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Reunited with son they thought dead How a Syrian toddler, whose parents fled to Cyprus believing he’d perished, was found and returned to them

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SYRIAN couple who have sought asylum in Cyprus were reunited with their two-year-old son yesterday, three months after they believed the toddler had perished in their bombed out home outside Damascus.

In a story that can only be described as miraculous, the boy was found on the streets by strangers, handed over to Syrian rebels, and placed in a camp where he was almost unbelievably recognised by friends of his parents.

The family was reunited with the help of Limassolbased lawyer Stella Constantinou.

According to Constantinou, little Bushr Al Tawashi’s tale began in mid-July when his mother Arin Al Dakkar and father Machhour Al Tawashi were running for their lives during bombing on the outskirts of Damascus, where President Bashar Al Assad’s forces had been clashing with rebels who were pushing to gain control of the city.

Hundreds of families reportedly fled the city, among them Bushr’s mother and father who grabbed his older brothers, aged four and six, thinking that someone else from the extended family had grabbed the youngest.

Constantinou said the family only realised Bushr

was not among them when they reached the safety of a refugee camp, and they realised that the boy was not actually with anyone they knew.

“They could not go back nor could anyone else.”

The road was blocked and there was fighting,” said Constantinou.

“They thought the baby was dead. How was he going to survive the ruins?”

On August 6, the refugee family came to Cyprus via Larnaca airport to ask for political asylum.

An official document from Syria mentioned they had three children, another reminder of their loss.

But unknown to them Bushr managed to stay alive long enough for another fleeing family – strangers to the couple – to find him and hand him over to the rebels, Constantinou said.

“Little Bushr had found himself in the ruins of his bombed home,” she said.

The rebels took the boy to safety at another refugee camp where family friends recognised him and got in touch with the couple in Cyprus.

“His parents came to me for help,” Constantinou said.

They got in touch with her through a friend who spoke Arabic. Constantinou said they were begging for her help to get their son back. “I did what I could,” Constantinou said.

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ALL POMP AND CEREMONY DURING VATICAN VISIT

President Demetris Christofias was at the Vatican yesterday where he met the Pope and representatives of other organistions there. Here Christofias is seen presenting Benedict XVI with a silver olive tree FULL STORY PAGE 5

High-risk match went off without a hitch, police said

By Elias Hazou DESPITE fears of crowd trouble, last night’s Europe League football match between Cypriot champions AEL and Turkey’s Fenerbahce passed without incident, with fans on both sides keeping their cool throughout the game, and beforehand.

Fenerbahce went on to beat AEL 1-0 (see match report back page).

Given the potential volatility of the occasion, and under UEFA’s watchful eye, authorities weren’t taking any chances;

a force of some 400 police were deployed for the overall security operation, in and around the stadium and at various points in Nicosia.

Police gave the all-clear shortly after midnight; supporters of the Turkish team were kept waiting until AEL fans left the stadium.

Security at the GSP stadium just outside the capital was amped up throughout the day. Police took charge of the venue around noon, searched the stadium and then locked it down.

The gates were opened for fans at 7pm, a full three hours before kickoff. Police

chief Michalis Papageorgiou was personally on hand at the stadium to monitor the operation.

Buses transporting some 1,150 Turkish Cypriot fans of Fenerbahce began crossing over to the south via the Ayios Dometios checkpoint at around 8.20pm.

One Turkish Cypriot passenger was detained, although reports said he was apprehended on an outstanding warrant by Famagusta CID for an unrelated case.

Two more persons, determined to be Turkish nationals, were not allowed

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AUTHORITIES yesterday called off a search for a car thought to have been swept away in flooding at the SOPAZ area in Nicosia on Wednesday night.

Two women and a child had to be rescued from two other cars caught up in the torrent, while another two parked cars were also swept away.

Fire Services’ spokeswoman, Lisa Kemidji, yesterday said the authorities believed they had been given a mistaken account of the exact number of cars by members of the public, who witnessed the flash flood during Wednesday night’s storm.

The fire services, with the help of the UN - the area is just a stone’s throw from the buffer zone - combed the area throughout the night and eventually called off the search at a little after 10am yesterday.

“It eventually emerged, following today’s investigations, that there was no fifth car,” said Kemidji. Investigations covered the entire area, with the help of UN helicopters, as well as fire services’ vehicles and on-foot rescue teams.

“Evidently, the people who gave the information about the number of cars, made a mistake,” said Kemidji.

After the storm, Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis ordered municipal workers to go and immediately clean up the area.

“Mayor Yiorkadjis visited various parts of the town where problems were found and spoke to members of the public to see how they could be solved,” the municipality announced yesterday. “Assessing the situation and each case separately, the municipal

Municipal workers clean up in Nicosia’s SOPAZ area yesterday after flooding swept several cars away in a torrent of water on Wednesday night (Christos Theodorides) services started to clear roads and establishments from the mud and stones that gathered due to the rain.”

The SOPAZ area in Pallouriotissa – and especially Ammochostos Street – was affected the most from the rainfall said the municipality. “The problem was a result of the large quantities of water that accumulated in the ‘Kateva’ open trench,” it explained.

It claimed the services cleared the connecting drains in August and September, as is the case every year. “But the large quantities of water and uncontrollable situation in the buffer zone, led to last night’s problems,” it added.

Road works in the area have been ongoing for the past couple of years and the municipality said once they were completed, and the drains finished, the problems should be solved.

However, residents have voiced concern, saying the municipality’s efforts to keep the area clan were lacking.

Michalis Georgiades, who has a business in the area, yesterday told the Cyprus Mail that there were reed plantations in the area where the accidents took place, which were recently cleared out by the municipality.

“But no one followed it up to see if the trenches were

A trench still full of water yesterday morning cleared out,” he said. “A lot was left behind, while it was also full of rubbish.” He said this was why the floods occurred. “It blocked the drains up, resulting in the water levels rising.”

He said he called the municipality just a few days ago to tell them to come and clean up. “The person I spoke to told me it was not their responsibility and I should speak to someone else. Is it my job to start calling around the municipality to find who is responsible?”

Georgiades added, “I come here regularly as I have a business here. I have been getting angry about this for years”.

Georgiades said he was con-

vinced someone would be killed there one day. “Will a little child have to die before we do something about this? All this water needs to go somewhere.”

In October 2006, a married couple – parents to two young children –died after the Kissonerga River in Paphos overflowed during a massive storm and swept them away.

The woman was found shortly after the incident, but it took weeks to locate her husband’s body in the dried up mud and debris. It later emerged that the drainage system in the area was built 25 years earlier and was not capable of dealing with such an horrific storm.

Doctors congress on human sexuality opens THE FIRST Mediterranean Congress on Sexual Health and Reproduction will get under way in Paphos today.

According to congress chairman Kostas Konstantinidis, the congress will be inaugurated in the Green Line area of Nicosia with the works of the satellite symposium “Structuring the enemy”. The main congress will continue in Paphos at the Intercontinental Aphrodite Hills Hotel.

The congress, which includes the Cypriot Symposium on the conflict of Sexes and the Conflict of Nations will end on Sunday.

Specialists from all over the world will discuss the latest research findings and practical data in sexual medicine.

Specialists attending the event include scientists, clinicians and physicians in the fields of urology, andrology, gynecology, psychology and psychiatry.

Konstantinidis said: “We will explore the most niche meth-

ods in today’s sexual medicine and the new era of genomic structure of the Homo Evolutis. We will attempt to envision a world where the new human will live without disease, where genomic programming will create new healthy hearts, bones, and muscles, and where new artificial intelligence will support the human genius to a more attractive world.”

The event is being organised by the Research Association of Human Sexuality (EMAS) and the Cypriot Association of Urology (CAU) - in cooperation with the Mediterranean Andrological Board (MAB) under the auspices of the Cyprus government and the Ministry of Health.

Scientists from Russia, Brazil, Israel, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Germany and Albania are due to attend.

Konstantinidis said the fact that humans have explorative and inquisitive natures is an attribute which is responsible for both evolution and revolution during man’s history.

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Home House extends tax amnesty by 14 months PARLIAMENT last night rushed through an amending law extending the socalled ‘tax amnesty’ by 14 more months.

The initial law, passed a year ago, provided for writing off penalties and interest on back taxes accrued up until December 31, 2008, applying to individuals and companies alike.

It provided for any interest or fines exceeding 5.0 per cent of the total amount due to the Inland Revenue Department to be written off, provided that the arrears would be settled in full by the end of March this year; this was subsequently extended to October 2012.

The period has now been extended for a third time to 31 December 2013.

As passed yesterday, the law has been slightly amended.

Persons who settle their arrears by the end of October will pay a penalty of 5 per cent but no interest, whereas those who settle in November will pay a penalty of 6 per cent on the total amount due.

The penalty rate will increase by 1 per cent every month thereafter.

A new clause has also been added, by which persons may settle part of their arrears.

They will be charged a penalty but no interest.

For technical reasons, the amended law will come into effect as of 1 April 2013.

MP George Perdikis of the Green Party, which voted against the amendment, said extending the tax amnesty now would turn Cyprus – which has pledged to crack down on tax evasion and avoidance – into a ‘joke’ as far as the troika is concerned.

The European Party’s Demetris Syllouris said the state stands to gain between €30m and €40m from the implementation of the law.

Tax authorities estimate that outstanding tax arrears by the end of 2008 amounted to some €355 million.

Given that a large chunk of this amount consisted of interest and penalties and was considered irrecoverable, lawmakers reasoned that the cash-strapped state can at least recover the initial nominal amounts owed to the Inland Revenue Department.

High-risk match went off without a hitch, say police

‘We come in peace’ was the message from Turkish Cypriot fans last night

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(continued from front page) through. The passengers’ IDs were checked one by one, and once the buses were cleared they headed off to the stadium under heavy police escort. As the players stepped onto the pitch around 8.30pm, on the stands a group of Fenerbahce fans unfurled a huge banner reading “Football is peace and friendship.”

Supporters of the two teams were kept apart during their entry and exit. Before kickoff, members of the AEL fan club handed out leaflets urging supporters not to politicise the match. The some 10,000 AEL supporters were allotted three tiers, with the remaining tier reserved for the visitors’ fans. Guardrails were set up to ensure the two sets of fans remained separated.

Authorities set up checks at entry points to the stadium for both AEL and Fenerbahce

fans to ensure that seating arrangements were kept and that no potentially dangerous or provocative items like flares, sharp objects, offensive banners and/or clothing or flags of the breakaway regime were smuggled into the stadium.

The visiting team and their some 70 fans from Turkey – who had arrived at Larnaca airport from Turkey via Rhodes on Wednesday – had been put up at a Nicosia hotel.

They were escorted to the stadium by the police’s special counter-terrorism unit.

Ahead of the game, the clubs had gone out of their way to ensure everything went smoothly. The Turkish team had sent the police the list of Turkish Cypriot fans who would be crossing, and Fenerbahce were welcomed at Larnaca airport by an AEL delegation.

Syrian couple are reunited with son they thought dead ‘I didn’t believe they would bring my baby here but they did,’ said boy’s emotional father (continued from front page) party AKEL MP Christos Mesis, Constantinou managed to get through to Interior Minister Eleni Mavrou and the foreign ministry to arrange for the family to be reunited.

There were a number of steps to be taken, including satisfying the authorities the boy was really their lost son.

The Cyprus embassy in Syria – though nominally functional as a consulate – was unable to help and Bushr with his aunt had to go to Lebanon so that his father could go and bring him back with the help of the Cypriot embassy in Beirut.

The foreign ministry said there was no statement to be made at present when asked to comment yester-

day. However the media were all over the story and the reunited family found themselves mobbed by television cameras yesterday.

Both the mother and father thanked the government and Constantinou through a friend who was interpreting for them.

“I didn’t believe they would bring [my] baby here. But they did,” father Machhour Al Tawashi said.

His mother Arin Al Dakkar tried to contain her tears in front of the cameras at the airport and at their Limassol home.

“She can’t say what she has inside of her but she wants to thank the Cyprus Republic and Ms Stella who helped and brought the baby to Cyprus,” the interpreter told the reporters.

Sigma TV showed the reunited siblings playing with a balloon and mother and father kissing their sons but Constantinou said that the family was a “little apprehensive” of the media attention.

“After all, they have lived through dramatic times and there is still a war in their country,” she said.

“But after so many months they are finally together again.

Also yesterday a small boat with two Syrian families sailed in to Ayia Napa just before 6am, police said.

The boat carried ten people including six children aged between two and 13 years old.

The refugees were referred to the welfare services.

Arin Al Dakkar with little Bushr at home in Limassol

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Home Shiarly says he’s optimistic about ongoing negotiations with the troika

By George Psyllides FINANCE Minister Vassos Shiarly said yesterday Cyprus and its lenders were close to ironing out several serious issues and expressed optimism that the island would strike a deal on its bailout terms before a November 12 deadline.

Speaking on private Mega television, Shiarly said the two sides maybe had six, seven, eight

serious issues open but he expected them to be cut down to two or three within hours.

“We are very, very close,” the minister said.

Cyprus had sent lenders a series of proposals on Monday, regarding the island’s bailout adjustment programme.

They were in response to the lenders’ proposals, submitted on July 25. Shiarly said a lot of work was being done to achieve convergence of the two packages. But the minister could not give a date for the troika’s return to the

‘Clear attempt to denigrate AKEL’

island for a final round of negotiations before signing the bailout deal. Reports suggest that the troika will not come to the island before convergence was achieved. The minister said he was optimistic that Cyprus would sign the deal in time, before a November 12 Eurogroup meeting.

The minister said he expected issues to be clarified to such an extent “so that when we sit around the table, I honestly believe it would be a relatively difficult but short negotiation.”

Cyprus risks running out of cash if it fails to meet the deadline since after November 12, it will take the parliaments of individual eurozone nations about six weeks to sanction the Cyprus memorandum.

A European Commission spokesman said yesterday the troika is studying Cyprus’ proposals and was in contact with the island’s authorities. Shiarly denied reports that he would resign if President Demetris Christofias refused to sign the bailout deal.

INTERCEPTED AND ROBBED IN JEWELLERY HEIST

Ruling party deflects criticism of bank write-offs of companies linked to party

By George Psyllides RULING AKEL yesterday sought to deflect criticism over the write-off of debts of companies linked to the party, accusing the media of being driven by political and party expediency, and opposition DISY of setting up a company to profit from the 1999 stock market bubble.

The party denied anew that it had any links to various companies, charging that it was an effort to shift public opinion from the bank investigation.

“For some time now, there has been an attempt to link AKEL to various companies, a link that does not exist,” a written statement said.

The Sunday Mail reported on October 21 that on September 5, 2006, a gentlemen’s agreement was made between then Bank of Cyprus manager (now finance minister) Vassos Shiarly, on behalf of the bank, and Antonis Papanicolaou, director of Delta Trading Ltd, and AKEL secretariat member in charge of economic affairs, Venizelos Zanettou, whereby the assets of Delta Trading Ltd were transferred to Delta (Distributors) Ltd. It also provided for the forced sale of a plot of land, owned by Delta Trading, in Limassol, the writing off of €6.5 million owed to the bank and the subsequent removal of all personal guarantors from the loan agreement.

Shiarly described the report as exaggerated. He said he had no authority to write-off

such a big debt. “I was able however to write-off up to €1,000,” Shiarly said.

It followed an August report in Politis that the Bank of Cyprus had written off a debt of €2.7m owed by another AKELcontrolled company, Tamasos Enterprises Ltd. AKEL said it was all part of an attempt to denigrate the party. “At the same time cases concerning companies set up by parties – like Revolution, that belonged to DISY and (its leader) Mr. (Nicos) Anastasiades – to profit on the backs of the people, are forgotten or hidden with ease.”

The party said it wanted all agreements between companies and individuals to writeoff debts to be made public to see whether this was a usual practice or not and whether they were advantageous for the banks.

AKEL’s reaction followed a DISY request for regulators, and the banks, to clarify whether the reports were true but also whether other parties and politicians had been given the same treatment.

The opposition party later responded to AKEL’s accusations, saying it never hid the creation of Revolution and the purchase of shares and had never tried to get its debts written-off.

The party said the company never sold nor did it profiteer on anyone’s back. It said it has debts, which it never tried to write-off. DISY was never afforded the “usual practice” as AKEL calls it “which seems to have relieved its companies of over €9.0 million in debt,”

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the party said. In April 2001, DISY released a statement regarding stock market dealings. The party revealed that through its company Revolution, it purchased shares in Louis Cruise Lines through private placement in July 1999.

The 375,000 shares were bought at 40 cents each at total cost to the party of £150,000.

They were purchased with a loan from Laiki Investments, the statement said. DISY was given 37,500 free warrants with the shares.

On December 17, 1999 when the Louis shares and rights split, the party had a total of 937,500 shares and 93,750 warrants.

Between December 27 and 29, 1999 Laiki Investments sold 238,638 shares for £700,564.89, which resulted in net takings of £695,310.60.

The party said £158,135.48 had been paid to Laiki to cover the loan, interest and handling fees, while £520,000 was paid towards a party loan from Laiki Bank and another £17,172.12 left with Laiki Investments.

“Today, Revolution has 698,862 shares from the original issue, 37,500 warrants from the rights issue last year and 93,750 warrant from the original investment,” DISY said at the time. DIKO too had set a company to buy shares at the time, and also released a similar statement.

The 1999-2000 CSE fiasco saw thousands of people lose their life’s savings by investing in bubble shares. The market gained 688 per cent in 1999 as its capitalisation bulged to around €18 billion (CYP11 billion) at one point. All those gains were wiped out a year later by a rash of new issues that drew a stampede of uninitiated investors on borrowed funds and led to a subsequent liquidity squeeze.

Three men robbed two jewellers from Larnaca on Wednesday – a father and son aged 60 and 31 – intercepting their moving car and robbing them of €20,000, their mobile phones and car keys, police said.

The hooded and armed men stopped the jewellers’ car on Wednesday evening while they were driving on the Psevda-Lymbia road with another man, a foreigner who was due to sell them jewellery.

Another car blocked their path and “out

CB appointments row heads for Supreme Court

BY A majority vote, parliament yesterday rejected the sending back by the President a bill stipulating that the House Commerce Committee is to be consulted on the appointment of the Central Bank’s directors.

The bill was voted on unanimously last week, but as expected President Christofias refused to sign it and sent it back to parliament. The matter will now be resolved by the Supreme Court.

In refusing to sign the bill into law, Christofias cited the principle of separation of powers, which he said the proposed legislation violates.

The President argued that the appointment of officials in executive or administrative posi-

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Authorities obtained a testimony against a 22-year-old Arabic speaker who was spotted at the scene in his car. He was arrested yesterday but let go later in the day, Andreou said

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But MPs supporting the bill argued yesterday that there are other instances where parliament is consulted over the appointment of officials with executive or administrative powers, such as the Commissioner for the Protection of Personal Data.

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Pomp and ceremony at Vatican Meetings with the Pope, and an order of Knights

By Stefanos Evripidou PRESIDENT DEMETRIS Christofias spent the day in Rome yesterday where he met Pope Benedict XVI for the fourth time, became the first president of Cyprus to pay a “state visit” to a group of Knights and met with the Community of Sant’ Egidio.

The private meeting between Christofias and the Pope at the Holy See lasted 40 minutes, during which the two discussed the Cyprus problem, the continued destruction of Cyprus’ religious and cultural heritage, the situation in the Middle East and the global economic crisis.

According to Christofias, the Pope showed great interest in the situation in the Middle East and with regard to Christianity in the area.

“I offered on behalf of the Cyprus Republic to mediate with the Syrian side to receive a delegation of the Holy See,” he said, adding that the Vatican approached the issue very cautiously as it did not wish to be seen taking sides in the conflict.

The Pope said the Vatican considered Cyprus to be the southernmost border of Christianity in the region, said the president. The two men exchanged gifts, with Christofias giving the Pope a silver olive tree, noting that: “Cyprus is the land of the blessed olive tree. This tree constitutes a symbol of peace.”

Following his meeting with the Pope, the president met Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone.

Christofias first met Pope Benedict XVI as House Speaker, after which he became president and got to meet him again though this time as head of state in 2009 at the Vatican. A year later, in 2010, the two got the chance to catch up during the Pope’s historic visit to Cyprus.

Asked why the president and Pope have enjoyed such frequent meetings, a Cypriot diplomat said the Vatican wields power throughout the world, arguing that no head of state would turn down the chance for an audience

with the Pope. “One cannot predict when these close ties might prove useful,” said the diplomat.

A former EU ambassador agreed that “the Pope is one of the most influential political figures in the world, who speaks on behalf of 800 million people”. “He comes from a country awash with money, and has a lot of moral power, though his influence rests in him rarely issuing a call to all believers,” he said.

The Vatican representative in Cyprus, Father Evencio, said the two men have probably struck up “some kind of friendship and a good understanding”.

During his one-day visit to Rome yesterday, Christofias also became the first president of Cyprus to visit the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM).

The SMOM is a Roman Catholic religious order and the world’s oldest surviving order of chivalry based in Rome, which started off in its original format as the medieval order of St John of Jerusalem or the Knights Hospitaller.

TERRITORY In 1291, the Order left the Holy Land for Cyprus where it set up shop in Limassol, moving on to Rhodes in 1312, while keeping members of the Order in Cyprus to manage the priories and commandaria production.

Unlike the Vatican, the SMOM has no territory after losing Malta in 1798, raising questions among legal and diplomatic minds as to its “sovereign” status as a state.

Cyprus, however, decided to establish diplomatic relations with the Order in June, giving Christofias the chance to be the first president to pay a state visit to the SMOM. According to Christofias, the Order “provides healthcare, education and for the basic human needs of those less fortunate, irrespective of their religious faith or race”, as well as promoting respect for religious and cultural heritage.

During his visit, the Prince

First Lady Elsie Christofias dresses even more demurely than usual for the Pope and Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of Malta Fra’ Matthew Festing decorated Christofias with the Collar of the Order `Pro Merito Melitensi`.

In turn, the president decorated His Most Eminent Highness with the highest decoration of the Cyprus Republic, the Grand Collar of the Order of Makarios III. Later in the day, the president visited the premises of the Sant’Egidio Community, also based in Rome.

Since 1986, Sant’Egidio has been organising interfaith meetings to foster mutual knowledge and promote peace. In 2008, Archbishop Chrysostomos II hosted an interfaith conference in Cyprus with some 500 religious leaders and around 10 heads of state, organised by Sant’Egidio.

Today, Christofias is due in Paris to meet with French President Francois Hollande.

He is accompanied on his travels by his wife Elsie, Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis, Cyprus Ambassador to the Vatican Giorgos Poulides and director of his office Christos Christofides.

The Paris trip is his tenth abroad since taking the helm of the EU presidency on July 1, 2012, counting for 28 days in total on official visits overseas.

Fifth candidate for presidentials INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Solon Gregoriou yesterday officially announced his candidacy in Nicosia with the motto “From the People, For the People”.

“After much reflection and with full understanding of the responsibility I have towards my compatriots, I have decided to claim the presidency of the Republic of Cyprus in the elections of February 2013,” Gregoriou said.

Gregoriou referred to his ability to solve

the problems faced by businesses away from political interventions.

“Our mind is free of political distortions or financial commitments,” he said.

A full electoral programme is due to be announced.

Also running in the February elections are independent candidate Makaria-Andri Stylianou, DISY chief Nicos Anastasiades, EDEK-backed Giorgos Lillikas and AKELbacked Stavros Malas.

AN AGEING population, expensive pharmaceuticals, a health sector driven by profit margins and a non-existent national health system are some of the issues members of the public can raise with the three main presidential candidates next month.

The Medical School of the University of Nicosia and St George’s University of London is hosting talks with the three main presidential candidates for the 2013 elections for three consecutive weeks in November.

Each candidate will have up to 30 minutes to present his vision for the health sector, after which the public will have a chance to ask questions.

The first talk will be held on November 15 at 6pm by Nicos Anastasiades, the second on November 22 at 4.30pm with Giorgos Lillikas, and the third on November 29 at 5pm by Stavros Malas.

All talks will be held at the Medical School building, 93 Ayios Nicolaou Street in Engomi. Members of the public interested in attending the free talks are invited to reserve a seat by calling 22471900 during working hours from 8.30am-1pm and 3-6pm.

TENDER AT 24/2012 Tenders are invited for:

MAINTENANCE OF THE OUTDOOR TELEPHONE BOOTHS The relevant tender documents will be available as from Friday, 26th October 2012, on payment of a non-refundable amount of: 1 €50 plus VAT paid in cash or by cheque for tender documents in printed form in two sets from the following Cytashops: Lefkosia Lemesos Paphos Larnaca Ammochostos

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2. €25 plus VAT paid by credit card for tender documents in electronic form from website http://www.cyta-tenders.cytanet.com.cy A short description of the tender is available free of charge at the above website.

The sealed tenders must reach Cyta’s Tender Box at Ground Floor, Head Office Building, Telecommunications Street, Strovolos, Nicosia, by 10:00 hrs on Friday, 21th December 2012 Cyta is not bound to accept the lowest or any other tender.

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Home Help save raccoons ANIMAL Responsibility Cyprus (ARC) is sending a plea for donations to help repatriate four raccoons that were rescued from a pet shop which recently went bankrupt.

ARC has managed to book the animals on a Cyprus Airways flight to Amsterdam this coming Monday, but they say it’s expensive and they still need around €350.

“The public is very heartened by these rescues, but the costs are considerable; flights, transport to and from the airport, specialised travel crates, veterinary fees,” ARC chairman Kyriacos Kyriacou said yesterday.

When they arrive in the Netherlands, the animals will be provided with specialist care and will live semi-wild for the rest of their lives, he added.

“We are looking for a sponsorship of between €250 and €350,” said Kyriacou.

Contact Kyriacou on 99416852.

Emergency meeting being held to discuss mosquitoes plaguing Paphos

By Bejay Browne

The two raccoons need to be sent to Amsterdam to their new home, but it’s costly to fly them there

Halloumi standard tested

By Jacqueline Agathocleous THE HOUSE Agriculture Committee will be presented with lab tests on retailed halloumi, showing whether the legal milk percentages were being followed.

The committee was yesterday told it would be given the results in a month.

Committee Chairman, AKEL’s Yiannakis Gavriel said the tests would also show whether powdered milk was being used.

The standard provides that halloumi should be manufactured with mainly sheep and/ or goat’s milk, though cheese makers have come under fire for using mostly cow’s milk.

Deputies will be given results of lab tests showing whether it has correct milk content Sheep and goat farmers have also accused manufacturers of using powdered milk. “The results of the State Lab’s tests will be ready in four weeks and will be submitted to the committee, which will re-convene to examine the results,” said Gavriel.

The law provides administrative fines of up to €150,000 for those caught violating the standard.

The halloumi standard has been the subject of many conflicts between state, farm-

ers and dairy manufacturers, with everyone involved wanting their fair share of the very large pie that is halloumi exports – estimated to bring in hundreds of millions of euros every year.

Up until now, even though the 1985 standard clearly states halloumi should be made the traditional way – mainly with sheep and/or goat milk – manufacturers have been using mostly cow’s milk, which they said was more readily available than

sheep and goat milk.

Earlier this year, goat and sheep farmers dumped tonnes of milk outside the Presidential Palace to protest manufacturers’ plans to apply to have halloumi registered as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), using the wrong standard.

The application was eventually withdrawn and replaced by a new one from the goat and sheep farmers, which angered the cattle farmers. The final decision was to place re-

sponsibility on the Commerce Minister to issue orders stating the minimum amount of sheep and/or goat’s milk that should be used in halloumi, based on how much milk is being produced.

As there is not enough sheep and goat’s milk to fulfil the standard all year round, the bill states that from December until June, there will be enough milk to cover 35 per cent of halloumi production, the rest being covered by cow’s milk.

And from June until November, it will be produced with 23 per cent goat and/ or sheep’s milk. The aim is to gradually increase these percentages over the next five years in the hope that the standard can be fully followed.

Regarding the PDO application, Gavriel yesterday said it was in the final of stages of being re-submitted to Brussels. “I am sending a plea to all involved to put aside any financial interests and for consent to prevail so the application can be promoted as soon as possible for the good of the Cypriot people and the sheep and goat farming industry,” said Gavriel.

DISY deputy Efthymios Diplaros said the names of the producers caught violating the halloumi standard should be made public, so consumers are aware of the quality of the products they are consuming.

Notice is hereby given that Martin Abbas Hellicar of 6, Archangel Michael, Pera Orinis, Nicosia 2650, has applied to the Minister of Interior for naturalization and any person who knows any reason why naturalization should not be granted is hereby invited to send a written and signed statement of the facts to the Minister of Interior, Nicosia.

AN emergency meeting will be held in Paphos today to address the problem of mosquitoes which is currently affecting a large area of the town.

The meeting has been called in the wake of a raft of complaints received by local residents and businesses that the situation is getting out of hand and the mosquitoes have become a serious problem.

According to Filaktis Constantinides, the president of the health and cleaning department of Paphos municipality, the meeting will be held to deal with the problem.

Constantinides said that although a number of complaints had been received about troublesome mosquitoes in Paphos, an area in the town centre which stretches from the new government buildings down towards Debenhams roundabout- seems to be worst affected.

IMPROVEMENTS “Although this is my fi rst year on the council, I can see that most of the complaints from residents of Paphos seem to be from this specific area,” he said.

In addition, improvements also look set to be made to the department responsible for pest control, which has faced a number of problems and criticisms in the past.

Constantinides stressed that various options would be discussed at the meeting as how to make the services offered by the department better and more effective.

He said: “We will have to examine how we can do this. There are currently a number of inspectors and four workers in this department. They deal with pest control amongst other things.”

“We are not happy with the way things are currently being done.

“I have spoken openly about it and I can assure you that we will find ways which will better organise this department,” he added.

Solutions may involve using more people or buying in services.

Constantinides said that a couple of areas in central Paphos which were found to be holding stagnant water had already been identified and sprayed.

“The problem areas need to be sprayed regularly and this is something that we will sort out. I can assure you that it won’t be left as it is,” he said.

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Britain PM: EU must keep a grip on spending

British economy returns to growth

THE EU must keep costs and spending “under control”, David Cameron told European Council president Herman van Rompuy yesterday, as they met for talks amid wrangling over future Brussels budgets.

The Prime Minister has threatened to veto any longterm spending increase above inflation - effectively a realterms spending freeze for the EU budget.

And Downing Street has dismissed a separate inflationbusting rise in EU spending approved by MEPs as “completely unacceptable”.

Welcoming Van Rompuy to Downing Street, Cameron said there were “very big issues to discuss at the moment in the European Union”.

He said he was sure the question of the budget - due to be discussed by leaders at a summit next month - would be among these issues, as well as “how important I think it is that we keep our costs and our spending under control”.

Other items on the agenda for the talks were promoting growth across the EU and the need for it to take a “strong stance in the world” on issues such as Syria and Iran, Cameron said, as the two sat down in Number 10.

The European Parliament this week backed a 6.8 per cent rise in EU spending for 2013 and an overall rise of at least 5 per cent for 2014/20, both due to be agreed before the end of the year.

The long-term budget requires unanimity among the 27 member states, giving the UK a veto when national government leaders gather for a special European Council summit next month.

But the budget for the single year 2013 is decided by qualified majority voting, meaning Britain could be over-ruled.

THE UK climbed out of the double-dip recession with a bang between July and September as the economy returned to growth at its fastest pace in five years, official figures showed yesterday.

Gross domestic product (GDP) - a broad measure for the total economy - grew 1 per cent in the third quarter of the year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, ending three consecutive quarters of declining output.

City experts had expected a rise of 0.6 per cent. The actual figure is the biggest increase since the third quarter of 2007.

The largest contribution to the surge came from the powerhouse services sector, which makes up around 75 per cent of the total economy and grew at 1.3 per cent, following a 0.1 per cent drop in the previous quarter.

But the bounce-back was largely driven by one-off factors, the ONS warned, such as clawed-back activity lost

Cameron (L) greets Van Rompuy yesterday (AFP)

GDP grew 1% in third quarter of 2012

By Jamie Grierson

The bounce-back was largely driven by one-off factors such as the extra bank holiday for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and a slight lift from the Olympics

Scotland Yard: Savile victims number 300 POLICE investigating the abuse scandal surrounding Leeds-born presenter Jimmy Savile are dealing with around 300 alleged victims, Scotland Yard has revealed.

Commander Peter Spindler said officers are following more than 400 lines of inquiry linked to the victims, of whom all except two are women.

He said investigators have so far spoken to 130 people who have come forward, and 114 allegations of crime have emerged.

Officers are using a “triage” approach, first making contact with victims by phone to get initial details of their allegations, Spindler said.

He told reporters that most of the allegations are linked to Savile, but some involve others who may have acted with him.

The inquiry will be a “watershed” moment in the investigation of child abuse, he said.

Nobody has yet been arrested or interviewed under caution as yet, but the force is “preparing an arrest strategy”.

The Commander said: “There’s Savile on his own, and that’s the vast majority of

Disgraced former presenter Jimmy Savile what we’re being told about, there’s Savile and others. And it’s the others, if they’re living, we can look at them.”

Officers are trying to contact victims as quickly as possible, but for some it is the first time they have spoken about the allegations, Commander Spindler said.

Spindler said Savile was “undoubtedly” one of the most prolific sex offenders of recent history, adding that the weight of evidence against the late DJ was overwhelming.

He said: “We have to believe what they are saying because they are all saying the same thing independently.”

1,400 Ford job losses mark the end of an era CAR giant Ford signalled the end of an era yesterday by announcing the closure of its last remaining UK vehicle production factory, and another site, with the loss of 1,400 jobs.

Union officials accused the US company of “betrayal” and said the job losses in Southampton and Dagenham in Essex were “devastating”.

Production of Transit vans will end in Southampton next summer, with the loss of over 500 jobs, with the remainder being cut through the closure of a tooling plant in Dagenham.

Transits have been made in Southampton for over 40 years and the plant’s closure will bring to an end over a century of Ford vehicle production in the UK. Transit production will switch next year to Turkey, where Ford said costs were “significantly lower” than anywhere in Europe, even after delivery charges.

Stephen Odell, chairman and chief executive of Ford of Europe, said capacity at the plant in Kocaeli was much bigger than in Southampton, which produced around 28,000 vans last year, compared to 185,000 in Turkey.

to the extra bank holiday for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and a slight lift from the Olympics.

The figures are preliminary estimates and subject to revision.

Yesterday’s estimate comes amid warnings from economists that the UK is far from out of the economic woods and can expect growth to slow in subsequent quarters.

‘ON RIGHT TRACK’ But Chancellor George Osborne said the figures show that “we are on the right track”.

The third quarter had one more working day than the previous quarter, due to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, which would have affected the estimate, the ONS said.

The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games are also likely to have impacted economic activity in the third quarter, the ONS added.

Olympic ticket sales alone increased GDP growth in the period by 0.2 percentage points, while the event is

likely to have lifted a range of other services including employment agencies, creative arts, office administration, accommodation and food and beverages.

Industrial production increased by 1.1 per cent between July and September, the ONS said, following a 0.7 per cent decline in the previous quarter.

Manufacturing contributed the most to the increase in industrial production, followed by water and sewerage industries.

The construction sector remained under pressure in the third quarter, however, shrinking 2.5 per cent, following a 3 per cent drop in the previous quarter.

Within the services sector, the index of distribution, hotels and restaurants rose 1.6 per cent, transport sector grew 0.8 per cent, business services and finance increased 1 per cent and government services lifted 1.6 per cent.

The Chancellor said the UK still faced “many economic challenges at home and abroad”.

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Bo lawyer unsure if he can take case A LAWYER for disgraced former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai, who has been employed by the family to represent him, said yesterday he was unable to say whether the government would allow him to represent Bo when the case comes to trial.

Bo’s wife, Gu Kailai, and his former police chief, Wang Lijun, have both been jailed over a scandal stemming from the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood while Bo was Communist Party chief of the southwestern city of Chongqing.

The government last month accused Bo of corruption and of bending the law to hush up Heywood’s murder. Before Bo is formally charged and tried, investigators must complete an inquiry and indict him.

Bo’s mother-in-law, Fan Chengxiu, has retained Li Xiaolin, who was also part of Gu’s legal team, to represent him.

But Li said he was unsure if the authorities would allow this. During Gu’s trial, she had to use governmentappointed lawyers.

“I still can’t say whether I’ll be able to get involved in this case. We will try our hardest to take it,” Li told Reuters in a brief telephone interview.

Li said he did not know where Bo was and added that he had not seen him, as he had only just been employed by Fan. “There are many things that are impossible to know.

I know about as much as you do,” Li said.

He declined to speculate on when a trial may happen.

“How can I estimate this?

It’s all guesswork,” Li said.

China is expected to expel Bo from parliament today, which would strip him of the immunity from prosecution he had enjoyed as one of its members, paving the way for formal criminal charges to be laid.

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Hurricane Sandy is seen churning northwards in this NOAA handout satellite image taken yesterday

US under threat from Hurricane Sandy

By Jeff Franks HURRICANE Sandy grew into a major potential threat to the east coast of the United States yesterday after hammering Cuba’s second-largest city and taking aim at the Bahamas, U.S. forecasters said.

Strengthening rapidly after tearing into Jamaica and crossing the warm Caribbean Sea, Sandy hit southeastern Cuba early yesterday with 105-mph winds that cut power and blew over trees across the city of Santiago de Cuba.

Reports from the city of 500,000 people, about 470 miles (750 km) southeast of Havana spoke of significant damage, with many homes damaged or destroyed. Ac-

Three storm-related deaths in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba cording to one Cuban radio report, at least one person was killed, bringing the death toll to at least three after fatalities in Jamaica and Haiti.

US government forecasters warned that much of the US East Coast could get swiped

by Sandy, with flooding, heavy rains and high winds from late Thursday. By early next week, it could hit an area of New England where Hurricane Irene caused severe damage last year.

Forecasters said the hardest-hit areas could span anywhere from the coastal Caro-

linas up to Maine, but New York City and the Boston area were also both potentially in harm’s way.

“It is likely that significant impacts will be felt over portions of the US East Coast through the weekend and into early next week,” the National Hurricane Center said.

“It’s going to be a high-impact event,” said Bob Oravec, a lead forecaster with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hydro-Meteorological Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.

“It has the potential to be a very significant storm with respect to coastal flooding, depending on exactly where it comes in. Power outages are definitely a big threat,” he said.

In Cuba, communications were difficult hours after the eye of the dangerous Category 2 hurricane came ashore just west of Santiago de Cuba with waves up to 29 feet (9 metres) and a 6-foot (2-metre) storm surge that caused power outages and extensive coastal flooding, the Cuban weather service said.

The storm and driving rains triggered widespread flooding across the southwestern half of Haiti, with reports of life-threatening landslides in some areas.

WikiLeaks publishes over 100 US Defence Department files detailing detention policies THE WikiLeaks website began publishing yesterday what it said were over 100 U.S. Defence Department files detailing military detention policies in camps in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay in the years after the September 11 attacks on U.S. targets.

In a statement, WikiLeaks criticised regulations it said had led to abuse

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and impunity and urged human rights activists to use the documents to research what it called “policies of unaccountability”.

The statement quoted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as saying: “The ‘Detainee Policies’ show the anatomy of the beast that is post-9/11 detention, the carving out of a dark

space where law and rights do not apply, where persons can be detained without a trace at the convenience of the US Department of Defence.”

“It shows the excesses of the early days of war against an unknown ‘enemy’ and how these policies matured and evolved, ultimately deriving into the permanent state of exception that

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the United States now finds itself in, a decade later.”

A spokeswoman for the US Embassy in London said they had no immediate comment. In January, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said the United States was still flouting international law at Guantanamo Bay by arbitrarily and indefinitely detaining individuals.

DISSIDENT Chinese artist Ai Weiwei criticised the government yesterday for removing from Chinese websites his parody of Korean pop sensation Psy’s Gangnam Style video.

Ai, a world-renowned artist and China’s most prominent dissident, and staff of his company performed Psy’s famous horse dance in his Beijing studio and posted the video late on Wednesday to Chinese sites such as Tudou, the equivalent of the blocked YouTube site.

Ai, 55, called the video Caonima. “Caonima” means “grass mud horse” but the word, which sounds like a very crude insult, has also been taken on by Chinese Internet users, and by Ai himself, and featured in postings mocking the government’s online controls.

Ex butler to be moved to cell PAOLO Gabriele, Pope Benedict’s former butler who was convicted this month of stealing papal documents and leaking them to the media, is being moved from house arrest to a jail cell, the Vatican said yesterday.

The decision to end house arrest for Gabriele, who has been living with his family in their apartment in the Vatican, was taken after both the defence and the prosecution decided not to appeal the sentence.

The Vatican insisted that Gabriele acted alone in a “criminal plan” and indicated that a papal pardon would not come soon.

Fritzl divorces JOSEF Fritzl, 77, who held his daughter captive in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children with her, has divorced his wife of 52 years for failing to visit him in prison, a magazine reported yesterday.

Austrian magazine News said Fritzl’s wife, Rosemarie, would receive no pension as a result of the divorce.

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brokers an Syrian army declares Egypt informal Israelconditional ceasefire Gaza truce - official Says it will respond to attacks, pro rebel moves

By Mariam Karouny and Stephanie Nebehay SYRIA’S army command announced a ceasefire yesterday to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al Adha, but said it reserved the right to respond to any rebel attack or moves to reinforce President Bashar al-Assad’s armed foes.

A Free Syrian Army commander gave qualified backing to the truce, proposed by UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, but demanded Assad free detainees. An Islamist group said it was not committed to the truce but may halt operations if the army did.

Brahimi proposed the temporary truce to stem, however briefly, the bloodshed in a conflict which erupted as popular protests in March last year and has escalated into a civil war which activists say has killed more than 32,000 people.

The fighting pits mainly Sunni Muslim rebels against Assad, from the Alawite faith which is linked to Shi’ite Islam, and threatens to draw in regional Sunni Muslim and Shi’ite powers and engulf the whole Middle East, Brahimi has warned.

“On the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Adha, the general command of the army and armed forces announces a halt to military operations

A screengrab of a YouTube video uploaded on Wednesday, allegedly shows a rebel firing a rocket propelled grenade during clashes with Assad forces in Aleppo (AFP) on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, from Friday morning ... until Monday,” an army statement read on state television said.

It reserved the right to respond if “the armed terrorist groups open fire on civilians and government forces, attack public and private properties, or use car bombs and explosives”.

It would also respond to any reinforcement or re-supplying of rebel units, or smuggling of fighters from neighbouring countries “in violation of their international commitments

Libyan suspect in American envoy attack killed in Cairo A LIBYAN militant suspected by Egypt of involvement in last month’s attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya has been killed during a raid by Egyptian security forces in Cairo, a security official said yesterday.

The Libyan was killed on Wednesday in a raid targeting him and other militants with suspected links to al Qaeda in Cairo’s eastern district of Nasr City, the official said. Four Egyptian militants were detained in the operation, he added.

The Libyan, identified as Karim Ahmed Essam elAzizi, was killed by a bomb he had tried to use against the security forces during the raid, the security official said.

It was not immediately clear what role Azizi had played in the assault on the US consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on September 11, in which the ambassador, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans were killed.

The security official, who

asked not to be named, said Azizi had been living in a rented apartment in Nasr City for the past three months. He said police had found 15 bombs and various weapons, including assault rifles, in the Libyan’s flat.

The attack on the Benghazi consulate has become a highly politicized issue in the US presidential election campaign.

It occurred during a wave of Muslim protest over an anti-Islam film produced in California, which also sparked violence against US diplomatic missions in Tunisia and Egypt.

However, official emails obtained by Reuters showed that the White House and State Department were advised two hours after the consulate attack that an Islamist militant group had claimed responsibility.

President Barack Obama and other US officials have said the attack was a “terrorist” act by militants with suspected links to al Qaeda affiliates or sympathisers.

to combat terrorism”.

Qassem Saadeddine, head of the military council in Homs province and spokesman for the FSA joint command, said his fighters were committed to the truce.

“But we will not allow the regime to reinforce its posts.

We demand the release of the detainees, the regime should release them by tomorrow morning,” he said.

Abu Moaz, spokesman for Ansar al-Islam, said the Islamist group doubted Assad’s forces would observe the truce, though it might

suspend operations if they did.

“We do not care about this truce. We are cautious. If the tanks are still there and the checkpoints are still there then what is the truce?” he said of the organisation, which includes several brigades fighting in the capital and Damascus province.

Brahimi’s predecessor, former UN chief Kofi Annan, declared a ceasefire in Syria on April 12, but it soon became a dead letter, along with the rest of his six-point peace plan.

PALESTINIAN militants held fire overnight yesterday and Israel refrained from air strikes as an informal truce brokered

by Egypt appeared to take hold following two days of violence along the Israel-Gaza border.

Palestinians had launched dozens of rockets into Israel over the preceding two days and Israel conducted a number of air raids on the coastal enclave, raising fears of a prolonged, bloody confrontation between the two sides.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said the last known rocket was fired from Gaza on Wednesday at 8pm (1800 GMT).

An Israeli defence official said no formal agreement had been reached with Hamas, the Islamist faction which controls the Gaza Strip, although Egyptian defence officials had been instrumental in restoring calm.

“The Egyptians have a very impressive ability to articulate to (Hamas) that its primary interest is not to attack and use terror against Israel or other targets,” Israeli defence official Amos Gilad told Israeli Army Radio.

But he added that there was no direct agreement with the Islamist faction which refuses to recognise the Jewish state and calls for its destruction.

“It can be said categorically that there is no agreement with Hamas, there has never been and there will never be ... The only thing that has been set and said is that there will be calm.

We are not interested in an escalation,” Gilad added.

On Wednesday, Israel killed a Hamas militant in an air strike which it said was intended to stop rocket launches. On Tuesday, Israel killed three Hamas men, saying they had either launched attacks or were about to do so.

In southern Israel, three agricultural workers were wounded when a Palestinian rocket exploded near them on Wednesday.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said 86 projectiles had been fired at Israel between Tuesday and Wednesday and that the Iron Dome system had intercepted eight of them. Several homes had been damaged by Palestinian rockets.

Israeli schools reopened on Thursday after they had been kept shut in communities near the fenced Gaza boundary and residents were urged to remain indoors.

Palestinian mourners carry the body of a slain militant during his funeral in Rafah, Gaza strip, on Wednesday (AFP)

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Business P&G profit rise surpasses forecast

Shares retreat, oil falters over investors’ unease

PROCTER & Gamble Co’s profit rose more than expected, indicating that the world’s largest household products company is making progress in cutting costs and giving Chief Executive Bob McDonald a little relief after months of pressure.

Shares of P&G, the maker of Tide detergent and Gillette razors, rose to their highest level in four years.

Meanwhile, shares of rival Colgate-Palmolive Co slid as much as 3.3 per cent after it announced plans to cut jobs as it strives to operate more nimbly as economies slow in many countries. Colgate’s quarterly profit matched expectations.

P&G is cutting $10 billion of costs and focusing on key markets, products and countries. The company’s goals as well as McDonald, who is also chairman, have been under intense scrutiny since activist investor William Ackman bought shares this summer.

“They cleared a low hurdle,” said Morningstar analyst Erin Lash. “The fact that they did report solid results is a plus, but I don’t know if the pressure is necessarily off.”

P&G had given a quarterly forecast in August that was below Wall Street’s view at the time, leading analysts to lower their expectations.

P&G ultimately beat the initial analyst expectations, helped by sales that met the high end of its forecast and some relief in commodity costs.

Shares of P&G rose as much as 4 per cent to $70.83 yesterday, their highest level since October 2008. The shares were up 3 per cent at $70.11 by midafternoon.

Colgate’s shares were down 1.9 per cent at $104.49 in the afternoon, off an earlier low at $103.06.

US equities fall over US elections, econ doubts

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GLOBAL shares retreated and oil prices faltered yesterday, as encouraging data from Britain and China was overshadowed by uncertainty over the U.S. presidential election and economy.

US business investment showed signs of stalling in September, an indication that a possible sharp tightening in the federal budget already is weighing on the economy.

A reading of new orders for capital goods outside of defense and excluding aircraft was unchanged last month, suggesting companies are holding back due to fears the US Congress may fail to avert sharp tax hikes and spending cuts in 2013.

Wall Street reversed early gains that had followed a rise in European equity markets, and the dollar edged higher against the euro. Crude oil prices also initially rose, only to retreat later.

“There is an election coming up that is really very difficult to project right now. So when uncertainty becomes part of the mix, guys usually are more likely to lighten their risk profile a little bit,” said Gordon Charlop, a managing director at Rosenblatt Securities in New York.

“Between some of the numbers we saw that people were initially happy with but not overly impressed - they weren’t able to reverse the sentiment,

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and that is the way it feels like it is trading today.”

The latest polls have shown President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a dead heat, with less than two weeks before the election. With the tightening race creating many different scenarios, there is the possibility that the Electoral College winner will not capture the most votes nationwide.

The Dow Jones industrial average was down 23.02 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 13,054.32.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was down 1.98 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 1,406.77.

The Nasdaq Composite Index

was down 1.52 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 2,980.17.

European shares, which dropped 3 per cent earlier in the week, felt the benefit of the more positive market tone, with the FTSEurofirst300 index of leading regional shares rising 0.2 per cent to close at a preliminary 1,095.85 points.

Britain emerged from recession in the third quarter, as its recent hosting of the Olympics helped the economy grow by 1.0 per cent, the strongest quarterly growth in gross domestic product in five years, official data showed.

Comments from a Chinese

(AFP) ministry that the country’s factory output should pick up toward the end of the year and a survey showing Chinese orders at their highest levels in months also underpinned investor sentiment.

Oil prices traded near breakeven and higher, but analysts said the overall outlook for oil was bearish.

Brent crude was up 41 cents at $108.26 a barrel, snapping its longest losing streak since July 2010. US oil rose 6 cents to $86.79, after settling down for the fifth straight session.

Gold rose, after a drop to seven-week lows the previous day. Spot gold prices rose

$10.97 to $1,712.90 an ounce.

In the US Treasuries market, benchmark yields touched a five-week high ahead of the sale of seven-year notes and after the Federal Reserve on Wednesday stuck to its monetary policy, prompting some Treasury investors to book profits.

The price of the benchmark 10-year US Treasury note was down 2/32 to yield 1.7995 per cent.

The dollar rallied to a fourmonth high against the yen as US data and expectations the Bank of Japan will ease monetary policy next week favoured the greenback.

EU Parliament vetoes Mersch nomination, wants woman for ECB

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THE European Parliament rejected Luxembourg banker Yves Mersch’s nomination to the board of the European Central Bank yesterday because of his gender, raising the stakes in a showdown with EU governments over power and women’s rights.

In a plenary vote in Strasbourg, members rejected Mersch’s candidacy by 325 votes to 300, saying insufficient effort had been made to find suitable women candidates for the post. Forty-nine lawmakers abstained.

It is the toughest stance the European Parliament has taken on such a sensitive issue of economic management, underlining its determination to have a great say in decisionmaking at a time of crisis for the single currency and the region.

EU leaders have the power to steamroller Mersch’s appointment through over the lawmakers’ objections. There was no immediate comment on how they would respond.

Sharon Bowles, head of the economic affairs committee and a driving force behind the rejection, was especially critical of Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, for not putting forward any

Luxembourg banker Yves Mersch’s nomination to the board of the European Central Bank was rejected by the EU Parliament yesterday (AFP) women candidates.

The European Council represents member states and Van Rompuy has said efforts were made to secure women applicants, but it is up to member states to put forward qualified candidates.

“Van Rompuy has not taken the opportunity to offer more than lip

service to what is a very serious matter,” said Bowles, herself a candidate to be the Bank of England’s next governor.

“He has promised nothing, not even a road map, for appointing women to the ECB board in the future. European institutions should be leading by example, not dragging their

feet,” she said in a statement.

The ECB’s 23-member governing council is made up of the six executive board members and the 17 national central bank chiefs of eurozone states, all of whom are men at this time. If Mersch is appointed, the next board vacancy would not be until 2018, adding to the pressure for a female policymaker now.

The European Parliament is frequently outspoken on issues of gender equality and human rights, and in this case generated a groundswell of support for its position.

The vote came in a week when the European Commission put off a proposal that would have obliged companies to allot 40 per cent of their board seats to women by 2020, highlighting how gender issues are rising up the EU’s agenda.

The ECB’s last female policymaker, Austria’s Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, left at the end of her term in 2011.

For their part, EU member states and the ECB are frustrated by parliament’s obstruction of Mersch, seeing it more as an act of gesture politics than a matter of principle, and worried that it could leave the ECB short-handed at a time of crisis.

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Opinion

Job of appointing police hierarchy should belong to the force itself PRESIDENT Christofias had a nerve, to say that the key to success for the police force was to embed a sense of meritocracy in the ranks. He said this during the presidential palace ceremony for the appointment of the new deputy chief of police, which was not meritocratic, by any stretch of the imagination. This is not to say that the new deputy-chief Andreas Kyriacou is not a good police officer, but only a fool would believe that his promotion was determined by anything other than his political affiliations.

He had served as head of the presidential guard and received six promotions in the last nine years, which allowed him to triple his salary. Only policemen enjoying the favour of a political party receive six promotions in less than 10 years. Had he done anything exceptional in his career to justify all these promotions, it would have been mentioned in the resume that was release by the force. However, all that the resume said was that Kyriacou had served at several police stations and a number of services that were not specified. No reason to justify his meritocratic promotion ahead of more senior and more experienced officers was given.

Opposition parties accused Christofias of appointing a relatively young AKEL officer as deputy-chief - he would be able to hold the post until his retirement in 2024 - to ensure party control over the force. The president ignored seniority, he ignored experience (an officer who spent a large part of his career as a bodyguard to politicians has limited experience of police work) and he ignored educational qualifications (other officers had university degrees) in making his appointment.

The real problem however is our political system which invites every president to practise nepotism. During his presidency, Glafcos Clerides appointed a lawyer from the Attorney-General’s office, with no police experience as Chief of Police, because he had the constitutional power to do so. But why should the appointment of the chief or deputy chief be the prerogative of the president? Does the president know who would make a good police chief or who would command the respect of the rank and file? Of course not. There is not even a reliable job evaluation system for the president to consult, before making a totally arbitrary decision that has no basis in merit.

Surely the job of appointing the police hierarchy should belong to the force – a committee of top-ranked officers under the chief. There could be some consultation with the minister of justice, but the president should not have a say in the matter.

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Kabarebe, Rwanda and the Congo killing fields S

WEPT UP in the mid1990s in a conflict that has killed an estimated 5 million people, former child soldier Gabriel struggles to reconcile his feelings towards the man who led him into battle, James Kabarebe.

“He was very disciplined. He looked after us child soldiers.

He took time to speak to us,” Gabriel, who was 12 when he became a fighter, said of Kabarebe, Rwanda’s defence minister, who was accused by the United Nations this week of fomenting war in neighbouring Congo.

“But when someone comes and makes war, and uses child soldiers, he can’t leave anything but bad memories behind him,” said the former fighter, who asked that his name be changed to protect his identity.

Right-hand man to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Kabarebe, 53, for two decades has been a central figure shaping the often violent history of the Central African region.

He is celebrated as a hero at home for helping lead the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) advance that stopped the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the army and Hutu extremist militias. The war lifted Kagame to power in Kigali, and Kabarebe along with him.

Across the border in the vastly larger Democratic Republic of Congo, however, Kabarebe is almost universally reviled for his role in destabilising the mineralrich but almost ungovernable country at a cost of several million lives. Rwanda vigorously denies the latest allegations contained in the report of a panel charged with monitoring Congo’s arms embargo, which said Kabarebe has armed and given military backing to the M23 rebel movement.

Fighting between M23 and Congo’s army has displaced nearly a half million people. The Tutsi-dominated insurgency, which took up arms in April, is expanding its control over parts of North Kivu province with additional financing from Rwandan businessmen trading in smuggled Congolese minerals, the report stated.

Earlier findings in an interim report by the experts led to a freezing of some foreign aid by the United States, Britain, the

Newsmaker Joe Bavier European Union, Sweden and the Netherlands.

Repeated attempts by Reuters to obtain comment from, or interviews with, Rwandan officials about the report’s allegations failed to elicit a response. Phone calls and text messages to the defence minister, his spokesman, and his chief of staff all went unanswered. A Rwandan government spokesperson twice declined Reuters’ requests for comment.

But those who know Kabarebe and how he operates say the UN’s findings do not come as a shock. “I’m not the least surprised...He’s smart. He’s able.

And heaven knows he knows the territory,” said Daniel Simpson, who was the US ambassador to Kinshasa in 1996.

That was the year Kabarebe led a mixed force of gumbootwearing Rwandans and ragged Congolese recruits 1,500 km (900 miles) across Congo, then known as Zaire, to topple longtime dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. Kigali accused Mobutu of harbouring the instigators of the Rwandan genocide, who had continued to launch raids into Rwanda from Congolese territory.

The rebel army met little resistance as Mobutu’s forces crumbled, but it left a trail of massacred Rwandan Hutu refugees in its wake, according to a comprehensive UN report on the violence published in 2010.

Initially welcomed by the cheering residents of the crumbling riverside capital Kinshasa, Kabarebe was even named head of the army by Mobutu’s successor, Laurent Desire Kabila, the father of current president Joseph Kabila.

The alliance didn’t last as Kabila - known popularly as Mzee, the Swahili word for “elder” - balked at Rwanda’s pervasive influence in his new government.

“They behaved like conquerors. Mzee Kabila didn’t like their behaviour here,” Congolese general Jean-Claude Kifwa, who knew Kabarebe at the time, said in an interview. “Rwanda is poor compared to Congo. They took the chance to pillage, to enrich themselves.” The inevitable falling out came in 1998 with Ka-

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Kabarebe. right-hand man to Rwandan President Paul Kagame bila’s order expelling Rwandan troops from Congolese territory.

A few weeks later, Kabarebe secretly flew back across the country in a daring operation to seize Kinshasa with a few hundred men.

Though the plan was foiled when Angolan troops intervened in support of Kabila, it marked the start of a war whose aftershocks are still felt a decade on and which researchers estimate has cost the lives of more than 5 million people.

A 2003 peace deal that officially ended the conflict left Congo with an army cobbled together from dozens of armed groups, among them several with ties to Rwanda. “He has contact with Congolese officers everywhere,” Kifwa said of Kabarebe.

In media interviews since the UN experts interim report revealed Rwandan links to the rebels, Kabarebe has said he used these contacts in an attempt to stop the M23 mutiny in

its infancy. However, the experts say he has instead provided the group with direct military support, facilitated recruitment, transferred weapons and ammunition, and encouraged Congolese soldiers to join the insurgency.

“M23’s de facto chain of command...culminates with the Rwandan Minister of Defence General James Kabarebe,” said the experts, who monitor compliance with UN sanctions and an arms embargo on the Congo.

If the UN report is correct and Kabarebe is indeed orchestrating the M23 rebellion, it is unlikely he is acting alone, said Gerard Prunier, an academic who has written histories of both Rwanda’s genocide and the war in Congo.

“Kabarebe is a fairly simple person. He’s always fighting for the boss...It’s totally unthinkable, given the tight control Kagame has, that he would go into this on his own.”

WHAT THE MAIL SAID

1951

26 years ago Sunday October 26, 1986

The Conservatives defeat Labour in the general election by a small majority making Winston Churchill prime minister for the second time.

A new appeal by the government to CyBC staff, to defer strike action to give time for further consideration of their grievances was again rejected yesterday and the service were off the air from 1pm.

Staff went on strike as scheduled and all radio and television broadcasts were cancelled.

1956 The Hungarian Prime Minister, Imre Nagy, appeals for calm as demonstrators’ battle with Soviet troops.

1977 The last natural case of smallpox is discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.

1979 The President of South Korea, Park Chung Hee, is ‘accidentally’ shot dead by the chief of his intelligence service, Kim Jea Kyu.

1994 At a ceremony in the desert witnessed by US President Clinton, Jordan and Israel sign a peace agreement ending 46 years of war.

36 years ago Tuesday October 26, 1976 Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith suggested today that Dr Henry Kissinger might have to be asked to come to Geneva to set the record straight on a row plaguing preparations for this week’s conference on ending white rule in Rhodesia.

46 years ago Wednesday October 26, 1966 The US and her fighting allies made a firm pledge today to withdraw their forces from Vietnam within six months if communist North Vietnam would pull out of the South. It was the first time America and nations fighting with her in the war have put a time limit for withdrawal once required conditions have been met by the other side. The pledge was published in a communiqué issued at the end of the two-day Vietnam summit conference.

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Showbiz

Whitney’s family share struggles in reality show

Garth Brooks inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame

‘It has kept the family close together’

By Vernell Hackett

By Jill Serjeant MAKING a TV reality show may not be the most obvious way to cope with the sudden death of a loved one, but most families don’t count an icon like Whitney Houston among their relatives.

Less than a year after the singer drowned accidentally in a hotel bath tub after taking cocaine, Houston’s teen daughter, her mother, brother and sister-in-law share with the world their struggle to cope in The Houstons: On Our Own. Difficult as that is, the Houstons say that making the 14-episode show for cable channel Lifetime has helped rather than hindered the process.

“The show has kept the family close together, instead of isolated from one another.

We talk about things, we are very open, and we pay attention to the ones who need consoling the most. Doing the show certainly has helped in a huge way,” Pat Houston, Whitney’s manager and sister-in-law, told Reuters.

“There are preconceptions about the family that just aren’t true. We are a strong family, a working family, and a typical family. Our family member just happens to be an icon,” she added. “You will see a family that is griev-

Pat Houston (left), sister-in-law of the late singer Whitney Houston, and Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina are shown in this publicity photo from the new cable TV reality series, The Houstons: On Our Own, which premiered on Wednesday ing, that loves one another.

You will see a family that is trying to move on.”

The series, which made its debut on Wednesday night, sets the stage for a slew of November tributes to the troubled singer with the golden voice. Upcoming projects include an official glossy book of photos, a compilation album of Houston’s biggest hits that features a new duet version of ‘I Look To You’ with R. Kelly, and the November 16 TV broadcast of a special Grammy tribute starring Jennifer Hudson,

Usher and Celine Dion.

Few of the many public salutes to Houston since her February death have touched on her well-publicised addiction to drugs and her tumultuous personal life. Yet the TV series delves into some of family’s thorniest issues.

Using some of Houston’s soaring ballads to set the tone, including her 2003 single ‘On My Own’, the show opens with the family in their Atlanta, Georgia home days before the first Mother’s Day without Whitney and their first visit to her grave.

Her daughter and only heir to the estate, Bobbi Kristina, 19, is finding solace in an alcoholic beverage, and the arms of Nick Gordon, 23, - the teen Whitney Houston took into the family home when he was a troubled high school student.

“We were best friends a long time ago, and now I am in love with him,” Bobbi Kristina explains on camera, before telling appalled family members at a dinner that she and Gordon are engaged, and that she is looking to launch a recording career of

her own.

Pat Houston, who in the show’s first episode is firmly against any engagement, declined to address the couple’s current relationship status. “It’s a journey. You’ve just got to watch the show,” she told Reuters last week.

The notion of putting Bobbi Kristina in the spotlight so soon after her mother’s death, and the singer’s messy 2007 divorce from singer Bobby Brown, sparked public dismay when the reality show was announced in May.

Cruise files $50m suit Wedding was a total ‘fantasy’ over ‘abandoned Suri’ TOM Cruise filed a $50m defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against magazines that claimed he had abandoned his daughter, Suri, following his divorce from actress Katie Holmes.

The actor filed the lawsuit in US court in Los Angeles against the publishers of celebrity magazines In Touch and Life & Style. Cruise’s attorney Bert Fields said in a statement.

“Tom is a caring father who dearly loves Suri. She’s a vital part of his life and always will be. To say he has ‘abandoned’ her is a vicious lie. To say it in lurid headlines with a tearful picture of Suri is reprehensible,” Fields, added.

The lawsuit refers to two cover stories published by the magazines in July and September with the headlines ‘Abandoned

by Daddy’ and ‘Abandoned by her dad.’ The September story from In Touch claimed that six-year-old Suri, the only child of Cruise and Holmes, had gone more than 44 days without seeing him.

The magazines, owned by privately held German publishing group Bauer Media, did not immediately return calls for comment.

Holmes filed for divorce in June after six years of marriage, seeking sole custody of Suri, in a move that took Cruise by surprise when he was filming in Iceland. They swiftly agreed to a custody arrangement and settled other matters but details have been kept private.

Fields said that despite repeated stories in celebrity media about Cruise and his personal life during his 30-year Hollywood career, the actor rarely resorted to litigation.

“He’s not a litigious guy. But when these sleazy peddlers try to make money with disgusting lies about his relationship with his child, you bet he’s going to sue,” he added.

Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake tied the knot last week

ACTRESS Jessica Biel tied the knot with singer-turnedactor Justin Timberlake last week at Borgo Egnazia resort in Puglia, Italy, and the couple say they couldn’t have asked for a better day.

Jessica, 30, sighed, “It was a total fantasy experience”, while 31-year-old Justin added, “It was a really special evening”.

The newlyweds invited 100 guests to join them for their week-long wedding celebrations, including showbiz pals Jimmy Fallon, Andy Samberg and Timbaland, and they were determined to show everyone a good time after they made the effort to travel across the globe for them.

Justin joked: “It was a lot to ask of them to travel, so we figured we’d give our guests a good party!”

The former N’ Sync singer serenaded Jessica with a romantic self-penned ditty on his guitar as she walked down the aisle in a pale pink Giambattista Valli Haute Couture gown.

SINGER Garth Brooks received country music’s highest honour with an induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, calling the event “the biggest night” of his chart-topping career.

Oklahoma native Brooks, 50, was inducted in a starstudded ceremony featuring music greats including Bob Seger, George Strait and James Taylor, all of whom Brooks has cited as influences.

“There are big days in your career, like when you join the Grand Ole Opry...and I didn’t think anything would top those. I might have lied.

This may be the biggest night of my of career. I’m so excited and nervous, and feel so undeserving, all at the same time,” Brooks told Reuters on the red carpet.

The singer is the best-selling solo country music artist in US popular music history with more than 128 million album sales. He has won two Grammy awards over his career spanning three decades.

Taylor, who Brooks named one of his daughters after, said he was honoured to perform the singer’s 1992 hit song ‘The River’.

“It’s meant so much to me that Garth has mentioned me over the years as one of his influences,” Taylor said.

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, located in Nashville, Tennessee, serves to honour the history and traditions of country music. Inductees are voted for by a panel of members, which includes artists such as Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton and The Everly Brothers.

Country music veteran Connie Smith, who is often hailed as the vocalist all country female singers strive to be, was also inducted.

The singer, whose hits include ‘Then and Only Then’ and ‘Nobody But a Fool Would Love You’, was the first female country artist to have a number one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart with her 1964 song ‘Once A Day’, which topped the chart for eight weeks.

“I’m excited and nervous and proud and thankful and blessed,” Smith said when accepting her membership.

“I believe it was God’s destiny for me to be a girl singer in country music. I’m proud to be part of the country music legacy.”

Smith was welcomed into the Country Music Hall of Fame by member Merle Haggard, while Lee Ann Womack, the Whites and the Quebe Sisters performed Smith’s hits on stage.

Country music artist Hargus ‘Pig’ Robbins, 74, was inducted into the Hall of Fame by harmonica whiz Charlie McCoy. Robbins, blind since childhood, has overcome obstacles to become one of the most respected musicians in the industry.

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Health

Health

bites

Carrying extra weight tied to higher risk of hospitalisation REGARDLESS of lifestyle and other health-related factors, heavier people were more likely than lean ones to be hospitalised for a variety of conditions, according to an Australian study.

What’s more, this was the case not just for obese people but also for those who were merely overweight as well, the researchers wrote in the International Journal of Obesity.

Among middle-aged adults, researchers found that every extra body mass index (BMI) point - equal to about 2.7 to 3.2kg - was tied to a four per cent higher chance of being admitted to the hospital over a twoyear period.

“There is considerable evidence that severe obesity is bad for your health, resulting in higher rates of disease and consequently higher use of health services and higher death rates,” said lead author Rosemary Korda, from the Australian National University in Canberra.

“What this study shows is that there is a gradual

increase in risk of hospitalisation as BMI increases, starting with people in the overweight range. In other words, even being overweight (but not obese) increases your risk.”

food sends up blood sugar. But there are few studies of their direct effects on diabetes, according to Jenkins.

Beans show promise with diabetes

People more likely to carry out CPR in wealthier areas

EATING a cup of beans or lentils every day may help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar and possibly reduce their risk of heart attacks and stroke, according to a Canadian study.

Researchers, whose results appeared in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that compared with a diet rich in whole grains, getting a daily dose of legumes led to small drops in an important measure of blood sugar as well as in blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

After three months on the bean diet, study participants’ estimated 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease had fallen from 10.7 per cent to 9.6 per cent, according to the group.

“Legumes are good protein sources, and proteins tend to dampen the blood glucose response and they lower blood pressure,” said David Jenkins of St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, who led the study.

“They are also good sources of fibre and that tends to be associated with lower cholesterol.”

Legumes such as beans, chickpeas and lentils are already recommended for diabetics due to their low glycemic index, a measure of how far and how fast a given

PEOPLE in wealthier white or integrated neighbourhoods are more likely to try to save a cardiac arrest victim using CPR than people in other neighbourhoods, according to a large US study.

“Where you drop literally can determine your likelihood of having someone stop and do CPR, and it changes from one side of the street to the other,” said coauthor Comilla Sasson of the University of Colorado School of Medicine of the study, which was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Although the racial makeup of the neighbourhood was a factor, “it’s probably socioeconomic status that matters more than racial composition,” she added.

About 300,000 people collapse from cardiac arrest in the United States each year, and other research has suggested that ethnic or socioeconomic conditions influence the chance that a bystander will start CPR. “We’ve seen for many years that certain communities have higher likelihood of a patient getting CPR,” said Bryan McNally of Emory University in Atlanta, another coauthor. “This is pointing out that within communities, there is variation in the local or neighbourhood area.”

Health of 125 million people in developing world is at risk

Eating chips linked to low birth weights EATING chips during pregnancy can lead to significant health problems for new born babies, research suggests.

Consuming a vast quantity of chips, crisps and biscuits during pregnancy can lead to babies having a lower than average birth weight, the study found.

Mothers-to-be who have a high intake of acrylamide which is found in commonly consumed foods and coffee are also more likely to have a baby which has a smaller head circumference.

The size of a child’s head has been associated with delayed neurodevelopment while lower birth weights have been associated with adverse health effects in ear-

ly life and as children grow up.

Babies born to mothers with a high dietary intake of acrylamide were found to be up to 132g lighter than babies born to mothers who had a low intake, researchers said.

The mean birth weight among children who were exposed to the highest levels of acrylamide compared with children in the lowest was around 100g, the authors said.

The effect caused by acrylamide is comparable to lower birth weights caused by maternal smoking, they said.

The infant’s heads were also up to 0.33 centimetres smaller, they found.

tea drinkers show Pollution as harmful Green lower cancer risks as malaria and TB

By Jonathan Allen POLLUTION from factories and mines is putting the health of 125 million people at risk worldwide and is as dangerous in the developing world as malaria or tuberculosis, according to a report published by two environmental advocacy groups.

The researchers behind the 2012 World’s Worst Pollution Problems report say theirs is the first substantial attempt to estimate the number of people sickened or killed worldwide because they work in or live near tanneries, recycling plants, chemical factories or mines, among other toxic industries.

“Appropriately, large amounts of time and resources are devoted to addressing the burden of

diseases like tuberculosis and malaria,” said Stephan Robinson, a researcher at Green Cross Switzerland, which produced the report with the Blacksmith Group, a New York-based non-profit environmental organisation.

“The striking fact is that international and local government action on these diseases greatly outpaces the attention given to toxic sites, which as demonstrated in this report, contribute greatly to the global burden of disease,” he said.

Researchers examined more than 2,900 active or shuttered industrial sites in 49 low and middle-income countries and estimated the health impact of pollutants - such as lead, mercury or chromium - on the people who live nearby or work at the sites, often producing goods or providing services

for people in richer countries.

The advocacy groups noted that their numbers “are by no means conclusive, but can be taken as indicative of the potential scale of the problem,” adding that they expected the figures to be underestimates of the full scale of the problems.

Researchers analysed data from their own field studies at toxic sites and combined that with census data as well as epidemiological studies to extrapolate an estimate of the health problems involved.

The report cautioned that in many cases the data were “very limited.”

Smaller companies, often producing for local markets, tended to have the biggest negative health impact. No specific companies were named in the report.

Researchers used the notion of a disability-adjusted life year, or DALY, which is a measure of the number of years an individual loses from a healthy lifespan because of sickness, disability or early death.

In those 49 countries, representing about two-thirds of the world’s population, they estimated more than 17 million years of healthy life were lost because of pollutants caused by the 10 industries examined, compared to 14 million for malaria, 25 million for tuberculosis and nearly 29 million for HIV. It is easier, the report said, to diagnose and count people with HIV than it is to count the number of children whose brain development is being slowly stunted by chronic exposure to lead from varied industrial sources.

OLDER women who regularly drink green tea may have slightly lower risks of colon, stomach and throat cancers than women who don’t, according to a Canadian study that followed thousands of Chinese women over a decade.

The researchers, whose report appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that of the more than 69,000 women, those who drank green tea at least three times a week were 14 per cent less likely to develop a cancer of the digestive system.

The study adds to debate over the impact of green tea on cancer risks. Past studies have so far come to conflicting findings on whether green tea drinkers really do have lower cancer risks.

“In this large prospective cohort study, tea consumption was associated with reduced risk of colorectal and stomach/ esophageal cancers in Chinese women,” wrote study leader Wei Zheng, who heads epidemiology at Vanderbilt University school of Medicine in Nashville, and his colleagues.

Nobody can say whether green tea itself is the reason, since green tea lovers are often more health-conscious in general.

But the study did try to account for that, Zheng said. None of the women smoked or drank alcohol regularly, and the researchers also collected information on their diets, exercise habits, weight and medical history.

Yet even with all these things factored in, women’s tea habits remained linked to their cancer risks, Zheng noted - even though this type of study cannot prove cause and effect.

Few clinical trials have looked at whether green tea can cut cancer risks, and the results have been inconsistent, according to the National Cancer Institute.

There is “strong evidence” from lab research - in animals and in human cells - that green tea has the potential to fight cancer, Zheng’s team wrote.

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What’s on

films

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

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Tel: 7777-8383

Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.35pm and 3.35pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Brave (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) (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 6) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 The Artist Cine Studio, tonight at 9pm, Sunday at 8pm, Tuesday and Thursday at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96-420491, www. ofk.org.cy

LIMASSOL Looper (15) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 3 and 5.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383

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

Paranormal Activity 4 (15) Rio 2 at 8.15 and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.15pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Killer Joe (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (K) (in French, with Greek subtitles) Rio 3 at 6.15, 8.20 and 10.25pm, weekends at 6.25, 8.30 and 10.35pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.35, 7.50 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Savages (18) Rio 6 at 7.45pm and 10.10pm, weekends also at 5pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Watch (15) Rio 4 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends at 8.10 and 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383 ParaNorman (12) Rio 3, weekends only at 3pm.

Tel: 25-871410 The Cold Light of Day (12) Rio 5 at 7.45pm (weekends at 8.15pm) and 10pm. Tel: 25871410

Brave (K) Rio 3 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 4.40pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.35pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) Rio 2 (in Greek) at 6.30pm, weekends also at 3pm and 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 4 (in English, in 2D), weekends only at 3, 4.45 and 6.30pm.

Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 5 (in Greek), weekends only at 3pm, 4.45pm and 6.30pm.

Tel: 25-871410 Le Havre (in French, with Greek subtitles) Rio 5, Monday at 8.30pm, presented by the Limassol Cine Club

LARNACA Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (K) (in French, with Greek subtitles) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.35, 7.50 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Looper (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Paranormal Activity 4 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Paranormal Activity 4 (15) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 9.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

Killer Joe (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Killer Joe (18) Rio 5 at 9.45pm. Tel: 26207000

Savages (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.35 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (K) (in French, with Greek subtitles) Rio 6 at 5.50, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends at 3.50, 6, 8.10 and 10.20pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Watch (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.35, 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Brave (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Le Havre (in French, with Greek subtitles) Larnaca Municipal Theatre, Thursday at 8.30pm, presented by the Larnaca Film Society. Tel: 99-658831, www.lfcinema.org

PAPHOS Looper (15) Rio 7 at 7.45 and 10.10pm, weekends at 7.30 and 9.45pm.

Tel: 26-207000

Savages (18) Rio 4 at 7.45 and 10.10pm, weekends at 7.30 and 10pm.

Tel: 26-207000 The Watch (15) Rio 3 at 6, 8 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000 God Loves Caviar (K) (in Greek, English and Russian) Rio 5 at 7.45pm. Tel: 26207000 ParaNorman (12) Rio 7 at 6pm, weekends at 4 and 5.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Cold Light of Day (12) Rio 2 at 6 and 7.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) Rio 5 (in Greek) at 6pm, weekends at 4 and 5.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

listings Today Music The Avant Garden Festival The free press newspaper Avant Garde presents a festival with eight of the most popular Cypriot bands. October 26.

Open-air amphitheatre of Famagusta Gate, Nicosia. 5pm. €5. Tel: 99-870053 Marcos Vinicius Classical guitar recital with Brazilian star. October 26. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Street, old Nicosia. 8.30pm. €15. Tel. 70-009304 (daily 9.3011.30am). www.pharostickets.org

Theatre Spring and Port Wine Stage One Theatre Group production of Bill Naughton’s comedy. October 26 & 27. Emba Theatre, Paphos. 7.30pm. €5.

Telephone Box Office Monday to Friday between 10am & 1pm. Tel: 99-967737

Dance One’s World Dance House Lemesos presents three works from the choices of Aerowaves and three works by local artists. October 26-27. Rialto Theatre, Limassol.

8.30pm. €10/7. Tel: 77-777745/77777798

Other Events Art and literature Artists book installations related to poetry by James Joyce and short stories by Samuel Beckett created by Horst Weierstall. In addition there will be screenings. October 26-28. TheArtspace, old Nicosia. Friday-Saturday: 6pm-9pm and Sunday: 11am-1pm. Tel: 99-875117. horstweierstall@gmail. com. www.horstweierstall.com.cy

Tomorrow Music

Thrillionaire Revolution Cyprus with Nik Halik & Bob Proctor from The Secret Workshop with self-development gurus that will help you fulfill your potential, live an extraordinary life and create the level of financial freedom that will help you live the lifestyle that you desire. October 27-28. Hilton Park Nicosia. €89/110. Tel: 70-008087/99353901. e-mail: info@thrillionairerevolutioncyprus.com. www.thrillionairerevolutioncyprus.com

Ongoing Other Events

That’s How Jazz was Born Charity concert with the famous Belgrade Dixieland Orchestra. October 27. European University Cyprus.

9pm. €10. Part of the proceeds will be donated to the Association For preventing and Handling Violence in the Family. Tel: 22-339001

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

Other Events

Theatre

Vikomedy Comedy Show Funny and educational stand-up comedy show. October 27. University of Nicosia UNESCO Hall. 4pm-5.15 pm.

18 year old and above. €4. Tel: 99673508. vikengineering@yahoo.com

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

Staircase ETHAL presents a British comedy with Kostas Vichas and Achilleas Grammatikopoulos. Until November 11 (on specific days). Technohoros ETHAL, 76 Franklin Roosevelt Avenue, Limassol. 8.30pm and 6.30pm on Sundays. €15/10. In Greek 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 Oscar The New Stage of THOC presents the play based on the work by FrenchBelgian dramatist Eric Emmanuel Schmitt. Until December 8. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every two weeks Wednesday through Saturday.

8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-492900

11:16 Anemona Theatre presents a mystery

by C. G. Wilson. Until December 23. Anemona Theatre, 7 Archagelou Street, Latsia, Nicosia. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 8pm. In Greek. €10. Tel: 22-573031 The Magic Flute Staged by the Children’s Stage of Satiriko Theatre. Until December 23.

Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. Sunday at 10.30am. €10. In Greek. Tel: 22-312940

Exhibitions The Expression of My Soul Mixed media show by Kristina Poliakova and Karima Ben Otman. Until October 27. Dinos Art Café, 62-66 Irinis Street, Limassol. Monday-Saturday: 10.30am to midnight and Sunday: 4pm to midnight. Tel: 25-762030 For A Helen Solo art exhibition by Kynthia Livaniou.

Until October 27. Peninda Plin Ena Gallery, Ellados Street, Limassol. Tuesday- Friday: 11am-1pm & 4pm-8pm.

Saturday: 11am-2pm. Tel: 99-522977 Points of View Painting exhibition by Eleni and Peter Barron. Until October 27. Argo Gallery, 64E D. Akrita Avenue, Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm.

Tel: 22-754009. www.argogallery.org

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

Mare Nostrum Group exhibition about the sea. Until October 29. Famagusta Gate, old Nicosia. Open daily: 10am-1pm & 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 4pm-8pm. Tel: 22-797660/22-466426 War – Pigs First solo art exhibition by Antonis Rizopoulos. Until October 30. Apocalypse Gallery, 30 Chytron Street, Nicosia. Monday- Friday: 10.30am1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30am-1pm. Tel: 22-766655 Urban-A-Where International Workshop and Exhibition about Chrono-urbanism. Until October 30. Casteliotissa Hall, old Nicosia.

The exhibition will then be moved to the Department of Architecture, University of Cyprus. Opening hours: 12.00- 8pm weekdays and 11am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday Stelios Votsis Solo painting exhibition. Until October 31. Zacharias Gallery, 147 Irinis Street, Limassol. 9am-1pm and 4pm8pm. Tel: 25-358311 Darkness or Light?

Solo art exhibition by Froso Liapi. Until October 31. Art Space Kat’oikon, 47 Perikleous Street, Nicosia. Open daily: 6pm-8.15pm. Tel: 96-510261

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Portolan maps: were they mediaeval GPS? IF YOU haven’t been to the Evagoras Lanitis Centre to see the Mare Liberum exhibition you ought to pay a visit, especially if you’re a fan of history and maps.

Under the auspices of the Cypriot Presidency of the EU and on the occasion of the signing of the Limassol declaration by the European Member States, the Evagoras and Kathleen Lanitis Foundation has organised an exhibition dedicated to navigation in the Mediterranean Sea between the 16th and 19th centuries.

The exhibition focuses on Portolan charts and their history and origins. In the thirteenth century a new type of chart, the portolan chart, emerged. The word portolan comes from the Italian adjective portolano, meaning “related to ports or harbours”. A cartographic revolution, they were created by mariners who plotted coastlines along constant compass bearings.

Until this point, most maps had held a religious significance and purpose, such as the mediaeval mappa mundi which was based on theological beliefs. The portolan chart contrasts with this tradition as they are based on direct observation and firsthand experience and have a practical purpose. Reflecting their use by sailors they note only coastal locations, omitting most of the internal detail of the land.

The portolan charts were characterised by rhumb lines, lines that radiate from the centre in the direction of wind or compass points that were used by pilots to lay courses from one harbour to another. As technical innovations as much as objects of science and a reflection of the quest for the undiscovered, portolans are also veritable works of art.

Ships and sea monsters fill the chart’s sea, while meticulously drawn city profiles, often sporting the city’s colours, offer a glimpse into the bustling landscape of Mediterranean trade. Of the roughly 130 portolans surviving, most were made in Italy or Catalonia and a few in Portugal.

Coming Up Music Piano man comes to the Shoe Factory NICOSIA of late has been host to some really great classical music programmes and in the process has brought about some of the best musical talent Europe has to offer.

Next week, the Pharos Arts Foundation continues its Concert and Recital Series with a recital

by French pianist Emmanuel Despax, described as a “soloist with winged virtuosi fingers”.

Despax was born in Paris but his burgeoning career has led him to make his home in England. His musical ability was discovered early. At the age of 11 he entered the Aix-en-Provence Conservatoire, studying with Michel Bourdoncle and Florence Belraouti.

At 13 he gained a place at the Yehudi Menuhin School where Ruth Nye, one of Claudio Ar-

The Lanitis Centre will bring together artefacts in an attempt to shed light on these important but poorly understood early maps. During this voyage visitors will cross paths with great navigators and discover the way Europeans looked upon the territories and civilisations they encountered, conquered and studied.

The maps on display illustrate the cities and ports that flourished; they also examine the different types of ships that navigated, whereas special attention is given to famous sea battles and to piracy, both Christian and Muslim. The last chapter of the exhibition is dedicated to the Capitulations the Ottoman Empire offered to the European states, and to the origins and development of maritime law in the Mediterranean Sea. sticated The exhibition is a sophisticated multimedia production, combining a selection off original portolan maps m from the Correr Museum of Venice, European sea charts of the 19th century from the Collection of the Culturall Foundation of the Bank of Cyprus and ship models of Aristotle Onassis’ collection that will travel all the way from the Hellenic Maritime Museum, in Piraeus, which will guide the visitor into the magical world of our Common Sea and our common European Heritage. n The exhibition will remain open until November 15

rau’s finest students, recognised a great talent in the making. In 2002 Emmanuel gained a full scholarship to the Royal College of Music where he went on to win many awards.

In 2009 he won the prestigious Dudley International Piano Competition and in 2011, following his acclaimed Paris début at the Salle Gaveau, gave the opening recital of the Louvre International Series and returned to London’s Wigmore Hall in a recital celebrating Liszt’s bicentenary year.

On Tuesday, Despax will make his Cyprus debut at The Shoe Factory, in Nicosia, in a very special event for what will undoubtedly be one of the best piano recitals of the season.

In a generous and wide-ranging programme, Despax will attempt to give local crowds an exciting and technically demanding programme.

He will open his recital with Bach-Busoni’s Chaconne and a work fromthe romantic piano era: Busoni’s Carmen Fantasy; and Liszt’s Funeralilles from Harmonies Poetiques. These will be followed by a stirring perform-

and is curated by Anna Marangou, archaeologist and art historian and designed by architect George Papadopoulos. The graphic design and the video animation are the combined works of Artemis Psathas and Christina Olympiou.

Mare Liberum An exhibition centred on navigation in the Mediterranean Sea between the 16th and 19th century. Until November 15. Evagoras Lanitis Centre, Vasilissis Street (Mediaeval Castle Area), Limassol. Opening hours: daily except Monday: 10am-1pm & 4pm-8pm. Tel: 25-342123. www.lanitisfoundation.org

By Ledha Socratous

This Weekend Other Events Wacky science

ance of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, based on ten drawings and watercolours produced by his recently deceased friend, the architect and artist Victor Hartmann. Despax is one of those pianists who has an ability to play loudly whilst retaining subtlety.

Emmanuel Despax The Pharos Arts Foundation continues its Concert and Recital Series with a recital by critically-acclaimed French pianist.

October 30. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Street, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €25/20. Tel: 22-663871/70-009304. Email: info@ pharosartsfoundation.org. www.pharosartsfoundation.org

IF YOU want a more practical and entertaining approach to sciences than what you can find in textbooks then Viken Tavitian will give you something to think about.

This weekend, Tavitan will be launching his brand new stand-up comedy in Cyprus, at the University of Nicosia. A first of its kind, the show discusses various incidences that have occurred in his life in a funny and scientific manner. The main aim of his efforts is to convey that science is all around you and you don’t need to be at a research lab or university to have fun Those of you wishing to attend the show, please make sure you confirm before turning up.

Vikomedy Comedy Show Funny and educational stand-up comedy show. October 27. University of Nicosia UNESCO Hall. 4pm-5.15 pm. 18 year old and above. €4. Tel: 99-673508. Email: vikengineering@yahoo.com

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Film

Looper

ES SUMMARIES Looper (See page opposite) Our rating:

John Travolta. Directed by Oliver Stone. (Dramatic thriller, 131 mins.)

Our rating:

Paranormal Activity 4

The Watch

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

Also starring Gina Gershon. Directed

by William Friedkin. (Comedy-thriller, 102 mins.)

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Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia The Gallic heroes of the popular comic book series cum film franchise return, with Asterix (Edouard Baer) and oversized pal Obelix (Gerard Depardieu) crossing the channel to Britain circa 50 B.C., where their mission is to save Queen Cordelia (Catherine Deneuve) from the conquering military might of Julius Caesar (Fabrice Luchini).

Directed by Laurent Tirard. In French, with Greek subtitles. In 3D. (Adventure comedy, 100 mins.)

Our rating:

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 one-of-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 ParaNorman

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 try and save their neighbourhood – and the planet – from total extermination.

Directed by Akiva Schaffer. (Comedy-sci- Ratings key fi, 102 mins.)

Unforgettable Our rating: Unmissable

Recommendable O Theos Agapaei Watchable to Haviari (God

Regrettable The Cold Light Loves Caviar) Abominable of Day The story of 19thWill Shaw (Henry century magnate Cavill), the oldest son of Martin Ioannis Varvakis (Sebastian (Bruce Willis) and Laurie (Caroline Koch), and his journey from lowly Goodall), is visiting Spain for an Greek pirate to international caviar annual sailing vacation with his millionaire with the ear of Catherine family. While their boat is anchored the Great of Russia. His wealth and just off the coast, Will swims power, however, do not give him ashore to go into town for supplies. contentment, and his boundless He returns to find the boat empty ambition only brings suffering, and his family gone. A visit to the until he gives everything away – local police station reveals that including himself – in the name of some kind of conspiracy is afoot. love. Also starring Evgeny Stychkin Martin appears out of nowhere to and Catherine Deneuve. Directed help Will escape from the corrupt

by Yannis Smaragdis. In Greek, cops – then reveals that he’s really Russian and English. (Historical a CIA operative and has 24 hours adventure, 99 mins.)

Our rating: N/A to deliver a briefcase to terrorists or they’ll kill his family. His first stop is to visit Carrack (Sigourney Weaver), ParaNorman his longtime partner. Also starring In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Veronica Echegui. Directed by Babcock (voiced by Kodi SmitMabrouk El Mechri. (Action thriller, McPhee) is a boy who can see dead 93 mins.) people and even talk to them, but Our rating: almost no-one believes him. One day, Norman’s estranged eccentric uncle tells him of an important annual Barbie: The Princess & ritual he must perform to protect the the Popstar town from a curse cast by a witch Barbie stars as Tory, the kindit condemned centuries ago – but hearted princess of Meribella who things don’t go according to plan, would rather sing and dance than and the witch threatens Blithe Hollow perform her royal duties. When her as the dead rise again. Also with favorite pop star Keira visits the the voices of Anna Kendrick, Casey Kingdom, the girls discover they Affleck and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. have much in common, including a Directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell. magical secret that lets them look In 3D. (Cartoon adventure, 92 mins.) like one another. At first, swapping Our rating: 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. (Comedydrama, 110 mins.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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 sabertoothed tiger (voiced by Denis Leary) and Sid the sloth (voiced by John Leguizamo). In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home.

Also with the voices of Peter Dinklage and Nick Frost. Directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier.

In 3D. (Kids’ cartoon, 94 mins.)

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The Artist Hollywood, 1927: outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo) literally bumps into silent-movie star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin). The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers.

The headlines demand: ‘Who’s That Girl?’ and Peppy is inspired to audition for a dancing bitpart at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction

of talking-pictures turns Valentin’s world upside-down. As his career dims with the arrival of talkies, her star rises. Also starring John Goodman and James Cromwell.

Directed by Michel Hazanavicius.

(Comedy-drama, 100 mins.)

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Le Havre Marcel Marx (André Wilms), a former author and evident bohemian, has retreated into voluntary exile in the port city of Le Havre and has become a shoe-shiner, to reach a closer rapport with people. He lives happily within the triangle of his favourite bar, his work, and his beloved wife Arletty (Kati Outinen), who falls seriously ill. Marx’s life takes an interesting turn when fate throws Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) in his path, an underage refugee from Africa, sought by the police. Directed by Aki Kaurismaki.

In French, with Greek subtitles.

(Comedydrama, 93 mins.)

Our rating:

ay, October 26, 2012

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Sport

NEW FILMS Looper

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID

Directed by: Rian Johnson Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt US 2012, 119 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.

Pro: “Here’s what’s so awesome about Looper: It’s a futuristic time-travel movie in which more or less the entire last hour takes place on a farm.

And that’s just one of the many ways writer-director Rian Johnson subverts expectations. This is a ‘you know what would be cool?’ movie that considers the real-world ramifications of its sciencefiction whiz-bang, and a film of ideas that doesn’t skimp on the action…

“Outside of one jarring timeline hiccup, Looper’s how-the-present-affects-thefuture shenanigans don’t jumble the narrative significantly.

(Though there is one cool visual sequence that takes a few seconds to process, as a looper from the future watches his body fall apart while his past self is getting vivisected.)

That’s because Looper isn’t playing clever time-games for their own sake, but rather considering their impact on the characters…

“Comparisons to 12 Monkeys are inevitable, given Willis’ presence, though really, Looper is reminiscent of The Matrix – not so much in terms of its style or plot, but in that it’s so fully realised, and populated with memorable scenes and delightful character turns. And like The Matrix, Looper has a strong emotional core, as its two protagonists – young and old – embody the cycle of selfishness they see all around them, and show the potential for one person to break it.

“The odd logical inconsistency aside, Looper is a remarkable feat of imagination and execution, entertaining from start to finish, even as it asks the audience to contemplate how and why humanity keeps making the s a m e rotten

THE PLOT In the near future, 2044, a group of hitmen called Loopers work for a crime syndicate in the further future. Their bosses send targets back in Time, and the Looper’s job is to shoot them and dispose of the body; the target vanishes from the future, 2074, and the Looper disposes of a corpse that technically doesn’t exist. When they want to ‘close the loop’ on Joe (Bruce Willis), they send him back as the target for his younger assassin self (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). But the older Joe has settled down to a happy life and doesn’t want to be terminated; he escapes execution and goes on the run, looking for the crime boss who sent him back in Time – and forcing the younger Joe into hiding with Sara (Emily Blunt) on her remote corn farm.

mistakes.”

Noel Murray, The A.V. Club (US) “Rian Johnson’s Looper is very exciting and very confusing at the same time: a gripping time-travel, sci-fi thriller indebted to Christopher Nolan’s Memento and James Cameron’s The Terminator, but with its own creepiness and muscular sense of urgency…

“Of course, there is no sense in the time travel in Looper, but no less sense than in any other film in this genre. Johnson makes up for it with narrative force, mesmeric fascination and a sense of a profound taboo being broken. GordonLevitt is made up oddly – to look like Willis’s younger self, of course, but this has an uncanny effect, adding to the mutant strangeness that pervades the movie … I left Looper dizzy with excitement, and also just dizzy.”

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (UK)

Step Up 4

Paranormal Activity 4

Paranormal Activity 4 Directed by: Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman Starring: Kathryn Newton, Katie Featherston, Matt Shively US 2012, 88 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 Five years after the events that led to the disappearance of Katie and baby Hunter (in Paranormal Activity 2), young Alice (Kathryn Newton) begins experiencing strange phenomena in her home – especially after a weird kid named Robbie moves in next door. When Robbie’s mum ends up in hospital, he starts living with Alice’s family while she’s convalescing. That’s when things go from creepy to paranormal.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID

Looper

Looper

Mixed: “Are you an electronics moron? Are you incapable of shooting a cell phone video, much less managing the intricacies of a Web-cam chat? Congratulations! Your ineptitude guarantees that you’ll never be haunted by the vain ghosts and demons that stalk the video-savvy humans of the

Paranormal Activity films. In the latest instalment of this wildly profitable series, Ben (Matt Shively), loyal boyfriend to the lovely Alex (Kathryn Newton), age 15, has mad A/V skills, and he sets video cameras up in every room of his girl’s suburban Nevada home. Alex hopes the cameras will document her suspicion that the creepy little neighbour boy staying with her family has ‘brought something with him’ into the house.

“As always, we the audience witness much more of the footage than its subjects, so poor Alex never sees herself, for example, floating above her own bed while sound asleep. [The filmmakers] make a truly lame attempt at establishing a supernatural mythology to explain all this, but their real energies go to amping up the jarring sound cues, darting shadows, and last-shot shocker (so goofily weird this time that you’ll laugh out loud) that make this franchise a perennial crowd-pleaser.”

Chuck Wilson, Village Voice (US)

Anti: “A shock to the system is an event. Someone tiptoes up behind you and goes boo!

A car zips out of a side street into your lane. A door slowly blows closed. That last one, in the original Paranormal Activity, made movie audiences jump in tandem, as if ordered to by a gym teacher…

“But when you expect the shock – hear the tiptoeing, spot the car, see the same spooky door in another film – that’s merely a habit. Attending a Paranormal movie is now just that: a rite of fall, with predictable autumnal shivers … As the series that challenged Saw, the previous pre-Halloween king, and quickly beheaded it, the PA franchise has stopped innovating and turned into a familiar theme-park-like attraction: the same reliable, recyclable experience, the same methods employed with the minutest variations.

That’s certainly the case with Paranormal Activity 4 … You go not to be scared but to remember the thrills you felt watching the first film. Instead of a journey into fear,

PA4 is a nostalgia trip – déjà boo! all over again…

“The big bummer of PA4 is that until literally the final shots, it doesn’t elaborate seriously on the grander question – the big ‘What’s Katie up to?’ The TV series The X Files mixed stand-alone episodes with, a few times a season, further hints on the ‘mythology’: Mulder’s lost brother, Scully’s child, the Smoking Man’s mission, etc. PA4 doesn’t provide nearly enough clues; in TV, this episode would be called a rerun. The ponderous pace of revelations makes you wonder how many PA films the series’ guardians have planned before the faithful actually learn something. Or maybe the filmmakers are content to keep coasting on autopilot, retracing their greatest hits…

“In TV, the moment when a hit series gets desperate and either does something ludicrous or reworks old episodes is called ‘jumping the shark’.

The Paranormal team has to rethink what it’s doing with this intriguing notion. Otherwise it will have jumped the shock.”

Richard Corliss, TIME (US)

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TO LET NICOSIA ing, 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).

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TO LET NICOSIA room, big overfloor, swimming pool with covered patio area with fully equipped bar(bbq, fridge, freezer, cooker),mature garden around the house,2 parking places, alarm system near the Cyprus Conference Centre- PLATY AGLANTZIAS €3500 (H5PAG0002-R), (photos in the website).

10. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, electrical appliances, small yard, bbq area, off Kostantinoupoleos street near French ambassador residence.- STROVOLOS €900 (H4ST10043-R), (photos in the website).

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ANTHOUPOLIS €1300 (H4ANT0002-R), (photos in the website).

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA 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, 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

TO LET NICOSIA 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 22422225/96-422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates.com ***************************** LUXURY FLATS: 1. 3 bedr furnished apartment, 140sq.m, near Cyprus Hilton, kitchen, bathroom and extra guests toilet, large sitting room, opposite a small park, recently renovated 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 cen-

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tre.– NICOSIA CENTRE €600 (A2NIC0026-R), (photos in the website).

centre – Agioi Omologites €650 (A2AOM0008-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).

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).

5. 2 bedrs big luxury flat, 110sq. m+big covered veranda, CH ind, 3 a/c, cooker, oven in the kitchen, roller blinds, 2 bathrooms, 2 wc, parquet and granite floor, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining room, covered parking, intercom, on a small building with 6 flats only near Coca Cola factory 2 km from McDonalds in Egomi – Agios Dometios €550 (A2ADO0013-R), (photos in the website).

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 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).

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).

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).

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

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 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).

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TO LET LIMASSOL A SEMI-DETACHED 3 bedroom townhouse in Ypsonas, 2 bathrooms, guest toilet, separate kitchen, utility, lounge area and office. Newly painted inside, unfurnished, easy access to the motorway, a/c in bedrooms, spacious veranda and private parking place. Rent 750 Euros pm. Please contact 0035799681606.

OFFICE FOR RENT opposite sea with amazing sea views.

120sqm, 2 bathrooms, kitchen.

Security system, cabling and server room ready. Price €1300/ month tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre.com/listing-LIM-0103 *****************************

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sea views, 85sqm less than 10 years old with title deeds Price €135.000 tel. 99 330 908 www. cyprusre.com/listing-lim-0361 GROUND FLOOR HOUSE, furnished 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

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TWO BEDROOM fully renovated fully furniture. Alfa Mega area.

(Neapoli) 4 a/c and full kitchen equipment. Covered parking.

117 sm2. Title deed if you prefer to buy. 200m from the sea.

Excellent condition. For rent €650.00incl common expenses. Tel: 99429501. ***************************** BRAND NEW OFFICE FOR RENT on busy shopping street in Limassol 170sqm, raised flooring, ready to be occupied.

Price €3000/month tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre.com/listinglim-0155.

BRAND NEW SHOP FOR RENT on busy shopping street in Limassol 190sqm basement, 150sqm shop area + 75sqm upper floor ready to be occupied. Price € 6000/month tel.

99 330 908 FOR RENT 2 bedroom flat located in Germasoyia with partial

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 spoken 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, Larnaca 5 min. to Larnaka, 5 min. to the beach Fully furnished, A/C, communal pool, under covered parking, Long term rent, €350.00 per month For more info pls call 99639378 ***************************** PROTEA APTS LARNACA Residential and holiday apts for rent monthly or weekly Larnaca –

Dhekelia road, close to Golden Bay Hotel 1 & 2 bedroom apts, furnished and with low rent with swimming pool, 2 minutes walking distance from the beach, with a new pedestrian crossing in front of the building. Contact us on 99672466, 99404522, and 99078590 ***************************** LARNACA FLAT FOR RENT: Fully-furnished spacious 2-bedroom first floor flat in central location near Metro supermarket, A/C, private parking, intercom system, en-suite bathroom, small block. Phone: 99354789 ***************************** FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom flat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel: 99202543 ***************************** 1. K.S.L LETTINGS – APARTMENT FOR RENT Fully Furnished 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 – Properties Required for waiting Long Term Tenants. We desperately require 2/3 & 4 bedroom villa’s with private swimming pools for waiting tenants in the Larnaca District. Please call us for a free valuation. Tel.(00357) 24815104 3. K.S.L LETTINGS – LARGEST RANGE OF PROPERTIES. OVER 200 RENTAL PROPERTIES IN THE LARNACA DISTRICT AT THE MOST COMPETITIVE RATES! FLEXIBLE CONTRACTS AVAILABLE. Tel. (00357) 24815104 4. www.KSLlettings.com – Villa For Rent 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.

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PAPHOS €290 CHLORAKAS, Acropolis Heights 2-bed , Beautiful private / quiet location ,with views of the valley and the sea , in a Cul-de-sac, 1-Floor, 9 years old, 90 sq. mts, Fully Furnished, W.C, open-Plan Lounge / Kitchen, Garden/ Front Car-port and rear yard and Doghouse. Call 99-632388.

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

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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 ***************************** PAPHOS- Large 3 Bedroom F/F Apt, Central Heating, 2 Bathrooms, Laundry, €350

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KATO PAPHOS- 1 bedroom Town-House, Newly fitted kitchen, Enclosed Rear Garden, Cloakroom, €200

FLOWRON PROPERTY SERVICES LTD: PROVIDING AN EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE FOR TENANTS AND LANDLORDS. PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR RENT LONG & SHORT TERM RENTAL. FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WITH KEY HOLDING AND RENT COLLECTIONS OFFERED Yeroskipou: 2 bed furnished apartment, cosy furniture, communal pool, walking distance to all local amenities, Ref: 1034 Price 375 Konia: 3 bedroom unfurnished spacious town house with communal pool in nice residential area, walking distance to all local amenities, suit a family with children Ref:1027 Price €500 Anavargos: 3 bed part furnished extremely large apartment, walking distance to the general hospital, lift, quiet building: Ref:1162 Price €400 Mesogi: 4 bed very large unfurnished modern villa with private pool, nice residential area, gardens, near amenities, pets welcomed, not far to the International School of Paphos. Ref: 783 Price €800 Secret Valley: 3 bed villa fully furnished in modern style, landscaped gardens, quiet location, Private pool, not far from Aphrodite Hills and golf area of Secret Valley. Ref:1033 Price €650 Mandria: 4 bedroom villa offered unfurnished in very nice location, walking distance to all amenities, garden ,with Private pool, pets welcome Ref:1174 Price €750 Lower Peyia: Very large 5 bedroom luxury villa offered fully furnished, Large astro turf garden ,with Private pool, Jacuzzi, central heating, excellent sea views. Ref:1167 Price €3000 Stoumbi: Modern newly built property with private pool, stone features, outside gardens, nice location and views: Ref: 737 Price €800 Tsada: Very large villa with spacious living areas, kitchen with lots of cupboards, fire place, central heating, peaceful location with valley view’s Ref: 955 Price €1300 PROPERTIES WANTED FOR SALE/LONGTERM/HOLIDAY LETTING. PLEASE CALL US FOR A LISTING OF YOUR PROPERTY OR SEND US INFORMATION AND PICTURES TO OUR EMAIL BELOW: OFFICE: 120 MARKARIOS AVENUE, PAPHOS. OFFICE: 26600450 MOBILE: 97614070 many properties available on WEB: www.flowron.com Email info@flowron.com WEB: www.holidayrentalsinpaphos.com Your Vision - Our Mission ***************************** LONG TERM RENTALS

EMBA-Traditional Detached 3 bed room, F/F, very spacious property, large garden with a variety of fruit trees, fabulous kitchen, €450 TREMITHOUSA- 2 Bedroom, Traditional Village Bungalow, Very Large Courtyard, Parking. €280 FULLY FURNISHED PROPERTIES WANTED MORE PROPETIES AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 99862922 ***************************** 1. 1 bedroom, fully furnished apartment in Peyia in a small complex in a very quiet area, air condition throughout, spectacular sea and mountain views and communal pool, pets allowed Price: €270 o.n.o 2. 2 bedroom, fully furnished apartment in Peyia in a small complex in a very quiet area, 1 bathroom, air condition throughout, spectacular sea and mountain views and communal pool, close to all amenities, pets allowed Price: €320 o.n.o 3. 2 bedroom, fully furnished apartment in Peyia in a small complex, quiet area, 1 W/C downstairs, 1 bathroom , air condition throughout ,communal pool, balcony, lovely sea and mountain views, close to all amenities, satellite dish, pets allowed, Price: €370 o.n.o 4. 4 bedroom fully furnished detached Villa in Peyia in small complex, private swimming pool , BBQ area and small garden, 1 en-suite bathroom in master bedroom, downstairs bedroom and bathroom, air condition throughout, 2 balconies, very spacious rooms, with additional storage space, lovely sea and mountain views, close to all amenities, satellite dish, pets allowed. Price : €750 o.n.o ALL THE ABOVE PROPERTIES ARE PRIVATELY OWNED PLEASE CALL: 99351008/99563020 *****************************

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 fur-

“Friends for Life Limassol Hospice Care Appeal”

Friends for Life Limassol Care Appeal will be holding their Annual Christmas Fair on the 8th and 9th of December

Wish to inform their valued customers On Tuesday 13th November they will hold their not to be missed Déjà vu afternoon from 2.30 until 4.30 at the Leontious Street Charity Shop Limassol between St Barnabas Church and Mitsubishi traffic lights.

Come and purchase your Christmas and New Year Party Clothing plus Festive Decorations

At the Atlantica Miramare Beach Hotel Limassol 11am to 7 pm daily The organizers wish to inform those who have Craft items to exhibit there are still a few tables 180x80 available to rent at 30 Euros each per day.

For booking and further information please call Anne

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS nished, 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

TO LET PAPHOS modern quality furniture and finishes.

Central heating, sky, alarm, infinity pool and stunnning sea and mountain views €700 per month, call : 99389426 ***************************** BRAND NEW APT, opposite Poseidonio Gym, near Carrefour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from €340p.m.Tel 99403261 ***************************** MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. KONIA €500 beautifully designed 3 bedroom spacious townhouse, master with ensuite plus guest wc. Finished to a high standard with modern fitted kitchen & bathrooms. Available unfurnished though includes security alarm system, flyscreens, storage area & blinds.

Stunning pool area shared only with 3 other homes. website reference number: RTL_585 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

TO LET PAPHOS reference number: RTL_482 3. UNIVERSAL AREA €550situated in a central location close to many amenities this large semi detached house offering 3 bedrooms plus 3.5 bathrooms.

Enclosed garden with private pool. Separate utility room/storage room. Large verandas. Solar panels & sky satellite. Available furnished or unfurnished. website reference number: Rtl_425 4. TALA €625 unfurnished modern 3 bedroom detached villa offering total privacy & breathtaking sea views. Includes under floor heating plus real fire.

Master with ensuite. Storage room. Shutters & flyscreens.

Covered veranda, garden with mature plants, private pool offering sea views. Off street parking. A beautiful home. website reference number: RTL_530 5. MANDRIA €750 modern detached 4 bedroom villa, master with ensuite. Fully enclosed low maintenance garden offering private pool. Available unfurnished to include white goods, blackout blinds, curtains, ceiling fans & log burner for those winter months. Immaculate condition. Pets allowed at owners discretion. Website reference number: RTL_633 offers considered.

6. CHLORAKA €750 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.

TO LET PAPHOS 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 7. KATO PAPHOS €800 large 4 bedroom detached villa situated in the sought after residential area of Limnaria. Walking distance to the beach and the many amenities of Kato Paphos. Spacious living accommodation offering an enclosed garden with c/pool. Fully fur-

TO LET PAPHOS nished with modern furniture & solar panels. website reference number: RTL_442 8. TSADA €2000 fantastic 4 bedroom 4 bathroom villa offering breathtaking sea & mountain views from every aspect. Spacious living areas with central heating and real fireplace. Covered veranda leading to private pool with Jacuzzi and large stone built bbq area. Separate storage rooms, utility room & garage. Available fully furnished or unfurnished. Offers

TO LET PAPHOS considered. website reference number: RTL_639 Tel: 97790883 office: 26271858 visit our website for many more properties www.mrrentpaphos.net email: info@mrrent-paphos.net ***************************** RENTAL POINT - PAPHOS PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!!

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

2 double , bedrooms, master with en-suite shower room.

Family bathroom. Large patio areas with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views. Covered parking and security gates..

Comm swimming pool, and landscaped gardens. Euros 425.00 a month. 2 bed apartment same complex Euros 400.00 a month.

2 MESOGI 3 bed 3 bath furnished apartment in handy location close to the shopping areas.

Large open plan living area and dining area.. Fully fitted dining/ kitchen with appliances . Guest WC. Utilty room. 3 double bedrooms one with en-suite. Family bathroom. Balcony & and parking. Euros 500.00 a month.

Suit non-drivers!

3. TOMB OF THE KINGS – 3 bed fully furnished apartment in established block. Own entrance via stairway. Open plan living area. Dining kitchen. 3 bedrooms and family bathroom.

A/C, sat TV. Internet available.

Large balcony area. Parking.

Euros 350.00 per month 4. KISSONEGA - 3 bed 2 bath unfurnished villa. Set in enclosed gardens the villa consists of open plan living area. Full itted kitchen. Small utility area. Conservatory room. Ground floor bed room with en-suite. Stairs

TO LET PAPHOS 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 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.

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.

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Mrs Frola Ieronimydou and the Committee of the St John the Merciful Foundation (Famagusta Friends of the Poor) now thank the Commander and Personnel of the Dhekelia Garisson, for generously providing the tables and chairs for use during their recent Bazaar.

Grateful thanks also to Mr. Andreas Louroutziatis for so kindly attending and declaring the Bazaar open.

TO LET PAPHOS 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, 22428200.

PROPERTY FOR SALE LIMASSOL BARGAIN PRICE DETACHED HOME FOR QUICK SALE with title deeds. Located on a quite cul de sac in Germasoyia within a short 2 minute drive to the beach and tourist area. 3 bedroom. 325sqm plot, 160sqm house. Price € 385.000 tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre.com/ listing-lim-0337

NICOSIA ***************************** HOUSE FOR SALE AT ARCHANGELOS AREA (Nicosia) WITH SEMI-DETACHED STU-

FOR SALE NICOSIA DIO FOR HOUSEKEEPER AND GARDEN 300 sq.m - with Title. 3 bedrooms (one big with dressing room and bathroom).

Open big space Kitchen with Dining and Living Room. Two Bathrooms and one WC for Guests. Fully Air-conditioned, Central Heating €390.000 TEL 99668822/99680700 NICOSIA, FLAT FOR SALE: 2 bdrm flat with title deeds, 110 sq.m., fully renovated, best central area, 800m from the European University, excellent view, €99.000. Tel. 99621914. ***************************** FOR SALE is a building with 4 flats, each 3 bedroom. 2 on the ground floor with yards, and 2 on the first floor. 2 on first floor completely renovated.

Located in quite area. Building recently plastered and painted. €850,000. Negotiable Call: 99 330 908 ***************************** 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. *****************************

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

FOR SALE PAPHOS PAPHOS ***************************** LOFOS – TALA, 3 bedroom bungalow for sale, living room, kitchen, bathroom, shower room, central heating, air con, private pool, landscaped gardens, lovely views. Call: 99342913 – no agents ***************************** 1. PAPHOS, FLATS FOR SALE OR RENT: Kissonerga, 3 bdrm flat with title deeds, in a block of 4 flats only, fully renovated, 2 baths, 146 sq.m closed area, c/h, a/c, covered parking, excelent view of sea and mountains, half registration fees titll 31.12.12 reduced to €135.000 or rent €450 per month. Tel. 99621914. ***************************** FOR SALE- PAPHOS

1. REGINA GDNS- 2 Bedroom Townhouse set on a luxury complex with 3 communal pools, private parking, private driveway, rear patio, solar panels, TITLE DEEDS. Covered area 92sq. mtrs. Priced to sell at €115,000.

2. FAROS BEACH- 2 Bedroom fully furnished apartment, situated 120m from a popular beach off Tombs of The Kings.

Sea views, solar panels, private parking, spacious balcony, large family bathroom, TITLE DEEDS AVAILABLE. Priced to sell at €138,000.

3. ATHENA GARDENS- Beautiful 2 Bedroom fully furnished ground floor apartment in Geroskipou with communal pools, gardens, large patio with roll down canvas sidings (low electricity bills). This property comes with many many extras and it is priced at 25% below value at €140,000. Covered area 96sq. mtrs.

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

FOR SALE PAPHOS 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-desac. 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 bedrooms en-suite, large lounge with stone carved fire surround and wood burning fire, black granite work surfaces, traditional stone arches, private 8mx4m pool, outbuildings, garage. Many many extras. Price includes all furniture and white goods. TITLE DEEDS. Priced well below the market value at €475,000.

For further details please contact 99874804 or E-mail: rocpropertiescyp@gmail.com ***************************** FOR SALE special offer, €79,000 first floor apartment in Protaras, fully furnished with 2 bedrooms and a swimming pool. Walking distance to the beach of Ayia Triada and all amenities. Tel: 97 608941. *****************************

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

U SEFUL PHONE NUMBERS St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Byron Avenue,Nicosia

CAR BOOT SALE SATURDAY 3 November 2012 1400 – 1700 in the Cathedral Car Park Car Spaces € 13 individual tables on request (€3 per table) Refreshments available Reservations and information: Agnete 99 823785 Sylvia: 22 466753/99 836405 (in aid of St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral Funds) Having a clearout?

Sell your unwanted items here!

POLICE DIVISION HQ

HOSPITALS ........ 1400

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

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

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

Narcotics Helpline ......... 1410 (Outside hours.............. 22-304160) AIDS Advisory Bureau ................................ 22-302826 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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Television CYBC 1

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PLUS TV

06.45 Proti Enimerosi Weekly news show.

08.15 Kali Sas Mera Local variety show, with entertainment options, cookery tips and more.

11.00 Kaftes Piperies (rpt) 11.30 Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) Local comedy series, which happens to be the longest-running show on TV. 12.00 Apo Mera Se Mera 15.30 Mazi Sto CyBC Talk-show with former Sigma icon Elita Michaelidou, discussing health, work, relationships and much more.

17.30 Entehnos 18.00 News 18.15 Kaftes Piperies Live cookery show.

18.45 Paizoume Kypriaka New season of local game show, asking questions having to do with Cypriot dialect.

19.20 Moiraia Fengaria New local drama series inspired by Maro Kranidioti’s book ‘Otan i Moira Apofasizei’.

20.00 News 21.15 Patates 8 Local satirical show, using comedy sketches and embarrassing TV clips to skewer local politicians.

22.00 Greek FILM: O Lamproukos Balanter Comedy. 1981.

23.30 News 23.45 Repeats

07.00 NRG Zone 08.00 Kids’ TV 16.30 FIFA World Cup 2014 Magazine 17.00 History of UEFA Euro 18.00 Biz/Emeis 18.50 News In English 19.00 News In Turkish 20.00 NRG Zone 21.00 A Touch of Frost: Dead End Jack investigates the abduction of a bus driver and his conductor and an unrelated murder of a children’s entertainer, but is frustrated when he finds himself working alongside an old colleague.

Long-running crime drama, with David Jason. 2008.

22.30 Top Gear Seventeenth season. Episode 4: The trio finally find a good use for caravans. Comedy star Rowan Atkinson takes the wheel of the Reasonably Priced Car, and Jeremy Clarkson takes the Jaguar XKR-S and the recently updated Nissan GT-R for a spin round the track to compare both models.

23.30 Ghost Whisperer Fifth season of paranormal drama.

‘Blessings in Disguise’. When Ned falls in love with a young dancer, Melinda tries to uncover the secret past of the girl’s family.

00.45 Repeats

06.10 Proini Enimerosi 06.40 Kai oi Pantremeni Ehoun Psihi (rpt) 08.20 Englimata (rpt) 09.10 Oi Men kai oi Den (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: Pearl Harbour The reported death of a pilot during World War Two leaves his girlfriend seeking solace in the arms of his one-time best pal - until the supposedly dead airman turns up.

However, when the Japanese launch their bombing raid, the trio must put personal problems aside. Romantic drama, starring Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett. 2001.

00.10 News 00.15 Sports News 00.30 Kai Oi Pantremenoi Ehoun Psihi (rpt) 01.20 Gamos Me Ta Ola Tou (rpt) 02.10 Tmima Ithon (rpt) 03.00 News 04.00 To Kafeneio (rpt) 04.30 Epithimies (rpt)

06.00 Paralliloi Dromoi (rpt) 06.20 Emeis Ki Emeis (rpt) 07.20 Ach, Eleni (rpt) 08.00 Nea Mera 11.00 Proino Mou (rpt) Greek morning talkshow.

12.00 Enimerosi Tora 14.00 Sto Para Pente (rpt) 15.00 Eheis Meson Local current affairs show.

07.00 Protoselido 08.20 Eleni 10.00 7 Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites (rpt) 11.00 Aspra Balonia (rpt) 12.00 Mesimeri Kai Kati 14.20 Tropico 15.20 Magazino 17.35 Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama 18.15 News 18.20 The Del Monte Heirs 19.20 7 Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites 20.20 News 21.20 Aspra Balonia (rpt) 22.10 Oikogeniakes Istories 23.15 CSI: NY Fourth season.

‘Right Next Door’.

Stella’s life is endangered by an unexplained fire at her apartment building, and she is forced to evacuate everyone from the premises.

Meanwhile, her fellow investigators deal with another mystery.

00.00 News 00.05 CSI: NY Fourth season.

‘Like Water for Murder’. The team investigate an unusual case in which the body of a salesperson is found washed up near a cluster of dead sharks on Rockaway beach.

00.30 Epistrofi (rpt) 01.40 Mono Mia Fora (rpt) 02.30 More Repeats

06.45 Star News 07.45 Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of 09.15 Fotis - Maria Live Best Of 10.30 Exelixeis Stin Showbiz 11.00 I Kouzina Me Tin Dina (rpt) Cookery show, with helpful tips on eating well and nutrition. Hosted by Dina Nikolaou.

12.00 Mila - Best Of 12.30 Star News 13.00 Mesimeriani Meleti Showbiz news and gossip show hosted by Eleonora Meleti.

15.30 Kids’ TV 17.15 Exelixeis Stin Showbiz 17.50 Fotis Maria Live 19.30 Mila Discussions about various issues based on woman’s life (men, relationships, sex, kids etc.) with showbiz guests.

Hosted by Tatiana Stefanidou.

21.15 Exelixeis Stin Showbiz 22.00 FILM: Girls Of Summer A teenage orphan forgoes college to turn her efforts toward a potentially successful rock ‘n’ roll band.

Music comedy, also known as Satisfaction, starring Justine Bateman and Liam Neeson. 1988.

00.00 LTV Sports News 01.00 Star News 02.00 Repeats

16.00 Yia Sena Local talk-show.

18.00 News 18.10 Mousiko Kouti Greek game show, with contestants being tested on their music knowledge.

19.40 Sto Para Pente (rpt) Greek comedy series.

20.20 News 21.20 FILM: Enemy At The Gates Second World War drama, starring Jude Law and Ed Harris. 2001. See Film Picks.

23.20 FILM: Sahara An explorer sets out to find a treasureladen American Civil War battleship rumoured to be lost somewhere in the Sahara desert. Adventure, starring Matthew McConaughey.

2005. Interrupted by the News at 00.00 01.15 Yia Sena (rpt) 03.00 Enimerosi Tora (rpt) 04.30 Proino Mou (rpt)

CAPITAL 06.45 08.30 09.15 10.00 11.00 11.30 12.30 13.15 14.15 15.20 16.10 16.55 17.45 18.15 19.15 19.50 20.05 21.00

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Kids’ TV S’Agapo (rpt) Akti Oneiron Ston Asterismos Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Tropical Heat rpt) Milagros Sinedrio Arhis Radiotileorasis Kids’ TV Top Models S’Agapo Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Melrose Place With News at 18.30.

News Sports Time Rubi FILM: Frozen Impact A man braves nightmarish weather conditions to rescue his seriously ill son, who has become stranded on a mountainside during a freak hailstorm. Disaster drama, starring Stacy Keach. 2003.

FILM: Arlington Road A man suspects his all-too-perfect new neighbours are terrorists, but struggles to convince anyone else that he is not being paranoid.

Thriller, with Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins. 1999.

FILM: No Mercy Action thriller, with Richard Gere. 1986.

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 Coll Mario 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 Live LiveCyBC2 (91.1, 92.4 FM) 06.00-07.30 Programmes in Turkish with News at 7.30 07.40 Good morning Cyprus 10.00-12.00 Kalimerhamba 12.00 Gunortasa 12.45 Greek Cyprus Press 13.00 Turkish Music 13.15 News in Turkish 13.30 News in English 13.45 PM Classics 16.00 Greek Radio 16.15 Our country doesn’t divide 16.50 News in Turkish 17.0018.00 Programmes in Armenian; News at 17.15 18.00-20.00 Round & About 20.00 News in English 20.10 Welcome to Cyprus in French and German 20.40 Ship of Fools with Robert Camassa 22.00 News in English 22.00 International Music 00.00-06.00 Rebroadcast of the evening’s programme Radio Napa (106.3 FM) 06.00 Morning Music 08.30 BBC World Today 09.00 News, Weather and Exchange 09.05 Nathan Morley 12.00 BBC News 12.06 Lunch-

time 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.

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Television PICK OF THE DAY Paranormal Activity 3 (Novacinema3, 23.00) WW2 is big tonight - Pearl Harbour on Antenna, Enemy at the Gates on Mega, not to mention the usual wartime shenanigans on the History Channel - celebrating October 28 (the anniversary of Greek heroism during the war) a couple of days early. WW2 was undoubtedly a big deal - but Paranormal Activity may be even bigger, at least if you’re a Hollywood accountant. WW2, after all, was just a war, but PA is the most profitable fi lm of all time, grossing nearly $200 million on a budget of $15,000 (that’s about $13,000 coming in for every dollar spent). Best of all, PA offered a recipe that was endlessly repeatable, and endlessly cheap: ordinary people menaced by unseen supernatural forces, all of it recorded on bog-standard video cameras for extra ‘realism’. The demons could remain unseen for almost the whole fi lm - it was actually scarier that way! - so all you had to do was hire some no-name actors (well-known faces would be a distraction) and contrive some basic effects (furniture moving by itself, that kind of thing) for the things going bump in the night. ‘Simples!’ as that funny meerkat put it.

No funny meerkats in Paranormal Activity 3, the best and scariest fi lm in the franchise (very much including the new Paranormal Activity 4, which opens in cinemas tonight). The original was just

a lucky break, a zero-budget fi lm that somehow connected with the mass audience; the sequel tried harder, but shot itself in the foot by making its characters morons who wired their home with wall-to-wall cameras then refused to watch said cameras when things got spooky. This threequel gets it right, a touch mechanical but endlessly skilful and inventive in its ‘boo!’ moments.

The premise is the same: cameras gradually reveal that a family is being stalked by an evil spirit.

This is actually a prequel, set in 1988, so we know for a fact that some of the characters (the family’s two little girls, who grow up to become the sisters in the fi rst two PAs) survived the experience - but beyond that all bets are off, and the fi lm is full of ideas for building tension. Best of all is the socalled ‘fan cam’, an improvised camera set up on the base of an electric fan; you wouldn’t think a camera that pans slowly from left to right and back again would be terrifying - but in fact it creates a constant uncertainty that’s stomach-churning.

PA3 isn’t a great fi lm; half an hour after it’s over, you’ll probably have forgotten all about it - but it grips like a vice while it’s happening. It’s designed to make you jump, and does it brilliantly. Not as scary as WW2 - but what is, really? Made in 2011.

Preston Wilder

FILM PICKS

SATELLITE Cine News 18:50 Five Minarets In New York 21:00 Ncis X - Na 22:00 What’s Your Number? 23:50 The Adjustment Bureau 01:40 Cine News 02:10 Robinson Crusoe 03:40 My Father The Hero

The Birdcage (Novacinema4, 21.00) Attitudes to homosexuality are changing fast - but there’s nothing cutting-edge about this campy comedy, a faithful (I nearly said straight) remake of the 70s French hit La Cage Aux Folles. Robin Williams and Nathan Lane are a gay nightclub owner and his drag-queen partner, forced to try and act ‘normal’ when Robin’s son announces he’s to marry the daughter of an ultraconservative Senator - and of course the fi lm is slightly dated nowadays, because no self-respecting homosexual would deign to act straight and the son would probably belong to both men, Elton John-style, instead of just to Robin (the remnant of a brief heterosexual fl ing years before). Still pretty funny if you don’t mind oldfashioned farce with old-fashioned stereotypes, mincing gays in one corner - Hank Azaria also turns up as a lisping Hispanic houseboy with a penchant for wigs and high heels - uptight moralists (Gene Hackman is the sanctimonious Senator) in the other. Made in 1996.

Enemy at the Gates (Mega, 21.20) Yanks fight Japs in Pearl Harbour (on Antenna in the same slot), but it’s Russkies vs. Nazis on Mega. The setting is the Battle of Stalingrad, but the point is a kind of war-within-the-war being waged by snipers - a Soviet one (Jude Law) locked in a game of cat-and-mouse with a German one (Ed Harris, giving the best performance in the juiciest role). Joseph Fiennes is a Commie commissar who tries to make Jude a hero, while Bob Hoskins is his usual crusty self as Khruschev; “This city is not Kursk. It’s not Kiev or Minsk. This city is Stalingrad!” he blusters - one of many cases where silly dialogue threatens to ruin a spectacular war movie. Made in 2001.

What’s Your Number? (Novacinema1, 22.00) “I’m not going to sleep with one more guy till I’m sure he’s the One,” declares Anna Faris, which is bad news for those of us (me! me! me!) who’ve long had a thing for Anna Faris. She’s a terrific comedienne (see Smiley Face) with bad taste in scripts, and this rom-com peters out ingloriously - but it does have glorious moments as Anna tracks down her ex-boyfriends, trying to fi nd out if they’ve improved since she left them. One ex-boyfriend thanks her for making him realise he was gay, which isn’t very promising; another has become a puppeteer, which is even less promising; another, now a gyneacologist, doesn’t even recognise her till she opens her legs and ... well, never mind. Fortunately there’s also nextdoor neighbour Chris Evans, who agrees to help Anna in her quest - and it’s fairly obvious that they’ll end up together, much to the chagrin of those of us who’ve long had a thing for Anna Faris. Made in 2011.

What’s Your Number? (Novacinema1, 22.00)

01:15 The Weakest Link 02:00 Five Daughters 02:50 Doctor Who Confidential 03:05 EastEnders 03:30 Doctors 04:00 Steve Coogan - The Inside Story 04:50 Paradox 05:45 Him & Her 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 The Large Family 07:10 Gigglebiz 07:25 Teletubbies 07:50 Balamory 08:10 The Large Family 08:20 Gigglebiz 08:35 Teletubbies 09:00 Balamory 09:20 Little Robots 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 16:15 Doctors 16:45 Monarch Of The Glen 17:35 The Planets 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 Big Bear Diary 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Robin Hood 21:00 Lead Balloon 21:30 Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps 22:00 Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel 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 14:05 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’

09:30 Tennis: WTA Tournament Istanbul 11:00 Snooker: European Tour Belgium 12:00 Figure Skating: ISU Grand Prix-Skate America 13:00 Tennis: WTA Tournament Istanbul 14:15 Figure Skating: ISU Grand Prix-Skate America 15:30 Tennis: WTA Tournament Istanbul 17:00 Tennis: WTA Tournament Istanbul 23:00 Bowling: PBA Tour USA 00:00 Strongest Man: Giants Live In England 01:00 Motorsports: GTA Road To Dubai 01:15 Car Racing: Porsche Supercup 01:45 Tennis: WTA Tournament Istanbul

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 Crimi-

Step Up 3 (LTV, 21.00)

06:35 Rumor Has It... 08:15 Cine News 08:45 Man Of La Mancha 10:55 Salvation Boulevard 12:35 Super 8 14:30 Zorba The Greek 16:55 Spotlight On 17:30 Extraordinary Measures 19:20 Transformers 3 Transformers: Dark Of The Moon 22:00 Born On The Fourth Of July 00:30 The Brave One 02:35 Fright Night 04:20 Cine News 04:50 London Boulevard

nal 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 5 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 5 16:00 Ice Road Truckers 6 17:00 Ax Men 5 18:00 Lock N’ Load 19:00 The Universe 5 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 5 05:00 Lock N’ Load 06:00 WWII: Europe’s Secret Army

07:30 Two Tickets To Paradise 09:15 Maverick 11:30 Once 13:00 Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li 14:45 Goya’s Ghosts 16:40 Videofashion 17:15 Star Trek (2009) 19:30 Hollywood Buzz 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Step Up 3 23:00 Twilight Saga: Eclipse 01:10 Hustler TV 03:00 Nowhere Boy 04:45 Eichmann 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 Irc 2012: Sanremo 17:30 Planet Speed 18:00 Barclays Premier League World 18:30 Nba Action 19:00 La Liga World 19:30 Espn Original Documentaries 21:00 Espn History Of Cricket 23:30 Barclays Premier League Preview 00:00 La Liga Show 2012-13 00:30

Legends Of Cricket 01:00 Barclays Premier League Review 02:00 La Liga Review 201213 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

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 Gossip Girl 20:30 Friends 21:00 Strike Back 22:40 Boardwalk Empire 23:30 The Mentalist 00:15 Boiler Room 02:15 Strength And Honor 03:50 Big Bang Theory 04:15 According To Jim 05:00 Southland 05:45 C.S.I. New York 06:30 90210

07:40 Action Zone 08:10 Independence Day 10:00 Reservation Road 11:45 The Warrior’s Way 13:30 Oceans 15:20 Brighton Rock 17:20 Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil 20:00 School For Scoundrels 22:00 Jennifer’s Body 00:05 Daring!

TV 03:30 The American 05:30 Shadows In Paradise

07:00 The Living Edens 08:00 Breaking Up The Biggest 09:00 Air Crash Investigation 10:00 Seconds From Disaster 11:00 Costa Concordia Disaster 12:00 Seconds From Disaster 13:00 Known Universe 14:00 Fish Warrior 15:00 Costa Concordia Disaster 16:00 The Link 17:00 Seconds From Disaster 17:30 Seconds From Disaster 18:00 Banged Up Abroad 19:00 Dog Whisperer 20:00 Strippers: Cars For Cash 21:00 Scam City 22:00 Banged Up Abroad 23:00 Classified 00:00 Scam City 01:00 Banged Up Abroad 02:00 Dog Whisperer 03:00 Strippers: Cars For Cash 04:00 Scam City 05:00 Banged Up Abroad 06:00 Classified

06:05 Cine News 07:00 Unthinkable 08:30 Sweet Home Alabama 10:20 Mad On Novacinema 10:55 Taxidi Sti Mytillini 12:45 Hop 14:25 Stars In Style 15:00 «Love Stories» Hitch 17:00 Puss In Boots 18:35

18:55 The Lincoln Lawyer 21:00 Casino Jack 23:00 «Bloody Fridays» Paranormal Activity 3 00:30 Cine News 01:30 Fidelity 03:20 Face/Off

19:20 Bedazzled - 2000 21:00 The Birdcage 23:05 The Family Stone 00:50 Burlesque 02:50 The Joneses 04:30 Emma

02:00 FOX College Football Preview Show 02:30 MLB: World Series Game 2 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 PGA Tour: CIMB Classic Rd. 2 15:00 Sports Unlimited 16:00 European Tour: BMW Masters Rd. 2 18:00 PRE GAME 18:45 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012-13: APOLLON VS ANORTHOSH 20:45 POST GAME 21:30 HIGHLIGHTS (CYPRUS FOOTBALL) 21:45 MLB: World Series Game 2 TBA at TBA Date and Time Tentative 23:00 LPGA Tour: Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship 2012 Rd. 2 01:00 NFL Game Day

07:00 Globe Trekker 08:00 Travel Today 08:30 Essential 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 Round The World Marathon 20:00 Globe Trekker 22:00 American Civil War Trail 23:00 Globe Trekker 00:00 Essential 00:30 Bert The Conqueror 01:00 Globe Trekker 03:00 American Civil War Trail 04:00 Globe Trekker 05:00 Journey Into Wine

06:00 Boys Town 07:30 Three Little Words 09:10 Green Fire 10:50 Ocean’s Eleven 12:55 Lili 14:15 Young Cassidy 16:05 Guns For San Sebastian 17:55 42nd Street 19:25 Gaby 21:00 Mr: Ricco 22:35 Edge of the City 00:00 Fame 02:10 Elvis on Tour 03:40 They Were Expendable

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1 Punishment for concealing oneself well? (4,6)

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about four, to gad about (9) Hurt the feelings of one side before the finish (6) Avoid committing oneself on the boundary (5) Stick a man in the centre (6) Sneering at single boy in charge (6) A bell-shaped tag (5) Archdeacon and I take this in France to Italian city (6) Bess and Len, with me, could have been included in the musical groups (9) Well-produced painting?

(3) Spend about a pound lazily but magnificently (10)

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volver (6)

12 Places another student with a knife (7) 14 Turn over the swab and find a herring (7) 16 Elaborate part of a re-

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.

19 Made one’s way slowly by smell? (5)

20 About to produce an egg on the sticky earth (4)

Down 1 Natural quality present (4) 2 Excellent person who is

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QUICK: Across – 5 Arum; 7 Vociferous; 8 Dwelling; 10 Idly; 11 Anne; 13 Vegetate; 15 Chaperon; 16 Dare; 17 Used; 18 Meatball; 21 Thermostat; 22 True. Down – 1 Ovid; 2 Pill; 3 Believer; 4 Pong; 5 Assisted; 6 Unilateral; 9 Winchester; 12 Expedite; 14 Gendarme; 18 Meek; 19 Base; 20 Lute.

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CRYPTIC: Across – 5 Pipe; 7 Off the reel; 8 Space-bar; 10 Tomb; 11 Teed; 13 Reckless; 15 Stampede; 16 Tail; 17 Ewer; 18 Briefing; 21 Reflection; 22 Flea. Down – 1 Moss; 2 Otic; 3 Seaborne; 4 Fear; 5 Platelet; 6 Permission; 9 Pretty well; 12 Demerara; 14 Credited; 18 Buff; 19 Fate; 20 Gang.

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hard to beat? (3,2,3,4) The port in The Netherlands? (5) Deceive judge, say, in the river (6) Therein could be rejecting both (7) Well-known novel – far from it! (7,5) Elastic sentence? (7)

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1 Start too soon (4,3,3) 8 Young goat (3) 9 Went across (9) 10 Celestial body (6) 11 Sidetrack (5) 13 Hat (6) 15 Continue to bat (4,2) 17 Port near Edinburgh

1 Gag (3) 2 Boxer (12) 3 Taint (anag.) (5) 4 Card-game (6) 5 Kitchen tool (7) 6 Very industrious

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18 Most ancient (6) 21 Erudite (9) 22 Drinks counter (3) 23 Part of a recipe (10)

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12 Do away with (7) 14 Stepwise arrangement of troops (7)

16 Open-topped car (6) 19 Nymph (5) 20 Annoying child (4)

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

The Sun in Scorpio continues to sit very close to Saturn.

Now, this is a planetary influence that can work in a number of ways. One of them is that you might almost immediately be feeling the pinch. And even if you are not, you can find yourself thinking much more seriously about how you can pay off debt, or manage the income you do have.

If you have a job which utilizes modern technology, or you would prefer greater flexibility to manage family care, you might look to make your home the centre of your operations. This may mean working part-time from there, or finding a role close to where you live which enables greater flexibility. You may also consider self employment.

The Moon moves later today into a really bubbly sector, ideal for weekend plans or social arrangements. But will this be enough to tempt you? You might find yourself wanting instead to spend time on more internal thoughts.

Even today, a walk alone, or taking part in a meditative discipline, yoga and the like, can connect you to your inner spirit guide.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

If you’ve been thinking more about the whole subject of relationships, it would be of little surprise. But this contemplation is unlikely to focus on dreamy possibilities as much as the reality of what you need, what you’re prepared to give, and the need to become more conscious of what others expect of you. Any weak bonds could fade.

You may have developed a particular set of ideas over a long period of time, but you may encounter someone who is as equally passionate as you about their view of a situation, or their belief systems. If you are both availing to the angles and knowledge each of you have, it can be life enhancing. If not, the trick will be to agree to disagree.

Someone can say something today which really intrigues you. There could be a hint of attraction or romance to this, especially as you are currently looking at your life in a new way. Less hidebound to goal getting and more attuned to your wider hopes. If work or your career have dominated, now you’ll yearn to connect more in a meaningful way with others.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

The Moon goes briefly opposite Venus, but this can serve to ramp up your desire for some kind of comfy addition to your home, possibly decorative or furnishing wise. Yet whatever you do now, seems to have the harsh glare of reality more immediately focused upon it. It’s about tightening up, getting fit for a purpose, and making sure you plan for contingencies.

Whether it’s a younger sibling raiding your wardrobe, or a friend who loves to walk in, pour a glass of wine, kick back and put their feet up, you could find yourself becoming much more attuned to the concept of what’s yours is yours. It’s not that you are mean, greedy or even possessive, no; it’s more about there being a respect for you.

You may spoil yourself or someone you care for with a small luxury item or gift - and why not? Your appreciation of the good things in life has certainly been ramped up this month, a time when you may have given yourself permission to indulge in things, which in the past, you may have walked on by. Any more formal links in your community can also burgeon.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

There’s been a split dynamic recently. On one hand there continues to be the potential for lovely warm and sociable interaction, yet, simmering underneath this can be a growing awareness that if you want something more permanent or stable to evolve in your world, this will be less frivolous, and will require hard work and commitment.

Some people are going to gather to your cause now. It’s possible this has been building up for much of the month, but now you are going to find out who really wants to follow the leader, and that is precisely what you can be. Yet if romance is on your mind, someone you’ve been very slowly getting to know could start to be on your scene a lot more.

Something special can open up for you. In fact, it may already have done so earlier this month. But if you continue to find yourself on the outside looking in, perhaps fearful of taking what could ultimately turn out to be a fated step, ask yourself this...if you never do, you will never know. If this chimes with you, garner your self belief and make that daring move.

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Sport Armstrong being ‘humiliated and lynched’

By Iain Rogers

Alberto Contador (right), who has himself served a doping ban, says there is no fresh evidence against the American

SPANIARD Alberto Contador expressed support this week for disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong saying the American was being “humiliated and lynched” by doping accusations which have led to the stripping of his seven Tour de France titles.

“It seems to me that at certain times and in certain places Lance is not being treated with any respect,” Contador, a double Tour champion who returned from a two-year doping ban in August, told reporters in Paris at the presentation

of the 2013 edition of the race.

“He is being humiliated and lynched, in my opinion.

He is being destroyed,” the Saxo Bank-Tinkoff rider, who had a difficult relationship with Armstrong when they were team mates at Astana, was quoted as saying by Spanish media.

“Right now people are talking about Lance but there has not been any new test or anything,” Contador added. “It’s based exclusively on witness statements that could have existed in 2005.

“I respect each rider’s decision but I would have liked it to happen a bit ear-

lier.”

Armstrong was stripped of his 1999-2005 Tour victories on Monday when the International Cycling Union (UCI) ratified the US Anti-Doping Agency’s decision to erase his results from August, 1998.

Armstrong, who fought back from cancer to dominate the sport, has always denied doping and says he has never failed a drugs test.

“What there is (in terms of evidence) I don’t know, what I do know is that if cycling is popular in the United States it’s thanks to him,” Contador said.

“If they know over there

Hamilton breaks the silence with Dennis

Harrington wins Grand Slam title Irishman happy after first victory in two years

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

IN BRIEF

TRIPLE major winner Padraig Harrington, helped by three consecutive birdies after the turn, held off a last-day charge by US Open champion Webb Simpson to win the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda by one shot.

Irishman Harrington, a late addition to the elite four-man field, fired a fourunder-par 67 at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton for a nine-under total of 133 in the 36-hole event.

Two strokes ahead of Masters champion Bubba Watson overnight, Harrington mixed five birdies with a lone bogey at the parfour last to fend off American Simpson, who closed with a best-of-the-week 65.

It was the 41-year-old Irishman’s first victory since the 2010 Iskandar Johor Open on the Asian Tour, and a case of third time lucky for him at the Grand Slam of Golf.

Harrington had twice

been beaten in playoffs at the event which brings together the winners of the year’s four majors, losing to Argentina’s Angel Cabrera in 2007 and being edged out

by American Jim Furyk in 2008.

“It was unfinished business for me, having lost in two playoffs, so it was nice to come back and win it now,” Harrington said after becoming only the second European to win the title, emulating 1991 champion Ian Woosnam of Britain.

“It feels good. I haven’t won in a while. Winning is a habit and it’s nice to do it.

“I believe I’m playing really good golf. I believe that there’s good stuff in my game already, and I believe that there’s other stuff that I need to tidy up. I see a lot of good things happening.”

Harrington swiftly accepted an invitation to compete at Port Royal after British Open champion Ernie Els withdrew on Saturday because of an ankle injury.

A stroke in front of the charging Simpson at the

turn, Harrington effectively sealed the title with successive four-foot birdie putts at the 11th, 12th and 13th which gave him a commanding four-shot cushion.

“From there on, it was very much trying to batten down the hatches and get to the clubhouse,” said the Irishman, who won the British Open in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.

Left-hander Watson carded a roller-coaster 71 to finish a distant third at three-under 139, level with fellow American and defending champion Keegan Bradley (67).

Bradley, winner of last year’s PGA Championship, gained his spot in the field as the first alternate after Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy pulled out due to a scheduling conflict.

McIlroy, who clinched his second major title by a staggering eight shots at this year’s PGA Championship, had already committed to the European Tour’s BMW Masters, being played this week in China.

what the Tour is it’s thanks to him, if there are toplevel teams and races in his country it’s thanks to him.”

Contador said the current testing regime was adequate as a means of preventing illegal doping.

“There is little that needs to be changed at the moment. The tests we have are as rigorous as possible, we have to be able to be located at all times,” he said.

“There will be people who will have doubts, given everything that has come out, and I understand it.

“I say to them that they should believe completely that riders win races without help, also on the Tour.”

Padraig Harrington was only competing in the elite fourman event following Ernie Els’ withdrawal

MCLAREN’S Lewis Hamilton has spoken to former team boss and mentor Ron Dennis for the first time since the 2008 Formula One world champion’s switch to Mercedes was announced last month.

Hamilton, who has signed a three-year deal to drive for the German manufacturer from next year, said he had visited the McLaren factory in Woking last week but there had been no big farewell speech.

“I haven’t sat down and spoken to anyone just because we’re still in the motion of the year...it’s not the end yet,” the 27-year-old Briton told reporters ahead of the weekend’s Indian Grand Prix.

“It’s important now to try and keep the motivation up high,” he added.

“I spoke to Ron and me and Ron, we’re planning to meet up I think it’s in Abu Dhabi.

We’ll go for dinner, have a good chat.”

McLaren have backed Hamilton since he was 13 and racing go-karts. The youngster had famously walked up to Dennis at a gala awards event and told him he would drive for him one day.

Donaldson sets course record to lead in Shanghai

England call up uncapped Vunipola for autumn Tests

Ferrero’s career ends with Valencia defeat

WORLD number 51 Jamie Donaldson upstaged world number one Rory McIlroy in yesterday’s opening day of the BMW Masters golf, posting a course record of 10-under-par 62.

Welshman Donaldson, who turned 37 a week ago, had 24 putts and bettered the Lake Malaren course record by one shot.

“I played great from the word go,” Donaldson, who captured his first victory in winning the Irish Open in July, said.

Peter Hanson and Francesco Molinari were in joint second place with six-under-par 66s with McIlroy a further stroke back.

UNCAPPED Saracens prop Mako Vunipola, 21, has been named in England’s squad for the autumn rugby internationals.

He joins the 32-man squad alongside the uncapped Tom Youngs and recalled Ugo Monye and James Haskell.

Tom Wood and Courtney Lawes both return after missing the South African tour in the summer through injury.

Boss Stuart Lancaster has opted not to select any Francebased players in his 32-man squad for the four Tests, which begin against Fiji on November 10.

That means in-form Toulon open-side flanker Steffon Armitage misses out.

JUAN Carlos Ferrero’s singles career drew to an emotional end when he lost 7-5 6-3 to fellow Spaniard and close friend Nicolas Almagro in the Valencia Open first round.

A former world number one who won the French Open in 2003 but was hampered by injuries throughout his career, Ferrero announced last month he would retire after playing his home event.

Sixth seed Almagro, 27, Ferrero’s junior by five years, had too much power and speed for his mentor in an entertaining match in which the pair exchanged smiles and jokes.

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Sport GERMAN CHAMPIONS FLEX THEIR MUSCLES IN IMPRESSIVE WIN OVER REAL MADRID

Martinez finally scares off ghost of Falcao

By Daniel Alvarenga

Watch out: Borussia Dortmund, European champions back in 1997, have shown that they are a force to be reckoned with again this season

Dortmund prove capable of mixing with Europe’s big boys

By Karolos Grohmann BORUSSIA Dortmund’s 2-1 victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League showed the German champions have matured into a force to be reckoned with in Europe after dominating domestic competitions for two years.

Dortmund’s European adventure ended at the group stage last season when four points left them rooted to the bottom of the standings, despite comfortably winning the German league and cup

double.

With Wednesday’s victory over Real, the 1997 Champions League winners moved top of Group D ahead of Real, Manchester City and Ajax Amsterdam.

More importantly, however, they silenced critics who said they were only able to shine in domestic football because their attacking style of play would always be punished by stronger continental teams.

“This is a childhood dream come true,” said winning goal scorer Marcel Schmelzer, whose 64th minute strike

was a deserved reward for a dominant second half display.

It was also fitting that Schmelzer scored the decisive goal after coach Juergen Klopp specifically told his left back to venture forward as often as possible to bolster Dortmund’s attacking options.

“I hoped we could satisfy fans and show the critics that we can hold our own in Europe and beat big teams like Real,” added Schmelzer, who was recently criticised

by Germany coach Joachim Loew.

While Dortmund have won back-to-back domestic titles, their European form has been constantly questioned but they are now in prime position to secure a spot in the knockout stage.

“We know we have had a very good start to the group but we are a long way from having qualified. That is our aim,” defender Mats Hummels said.

After three of six matches, Dortmund are on seven points, one ahead of Real with Ajax on three and City on one.

For coach Klopp, the Eu-

ropean improvement is a natural development for a team he has been carefully cultivating for four years.

Equally as impressive is the will to win Dortmund showed just a few days after losing their biggest domestic match of the season to bitter local rivals Schalke.

“Should anyone start doubting the character of my team then that person would instantly lose my respect,” Klopp said. “My boys give everything they have. We may be doing many things wrong but we always want to do things.”

Malaga revel in remarkable turnaround after beating Milan

By Iain Rogers

Joaquin’s strike secured a memorable 1-0 win for the Champions League debutants

MALAGA fans looking on as their club apparently sank into crisis over the summer could have never imagined that a few months later, the team would be beating seven-time European champions AC Milan.

Joaquin’s 64th-minute strike at the Rosaleda on Wednesday secured a memorable 1-0 win for the Champions League debutants, who after three wins in as many matches sit at the top of Group C with a five-point lead over the ailing Italians.

The home fans thronging their 29,500-capacity stadium for what was probably the biggest game in the La Liga club’s history, thoroughly enjoyed their first taste of life among Europe’s football elite.

It was a far cry from the uncertainty of the close season, when reports Qatari owner Sheikh Abdullah Bin

Nassar Al Thani was looking to sell up after only two years went unanswered, some of the team’s best players moved on and those left behind were not paid on time.

Al Thani eventually let it be known he was not seeking an exit and the club announced it was going through a process of “internal restructuring” to make it more financially viable.

Results on the pitch have been impressive despite the instability and Manuel Pellegrini’s side are within touching distance of a place in the Champions League knockout round.

They are third in La Liga, five points behind leaders Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, and Pellegrini has managed to mould his squad into a side that is dangerous on the attack and mean in defence.

Al Thani, a member of the Qatar royal family, showed up for Wednesday’s game,

his first appearance at the stadium this season, and told Spanish television in a brief post-match interview there would be more money available.

“Of course we are going to invest, there is a future,” he said. “I congratulate the players, the coach and above all the fans for their support.”

Pellegrini, who was fiercely critical of the club’s management over the summer, said it was important Al Thani had come to the match.

“He came into the dressing room and greeted everyone,” the Chilean told a news conference. “Now we can talk about other things.”

Malaga have a chance to prove Wednesday’s result was no fluke when they play at Milan on November 6. Their final two matches in the four-team group are away to Zenit St Petersburg on November. 21 and at home to Anderlecht on December 4.

THE departure of striker Radamel Falcao from Porto in 2011 left a gaping hole up front but now their attack is back firing on all cylinders thanks to the skill and craft of newly arrived Colombian Jackson Martinez.

Martinez’s stunning backheel against rivals Sporting in the league might have become a YouTube hit, but fans will have taken greater joy from his more straightforward winner in Wednesday’s 3-2 Champions League victory over Dynamo Kiev.

With that easy tap-in, Martinez buried the memory of Porto’s lacklustre European campaign last season and also the fans’ feelings of longing for Falcao, who scored over 40 goals in two seasons before heading to Atletico Madrid.

Porto have found another Colombian predator.

“It’s good when your goals give you victories. It was double joy,” Martinez said.

His two goals put Porto firmly on top of Group A with a maximum nine points from three matches.

They are three points clear of Paris St Germain.

BREAD AND BUTTER The Colombian, who seems to mostly score spectacular goals for Porto, through bicycle kicks, backheels or volleys also proved he could do the bread and butter work of a forward and, above all, showed he is consistent in domestic competitions and Europe.

Martinez has eight goals this season in 10 matches.

Despite winning the league in his first year at the helm, coach Vitor Pereira’s Porto have lived in the shadow of Andre Villas-Boas and Falcao, the architects of a memorable treble of Europa League, League and Cup in 2011.

Pereira’s side’s performances paled in comparison to Villas Boas’ Porto and he often relied on the individual brilliance of Brazil’s Hulk.

Brazilian Hulk left for Zenit St Petersburg last month and Porto’s football seems to have improved as a result, with more balance and flow to it. They retained busy midfielder Joao Moutinho and have another Colombian in great form, 21-year-old winger James Rodriguez.

The Portuguese club’s capacity to regenerate has won over pundits.

“Vitor Pereira’s club have an absolutely extraordinary transfer policy in South America, giving them a significant advantage over other teams,” Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger wrote in his online blog for Eurosport.

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Player exodus hurting Arsenal Pall of gloom hanging over misfiring Gunners

By Martyn Herman FOR Arsenal it seemed their chickens came home to roost as their proud record of never having lost to foreign opposition at the Emirates Stadium ended with a whimper on Wednesday.

Their 2-0 defeat by Schalke may not prove terminal to their hopes of reaching the last 16 of the Champions League but the manner of it left a pall of gloom hanging over the under-achieving north London club.

The club’s transfer policy in recent years has seen world class individuals such as Samir Nasri, Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie allowed to leave and be replaced by lesser models.

On Wednesday they managed just one shot on target.

Gervinho, sporadically effective since joining the club from Lille in 2011, ran around to little effect and was eventually replaced by summer signing Olivier Giroud who barely got a kick, while German striker Lukas Podolski started on the left wing.

Playmaker Santi Cazorla, recruited from Malaga, struggled to influence the game while at the back Arsenal looked at sixes and sevens with Brazilian left back Andre Santos tormented by Jefferson Farfan.

Injuries have exaggerated Arsenal’s problems. Abou Diaby’s physicality is missed, Kieran Gibbs would surely have kept a better grip on Farfan and teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain would have given Arsenal more attacking threat.

Theo Walcott, whose re-

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lationship with the Arsenal crowd has deteriorated, would have been invaluable but was sidelined with a chest injury.

Even striker Nicklas Bendtner, derided by Arsenal’s fans most of the time he was there, would have offered some hope on Wednesday but he is currently on loan at Juventus.

Then there is Jack Wilshere.

Rarely can a player’s reputa-

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tion have been enhanced as much as Wilshere’s without kicking a ball in anger for 14 months.

Not only is he now seen as the vital cog in Arsenal’s midfield, the new Fabregas, he is also viewed as England’s new Paul Gascoigne.

He may return at the weekend.

There are lots of ifs and buts, however, and Arsenal’s squad looks thin on estab-

lished big-game players.

Yesterday’s AGM was likely to be a lively affair and manager Arsene Wenger, whose own record in the transfer market is under scrutiny, acknowledges there will be some tough questions having fallen 10 points off the pace in the Premier League following Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Norwich City.

Wenger was absent from the bench on Wednesday as he served the third of a three-game touchline ban but that could hardly excuse such a lame display, after all they were equally poor in the 1-0 defeat by Norwich.

His assistant Steve Bould spoke of the team being “jaded” but the season is still in its infancy and that will not wash with the fans who booed their team off at the end.

“We looked jaded, I don’t know why that is. Coming off the international break we haven’t performed really,” said Bould.

“We normally create chances and at the moment we’re not, so we have to correct that.”

Asked about whether Oxlade-Chamberlain and Wilshere could feature against Queens Park Rangers at the weekend, Bould did offer some better news.

“They might be considered,” he said. “It’s not set in stone yet. We might need that, one or two need freshening up I think.”

Arsenal should still qualify from Group B, although should they lose their next game away to Schalke they could find themselves in a scrap with Olympiakos for second spot.

Olympiakos savour ‘vital victory’

Joy: the Greeks revived their qualification hopes

LEONARDO Jardim described Olympiakos’ triumph at Montpellier as “a vital victory in a very tough away match” as the Greek team revived their Group B hopes.

Tonight’s result is very important for us,” said Jardim.

“Despite a good performance in England against Arsenal we failed to gain any points, so it was vital for us to record this victory in a very tough away match. I hope this marks the beginning.

“I said earlier in the week that a win would allow us to fight for our main goal: to qualify for the UEFA Champions League knockout stages. Having that win in the bag now, we will continue to work towards that. It’s ideal to combine a fine performance with a good result, but that also depends on the opponents.

“We always try to play attractive football, but our main focus is getting the result, the points, the victories. We knew Montpellier were going through a rough patch in their league, therefore today’s match would be important.

“They were better in the first half and put in a lot of effort – that perhaps cost them, because their intensity after the break gradu-

ally faded. We did the reverse: we were not that good in the first half but improved considerably in the second and managed to get the victory.”

Goalkeeper Roy Carroll said the Greeks have “a lot of new players, new coaching staff, and we’re all trying to work together to get results in the Champions League.

“It’s all about learning. After coming back to score twice in the second half, hopefully the boys will say to themselves that we can go somewhere in this Champions League, because our ambition remains to go through to the knockout stages.

As for the French champions, coach Rene Girard said: “If you want to be a nice guy you can draw positives. I could be so kind about our game tonight.

“Our problem this season is efficiency, particularly our defensive efficiency. Tonight, once again, we provided a demonstration of what not to do in this area.

“We conceded the winner very late on, the goal that was the difference between the sides and we also conceded from a set piece.

“We were not focused. Otherwise, our first half was good; much better than the second.”

Dominant PSG stroll to easy win PARIS St. Germain stayed on course to reach the Champions League last 16 after first-half goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jeremy Menez secured a 2-0 win at Croatian title holders Dinamo Zagreb.

PSG dominated from start to finish and should have won by a bigger margin, but for some wasteful finishing by Ibrahimovic who missed two great chances before he broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute with a crisp shot into the far corner.

Midfielder Menez broke down the left and weaved his way past two defenders before squaring the ball back into the heart of the penalty box for the Swedish striker to slide in and beat goalkeeper Ivan Kelava.

Menez made it 2-0 shortly before halftime, taking a Javier Pastore pass into his stride before he rifled a low drive between Kelava’s legs on a grim evening for Dinamo.

Watched by only 7,000 home fans in their Maksimir stadium, Dinamo stayed on the back foot after the interval and had the woodwork as well as last-gasp defending to thank for not conceding more goals.

Europa League Liverpool Anzhi

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Young Boys Udinese

3 1

Atletico Madrid Academica

2 1

Hapoel Tel Aviv Plzen

1 2

AEL Fenerbahce

0 1

Monchengladbach 2 Marseille 0 Maritimo Bordeaux

1 1

Newcastle Club Bruges

1 0

NK Maribor Tottenham

1 0

Stuttgart Copenhagen

0 0

Dnipro Napoli

3 1

PSV Eindhoven AIK Solna

1 1

Genk Sporting

2 1

Videoton Basel

2 1

Rubin Kazan Neftchi

1 0

Inter Milan 1 Partizan Belgrade 0 Lyon Athletic Bilbao

2 1

Sparta Prague Hapoel Kiryat

3 1

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Woeful City dismissed as European also-rans Premier League champions head for early exit

AEL 0 Fenerbahce 1

By Nemanja Bjedov

By Mike Collett

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ANCHESTER City were dismissed as European alsorans by a universally critical media yesterday after their 3-1 defeat at Ajax Amsterdam the previous evening left them teetering on the brink of Champions League elimination.

The big-spending English champions took the lead with a Samir Nasri goal after 22 minutes but were thoroughly out-classed thereafter as Ajax tore them apart with goals from Siem de Jong, Niklas Moisander and Christian Eriksen.

Manager Roberto Mancini, who failed to steer City out of the group stages in their debut Champions League season a year ago, took full blame for the defeat as he “didn’t prepare well” for his Dutch opponents.

The loss left City with one point out of a possible nine and bottom of Group D, the only one of the competition’s eight pools which features four national champions from last season.

Germany’s Borussia Dortmund top the standings on seven points at the halfway stage, followed by Spanish champions Real Madrid with six, Ajax on three and City propping up the table following a draw and two defeats.

Despite Mancini’s apology, the headline writers and reporters ripped into the Italian and his team with The Guardian writing: “If his season’s Group D is this eath then Group of Death Manchester City have just moved ominously ng their close to having d for toes tagged the morgue.”

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Fenerbahce take narrow win against AEL in Europa clash

Shambles: Joe Hart, Yaya Toure, Joleon Lescott and Gareth Barry look on during City’s defeat to the Dutch masters

Mancini: ‘It is very difficult to qualify now. We need a miracle. It is my fault, I didn’t prepare well for the game’ said: “City head for early exit after Ajax ambush” adding, “Amsterdam is a suitable plac place for a watery grave and Manchester Manc City’s Champions L League hopes w were all but buri buried last night.”

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than Ajax’s entire playing squad.

But the Dutch champions taught their expensively assembled opponents a lesson in application, passing and team work as Ajax, champions of Europe four times, showed that it takes more than just money to turn a club into European aristocrats.

Mancini said his team now needed a “miracle” to reach the last 16.

“They were better than us.

They played better football.

It is my fault, I didn’t prepare well for the game and I take the blame,” the Italian

Man City manager Roberto Mancini faced a barrage of media criticism after his side were outplayed by Ajax

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said.

“I thought in one way and it was different. When you prepare in one way and it is a different game it is difficult.

“We had more chances to score and in the Champions League you need to score.

It is my fault, I repeat. We change for five minutes to three at the back, but we always have 11 players.

“I don’t think that is important. Three, four, five, six or seven defenders. If someone wants that as an excuse than ok, but it’s not the reason.

It is very difficult to qualify now. It would be a miracle.”

Defender Micah Richards appeared to question Mancini’s tactics, telling Sky Sports: “Three at the back is

7 6 3 1

something that we have not worked on a lot. It is a hard system because we are not used to it, I think the players prefer a 4-4-2 but he is the manager and we’ll do what he says.”

Ajax manager Frank de Boer said his side’s equaliser late in the first half had come at a crucial moment.

“That changed a lot for us,” De Boer said. “Now we could underline the things that went wrong in the first half and go for a win in the second half.

Ajax’s victory was the team’s first at home against an English opponent in 32 years, the last coming against Nottingham Forest in 1980.

AEL failed to maintain their unbeaten record at home in the UEFA Europa League Group C, suffering a narrow 1-0 defeat against Turkish side Fenerbahce at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia last night.

The visitors dominated the proceedings throughout the opening 15 minutes of the match, forcing the Cypriot champions to defend deep and try to hit back via counter attacks. However, once freed from the initial pressure, the hosts took control of the match and had the best scoring opportunity of the first half, but Jorge Monteiro’s shot in the 42nd minute was well saved by Fenerbahce’s skipper Volkan Demirel.

After the interval, Jorge Costa’s men continued where they left off in the first half, and Rui Miguel had a great chance to break the deadlock only five minutes into the second half, but Demirel made another great save to keep his net still.

The Turkish team then had two chances of their own to take the lead, and they finally managed to do so in simple fashion with 18 minutes remaining. Cristian Baroni delivered a corner from the right, which Egemen Korkmaz greeted with perfect timing and an emphatic header that beat Matias Degra in AEL’s goal.

Monteiro then had a glorious chance to level the score three minutes before the final whistle, but Demirel denied him yet again and the Limassol outfit could not produce much more, despite four minutes of injury time.

Following this defeat, AEL find themselves bottom of Group C with a solitary point from three matches, while Fenerbahce top the group with seven points.

Borussia Monchengladbach beat Olympique de Marseille 2-0 on the night, so they are currently second with four points, ahead of the French side only on the superior number of points obtained in the matches between the two teams.