix” to solving obesity problems, research suggests. A new report found that many patients undergo operations without properly assessing the risks the procedure poses to them. More attention should be paid to pre-surgery counselling, the authors said. The report, conducted by Britain’s National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (Ncepod), examined the care given to 381 patients who were treated both privately and on the NHS. The authors said that just a third of patients had received psychological counselling prior to referral for surgery. And 24 per cent of consent forms did not contain appropriate information. They also found that 32 per cent of patients did not receive adequate follow-up after surgery. And nearly a fifth of patients had to be readmitted to hospital, with some people needing further surgery, the researchers said. The number of bariatric weight loss procedures such as a gastric bypass or the fitting of gastric bands or balloons - rose by 70 per cent between 2008 and 2010, Ncepod said. “Bariatric surgery is a radical procedure with considerable risks, as well as benefits,” said the report co-author and Ncepod clinical co-ordinator in surgery Ian Martin. “It shouldn’t be undertaken without providing full information and support to patients. But, when

we reviewed cases we found examples of inadequate processes from start to finish - even the basics, such as giving patients dietary advice and education before decisions to operate are taken, were sometimes lacking.” Martin also raised concerns about poor consent procedures and lack of psychological counselling prior to treatment, adding: “Consent often happens on the day the patient is admitted for surgery. “This means there is no time for patients to reflect on their choices and have the opportunity to ask further questions about the risks and benefits of surgery before committing themselves to an operation.” The report authors said there should be a greater emphasis on psychological assessment before surgery. They also said there should be a two-stage consent process - so patients have time to weigh up the benefits and the risks. But separate research states that if obese patients undergo bariatric surgery they can quickly reduce risk factors for heart disease and stroke. The research, published in the journal Heart, says the impact of such surgery is greater and faster than drug treatments for weight management or diabetes and in some cases, could be lifesaving. President of the Royal College of Surgeons, Professor Norman Williams, said: “Bariatric surgery is not a quick fix. It has been proven to be an incredibly successful and cost-effective treatment for morbid obesity and the many serious conditions associated with it.”

Inactivity has played its part

Weight loss surgery tied to increase in drinking PEOPLE who had weight loss surgery reported greater alcohol use two years after their procedures, according to a US study. The researchers, whose ﬁndings appeared in the Archives of Surgery, said it’s possible that some patients may turn to drinking if the surgery successfully stops their ability to overeat without addressing underlying issues. In addition, the effect of certain stomachshrinking procedures on alcohol tolerance may play a part. “This is perhaps a risk,” said Alexis Conason, who worked on the study at the New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center. “I don’t think it should deter people from having surgery, but you should be cautious to monitor (alcohol use) after surgery,” Conason said.

The study didn’t show whether people were drinking in a dangerous way, and there was no clear increase in drug use or smoking after surgery. Alcohol use dropped immediately after surgery, from 61 per cent of people who initially reported drinking to 20 per cent at one month post-surgery. But by three months, drinking rates had started to creep back up. And at two years out, people were drinking signiﬁcantly more often than before their procedures. Conason said gastric bypass, in particular, has been shown to drastically lower alcohol tolerance, to the point that some post-surgery patients have a blood alcohol content above the legal driving limit after just one drink. For some, that could make drinking more appealing, she added.

Sitting ‘increases health risks’ By John von Radowitz OFFICE staff should take a stand for health by refusing to sit down at meetings and moving their work station to the nearest filing cabinet, according to an expert. Professor Stuart Biddle spelled out his advice after research showed that lounging in a chair for too long can double the risk of diabetes, heart disease and death. The findings indicate that sitting is bad in itself, irrespective of other time spent exercising or playing sport. Scientists analysed the results of 18 studies with a total of 794,577 participants and found a big difference in health outcomes between the most and least sedentary. Prof Biddle, from the University of Loughborough, who was one of the researchers, said: “Currently society forces us into too much sitting, sitting at school, sitting at office desks, sitting in cars and so on. “There are many ways we can reduce our sitting time, such as breaking up long periods at the computer at work by placing our laptop on a filing cabinet. We can have standing meetings, we can walk during the lunch break, and we can look to reduce TV viewing in the evenings by seeking out less sedentary behaviours.” Prof Biddle practices what he preaches. He has a reminder note on his white board at work that says: “first 15 minutes of a meeting standing up”. He added: “I get a few odd looks - sometimes people think you’re nuts or assume you have a bad back. But I’ve had quite a lot of positive feedback too. Standing up at a meeting makes you appear more animated and seems to make a good impression. Prof Biddle said it was not possible from the study to say how much time spent sitting is too long.

Friday, October 19, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL

What’s on

films

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

NICOSIA Killer Joe (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 8.05pm and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) daily at 8.05pm and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (N/A) (in French, with Greek subtitles) K-Cineplex (Screen 2, in 3D) at 5.35pm, 7.50pm and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2, in 3D) at 5.35pm, 7.50pm and 10.10pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.25pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Savages (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.35pm and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 7.35pm and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Watch (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35pm, 8pm and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.35pm, 8pm and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 God Loves Caviar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Cold Light of Day (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

ParaNorman (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3, in 3D) at 8.05pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 8.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek) at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.35pm and 3.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 A Few Best Men (15)) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.30pm and 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Brave (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.35pm and 3.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (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 7th Cyprus International Film Festival Cine Studio, in collaboration with the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96-420491, www. ofk.org.cy

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

LIMASSOL Killer Joe (18) Rio 3 daily and weekends at 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 1) at 8.05pm and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (N/A) (in French, with Greek subtitles) Rio 2 (in 3D) daily and weekends at 6.15pm, 8.20pm and 10.25pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2, in 3D) at 5.35pm, 7.50pm and 10.15pm. Tel: 77778383 Savages (18)) Rio 4 at 7.45pm and 10.10pm, weekends at 8.10pm and 10.20pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) daily at 7.35pm and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Watch (15) Rio 1 at 7.45pm and 10pm, weekends at 4pm, 6pm, 8pm and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) daily at 5.35pm, 8pm and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 God Loves Caviar (K) Rio 3 daily at 8.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3, in Greek) at 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Cold Light of Day (12) Rio 5 at 7.45pm and 10pm, weekends at 8.15pm and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410

ParaNorman (12) Rio 2 (in 3D) only at weekends at 3pm and 4.54pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3, in 3D) daily at 8.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383

LARNACA Killer Joe (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) daily at 8.05pm and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) Rio 3 (in Greek) at 6.30pm, weekends at 3pm and 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek) daily at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (N/A) (in French, with Greek subtitles) K-Cineplex (Screen 2, in 3D) at 5.35pm, 7.50pm and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Magic Mike (18) Rio 6 daily at 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410

Savages (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) daily at 7.35pm and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Brave (K) Rio 3 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 6.20pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) daily at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Watch (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) daily at 5.35pm, 8pm and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 God Loves Caviar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) daily at 10.10pm. Tel: 77778383

The Bourne Legacy (12) Rio 6 daily at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5pm. Tel: 25-871410 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 4 (in English, in 2D), weekends only at 3pm, 4.45pm and 6.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) daily at 5.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 5 (in Greek), weekends only at 3pm, 4.45pm and 6.30pm. Tel: 25-871410

ParaNorman (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3, in 3D) daily at 8.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Cold Light of Day (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) daily at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Brave (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) daily at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) daily at 5.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

PAPHOS Killer Joe (18) Rio 1 daily at 7.45pm and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (N/A) (in French, with Greek subtitles) Rio 7 (in 3D) at 5.50pm, 8pm and 10.10pm, weekends at 3.50pm, 6pm, 8.10pm and 10.20pm. Tel: 26-207000 Savages (18) Rio 4 daily at 5.30pm, 7.45pm and 10.10pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Watch (15) Rio 3 daily at 6pm, 8pm and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000 God Loves Caviar (K) Rio 5 daily at 7.45pm and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

Barbie: Princess & the Popstar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek) daily at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

ParaNorman (12) Rio 6, in 3D, at 6pm, weekends at 4pm and 5.45pm. Tel: 26207000

A Few Best Men (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek) daily at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Cold Light of Day (12) Rio 2 daily at 6pm and 7.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

listings Today Exhibition Andreas Charalambous Solo painting exhibition. Opens October 19, 7.30pm until November 3. Gallery Kypriaki Gonia, 45 Stadiou Street, Larnaca. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm & 4.30pm-8pm. Sunday:11am-2pm & 4pm-7pm. Tel: 24-621109

Music Cadu de Andrade & Farlley Derze Recital with popular singer and pianist within the framework of the Pharos Brazilian Culture Month. October 19. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Street, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €15. Tel: 22-663871 Paola Live show with popular Greek singer. October 19. Pavilion Hall, Lakatameia, Nicosia. 11pm. €30/70. All prices include a Bottle of Scotch Whisky or Vodka for every 4 people. Tel: 22-322222

Other Events Polish Food Festival Experience culinary Polish culture and Polish jazz music. Fontana Restaurant, Hilton Hotel, Nicosia. October 19-27. 8pm. €28 per person including a shot of Polish vodka. Tel: 22-377777

AHDR’s History Training Workshop for Primary and Secondary Education Teachers in Larnaca Training workshops aiming at introducing its Supplementary Educational materials for educators. October 26, registration by October 19. Ktima Makenzy, Filopappou 24, Makenzy Area, Larnaca. 4pm-7pm. The working language of the above mentioned workshop will be Greek. Participation is free and each participant will be presented with a free package of AHDR educational materials and a certificate of attendance. Please register for participation by completing the attached registration form. email: ahdr.mide@gmail.com or telephone: 22-445740

Tomorrow Exhibition Dutch Wonder Group exhibition by three Dutch artists. Opens October 20, 8pm until November 10. Chiaki Kamikawa Contemporary Art, 10 Solonos, Paphos. Monday-Friday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-6pm. Saturday: 10am-1.30pm. Tel: 99-311225

Music

Other Events

Chris Nemmo Playing his electronic beats live. October 20. Melibar, 75 Saripolou St, Nicosia. 10pm. Free. Tel: 22-343508/99607918. email: info@melibar.net

Ninth Nicosia Dogathon A Fun Run/Walk for people and their dogs, with prizes, entertainment for the whole family and more. October 20. University of Nicosia. Registration at 1.30pm. Run/walk starts at 3.30pm. €10. Tel: 22-357005. friendsofnds@gmail.com

Journey into Jazz Family concert with a programme especially designed for children 6-15 years old. October 20. Larnaca Municipal Theatre. 5pm. €5/Free. Tel: 24-665794 Legends of Rock with Dire Straits, Eagles, Elton John Four brilliant tribute acts perform in a unique and beautiful setting overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. October 20. Elea Estate, 1 Eleon Avenue, Geroskipou, Paphos. 9pm. €15 Tickets for dinner and entry: €45 Both include a welcome drink. Food served from 7pm, concert begins at 9pm. Reservations are required, please contact Tel: 26-202003 Email: celebrations@eleaestate.com

Theatre Betrayal Theatre Group 5C presents critically acclaimed play by Harold Pinter. October 20 & 21. Store Houses (Apothikes), Foundation of Cultural Creativity, 81-83 Ayiou Lazarou Street, Larnaca. 9pm. €15. In Greek. Tel: 99-233248

Take the Fashion Ride Nicosia charity cycling tour, directed by the Cyprus Cycling Federation and Nicosia Cyclists. Within the framework of Cyprus Fashion Days with proceeds being donated to Hope for Children. October 20. Stasikratous, Nicosia 11.30am. Tel: 22-103234 The Path of Water in Moutoulla Event marking the occasion of European Heritage Days, featuring a walk in the countryside, demonstrations of traditional handicrafts, exhibitions, music and more. October 20. Moutoulla Village. 2.30pm-8pm. Tel: 22-952677

Ongoing Other Events Seventh Medieval Ayia Napa Festival Street theatre, theatrical play, shows with music and dances of the period, Medieval workshops, exhibitions of medieval items and more. October 13-20. Ayia Napa Medieval Monastery. 8pm. Free. Tel: 23-816307

International Short Film Festival of Cyprus Film screenings and competition for the festival’s awards and prizes. October 13-20. Rialto Theatre, Limassol Parallel events at Art Studio 55 (adjacent to Rialto Theatre). 8.30pm. Free. All films will be screened in their original dialogues with Greek and English subtitles. Tel: 77-777745 www.isffc.com.cy Relationships – DEFA Films from the Archive and Beyond Film screenings by the East German state owned film production company DEFA. October 18-23. Goethe-Institut Cyprus (in the buffer zone next to Ledra Palace Hotel) and the University of Nicosia (Cine Studio). Times vary. Admission is free. All films in German with English subtitles. Tel: 96648718/22-674606. Email: holger. briel@gmail.com

Theatre Di-mentia An original musical from Cyprus about the immortality of art, prodigal sons, and the decaying powers of our memory. October 18-21. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre (new Satiriko theatre) 11-15, Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia. 8.30pm. €20. In Greek. Tel: 99-876760

For a full guide to the week’s events and regular meetings, make sure you get a copy of the Sunday Mail

After the Rehearsal Theatro Ena opens new season with play by Ingmar Bergman. Until November 4. Theatro Ena, 4 Athinas Avenue, Nicosia. Every Friday to Sunday at 8.30pm. €12/15. In Greek. Tel: 22348203 Same Time, Next Year Dionysos Theatre opens the new theatre season with play by Bernard Slade, directed by Nikos Charalambous. Until November 25. Dionysos Theatre, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia. Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6.30pm. In Greek. €20/15. Tel: 22818999/99-621845 The Grönholm Method The New Stage of THOC presents play by Catalan playwright Jordi Galcerán Ferrer. Until December 1. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-492900

Exhibition Abstract Impressions Solo painting exhibition by Eugene Tector. Until October 20. Opus 39 Gallery, 21 Kimonos Street, Nicosia. Monday: 5pm-8pm. Tuesday-Friday: 10.30am-12.30pm and 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22-424983

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Attract success to your life Coming Up Theatre The best of Britsh THE National Theatre Live show The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time dazzled local audiences last month. By the end of the show the crowds gave the actors a warm round of applause, even though they were only virtually present. National Theatre Live, introduced for the ﬁrst time in Cyprus by Rialto Theatre, is a programme of the National Theatre that connects hundreds of thousands of viewers around the world with selected productions of the internationally acclaimed theatrical London scene. NT Live productions are being screened across the world in hundreds of cinemas and theatres. Since the ﬁrst season in 2009, more than 800,000 viewers have lived the experience of watching theatre live on screen. After the change of the screening date due to technical reasons, the next play in the framework of National Theatre Live was the new theatrical piece by Nick Dear, based on Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. Critics and spectators have praised it as one of the most amazing spectacles of recent years, and an immense success. The programme of recorded productions by the National Theatre Live continues on Monday with The Last of the Haussmans. Julie Walters plays Judy Haussman with Rory Kinnear and Helen McCrory as her children in this eagerly-anticipated new play by writer/actor Stephen Beresford: a funny, touching and sometimes savage portrait of a family that’s losing its grip. The Last of the Haussmans A screening of a recorded production by the National Theatre Live. October 23. Rialto Theatre, Heroes Square, Limassol. 8.30pm. €8/5 In English with Greek subtitles. Tel: 77om.cy 777745/25-343903. www.rialto.com.cy

On The Scenee Other Events Polish off some pierogis gis HOW much do you know about Polish cuisine, customs and vodka? If you live outside Poland, the answer is probably not much. So, instead of your usual dinner hot spot, why not try something totally new? This week, the Hilton Cyprus in cooperation with the Embassy of Poland and LOT Polish Airlines are hosting Polish Nights at the Fontana restaurant. Certain ethnic foods like Thai, Japanese and Indian cuisines have become increasingly popular in the last decade or so. However, Polish food is sadly almost forgotten by the

WHAT is the secret to success? Do you know the best way to bring greater happiness into your life? Well, it seems like Bob Proctor knows the secret and he’s ready to share his life’s work with you. Next week, you can meet Proctor in the flesh, as he, along with personaldevelopment guru Nik Halik, jet into Cyprus to teach you their formula for success and help you transform your life with the course entitled The Thrillionaire Revolution. You may remember Halik, the Greek astronaut and wealth strategist, from his last visit to Cyprus back in March when he was here to present his Money Matrix seminars. This time round, Halik is bringing Proctor with him as guest speaker. He is the best-selling author of You Were Born Rich and a much sought-after teacher who has transformed the lives of millions of people through his books, seminars and courses. The Thrillionaire Revolution weekend training will take place next weekend at Hilton Park Nicosia and will focus on how you can reach your full potential, live an extraordinary life and create the level of financial freedom that will help you live the lifestyle that you desire. Halik has an impressive resume. The busiforme nessman and former rock band guitarist guitaris is the son of Greek Gree immigrants. Born and raised in Melbourne, Melbour Australia, the selfmade multimillionai multimillionaire spent the first 10 yea years of his life medically confined to his bedroom with nothing but an EncyEn clopedia to read. read At 17, Halik (born (bo Halikopoulos) re-located to H Hollywood, Califo California musi at to study music Ins the Guitar Institute of Technology, Technolog where he we went on tour with bands such as Ro Guns ‘n’ Roses and Deep typica foodie. Nicosia, typical like much of the rest of Cyp Cyprus, is a crossroads m of many different cul cultures and one good way to take advantage th is through your of this taste buds. Th chefs h f off Hilton Hilt Warsaw will be The joining the Hilton Cyprus team to prepare a mouth-watering buffet dinner especially for you. It’s a unique opportunity to experience the culinary and musical Polish culture with traditional jazz music and taste a luscious traditional dinner. While you sample some Polish cuisine you can also enter a draw to win a round trip ticket to Poland with LOT Polish Airlines. The prize also includes accommodation at the Hilton Warsaw. This is a chance to enjoy a beautiful country and everything that it has to offer; from cultural venues and historic sites to

Purple. Since then, he has gone on to live an amazing life full of adventure and has managed to amass great wealth through savvy investments in property and the stock market. His group of companies has financially educated and life coached over 300,000 individuals globally. Not only is he a successful entrepreneur, but he is also a self confessed adrenalin junkie. He has climbed the highest peaks, explored the ocean floor, orbited outer space, chased the wildest storms - he loves a thrill and has the resources to chase them. That’s why this multimillionaire is dubbed “the thrillionaire”. During the weekend event Halik, who will be the main speaker, will talk about how you can achieve your biggest goals and shape your own destiny, how to disconnect from the ‘System’ of controlled thought patterns, what are the untold rules of the Money Game, and how to recession-proof yourself by creating your own personal economy and stimulus plan. Proctor, on the other hand, started life as a high-school drop out in the 1960s. He was on the road to nowhere and went from one dead-end job to the next. It may have been destiny, but he read Napoleon Hill’s book Think and Grow Rich which switched on a light bulb in his head. After a short time, he packed his things and moved to Chicago to work for his real-life mentors, Lloyd Conant and Earl Nightingale. He would rise to superstar status in the organisation of Nightingale-Conant and was appointed Vice President of Sales. This experience gave him the confidence to start his own seminar company which still remains extremely active. Today he travels around the world teaching and coaching thousands of people each year. Proctor believes that people have the power to develop their own futures if they act on the greatness of their own minds. During the weekend event, Proctor will talk about how to create your own economy and learn to think from the inside out. You will learn how to make the mind-money connection, why we get the results we do and don’t get some of the results we would like to, how to bridge the all-important gap between knowing and doing and the creative

Inset: Bob Proctor bestselling author of You Were Born Rich and above Nik Halik wealth strategist and ﬁrst ever Greek space explorer to rocket to outer space

process to achieving any goal you seriously want. The speakers promise that this weekend event will be an opportunity for everyone who attends to shift their mindset, take control of their ﬁnances and discover ways that will help them to achieve their goals and dreams. Early bird tickets are available until today and ticket prices will go up once the early bird tickets sell out. Thrillionaire Revolution Cyprus with Nik Halik & Bob Proctor from The Secret Workshop with self-development gurus that will help you fulfill your true potential. October 27-28. Hilton Park Nicosia. €89/110. Tel: 70-008087/99353901. e-mail: info@thrillionairerevolutioncyprus.com. www.thrillionairerevolutioncyprus.com By Ledha Socratous

unique shopping malls. On the Polish Night, you’ll get to try pierogis perhaps one of the most widely known and loved of Polish dishes. These stuffed dumplings can contain a variety of different things and are really quite a versatile dish. Sausage is a very important part of Polish fare and no Polish food night would be complete without a selection of Polish sausages. Vodka is widely drunk in Poland and the history of Polish vodka goes back to about 1620, when the ﬁrst distillery was set up. Regular toasts with vodka throughout a meal form a regular part of Polish hospitality. Na zdrowie! (Bottoms up) Polish Food Festival Experience culinary Polish culture and the sounds of Polish jazz music. Fontana Restaurant, Hilton Hotel, Nicosia. October 19-27. 8pm. €28 per person including a shot of Polish vodka. Tel: 22-377777

Head to the Hilton Cyprus Hotel for some Polish delights and a chance to win a return trip to Poland

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Film

Killer Joe

ES SUMMARIES Killer Joe (See page opposite)

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Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia (See page opposite)

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Savages Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), and his closest friend Chon (Taylor Kitsch) run a lucrative, homegrown industry - raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a oneof-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia (Blake Lively). Life is idyllic in their Southern California town, until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them. When the Cartel head Elena (Salma Hayek), and her enforcer, Lado (Benicio Del Toro), underestimate the unbreakable bond among these three friends, Ben and Chon wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel. Also starring John Travolta. Directed by Oliver Stone. (Drama-thriller, 131 mins.) Our rating: N/A

ParaNorman In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock (voiced by Kodi SmitMcPhee) is a boy who can see dead people and even talk to them, but almost no-one believes him. One day, Norman’s estranged eccentric uncle tells him of an important annual ritual he must perform to protect the town from a curse cast by a witch it condemned centuries ago – but things don’t go according to plan, and the witch threatens Blithe Hollow as the dead rise again. Also with the voices of Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell. In 3D. (Cartoon adventure, 92 mins.) Our rating:

The Cold Light of Day

The Watch Four everyday suburban guys - Evan (Ben Stiller), Bob (Vince Vaughn), Franklin (Jonah Hill) and Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade) - come together to form a neighbourhood watch team, primarily as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their suburb has been secretly overrun by aliens inside ordinary human suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighbourhood - and the planet - from total extermination. Directed by Akiva Schaffer. (Comedy-sci-fi, 102 mins.) Our rating:

God Loves Caviar The compelling of Ioannis Varvakis, and his journey from lowly Greek pirate to international caviar millionaire, with the

ear of Catherine the Great of Russia. His wealth and power, however, do not give him contentment, and his boundless ambition only brings suffering, until he gives everything away - including himself - in the name of love. Starring Sebastian Koch and Catherine Deneuve. Directed by Yannis Smaragdis. (Adventure-history, 99 mins.) Our rating: N/A

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Will Shaw (Henry Cavill), the oldest son of Martin (Bruce Willis) and Laurie (Caroline Goodall), is visiting Spain for an annual sailing vacation with his family. While their boat is anchored just off the coast, Will swims ashore to go into town for supplies. He returns to find the boat empty and his family gone. A visit to the local police station reveals that some kind of conspiracy is afoot. Martin appears out of nowhere to help Will escape from the corrupt cops – then reveals that he’s really a CIA operative and has 24 hours to deliver a briefcase to terrorists or they’ll kill his family. His first stop is to visit Carrack (Sigourney Weaver), his longtime partner. Also starring Veronica Echegui. Directed by Mabrouk El Mechri. (Action thriller, 93 mins.) Our rating:

Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia

Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar Barbie stars as Tory, the kind-hearted princess of Meribella who would rather sing and dance than perform her royal duties. When her favourite pop star Keira visits the Kingdom, the girls discover they have much in common, including a magical secret that lets them look like one another. At first, swapping places seems like a great idea, at least till each girl realises that the other’s life isn’t as easy as it seems! But Meribella also has a magical secret, and when it’s stolen, the whole kingdom is put in danger. Will true friendship save the day? Directed by Ezekiel Norton. DUBBED INTO GREEK. (Kids’ cartoon, 86 mins.) Our rating: N/A

Magic Mike Dallas (Matthew McConaughey) runs the Xquisite male stripper joint in Tampa, Florida, where ‘Magic’ Mike (Channing Tatum) works to supplement his income as a builder’s labourer so he can start his own small furniture business.

When Mike meets young Adam (Alex Pettyfer) on the building site, he quickly invites him to his other workplace, where Adam soon gets a chance to become part of the floorshow. Adam’s sister Brooke (Cody Horn) disapproves, as she does of Mike – but Adam is undeterred, and quickly becomes accustomed to the stripper lifestyle. Also starring Olivia Munn. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. (Comedy-drama, 110 mins.) Our rating:

A Few Best Men When English lad David (Xavier Samuel) announces he’s getting married to Mia (Laura Brent), an Australian he’s just met on a Pacific Island holiday, his hapless London mates Tom (Kris Marshall) and Graham (Kevin Bishop) are aghast. But of course they wouldn’t miss the wedding in the land Down Under – although, by the time the big moment arrives, David may have wished they had. Along the way, they have a runin with a crazed drug dealer and a large sheep, the latter being the pride possession of David’s father-in-law, big-shot Senator Jim (Jonathan Biggins). Also starring Rebel Wilson and Olivia Newton-John. Directed by Stephan Elliott. (Comedy, 97 mins.) Our rating:

The Bourne Legacy

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A super-secret scientific programme using the work of Dr. Marta Shearing (Rachel Weisz) in the depths of the American intelligence community is developing a genetics programme to improve their field agents both physically and mentally. Several agents are being tested – but a journalist seems about to expose the programme, so the senior ranks, led by ex-Air Force Colonel Eric Bayer (Edward Norton), decide to shut down. Agents are systematically terminated – but one of them, Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), manages to escape death, and takes matters into his own hands. Also starring Stacy Keach. Directed by Tony Gilroy. (Action thriller, 135 mins.) Our rating:

Brave In ancient and rugged Scotland, the impetuous, independent

princess Merida is a young aspiring archer, having been encouraged from a young age by her loving, larger-than-life father King Fergus. Her mother Queen Elinor has conscientiously schooled her daughter to be proficient in all things as the future Queen, but Merida rebels. When the King and Queen invite the surrounding clans to present their sons as suitors, Merida is desperate and finds a witch, who grants her a spell – with devastating results. Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. In 3D. DUBBED INTO GREEK. (Kids’ cartoon, 100 mins.) Our rating:

Resident Evil: Retribution The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of flesheating zombies. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Also starring Sienna Guillory and Michelle Rodriguez. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. In 3D. (Sci-fi action, 95 mins.) Our rating:

Step Up 4 Emily (Kathryn McCormick) arrives in Miami with hopes of becoming a professional dancer and soon falls in love with Sean (Ryan Guzman), a young man who leads a dance crew called The Mob in elaborate, cutting-edge flash mobs. Emily’s developer father Bill Anderson (Peter Gallagher) however, wants her to forget her aspirations and work in his hotel business. Meanwhile, as he announces plans to develop The Mob’s waterfront neighbourhood into a new commercial development, the group plans a daring performance to save the waterfront. Directed by Scott Speer. In 3D. (Musical drama, 99 mins.) Our rating:

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted Alex the lion (voiced by Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) are still trying to get back to New York and their beloved Central Park zoo, but first they need to find the penguins. When they travel to Monte Carlo, they attract the attention of obsessive animalhunter Chantal Dubois of Animal Control after gate-crashing a party, and are joined by the penguins, the monkeys, King Julian (Sacha Baron Cohen) and the rest of the crew. How does such a crazy menagerie travel through Europe without attracting attention? Simple. They join a travelling circus. Directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath and Conrad Vernon. In 3D. (Kids’ cartoon comedy, 93 mins.) Our rating:

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift Scrat’s nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he’s been after since the dawn of time, has worldchanging consequences – causing a continental cataclysm that creates the Earth as we know it and triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny the mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), Diego the saber-toothed tiger (voiced by Denis Leary) and Sid the sloth (voiced by John Leguizamo). In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home. Also with the voices of Peter Dinklage and Nick Frost. Directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier. In 3D. (Kids’ cartoon, 94 mins.) Our rating:

The Isle (Seom) Mute Hee-Jin (Jung Suh) works as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness, selling bait, food and occasionally her body to visiting tourists. Her simple life changes, however, when she saves from suicide and subsequently falls in love with the mysterious Hyun-Shik (Yoosuk Kim), who is on the run from the police. Directed by Kim Kiduk. (Drama-Thriller, 90 mins.) Our rating: N/A

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NEW FILMS Killer Joe Directed by: William Friedkin Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon and Juno Temple US 2011, 102 mins. Showing from today at the K-Cineplex and K-Cineplex (Mall of Cyprus) in Nicosia, the Rio and K-Cineplex in Limassol, the K-Cineplex in Larnaca and the Rio in Paphos.

THE PLOT Finding himself in considerable debt, Texan drug dealer Chris (Hirsch) decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Teaming up with his dad Ansel (Haden Church), the two decide to hire Joe Cooper (McConaughey) a contract killer, who also happens to be a police detective. The plan is the money will go to Chris’ sister Dottie (Temple). However, due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID Mixed: “The career of William Friedkin will always be defined by The French Connection, with its violent and amoral cop, and The Exorcist, featuring a little girl inhabited by demonic forces. There’s a hint of both these unquiet spirits in Friedkin’s new film: a gruesome, brutally violent and queasy trailer-park nightmare from deep in the heart of Texas. It’s adapted by Tracy Letts from his 1993 play, and its theatrical origins do become obvious in the way certain characters are left disconcertingly off screen. “Nonetheless, Friedkin and Letts don’t pull their punches, and Matthew McConaughey holds the centre of the movie as a cold, cruel gourmand of violence, second only perhaps to Casey Affleck’s sadistic Texas cop in Michael Winterbottom’s The

Killer Inside Me. “McConaughey plays Detective Joe Cooper of the Dallas Police Department, an ofﬁcer who cruises around in an unmarked car, wearing dark clothes, accessorised with aviator shades and the inevitable Stetson. Cooper is to make a remarkable intervention in the lives of a dysfunctional local family, whose appallingly inadequate paterfamilias is Ansel (Thomas Haden Church), a welder of low ambition and low IQ, acrimoniously divorced from his alcoholic wife, and now living with his dubiously loyal girlfriend Sharla (Gina Gershon). “Sharla is the resentful stepmother to Ansel’s son Chris (Emile Hirsch), a failed drug dealer who now owes several thousand dollars to some scary characters. Chris’s sister Dottie (Juno Temple), still lives in the family nest, a delicate and unworldly person given to sleepwalking and sleep-talking. “Desperate for cash, Chris lets his dad in on a secret, murderous plan for easy money, and this is where Joe comes in: he augments his police pay with a sideline in contract killing and could be persuaded to take the job in return for a share of the promised payout. “Killer” Joe is unimpressed with the offer, but much taken with comely, scantily clad Dottie. Perhaps they can come to an arrangement. “McConaughey’s Joe has icy intelligence and competence, and a keen sense of the art of the possible; he makes everyone else look like a child, with the exception of Dottie, who is the nearest among them to actually being a child. Joe moves into their lives and indeed their home, like a parasitic Satan, taking charge. He is clearly all too accustomed to whingey and panicky clients having second thoughts, and having to ride roughshod over their scruples. “The chaotic outcome of the

plan is where the film comes most alive, with its ugly collisions of double-cross and triple-cross, and the horrible realisation they are involved in evil, and have themselves become evil. When Dottie sees Joe first, she says his “eyes hurt”, and later repeats this remark to him directly, without making it clear if she means Joe’s eyes are hurting himself or other people, or both. Joe does not reply to this observation, and it’s a shame that their approaching intimacy rather puts a stop to poetry of this kind in the screenplay. “Ultimately, Killer Joe sets the scene for a killer noir, with some killer lines and killer characters, but Friedkin’s energy and determination to wrest the story away from the stage and set it free in the cinema deserts him in the final act. It is up to McConaughey’s crooked cop to carry the picture: a sleek, loungingly casual loner whose hunger for violence, like his hunger for fried chicken, is finally and horribly gratified.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (UK)

Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia Directed by: Laurent Tirard Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Edouard Baer, Guillaume Gallienne and Catherine Deneuve Belgium 2012 Showing from today at the K-Cineplex and K-Cineplex (Mall of Cyprus) in Nicosia, the Rio and K-Cineplex in Limassol, the K-Cineplex in Larnaca and the Rio in Paphos.

THE PLOT The Gallic heroes of the popular comic book series cum ﬁlm franchise return, with Asterix (Baer) and oversized pal Obelix (Depardieu) crossing the channel to Britain circa 50 B.C., where their mission is to save Queen

Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia

Cordelia (Deneuve) from the conquering military might of Julius Caesar (Luchini).

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID Mixed: “Proving that the law of diminishing returns dates at least as far back as the Roman Empire, Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia is a rather floundering fourth addition to the widely popular French comic book comedy franchise. “Directed with a pop-ish sensibility by Laurent Tirard (Le Petit Nicolas), this effects-heavy, 3D-outfitted installment features a few decent gags and non-sequiturs amid an otherwise redundant storyline, which begins to waver by the second act, despite its purported budget of €60 million ($78 million) and a cast of French film heavyweights including Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve and Dany Boon. “Alongside Hergé’s Tintin, writer/illustrator René Goscinny and artist Albert Uderzo’s Asterix series is undoubtedly the most beloved bande dessinée in French history, with 300-hundred-plus

million copies of the 34-book series sold in dozens of different languages, and three previous movies raking in a combined total of 30-plus million local admissions. “Based on Astérix in Britain and Astérix and the Normans, the script follows Asterix (Edouard Baer) and Obelix (series stalwart Depardieu) from their isolated enclave in Brittany to the heart of England circa 50 B.C., where reigning Queen Cordelia (Deneuve) is hoping the two Gauls will rescue her nation from a siege by Julius Caesar (Fabrice Luchini) and his army. Along the way, the Frenchies cross paths with an uptight Brit (Guillaume Gallienne), his undersexed wife (Charlotte Le Bon) and their over-anal servant (Valérie Lemercier), resulting in lots of cultural clashes and commentaries on the age-old cross-Channel rivalry. “Indeed, many - way too many - of the jokes here involve the various French cast members speaking their native language with ridiculous British accents, and while some such gags work initially, the ﬁlm overstretches

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them across 110 minutes of action that, like the Romans surrounding Cordelia’s fort, winds up turning in circles. “Otherwise, Tirard and cinematographer Denis Rouden (A Gang Story) offer up lots of candy-colored sets and plenty of gorgeous landscapes in a continent-hopping co-production that shot in Hungary, Ireland and Malta. Visual effects by Mac Guff and supervisor Kevin Berger (Days of Glory) are tongue-in-cheek in the spirit of the original comics. “Baer (Chicken With Plums) manages to dish out a few witty one-liners and tends to underplay things, while Depardieu is truly larger than life as the all-powerful Obélix, sporting a pair of XXXXL striped pants that he wears up to his neckline. But the real star here may be Vincent Lacoste (Les Beaux Gosses), who winningly portrays a blasé teenager completely indifferent to the ongoing antics - best reﬂecting how much this waning franchise needs a boost of young talent to stay fresh.” Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter (US)

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MIKA is a 4 month old spaniel mix puppy. Black and white colour. She will be a small sized dog. Very playful and friendly. ! At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 mon-frid 10-2pm. *****************************

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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 ***************************** PROFESSIONAL UPHOLSTERY CLEANING, also carpets, rugs and mattresses. Special offers now available. For a quote call Ricky’s Cleaning Services on 99131044 (all areas) rickyscleaningservices@gmail.com ***************************** LOGS FOR SALE olive, carrob and eucalyptus. Delivered to your door free 12 euro per 20 kilo bag tel 99682243 or 99588114 By the Tom the log man.

Paphos - tel: 26 911383 fax: 26221049

***************************** 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 uv-rays which cause fading, reduces glare and saves energy costs on air-con/heating. Call Ian on 99979671 ***************************** SWIFT SERVICE AND REPAIRS air-cons, commercial and domestic fridges and freezers, ice machines, cool rooms, supply and fit air-cons VRV S. Call Nik on 99579602 Limassol ***************************** COMPUTER ASSISTANCE. PC repairs &servicing. Fully qualified engineer over 35 years experience. Island wide coverage. Call Bill 99114617. email:bill@ computass.comadmail ***************************** EXPERIENCED PAINTER at very reasonable prices! Decorative coatings, house painting, sprits and graphiato, varnishing, damp proofing and protection from humidity for walls and ceilings. Free estimates! Call Harry on 97768020 ***************************** 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 ***************************** SHOP FITTINGS AND STOCK FOR SALE Greeting and Gifts the card shop in Kissonerga is closing down and has all shop fixtures and fittings for sale including remaining stock. Can deliver. Tel 99850276 ***************************** 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

Larnaca - tel: 24 652243 fax: 24 659982

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

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Advertiser FOR SALE B.P./LAND

FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND 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 TREMITHOUSA, plots for sale in a very quiet area, unobstructed sea and mountain views, 600 – 700 sqm, prices from €170.000 Tel: 99510420 PRIME LAND IS AVAILABLE FOR LONG LEASE IN 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. *****************************

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LAND FOR SALE: Drousia: 251m2, BD90%, €50.000; Drymou: 1143m2, BD10% €70.000; Innia: 335m2, BD90% €80.000 (stone house); Lasa: 3679m2 BD90% €300.000; Lasa: 2342m2 BD10% €80.000; Letympou: 669m2 BD10% €85.000; Armou: 4000m2, BD10%, €350.000 (with building permit); Marathounta: 7693m2, BD10%, €150.000; Pegeia: 1942m2, BD10%, €300.000; Stroumpi: 846m2, BD90%, €150.000. 99632096/99588110 WWW. CYLANDIA.EU

All taxes paid. priced to sell €5,500.00. Tel 99 009104 *****************************

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

FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES HARLEY DAVIDSON 1200XL Custom, as new condition, only 8,500 K, has many extras including pillion seat, luggage rack, saddle bags, electronic fuel gauge, and many more.

TO LET NICOSIA fully furnished close to Central Bank. 3 W.C., fully air-conditioned extra storeroom, owned covered parking. Excellent condition. Information: Tel. 99621554

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nished 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 ***************************** TO LET Lykavitos, off Kallipoleos, 2-Bedr. 3rd floor corner flat. bright, 2 balconies, large, open plan lounge, kitchen with fitted oven-Hobs, AC hot/cold, solar

PROPERTY TO LET

JUST RENOVATED 3 bedroom house for rent in Aglandjia. 2 wc’s. Large back yard including an independent extra room with wc and kitchen. Not attached. Contact 99032795 ***************************** TO LET 2-bedroom, fully detached house, with sitting & dining room, living room, ofﬁce/ study room, 2 bathrooms, 2 verandas, a/c, central heating, solar, covered garage in a quiet neighbourhood in Ayios Andreas, Nicosia – €600/month. Call: Thanos - 99543533 ***************************** FOR RENT studio Nikis Ave. 430, Ag. Andreas 295, 1 bdrm Platy 480 furnished, Kennedy Ave. furnished 440, 2 bdrm Lykavito furnished 575, Nikis Ave. fur-

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ROOM FOR RENT suitable for student or single person / either male or female the address is: 71 Arsinois Str, Strovolos, ﬂat 301. Near Kennedy Ave, Terra Santa School, Phillips College. The place is quiet and clean. We prefer European students or European citizen. Contact 99961282 FOR RENT 3 B/R apartment

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA heater, storeroom, parking.Tel: 97-694336, 99-692316. ***************************** 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 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. 3 bedr + office space luxury

TO LET NICOSIA ground floor house with central heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, big sitting and dining room, separate kitchen fully equipped with family room, big covered veranda, garden with grass, FULLY FURNISHED AND EQUIPPED, covered parking in a quiet area opposite Apoel training field. Available also if needed 1 bedr apartment in the basement with higher rent - ARCHANGELOS €1200 (H4AR0015-R), (photos in the 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. 3 bedr ground floor semi detached house, 170sq.m, central heating, 3 a/c, 2wc, big kitchen with cooker, oven, big front veranda, small yard, in a very quiet neighbourhood near Areteion hospital and Alpha Mega supermaket. Available end of September - Dasoupoli €650 (H3DAS0007-R), (photos in the 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

TO LET NICOSIA 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 + 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 sepa-

TO LET NICOSIA rate 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 CentrePLATY 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 (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

TO LET NICOSIA 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 bedr luxury detached house + separate maid’s room and playroom in the basement, 2 closed covered parking, central heating, full a/c, big swimming pool and patio around the pool, garden, big sitting and dining room, separate TV room next to the kitchen, office space, big kitchen with cooker, oven and dishwasher in a quiet area near the football stadium - MAKEDONITISSA €2000 (H4MAK0031-R), (photos in the website). 15. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/ shower, sitting room upstairs,

TO LET NICOSIA attic room with shower and wc, ofﬁce space/maid’ s room with shower and wc, central heating, full AC,450sq.m, big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with sitting area and ﬁtted cooker and oven,6 wc, 2 covered parking’s, big yard with tiles and garden with grass, bbq area in a very quiet neighbourhood near the CYBC ( RIK) station and near a neighbourhood park – Aglantzia €2000(H4AGZ0005-R), (photos in the website). 16. 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,

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA recently renovated independent oil central heating, air conditions, solar heater, covered parking – Acropolis €630 (A3ACS0040-R), (photos in the website). 2. 2 bedr luxury apartment, 3 a/c for hot and cold, covered veranda, NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking on a small building 200 METRES from Akropolis Park. Price includes common expenses – Dasoupolis €620 (A2DAS0027-R), (photos in the 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. 2 bedr spacious luxury finished apartment in a small modern building with electrical floor heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining room, FULLY NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, big covered veranda, covered parking and storage room, off Kennedy avenue in a quiet area – ACROPOLIS €800 (A2ACS0030-R), (photos in the website). 5. 2 bedrs big luxury flat, 110sq. m+big covered veranda, CH ind, 3 a/c, cooker, oven in the

TO LET NICOSIA kitchen, roller blinds, 2 bathrooms, 2 wc, parquet and granite floor, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining room, covered parking, intercom, on a small building with 6 flats only near Coca Cola factory 2 km from McDonalds in Egomi – Agios Dometios €550 (A2ADO0013-R), (photos in the website). 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. 1 BEDR fully renovated apartment, FULLY NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, a/c for hot and cold, in a quiet area near Agios antonios market. - LYKAVITOS €450 (A1LYK0020-R), (photos in the website). 9. 3 bedr luxury spacious floor apartment on the 4th floor of award winning building,200sq. m+big covered veranda, central heating independent, full built in air conditions, lighting

TO LET NICOSIA 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). 10. 3 bedr ground floor apartment, 200 sq. m, 2wc, big sitting room with fire place, solid parquet floor, a/c for hot and cold in all the rooms, covered parking, near Eleon swimming pool - ENGOMI - €800 (A3ENG0020-R), (photos in the website). 11. 3 bedr luxury spacious ground floor apartment with separate entrance, big verandas and garden, big sitting and dining room, central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, very big master bedroom, electrical appliances in the kitchen, aluminum shutters on windows, parquet laminate floor all the flat, covered parking, storage room, in a very quiet neighborhood in a dead end street, off Athalasas Avenue behind Stephanis near English School €800 (A3ST10030-R), (photos in the website). 12. 4 bedr new luxury finished apartment, 160sq.m+35sq.m covered veranda, big sitting

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and dining room, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, Daikin air-conditions for hot and cold in all the rooms, 2 bedrs with en suite shower/wc, 4wc, 2 covered parking, in a small modern building off Makarios Avenue in a quiet neighbourhood – Nicosia Centre €1400 (A4NIC0001-R), (photos in the website). 13. New luxury 2 bedr apartment, open plan kitchen, 3 a/c for hot and cold, blinds on all the windows, nicely expensive full furnished with real leather sofas, double bed, big dining table, LCD 32”, satellite dish with receiver, internet, very big bedrooms with big and many wardrobes, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet area near BMH – Aglantzia €570 (A2AGZ0001-R), (photos in the website). 14. 3 bedr luxury spacious fully renovated apartment with separate central heating, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 3 wc, parquet floor all the flat, big sitting and dining areas with fire place, big covered veranda, covered parking, blinds, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking, on a small 2 storey building, walking distance to the centre – Lykavitos €1000 (A3LYK0009-R), (photos in the website). 15. 2 bedrs new luxury apartment, sitting room open plan with kitchen which includes cooker, oven, refrigerator and washing machine, 2 wc, central heating ,full AC, blinds

on the windows, very big covered verandas, covered parking and storage room in a dead end off Athalassas avenue near Laiki popular bank and Hellenic bank headquarters. - DASOUPOLI €580 (A2DAS0006-R), (photos in the website). For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates.com ******************************* 2 BDRM ﬂat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927. *****************************

LIMASSOL ***************************** 2 BEDROOM MAISONETTE, LIMASSOL (Le Meridien area), semi-detached, F/F, hot/cold A/C, wi-ﬁ internet, ﬂy screens, shutters, private garden, parking, communal pool, tennis, quiet area, 4min to beach, #30 bus stop. € 800 p/m. For photos www.acasalimassol.iowners.net, or call 99 385314.

FOR RENT 3 bedroom detached upper house at Apostolos Andreas (Haraki) area, in Limassol. Rent €500. Tel 99497576, 99924444, 99886775 ***************************** GROUND FLOOR HOUSE, fur-

TO LET LIMASSOL nished renovated this year. Laminated parke ﬂoor, and big wardrobes in the 3 bedrooms. Rent €590.00 Tel 99497576 99886775 ***************************** OFFICE FOR RENT opposite sea with amazing sea views. 120sqm, 2 bathrooms, kitchen. Security system, cabling and server room ready. Price € 1400/month negotiable tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre.com/listing-LIM-0103 *****************************

LARNACA ***************************** VERY LONG TERM RENT 160 sq m on ground ﬂoor. Very clean spacious open plan living. Perfect for expat or retired couple looking for a quiet life in peaceful area. Only one minute walk to Orphanides, Marks and Spencer and St Raphael Clinic. Own courtyard. Small dog welcome. Sky satellite link. Also suitable for ofﬁce space. Only English speaking on 99890128

FOR RENT: 2 bedroom apartment. Quiet block in Drosia, Larnaca. Fully furnished with new furniture. Freshly painted. Heating/cooling. Big verandas. Includes parking. Reasonable price, will rent fast! Call 97774512. ***************************** FOR RENT 2 bed, 2 bath, new built apartment, in a quiet scenic location In Alethriko, Lar-

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Advertiser TO LET LARNACA naca 5 min. to Larnaka, 5 min. to the beach Fully furnished, A/C, communal pool, under covered parking, Long term rent, €350.00 per month For more info pls call 99639378 ***************************** PROTEA APTS LARNACA Residential and holiday apts for rent monthly or weekly Larnaca – Dhekelia road, close to Golden Bay Hotel 1 & 2 bedroom apts, furnished and with low rent with swimming pool, 2 minutes walking distance from the beach, with a new pedestrian crossing in front of the building. Contact us on 99672466, 99404522, and 99078590 ***************************** LARNACA FLAT FOR RENT: Fully-furnished spacious 2-bedroom first floor flat in central location near Metro supermarket, A/C, private parking, intercom system, ensuite bathroom, small block. Phone: 99354789 ***************************** FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom flat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel: 99202543 ***************************** 1. K.S.L LETTINGS – APARTMENT FOR RENT Fully Furnished 1st floor 2 bedroom apartment. High quality furnishings throughout. 400 Euros per calendar month. Pyla. Quote TLL1088. Tel. (00357) 24815104 2. K.S.L LETTINGS – Proper-

TO LET LARNACA ties Required for waiting Long Term Tenants. We desperately require 2/3 & 4 bedroom villa’s with private swimming pools for waiting tenants in the Larnaca District. Please call us for a free valuation. Tel. (00357) 24815104 3. K.S.L LETTINGS – LARGEST RANGE OF PROPERTIES. OVER 200 RENTAL PROPERTIES IN THE LARNACA DISTRICT AT THE MOST COMPETITIVE RATES! FLEXIBLE CONTRACTS AVAILABLE. Tel. (00357) 24815104 4. www.KSLlettings.com – Villa For Rent Simply Stunning ! Fully furnished 5 bedroom, 5 bathroom Villa with a good sized rear garden & private pool, located in the village of Oroklini. Call for further information quoting Ref. TLL1415. Tel. (00357) 24815104 CALL 24 815 104 TO ENQUIRE OR ARRANGE A VIEWING – NO OBLIGATION OR FEES. View our full range of over 200 properties by visiting www.KSLlettings.com updated daily. LANDLORDS ADVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY FOR FREE AND GET WORLD WIDE ADVERTISING – NO TENANT NO FEE ! *****************************

PAPHOS ***************************** FOR RENT ground ﬂoor house

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in Tremithousa Paphos. Call 99424559

ern, Townhouse ,Enclosed rear garden, €350.

UNIVERSAL AREA For Rent: Short Winter let. 3-6 Months Luxury 2 B/Room en suite Apt, f/f including 2 bathrooms, SKY TV, Ftv card, Nilesat TV, Wi-Fi Internet, Air Con, BBQ area, Com Pool, large patio, ground floor. Located on a small complex in a quiet location Universal Area 15 Mins walk to Harbour. Rent 375 Euros (incl of Com charges) Mob: 99129750 email: fish.10@live.co.uk ***************************** CORAL BAY, 6 and 4 bedroom villas for rent, private villas with swimming pools, air – conditioned throughout, furnished or unfurnished, sea views, special price /tel: 99565256 – no agents ***************************** A DELIGHTFUL AND SPACIOUS 2 bedroom apartment, F/F, top floor, new, located at a peaceful location just 500 from St. George hotel in Choraka, with breathtaking sea views. With walking distance to amenities, part of a beautiful building with swimming pool, list and other amenities. Only €400pm Other apts also available.Call 99403261, 26934650 ***************************** EMBA-Traditional Detached 3 bedroom, F/F, very spacious property, large garden with a variety of fruit trees, fabulous kitchen, €450

TREMITHOUSA-Beautiful 3 Bedroom Detached Property, U/F, Master En- Suite, Balcony Driveway, Gardens, €600.

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LORDS: PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR RENT LONG TERM RENTAL. PROPERTIES WANTED: FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WITH KEY HOLDING AND RENT COLLECTIONS OFFERED 1 Tombs King: 3 bed furnished apartment with com to a comfortable standard, large veranda, near to all local amenities Ref: 1034 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, residential area. Private pool: fully fenced off: pets welcome Ref: 783 Price 750 5 Secret Valley: Large villa fully furnished in modern style, lovely large gardens, Private pool, quiet residential area, near golf area: Ref: 1171 Price €1000 6 Emba: 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 Mandria: Bed quality furnished large villa with private pool, off street parking, under floor heating, full AC, residential area: Ref: 1175 Price €1100 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 Call 96 545 174 for more info and to arrange a viewing. 2. KISSONERGA 2 bed town house, small garden, off street parking, close to bus and shops. NO POOL €350 pcm Call 96 545 174 for more info and to arrange a viewing 3. SEA FRONT 2 bed apartment with massive balcony, fully furnished, parking. a/c, comm. pool, on site facilities, walking distance to amenities. €435 pcm Call 96 545 174 for more info and to arrange a viewing 4. PAPHOS 2 bed 2 bathroom house, a/c, ceiling fans, fly screens, storage, satellite TV, private parking, swimming pool, From €390 pcm Call 96 545 174 for more info and to arrange a viewing. 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. ****************************** PROPERTY RENTALS From 250 Euros per month. Villas and apartments available. Also wanted for waiting clients. www.johnalice-properties.com johnalicecy@gmail. com Tel: 00357 99984681 FOR RENT 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

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***************************** BRAND NEW APT, opposite Poseidonio Gym, near Carrefour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from €340p.m.Tel 99403261 **************************** MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE

3. PEYIA €700 price includes pool cleaning. if you are looking for a villa with breathtaking views & privacy than this property is for you. This modern detached 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom villas is furnished with modern furniture, including satellite TV. One bedroom & bathroom on ground ﬂoor. A spacious enclosed garden with private pool offering stunning views. Off street parking. website reference number: rtl_401

1. KATO PAPHOS €450 sea front property with amazing sea views. We are delighted to offer this 2 bedroom apartment, recently refurbished to a high standard. Fully furnished & with covered parking. Walking distance to the harbour & many local amenities. Seconds from the beach. Balcony with sea views. website reference number: rtl_636 2. SEA CAVES €550 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

4. TALA €725 modern 3 bedroom detached villa located in a peaceful residential area between Tala & Kamaras offering sea & mountain views. Separate kitchen with top brand appliances Inc dishwasher. Includes central heating, ﬂyscreens & sky satellite. Private pool & enclosed garden with storage. Available unfurnished or furnished. website reference number: rtl_566 5. KONIA €750 spacious 3 bedroom 2 bathroom bungalow (168 sq meters) on plot size of 707 sq meters. Situated in a quiet residential area offering enclosed easy maintenance 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 6. MANDRIA €750 modern detached 4 bedroom villa, master with ensuite. Fully enclosed

TO LET PAPHOS 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 7. CHLORAKA €800 spacious modern detached villa situated in lower Chloraka opposite orange groves, offering stunning sea views. 3 bedrooms, master with ensuite. Guest wc. Tastefully decorated and furnished with modern furniture. Real fireplace for those winter months. Private gated drive. Surrounding the property is a large landscaped garden with private pool. website reference number: rtl_326 8. PEYIA €850 spacious detached 4 bedroom luxury villa, offering stunning sea views. Private pool fully enclosed garden, garage, basement for storage & separate utility room. Modern fitted kitchen with Miele kitchen appliances & granite work tops. Private drive. Available unfurnished. Fantastic property! website reference number: rtl_504 Tel: 97790883 office: 26271858 visit our website for many more properties www.mrrent-paphos.net email: info@ mrrent-paphos.net **************************** RENTAL POINT - PAPHOS

TO LET PAPHOS PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!! 1. MESA CHORIO – 2 bed 2 bath

TO LET PAPHOS fully furnished ground ﬂoor apartment set on an elevated position on this prestigious development. Open plan living area. Good sized kitchen. 2 double , bedrooms, master with en-suite shower room. Family bathroom. Large patio areas with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views. Covered parking and security gates.. Comm swimming pool, and landscaped gardens. Euros

TO LET PAPHOS 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. Eu-

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS ros 500.00 a month. Suit nondrivers! 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. KISSONERGA - 3 bed 2 bath unfurnished villa. Set in enclosed gardens the villa consists of open plan living area. Full fitted 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. 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

TO LET PAPHOS per month or close offers. 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 APARTMENTS/TOWNHOUSES AND VILLA PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/OWNERS PLEASE CALL PLEASE CALL 97648440 or email:- inforentals@aol.com ***************************** REFURBISHED stone-built village house located in Kili Paphos. Consists of 3 large rooms 1 small. Traditional wood burnt fireplace, fully tiled secluded yard and garage. Tel: 99210610. *****************************

ATHENS ***************************** TO LET Ambelokipi, off Kifisias Ave. Penthouse, one bedr. flat, renovated, large fitted kitchen, balcony 10 sq.m. Very close to Panormou metro, buses, trolleys to centre, all shops nearby. Rent: €350. Tel: 97-694336, 22-428200. *****************************

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HOUSE FOR SALE/RENT new independent 4 bedrooms house located in Kaithea (Latsia) area in Nicosia. The house is build on a plot of 299 sq m, with covered area 147 sq m. Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom. Provision for central heating and a/c. Price for sale: €265.000 incl VAT. Price for rent: €900 monthly. For further information or to arrange a viewing please contact 99844789 ***************************** 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. *****************************

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

LARNACA ***************************** ARADIPPOU, Larnaca Magniﬁcient Villa fully furnished reduced by thousands to €280,000. 3 - 4 bedrooms, lounge (marble ﬂoors), dining/ sitting, utility, kitchen, ensuite, bathroom. Many extras. Walk in condition e-mail: weetotie@cytanet.com.cy or phone 97851329 ***************************** PERVOLIA 4 Bed house for sale with Full Title Deeds. 160m

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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. Cov-

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ered area 96sq. mtrs.

rooms 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.

4. UNIVERSAL- 2 Bedroom end of terrace Townhouse, situated close to the new school and bus route, with front 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 en-suite, 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 bed-

For further details please contact 99874804 or E-mail: rocpropertiescyp@gmail.com ***************************** FOR SALE: Very nice penthouse, next to Carrefour/Paphos, 2 bedroom, 2 covered verandas, sea and mountain view. Title deed. Built in 2001. asking price: €105.000, negotiable. Please contact the owner Andreas phone no: 99489260 or +46766778477 ***************************** FOR SALE VILLA WITH TITLE DEEDS 3/4 beds, 3 baths, private pool, roof terrace with sea and mountain views, fully furnished, a/cs’ in all rooms, excellent condition, many extras. €230,000 negotiable. Phone 99058398 ***************************** KISSONERGA – PAPHOS, 3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in quiet edge of village, near all facilities shops etc, 2 bath, a/c, fly screens, fans, 6 mins from the beach, title deeds, €115.000 o.n.o tel: 26 950923/ 99987694 ***************************** 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.

PROPERTY FOR SALE NICOSIA *****************************

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION On May 21st, 2012 in accordance with Section 14.81.1 C of the Liberian Business Corporation ActDogonLtd (“Company”) with registration number C-37274 doing business at 9 Marikas Kotopouli Street, 3030 Limassol the shareholders have agreed to dissolve the Company. 1. All claims against the assets of the Company must be made in writing and include the claim amount, basis and origination date. 2. The deadline for submitting claims is 23rd November 2012 3. Any claims that are not received by the company prior to the date set forth above will not be recognized. 5. All claims and payments must be sent to P. O Box 53766, 3317 Limassol, Cyprus Dated: March 22nd, 2012. Camilla Strømstad Liquidation board

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION On September 10th, 2012 in accordance with Section 14.81.1 C of the Liberian Business Corporation Act Hinchinbrook Shipping Company (“Company”) with registration number C-113093 doing business at 9 Marikas Kotopouli Street, 3030 Limassol the shareholders have agreed to dissolve the Company. 1. All claims against the assets of the Company must be made in writing and include the claim amount, basis and origination date. 2. The deadline for submitting claims is 11th April 2013 3. Any claims that are not received by the company prior to the date set forth above will not be recognized. 5. All claims and payments must be sent to P. O Box 53766, 3317 Limassol, Cyprus Dated: September 10th, 2012 Camilla Strømstad Liquidation board.

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Nicosia ........................22 802 020 Limassol ......................25 805 050 Larnaca .......................24 804 040 Paphos ........................26 806 060 Famagusta ..................23 803 030

Nicosia General .............22-801400 Nicosia Makarios ...........22-405000 Limassol Old ................25-305333 Limassol New ................25-801100 Larnaca Old...................24-630312 Larnaca New .................24-630300 Paphos ..........................26-821800 Famagusta ....................23-821211

Drug Law Enforcement Unit ......................................... 1498 (Confidential Information) Rescue Co-ordination Centre ............................. 1441 (Immediate Response Service for Aeronautical or Maritime Accident & Incidents) Game Fund Service: (Wildlife and hunting) Central offices (Nicosia): 22867786, 22-867897 Nicosia: 22-664606, 99-445697 Limassol: 25-343800, 99-445728, Larnaca/Famagusta: 24-805128, 99-634325 Paphos: 26-306211, 99-445679 Forest Fires ..................... 1407

Narcotics Helpline ......... 1410 (Outside hours.............. 22-304160) AIDS Advisory Bureau ................................ 22-302826 Domestic Violence Centre .......................................... 1440 (Emergency Centre for Victims) Drug Info & Poison Control ............... 1401 Cyprus Samaritans ... 77777267 Police Duty Officer ......... 1499 (Confidential Information) Airports Larnaca ..........................77778833 Paphos ...........................77778833

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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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07.00 NRG Zone 08.00 Kids’ TV Shown till 12.30, then repeated till mid-afternoon. 16.30 FIFA World Cup 2014 Magazine 17.00 History Of UEFA EURO (rpt) 1968. Hosts Italy needed a coin toss to reach the ﬁnal and their luck continued as they beat Yugoslavia in a hastily arranged replay. 18.00 Biz/Emeis 18.50 News In English 19.00 News In Turkish 20.00 NRG Zone 21.00 A Touch of Frost: In The Public Interest Fourteenth season. The naked bodies of three men are found placed in the shape of a triangle, leading Jack to suspect the work of a satanic cult. Drama, starring David Jason. 2007. 22.30 Top Gear A helping of fourwheel features, test-drives, races, challenges and antics. 23.30 Ghost Whisperer Fifth season of paranormal drama. ‘Lost in the Shadows’. Melinda worries when the ghost of a threatening young girl befriends Aiden, and her worst fears are conﬁrmed when her son suddenly goes missing. 00.00 Repeats

06.10 Proini Enimerosi 06.40 Kai oi Pantremeni Ehoun Psihi (rpt) 08.20 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 9.10 Oi Men kai oi Den 0 (rpt) 09.40 Ellas to Megaleio Sou (rpt) 10.30 O Polemos Ton Astron (rpt) 12.10 Niose Me (rpt) 13.00 News 13.20 Mera Mesimeri 14.00 Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) 14.50 Tin Patisa (rpt) 15.50 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 16.40 Eva Luna 17.30 Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) With News at 18.00. 19.20 Niose Me 20.20 News 21.20 FILM: The Blind Side Drama, starring Sandra Bullock in her Oscar-winning performance. 2009. See Film Picks. 23.20 Private Practice First season of medical series, actually a ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ spin-off centring on the life of neonatal surgeon Addison Montgomery. ‘In Which Addison Finds a Showerhead’. 00.10 News 00.15 Sports News 00.30 Kai Oi Pantremenoi Ehoun Psihi (rpt) 01.20 Ellas To Megaleio Sou (rpt) 02.10 Tmima Ithon (rpt) 04.00 News 04.30 Epithimies (rpt)

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Kids’ TV Top Models S’Agapo Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Melrose Place Second season of glossy drama. With News at 18.30. News Sports Time Rubi FILM: Just Married Romantic comedy, starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy. 2003. See Film Picks. FILM: No Way Back After a sting operation goes wrong, an FBI agent embarks on a desperate race to rescue his kidnapped son from the clutches of a mobster. Action adventure, starring Russell Crowe. 1996. FILM: Anacondas The Hunt For The Blood Orchid A scientiﬁc expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a ﬂower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant longer life. Meanwhile, they run foul of snakes and each other. low-budget thriller, starring Johnny Messner. 2004.

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

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

BFBS 1 (N’sia 91.7, WSBA 92.1, ESBA 99.6 FM) 02.00 Groove Collective 04.00 BFBS Shufﬂe 05.00 Ops Breakfast 06.00 Cyprus Breakfast 09.00 Wez Thompson 10.00 Cyprus Morning 12.00 Total Ops Gini Carlin 15.00 Cyprus Afternoon 18.00 Charlene Guy 21.00 Jessie Aru 00.00 The Vibe

BFBS 2 (Ni’sia 89.7, WSBA 89.9, ESBA 95.3 FM) 03.00 BFBS Radio News 03.03 BFBS Gold With Dave Windsor 04.00 Up All Night 07.00 Morning Reports 07.30 Wake Up To Money 08.00 Today 11.00 Gareth John 14.00 BFBS Gold With Dave Windsor 15.00 World At One 15.45 Simon Marlow 19.00 PM 20.00 6 O’Clock News 20.30 Five Live Drive 21.00Five Live Sport 00.30 Five Night Live LiveCyBC2 (91.1, 92.4 FM) 06.00-07.30 Programmes in Turkish with News at 7.30 07.40 Good morning Cyprus 10.00-12.00 Kalimerhamba 12.00 Gunortasa 12.45 Greek Cyprus Press 13.00 Turkish Music 13.15 News in Turkish 13.30 News in English 13.45 PM Classics 16.00 Greek Radio 16.15 Our country doesn’t divide 16.50 News in Turkish 17.00-18.00 Programmes in Armenian; News at 17.15 18.0020.00 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 00.0006.00 Rebroadcast of the evening’s programme Radio Napa (106.3 FM) 06.00 Morning Music 08.30 BBC World Today 09.00 News, Weather and Exchange 09.05 Nathan Morley 12.00 BBC News

12.06 Lunchtime Classics 15.00 BBC News 15.06 Chris Yearley 18.00 News 18.06 Michael Godin 19.00 The Juke Box

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

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, October 19, 2012

Television PICK OF THE DAY The Man in the Moon (Sigma, 22.20) Poor Sigma. Poor Sigma viewers, tuning in to a Reese Witherspoon fi lm with hopes of watching something Legally Blonde-ish. Shiny perky Reese, the little blonde fi recracker; you know the drill - and Reese is indeed fiery and perky in The Man in the Moon, but she’s so ... young. Why, she’s just a baby! She must be - what, 14 years old? (She was actually 15 when it came out.) And the fi lm itself isn’t what the Sigma crowd expect, either - not a fluffy comedy but a thoughtful coming-of-age drama, set in rural Louisiana in the 1950s. There are actually two American fi lms set in the South tonight on free TV, and the differences between them are instructive. The Blind Side [see Film Picks] won an Oscar with its shallow, brassy style; the more subtle, more low-key, more literary Man in the Moon didn’t even get nominated - though Reese did pick up a Best Young Actress nomination at the Young Artist Awards, losing to Thora Birch in Paradise which is actually not entirely daft (also among the nominees was Milla Jovovich for Return to the Blue Lagoon! Hollywood had some good young actresses in the early 90s). Reese is Dani, our 14-year-old heroine, growing up on a farm with her parents and two sisters. Dad (Sam Waterston) is strict but fair - but

Dani’s in the throes of adolescence, obsessing over Elvis Presley and the new boy next door (Jason London), not necessarily in that order. Jason is older, closer in age to Dani’s older sister who’s heading off to college - but she falls in love with him, and eventually he reciprocates. Their ﬁ rst kiss is just a matter of time. That synopsis makes the ﬁ lm sound horribly twee and sickly - but in fact there are dark undercurrents, including a whipping with a belt, a serious injury and (shockingly) an accidental death at the climax, not to mention the turbulent emotions between the characters. I haven’t seen it since it came out, when of course none of us knew what we were watching in Reese Witherspoon - and I’m sure it works even better now, with the future Oscar winner showing off her precocious talent. “The Man in the Moon is a wonderful movie,” wrote critic Roger Ebert at the time, “but it is more than that, it is a victory of tone and mood. It is like a poem”. Do Sigma viewers really want a cinematic poem on a Friday night, in between Oikogeniakes Istories and the hyperactive energy of C.S.I.? I assume they don’t - and it’s really a shame, since they’re likely to miss out. Poor Sigma viewers. Made in 1991.

Preston Wilder

FILM PICKS

SATELLITE

Nobody (LTV, 21.00) “When a man stares into the mirror, what is it that stares back?” comes the question in this unusually ambitious straight-to-DVD thriller. Costas Mandylor is our hero, a hitman roaming the streets of a dark city in search of his quarry, only to be targeted himself by a mysterious stranger who seems to anticipate his every move - which is where things get weird. “People he meets don’t remember him,” explains the synopsis. “Wounds he sustains vanish from his skin. He’s caught up in an inexplicable loop where events repeat themselves”. A case of parallel dimensions, Time folding in on itself, etc - and the fact that something so bizarre never got a proper release means either (a) that it’s just too smart for the mass audience or (b) that it’s missing some vital element, ending up as a collection of baroque bits and pieces. “Barely one and a half hours long, it felt like a 3 hour torture chamber,” says a hater at the Internet Movie Database, making the case for (b). Made in 2007.

Just Married (Capital, 21.00) From the strikingly original to the aggressively unoriginal - and in fact I had to check the trailer just to remind myself which Ashton Kutcher comedy this is: not the one where he and the girl pretend to be a couple (that’s What Happens in Vegas), or the one where they spend years trying to get together (that’s A Lot Like Love) but the one with the Honeymoon From Hell, poor boy Ashton and rich girl Brittany Murphy getting hitched and going off to Europe only to suffer one ‘hilarious’ disaster after another. Not a terrible idea for a Friday-night comedy - except that the whole ﬁ lm appears to be targeted at 12-year-old girls; “Do you feel like ... it?” asks Brittany coyly on their wedding night, leading to an awkward discussion on whether they should or they shouldn’t (on their wedding night!). Then it’s mostly slapstick (heads banged, people falling down), the inevitable slew of fart and gross jokes and Kutcher showing off his aptitude for mugging and gurning. Not good. Made in 2003.

Puss in Boots (Novacinema1, 19.20) 01:20 The Weakest Link 02:05 Five Daughters 02:55 EastEnders 03:25 Doctors 03:50 Victoria Wood’s Midlife Christmas 04:50 Paradox 05:45 Him & Her 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Bobinogs 07:10 Gigglebiz 07:25 The Green Balloon Club 07:50 Balamory 08:10 Bobinogs 08:20 Gigglebiz 08:35 The Green Balloon Club 09:00 Balamory 09:20 Little Prairie Dogs 09:30 Fawlty Towers 10:05 Mastermind 10:35 The Weakest Link 11:20 EastEnders 11:50 Doctors 12:20 Monarch Of The Glen 13:10 The Planets 14:00 Fawlty Towers 14:35 Mastermind 15:05 The Weakest Link 15:50 EastEnders 16:20 Doctors 16:45 Monarch Of The Glen 17:35 The Planets 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 Orang-Utan Diary 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Robin Hood 21:00 Lead Balloon 21:30 Him & Her 22:00 Steve Coogan - The Inside Story 22:50 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 23:20 Live At The Apollo 00:05 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:50 Being Erica

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Wheeler Dealers 08:15 American Chopper 09:10 Dirty Jobs 10:05 Deadliest Catch 10:55 Ultimate Survival 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 How It’s Made 12:40 Extreme Engineering 13:35 Fifth Gear 14:30 Wheeler Dealers 15:25 American Chopper 16:20 Mythbusters 17:15 Dirty Jobs 18:10 Deadliest Catch 19:05 Ultimate Survival 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Penn & Teller Tell A Lie 22:00 Deception With Keith Barry 23:00 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 01:00 Rampage! 01:55 Penn & Teller Tell A Lie 02:50 Deception With Keith Barry 03:50 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

The Blind Side (Antenna, 21.20) Sandra Bullock won an Oscar as a blonde, bossy Southern lady, the kind of role Reese Witherspoon [see Pick of the Day] can play in her sleep - and the ﬁ lm has her adopting a troubled black kid from a broken home, a hulking teenager who’s shy to the point of seeming simple-minded but does play a mean game of football. Needless to say, he blossoms under Sandra’s love and tutelage - and the ﬁ lm is feelgood but dodgy, blithely unconcerned with the ethics of showing blacks as big helpless children in need of guidance from rich white do-gooders. Based on a true story. Made in 2009.

Just Married (Capital, 21.00)

09:30 FIA World Touring Car Championship 10:00 Cycling: Tour Of Hangzhou/ China 12:00 Tennis: WTA Tournament Moscow 15:00 Snooker: European Tour Belgium 22:00 Boxing: Bigger’s Better-Heavy Weight Contest: Bigger’s Better 00:00 Strongest Man: Giants Live In Hungary 01:00 Motorsports: GTA Road To Dubai 01:15 Tennis: WTA Tournament Moscow 02:00 Cycling: Tour Of Hangzhou/China

05:30 How I Met Your Mother 06:15 Lie To Me 07:00 Criminal Minds 07:45 The Simpsons 08:10 The Cleveland Show 08:35 Rules Of Engagement 09:25 How I Met Your Mother 10:15 Lie To Me 11:00 Criminal Minds 11:45 The Simpsons 12:10 The Cleveland Show 12:35 Rules Of Engagement 13:25 How I Met Your Mother 14:15 The Finder 15:00 Criminal Minds 15:45 The Simpsons 16:10 The Cleveland Show 16:35 Rules Of Engagement 17:25 How I Met Your Mother 18:15 Lie To Me 19:00 Criminal Minds 19:50 The Simpsons 20:15 The Cleveland Show 20:40 Rules Of Engagement 21:30 The Finder 23:10 Lie To Me 23:55 Homeland 00:45 The Walking Dead 01:35 How I Met Your Mother 02:25 Lie To Me 03:10 Criminal Minds 03:55 The Simpsons 04:20 The Cleveland Show 04:45 Terriers

07:00 Pawn Stars 07:30 Storage Wars 08:00 The Universe 09:00 Lock N’ Load 10:00 Pawn Stars 10:30 Storage Wars 11:00 WWII: Europe’s Secret Army 12:00 Ice Road Truckers 6 13:00 Ax Men 5 14:00 Lock N’ Load 15:00 The Universe 16:00 Ice Road Truckers 6 17:00 Ax Men 5 18:00 Lock N’ Load 19:00 The Universe 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:30 Storage Wars 21:00 WWII: Europe’s Secret Army 22:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 2 23:00 WWII: Europe’s Secret Army 00:00 Pawn Stars 00:30 Storage Wars 01:00 WWII: Europe’s Secret Army 02:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 2 03:00 WWII: Europe’s Secret Army 04:00 The Universe 05:00 Lock N’ Load 06:00 WWII: Europe’s Secret Army

07:30 Twilight 09:15 The Boxer 11:00 Hesher 12:45 Videofashion 13:15 Stand And Deliver 15:00 Hollywood Buzz 15:30 Being Human 17:45 Be Kind Rewind 19:30 Hollywood Buzz 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Nobody 23:00 The American 00:50 Hustler TV 02:45 Leaves Of Grass 04:45 King Solomon’s Mines 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Tom & Jerry Kids 07:25 Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs 07:50 The Tom & Jerry Show 08:15 Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky And The Brain 08:40 Loonatics Unleashed 09:05 Scooby-Doo Where Are You! 09:30 Superman: The Animated Series 09:55 The Looney Tunes Show 10:20 Tak & The Power Of Juju 10:45 Fanboy & Chum Chum 11:10 The X’s 11:35 Ni Hao, Kai-Lan 12:00 Dora The Explorer 12:25 Spongebob Squarepants 13:15 The Mighty B! 13:40 My Life As A Teenage Robot 14:05 Hey Arnold! 14:30 Icarly 15:20 Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! 15:45 Histeria! 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 Atp World Tour Uncovered 17:30 Planet Speed 18:00 Barclays Premier League World 18:30 Bmx Supercross World Cup 19:00 Federer - Spirit Of A Champion 19:30 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 23:30 Barclays Premier League Preview 00:00 La Liga Show 2012-13 00:30 Three For The Show 01:30 Espn Original Documentaries 02:30 Dog Show 04:00 2010 World’s Strongest Man 05:00 Volvo Ocean Race 06:30 Legends Of Cricket

07:15 Aliens In America 08:00 Two And A Half Men 08:30 Luck 09:30 Harry’s Law 10:30 Chuck 11:15 Supernatural 12:45

90210 13:30 Aliens In America 14:15 Luck 15:15 Harry’s Law 16:05 Big Bang Theory 16:30 According To Jim 17:15 Southland 18:00 C.S.I. New York 19:00 90210 19:45 Trust Me 20:30 Friends 21:00 Strike Back 22:40 Boardwalk Empire 23:40 The Mentalist 00:25 School For Scoundrels 02:20 The Strangers 03:50 Big Bang Theory 04:15 According To Jim 05:00 Southland 05:45 C.S.I. New York 06:30 90210

18:40 The Way Back 21:00 I Am Number Four 23:00 «Bloody Fridays» Paranormal Activity 2 00:35 Cine News 01:30 Bree’s College Daze 03:30 Kill Bill: Vol.2

18:55 Afti I Nyxta Meni 21:00 No Reservations 22:50 Dead Poet’s Society 01:00 Morning Glory 02:50 Little White Lies 08:20 Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel 09:50 Consenting Adults 11:30 L’ Etoile Du Soldat 13:15 The Sunset Limited 15:00 The Mask 16:45 The Ant Bully 18:15 The Dead Girl 20:00 Charlie Valentine 22:00 The Nanny Diaries 00:05 Daring! TV 03:25 Immortals 05:15 Lost & Found

07:00 The Living Edens 08:00 Breaking Up The Biggest 09:00 Air Crash Investigation 10:00 Indestructibles 11:00 Hollywood Bear Tragedy 12:00 Seconds From Disaster 13:00 Known Universe 14:00 Hooked 15:00 Hollywood Bear Tragedy 16:00 Headshrinkers Of The Amazon 17:00 Seconds From Disaster 18:00 History’s Secrets 19:00 Dog Whisperer 20:00 Inside: Pickpocket King 21:00 Scam City 22:00 Banged Up Abroad 23:00 America’s Hardest Prisons 00:00 Scam City 01:00 Banged Up Abroad 02:00 Dog Whisperer 03:00 Inside: Pickpocket King 04:00 Scam City 05:00 Banged Up Abroad 06:00 America’s Hardest Prisons

05:35 Starsky & Hutch 07:15 Gran Torino 09:10 Skellig 10:55 Mad On Novacinema 11:30 Despicable Me 13:10 West Is West 15:00 «Love Stories» Manolete 18:45 Stars In Style 19:20 Puss In Boots 21:00 Ncis X - Phoenix 22:00 Spinning Into Butter 23:35 Drive 01:20 Cine News 01:50 The Tomb 03:25 House Of The Rising Sun - 2011

06:20 Pay It Forward 08:30 Cine News 09:10 Water For Elephants 11:10 The Perfect Storm 13:30 Music Of The Heart 15:35 Habemus Papam 17:20 Spotlight On 17:55 X-Men: First Class 20:10 Beginners 22:00 Larry Crowne 23:45 Billy Bathgate 01:35 Blitz 03:15 Cine News 04:10 30 Minutes Or Less

02:00 FOX College Football Preview Show 02:30 MLB: NLCS Game 4 TBA at TBA Date and Time Tentative 05:30 NHL TBA Date and Time Tentative 08:00 Programming TBA 09:00 Golf Central International 09:30 Programming TBA 11:00 Inside the PGA Tour 11:30 FOX College Football Preview Show 12:00 NHL TBA Date and Time Tentative 14:30 Asian Tour Asia Paciﬁc Panasonic Open 15:00 European Tour: Andalucia Masters Rd. 2 18:00 PRE GAME 18:45 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012-13: AEP VS AYIA NAPA 20:45 POST GAME 21:30 HIGHLIGHTS (CYPRUS FOOTBALL) 22:00 PGA Tour: The McGladrey Classic Rd. 2 00:00 Hard Parts: South Bronx Lost in Transmission 00:30 Pass Time 01:00 Car Warriors ‘66 Mustang

07:00 Globe Trekker 08:00 The War Of 1812 Trail 09:00 Globe Trekker 10:00 Julian And Camilla’s World Odyssey 11:00 Planet Food - Planet Food 12:00 Globe Trekker 13:00 The World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides 14:00 Planet Sports 15:00 Intrepid Journeys 16:00 Globe Trekker 17:00 Journey Into Wine 19:00 Globe Trekker 22:00 The War Of 1812 Trail 23:00 Globe Trekker 00:00 Essential 00:30 Bert The Conqueror 01:00 Globe Trekker 03:00 The War Of 1812 Trail 04:00 Globe Trekker 05:00 Journey Into Wine

06:00 Never Let Me Go 07:35 San Francisco 09:30 Letter, The 11:05 Mogambo 13:00 Gun Glory 14:30 Honeymoon Machine, The 15:55 Naked Spur, The 17:25 Each Dawn I Die 19:00 Yellow Rolls-Royce, The 21:00 Shaft in Africa 22:45 Color Purple, The 01:15 Boom Town 03:10 All This, and Heaven Too 05:30 TCM Presents Under the Inﬂuence: Laurence Fishburne

Friday, October 19, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL

CRYPTIC 2214

7 PREVIOUS DAY’S SOLUTIONS

Across

1 Inappropriate when wearing a sports jacket? (8)

6 Richard irked about inclusion

of a dagger (4)

8 Lorry that’s cold inside – very cold (6) 9 Some curb a newcomer who’s smooth-mannered (6) 10 Celebrated spring now in the outskirts of Kingston (4-5) 13 Deep sleep mocha (not hot) could produce? (4) 14 Man taking part of president (3) 15 Cornish saint has a place in Cambridgeshire (4) 16 Nut Scotsman has from a South American (9) 19 Los Angeles band ﬁrst having a game (6) 20 In the lead one can be found – unsuccessfully! (2,4) 21 Cut down when gnarled (4) 22 Produce ﬁnish in green possibly (8)

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

16 17 19

MEDIUM

HARD

ing an item of food (8)

7 Famous name now scrambled in a rush (8) 11 More of us involved in small group (8) 12 Damage fastener before tak-

EASY

HARD

17 Four to one, he is a Russian (4)

18 Better half of trouble and strife (4)

passes en route? (7,6)

5 Being deceitful with two packs of cards? (6-7)

6 Girl shortly broadcasting that she is carefree (8)

Rating EASY

latest developments (2,2)

4 Polite request for travel

Rating HARD

2 Name on chest of informer (4) 3 As far as being aware of the

CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Detail; 4 & 9 Father Christmas; 10 Ait; 11 Debater; 13 Upper; 14 Stipulation; 18 Steal; 19 In check; 21 Arc; 22 Velveteen; 24 Deport; 25 Starry. Down – 1 Decide; 2 Tor; 3 Inset; 5 Assault; 6 Headphone; 7 Return; 8 Emerald Isle; 12 Buttercup; 15 Palaver; 16 Island; 17 Skinny; 20 Cleft; 23 Ear. QUICK: Across – 1 Regain; 4 Crocus; 9 Container; 10 Rid; 11 Playoff;13 Drift; 14 Suppression; 18 Laden; 19 Sapient; 21 Pun; 22 Cavalcade; 24 Prefer; 25 Extent. Down – 1 Recipe; 2 Gen; 3 Imago; 5 Reredos; 6 Carnivore; 7 Sedate; 8 Inoffensive; 12 Abundance; 15 Panache; 16 Slip-up; 17 Street; 20 Phlox; 23 Axe.

Rating EASY

Down

Rating MEDIUM

Answers to crossword 2213

QUICK Across

Down

1 Offered in payment (8) 6 Dressing-gown (4) 8 Coiffure (6) 9 Yellowish-green ﬁnch

2 Test of knowledge (4) 3 Without light (4) 4 Thoroughly (4-3-6) 5 Impartial (13) 6 Steadfast (8) 7 Perfectly happy (8) 11 Rigorous examina-

(6)

10 Not to be discouraged (9)

HOROSCOPE

13 Nevertheless (4) 14 Expected to arrive (3) 15 Tightly drawn (4) 16 Kept safe (9) 19 Cardboard box (6) 20 High-spirited girl (6) 21 Small chimney (4) 22 Pleasure-seeker (8)

tion (8)

12 Aniseed liqueur (8) 17 So be it (4) 18 Fling up (4)

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

This is a day when there is a lot of planetary energy helping you to be progressive, and hopeful. Professionally, you can do well by outlining long term plans, and especially if you are prepared to travel, or be more ﬂexible about your own personal needs. You can also demonstrate a shrewd ability to wisely marshal yours or others’ resources.

Mars is the kingpin for you today, for it, along with the Moon, occupy a friendly zone Leo. This can help you to express yourself in a relaxed way, even if Mercury the planet of talk and thought, is not located in the most garrulous position just now. You also have a more risk taking element to your nature, which you may also express.

Both the Moon and Mars are in your sign today, so this can make for a lively energy - or will it? Mercury continues in a becalmed part of your situation, which can see you more doubtful or tongue tied than you might want to let on, or that you ordinarily feel. In fact, there is plenty of upbeat energy. Still, you might wonder exactly who you can rely upon.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

Pluto has been pushing you for near to four years to be more progressive, and be less welded to the things you know best. Comfort is all very well, but less so if it is actually restrictive, or dull. Today, look for information that may be less obvious, to aid this. Research can help, as can a person you seem to be chiming really well with now.

There seems to be no shortage of good news, friendly chat and all around bubbly vibes spinning your way, so why might you be doubting this? Part of it could be impatience to see more tangible results. Or it could be because you can’t quite believe this can happen to you. If it’s the latter, it’s time to give yourself a reassuring vote of conﬁdence.

If a colleague suggests taking up a new activity after work, or you get to know a fellow parent through a child’s schooling, this could turn out to be a very enduring friendship Capricorn. That you understand one another’s wider pressures and responsibilities can make it supportive in a way that a more sociable alliance doesn’t always ﬁgure out.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

The more you can tune into others today, the better. It may not be the case that anything electrifyingly important will be uttered in your direction, but a greater perceptiveness of what you can gain from others, is generally going to be in your best interests. An unusual piece of advice from an advisor can be particularly helpful around ﬁnances or property.

You might find yourself thinking about some past experiences in a new light. The benefit of experience, distance and the passage of time, can give us a very different perspective, and this is exactly the kind of journey you can find yourself on now. And nor is it necessary to get dewy eyed about all this. The chances are you can come to a better place though.

You can ﬁnd yourself in a clubbable mood or happy to hang out alone. If it is the latter, this will be because you need the time, quite naturally, to collect your thoughts. The duality between shining light at the heart of things, and loner, is one of the contradictions of your zodiac sign, but it also makes you all the more fascinating, and your own person.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Mercury and Venus continue their extended love-in. This started in the early days of the month and will continue until its end. However, this has not been a consistent inﬂuence, and will eventually go through three phases. Currently we are on phase two, and this can stimulate lots of exchanges with others, and perhaps a ﬂirty one too.

Friends can appreciate you taking the lead, and yet there may be another part of you that is reluctant to do this. Mercury is supercharging you, the Sun in a subtle way, pegging you back. This will all change early next week, and you will ﬁnd the spark to really move forwards. However, for now you may oscillate between the two positions.

Your feelings might be closer to the surface today, or was it yesterday that you found it trickier to disguise how you really felt? But then again, your emotional state can go through several gear shifts every day, but this ﬂuidity may be more to the fore now. Fortunately, the most charismatic side of your nature has plenty of scope to glow.

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, October 19, 2012

Sport Moufflons get a starring role in Rugby World By Alexander McCowan IN the current edition of Rugby World magazine which hardly ever mentions the minnows of the international game there is a double page spread on the fortunes of the mighty Moufﬂons otherwise known as the Cyprus International Rugby Team. For those familiar with international rugby the idea of a team completing a season without loss is remarkable. Even the All Blacks manage to lose the odd game -

but for a team to chalk up fifteen consecutive wins is truly astonishing, especially when it is considered that this was achieved by the most junior member of the European Rugby Federation, and reflects a five-year campaign against countries with a greater experience of the game and a much larger pool of players. The current world record is eighteen games without loss and is held by Lithuania. The Rugby World staff are speculating that Cyprus, fifteen games to the

good, are quite capable of overtaking them this season. Of the 74 competing rugby countries Cyprus is ranked 19th by the International Rugby Board -New Zealand is number 1. The national side was promoted last season from European Division 2C after going eight games without loss, amassing 475 points with 46 against. This year they will be competing in the European Cup – in the section containing Austria, Slovenia, Bulgaria

and Hungary - none are rated within 20 places of Cyprus. There will home and away games, which will be a strain on the Moufﬂons’ meagre resources. The players are amateurs and pay a contribution to their expenses. The Cyprus Sports Federation provided the team with 22,000 euros last year to cover four away Games - Finland, Greece, Bulgaria and Luxembourg and the funding of two sevens competitions in England and Poland.

Men of war: high emotions during the playing of the Cyprus national anthem

Cyprus gears up for IRC and Mid-East rally spectacular Top drivers determined to prove their mettle in the sun IN less than three weeks, the sunshine island of Cyprus will once again resound to the distinctive roar of highperformance competitive vehicles as the world’s best drivers gather in the eastern Mediterranean to tackle the ever-thrilling Cyprus Rally. Set to run from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th November, the Cyprus Rally will once again be organised by the Cyprus Automobile Association (CAA) and will serve as both the season closer of the 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC), and the penultimate round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship. 2011 saw this mixed surface event host a thrilling fiveway fight for the IRC drivers’ crown, which was eventually won by Skoda UK’s Andreas Mikkelsen. The 2012 Cyprus Rally promises to be no less exciting, with top drivers arriving on the island determined to prove their mettle in the sun. The Cyprus Rally will also count towards this year’s FIA Middle East Rally Cup for Group N Drivers, the IRC Production Cup, and the IRC 2WD Cup. While the IRC Manufacturers title was already secured at the most recent IRC event (Skoda took the title in San Remo at the weekend – its third in as many years), drivers will still be keen to take advantage of the coefficient 2 status of the Cyprus event to double any points they secure here.

IN BRIEF Baghdatis through in Stockholm MARCOS Baghdatis breezed into the quarter-ﬁnals of the Stockholm Open yesterday when his opponent Alejandro Falla was forced to retire in the second set while losing 6-0 3-0. The exact reason for the Colombian’s retirement was not immediately clear, leaving the Cypriot barely breaking sweat in an easy 45minute workout. The extra rest may turn out to be an advantage when he takes on Ricardas Berankis in the last eight after the 22-year old upset fourth seeded German Florian Mayer in three long sets. Baghdatis has never played the 95th ranked Lithuanian at an ATP World Tour, Grand Slam or Davis Cup main draw event.

Top field at Tiger’s event Last year saw this mixed surface event host a thrilling ﬁve-way ﬁght for the IRC drivers’ crown, which was eventually won by Skoda UK’s Andreas Mikkelsen After proving successful with drivers and fans alike last year, the Cyprus Rally will again be based around the coastal resort of Paphos. Set against a stunning backdrop that includes a historic fort, the town’s picturesque harbour, and one of the island’s most important archaeological sites, the Service Park promises to be a focal point of the event. Then, of course, there are the challenging special stages that make the Cyprus Rally one of the most eagerly anticipated events on the international motorsport calendar. Offering a varied line-up of mixed surface special stages over the weekend, the event will

get underway at 19:00hrs on Friday 2nd November, with Special Stage 1 - a 3.2km alltarmac Super Special Stage through the streets of Pafos. A similar Super Special kicked off last year’s event in dramatic style and is sure to draw the crowds once again.

SPECIAL STAGES As ever, the event will feature a line-up of special stages that make the most of the stunning Cyprus countryside while offering the sort of sporting challenge for which the island is renowned. Saturday will see crews tackle six special stages in the countryside

near Pafos, amounting to 103.52km of competitive action. Day 1 will see drivers cover a total of 354.77km Sunday will see competitors leave service at 07:15 and go on to cover a total of 339.99km, with a further 6 special stages. The ﬁnish will be at the Service Park at 16:56 with a podium prize-giving ceremony to follow. The 2012 Cyprus Rally will see crews cover a total of 694.76km, of which 237.14km will be special stages. 30.97% (73.45km) of the stages will be tarmac, and 69.03% (163.69km) gravel. While the intense summer heat has now passed, the possibility of rainstorms

across the island – particularly in the mountainous areas where the drivers will compete – is sure to add another level of unpredictability to an already thrilling event. A strong ﬁeld of national, regional and international drivers are expected to take to the start ramp on the Friday night, including Qatari ace Nasser Al-Attiyah who has enjoyed a startling run of successes on Cyprus MERC events and will be hungry for more after his win at last weekend’s Jordan Rally. Regulations, Entry Forms, Itineraries and more are now available for download at the ofﬁcial event website – www.cyprusrally.com.cy

TOURNAMENT host Tiger Woods will be joined by two reigning major champions in what he regards as one of the deepest ﬁelds ever seen at the World Challenge, to be played from November 29December 2 in Thousand Oaks, California. Masters champion Bubba Watson and US Open winner Webb Simpson were both named in the elite 18-man ﬁeld for the $5 million invitational event at Sherwood Country Club. Also competing will be fellow US Ryder Cup players Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner, Jim Furyk, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar and Steve Stricker, plus England’s Ian Poulter, Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell and Australian Jason Day.

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Serbia faces tough battle to eradicate fan intolerance

Reims take aim at unbeaten PSG

‘We will have to learn some very tough lessons’

By Dimitri Rahmelow

By Zoran Milosavljevic EVEN a ban from international football may not prove enough to rid Serbia of its perennial problems with racism and hooliganism, such is the deep-rooted intolerance among fans. England’s Danny Rose said he was racially abused by supporters in the Serbian city of Krusevac during Tuesday’s European Under-21 Championship qualiﬁer, which ended in an on-pitch brawl after England won 2-0 on aggregate to reach next year’s ﬁnals. “Unfortunately, we don’t have Maggie Thatcher,” Bosko Jaksic, a columnist for the popular daily Politika, told Reuters in reference to the strong-willed former British prime minister. “This country hasn’t solved the problem of hooliganism at any scale at all and hence some Serbian fans think it’s legitimate to voice racist slogans because they think it’s no worse than booing or jeering their team’s opponents. “They don’t understand the difference, they don’t realise the real dangers of racism and we will have to face the consequences as well as learn some

England’s Danny Rose (right) said he was racially abused by supporters in the Serbian city of Krusevac during Tuesday’s European Under-21 Championship qualifier, which ended in an on-pitch brawl after England won 2-0 on aggregate very tough lessons.” Television footage from the fixture, which England won 1-0 with the last kick of the game, suggested Rose was the victim of incessant monkey chants by hundreds of Serbian fans who also pelted him and his team mates with missiles as they celebrated the goal. Rose was sent off after the final whistle amid a melee among players and officials. The Serbian Football Association (FSS) denied the racism allegations and said in a statement that the home team were provoked by Rose’s “inappropriate, unsportsmanlike and vulgar manner towards

the supporters”. Football violence was rare in communist Yugoslavia, conﬁned to sporadic punch-ups when Belgrade’s big two clubs Red Star and Partizan locked horns with Croatian rivals Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split, or Bosnian frontrunners Sarajevo. That changed in the run-up to the bloody Balkan conﬂicts and the fuse was lit when Red Star’s visit to Dinamo in May 1990 resulted in a mass riot which left 60 people seriously injured, some of them stabbed, shot and poisoned by tear gas. One of the backlashes to

Serbia’s rapidly declining economy and political problems of the past 20 years was domestic football violence, which spiralled out of control with the culprits often getting away with slaps on the wrist if they were punished at all. French fan Brice Taton died in hospital after he was beaten by Partizan fans before a Europa League match against Toulouse in September 2009, two years after a Red Star fan attacked a policeman with a ﬂare and was later jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of attempted murder. The landmark verdict, however, did not stop the hooli-

gans from exporting their violence and Serbia had to play a Euro 2012 qualiﬁer behind closed doors after an October 2010 riot in Italy, when their fans hurled ﬂares onto the pitch. The game in Genoa was abandoned after seven minutes as Serbia fans, who also stormed their own team bus and attacked goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic before kickoff, ignored pleas from the players to behave. Rose, the English players’ association and former England captain Paul Ince have called on UEFA to ban Serbia from international competition.

Neymar shrugs off jet lag with stunning Santos goal By Pedro Fonseca

The striker (right) turned out for Santos only one day after scoring twice for Brazil against Japan

SANTOS striker Neymar, playing only one day after scoring twice for Brazil against Japan in Poland, shrugged off jet leg to score a stunning individual goal in a 2-2 draw with Atletico Mineiro. In another of Wednesday night’s Brazilian championship matches, Bolivia forward Marcelo Moreno was sent off 45 seconds after coming on as a substitute as Gremio drew 2-2 with leaders Fluminense. Santos forward Neymar needed only 12 minutes to make an impact against Ronaldinho’s Mineiro. The 20-year-old received the ball with his back to goal just inside the Mineiro half, ﬂicked it around the outside of one marker and immediately slipped it past a second to leave both players sprawling on the ground. He then carried the ball into the penalty area, cut inside another defender and

ﬁred a low shot into the corner of the goal to put his side 2-0 ahead. Neymar only arrived in Brazil on the morning of the game after the 20-hour trip from Wroclaw where he faced Japan in a friendly. He has missed several Santos games this season due to Brazil call-ups, including the Olympic Games in London, much to the regret of coach Muricy Ramalho. “Unfortunately, he has not played much for us this year and has been greatly missed,” said Ramalho, whose side are ninth with 42 points from 31 games. Argentine striker Ezequiel Miralles had put Santos ahead after only 20 seconds, but Atletico Mineiro hit back with goals from Bernard and former Manchester City forward Jo before the half hour. The game lost momentum after play was halted for 10 minutes following an ugly clash of heads between Mineiro pair Rafael Marques and Leonardo Silva. Players removed advertis-

ing hoardings to try and help the ambulance drive onto the pitch, but it could not get through and Marques had to be taken on a stretcher to the vehicle. He was taken to a hospital but Atletico said he was not seriously hurt. Bernard also had to leave the pitch in the second half after another clash of heads but did not need hospital treatment. Mineiro stayed second in the table, nine points behind leaders Fluminense, who drew 2-2 at home to third-placed Gremio despite Moreno’s quick dismissal. The Bolivian international, who played for his country the previous day in a 4-1 World Cup qualifying win over Uruguay, entered with Gremio 2-1 down and was shown a red card for elbowing Rafael Sobis in the 64th minute. Former Brazil and Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo’s side still managed to snatch a point with a 85th minute goal by Ze Roberto.

REIMS become the latest side to try and end Paris St Germain’s unbeaten start in Ligue 1 on Saturday and will not lack belief or confidence in the capital having settled in nicely after promotion. “We’re not going there to take pictures of the Parc des Princes,” coach Hubert Fournier told reporters. “Do we have nothing to lose in Paris? Well, we actually do. Did the League say no points were awarded in this game?” PSG are second on 16 points, three points behind arch rivals Marseille, after eight matches. Reims are fifth, just two points behind big-spending PSG. “We’ve already quite a few points in our bag, it’s like a safety net,” said Reims defender Anthony Weber. “So we’ll just go out there to have some fun and try to cause an upset.” PSG have won four of their last five Ligue 1 games with Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic netting two spectacular goals in the 2-2 draw at Marseille in their last match. Coach Carlo Ancelotti will have to make do with the absence of Italian holding midfielder Marco Verratti, who is suspended. Marseille also take on another promoted side as they travel to Troyes on Sunday. Unlike Reims, Troyes have found life difficult back in the top flight and are bottom on two points. Marseille defender Rod Fanni said the leaders needed to be cautious. “They may feel they have nothing to lose,” the French international warned on his club’s website (www.om.net). “This game could be a trap.” Coach Elie Baup is determined to keep his side grounded. “We played eight games. There are 30 left,” he said. “Let’s stay united and we’ll get results.” Tonight, sixth-placed Bordeaux look to extend their unbeaten start when they host Lille, who have won only one of their last five games in all competitions. Third-placed Lyon host Brest on Sunday while Corsica gears up for a heated derby between AC Ajaccio and promoted Bastia .

Carlo Ancelotti’s big-spending PSG are still unbeaten

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Roy: Rooney not alone in lacking a cutting edge England boss admits team below best By Simon Stone

Not good enough: Wayne Rooney was substituted after a poor performance despite opening the scoring

ENGLAND boss Roy Hodgson admitted Wayne Rooney was well below his best despite scoring his 32nd international goal in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Poland. Rooney failed to take a golden chance to wrap up victory in the second half, with Kamil Glik proﬁting from a Joe Hart mistake immediately afterwards to earn Poland a point, which even Hodgson admitted was the least they deserved. Rooney was eventually replaced by Alex OxladeChamberlain, having failed to ﬁnd the form he produced as skipper against San Marino last Friday. “A bit of both,” was Hodgson’s response when asked whether the reasoning behind the substitution was physical or tactical. “There was an element of physicality because it looked as though he was tiring. “He couldn’t reproduce his excellent performance against San Marino and we wanted to get a little bit more life and energy into the central area, which (Tom) Cleverley was capable of giving us alongside (Steven) Gerrard and (Michael) Carrick, so Wayne moved wider. “Then, when we thought he was tiring we felt it was the right moment to bring on Alex Oxlade-Chamber-

lain, who gave us some fresh legs.” Poland looked equally capable of scoring in those latter stages though as England stumbled for the second time in their World Cup qualifying group, their chances not helped by Tuesday’s deluge that forced the game to be put back by a day. “On Monday, after the training session on the pitch, the players were looking very sharp and lively,” Hodgson said. “I didn’t get that impression on Wednesday. “I don’t want to give the impression we were hard done by and our opponents weren’t. “But if a game is postponed it is a little bit easier if you are on home soil. We had that extra day and night in the hotel.” The positive, which cannot be dismissed, is that England did not lose and, that penalty shoot-out defeat against Italy at Euro 2012 excepted, remain unbeaten during Hodgson’s 11 games in charge. Their advantage in Group H will have disappeared by the time they next play again as Montenegro, who are just a point behind England, face San Marino next month. However, England’s durability is something Hodgson is convinced will stand them in good stead.

“When you are in a qualifying group, or you are with a league club, there are days when things don’t always go your way,” he said. “On those days it is very important you still come away with a result. “We would have loved to have won it but we didn’t produce good enough football to do that. But we did do enough to avoid defeat and go away with a point.” The Football Association meanwhile has refused to comment on reports that England players used sleeping pills the night before the match. Reports in a number of yesterday’s newspapers have suggested that players used tablets to allow them to get to sleep on Tuesday night following the postponement. There were also claims the players required caffeine pills before kick-off, however, the FA declined to comment when contacted by Press Association Sport. Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, who has 81 England caps, rubbished suggestions that the sleeping pills may have affected the England players’ performance. “What’s all the fuss with caffeine/sleeping tablets?? Players have used them for yrs before + after games without any fuss..,” he wrote on his Twitter page.

Liverpool facing striker crisis LIVERPOOL expect to be without Fabio Borini for around three months after an operation on a fractured bone in his foot. The injury forced the forward’s early return from international duty with Italy Under-21s last week, as he aggravated a problem first suffered in the recent 2-1 defeat to Manchester United. Borini was replaced by young Spaniard Suso at half-time during that game but still joined up with his national team, only to damage the bone further in training ahead of the European Championship qualifier against Sweden. Italy won the tie 4-2 on aggregate. A statement on Liverpool’s official website, www.liverpoolfc.com, read: “Borini was assessed by the club’s medical team upon his return to Melwood (training ground) and a decision was made for the 21-year-old to have surgery. “Typically, an injury of this nature requires a three-month rehabilitation period.” Borini has yet to score in five Barclays Premier League games since his summer move from Roma, with his only goal coming in Europa League qualifying against Belarussian side Gomel. However, his ongoing absence will be keenly felt with Liverpool having only one other senior forward, Luis Suarez, on their books. In other news, Mayor Joe Anderson is confident the city council will not have to repay

an £8.2 million European grant in the wake of Liverpool’s decision to abandon plans for a new stadium. The club this week conﬁrmed they were to push ahead with a redevelopment of Anﬁeld on the back of a regeneration plan for the wider area. Now proposals for a new ground in nearby Stanley Park have been shelved, providing Liverpool can secure the necessary planning permissions and agreements to expand their current home, it raises a question over what happens to the money from the European Regional Development Fund earmarked for improving and preparing the park in advance of any construction work being done. “We are looking at the option of using the money in the wider regeneration sense, and I don’t believe we will have to pay it back,” Anderson told the Liverpool Echo. “If we don’t use it for regeneration or development and leave things as they are, then it would have to be paid, but we don’t think that’s how we are going to approach this.” According to the Echo, in 2010 the Audit Commission reported the risk of having to pay back the money if such an outcome occurred was a “serious concern”. The report stated: “The grant offer was made on the condition that the new Liverpool Football Club stadium will be built in Stanley Park.

Fabio Borini, who has yet to score in ﬁve Premier League games since his move from Roma, is out for three months

Premier League pursuit ‘risks bankrupting clubs’ By Keith Weir ENGLISH clubs are putting their survival at risk by spending heavily to try to win a place in the lucrative Premier League, a report from accountancy firm PKF said yesterday. Television deals have turned English football into a tale of “the haves and have nots” where it was becoming harder to avoid losing money if you were outside the Premier League, said Charles Barnett, head of PKF’s Football Industry Group. “Many clubs outside of the Premier League elite are balanced precariously on the knife edge between survival and insolvency,” added Barnett. “This tension is particularly evident in the Championship (second division), where many clubs gamble with their very survival for a shot at entry to the promised land of the Premier League,” he said. Two-thirds of clubs did not expect to make a profit in their next accounting period if payments for player transfers were not included, according to PKF which surveyed the finance directors of 62 clubs in England and the Scottish Premier League. PKF have first hand experience of dealing with the fall-out from the failure of a club. Administrators from the firm have been running debt-laden Portsmouth since February. Portsmouth were relegated from the Championship at the end of last season and are still negotiating with two potential buyers. The gap between the Premier League and the rest will yawn even wider next season when a new domestic television rights deal worth one billion pounds a season begins for the top flight, 70 per cent up on the current contract. Bigger Championship clubs are attracting the interest of foreign investors eyeing the riches of the Premier League. A group of Kuwaiti investors bought former European champions Nottingham Forest earlier this year and Leeds United have been in takeover talks with Dubaibased investment firm GFH Capital. “There is the opportunity to buy into Premier League revenues at a discounted price,” Barnett said, commenting on the benefits for investors in successful Championship teams. Clubs below the Premier League have adopted rules to cut losses modelled on Financial Fair Play measures being introduced for top European clubs. Eighty-five percent of clubs surveyed said they expected to comply with domestic or European financial rules in the current 2012-13 season.

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361 days later, Terry finally says sorry for foul language Chelsea captain will not contest FA ban By Simon Johnson

J Arsenal lead the way with the most expensive tickets. Their highest-priced ticket for a game costs £126 while £1,955 is their most expensive season ticket

The cost of watching football rises sharply A BBC survey has revealed the average cost of the cheapest adult ticket to watch English league football has risen by 11.7% or more than five times the rate of inflation. The Price of Football poll, which includes figures from 166 clubs in 10 divisions across Britain, found the average price of the most affordable ticket in the top four divisions in England has risen from £19.01 to £21.24 in the last year. The current rate of inflation based on the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) is 2.2%, showing the cost of watching football is rising disproportionately with everyday essential items. Last year, a football fan could have taken in a game for less than £20 at 12 of the 92 English league clubs. This year, only four clubs offer that value Huddersfield, Sheffield United, Derby and Plymouth. Newcastle offer the best value in the Barclays Premier League, with the cost of the cheapest ticket, programme, cup of tea and a pie totalling £23. However, the prize for the team that are the cheapest to support in the football league goes to Sheffield United, with the cost of a ticket, programme, a pie and a cup of tea totalling £17.20. Arsenal lead the way with the most expensive matchday and season tickets. Their highest-priced ticket for a single game costs £126 while £1,955 is their most expensive season ticket. The Gunners’ cheapest season ticket is £985. Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis told BBC Sport the club remains focused on

offering fans value for money, with their cheapest ticket - £26 - £9 cheaper than last season. “We’ve seen ticket prices rise across the game,” Gazidis said. “This isn’t just a football issue. “If you look at the prices of entertainment across the board they have gone up signiﬁcantly in recent years and clearly we now have an environment where people are economically challenged. “What we have done is try to hold those prices down, for example our Capital One Cup prices have been £10 for adults and £5 for children. “What we know, because of the tremendous take up, is that there are people who want to watch top class football but for whom price is a factor. That is something we have to be continually conscious of.” Wigan (£255) and Manchester City (£275) offer the Premier League’s cheapest season tickets, but they are still much more expensive than Scottish third division side Montrose, who boast the cheapest at £90. Celtic charge the most in the Scottish Premier League for their cheapest matchday ticket (£36.30) but they are the only club with a price point over £35. In Scotland, half of the 42 teams, offer football fans a day out for less than £20. Again, it is at Montrose where the cheapest matchday ticket can be bought for just £6. Other ﬁgures reveal the most expensive cup of tea in football can be bought for £2.50 at Manchester United and Manchester City, while Leeds United’s £4 charge for a matchday programme is the most expensive in Britain.

OHN TERRY yesterday issued an apology for the language he used towards Anton Ferdinand as he revealed he will not appeal against the Football Association’s decision to ban him for four games. The Chelsea captain was found guilty by the FA of racially abusing Ferdinand during a Premier League match at Queens Park Rangers 361 days ago despite being cleared at a high-profile court case in July. While Terry insists he is still not happy with the FA’s findings, the defender will not fight their decision. In a statement, he said: “After careful consideration, I have decided not to appeal against the FA judgment. “I want to take this opportunity to apologise to everyone for the language I used in the game. “Although I’m disappointed with the FA judgment, I accept that the language I used, regardless of the context, is not acceptable on the football field or indeed in any walk of life. “As I stated in the criminal case, with the benefit of hindsight my language was clearly not an appropriate reaction to the situation for someone in my position. “My response was below the level expected by Chelsea Football Club, and by me, and it will not happen again. “Looking forward, I will continue to do my part in assisting the club to remove all types of discriminatory behaviour from football. I am extremely grateful for the consistent support of Chelsea FC, the fans and my family.” The official findings by an independent FA panel were released two weeks ago and described Terry’s version of events “improbable, implausible and contrived”, although the panel also made it clear that they did not consider him to be a racist. The 31-year-old, who quit playing for England on the eve

Flashpoint: John Terry was found guilty by the FA of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand despite being cleared at a high-profile court case in July of his personal hearing with the FA last month, had until 6pm yesterday to appeal. In addition to the £220,000 fine he will have to pay, Terry will now miss crucial matches in the Premier League starting with Chelsea’s game at Tottenham tomorrow. He will also be sidelined for the match at home to Manchester United on October 28 and the Capital One Cup clash against Sir Alex Ferguson’s side three days later. It means the two games will not be overshadowed by the prospect of Anton’s brother Rio snubbing his former England team-mate when the pre-match handshake takes place. The final game of his ban will be at Swansea a week later, although he will be free to play in the Champions League in the interim. Significantly, the centre-half took the rare step of playing

45 minutes for the reserves in a friendly against Arsenal on Wednesday in order to maintain his fitness. Chelsea face a difficult away match against Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday and manager Roberto di Matteo will be looking for Terry to start. But Chelsea will now face some awkward questions over Terry’s position at the club and whether he should remain as captain. The club confirmed earlier this month they would only comment on the situation after the whole case had come to a conclusion.