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HE Popular Bank yesterday announced a €1.3 billion half-year loss mainly on heavy provisions for non-performing loans and an impairment of goodwill. The news comes two days after Bank of Cyprus posted a first-half net loss of €134 million on increased provisions for non-performing loans, and on the same day that Hellenic Bank announced a €14.9 million profit for the first half of the year despite the rise in provisions for non-performing loans. Popular (Laiki) Bank, the island’s secondbiggest lender, which was part-nationalised in June after its regulatory capital was depleted from heavy exposure to Greek sovereign debt, said it increased provisions for non-performing loans to €885 million compared with €183 million in the first half of 2011.

The bulk, or €706 million concerned its Greek loan portfolio, Popular said. “The resulting coverage ratio for non-performing loans stands at the high level of 48 per cent for the Group,” the lender said. Popular said it “also proceeded to effect an additional impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets of €580 million, mainly from its activities in Greece, due to further deterioration of economic conditions in the country. This impairment has no impact on the Group’s regulatory capital position but increases the accounting loss attributable to shareholders to €1.3 billion.” Excluding the impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets, the bank said its ﬁrst-half losses reached €729 million versus €202 million in the ﬁrst six months of 2011. “It is worth noting that TURN TO PAGE 2

A woman talks on her phone as she walks down a ﬂooded street yesterday in Slidell, Louisiana where residents are coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac (AFP)

Racist attack on black camerawoman at Republican Convention A BLACK camerawoman who works for CNN spoke yesterday of a race-hate attack at the Republican National Convention by two people who hurled peanuts at her and said: “This is what we feed animals”. The two white people were immediately removed from the Tampa, Florida, convention arena by security ofﬁcials on Tuesday, and their identities were not revealed. The camerawoman, Patricia Carroll, was not able to tell deﬁnitively where they were from.

“This is Florida and I’m from the deep South,” Alabama native Carroll, 34, told Maynard Institute blogger Richard Prince. “You come to places like this, you can count the black people on your hand. They see us doing things they don’t think I should do.” She said racism was a global issue and the incident could have happened on a street corner or at the Democratic convention, being held next week in Charlotte, North Carolina. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Rom-

ney’s campaign said on Thursday it has apologised to CNN for what happened. “We ﬁnd it absolutely deplorable. We condemn it in the highest possible way,” said Russ Schriefer, strategist for the Romney campaign. “That behaviour is ... reprehensible.” CNN said Carroll was not interested in addressing the issue any further. She told Prince she was hoping the story would go away. “I can’t change these people’s hearts and minds,” she said.

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A MEETING between Cyprus, Greece and Israel will be held this month on the island to examine issues of common energy infrastructure, said Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis yesterday. The aim of the meeting is to establish joint working groups from the three countries to examine in detail the proposals on a common energy infrastructure, he said. The minister’s recent visit to Israel enhanced the prospect of greater cooperation between Cyprus and Israel, said Sylikiotis, adding: “There are strong indications that this cooperation is progressing.” Regarding Houston-based Noble Energy, which has the exploration

rights to Block 12 in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Sylikiotis said Noble aims to start the second drilling in Block 12 in early 2013. He expressed conﬁdence that in the second half of 2013, Noble will be ready to proceed with the creation of infrastructure related to gas extraction and pipelines and in cooperation with the state to create a terminal for liquefying the natural gas. Negotiations on the second licensing round for the remaining blocks in Cyprus’ EEZ are also expected to be completed next year, said Sylikiotis. As a stop-gap measure until Noble can bring natural gas from Cyprus’ EEZ onshore, the minister has asked

Israel to supply Cyprus with enough gas to use for electricity production. A ministry delegation, including Energy Service head Solon Kassinis, is heading to Israel today to discuss the import of natural gas in Cyprus by 2015. Sylikiotis said that ofﬁcials should know by tomorrow following discussion of the relevant issues in Israel whether such cooperation could be established. In the meantime, the minister noted that the authorities are preparing to call for an expression of interest in the import of natural gas in Cyprus as an interim solution until the country will be able to exploit its own natural resources.

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All groups were profitable except for Greece, bank says (continued from front page) “It is worth noting that all the countries that the Group operates were proﬁtable, with the exception of Greece,” the lender said. On June 30, 2012 Popular’s net loan portfolio stood at €23.1 billion, down 10 per cent year-on-year, 5.0 per cent on a quarterly basis. Its Cypriot loan portfolio reached €10.6 billion at the end of the ﬁrst-half, up 3.0 per cent year-on-year. The lender’s portfolio saw a 21 per cent drop, to €10.2 billion. Popular also saw a 22 per cent drop in deposits to €18 billion “due to the adverse macroeconomic environment that prevailed especially in Greece.” Popular was forced to ask for €1.8 billion in state assistance after taking heavy losses from its exposure to Greek debt and being unable to raise the necessary regulatory capital through private funds. Following its nationalisation, Popular said it is undergoing a transitional adjustment period with a restructuring plan aiming to transform the group’s ef-

ficiency, restore profitability, further strengthen its capital base and enhance its prospects. In Greece, the first phase of the scheduled rationalisation and branch network reduction has been completed -- 23 branches have already been closed or merged while the network was fully reorganised by sector to ensure sound and more efficient management of the clientele. In Cyprus 10 branches have closed since the end of 2011. Legislation passed by parliament in May also called for a cut in salaries to the tune of an average of 12.5 per cent a year. The lender is also expected to seek cutting staff numbers through voluntary early retirements. “The Group aims over the next five years to realign its activities, disengage from identified non-core areas and focus on traditional banking so as to continue playing an important role in supporting and stimulating the Cyprus economy and also creating ground for a state disinvestment to private investors,” Popular said.

Hellenic Bank in the black HELLENIC Bank, the island’s third-biggest lender, said yesterday it recorded a €14.9 million profit for the first half of the year despite the rise in provisions for non-performing loans. The lender said provisions in the first six months rose to €78 million – €16.9 million more than the same period last year. But at the same time the bank showed a 25 per cent rise in revenues – excluding a write-down of its Greek debt holdings – and a 9.0 per cent drop in operating costs to €79.4 per cent. Hellenic said that based on the prevailing conditions, the group continues to focus on effective management of credit risk, safeguarding and enhancement of the capital adequacy ratios, and safeguarding its sound liquidity. Hellenic held some €100 million in Greek debt before EU leaders agreed on a write-down last October, which caused huge losses to Bank of Cyprus – the island’s biggest – and Popular. Both sought state assistance in June after they failed to raise the necessary funds to replenish their regulatory capital through private investors.

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Courts get serious on hooligans Two more jailed and four to be sentenced next week but violence still goes on By Poly Pantelides and Jacqueline Agathocleous THE LARNACA district court yesterday sentenced two men, aged 26 and 27, each to four months in jail for their role in rushing on to the pitch during a football match that had to be called off. Four more are to be sentenced next Wednesday, and another man was jailed ten days ago. Yesterday’s sentencing came only hours after a policeman lost three teeth and had his upper lip stitched up after being hit by a stone thrown by APOEL fans on Thursday night. Fans of the Nicosia football club, which lost its Europa League playoff tie 4-2 on aggregate to Azerbaijani side Neftchi Baku PFC at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia, initiated trouble after the match ended. They lit ﬂares and threw stones and ﬁrecrackers onto

the pitch, resulting in the injury of the policeman who was taken by ambulance to Nicosia General Hospital, where he was treated and discharged. The police yesterday said the ofﬁcer would be on sick leave for a week. Strovolos police station is investigating the case, though as of yesterday, no arrests were made. The judge who sentenced the two twentysomethnings yesterday said: “Protecting sports from violence is the duty of the court. Fair play must be the rule and not the exception, and playgrounds should harbour entertainment, sportsmanship and healthy competition, as they did in the past.” The court will also hand out sentences to four other men – two aged 26, a 25-year-old and a 22-year-old –for similar offences during the same game: an August 9 Europa League qualiﬁer between Anorthosis and Georgian guest Dila Gori. Those four are in custody

The aftermath of a recent match in Larnaca where fans invaded the pitch pending a sentence hearing on Wednesday. Some ten days ago, the court sentenced a 20year-old to four months imprisonment. The 20-year-old had jumped into the pitch close to the end of a game to ask the goalkeeper why Anorthosis was losing 0-3. He approached the goalie, and when police moved in to arrest him, dozens of other

Anorthosis fans invaded the pitch, forcing the referee to stop the game. Outside the stadium, fans threw stones at people and cars. Anorthosis was ﬁned €50,000 by European football governing body UEFA and must have their next three European home games behind closed doors. The football club con-

demned the violence and has said it is banning for life everyone found guilty of related offences. The police have been unable to identify any more fans involved. The court yesterday said that the behaviour of some of Anorthosis’ fans had damaged the team’s reputation and gave negative publicity to Cyprus. “The way all of the accused behaved is

Power cuts in several areas after Moni malfunction A MALFUNCTION at the Moni power station, near Limassol, plunged many areas across the island into darkness for around an hour in the early hours of yesterday. Ofﬁcials said the power was cut at around 12.50am and was restored around an hour later apart from one substation, which was repaired at 3.30am. The transmission system operator said there had been a serious malfunction at a substation, which triggered Moni’s protection system, shutting down Moni. The Electricity Authority

of Cyprus (EAC) said certain other outages experienced later in Larnaca and Limassol were not linked to the Moni incident. The Moni station has been under heavy pressure since the July 2011 naval base explosion at Mari, next to the island’s main power station at Vassilikos, almost completely incapacitated the plant. The Moni station whose generators were much older were forced to pick up the slack. The EAC said yesterday it had started removing the ﬁrst mobile generators imported on the island fol-

EAC announces winter timetable THE ELECTRICITY Authority Cyprus (EAC) will be switching to their winter timetable as of September 3 up until May 31, 2013 at their central offices, regional offices and customer service centres. They will be open Monday to Friday from 7.15am to 2.15pm and on Tuesday in the afternoon from 2.45pm to 5.45pm. Tills at the customer service centres will be open Monday to Friday 7.45am to 1.45pm and on Tuesday they will also be open from 3 to 5.15pm. The following customer service centres will be open also on Thursdays from 3pm to 5.15pm: • Nicosia-Kyrenia-Morphou regional office on 15 Foti Pitta street, Nicosia • Limassol regional office on 55 Ayios Andreas street, Limassol • Famagusta-Larnaca regional office on 57 K. Paleologou, Larnaca • Paphos regional office on 13 Tepeleniou, Paphos

lowing the blast, which resulted in weeks of rolling power cuts. First to go are the generators producing 165MW with another 120MW going in 15 days.

The removal follows the partial operation of Vassilikos’ unit ﬁve, which expected to be fully operational in 15 days time. The EAC said unit four will fol-

low in a few weeks time, adding 225MW to the system. Units one, two and three are expected to be up and running in time for next summer’s peak period.

THE JUSTICE minister said yesterday there would be a meeting next week in the presence of the Attorney-general to decide whether the police can film people at public gatherings. The force has recently been criticised for filming a farmers’ protest outside the Presidential Palace, where violence erupted. The commissioner for the protection of personal data – responding to the specific instance - said the police were not allowed to video-record people. The police chief and the commissioner met yesterday at police headquarters and had “a constructive meeting,” a police announcement said. The police consider taking photographs and filming people standard practice in line with their duty to prevent crimes, or investigate and resolve criminal offences. “I wonder why this practice was so surprising. [It] has been taking place for decades,” Justice Minister Loucas Louca said yesterday. He said there was a difference of opinion between the police, the justice ministry who think the practice is fine, and the personal data commissioner who disagrees. The law allows filming without people’s consent for reasons of public security, defense or state security but it is not clear if the police fall under that category or not – a point that needs to be settled. The law does not explicitly allow police to take footage for crime prevention although the commissioner may give his permission. Louca said the force did not keep tabs on people and did not archive footage without reason.

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Charges dropped in potato farmers’ case A DAY after the police spokesman had to defend the force’s seemingly arbitrary decision to charge two men with traffic violations during a scheduled protest, Justice Minister Loucas Louca said yesterday the order had been rescinded. The leaders of potato farmers’ organisations were charged with traffic violations and being a public nuisance after a protest on the Ayia Napa-Larnaca highway on August 22 went on longer than planned. “Both I and the [police] chief do not think it will be right for these people to end up in court,” he told state broadcaster CyBC yesterday. Louca said the investigating officers “thought in their opinion that criminal offences had occurred and investigated them” as was their duty. The police spokesman

said on Thursday that the protest went on for too long creating a trafﬁc jam. But Louca said that during a discussion with the chief yesterday he was told it was not the police’s intention that the men should end up in court. The minister did not name the ofﬁcer who issued instructions to draw up a case against the two men: the head of the Cyprus potato growers’ coordinating committee, Nicos Vasilas, and the head of the Cyprus potato producers’ association, Andreas Karyos. Karyos previously said he could not understand why he ended up with charges, especially because he was trying “to be correct” with the police. The farmers had been protesting over ‘unfair competition’ from potatoes coming through the north.

CYPRUS TODAY Paphos woman killed on highway A 43-YEAR-OLD mother of two, Panayiota Komodromou, was killed yesterday after she lost control of her car while speeding, along the Limassol-Paphos highway, police said. The accident happened at around 1am. “It seems like the cause of the accident was speeding,” said Paphos’ head of trafﬁc police, Zinonas Psathitis. Psathitis said that Komodromou, a lawyer, while driving her saloon car towards Paphos, after the Yeroskipou exit, lost control of her car, hit the dividing barrier causing the car to overturn leaving her trapped inside. Psathitis said the woman was taken to Paphos general hospital where she was pronounced dead by doctors. “We call on drivers again to reduce their speed….in this way we’ll limit the amount of blood on the roads,” said Psathitis. The head of the Paphos Bar Association, Yiannakis Papazaharia expressed his condolences to Komodromou’s family. Her funeral will be held today at 4pm at the Ayios Theodoros Church. Komodromou’s family ask that instead of wreaths people make donations to Paphos hospital’s Orthopaedic Clinic.

Turkish Cypriots to rally for Nadir Police complained that the demo had overran its slot

Family of Mari victim heading to the ECHR The case will argue that the AG failed to carry out his duty by not lifting the president’s immunity By Poly Pantelides THE FAMILY of one of the victims of last July’s naval base blast is taking the state to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for failing to indict everyone responsible. The applicants are the relatives of Michalis Heracleous, who was among the 13 sailors and fire-fighters killed on July 11 when 98 containers holding munitions exploded at Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari. The munitions were confiscated in 2009 and were left exposed to the weather for more than two years. Former ministers and fire and army officials were indicted in March in rela-

tion to causing the deaths of the thirteen men by want of precaution, and for homicide by gross negligence. The Heracleous family claims they have been deprived of their human right to an effective remedy in relation to Heracleous’ death because “the Attorney-general declined to take any steps to lift the immunity of the President of the Republic”. Attorney-general Petros Clerides – who has ultimate jurisdiction over all criminal prosecution – said in January when he announced the indictments that there were no legal grounds to indict Christoﬁas. Some relatives of the victims disagreed and tried to set in motion a Supreme Court procedure to

eventually lift the immunity. Among them was the Heracleous family via their lawyer, Loucis Loucaides. They were however unsuccessful. The relatives also cite a non-binding inquiry by lawyer Polys Polyviou pointing the ﬁnger at President Demetris Christoﬁas for the ultimate political and personal responsibility. “The state – through the competent authority, i.e. the Attorney-general – failed to carry out this duty by not lifting the immunity so as to include [the President] in the police investigations and as a consequence [failed to] bring him before the Court,” the application states. The family claims that because of the Attorney-gen-

eral’s lack of action to indict Christofias, their right to an effective remedy at home - under article 13 of the European Convention of Human Rights – has been violated. Article 13 says that “everyone whose rights and freedoms as set forth in the Convention are violated shall have an effective remedy before a national authority notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity”. ECHR applications can only be made after domestic remedies have been exhausted but the family argues that their application deals with lack of action so no final decision from a (Cyprus) court is necessary.

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TEN ORGANISATIONS representing farming producers in the north will hold a big rally in the occupied part of Nicosia on Monday in support of jailed Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir, who was recently sentenced to ten years in prison by an English court for theft. The Nadir-owned Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris yesterday reported that the ten organisations have decided to protest against Greek Cypriot “conspiracy initiatives”. Nadir was jailed last month by the Old Bailey following a seven-month trial for stealing £29m (€37m) from his Polly Peck empire. In sentencing the judge told Nadir he committed theft on a grand scale out of “sheer greed”. However, Nadir’s wife Nur and a number of prominent Turkish Cypriot politicians have expressed the belief that Greek Cypriots were behind the sentencing of Nadir who voluntarily went to London to face charges of theft after ﬂeeing the UK over 20 years ago. The rally will be held at 11am on Monday at Kyrenia Gate in northern Nicosia.

Brush fires in Limassol and Larnaca A SMALL blaze broke out at 1.30pm yesterday near the Governor’s beach (Kalymnos) camping site, between the Larnaca and Limassol districts. A fire truck belonging to the camping site contained the blaze before three fire trucks arrived. Some 30,000 square metres of wild shrub was burned but the fire did not get close to the camping site. Police think the fire was caused when two cables belonging to the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) fell to the ground. An EAC crew went on the scene to restore damage. Another fire broke out earlier to the day at 10.50am between the Larnaca villages of Lefkara and Vavatsinia. The blaze burned about 500 square metres of private land in the 25 minutes it took the forestry department and fire services to put it under control. Ten fire trucks were used. The cause of the fire was not known yesterday.

RIKSAT update for overseas viewers AN UPDATED RIKSAT will soon be broadcast to Cypriots overseas in an effort to reach them all, according to state broadcaster’s (CyBC) director general Themis Themistocleous. Cypriots overseas will be privy to an updated version of RIKSAT in terms of programmes, such as “Cyprus close to you.” Themistocleous said that they will also include new technology making the broadcast more interactive. Part of the upgrade includes now broadcasting to the US and Canada with a monthly subscription, he said. Cypriots overseas also have access to RIKSAT and all the state broadcaster’s programmes via the website www.cybc. com.cy. Applications are available too for smart phones as well as for iPhones and androids.

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If you wear or have worn the coveted Parachute wings then be aware that there is an Airborne Forces Association in Cyprus which meets on a regular basis throughout the year. The aim of the Association is: To foster the spirit of comradeship and to further the friendship established in Airborne Forces. All past and present members of Airborne Forces of all nationalities are welcome to join. The next occasion we meet is on Arnhem Day which will be celebrated on the Episkopi Base at the EpiskopiCommunity Church at 11:15 hrs on Sun 23 Sep 2012. Lunch will be available afterwards. If you are interested then please contact 25336225 or 25717009/99400329 for further information

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Jobless rate climbs to 10.9pct Cyprus was in third position behind Spain and Greece on Eurostat’s list By George Psyllides and Jacqueline Agathocleous UNEMPLOYMENT in Cyprus climbed to 10.9 per cent in July, representing the third highest year-on-year rise in the European Union, it was announced yesterday. According to the EU’s statistical service, Eurostat, Cyprus was behind Spain and Greece, having seen its jobless rate rise from 7.7 per cent in July 2011 to 10.9 per cent this year. The euro area (EA17) seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 11.3 per cent in July 2012, stable compared with June. It was 10.1 per cent in July 2011. The EU27 unemployment rate was 10.4 per cent in July 2012, also stable compared with the previous month. It was 9.6 per cent the previous year. Eurostat estimates that 25.3 million men and women were unemployed in the EU27 – of whom 18 million in the eurozone area, Compared with June 2012, the number of unemployed

people increased by 43 000 in the EU27 and by 88, 000 in the eurozone area. Compared with July 2011, unemployment rose by 2.1 million in the EU27 and by 2.0 million in the eurozone area. Meanwhile the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs yesterday informed local lawmakers on plans to create 20 million new jobs across the EU over the next few years. It is now up to the state to take the advice, drawn up by the European Commission (EC), and adapt it locally. The plans, which include proposals to boost green energy and health services, were presented to the House Labour and Foreign Affairs Committees yesterday. Labour Committee MP, DISY’s Marios Mavrides, said the Commission has come up with some interesting proposals and approaches on dealing with unemployment. The EC proposes growth in sectors that have a future, such as green economy, health and technology. “They are expecting to create 20 million new positions in these sectors over the fol-

lowing years,” said Mavrides. He added that for this to happen, member states’ governments needed to adopt certain measures, to create the preconditions for jobs to open in these sectors, to promote flexibility in the human resource department and make better use of sectors that could create new positions. “These policies are better targeted and this is something we agree with, but it will take a few years for all this to happen. “We need to start from somewhere, definitely start thinking more smartly for smarter growth in our country,” said Mavrides. Nothing was said about Cyprus specifically in yesterday’s meeting with the European Parliament’s committee members. “I would imagine it is the government’s and parliament’s responsibility to take these proposals and examine them further and implement them based on Cypriot standards,” said Mavrides. “If we do this, I think we will be able to hope for a better future.”

The unemployment queues in Cyprus are becoming longer every month

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Hackathon weekend gets underway today First ever weekend-long event aims to showcase a new wave of technological collaboration and inspiration AS PART of a wider effort to spur innovation, creativity and technological entrepreneurship on the island, today, three young Cypriot software engineers are launching the first ever hackathon weekend in Cyprus. With over 80 people already registered, the 32-hour event in Limassol aims to showcase a new wave of technological collaboration and inspiration. For most people, hacking is a scary word - it has been synonymous with security breaching, fraudulent interventions and identity theft. For some though, hacking has a different meaning altogether. “Hacking is creating, building, trying, breaking, fixing or making something awesome. “We live and breathe technology, and apply it every day to solve problems and make someone’s life a little bit easier,” said Alexis Michael, one of the event organisers. This is what led the organisers of Hack Cyprus 2012 to design and organise the first weekend-long hackathon in Cyprus. A hackathon is a

technology-focused event where developers, designers and ideators collaborate intensively over the period of 24-48 hours in order to create projects and see their ideas come to fruition. Hack Cyprus 2012 is an initiative that was set up by three young Cypriot software engineers based in London, all members of the Cypriot Enterprise Link, a new youth-led organisation, which aims to promote, encourage and connect Cypriot entrepreneurs in Cyprus and abroad.

WORKING TOGETHER Starting at 9.30am today and lasting for approximately 32 hours, Hack Cyprus 2012 will involve 80 people working together in teams at the Cyprus University of Technology in Limassol, building hacks and developing prototype implementations of their ideas. Explaining a little more about the event format, Michael, said: “These hacks can be of virtually anything: a mobile application, a multiplayer

game, an education tool, a music tool – anything that provides a solution to an existing problem through code. “Our aim is to encourage those active in technology to collaborate together in order to create and develop, as we believe that innovation and entrepreneurship are all about connecting people with the right ideas,” added Michael. Tomorrow afternoon, following the completion of the hacking session, the teams will present their ideas and the best ones will receive prizes. The event has also been supported by companies and organisations with an interest in innovation and technology including CyTA, Cyprus University of Technology and Microsoft Cyprus. The event is open to anyone interested in technological entrepreneurship, and to all those curious enough to want to learn more. For information http://hackcyprus.com or follow @ hackcyprus on Twitter.

The event encourages innovation and entrepreneurship

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Legal win for Abramovich Berezovsky defeated in $6b legal odyssey By Guy Faulconbridge and Alessandra Prentice CHELSEA Football Club owner Roman Abramovich emerged victorious yesterday from a $6-billion legal battle with his former mentor Boris Berezovsky that has laid bare the intrigue behind the postSoviet carve-up of Russia’s vast natural resources. Berezovsky, who became a Moscow powerbroker under the late President Boris Yeltsin only to fall foul of Vladimir Putin, had accused Abramovich of using the threat of Kremlin retribution to intimidate him into selling prized assets at a knockdown price. But Judge Elizabeth Gloster told a packed London courtroom she had found Berezovsky to be an “unimpressive and inherently unreliable witness” who gave sometimes dishonest evidence and would say “almost anything to support his case”. Gloster dismissed all of Berezovsky’s $6 billion in claims in one of the biggest private litigation cases ever, saying Abramovich - the world’s 68th richest man with a $12.1

Reliable witness: Roman Abramovich billion fortune - was a “truthful and on the whole reliable witness”. “I am absolutely amazed about what happened today,” Berezovsky, 66, told reporters after listening expressionless as the verdict was read out in a modern, glass courtroom crowded with lawyers, bodyguards and journalists. “My conﬁdence in English justice has been undermined by the judge’s decision,” he said, adding the ruling was so sympathetic to Putin that it read as if the Kremlin chief had written it himself. But such a stinging rebuke from one of Britain’s most experienced commercial judges is likely to cement Berezovsky’s reputation as a pub-

licity-seeker and opens him up to claims for costs that could exceed $100 million. “There was a marked contrast between the manner in which Mr Berezovsky gave his evidence and that in which Mr Abramovich did so,” Gloster said in an hour-long dissection of Berezovsky’s claim which delved into the murky world of Russian business. Abramovich, who made headlines by buying Chelsea in 2003, had denied Berezovsky owned the assets and said that he merely paid Berezovsky for political cover and protection - known in Russian gangster slang as “krysha” or “roof”. The 38-page preliminary ruling marks the beginning of the end for a legal odyssey stretching from the gilded corridors of the Kremlin via the offshore enclaves favoured by Russia’s tycoons to the rarefied atmosphere of London’s High Court. Judge Gloster stumbled at times trying to pronounce “krysha”, a term used by leather-jacketed gangsters on the streets of Russian cities and now the partial basis of a ruling in one of the most respected legal systems in the world. “It is a very tough verdict for Mr Berezovsky: it is very much based on an appreciation of him as a witness whether that is justified or not and he clearly thinks it is not,” said Philippa Charles, a litigation partner at law firm Mayer Brown, which is not directly involved in the case.

Russian killer’s bid to mislead A COLLEGE teacher who has confessed to killing two women in the Russian city of Kazan says he scrawled “Free Pussy Riot” in blood on their apartment wall to mislead investigators, police said yesterday. The initial hint that the killer was inspired by the actions of the Pussy Riot punk band, three of whose members have been jailed after performing an irreverent “punk prayer” in a cathedral, had provoked new criticism of the group by a Russian Orthodox Church ofﬁcial on Thursday. But the police report made clear the crime had not been committed by a Pussy Riot supporter and was not inspired by the group’s protest against President Vladimir Putin in February near the altar of Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral. The suspect, a 38-year-old man who lives with his parents, told police he had killed the victims - a 38-year-old former classmate who had helped him pay off debts and her mother - during an argument. He said he then wrote the words on the wall “to draw suspicion away from himself and portray it as a ritual killing”, the regional Interior Ministry said. The women’s bodies were found in their apartment on Wednesday and state television repeatedly showed images of the Free Pussy Riot slogan written on the kitchen wall.

Dimitry Smirnov, who heads the church department for relations with the armed forces and law enforcement agencies, told Interfax news agency on Thursday that the group’s supporters now had “blood on their conscience”. But lawyers for Pussy Riot had said immediately that the band and its supporters had nothing to do with the killings in Kazan, capital of the Tatarstan region 720 km (450 miles) east of Moscow. They said they suspected the scrawled slogan was either the work of a madman or was a provocation aimed at associating the jailed women and their supporters with a gruesome murder. Many of Pussy Riot’s supporters opposed Putin’s return to the presidency in May and say the women’s two-year jail sentences were disproportionate. The sentences have also been criticised by Western governments. Police said the suspect was a former classmate of one of the victims and had pretended to be courting her after she agreed to help him pay off his debts by borrowing hundreds of thousands of roubles (tens of thousands of dollars) from banks. The suspect promised the woman they would take a vacation together, but grabbed a knife and killed her during a quarrel when he told her they would be unable to take the trip.

Wife of former IMF chief says they have separated THE wife of former IMF chief Dominique StraussKahn has acknowledged in a newspaper interview that the two have separated, and says she’s been doing “very well” on her own. Anne Sinclair, a famous French TV journalist and

chief editor of the French Hufﬁngton Post, stood by her husband through months of public scrutiny after he was accused in New York last year of trying to rape a hotel maid. He is also being investigated in France for suspected links to a prostitution ring. He

denies wrongdoing. The Le Parisien newspaper published an interview with Sinclair today in which it asked how she’s been doing since the split. Her response was: “I’m working hard again ... I’m doing very well, thank you.”

Fireﬁghters try to extinguish wildﬁres in Ojen, near the town of Malaga yesterday (AFP)

One dead in Spain wildfire, thousands evacuated A WILDFIRE raging out of control along southern Spain’s Costa del Sol killed one man, injured several people and forced the evacuation of thousands on the edge of the upmarket tourist resort of Marbella, regional authorities said yesterday. More than 300 firefighters were battling the flames, which had spread several kilometres along hilly ground behind the coast, and 31 planes and helicopters were dumping water on the blaze. Millions of tourists visit the Costa del Sol, famed for its beaches and nightlife, every year and hundreds of thousands of expatriates

from northern Europe live on the coastal belt. “The fire is horrific, with flames 10 to 15 metres high,” Angel Nozal, the mayor of Mijas, an inland town between Marbella and Malaga, told the national daily El Pais. The charred body of an elderly man was found in Ojen, north of Marbella, and a man and a woman in their fifties were taken to the city’s Costa del Sol hospital after suffering burns, the regional government of Andalusia said. The fire broke out on Thursday near Malaga and raced westward across the tinderdry countryside, fanned by strong winds and high temperatures.

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The funeral yesterday near the Lonmin mine in Marikana of one of the 34 striking miners who were killed by police on August 16 (AFP)

Former minister sentenced A FORMER Indian state minister was sentenced to 28 years in jail yesterday for murder during one of the country’s worst religious riots, when up to 2,500 people, most of them Muslim, were hunted down and hacked, beaten or burnt to death in 2002. Maya Kodnani, a sitting lawmaker for Gujarat state’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and 30 others were jailed for their role in the so-called Naroda Patiya massacre, the single bloodiest episode of the raging threeday riots. Her conviction is an embarrassment for both the BJP - the country’s main opposition party and Gujarat’s high-ﬂying chief minister, Narendra Modi, who is lauded by foreign companies for his business-friendly policies and is often touted as the country’s next prime minister.

Afghan children are beheaded AN adolescent boy and a young girl have been beheaded in two separate incidents in Afghanistan, local ofﬁcials and police said yesterday, in the latest attacks that have raised fresh questions about a splintering Taliban. A 12-year-old boy was kidnapped and killed in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, his severed head placed near his body to send a warning to police, said provincial governor spokesman Jawid Faisal. The brother of the boy - neither sibling named - was a member of the Afghan Local Police (ALP), a US-trained militia charged with making Afghans in Taliban strongholds feel more secure, Faisal said. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf denied the group was involved. Separately, a six-yearold girl was beheaded in eastern Kapisa province on Thursday, but it was unclear if she was killed by Taliban or her family.

South Africa shocked by charging of miners By Jon Herskovitz SOUTH Africa’s justice minister yesterday rebuked prosecutors for charging 270 miners with the murder of 34 striking colleagues shot dead by police, saying the decision had caused “shock, panic and confusion” among the general public. The police killing of the strikers at the Marikana mine this month was one of the worst such incidents since the end of white rule in 1994. The arrested miners have been charged under a law dating from the apartheid era under which they are deemed to have had a “common purpose” in the murder of their co-workers. The African National Congress, whose members used to be gunned down by apartheid police at protest rallies and targeted with draconian

Prosecutors invoke measure often used in apartheid era laws, has been severely criticised for using similar tactics now that it is in power. President Jacob Zuma has seen his support erode, with his enemies saying he is more interested in getting close to industry and powerful labour groups than miners working deep underground. Zuma, speaking at a congress of the Socialist International yesterday, did not comment on the murder charges. His justice minister, Jeff Radebe, wanted answers. “There is no doubt that the decision has induced a sense of shock, panic and confusion within the members of the community and the general South African public. It

is therefore incumbent upon me to seek clarity,” he said in a statement. Prosecutors on Thursday charged the 270 miners, already under arrest on suspicion of murder in a earlier shooting at the mine, with the August 16 murder of 34 co-workers at the Marikana mine of the world’s third biggest platinum producer, Lonmin, using the “common purpose” law. The 34 were shot in a hail of police bullets in what has been dubbed the “Marikana Massacre” with videos of the killings broadcast worldwide. Police will not be subject to punishment until the conclusion of a government

probe early next year. Common purpose was often used by the apartheid government against blacks to sentence numerous people for crimes committed by only a few. Mosiuoa Lekota, a former ANC cabinet minister and now leader of the COPE opposition party, was imprisoned during apartheid in a case where the common purpose doctrine was invoked. He said the decision to charge the miners was a setback for democracy. Zuma is facing re-election as the ANC’s leader in December and poor management of the shooting would strengthen his opponents who see him as running an ineffectual government. Zuma has ordered an investigation into the responsibility of police, Lonmin and the feuding unions that caused the strike at Marikana.

ISRAEL is facing growing international pressure not to attack Iran unilaterally, with the United States in particular making clear its ﬁrm opposition to any such strike. Recent rhetoric by Israeli leaders that time is running out to halt Iran’s contested nuclear programme has raised concern military action might be imminent, despite repeated calls from abroad to give sanctions and diplomacy more time to work. The US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, has always cautioned against a go-it-alone approach, but he appeared to up the ante this week by saying Washington did not want to be blamed for any Israeli initiative. “I don’t want to be complicit if they (Israel) choose to do it,” Dempsey was quoted as saying by Britain’s Guardian newspaper yesterday, suggesting that he would view an Israeli attack as reprehensible or illegal. He went on to repeat that although Israel could delay Iran’s nuclear project, it would not destroy it. He said that unilateral action might unravel a strong international coalition that has applied progressively stiff sanctions on Iran. “(This) could be undone if (Iran) was attacked prematurely,” he was quoted as saying. While Tehran says its nuclear programme is peaceful, Western powers believe it is trying to produce an atomic bomb. Israel, believed to have the only nuclear arsenal in the Middle East, views a nuclear-armed Iran as a threat to its existence. The UN International Atomic Energy Agency said on Thursday Iran had doubled the number of uranium enrichment centrifuges in an underground bunker, showing its desire to expand its nuclear work. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will speak out about the dangers of Iran in an address next month to the UN General Assembly in New York.

Iran seems to be making little progress on key nuke equipment IRAN may have doubled its uranium enrichment capacity in an underground facility but it seems to be struggling to develop more efﬁcient nuclear equipment that would shorten the time it would need for any atom

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bomb bid, experts say. Iran’s progress - or lack of it - in deploying a new generation of enrichment centrifuges is closely watched by the West as it could allow it to produce potential weapons-grade material much

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Disillusioned voters are Romney’s target

Rambling Clint Eastwood address befuddles viewers

He vows in high stakes speech to unify country

REPUBLICANS may have made Mitt Romney’s day with the presidential nomination he long sought, but it was Dirty Harry himself who nearly hijacked the show with a rambling diatribe against President Barack Obama. Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood brought his star power and trademark gravelly voice to the stage of the convention hall in Tampa on Thursday, jetting in as a surprise lastminute speaker to warm up the crowd for Romney’s acceptance speech. Eastwood offered an adlibbed monologue with an imaginary Obama in an empty chair, which seemed to thrill many in the audience, but was widely panned by observers across the political spectrum. The 82-year-old Academy Award-winning director and actor, strode to the podium serenaded by the theme music from his classic western, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, to deliver an off-the-cuff, deadpan discourse, at times critical of Obama, at times supportive of Romney’s candidacy, whom he lauded for a “sterling” business record. But more often he mean-

By John Whitesides and Steve Holland REPUBLICAN Mitt Romney urged voters on Thursday to help him rebuild the U.S. economy and create millions of new jobs, asking them to overcome their disappointment in President Barack Obama and join him in restoring the promise of America. In a high-stakes speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Romney said he would work to unify a divided country that believed Obama’s lofty campaign promises but had lost hope they would be fulfilled. “What is needed in our country today is not complicated or profound. It doesn’t take a special government commission to tell us what America needs. What America needs is jobs. Lots of jobs,” the former Massachusetts governor told a cheering crowd on the final night of the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Earlier in the evening, the convention heard from Romney’s friends and relatives who painted a picture of a humane, compassionate man - part of a three-day effort to humanise a candidate often accused of being cold and formal. Romney’s speech, which launches a two-month dash to the November 6 election, was seen by tens of millions of television viewers and gave some their first extended look at the multimillionaire exbusinessman. It could be a defining moment for a candidate who has struggled to win over conservatives and connect with independent voters

Romney’s speech gave tens of millions of television viewers an extended look at the multimillionaire ex-businessman who would replace Obama (AFP) in a campaign against Obama that has been dominated by the sluggish economy and lingering high unemployment. Romney, 65, who says his experience as a business executive is the cure for the ailing economy, promised to create 12 million jobs. He drew a sharp comparison between the promise of Obama’s election in 2008 and the results of the last four years. “Today the time has come for us to put the disappointments of the last four years behind us, to put aside the divisiveness and the recriminations,” he said. “Now is the time to restore the promise of America.” He said Americans wanted to believe in Obama but had suffered from his failures of leadership. “Hope and change had a powerful appeal. But tonight

I’d ask a simple question: If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn’t you feel that way now he’s President Obama?” “You know there’s something wrong with the kind of job he’s done as president when the best feeling you had, was the day you voted for him.” The convention heard emotional testimonials about Romney’s work as a Mormon leader that made many convention delegates in the Tampa Bay Times Forum cry. The Obama campaign said Romney failed to lay out a path for America. “Much like the entire Republican convention, Mitt Romney’s speech tonight offered many personal attacks and gauzy platitudes, but no tangible ideas to move the country forward,” Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said.

Quake of 7.6 magnitude strikes off Philippines AN earthquake of 7.6 magnitude struck off the Philippines yesterday damaging roads and bridges and sending people ﬂeeing to higher ground in fear of a tsunami, a politician and authorities said. The quake was centred off the east coast, 91 miles (146 km) off the town of Guiuan in Samar province at a depth of about 20 miles (32 km), the US Geological Survey said. The Paciﬁc Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning for much of the region, but cancelled it about two hours later. However, Philippine authorities maintained their tsunami warning after ordering residents to get out of coastal areas immediately. “We are in a wait and see situation, some

bridges and roads were damaged and people panicked and are now on higher ground,” Samar congressman, Ben Evardone, told local radio. There were no immediate reports of casualties, said the head of the national disaster agency, Benito Ramos. Large parts of Samar and Leyte province had no power or internet connections. “The only lights you see are from vehicles in the streets headed to higher ground,” said a radio reporter in the town of Borongan. The tsunami warning was initially issued for the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea and other islands in the Paciﬁc including the US state of Hawaii.

At least three people killed in supermarket shooting AT least three people have died in a shooting at a New Jersey supermarket. A law enforcement spokesman told The Associated Press the person believed to be the shooter is among the dead. The ofﬁcial said the shoot-

ing happened early yesterday inside a grocery store in Old Bridge, a suburb about 40km from New York. The store was closed at the time of the shootng. Ofﬁcials say a supermarket employee killed two people at the store and then fatally

shot himself. Authorities say he opened ﬁre on employees he saw when he walked into the Pathmark store. Authorities say 16 shots were ﬁred and an AK-47, extra ammunition and a handgun were found at the scene. The motive is being investigated.

Off the cuff: Eastwood dered from one topic to another, including the state of the economy, the war in Afghanistan and the Guantanamo Bay detention centre. At one point, Eastwood said he “never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to be president,” apparently unaware Romney holds a law degree. Occasionally, he paused to berate the chair, telling an absent Obama to “shut up.” The phrase “invisible Obama” thereafter went viral on the Internet, with Obama’s own Twitter account posting a picture of Obama sitting in a chair marked “The President” with the comment, “This seat’s taken.”

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Business

Report Weidmann could resign turns up heat on Draghi

Bernanke: risk-aware Fed to act as needed

GERMAN central bank chief Jens Weidmann's reported threat to resign has piled pressure on European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to mollify opposition to a new bond-buying plan without tying it up in so many knots it is rendered ineffective. Weidmann, at a central bank symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, refused to comment on a report in the mass circulation Bild newspaper that he had considered quitting several times in recent weeks, but had been dissuaded by the German government. He has made no secret of his displeasure with the strategy to lower Italian and Spanish borrowing costs by buying bonds. Stepping up the pressure to attach conditions to the plan, fellow German ECB policymaker Joerg Asmussen said late on Thursday the ECB should only purchase sovereign bonds if the International Monetary Fund was involved in setting the economic reform programmes demanded in return. Draghi is skipping this weekend's Jackson Hole retreat to try to smooth over a deep rift within the ECB over the bond scheme that is increasingly being played out in public. The Italian will have little time to celebrate his 65th birthday on Monday as he tries to forge a deal before a September 6 ECB policy meeting, and buy eurozone governments time to negotiate legal and political hurdles to a longer-term response to the bloc's debt crisis. "Opposition from Weidmann and reservations from some other Council members will mean that ECB bond purchases would be highly conditional, be focused on the short end and

Says progress in curbing joblessness too slow

ECB chief Mario Draghi would not aim to bring yields down quite as much as Italy and Spain might like to see," said Berenberg Bank economist Holger Schmieding. Draghi's July 26 vow to do "whatever it takes" to save the euro heralded his signature plan. But securing majority support for a plan Weidmann can live with poses the biggest balancing act he has faced since taking the ECB helm on November 1 last year. Highlighting the range of views among ECB policymakers, Executive Board member Benoit Coeure said yesterday the bank would do everything in its mandate to preserve the integrity of the euro - a line similar to Draghi's in late July. The ECB was studying ways of intervening in the shortterm bond market based on strict conditionality and the countries concerned agreeing to aid programmes with the eurozone bailout funds, Coeure said. The central bank was hurt by its experience last year of buying Italian bonds only for Italy's then-prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, to renege on reform promises he had made to get the ECB to step in.

FEDERAL Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke yesterday said the U.S. economy faced "daunting" challenges and that progress reducing unemployment had been too slow, but he stopped short of providing a clear signal of further monetary policy easing. Bernanke said the central bank would act as needed to strengthen the recovery but he also said it had to weigh the costs as well as the beneﬁts of more monetary stimulus, although he hinted the costs may be worthwhile. "It is important to achieve further progress, particularly in the labour market," Bernanke said at the Kansas City Fed's annual Jackson Hole symposium. "Taking due account of the uncertainties and limits of its policy tools, the Federal Reserve will provide additional policy accommodation as needed to promote a stronger economic recovery and sustained improvement in labour market conditions in a context of price stability." That was a somewhat weaker hint of policy easing than the minutes of the Fed's last policy meeting had delivered. At that meeting, many members judged that "additional monetary accommodation would likely be warranted fairly soon" unless the economy showed substantial strengthening. Bernanke, however, made

Bernanke downplayed the potential risks from the Fed's unconventional policies and argued asset purchases had been effective in boosting economic growth (EPA) clear he was not satisﬁed with the economy's progress. "The stagnation of the labour market in particular is a grave concern not only because of the enormous suffering and waste of human talent it entails, but also because persistently high levels of unemployment will wreak structural damage on our economy that could last for many years," he said. US stocks initially pared gains but soon moved higher as investors digested Bernanke's remarks. Investors had been bidding up stock prices in recent weeks on expectations the US central bank would launch a new round of bond buying soon.

Prices for US government bonds rose and the dollar hit session lows against the euro. "These headlines seem to capture the essence of a more dovish Bernanke than we expected - 'grave' concern with labour market is striking," said David Ader, head of government bond strategy at CRT Capital Group in Stamford, Connecticut. Bernanke downplayed the potential risks from the Fed's unconventional policies and argued that the asset purchases had been quite effective at boosting economic growth and fostering job creation. "The costs of nontraditional policies, when considered carefully, appear manage-

able, implying that we should not rule out the further use of such policies if economic conditions warrant," Bernanke said. In response to the ﬁnancial crisis and recession of 2007-2009, the Fed cut ofﬁcial rates to zero and bought $2.3 trillion in government and mortgage securities. It next meets on September 12-13. The economy emerged from recession nearly three years ago, but growth has remained tepid. US gross domestic product grew at a 1.7 per cent annual rate in the second quarter, too weak to bring down the nation's 8.3 per cent unemployment rate.

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FRENCH business leaders stepped up criticism of the new left-wing government yesterday, lamenting a perceived anti-corporate bias and lack of competitiveness, despite the prime minister's recent efforts to mollify them. The presidency of Socialist Francois Hollande, who has angered some in the corporate world for adopting what they say are "soak-the-rich" tax policies and antibusiness rhetoric, came in for heavy scorn on the last day of the Medef business lobby's annual conference. As well as introducing a 75-per cent tax on millionaires, the Hollande administration is eyeing more taxes on banks and energy companies and has pledged to crack down on risky investment banking. "We are sick and tired of being told how to behave," Sodexo Chairman Pierre Bellon told Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg, who was sitting on the same debate panel at the conference. Montebourg, seen as more of a left-wing ﬁrebrand than Hollande, has been leading the frontline of government talks with companies such as Peugeot and Sanoﬁ to limit the pain of their layoff plans to the workforces. "I will transmit your criticisms to the President," retorted Montebourg dryly over intermittent booing from the audience. Most speeches praised the German business

model and criticised the comparatively lesscompetitive French economy and labour market. Michelin Chief Executive Jean-Dominique Senard also praised the US business environment, telling the audience his tire-making company planned to open a site there for the first time in decades. "Everyone knows the cost of labour is higher in America ... But they see firms as job creators," Senard said. "Would that were the case in France." The state of South Carolina reportedly doled out at least $7.5 million in tax incentives for the new Michelin plant. The criticisms came after French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault earlier this week sought to reassure the country's alarmed business leaders, telling them that an upcoming tax reform would help to improve France's flagging competitiveness - an apparent reference to plans to reduce social charges on labour. Several bankers in recent weeks have said Hollande's policies were an open invitation to leave the country, not just for them but for key corporate clients. British Prime Minister David Cameron infuriated French politicians in June when he vowed to "roll out the red carpet" for French firms if Hollande followed through on his plan to raise taxes for the wealthy.

A STRIKE by Lufthansa cabin crew disrupted hundreds of flights yesterday, stranding thousands of passengers who faced further delays over a busy holiday travel weekend from a rolling series of stoppages about pay and cost cuts. Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport AG said it had asked for no flights to depart to Frankfurt from European destinations, citing a lack of parking positions at Germany's busiest airport due to planes grounded by the strike. Intercontinental flights were not affected, Fraport said. Germany's biggest airline said it canceled most of the 360 scheduled arrivals and departures at its Frankfurt hub during yesterday's eight-hour strike, which followed the breakdown of 13 months of talks with trade union UFO. UFO, which represents around two-thirds of Lufthansa's 19,000 flight attendants, did not rule out further stoppages over the weekend and said it could call for industrial action at other airports "today or tomorrow". "It depends a lot on what Lufthansa's response is," UFO head Nicoley Baublies told Bayerischen Rundfunk radio, warning the airline not to pressure workers to break the strike. The stoppages were initially focused on flights to and from Frankfurt, but might affect the airline's wider European and global network and could cost it millions of euros a day in lost revenue. Lufthansa said it would try to place passengers on trains and alternative flights. "The call to strike action may lead to unscheduled flight delays and cancellations," Lufthansa said in a message to passengers on its website. "Long-haul flights are the uppermost priority and, wherever possible, should not be cancelled. Nevertheless, delays must be anticipated."

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Opinion

Sound bites trump substance so far as preelection period commences THERE are six months left until the presidential elections. It’s understandable the politicians want to get an early start with the mudslinging but they could have spared us during August at least. The rubbish they’ve been spewing for the past week is mind numbing and we must agree with the president when he said the level of political discourse is very low, even though he was referring to others and not himself when he said it. We’ve had him and DISY leader Nicos Anastasiades calling each other liars – very mature - with both of them using the overseas Cypriots conference to take pot shots. Then we had a big fuss about a Turkish Cypriot being hired by the Cypriot presidency. He has a ‘pseudo degree’ from a university in the north complemented by one from a British university. The opposition had a field day with that one. Presidential hopeful Giorgos Lillikas put it to good use to endear himself to the young unemployed Greek Cypriots, especially those who may have nationalist tendencies. Is this an election issue? Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots work in the south many of whom probably have university degrees from the north. Then the opposition parties were all outraged that the police were ‘spying’ on the sheep farmers during a protest by filming them. EDEK, before even checking the facts, slammed the secret service KYP for its actions. As it turned out, it wasn’t KYP but the police. A couple of the other small parties also took up the mantle, speaking of police violating the rights of citizens when even the commissioner for the protection of personal data, and the police have yet to clarify for certain whether police were breaking the law by filming. In both these cases, the politicians in question received their information from the media, using it, inaccurate though it might have been, without checking for the truth. This country is facing the biggest problem it has had since 1974 but it seems everyone on the political front is still only concerned with point scoring instead of pulling together to solve it. Our politicians have always chosen sound bites over substance and there is no reason to believe they’re going to stop any time soon, even for the good of the country. It’s going to be a long and painful six months.

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The underpants: an option for Afghanistan withdrawal “A

DEFEATIST position (in Afghanistan) is not possible for us. We cannot leave in our underpants...or without any.” That was Mikhail Gorbachev addressing senior Soviet ofﬁcers in 1987, two years before the Soviets pulled out. Two years before NATO pulls out, the same frantic search is underway for something that could be called a victory, or at least “peace with honour”. Meanwhile, NATO soldiers die, together with many more Afghans. The French are smart: all their troops will be gone from Afghanistan by the end of this year. The Canadians were even smarter: almost all their troops left last year. But the rest of the NATO countries dumbly soldier on towards the scheduled departure date of 2014, even though the situation is clearly spinning out of control: one-quarter of the 48 Western troops killed in Afghanistan this August were murdered by Afghan government soldiers. The most striking thing about these so-called “green-on-blue” killings, according to a 2011 Pentagon analysis reported by Bloomberg, is that only 11 per cent of them are the result of inﬁltration by the Taleban. Most of them are due to grudges or disputes between coalition and

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Afghan army troops, which suggests that NATO’s current focus on training Afghan forces to “stand up” on their own is just as futile as all its previous strategies. Last year a team of US Army psychologists investigated the nature of these grudges and quarrels, conducting interviews with dozens of American and Afghan focus groups. Their report, “A Crisis of Trust and Cultural Incompatibility”, concluded that the Afghan troops see the American soldiers as “a bunch of violent, reckless, intrusive, arrogant, self-serving, profane inﬁdel bullies hiding behind high technology.” The US troops, in return, generally view their Afghan allies as “a bunch of cowardly, incompetent, obtuse, thieving, complacent, lazy, pot-smoking, treacherous and murderous radicals.” This does not constitute the foundation for a successful collaboration. The view of the Afghan soldiers is more positive, despite all that, than the civilian popula-

tion’s attitude towards the foreign forces. A poll conducted in late 2010 by the Afghan Centre for Socio-Economic Research reported that nearly sixty per cent of civilians wanted all the foreign soldiers gone within a year. Forty per cent would still want the foreigners out even if their departure meant that the violence got worse. Yet less than ten per cent of Afghans, according to the same poll, actually want to see the Taleban back in power. They are not being inconsistent. They just don’t buy the standard Western line that only the foreign occupation has kept the Taleban and their alleged al-Qaeda allies from returning to power. There is some evidence that the Taleban themselves don’t really believe that either. They remember that even when a Taleban government ruled in Kabul in 1996-2001, they never succeeded in extending their authority to the northern parts of the country where the nonPashtun minorities live – and taken together, those minorities account for sixty percent of the population. He may be wrong about that. His assumption is that after the foreigners leave the Afghan army, which is overwhelmingly recruited from the non-Pashtun groups, will break apart

into the same Tajik, Uzbek and Hazara militias that thwarted the Taleban’s drive to control all of Afghanistan after the Soviets left. But those ethnic militias no longer exist, and their former commanders have grown fat and corrupt in the service of the foreigners. It might prove impossible to rebuild them fast enough to thwart a post-occupation drive by the Taleban to seize the whole country – although they would probably be unable to hold the non-Pashtun areas in the long run. The Taleban have won their war against the foreign occupiers, but they probably won’t win a decisive victory in the civil war that follows. And the only remaining way that the foreigners could still inﬂuence the outcome would be to dump their puppet president, Hamid Karzai, and start rebuilding the ethnic militias now. They won’t do that, so their continued military presence over the next two years is irrelevant to the ultimate outcome. And public opinion in Afghanistan is turning against them so fast that they might still end up leaving without their underpants. Gwynne Dyer is a Londonbased independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Why I’m just wild about High-Jinks Harry... DOESN’T really matter if it’s posh toffs in a penthouse in Las Vegas; lager lads on the strip in Ayia Napa; or boys behaving badly in Blackpool; a lout is a lout is a lout. Which is why I am bafﬂed by most of the UKs media tolerance of Harry’s gang, it smacks of hypocrisy. The same media will bray for blood, and instant ASBOs on working class lads being loud mouthed and sexually rampant on the streets in our cities but as soon as beautiful Etonians with plummy voices pick up strange girls, play strip billiards and go on reckless drink binges - it’s just ‘good fun and letting off steam’. Back to Brideshead. This generosity of spirit towards Harry is, of course, partly in deference to our respect for the Queen, and compassion for the fact that his mother died in horrible circumstances, but

IDLE IDL LE CCHATTER HATT Lauren O’Hara beeplauren@yahoo.ie

it also highlights a damaging class attitude in Britain which means when working class kids behave badly in school they are bullies but when ‘initiation’ rites at public school involve toilets and trousers down, it’s simply ‘pranks’. Ok, Prince Harry didn’t ask for the job as a Royal, he hasn’t had to be interviewed, and he apparently isn’t on performance pay if he misses his targets - he doesn’t ofﬁcially get money from the Civil List but for certain he gets generous support

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from “The Firm” and indirectly the taxpayer. If he accepts the exclusive privileges of the job: foreign tours, best seats in the house and a life of being treated as an A list celebrity, not on merit but by birth, he has to accept the responsibility. In his late twenties he is definitely not a kid, many of the young service men and women competing in the Paralympics this weekend will be doing so without limbs, given in the service of their country. Many will be much younger than Officer Harry. So this would be my advice. At a time when so many of our youngsters are leaving Universities around Europe this summer saddled with debt and needing dogged determination to face endless rejection letters as they try and get their first jobs, realise if you want to enjoy the advantages in life

that money and position have ascribed you without having worked for them, then also accept you could be dropped from the team. Personally, I’d rather have hardworking family men like Mo Farrer and Bradley Wiggins as my country’s Ambassadors on ‘goodwill’ tours, or accompanying the Queen on State occasions: those who’ve earned their stripes through their own endeavour rather than spoilt Royals who can’t behave with dignity. Obviously Harry hasn’t done his homework on Marie Antoinette: he still wants his cake, champers, chauffeurs, casinos and to be a regular bloke too. That can’t happen, so let’s allow him get on with his day job and forget the Prince bit: then we can all be just wild about plain old High Jinks Harry.

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1923

25 years ago Thursday September 1, 1987

A major earthquake nearly destroys the city of Yokohama, Japan, as well as much of nearby Tokyo. More than 100,000 people die in the quake.

West German pilot Mathias Rust told the Soviet Supreme Court yesterday he made his unauthorised ﬂight to Moscow in May because he wanted to meet Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to discuss world peace. Rust, 19, pleaded guilty on the opening day of his trial to violating international ﬂight rules and illegally crossing the Soviet border.

1939 Nazi Germany begins World War II with its invasion of Poland. The invasion will lead Britain and France to declare war on Germany two days later.

1969 King Idris I of Libya is overthrown in a bloodless coup by Colonel Muammar al-Qaddaﬁ.

1983 In one of the last major incidents of the Cold War, a Soviet ﬁghter plane shoots down Korean Air Lines ﬂight 007 after it strays into Soviet air space.

2004 An armed gang of Chechen separatist rebels enter a school in southern Russia and take more than 1,000 people hostage.

35 years ago Saturday September 1, 1977 Spyros Kyprianou, the elected President of the Republic, will go to the House of Representatives this morning to take the solemn afﬁrmation for his formal investiture in ofﬁce. Under the constitution the House meets for the purpose on the third day from the date of the election.

45 years ago Sunday September 1, 1967 The government announced a peace plan for the relaxation of tension on the island and put it into effect immediately. Under the plan, government armed posts and fortiﬁcations in the Limassol and Paphos districts are being left unmanned and Turkish Cypriots will be allowed to travel freely, without being searched. The Turks in the two districts will also be able to buy building materials.

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Shia LaBeouf goes Lawless AFTER a string of big-budget Hollywood flicks like the Transformers and Indiana Jones franchise films, actor Shia LaBeouf is downsizing his career and taking on new, dramatic challenges in movies such as Lawless. The film, which opened on Wednesday to mixed reviews, is based on author Matt Bondurant’s The Wettest County in the World, a fictional account of his family in Prohibition-era Virginia, and LaBeouf said the tale touched him due to his own upbringing. “In terms of the character’s emotions, the things he goes through, where he winds up, what he’s dealing with, the family elements, the alpha male fight, it was all things that resonate with me heavily,” LaBeouf said. Lawless tells of the bootlegging Bondurant brothers, played in the film by Jason Clarke, Tom Hardy and LaBeouf. When

Special Deputy Charlie Rakes (Guy Pearce) arrives from Chicago, he threatens the brothers’ moonshine business. Complicating matters are shifting family dynamics in which LaBeouf’s character Jack, the youngest Bondurant, wants to prove to his older brothers he can run the business. Against their wishes, Jack starts his own bootlegging operation, deals with a big city gangster (Gary Oldman) and ﬂaunts his new, expensive suits and cars, hoping to impress a girl in town played by Mia Wasikowska. For Jack, his older brothers are at times frustrating - one is an alcoholic suffering post traumatic stress following World War I and the other puts on an air of invincibility. In real life, LaBeouf’s own father is a Vietnam veteran who struggled with alcohol abuse, and the actor said the family dynamics in the ﬁlm “touched on a

lot of aspects of my life”. “Even as an only child, who grew up with a father who’s very alpha male, who I was competitive with, who was a criminal ... I looked at (the script) and thought, man, I could really bring these moments to light.” The movie opened ahead of the long Labour Day holiday weekend in the United States, and has earned a 58.3 per cent positive rating among reviews scored by moviereviewintelligence.com. After starring in films that were big on special effects but low on character, such as the blockbuster Transformers flicks, the 26-year-old LaBeouf will likely see many more thoughtful, critical looks at his work in dramatic roles. He has taken roles in a string of lower-profile movies, starting with Lawless and including upcoming The Company You Keep and The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman.

Dramatic challenges: LaBeouf is downsizing his career by taking on movies such as new ﬁlm Lawless (above)

Rimes files suit against ‘illegal recording of chat’

‘Sage Stallone died of natural causes’

LEANN Rimes has ﬁled a lawsuit against two women she claims illegally recorded a phone conversation with her. The singer - who is currently being treated for stress and anxiety in a rehab facility - has sued Kimberly Smiley and Lexi Smiley for invasion of privacy after she called them to speak about reportedly negative things they had written about her on the internet. LeAnn claims the women are supporters of her husband Eddie Cibrian’s exwife Brandi Glanville - who he left for LeAnn - and according to gossip website TMZ, claims they illegally and secretly recorded the conversation and then released out-of-context excerpts, painting her in a “false and negative light”. She also alleges they made statements that LeAnn was “crazy and delusional”. LeAnn checked in to a 30-day in-patient facility to deal with “anxiety and stress” on Wednesday, the

Sly’s late son suffered heart attack says coroner

day after her 30th birthday, and she hopes she is better able to deal with her problems on her return. She said: “This is just a time for me to emotionally check out for a second and take care of myself and come back in 30 days as the best 30-year-old woman I can be.” “All the things in my life will be there when I get out, but you know what? I’m hoping they’re not going to affect me as much. “I’ll have the tools to know how to deal with them.” Her representative Marcel Pariseau added privacy was not “expected” but would be “appreciated”. He said: “LeAnn has voluntarily entered a 30-day in-patient treatment facility to cope with anxiety and stress. “While there will be speculation regarding her treatment, she is simply there to learn and develop coping mechanisms. “While privacy isn’t expected, it’s certainly appreciated.”

Under pressure: the singer is currently being treated for stress and anxiety in a rehab facility

By Bob Tourtellotte SAGE Stallone, the son of actor Sylvester Stallone, died of a heart attack and a toxicology report showed no signs of excessive drug use, an ofﬁcial with the Los Angeles County Coroner said on Thursday. Stallone, who died at age 36 on July 13, suffered from coronary heart disease caused by atherosclerosis, which brought on the heart attack, Lt. Fred Corral of the coroner’s investigative division said. “There were no signs of an overdose. It was just a natural death,” Corral said. Stallone had a small amount of the sedative hydrocodone in his body, Corral said, but it was an acceptable level and one that could be found from taking over-the-counter pain medication. No other drugs surfaced in the toxicology report. Sage Stallone’s body was found in his Hollywood Hills home after family and friends became concerned when they hadn’t heard from him for a day. A housekeeper went to check, found his body and called police, according to his lawyer, George Braunstein. At the time, police said there was no sign of foul play, but speculation quickly sur-

Sage Stallone (below right) had appeared in a number of films, some starring his famous father Sylvester (above) faced in the tabloid media of a possible drug overdose. Sage Stallone was the younger of two sons from the Rocky and Rambo actor’s first marriage to Sasha Czack, whom he divorced in 1985 after about 10 years of marriage. He had appeared in a number of films, most notably with his father in 1990’s Rocky V, playing the title character’s son, Rocky Balboa Jr., and in the 1996 disaster movie Daylight, in which Sylvester Stallone starred as a hero leading an escape from a New York tunnel col-

lapse. Sage played a prison inmate. Sylvester Stallone, 66, has not been seen much in public since his son’s death, even as his new movie, The Expendables 2, landed in theaters. On Thursday, his spokeswoman said the actor had no comment. The Oscar-winning actor gave a recent interview to the ABC News show Good Morning America in which he said: “Time, hopefully, will heal, and you try to get through it, but it’s just something. It’s a reality of life.”

Adele takes to Twitter to let her fans know that she didn’t marry in secret ADELE insists she has not married in secret. The “Someone Like You” hitmaker - who is currently pregnant - was believed to have married Simon Konecki after a person claiming to have been a guest at the nuptials

spoke out saying she donned a traditional dress at the event in front of close friends and family. However, Adele took to her twitter page to claim she is still unwed, writing: “I’m not married”. The 24-year-old singer was pic-

tured wearing what looked like a wedding ring on her left hand in July, which also sparked speculation she had married in secret. A source said: “Adele and Simon managed to keep the baby news a secret for so long that there are ru-

mours they’ve already gotten married, too. She’s an old-fashioned girl and can’t wait to be part of a family unit.” Writing on her website in June, Adele conﬁrmed her pregnancy, saying she wanted fans to hear the

news directly from her. She said: “I’m delighted to announce Simon and I are expecting our ﬁrst child together. I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we’re over the moon. Yours always, Adele.”

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Samsung phone steals the march from Nokia First Windows handset comes a week before new Lumia By Tarmo Virki and Miyoung Kim SAMSUNG Electronics became the first handset maker to announce a smartphone using Microsoft’s latest mobile software, making its surprise, hurried announcement just days before the highly anticipated launch of Nokia’s version. The brief announcement on Wednesday at a Berlin electronics show comes amid expectations that smartphone makers may turn increasingly to Windows devices after a US jury decided many of Samsung’s Google Androidbased phones infringed Apple Inc patents. “It looks like a good phone, and seems like a pre-emptive announcement ahead of Nokia,” said Sid Parakh, an analyst at investment firm McAdams Wright Ragen, of the Samsung phone. “Microsoft or Windows never got their best teams, never got their best designs, just because Android was doing so well. With the change in the legal environment, there’s a case to be made that Samsung will likely shift some of those resources to broaden out or diversify their own exposure.” Nokia, the ailing Finnish mobile firm, once the world’s leading producer of phones but now struggling to reverse losses, is due to unveil its new Lumia line of smartphones using Windows Phone 8 in New York on September 5. Samsung’s new phone called ATIV S - tacked onto the end of a long news conference in Berlin that focused on other products - may elevate expectations for the Lumia. Samsung’s ATIV S Windows phone sports a high-end 4.8inch display, Corning “Gorilla” glass, and an 8-megapixel rear camera and 1.9-megapix-

Television guide app personalises viewing choices TELEVISION viewers can watch hundreds of shows via broadcast, cable, satellite TV and the Internet, as well as on-demand, but how does one manage all that content? TV Guide has an app to help. TV Guide late last week released a free companion app for Apple’s iOS devices called TV Guide Mobile. The highlight is its “Watchlist,” a personalised guide based on user habits that consolidates the many viewing choices available. Within Watchlist, users select their favourite shows, movies, celebrities and sports teams. The app consolidates content, then displays the various ways of viewing it. Fans of George Clooney, for example, can see upcoming TV shows or movies starring the actor and being aired by a TV network or other provider. Or, they can watch instantly through direct links to streaming services such as Hulu or iTunes. “Think of it as a 3D TV Guide for the future in which all your favourites are there in one easy-to-manage interface,” said Christy Tanner, general manager of TV Guide Digital. Users also can share what

they are watching with their friends via social networks. This functionality, previously only available on TV Guide’s website, has seen over 9 million user check-ins on the Internet. In the app, check-ins also are used to create a “Trending Tonight” list - a social hot list of the most popular TV shows. Tanner views the user data as a game-changer for networks and ad agencies looking to predict the next big hit. “We look at this as a potential early indicator of success,” she said. Currently, the top show being added to watch lists is Elementary starring Jonny Lee Miller, airing this fall on CBS. The app supports nearly every cable and satellite provider in the United States, although the streaming partners content is a bit more narrow and includes ABC, ABC Family, CW, Hulu Plus, HBO GO, MAX GO, Crackle and iTunes. Some popular streaming options - such as Netﬂix - are not yet supported. The app is available in the United States, and select countries abroad in the Caribbean, South America and Europe.

Samsung’s new ATIV S (above) may elevate expectations for the Lumia el front-facing camera, Microsoft posted on its official blog on Wednesday. “Expectations for a 40 megapixel or possibly 20 megapixel camera model are running high. If Nokia does not unveil a monster camera handset next week, many will be disappointed,” said Tero Kuittinen, analyst at mobile analytics firm Alekstra. But “this leaves Nokia plenty of room to draw a clear contrast with its upcoming announcement.” Samsung’s Windows-based smartphone, introduced on Wednesday, marks the first in a “big line-up of new hardware” from the South Korean company based on Microsoft’s software, Microsoft ex-

ecutive Ben Rudolph said in a blog posting. Analysts say the introduction of Samsung’s Windows phone may be designed to assuage concerns that Microsoft will favour Nokia, whose Chief Executive Stephen Elop - himself a former senior Microsoft executive - has staked its future on the Windows platform. “The fact Samsung was allowed to be the ﬁrst to announce is Microsoft’s backhanded way of letting other vendors know that Nokia is not getting special treatment,” Current Analysis analyst Avi Greengart said. But Jack Gold, an independent mobile consultant who runs J. Gold Associ-

ates, argued Samsung had signalled its commitment to Windows for a while, but Nokia will remain the primary driver of the new breed of Microsoft-powered devices. “Samsung has crossed the start line ﬁrst and set the bar for Nokia’s launch,” said Geoff Blaber, analyst at CCS Insight. Microsoft gave a preview of its Windows Phone 8 software in June, and promised the ﬁrst phones would be on the market by the autumn. Windows Phone 8 looks similar to, and is built on the same core code as Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Windows 8, which will run on tablets and PCs, is set to launch on October 26.

The app supports almost every US cable and satellite provider

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

‘Little flash’ as bionic eye brings partial eyesight A BIONIC eye has given an Australian woman partial sight and researchers say it is an important step towards eventually helping visually impaired people get around independently. Dianne Ashworth, who has severe vision loss due to the inherited condition retinitis pigmentosa, was ﬁtted with a prototype bionic eye in May at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. It was switched on a month later. “All of a sudden I could see a little ﬂash ... it was amazing,” she said in a statement. “Every time there was stimulation there was a different shape that appeared in front of my eye.” The bionic eye, designed, built and tested by the Bionic Vision Australia, a consortium of researchers partially funded by the Australian government, is equipped with 24 electrodes with a small wire that extends from the back of the eye to a receptor attached behind the ear. It is inserted into the choroidal space, the space next to the retina within the eye. “The device electrically stimulates the

The bionic eye was designed, built and tested by a researcher consortium partially funded by Australia retina,” said Dr Penny Allen, a specialist surgeon who implanted the prototype. “Electrical impulses are passed through the device, which then stimulate the retina. “Those impulses then pass back to

the brain (creating the image).” The device restores mild vision, where patients are able to pick up major contrasts and edges such as light and dark objects. Researchers hope to develop it so blind patients can achieve independent mobility. “Di is the ﬁrst patient of three with this prototype device, the next step is analysing the visual information that we are getting from the stimulation,” Allen said. The operation itself was made simple so it can be readily taught to eye surgeons worldwide. “We didn’t want to have a device that was too complex in a surgical approach that was very difﬁcult to learn,” Allen. Similar research has been conducted at Cornell University in New York by researchers who have deciphered the neural code, which are the pulses that transfer information to the brain, in mice. The researchers have developed a prosthetic device that has succeeded in restoring near-normal sight to blind mice.

Guion S. Bluford Jr. exercising aboard Challenger in 1983

First black astronaut In 1983, Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black American astronaut to travel to space, aboard the third flight of the shuttle Challenger on the eighth Space Shuttle Mission. During 98 orbits of the Earth in 145 hours, the crew deployed the Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B), operated the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System with the Payload Flight Test Article, operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System with live cell samples and conducted medical measurements to understand biophysiological effects on space flight.

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What’s on

films

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

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

NICOSIA Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) and (Screen 3) (in English) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek) and (Screen 3) (in English) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 77778383 The Expendables 2 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.15am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ted (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.35, 8.05 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 5.35, 8.05 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 11.15am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.35 and 8.05pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

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

LIMASSOL

The Raven (15) Rio 6 at 10pm. Tel: 25-871410

Summer Open-Air Marathon (tonight: Soul Kitchen) (in German, with Greek subtitles) Konstantia Open-Air Cinema, Wednesday to Sunday at 9pm. Tel: 22-348203

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

Summer Open-Air Marathon (tomorrow: Nicostratos Le Pelican) (in French, with Greek subtitles) Konstantia Open-Air Cinema, Wednesday to Sunday at 9pm. Tel: 22-348203

The Expendables 2 (15) Rio 2 at 6.20pm (weekdays only), 8.20 and 10.20pm; Rio 3, weekends only at 4.30 and 6.20pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

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

Ted (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.35, 8.05 and 10.10pm. Tel: 77778383 The Dark Knight Rises (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35 and 10.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 77778383

PAPHOS

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 77778383

LARNACA

The Dark Knight Rises (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35 and 10.05pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 10.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383

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

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

The Expendables 2 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 1 (in 3D, in Greek) at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm; Rio 5 (in 2D, in English) at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 8.30 and 10.30pm; Rio 7 (in 2D, in English), weekends only at 4.30 and 6.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Expendables 2 (15) Rio 7 at 6, 8.10 and 10.20pm, weekends at 8.30 and 10.40pm; Rio 5, weekends only at 4.30 and 6.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Dark Knight Rises The Raven (15) Rio 2 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 Ted (15) Rio 3 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Dark Knight Rises (12) Rio 4 at 4.45, 7.45 and 10.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Amazing Spider-Man (12) Rio 6 at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Amazing Spider-Man

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

Theatre Liar Wanted Theatro Ena presents play by Dimitris Psathas set in a modern day Cyprus. September 1. B Municipal Market (Theatro Ena), Limassol. 8.30pm. In Greek. €12/15. Tel: 96-458399 Please Hold An amateur theatrical performance on how technology has affected human relationships. September 1. Satiriko Theatre, Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11 - 15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. 8.30pm. In Greek. €5. The net proceeds will be donated to charity. Tel: 22-421609

Other Events

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

Geroskipou Beer Festival Music and dance from around the world, fire shows, acrobatics, DJ’s and 40 different kinds of beer. Until September 2. Summer Club, Geroskipou Beach, Paphos. 6pm. €5. Tel: 99-621772/99-294571

Tomorrow

Limassol Wine Festival Live music and dancing, traditional Cypriot food and an opportunity to sample different local wines from large and small wineries. Until September 9. Limassol Municipal Gardens, 28th October Avenue. €4/6. Tel: 25-344402/25344952/25- 745919

Other Events The Originals 2012 Break-Dance championship of Cyprus with international judges and workshop. September 2. Medieval Paphos Castle. 4pm. Tel: 99-911043

Ongoing Theatre Eighth Theatre Festival Theatrical group Paravasi brings together local amateur theatre groups in order to offer to the public the opportunity to see their work. Until September 2. Community Park, Lympia. 8.30pm. Free. All plays in Greek. Tel: 99-625907

Exhibition Twice a Stranger Multimedia exhibition about forced migration and population exchange. Until September 2. The Leventis Municipal Museum, Temporary Exhibitions Hall, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday: 10am-4.30pm. Tel: 22-661475/ 22-671997

I Will follow you to the end of the World - Immigrating for Love Exhibition by visual artist Lia Lapithi influenced the story of Queen Caterina Cornaro. Until September 2. The Leventis Municipal Museum, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Open: 3.30pm -5.30pm. Tel: 22-661475

22-30000/150 Summer 2012 Group exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Until September 30. Morfi Gallery, 84 Agkyras St, Limassol. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm. Tuesday-Friday: 5pm-8pm.Tel: 25378733. www.morfi.org

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

Nicosia: Topographies of Memory: From Ermou Street to the Buffer Zone Exhibition by Anita Bakshi reconstructing Ermou marketplace – using maps that were created from memories and narratives provided by shopkeepers who once worked or lived in the area. Until September 30. Home for Cooperation, 28 Markou Drakou, opposite Ledra Palace Hotel in the UN Buffer Zone, Nicosia. Open Monday-Sunday: 10am-6pm. Tel: +90 542 8506681/22-445740 www.home4cooperation.info/www. ahdr.info

Water Solo art exhibition by Chris Akordalitis. Until September 3. House of Arts and Literature, 41 - 43 Athinas Street, Paphos. Open: 4pm-9pm. Tel: 26-818560 The Area is Sacred Solo art exhibition by Panagiotis Mina. Until September 13. 50-1 Gallery, Limassol. Monday-Friday: 11am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. Saturday: 11am-1pm. Tel: 99-522977 Summer Breeze Group mixed media exhibition. Until September 15. Apocalypse Gallery, 30 Chytron Street, Nicosia. MondayFriday: 10.30am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30am-1pm. Tel:

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

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Terra Mediterranea – In Crisis Group contemporary art exhibition curated by Yiannis Toumazis scrutinising the current turbulence experienced globally, from both a political and a poetic stance. Until December 30. Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre 19, Palaias Ilektrikis, Nicosia. Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-3pm and 5pm-11pm. Sunday: 10am-4pm. Tel: 22-797400. info@nimac.org.cy. www.nimac.org.cy The project includes a second contemporary art exhibition curated by Re Aphrodite team. The exhibition deals with the unwritten feminine histories of Cyprus and their private and public structure. Until December 30. Ethological Museum – The House of Hagjigeorgakis Kornesios, 20, Patriarxou Grigoriou, Nicosia. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8.30am3.30pm. Wednesday: 8.30am-5pm. Saturday: 9.30am-3.30pm. Tel: 22-305316 AnThrOPOS: Faces of Cyprus through the Ages An exhibition that explores the human form as it is represented in the art of Cyprus from the Neolithic period until today, focusing specifically on depictions of the human face. Until January 18. The Cyprus Museum 1 Special Exhibition Hall, Museum Street, Nicosia. Tel.: 22865854. www.mcw.gov.cy

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Can you name that tune? This Weekend Other Events Cyprus originals WHAT does it take to be the No. 1 break-dancer in the country? Beyond the intangibles of dedication, faith and perseverance, every breaker needs a platform to showcase their talent and the Castle of Paphos is the place to be, as The Originals 2012 gets underway. For the uninitiated, the Originals, is the break-dance championship of Cyprus where style, technique, originality, determination and desire meet in the massive battle to ﬁnd out who is the most original champion of Cyprus. Spirits will be high and the competition will be intense as battles of Last Man Standing (1 vs 1 battle) and Crew vs Crew (from 4 to 8 persons in the crew) transform into break-dancing gladiators all vying for the chance to represent not only their city but their country in prestigious break-dancing events around the world. The host for the evening will be Harmanis and Tricky and international judges Hulk (Unstopabullz crew) Israel, Fox (Bassicks crew) Greece and Smash (Soul Superior) Cyprus/UK will see to it that only the best of the best gets crowned champion of Cyprus. Meanwhile Salty Ballz will provide the music, setting the tone for the ﬁerce battles. Follolwing the competition an After Party will take place in the evening at Splash Pool Bar, in Kato Paphos, on the Harbour road near Starbucks. It’s also worth noting that Bboy Hulk (Unstopabullz crew, Israel) will be hosting a masterclass today at the Olympic Centre, behind the E&S supermarket, also in Kato Paphos.

THE DAYS in Paphos are still hot but when the sun goes down things can really heat up. Paphos is not only known for its beaches, anyone who has been there can tell you that after dark, it offers all types of entertainment. Pop and house tunes spill onto the neon lit sidewalks bustling with energy. Bars lining the streets have been known to overﬂow with local patrons as well as visitors from all parts of the world, but next week a new type of live event will be luring crowds into Latchi Harbour. Everyone loves a good game show. The suspense wrapped up in the possibility of one person winning or losing it all gives us an indescribable rush that can never be replicated. It can, however, be transferred from TV for a personal experience. It’s time to put yourself in the hot seat. If you’ve ever spent nights at home watching game shows on the telly, shouting answers at the screen and longed for a chance to take part in a real TV-style game show, then you’re in luck. A local musical team has come up with something that turns the quiz night/live music scene on its head as the ﬁrst Music Master Game Show comes to life. All the action is set to kick-off on Thursday at the Faros Tavern, but be warned, this is not like your average quiz night at your local pub complete with photocopied handouts and biro, the Music Master Game Show combines elements of several successful p g enterprises in a mix of a high-octane yet relaxed musical brain challenge event. The evening begins with a meal, included in the entry price. During the

The Originals 2012 Break-dance championship of Cyprus with international judges and workshop. September 2. Medieval Paphos Castle. 4pm. Tel: 99-911043

Coming Up Other Events Artcoholics unite! NEXT week, prepare to unleash the artist within, learn a thing or two about drawing and have a few drinks with like-minded scribblers at DrawCy’s fun and inspiring sketching social, Drink and Draw. Sitting all alone at the bar when the bartender doesn’t want to

hear your jokes (or your sorrows), sometimes all you can do is reach for a pen and start doodling on your napkin. Or if you’re a regular at New Division, in Nicosia on Wednesday night, you might ﬁnd yourself sketching a pen-on-paper masterpiece while nursing a Keo. You won’t be lonely. The Drink and Draw is a decidedly social affair, where thirsty artists share tables, drawing supplies and a passion for art. In a city growing with artists and people who like to drink, it only makes sense that someone would get the idea to combine

Left: live music duo and (right) the hostess with the mostess Question-Master Lisa-Marie

meal, the Question-Master Lisa-Marie meets, greets and recruits volunteers for the game show element. Just four contestants are required; if more than four volunteer, Lisa-Marie will start the challenge and entertainment early with a selection process. Those just wishing to watch will not be cajoled; it’s as much fun for the spectators as the contestants. As for the food, organisers keenly ensure that every venue offers an upmarket selection of hot and cold foods gp y for vegetarians, g including plenty and that bar prices are reaso reasonable. Once the meal is over an and the four contestants are selected and comfortable, it’s time to for the m main event. Some live music sets the mood, and then the four contestants need to start concentrating, as Lisa-M Lisa-Marie poses questions on the songs jjust performed, linking into general knowledge know questions covering roughly th the 50s to 90s testing the most titillating trivia of the decade. The four battle against each other

drinking with honing one’s artistic skills. DrawCy, a collective group of local illustrators ng, spreading the love for drawing, k will be hosting it’s ﬁrst Drink and Draw on Wednesday at 9pm, a brilliant alternative to sitting at a bar getting rs drunk; Drink and Draw offers ka more creative form of drinking for hipsters and nonn hipsters alike. Depending on how well the event goes, it could turn out to be a weekly affair. What perhaps started as an d artists’ night out, has evolved rt into a global underground art

with their buzzers and brains, while a huge electronic scoreboard tots up who’s in the lead. This is a high-tech, bells-and-whistles game show - even the live music is accompanied by big screen footage of the original bands there’s never a dull moment. As contestants are eliminated each leaves with a prize and a refund of their ticket money in return for taking part. The atmosphere during the ﬁnal headto-head round is electric, and the big winner walks away with a huge prize. But it doesn’t end there - the musicians then kick into action with a live music set of classic toe-tapping party hits so everyone can dance the night away, rounding off a fully entertaining night out. This event is something original for the nightlife scene in Paphos and indeed Cyprus, so buy your tickets today to avoid disappointment. The Music Master Game Show Eat, drink, listen, dance and win lots of prizes in a hi-tech, TV-style pop music challenge. September 6. Faros Tavern, Latchi Harbour, Paphos. 7pm. €18 ticket includes dinner. Tel: 26-819562 or check for more info and book online at www.groovejetmedia.com. jezebel@ groovejetmedia.com

scene. There’s an amazing art collaborative that’s been brewing since 2005 in the US and now its ready to branch out on our very own doorstep. Utilising your imagination, bring the art supply

By Ledha Socratous of your choice and get drawing, painting, doodling, crafting, whatever you have in mind. Everybody is welcom welcome, no matter if you just picked up a pencil for the ﬁrst time in your life or if you’ve bee a passionate artist been for years. No skill level req required, it’s all about having ffun and watching some incre incredible art come to life. Drin and Draw Drink An event to encourage drawing in s a social environment oragnised D by DrawCy. September 5. New Divisio Pub, 2 Vasilissis Frederikis, Division Nicosia. 9pm. www.drawcy.org

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Lifestyle She survived ed the tsunami in Thailand, saves lives in Haiti and builds schools in disaster zones. Is there anything Petra Nemcova won’t do? Well, she turned down wn Bruce Willis for a start, says OLIVIA COLE OLE

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ETRA Nemcova va is anur usual ything but your supermodel. Superhuman might, in fact, be a better epithet. On holiday in Thailand in December 2004, she and her fashion photographer ﬁancé Simon Atlee were caught in the tsunami. Nemcova, then 25, surhe top of vived by clinging to the as killed. a palm tree; Atlee was Rather than being crushed,

she has found strength from the tragedy, and twinned a modelling career (face of Max Factor, body of La Senza) with an equally successful new role in disaster relief. I ﬁrst met her earlier this year at a glittering ben-

With James Blunt in 2006

efit she co-hosted in Cannes, raising millions for postearthquake work in Haiti. Surprisingly, the former Sports Illustrated cover girl was relaxed in flat shoes. “There will be dancing later,” she said, “and I want to be comfortable.” At 5ft 10in one might wonder if she was also concerned about dwarfing her co-hosts, including Sean Penn, her fellow Haiti devotee and one-time date. At the benefit, Nemcova, who as a child was so shy she could barely read out an essay in class, spoke passionately to the 500-strong crowd, including Ewan McGregor, Gerard Butler and Ben Stiller. Her English, one of the five languages she speaks, bore only the slightest of accents. The other co-hosts were Oscarwinning director Paul Haggis, and Giorgio Armani, who dressed her for the night (flats included), with proceeds split between their respective charities. Nemcova’s own, the Happy Hearts Fund, was set up in 2005 to help the Thai children caught up in the tsunami. Before this life-changing

d disaster struck, Nemcova was n not unfamiliar with hardship, h having grown up in Comm munist Czechoslovakia (she w was ten when the Berlin Wall c came down). “[My sister and II] grew up in a poor environm ment. Mum was a teacher and D Dad built houses. We counted p pennies to have meals and h had very little, but we always h had love and warmth from my p parents. They were wearing tthe same shoes for five years. I wanted to give them sometthing back.” After being scouted as a tteenager in Prague, Nemcova m moved to Milan, a very bold s step for a timid girl whose A Amazonian body had unti til then only earned her the n nicknames Eiffel Tower and G Giraffe. When her modelling c career took off, she managed tto shrug off her bashfulness: ““I wasn’t shy then. I was like, ‘O ‘OK, I have to work to earn a li living. I have to take care of my parents.’” Fast-forward to 2004 when Nemcova and Atlee had been together for two years. They were holidaying in Khao Lak, one of Thailand’s many paradise beach towns, when the tsunami stuck. Despite slipping in and out of consciousness, Nemcova managed to cling to the tree until some locals came to her rescue. Atlee was not so lucky. Confirmation of his death didn’t come until three months later, when his body was found and identified. Nemcova, who is currently single, refers to Atlee’s relatives - whom she still sees

regularly - as a “second family” she is “blessed” to have. Atlee and Nemcova had been conducting their relationship between London and New York, meeting up all over the world when their work permitted. They had spent the vacation planning the future.

Nemcova talks lovingly of picnics in Primrose Hill and how she got to know Britain with him on long drives through the countryside. Soon the tragic story of the newly engaged couple - a handsome photographer and a Czech supermodel - had

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e were people st everything’ made her famous all over the world. In 2005, after visiting Thailand again and witnessing the devastation to lives and livelihoods of people like the ones who’d rescued her, Nemcova made the most of the extra attention and founded the Happy Hearts

Fund, determined that all donations would go straight to children in need, with the administration costs being underwritten by the board. Today, seven years on, the foundation works in areas of natural disaster from New Orleans post-Katrina to Port-

au-Prince in Haiti, where, though it’s hard to imagine from her glamazonian redcarpet moments, Nemcova spends a great deal of her time. Her sister Olga runs the charity ofﬁce in New York. The fund focuses on rebuilding sustainable schools

choice to fundraise and focus awareness on what’s needed on the island, he added. I wonder to what extent Nemcova’s charity work has helped her to recover? “It puts things into perspective,” she concedes. “No matter how much you suffer, there

Despite slipping in and out of consciousness, Nemcova managed to cling to the tree until some locals came to her rescue

Cover girl: Petra on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 2003

and restoring hope and opportunity in the lives of children after natural disasters. To date it has built or rebuilt more than sixty schools or nurseries. Only this summer, the President of Haiti made Petra ambassador at large for her efforts in the country, just one of several disaster areas around the world where the fund has worked. For the beneﬁt of the Cannes audience, Sean Penn recalled his ﬁrst encounter with Nemcova, the spectacle of seeing, as he memorably put it, this “absolute ****ing stunner” on TV, who’d clawed herself back to the land of the living through sheer bloodyminded determination. It is that same determination that makes her a faultless

are people suffering so much more than you. It humbles you. What I went through, in the scheme of things... I was so lucky. There were people who in an instant lost everything in their life.” Nemcova currently spends around half her time in Haiti. The rest is spent in New York. Even with her busy schedule there must be good and bad days? “The way I look at difﬁcult times,” she says, “is you have a choice either to get sad and down about it, or you use the same amount of energy to change it.” This philosophy is the result, she says, of reading about Buddhism for a few years. To her it means “understanding that in every experience there is something positive. Even if

Petra with her late ﬁancé Simon Atlee

it’s five per cent positive, if you’re able to focus on it, you are able to get stronger and stronger.” Since losing her fiancé, the supermodel’s love life has become a gossip-column staple. When she founded Happy Hearts, Bruce Willis reputedly tried to pay a fortune to the charity to take her on a date. Happy Hearts got the cheque and she politely turned down the invitation to dinner. She then went out with James Blunt, and recently called off an engagement to the English actor Jamie Belman. Penn, who separated from his wife Robin Wright in 2007 (and again in 2009), and Nemcova briefly dated and have held on to a deep admiration for each other - not many people can understand splitting one’s life between New York and Port-au-Prince. She says of Penn, whose J/P Haitian Relief Organisation works to lift Haiti out of poverty, “The

thing is, that he gets so much done, against all odds... you need someone who doesn’t take no for an answer.” Has loss damaged Nemcova’s ability to fall in love? “No, I don’t think it has taken that away from me. One of the things I’ve learned through experience, but also from Simon, is to live life fully. Every moment is so precious, and anything can happen the next moment, so you have to give it your best because you may lose the chance to be happy. Simon lived in that way a lot, he was always about living fully.” I ask what he would make of her life today. “He would deﬁnitely be proud. He would worry that I work too hard. And he would give me that talk of, you know, you need to take time to enjoy it as well. But I think he would make sure that I’m happy... that would be the most important thing for him.”

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TIMI, plots, a few selected available, sea view, near the 2 golf courses, Venus rock and airport. 60% Building eu 115,000. Half registration fees till the 2.6.12. Tel. 99 621914 *****************************

LARNACA, ALETHRIKO, PLOTS FOR SALE, 525 sqm, 90% building factor, near highway Limassol-Larnaca, 5 min from airport, quiet residential area, eu 125,000. Half registration fees till the 2.6.12. Tel. 99 621914

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

For information call 99781943

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FOR SALE OR RENT - Kato Paphos – full moon bar, fully furnished and equipped, large ﬂat screen TV’s + projector, ﬁts 120 people comfortably, incredible opportunity for ready business! Please call: 99493579

3-4 BEDROOM ground ﬂoor garden apartment. 800 euro pm. Good area with good neighbours. All amenities close by. Large dining room and separate living room. Well kept front and back garden. References required. Available from September. For more information, please call 99409028 or email m_sotri@yahoo.com

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

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

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VILLA LATSIA 900 sq.m. build in 6 donum inside pool lrg garden, Strovolos villa pool 330 sq.m. underfloor heating patio €2500 Latsia 5 bedr. pool f/f €2500, Acropolis modern flat 180 sq.m. €1100, 3 bedr., Mak/ssa modern flat wooden floors €1200 Upper house Archangelos f/f modern €1000 Costas Markides 22- 378898 / 99 464764, Reg. No. 487, E16

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3 BEDROOMS flat on second floor in a block of six flats, in a nice position at Strovolos area, fully a/c, c/h, covered parking place for one car, recently painted. Rent €650pm. (furnished if required). Tel: 97773358.

ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT, in small quiet building, new, very spacious, fully furnished and air conditioned. Very good location between Strovolos and Engomi, close to The European University (Cyprus College) and all amenities. Covered parking. Rent €495/m. Please call 99695382 TO LET 3 bdrm ﬂat Kaimakli area near Frederic. Tel. 99606665.

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FLATS/HOUSES RENT studio Strovolos 280, Ag. Andreas 295, 1 bdrm Ag. Andreas 450, Makarios Av. 490, Ag. Antonios 380 2 bdrm Lykavito furnished 600 Acropolis new 650, Ag. Omologites 500, Engomi near universities 540 Strovolos furnished 650 3 bdrm central 700, Kennedy 650, US Embassy independent house gardens 850. POSPORIDES ESTATES REG. 338 99474839 99646822 *****************************

FOR RENT 3-bedroom luxury apartment over 200 sq.m. Very spacious living area extending to a large veranda overlooking the green of the river area. Bathrooms all marble (one en-suite), modern kitchen. Fully air-conditioned, with underﬂoor heating, garage for 2 cars and large store. Situated in the exclusive gated development of J&P Glastonos, one of the oldest classy residential areas of Nicosia. Call 99630320 *****************************

English-Painter & Decorator

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Fully Qualified 30 years’ Experience

Office furniture and equipment. Excellent quality, new condition. Modern Hi-Tech design. Including 2 work stations, conference room, Manager Desk, cupboards, Switchboard and more.. Must See!!! Tel: 25817684

Tel. Tony on 99176557

room detached house, french ambassador and American heart institute area, easy access to city centre, schools, hospitals, all amenities and motorway, in quiet cul-de-sac, on high ground with views of Nicosia and Pentadaktylos. 3 Baths, garage for 2 cars with automatic doors, bbq, ﬁreplace, oil central heating, airconditioning, fully furnished. €2000 Pm, tel 99 621914

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SUMMER OFFER 30% OFF ALL AREAS • External & Internal painting • Damp Damage Repairs • Spritze Repairs • Free Estimates + very clean work • All areas. All types of woodwork stained and preserved • All work guaranteed

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SELEC Fencing & Decking Specialist For all your Garden and Security Fencing ♦ Quality approved workmanship ♦ 15 years experience + guaranteed work ♦ English workers ♦ also garden gates ♦ sheds ♦ chain link fencing ♦ free estimates ♦ all types of fencing & decking

Tel. SELEC fencing 99176557

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

TO LET NICOSIA (H5ST10001-R), (photos in the website). 2. 3 bedrs luxury ground floor renovated semi detached house,210sq.m, with central heating, air conditions, solid parquet floor, fire place, big kitchen with all the electric appliances, 2 wc curtains, big veranda, big patio on the back with bbq area, 2 covered parkings in a quiet neighbourhood close to the Embassies –Engomi €900 (H3ENG0002-R), (photos in the website) 3. 4 bedr + separate office space + maid’s room luxury detached house, split level, big open space sitting areas,400sq.m,a/c for hot and cold in all the rooms, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, swimming pool, big verandas, 2 covered parking, in a very quiet area near Lidl – Latsia €2500 (H4LAT0008-R), (photos in the website). 4. 3 bedr luxry detached house with 1 bedr flat in the basement, floor heating with gas a/c units, big kitchen with electrical appliances, 4 wc, 3 bathrooms, big garden with small pebbles, 2 covered parking, in a quiet area in a dead end. Can be rented furnished or not. AVAILABLE in August – Makedonitissa €1700 (H4MAK0027-R), (photos in the website). 5. 4 bedr+ attic room with shower and wc luxury detached house with separate maid’s room, central heating, a/c, separate office room, sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with dining room and big family room opening to

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

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

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

big sitting and dining areas, very near to English School, off Athalassas Avenue €2000 (H4ST10036-R), (photos on the website). 9. 3 bedr ground floor semi detached house in very good condition with storage heaters, 5a/c,2wc, big kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting and dining room, big front veranda, 2 covered parking in a very quiet neighbourhood close to Alpha Mega - Parissinos €550 (H3PA2001-R), (photos in the website). 10. 4 bedr new luxury finished top quality detached house, 290sq.m, central heating, full a/c, master bedroom with ensuite shower/jacuzzi, guest bedroom with shower, main bathroom with jacuzzi, 4wc, fully expensive furnished with 3 LCD televisions, kitchen with very expensive electrical appliances and family room, garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area,2 covered parking’s, alarm system, pressure system, - Strovolos €3000 (H4STI0039-R), (Photos on the website). 11. 4 bedr luxury detached house built in 3 plots of land. Separate maid’s room outside the house, big basement with playroom, office and guest room with separate entrance. The house has big sitting and dining room, separate family room, separate kitchen, big bedrooms, internal elevator, central heating, full a/c, big yard with tiles, covered kiosk and trees, 2 covered parking,

in a quiet area in a dead end opposite Cineplex – Strovolos €3000 (H4STI0042-R), (photos in the website). 12. 5 bedr new luxury finished detached house with separate maid’s room, one of the bedrooms with shower and wc and can be used as guest room,4 wc, solid parquet floor all the house, separate family room with fire place, big sitting room, separate dining room, big kitchen with breakfast area, big outside patio with tiles and bbq area,2 covered parking, electrical appliances in the kitchen, in a very quiet neighbourhood close to CYBC station. Can be rented furnished or not. – Platy Aglantzias €3000 (H5PAG0001-R), (Photos on the website). 13. 3 bedr detached house with extra room for office,250sq.m, central heating independent, 4a/c, big renovated, kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting and dining room with parquet floor and fire place,1bathroom,1 shower,2wc, 2 covered parking, big verandas surrounded by trees and bushes off 28th October street - Makedonitissa €1300 (H4STI0043-R), (photos in the website). 14. 3 bedr luxury house, nicely modern furnished with big sitting and dining areas with bar, central heating, full a/c, big fitted kitchen with TV room, office space, patio area with bbq, covered parking, 3wc, solid parquet floor in bed-

rooms and granite in the sitting areas, near the MEGA TV station – Archangelos €1300 (H3AR0002-R), (photos in the website). 15. 3 bedr luxury semi detached house with central heating independent, a/c, 3wc, parquet floor, fire place, electrical appliances in the kitchen, curtains, in a very quiet neighbourhood in the area near Falcon school – Strovolos €1500 (H3STI012-R), (photos in the website). 16. 3 bedr luxry detached house with 1 bedr flat in the basement, floor heating with gass, a/c units, big kitchen with electrical appliances, 4wc, 3 bathrooms, big garden with small pebbles, 2 covered parking, in a quiet area in a dead end. Can be rented furnished or not – Makedonitissa €1700 (H4MAK0027-R), (photos in the website). 17. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/ shower, sitting room upstairs, attic room with shower and wc, office space/maid’ s room with shower and wc, central heating, full AC,450sq.m, big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with sitting area and fitted cooker and oven,6 wc, 2 covered parking’s, big yard with tiles and garden with grass, bbq area in a very quiet neighbourhood near the CYBC ( RIK) station and near a neighbourhood park – Aglantzia €2000(H4AGZ0005-R), (photos in the website). 18. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, small yard, bbq area, FULLY FURNISHED, off Costantinoupoleos street near French Ambassador residence – Strovolos €900 (H4STI0043-R), (photos in the website). 19. 4 bedr + 2 separate rooms with showers and wc (120sq.m) detached house with big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with dining area and family room with fire place, very big swimming pool with bbq area, covered patio, garden with grass, central heating in 4 zones, full a/c, 6wc, 5 covered parking’s, pressure system, opposite Apoel training field. Can be rented furnished or not. AVAILABLE END OF AUGUST – Archangellos €4000

(H4AR0007-R), (photos in the website). 20. 4 bedrs luxury detached villa built in 5 plots of land, 600sq., central Heating, full a/c, very big garden with grass, big swimming pool 5 x 13, bar with bbq area, office space, TV room with fire place, marble floor, all the bedrooms en suite shower/bathroom, separate self contained apartment for the maid, 2 covered parking in a nice area with easy access to the Limassol road. Can be rented also partially furnished – Latsia €5000(H4LAT0007-R), (photos in the website). 21. 4 bedr luxury detached house, separate maid’s room, 600 sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 6 wc, 4 bathrooms, big sitting and dining areas opening on to the garden, big kitchen with electrical appliances, built in 2 big plots of land with huge garden with grass, swimming pool, 2 covered parking, in a quiet neighbourhood close to Alpha Mega supermarket Engomi - €3700 (H4PA20005-R), (photos on the website). 22. 4 bedr luxury detached house with expensive finishes, office space, separate maid’s room, 3 of the bedrooms with en suite shower/ bathroom, floor heating, full air condition, white marble floor all the house, fire place, lighting fixtures, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, swimming pool with bbq area, small garden,2 covered parking’s in a nice neighbourhood with expensive houses near KEMA building – Platy Aglantzias €3500 (H4PAG0004-R), (photos in the website). For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22-422225/96422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates. com

(A3ACS0040-R), (photos in the website). 2. 2 bedr luxury apartment, 3 a/c for hot and cold, covered veranda, NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking in a small building 200 METRES from Akropolis Park. Price includes common expenses – Dasoupolis €650 (A2DAS0027-R), (photos in the website). 3. 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting room, separate kitchen with electrical appliances, central heating independent with diesel,2 a/c, aluminum shutters in the bedrooms, covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, on a small quiet building in a quiet neighbourhood – Agios Dometios €450 (A1ADO0004-R), (photos in the website). 4. 3 bedr luxury PENTHOUSE apartment with storage heaters, full a/c, office space, very big veranda 100sq.m with nice view and bbq area with bar, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, 2 bathrooms, 2 storage rooms, covered parking, in a small building near Hilton park and Ippokration hospital – Engomi €1000 (A3ENG0023-R), (photos in the website). 6. 2 bedr Brand new luxury finished apartment in a small modern building with storage heaters, full Daikin air conditions, electrical appliances in the kitchen, top quality double glazed windows with electrical shutters, 1 showers, 1 bathroom, 2 wc, big sitting and dining room, Very big covered veranda, pressure system, covered parking, big storage room, near Acropolis park – Dasoupolis €670 (A2DAS0028-R), (photos in the website). 7. 2 bedr brand new luxury finished apartment on a small modern design building with 2 bathrooms, a/c for hot and cold (Mitsubishi), storage heaters can be installed if needed, electrical shutters in the bedrooms, pressure system, water serculation system, solar, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds, covered veranda, 2 COVERED PARKING, storage room, near the centre and near traffic lights of Honda showroom. – Agioi Omologites €700 (A2AOM0007-R) 8. 1 bedr, fully furnished and

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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

FOR SALE Semi-detached house in Archangelos area split level on a hill, no houses in front, 3 big bedrooms, 2 big bathrooms and TV room big lounge & dining area, fireplace, fitted kitchen, 40 sq.m. store room, C/H, A/C, solar. For information call: 99496541 NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION On May 21st, 2012 in accordance with Section 14.81.1 C of the Liberian Business Corporation ActDogonLtd (“Company”) with registration number C-37274 doing business at 9 Marikas Kotopouli Street, 3030 Limassol the shareholders have agreed to dissolve the Company. 1. All claims against the assets of the Company must be made in writing and include the claim amount, basis and origination date. 2. The deadline for submitting claims is 23rd November 2012 3. Any claims that are not received by the company prior to the date set forth above will not be recognized. 5. All claims and payments must be sent to P. O Box 53766, 3317 Limassol, Cyprus Dated: March 22nd, 2012. Camilla Strømstad Liquidation board

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equipped apartment, 50sq.m, 2 a/c for hot and cold, covered verandah, covered parking, ice view off Makarios Avenue between Hilton and DEBENHAMS shop – Nicosia Centre €460 (A1NIC0006-R), (photos in the website). 9. 3 bedr new luxury penthouse apartment on the last floor of a 3 storey building, CH ind, full a/c, pressure system, cooker and oven in the kitchen, blinds in the living room, 2 bathrooms, 130sq.m, big veranda with view, covered parking, 200m opposite Akropolis park. Acropolis €850(A3ACS0039-R), (photos on the website). 10. 2 bedr new luxury finished apartment with a/c for hot and cold, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, big covered veranda,2 bathrooms,2wc,covered parking, storage room, secured entrance building in a very quiet neighbourhood – Aglantzia €650 (A2AGZ0022-R), (photos in the website) 11. 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting and dining room, storage heaters, 2 a/c, cooker, oven, dishwasher, washing machine/dryer, refrigerator in the kitchen,2 wc, 1 bathroom, blinds, big covered veranda, storage room, parking, big common SWIMMING pool. Price includes common expenses – Latsia €500 (A1LAT0004-R), (photos in the website). 12. 2 bedrs big luxury flat, 110sq.m+big covered veranda, CH ind, 3 a/c, cooker, oven

in the kitchen, roller blinds, 2 bathrooms, 2 wc, parquet and granite floor, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining room, covered parking, intercom, on a small building with 6 flats only near Coca Cola factory 2 km from McDonalds in Egomi – Agios Dometios €550 (A2ADO0013-R), (photos in the website). 13. New luxury 2 bedr apartment with nice view, 100sq.m, big sitting & dining area, big separate kitchen with cooker and oven, big covered verandah, 2 wc, storage heaters, 2 a/c, electric shutters in the bedrooms, covered parking and storage room on the 11th floor of a small building with 6 flats only 200 meters for Akropolis park and opposite a small neighbourhood park – Dasoupolis €550 (A2DAS0001-R), (photos in the website). 14. New 2 bedr luxury apartment, 90sq.m, storage heaters, 3 a/c, cooker and oven, covered veranda, 2 wc, NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking and storage room of Kyriakou Matsi street near the centre – Agioi Omologites €720 (A2AOM0008-R), (photos in the website). 15. 3 bedr +separate maid”s room (with shower and wc) & luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, big separate kitchen with breakfast area and electrical appliances, big sitting and dining area with solid parquet floor, big covered veranda, blinds,

alarm system, 2 parking, in a quiet area off Makarios Avenue near Hilton – Nicosia Centre €1100 (A3NIC0023-R), (photos in the website). 16. 2 bedr luxury modern penthouse apartment 125sq.m +40sq.m veranda with very nice view and bbq area, solid parquet floor all the flat, fully modern furnished and equipped central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, big sitting and dining areas, covered parking in a very quiet neighbourhood in a dead end, off Athalassa Avenue near English School behind Stephanis Electronics – Strovolos €770 (A2ST10010-R), (photos in the website). 17. 3 bedr Brand new luxury finished apartment on a small modern building with storage heaters, full Daikin air conditions, electrical appliances in the kitchen, top quality double glazed windows with electrical shutters, 2 showers, 1 bathroom, 2 wc, big covered veranda, pressure system, covered parking, big storage room in a quiet neighbourhood near Acropolis park – Dasoupolis €800 (A2DAS0018-R), (photos in the website). 18. 4 bedr luxury floor apartment,250sq.m, office, maid’s room, central heating ind, full a/c,2 showers, 1 bathroom, 3wc, parquet floor, big kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting area, roller blinds on all the windows, big veranda on a small building off Athalasas Avenue near

Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital – Dasoupolis €1100 (A4DAS002-R), (photos on the website) 19. 3 bedr luxury spacious floor apartment on the 4th floor of award winning building,200sq.m+big covered veranda, central heating independent, full built in air conditions, lighting fixtures, curtains and blinds on all windows, big spacious living room with fire place, big kitchen with double cooker, oven and microwave and breakfast area, double glazed windows, all the bedrooms with en suite shower/bath, big satellite dish with sky decoder,2 covered parking and storage room, close to American embassy and other amenities – Engomi €1600 (A3ENG0025-R), (photos in the website). 20. 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 neighbourhood in a dead end street, off Athalasas Avenue behind Stephanis near English School €800 (A3ST10030-R), (photos in the website). 21. 2 bedr new luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, big sitting and dining room,

separate kitchen with cooker and oven, blinds on all windows, covered veranda, solar heater, pressure system, covered parking, storage room, on a small building in a quiet neighbourhood next to a playground, near Central offices of Cyta and Laiki Head quarters – Dasoupolis €600 (A2DAS0018-R), (photos in the website). 22. 4 bedr new luxury finished apartment, 160sq.m+35sq.m covered veranda, big sitting and dining room, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, Daikin air-conditions for hot and cold in all the rooms, 2 bedrs with en suite shower/ wc, 4wc, 2 covered parking, in a small modern building off Makarios Avenue in a quiet neighbourhood – Nicosia Centre €1400 (A4NIC0001-R), (photos in the website). 23. New luxury spacious 3 bedr quality apartment, 165sq. m+ big covered verandah, separate floor heating, full a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms (one en suite), solid parquet floor all the flat, big sitting and dining area (can fit 2 sitting rooms and dining table), electrical appliances in the kitchen which has a breakfast area,2 covered parking, storage room in a very quiet green neighbourhood near the centre and Ag. Andreas Nicosia Centre €1450 (A3NIC0004-R), (photos in the website). 24. New luxury 2 bedr apartment, open plan kitchen, 3 a/c for hot and cold, blinds

on all the windows, nicely expensive full furnished with real leather sofas, double bed, big dining table, LCD 32”, satellite dish with receiver, internet, very big bedrooms with big and many wardrobes, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet area near BMH – Aglantzia €620 (A2AGZ0001-R), (photos in the website). 25. 2 bedr new luxury finished and FURNISHED ground floor apartment, 80sq.m +120sq.m veranda and garden, separate floor heating, full a/c, 2wc, aluminum shutters outside the windows, pressure system, fully expensively fitted with electrical appliances in the kitchen, big covered parking and big storage room, off Athallassa Avenue near English School in a small modern building – Strovolos €800 (A2ST10023-R), (photos in the website). 26. 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). 27. 3 big bedrs +office space luxury penthouse floor apartment, renovated, central heating independent, full

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

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

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TO LET LIMASSOL LIMASSOL TO LET one bedroom furnished ﬂat in Katraki building, 100 metres from the sea and Debenhams Olympia. Price €430 (included common expenses). Tel: 99406415 Andreas. HOUSE in Mesa Geitonia for rent. 1st ﬂoor, 2 bedroom, full A/C, semi furnished, 4 years old. Balcony. For more info call 99375101. STUDIO FOR RENT 100 metres from the sea, available immediately. furnished, parking available. Rental €325 monthly including levies. 99867267 OFFICE FOR RENT opposite sea with amazing sea views. 120sqm, 2 bathrooms, kitchen. Security system, cabling and server room ready. Price € 1400/ month negotiable tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre.com/listingLIM-0103

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

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

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

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

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

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TO LET PAPHOS

supermarket, A/C, private parking, intercom system, ensuite bathroom, small block. Phone: 99354789 FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom ﬂat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel: 99202543

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

PHOS 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. Geroskipou €350 modern ground floor 2 bedroom apartment. Situated in a quiet complex with lovely communal pool. Enclosed pretty patio area & underground parking. Fully furnished with modern furniture, including leather sofa’s and plasma tv. Would suit mature couple. Pets allowed. 2. Chloraka €425 modern 3 bedroom townhouse, master with ensuite. Ground floor guest wc. Fully furnished with modern furniture. Enclosed garden with decking offering sea views. Undercover parking. Pets allowed. Complex with large communal pool & playground. 3. Tomb of the kings €450 modern 2 bedroom apartment on first floor with lift. Modern ensuite shower room & family bathroom. Fully furnished with modern furniture. Balcony with sea views. Situated on a good complex with lovely communal pool. Close to bus routes and shops. 4. Tala €650 modern 3 bedroom detached villa with garage. Situated in a small quiet cul de sac. Includes underfloor heating plus real fire. Master with ensuite. Separate utility room. Shutters & flyscreens. Covered veranda, garden with mature plants & private pool offering stunning sea views. Available unfurnished. 5. Peyia €750 price includes pool cleaning. If you are looking for a villa with breathtaking views & privacy than this property is for you. This modern detached 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom villa is furnished with modern furniture, including satellite tv. One bedroom & bathroom on ground floor. A spacious enclosed garden with private pool offering stunning views. Off street parking. 6. Mesogi €800 fantastic modern 4 bedroom 3 bathroom detached villa. One bedroom & bathroom on ground floor. Storage room. Beautifully finished to a high standard. Quality modern kitchen with granite worktops & modern bathrooms. Gas central heating & real fireplace. Beautiful landscaped garden with private pool. Undercover parking on drive. Available unfurnished. Wonderful property.

7. Peyia €850 spacious detached 4 bedroom luxury villa, offering stunning sea views. Private pool, enclosed garden, garage, basement for storage & separate utility room. Modern fitted kitchen with miele kitchen appliances & granite work tops. Private drive. Available unfurnished or part furnished. Fantastic property! 8. Mesogi €1250 stunning detached 4 bedroom 5 bathroom villa. One bedroom & ensuite on ground floor. Spacious kitchen with separate utility room. Available unfurnished though includes gas central heating plus real fireplace in living area. Enclosed garden & private pool. Gated entrance with undercover parking. Situated on a private road. TEL: 97790883 OFFICE: 26271858 VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MANY MORE PROPERTIES www.mrrentpaphos.net Email: info@ mrrent-paphos.net

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1. K.S.L LETTINGS – APARTMENT FOR RENT Fully Furnished ground ﬂoor 2 bedroom apartment, overlooking pool. Beautifully furnished throughout. 350 Euros per calendar month. Larnaca District. Quote TLL884. Tel. (00357) 24815104 2. K.S.L LETTINGS – Properties Required for waiting Long Term Tenants. We desperately require 2/3 & 4 bedroom villa’s with private swimming pools for waiting tenants in the Larnaca District. Please call us for a free valuation. Tel. (00357) 24815104 3. K.S.L LETTINGS – largest range of properties. Over 200 rental properties in the Larnaca district at the most competitive rates! Flexible contracts available. Tel. (00357) 24815104 4. www.KSLlettings.com – Villa For Rent Fully furnished 3 bedroom Villa with a good-sized rear garden & Communal pool, located in the village of Oroklini. Call for further information quoting Ref. TLL1189. Tel. (00357) 24815104 CALL 24 815 104 TO ENQUIRE OR ARRANGE A VIEWING – NO OBLIGATION OR FEES. View our full range of over 200 properties by visiting www.KSLlettings.com updated daily. LANDLORDS ADVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY FOR FREE AND GET WORLD WIDE ADVERTISING – NO TENANT NO FEE ! *****************************

PAPHOS GEROSKIPOU beautiful: brand new: unfurnished: 2 bedroom apartment €330 pm; 3 bedroom apartment €390 pm; fully a/c vertical blinds, cooker fan extractor, situated in quiet area, very modern, near Kato Paphos Near Neapolis Univercity, close to supermarkets. Call 99370845 *****************************

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

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

Call 99441499, 99431873

Domestic Violence Centre .......................................... 1440 (Emergency Centre for Victims)

Friends for Life Limassol Hospice Care Appeal requires new Friends and Volunteers to help operate their Charity Shops in both Limassol and Larnaca.

Drug Info & Poison Control ............... 1401

This is to help our large volunteer group to expand in the near future.

Cyprus Samaritans ... 77777267

Our aim is to open a Third Shop in the Limassol area due to popular demand.

Police Duty Officer ......... 1499 (Confidential Information)

Please do not forget when clearing your wardrobes and cupboards to remember us.

Airports Larnaca ..........................77778833 Paphos ...........................77778833

Shop hours Mon-Sat. 9.30 -12.30 Contact Anne 25632446 99269016

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

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS

TO LET PAPHOS

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

views. Full A/C, C/H, garage, over-flow tiled pool, SKY dish. Villa has substantial insulation to walls and floors. Large gardens. €750.00 per month. 6. UNIVERSAL AREA. 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C. Enclosed garden area, comm. Pool and parking. Euros 375.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Universal starting at €250 per month. 7. TALA - 5 bed, 3.5 bath large fully furnished villa. Very large property with open plan living area. Fitted kitchen, storage cupboard, guest WC. 2 bedrooms, bathroom on this level with small seating area. Ideal for dual living. Stairs up to 3 double bedroom, en-suite & family bathroom. Heated swimming pool, A/C, C/H. Electric gates and garden areas. Parking for several cars.€1500.00 per month or offers. 8. POLEMI – 4 bed 2.5 bath massive unfurnished apartment with own entrance in large landscaped gardens. Spacious open plan living area with feature fireplace and dining space Huge fitted kitchen and breakfast area. Guest WC with storage area.4

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

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.

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FLATS FOR SALE OR RENT: Kissonerga, 3 bedroom ﬂat with title deeds, in a block of 4 ﬂats only, fully renovated, 2 baths, 146 sqm closed area, ch, ac, covered parking, excellent view of sea and mountains, half registration fees till 31.12.12. Reduced to eu 135,000,or rent eu 450 pm. Tel 99 621914 *****************************

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

PERVOLIA 4 Bed house for sale with Full Title Deeds. 160m covered on a 285m plot. Private swimming pool, aircon, ﬂyscreens, carport. Built 2007, 5 min walk to Pervolia square, 3 min drive to Faros beach. €220,000, 99051706 *****************************

JUST ON SEA luxurious two story villa, four en-suite bedrooms, steam baths, roof garden, for sale, at Pervolia beach, 8 kilometres from Larnaca. Asking price €1,499,000. Call 00357 97790619.

SALE LIMASSOL 2 bed flat on beach road; light, airy with balcony. New flooring, a/c units, lift 2nd floor, windows 3 sides, own car space. TITLE DEEDS. €115,000. Tel 99178141 www. homesinternational.info (Les Bois)

2 PROPERTIES BETWEEN POLIS AND LATSI. 2 bed townhouse, village centre €69,000 and quiet 3/4 bed house overlooking bay. 2 bath, c.h. wood burner, a.c. bedrooms, salt water 9x6 pool set in approx 2.500 sq.mts. €444,000 Tel: 99995531

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AYIA NAPA, rare opportunity, with title deeds, 4 bedroom house, renovated, swimming pool, 300m from best beach, 650 sqm plot. Eu 440,000. Tel 99 621914 *****************************

AYIA NAPA, studio for sale, 38 sqm, furnished and fully renovated, with title deed, in licenced complex, 500m from Nissi beach, €52,000, tel. 99 621914 *****************************

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

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

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

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

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

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

Open Door Baptist Church

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

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

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

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

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

Clear exposition of the Bible in the presence of God, and relevant to our lives. Our Sunday services start at 10:30 am sharp, and the Wednesday Bible discussion at 7 pm. International Evangelical Church (Reformed) is located at 352 St. Andrew’s Street. 1½ blocks from Starbucks / Fat Boy, and 1 block from the Municipal Gardens, Zoo. For further information call Steve at 99384742, or email: iee.limassol@gmail.com All are welcome!

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

GRACE CHURCH, LARNACA 8 Ayiou Neofytou St Sundays 10 a.m. Also Midweek Meetings Details: Colin 24530700

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

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

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

CYPRUS MAIL Saturday, September 1, 2012

CRYPTIC 2174

6 PREVIOUS DAY’S SOLUTIONS

Across 1 Characteristic representative (7) 5 Turk with ﬁve in his harem? (4) 7 William gets a gin cocktail in London (12) 9 Bordering on a nervous breakdown? (4) 10 The descent of a purebred animal (8) 12 The extent of a swimmingpool perhaps (6) 13 Got engaged (6) 16 Short-time worker delayed producing a pattern (8) 18 An expression of agreement. Honest! (4) 20 It is difﬁcult to extricate oneself from such an affair (12) 21 Courage needed on slippery roads (4) 22 Aimless vessel? (7)

8 9 11 12

15 16

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.

18 19

21 in the beginning (8) 14 Trev has arranged for reaping and storing of grain (7) 15 Presented by good man

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getting on in years (6) 17 Under-employed worker (5) 19 First half of a demisemiquaver (4)

Answers to crossword 2173

Rating EASY Rating HARD

QUICK: Across – 1 Décor; 4 Literal; 8 Paradoxically; 9 Temerity; 10 Acer; 12 Splice; 13 Fenced; 16 Fact; 18 Welcomed; 21 Once upon a time; 22 Knees-up; 23 Tread. Down – 1 Depot; 2 Caramel; 3 Redirect; 4 Laxity; 5 Tack; 6 Relic; 7 Layered; 11 Merchant; 12 Suffolk; 14 Combine; 15 Recoup; 17 Cycle; 19 Dread; 20 Fuss.

Rating EASY

CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Mumps; 4 Bleated; 8 General dealer; 9 Cauldron; 10 Oxen; 12 Latent; 13 Prague; 16 Nick; 18 Sprained; 21 Indecent haste; 22 Garment; 23 Reset. Down – 1 Magic; 2 Manhunt; 3 Strident; 4 Billow; 5 Eden; 6 Telex; 7 Derange; 11 Preacher; 12 Landing; 14 Genesis; 15 Spinet; 17 Cider; 19 Dwelt; 20 Ache.

Rating MEDIUM

1 Clergy on plateau shaken after a meal (5-5) 2 Figure that one’s parrot is missing as reported (7) 3 Speedy cut (4) 4 Provided cover, but was dilatory (6) 5 Sacks containing tube that can produce music (8) 6 One electing to distribute the trove (5) 8 Uncalled-for item of correspondence (4-6) 11 Firm despite breaking law

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1 Byre (7) 5 Trust (4) 7 Dodging (12) 9 Security device (4) 10 Stinging arachnid (8) 12 Dope-ﬁend (6) 13 Component part (6) 16 Raised path (8) 18 Detestable (4) 20 Revived (12) 21 Unemployed (4) 22 Witchcraft (7)

1 Moroccan port (10) 2 Dawdled (anag.) (7) 3 Party-giver (4) 4 Saturate (6) 5 Journalist (8) 6 Indian loincloth (5) 8 Hostile (10) 11 Inventory (8) 14 Short stiff hair (7) 15 Small group (6) 17 Turn upside down (5) 19 Awaken (4)

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ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

If you feel bone idle today, celebrate it. You can be one of the most action-orientated of the zodiac signs but a day of sloth occasionally can be good for the soul. Now, you may not be someone who can easily surrender to the concept of a duvet day, so if not, why not get all the chores of the day out the way early, leaving you free to relax.

Harsh words could be exchanged in a close relationship. An area of disagreement may be around ﬁnances. If you are trying to sort out a muddle or you and a partner have polar attitudes to spending and saving, this can be the source of frustrations. Even varying values can be problematic. Just be mindful a misunderstanding is very possible.

Your views on situations today could be subject to a degree of unreality. However, this can be true for many of us. Yet with Neptune located in a tender sector, opposed by Mercury, decisions around business or big life moves are probably best postponed to another time Archer. If you’re working, a boss can seem overly preoccupied.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

You might feel very sociable today, but then again you might decide you would simply rather chill out. Any kind of musical or entertainment venue could appeal to you however, whether it’s a game of bingo or going to watch a live concert. Anything hard and fast and needing a straight edge may be harder to focus upon. Leave them to next week.

Your generosity of spirit is something special. Don’t give it away too lightly this weekend Virgo. A deserving cause, or trusted friend can get this, but someone else could, and I stress could, be more of a user. Also be conscious of what you will gain from splashing out on your social life. Frivolous purchases may not give you any lasting pleasure.

If you’re travelling today, either in body or soul, soak up the sights of your journey. You can ﬁnd yourself a lot more impressionable than usual. Today’s inﬂuences are great for watching a movie, daydreaming or meandering your way to a place of natural beauty. What is less doable is anything that requires you to be clear-headed and businesslike.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

If there have been any work pressures as the week wound down, or you need to put in a shift today, home may, more than ordinarily, be quite a sanctuary. People know you as being bubbly and gregarious, but with Venus angling sharply with Saturn it may be best to pull in your horns, give yourself a few treats, pampering yourself and keep the world at bay.

Mercury will move into your zodiac sign mid-month. Until then this and the Sun transit a tender part of your horoscope. Fortunately your ruler Venus moves in one week to a sparkling zone. So today, and as the month begins you might ﬁnd yourself lethargic, confused and out of sorts. If you feel the need to cocoon yourself away, don’t feel guilty.

Money makes the world go round, but it can also be a cause of major angst. Care around your ﬁnancial dealings is important today. It doesn’t matter whether you are buying your groceries, sorting through your bank statements, or discussing the household budget. Check to ensure everything is as you think. With a partner, trust can be an issue.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

You might like to think the best about someone today, but there is some potential for disappointment from astrological inﬂuences. Someone you like may not be quite the wonderful being you thought, or you might ﬁnd yourself less certain about what you want from your love life. You need someone that is totally supportive and caring of you.

You can be particularly focused on friends and social possibilities. But you might also encounter someone who dances on your senses, romantically. Their conversation may enchant you, or seem full of smoke and mirrors. This is a day for us all to be conscious of people we can trust and rely on, and those that we can’t. Proceed hopefully but cautiously.

This is not the best of days, potentially, to discuss any important matter. You may ﬁnd your mind wanders off, or the person you are trying to talk to also lacks concentration. And if anyone demands answers from you, you might ﬁnd yourself lacking the motivation to respond. Feeding your imagination can prove far more fruitful. Think of how.

Saturday, September 1, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL

Television CYBC 1

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08.00 I Plateia (rpt) 09.00 Concert Costas Hatzis and Diastasi. 12.00 Paraskinio (rpt) 12.30 FILM: Off Limits A conniving fight manager lands in the Army, and humours a boxer whose aunt owns a nightclub. Obscure comedy, starring Bob Hope and Mickey Rooney. 1953 14.00 News 14.40 Parev Repeat of documentary on the Armenian community in Cyprus. Part 1. 15.20 My Cypriot Kitchen (rpt) An introduction to Cyprus and the country’s food, presented by bubbly Tonia Buxton. 15.45 Kypouremata (rpt) 16.20 Peri Kyprou 16.40 Stin Akri Tou Paradisou (rpt) Local period drama, based on true events. Four episodes from the first season, interrupted by News at 18.00. 19.15 Paizoume Kypriaka (rpt) Two episodes of local game show about the Cypriot dialect. 20.00 News / Weather / Financial Report 21.30 Savvato Ki Apovrado (rpt) Variety show, with well-known guests pretending to have a good time for the benefit of You At Home. 23.30 News 23.45 Repeats

08.00 Kids’ TV Everything Rosie, Maya the Bee, Thomas and Friends, Angelina Ballerina, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Flipper and Lopaka, etc. 12.45 Challenges Kids’ documentary series in 12 parts, with each episode coming from a different country. Today, a little girl named Lotte who helps the homeless. 13.00 Kids’ TV 14.20 60 Minute Makeover (rpt) DIY challenge, in which a team of designers have just one hour to transform a home. 15.10 FILM: Teacher’s Pet Romantic comedy, starring Clark Gable and Doris Day. 1958. See Film Picks. 17.15 Girismata (rpt) 17.50 Marcello Mastroianni Documentary tribute to the late ﬁlm actor, made for Italian TV. 18.50 News In English 19.00 News In Turkish 19.10 Futuris Latest news about the leading scientiﬁc and technological research projects in Europe. 19.30 Paralympics 2012 Swimming Finals followed (at 21.00) by Athletics, possibly because these are the two sports where Cyprus has won medals at previous Paralympics. 00.20 Repeats

07.20 Oi Men Kai Oi Then (rpt) 07.50 Dada Yia Oles Tis Douleies (rpt) 08.20 Dr Roulis (rpt) 09.10 Akros Oikogeneiakon (rpt) 10.00 Deixe Mou To Filo Sou (rpt) 11.00 Tychi Vouno (rpt) 11.50 Santa Yiolanta (rpt) 12.40 Kos Kai Ka Pels (rpt) 13.30 Galileo 14.20 Dis Madiam (rpt) 15.10 Plaka Mou Kaneis (rpt) 16.00 Deligianneio Parthenagogeio (rpt) 16.50 Englimata (rpt) With News at 18.00. 18.40 Me To Dexi (rpt) 19.30 Ergazomeni Gynaika (rpt) 20.20 News 21.20 Oneiropagida (rpt) 22.00 Ellada Eheis Talento (rpt) 23.20 News 23.30 FILM: Judge Dredd Futuristic law enforcer is framed for a series of crimes committed by his evil brother, forcing him to escape from custody and try to clear his name. Comic-book action, based on a much better ‘graphic novel’, starring Sylvester Stallone. 1995 01.00 Top Chef (rpt) Cookery show. 02.30 Tolmires Istories (rpt) 03.20 News 04.10 Oikogeneia Karambela (rpt) 05.00 7 Zoes (rpt)

07.00 Yia Banaki (rpt) 10.00 An Thimitheis To Oneiro Mou (rpt) 11.00 Glykes Alhimies (rpt) 12.00 Mpoukia kai Sychorio (rpt) 13.00 Oi Kipouroi Tou Mega 13.50 Baba Min Treheis (rpt) 14.40 Savvatogennimenes (rpt) 15.30 An Ipirhes Tha Se Horiza (rpt) 16.10 Kati Trehei Me Tous Dipla (rpt) 16.40 I Ora I Kali (rpt) 17.30 Epta Thanasimes Petheres (rpt) With News at 18.20. 19.20 Eftyhismeni Mazi (rpt) 20.20 News 21.05 Pername Kala (rpt) 23.30 I Oikogeneia Vlaptei (rpt) 00.00 News 00.10 The Tudors Juicy historical drama series, set in 16th-century England during the reign of King Henry VIII, looking mostly at his turbulent marriages. 01.00 Breaking Bad Informed he has terminal cancer, an underachieving chemistry genius turned high school teacher uses his expertise to secretly provide for his family by producing the world’s highest quality crystal meth.

08.00 Zoi Podilato (rpt) 09.00 Pink Panther Show 10.00 Kids’ TV Actually a rather girl-oriented double bill of ‘Barbie Fairytopia III: Magic of the Rainbow’ followed at 11.00 by ‘Pocahontas: Princess of the American Indians’. 12.40 The Del Monte Heirs (rpt) Latin American telenovela. 14.20 Vourate Geitonoi (rpt) 15.20 I Kouzina Tis Mamas (rpt) 16.00 Oi Atromitoi (rpt) 16.40 Eho Ena Mistiko (rpt) 17.40 Tha Se Do Sto Ploio (rpt) With News at 18.00. 18.30 Baywatch 19.00 Pame Paketo (rpt) 20.15 News 21.20 Miss World 2012 Annual beauty pageant which took place two weeks ago in China. 23.50 News 23.55 24 (rpt) Third season of real-time drama series, starring Kiefer Sutherland as a government agent out to stop terrorists wreaking havoc across America. 00.40 The 4400 (rpt) FBI agents are assigned to investigate the sudden reappearance of 4,400 people who mysteriously vanished at some point during the previous 50 years. 01.10 Mes Tin Kali Hara (rpt) 04.00 Eleni (rpt)

07.50 Kids’ TV Max Adventures, Franny’s Feet, Rastamouse, Bo on the Go, Martha Speaks, Beyblade, etc. 11.00 Exelixeis Sti Showbiz (rpt) 11.30 Ta Kopelia 12.05 LTV Sports News (rpt) 13.00 Star News 13.30 Kostakis Ki Yioi 14.00 Mila (rpt) 15.30 Fotis - Maria Live (rpt) Entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, health, fashion, lifestyle issues and more. 17.00 Exelixeis Sti Showbiz 17.30 Mesimeriani Meleti (rpt) 19.00 Nistikoi Praktores (rpt) Cooking show, with helpful tips on eating well and nutrition.

07.00 Kids’ TV 12.45 Greek FILM: Ena Paidi Horis Onoma 14.15 Beyond The Break Four young women pursue their dreams of becoming professional surfers. 15.10 FILM: Molokai Drama about Belgian priest who ministers to the sick in a leper colony. 1999 17.15 FILM: The Next Best Thing Romantic comedy. 2002. With News at 18.30. 19.15 News 20.05 Remington Steele 80s detective drama, starring Pierce Brosnan. 21.00 FILM: Stepmom A photographer falls for a man with two children, but struggles to accept her role as a stepmother. Tearjerking drama, starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. 1998 23.15 FILM: Raw Heat A psychiatrist and her patient get involved with the same man. Thriller, also known as ‘Victim of Love’, starring Virginia Madsen. 1991 01.00 FILM: The Red Serpent A businessman unwittingly gets entangled in a gangster’s drug trafﬁcking operation. Action adventure. 2003 02.45 FILM: Treasure Raiders Adventure, starring Steven Brand. 2007

02.00 Meli Gala (rpt) 04.00 Casa Di Macaroni (rpt) 04.30 Richter Music (rpt) 05.00 O Ios Tou Patera (rpt) 05.40 Paralliloi Dromoi (rpt)

19.45 Star News 21.00 Greek FILM: O Hasodikis Comedy, starring Marcos Lezes. 22.40 Supernatural (rpt) Fourth season of fantasy series. ‘Sex & Violence’. Sam and Dean come to a small town in Iowa where three men have inexplicably killed their wives. They realise that the murders were caused by a Siren, which eventually puts them under its spell and forces them to take part in a ﬁght to the death against each other. 23.30 LTV Sports News 00.20 Star News 02.00 Repeats

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

News 12:06 World Briefing 12:20 Sports News 12:30 BBC News Summary 12:32 One Planet 12:50 Witness 13:01 BBC News 13:06 World Briefing 13:30 BBC News Summary 13:32 Global Business 14:01 BBC News 14:06 Your World: Southern Tracks 14:30 BBC News Summary 15:01 BBC News 15:06 Newshour 15:30 BBC News Summary 15:32 Newshour 16:01 BBC News 16:06 World Briefing 16:30 BBC News Summary 16:32 The Fifth Floor 17:01 BBC News 17:06 Sportsworld 18:01 BBC News 18:06 Sportsworld 19:01 BBC News 19:06 Sportsworld 20:01 BBC News 20:06 World Briefing 20:30 BBC News Summary 20:32 In The Balance 21:01 BBC News 21:06 The Documentary: Just Add Cash but could inflation actually be good for you? Max Flint investigates.” 21:30 BBC News Summary 21:32 Discovery 21:50 Witness 22:01 BBC News 22:06 World Briefing 22:30 BBC News Summary 22:32 Global Business 23:01 BBC News 23:06 Newshour 23:30 BBC News Summary 23:32 Newshour

BFBS 1

(N’sia 91.7, WSBA 92.1, ESBA 99.6 FM) 02.00 Heavens Gate Deep Sessions 04.00 BFBS Shufﬂe 05.00 Ops Breakfast 08.00 Cyprus Saturday Breakfast 10.00 UK Saturday Breakfast 12.00 Luisse Shaw 16.00 Vicki And Adam’s Saturday Show 20.00 Club Culture Live 23.00 Groove Collective

BFBS 2 (Ni’sia 89.7, WSBA 89.9, ESBA 95.3 FM) 03.00 BFBS News 03.03 Nigel Rennie Country 04.00 BFBS News 04.03 The BFBS Radio 2 Saturday Show 06.00 BFBS News 06.03 Soul On 2 07.00 Morning Reports 08.00 Weekend Breakfast 09.00 Today 11.00 BFBS News 11.03 The BFBS Radio 2 Saturday Show 13.00 BBC Radio 4 News 14.00 Five Live Sport 21.30 BFBS Jukebox 22.00 Five Live

LiveCyBC2 (91.1, 92.4 FM) 06.00-7.30 Programmes in Turkish with News at 7.30 07.40 Good morning Cyprus 10.00-12.00 Kalimerhamba 12.00 Gunortasa 12.45 Greek Cyprus Press 13.00 Turkish Music 13.15 News in Turkish 13.30 News in English 13.45 PM Classics 16.00 Greek Radio 16.15 Our country doesn’t divide 16.50 News in Turkish 17.00-18.00 Programmes in Armenian; News at 17.15 18.00-20.00 Round & About 20.00 News in English 20.10 Welcome to Cyprus in French and German 20.40 Ship of Fools with Robert Camassa 22.00 News in English 22.00 International Music 00.00-06.00 Rebroadcast of the evening’s programme

Radio Napa (106.3 FM) 06.00 Morning Music 08.30 BBC World Today 09.00 News, Weather and Exchange 09.05 Nathan Morley 12.00 BBC News 12.06 Lunchtime Classics 15.00 BBC News 15.06 Chris Yearley 18.00 News 18.06 Michael Godin 19.00 The Juke Box 98.5 Rock FM The Breakfast Show - Paﬁan Paul 08:00-10:00 The Weekend Link 10:00-12:00 Frock Fm - Philippos - 12:00-14:00 Double Dutch - Joep - 14:00-16:00 My Big Fat Arts Show - Kathleen Ruddy - 16:00-18:00 Non Stop Music - 18:0020:00 Ready To Blow Up The Seen - With Your Hosts Dj Mr Smith And Mc Svenny B – Live 20:00-22:00 22:00-24:00 Saturday Live Dj Set- Dj Allen D Night Train 24:00-07:00

Oldies Digital

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

CYPRUS MAIL Saturday, September 1, 2012

Television PICK OF THE DAY Midnight in Paris (LTV3, 22.00) Fact: Midnight in Paris is the most successful film of Woody Allen’s career. It’s made more money (not just in absolute terms, but even after you adjust for inflation) than stone-cold classics like Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters; it also won Woody his third writing Oscar, though - as usual he wasn’t present at the ceremony. How to explain its amazing success? “[It’s] different not only from other Allen films, but anything else in the marketplace,” wrote pundit Anne Thompson. “While it wittily mines clichés about Americans in Paris, it makes literate moviegoers feel smart”. That’s the point, surely: in a world where older viewers feel they’re the only ones who’ve even heard of Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald - as opposed to Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber - Woody actually makes a film about those people, and makes jokes you probably won’t get unless you know something about them. The funniest joke in the whole film is a throwaway line (“But why can’t they leave?”) that only works if you’re familiar with Luis Bunuel and his 1962 masterpiece The Exterminating Angel. Dude, seriously? In short, there’s an element of snobbery to Midnight in Paris - though it doesn’t feel snobbish, partly because Owen Wilson is so likeable as Gil, our hero, an American in Paris. Gil is a Hollywood

screenwriter on vacation in the City of Light with his obnoxious fiancée (Rachel McAdams) and her ugly-American parents. They can’t wait to get back to the States - but Gil dreams of living in Paris, and longs to go back to the 1920s when expats like Hemingway and Gertrude Stein made the city a beacon for the Lost Generation. The film has the kind of sci-fi gimmick Allen loves so much - a magical Time-warp that takes Gil back to the 20s only to find that Parisians in the 20s dreamed of being back in the 1890s, the time of the ‘Belle Epoque’. People always think the past is better, is the message; “Nostalgia is denial of the painful present,” Gil is told - but in fact it’s a mixed message because the past, as shown here, is better. Paris in the 20s is one big party and it helps Gil sort his life out, so isn’t nostalgia right after all? In the end, the film panders to older filmgoers as shamelessly as teen movies pander to younger ones, not to mention how lazy and implausible it is (how can Gertrude Stein read a 21st-century novel and not be baffled?) - but it does have a smattering of good jokes, and it’s very pleasant. It’s inspiring to see Woody Allen netting the biggest hit of his career at 76; Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald didn’t even make it that far. Made in 2011.

Preston Wilder

FILM PICKS

SATELLITE

Teacher’s Pet (CyBC2, 15.10) Gig Young’s birth and death are more interesting than the bits in between. He was ‘born’ in 1942 when Byron Barr played a character called ‘Gig Young’ in a ﬁ lm called The Gay Sisters (I know, I know...) and decided to take on the name in real life; he died, bizarrely, in 1978, turning the gun on himself after killing his much younger wife of three weeks. In between he was Oscarnominated as Doris Day’s conceited ﬁ ancé in this amiable rom-com, with Clark Gable as the cynical newspaperman who refuses to believe that journalism can be taught and enrols as a student, aiming to sabotage lecturer Doris - but of course falls in love with her. Good fun, and Gig Young isn’t bad either. Made in 1958.

Demolition Man (LTV, 21.00) Next time you’re tempted to say ‘Academy Award Winner Sandra Bullock’ (she won for The Blind Side a couple of years ago) just cast your mind back to Demolition Man, a blithe action comedy with a nice line in politically-incorrect humour - though Sandra actually plays second (or third) ﬁddle to Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, cop and robber respectively. Both are cryogenically frozen in the 90s and defrosted in the near future, emerging in a nanny-state society where sex, smoking and swearing are banned, violence is almost unheard-of and weapons have been turned into museum-pieces - all of which makes it hard for the futuristic cops (including Sandra) to deal with psychotic Wesley. The result has its share (or more than its share) of ﬁ reballs, explosions and mindless blockbuster violence - but also some delicious bits of satire and a tomboyish, hugely likeable performance by Sandra Bullock. Yes, the Academy Award winner. Made in 1993.

Jane Eyre (Novacinema1, 22.00) You can’t keep a good classic down. Last year saw a new Wuthering Heights and a new Jane Eyre, and they both got good reviews - especially this umpteenth version of the Charlotte Bronte classic, with Mia Wasikowska as mousy governess Jane Eyre and Michael Fassbender as her moody employer Mr. Rochester. The trailer speaks of a “bold new vision” and goes heavy on the Gothic angle (it almost looks like a horror ﬁ lm) - but in fact critics praised it for eschewing empty glamour, and staying faithful to the book’s emotional core. The plot, as English Lit students know, includes strange happenings and someone locked away in the attic, but the real drama lies in Jane’s burgeoning selfesteem and relationship with Rochester. Nicely done, and feel free to read the book as well. Made in 2011.

Jane Eyre (Novacinema1, 22.00)

07:00 Ned Bruha: Skunk Whisperer 07:25 Meerkat Manor 07:50 Chris Humfrey’s Wild Life 08:15 Weird Creatures With Nick Baker 09:10 Dick ‘N’ Dom Go Wild 09:35 Breed All About It 10:05 Crocodile Hunter 11:00 Dogs 101 11:55 Michaela’s Animal Road Trip 12:50 New Breed Vets With Steve Irwin 18:20 Wildest Latin America 19:15 Galapagos 20:10 Great Ocean Adventures 21:05 Wild France 22:00 Bad Dog 22:55 Dogs 101: Specials 23:50 Untamed & Uncut 00:45 Swarm Chasers 01:40 Animal Cops Houston 02:35 Bad Dog 03:30 Dogs 101: Specials 04:25 Wild France 05:20 Great Ocean Adventures 06:10 Dogs 101

07:00 Teletubbies 07:25 Charlie & Lola 07:35 Nina & The Neurons 07:50 Me Too 08:10 Teletubbies 08:35 Charlie & Lola 08:45 Nina & The Neurons 09:00 Me Too 09:20 Buzz & Tell 09:25 Doctor Who 10:10 One Foot In The Grave 10:50 Dinnerladies 11:25 As Time Goes By 11:55 Heart & Soul 12:45 Himalaya with Michael Palin 13:35 After You’ve Gone 14:05 2 Point 4 Children 14:35 My Fily 15:05 Casualty 15:55 Eastenders 17:50 Heart & Soul 18:40 Doctor Who 19:30 The Weakest Link (Primetime): Rugby Special 20:20 One Foot In The Grave 21:00 Live at the Apollo (45’ version) 21:45 Being Erica 22:25 Gavin & Stacey 22:55 Last Of The Summer Wine 23:25 The Impressions Show With Culshaw & Stephenson 23:55 India With Sanjeev Bhaskar 00:45 My Fily

05:30 Family Guy 08:00 Detroit 1-8-7 10:15 Family Guy 10:40 Neighbors From Hell 11:05 Bob’s Burgers 11:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:40 White Collar 19:30 Breakout Kings 21:00 Touch 22:30 Episodes 23:00 Call Me Fitz 23:30 American Horror Story 00:15 The Walking Dead 01:05 Criminal Minds 03:25 How I Met Your Mother

07:00 Ancient Aliens 10:00 American Pickers 12:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 14:00 Pawn Stars 16:00 Ancient Aliens 19:00 Storage Wars 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:30 American Restoration 21:00 American Pickers 22:00 Ancient Aliens 23:45 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 00:45 Storage Wars 01:45 Pawn Stars 02:15 American Restoration 02:45 American Pickers 03:45 Mounted In Alaska 04:15 Ancient Aliens 06:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East

07:30 The Distinguished Gentleman 09:25 Hollywood Buzz 10:00 Titanic 13:15 Dennis The Menace 15:00 A Serious Man 17:00 Pre-Game 18:00 A’ Division Cyprus Soccer Championship 2012-13 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Demolition Man 23:00 The Other Boleyn Girl 01:00 Hustler TV 02:45 Unknown (2011) 04:40 Mumford 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Rides 08:15 Fifth Gear 09:10 Mega Builders 10:05 Top Tens 10:55 Mighty Planes 14:30 Extreme Engineering 15:25 Deconstruction 16:20 Mega Builders 17:15 How It’s Made 17:45 How Stuff’s Made 18:10 Extreme Explosions 19:05 Battle Machine Bros 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Brew Masters 22:00 Unchained Reaction 23:00 Life On A Wire 00:00 Surviving The Cut 01:00 Moments Of Terror 01:55 Unchained Reaction 02:50 Life On A Wire 03:50 Surviving The Cut 04:50 How It’s Made 05:15 Brew Masters 06:05 Unchained Reaction

07:00 Baby Looney Tunes 07:25 Looney Tunes Show 07:50 Loonatics Unleashed 08:15 Wonder Pets 08:40 Dora The Explorer 09:05 Ni Hao, Kai-Lan 09:30 Spongebob Squarepants 09:55 Tak & The Power Of Juju 10:20 Fanboy & Chum Chum 10:45 X’s 11:10 Mighty B! 11:35 My Life As A Teenage Robot 12:00 Hey Arnold! 12:25 Icarly 13:15 Legion Of Super Heroes 13:40 Batman: The Brave And The Bold 14:05 Barclays Premier League Preview 14:55 2012 Formula 1 16:15 2010 World’s Strongest Man 17:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 21:00 LIGA Bbva 2012-13 23:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 01:00 LIGA Bbva 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

04:00 Tennis: Us Open New York 11:00 Rally: Intercontinental Rally Challenge Czech Republic 12:00 Tennis: Us Open New York 14:00 Rally: Intercontinental Rally Challenge Czech Republic 15:00 Cycling: World Ports Classic Netherlands 18:45 Tennis: Us Open New York

07:05 Trust Me 08:00 Friends 08:30 Big Bang Theory 09:00 According To Jim 09:55 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia 10:45 Mentalist 11:30 Sons Of Anarchy 12:30 Borgias 13:25 Harry’s Law 14:10 Alcatraz 15:00 Mentalist 15:45 C.S.I. New York 00:05 Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark 01:50 Midnight Chronicles 03:30 Pushing Daisies

The Green Hornet (Novacinema3, 13.45)

08:00 Becoming Jane 10:15 The Spy Next Door 12:00 Agatha 14:00 The Good Guy 16:00 Cop Out 17:50 The Scarlet Letter 20:15 Hotel For Dogs 22:00 Midnight In Paris 00:05 Daring! TV 04:00 Eye For An Eye 06:00 Alaska

05:40 Trespass 07:10 Cine News 07:50 Largo Winch 2: The Burma Conspiracy 09:50 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son 11:40 The Tourist 13:40 Prom 15:30 How I Met Your Mother Oh Honey 16:00 Cine News 16:45 Cemetery Junction 18:25 Cine News 18:55 The Lincoln Lawyer 21:00 N.C.I.S. Ep.1-Nature Of The Beast 22:00 Jane Eyre 02:30 Cine News 03:00 Cedar Rapids 04:30 Point Blank

06:35 The Two Jakes 08:50 Cine News 09:50 Transformers: Dark Of The Moon 12:25 The Joneses 14:00 Rio 15:40 To Eteron Ymisi 17:15 Cine News 18:10 Never Been Kissed 20:05 Friends With Beneﬁts 22:00 Tamara Drewe 00:00 In Gold We Trust 01:40 Elephant White 03:10 Cine News 04:10 Red

07:00 L.A. Conﬁdential 09:20 Billy Madison 10:50 Cine News 11:40 Battlestar Galactica: The Plan 13:10 Cine News 13:45 The Green Hornet 15:45 Below The Beltway 17:25 True Grit-2010 19:20 Legend 21:00 Manhattan Murder Mystery 23:00 Blitz 00:45 Cine News 01:30 Hello Nurse 03:15 30 Days Of Night: Dark Days 04:50 Billy Bathgate

05:20 Down With Love 07:00 Cine News 08:00 The Story Of Us 09:35 Cine News 12:00 The Girl Next Door 13:50 America’s Sweethearts 15:40 Rabbit Hole 17:20 28 Days 21:00 Arthur And The War Of Two Worlds 22:55 Hitch 01:00 Shining Through 03:15 Worried About The Boy 04:50 Gospel Hill

03:30 Mobil 1 04:00 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Highlights Bristol Motor Speedway 05:00 Prime/Time Boxing 07:00 Big Break Dominican Republic - When It Rains, It Pours 09:00 Golf Central International SDD 09:30 Golf Now Philadelphia 10:00 PGA Tour: Deutsche Bank Championship d. 1 13:00 Golf Central International 13:30 Inside the PGA Tour 14:00 European Tour: Omega European Masters d. 3 LIVE 17:15 PRE GAME(Z) LIVE 18:00 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012-13: APOLLON VS ETHNIKOS AXNAS (Z) LIVE 20:00 POST GAME (Z) LIVE 20:45 CTeams TBA LIVE 22:30 PGA Tour: Deutsche Bank Championship d. 2 LIVE 25:00 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Highlights Bristol Motor Speedway

07:00 Globe Trekker 08:00 The World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides 09:00 Planet Food 10:00 Food Tripper 11:00 Culinary Asia 12:00 Globe Trekker 13:00 4real 13:30 Essential 14:00 Globe Trekker 15:00 The Skinny Dip 16:00 Globe Trekker 17:00 The World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides 19:00 Travel 360 20:00 Flavours Of Peru 20:30 Flavours Of Colombia 21:00 Planet Food 22:00 Departures 00:00 Julian And Camilla’s World Odyssey 01:00 Flavours Of Colombia 01:30 Flavours Of Peru 02:00 Planet Food 03:00 The Skinny Dip 04:00 Globe Trekker 05:00 Flavours Of Peru 05:30 Flavours Of Peru 06:00 Planet Food

06:00 The Rack 07:40 Bad Day At Black Rock 09:00 Light In The Piazza 10:40 North By Northwest 13:00 Seven Brides For Seven Brothers 14:40 The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm 16:50 Ocean’s Eleven 18:55 The Champ 21:00 Ben-Hur 00:25 Alex In Wonderland 02:15 All This, and Heaven Too 04:30 Flipper

Saturday, September 1, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL

Sport Finn shows support for Cook appointment By Rory Dollard

Alastair Cook has been one-day captain for over a year

ENGLAND fast bowler Steven Finn expects the transfer of power from Andrew Strauss to Alastair Cook to be a smooth one. Cook has led the one-day international side for more than a year and was the obvious choice to replace Strauss as Test captain when the 35-year-old conﬁrmed his retirement on Wednesday. Cook was unveiled alongside his outgoing team-mate at Lord’s in one of the least surprising appointments in recent years, having long been groomed for the role. Finn, who made his England debut when

Cook took temporary charge of the side for the 2010 tour of Bangladesh, said: “Cooky is a similar sort of leader to Straussy. He leads from the front as an opening batsman and sets the tone, which is very good for a captain. “I think the transition between the two will be smooth in that Alastair has been used to working with (team director) Andy Flower as a one-day captain. “He may have his own plans and stuff he wishes to introduce to the Test team but I would imagine the fundamentals day in, day out will be very similar. “We won’t see a drastic change and I think that’s good for us as a team.” Before Cook has the chance to get to the

grips with the Test side he has the small matter of the ongoing NatWest Series against South Africa to negotiate. After a washout in Cardiff, the Proteas took a 1-0 lead with a dominant 80-run victory in Southampton, with Hashim Amla making a superb 150. England now have three games to overturn that deﬁcit and Finn is conﬁdent they can make a swift return to winning ways. “Obviously we didn’t play well at the Ageas Bowl, we know that,” he said. “We sat down and thought about what we didn’t do well. We’re determined to put that right because we’ve played fantastic one-day cricket in the last year or so and we’d won 10 straight ODIs.”

Roddick to retire, Federer, Serena roll on in New York

Armstrong doping claims in new book By Mark Lamport-Stokes

Tsonga suffers shock defeat at US Open By Will Swanton and Steve Ginsburg ANDY Roddick stunned the tennis world by announcing that the US Open would be his last tournament but there was no sign of the end of the road for his contemporaries Roger Federer and Serena Williams on day four at Flushing Meadows. Federer led the tributes for Roddick after defeating Bjorn Phau with an evening exhibition to reach the third round of the men’s draw, while Serena added her own plaudits after remaining on course for a fourth US Open crown with a victory over Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. Roddick’s announcement of his impending retirement came shortly after France’s fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga produced his worst match of the year to be the first big-name casualty of the men’s draw. The former world number one and US Open champion said he realised during his first-round victory over Rhyne Williams that he had lost the desire to remain on tour. “I just feel like it’s time,” Roddick, who celebrated his 30th birthday on Thursday, said. “I’ve always wanted to, in a perfect world, finish at this event. I have a lot of family and friends here. “I thought all year I would know when I got to this tournament. When I was playing my first round, I knew. Playing here, I don’t know what it was. “I couldn’t imagine myself being there another year.”

Roddick played Australian Bernard Tomic on Arthur Ashe Stadium in the early hours of this morning in what was sure to be a highly-charged atmosphere. Top seed Federer absolutely dominated German Phau to win 6-2 6-3 6-2 in the opening match of Thursday night’s session before paying tribute to Roddick, who he defeated in three Wimbledon ﬁnals. “A great champion and a great guy,” Federer told the crowd. “I hope you guys make it hard for Tomic. I’m going to be watching.”

NOT AT HER BEST In the women’s draw, Serena, though not at her best, was an easy 6-2 6-4 winner over Martinez Sanchez but second-seeded Angieszka Radwanska struggled before peeling off 11 straight games in a 4-6 6-3 6-0 defeat of Carla Suarez Navarro. “It was one of those days,” said Williams, who double faulted six times. “I wasn’t really happy with the way I was playing. I just wasn’t happy out there today in general. “I think I woke up on the wrong side of the bed.” While Serena advanced, her sister Venus lost 6-2 5-7 7-5 to Germany’s sixth seed Angelique Kerber in a tense battle under the lights following Federer’s dominant triumph. Venus, twice a champion at Flushing Meadows, blasted 43 winners but committed an uncharacteristic 60 errors in the twohour, 45-minute loss to the southpaw Kerber, a semiﬁnalist here a year ago.

Teenager Sloane Stephens again lived up to the hype with a 5-7 6-4 6-2 win over Tatjana Malek and there was more American success when 32-year-old men’s wildcard James Blake wound back the clock to beat 24th seed Marcel Granollers 6-1 6-4 6-2. Tsonga was wildly erratic in his 6-4 1-6 6-1 6-3 loss to 52nd-ranked Martin Klizan of Slovakia on Louis Armstrong Stadium. “It seemed like I couldn’t hit the ball hard enough to put my opponent out of position,” said Tsonga. “I don’t really know why it was like this today, but sometimes it happens with me. I don’t know. “It’s tennis. I will tell you that. We have to play every week. I’m not a machine. Sometimes I’m tired. Sometimes not. Sometimes in good shape. Sometimes not. That’s it.” American Mardy Fish attended Roddick’s retirement announcement after defeating Russian Nikolay Davydenko 4-6 6-7 6-2 6-1 6-2 to reach the third round. Roddick, who won the 2003 US Open and was a Wimbledon ﬁnalist in 2004, 2005 and 2009, will play Tomic in the ﬁrst match of the prime-time night session on Friday night in New York. “There’s a lot of eyeballs on TV sets from people who don’t even normally watch tennis during night matches of the US Open,” he said. “I think I’ve played as many as anyone. “It’s just something I’ll look back on with really fond memories. Hopefully won’t be my last one.”

Contrasting fortunes: Roger Federer (top) barely broke sweat in a routine win, but ﬁfth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was surprisingly sent packing by world No.52 Kliazan

LESS than two weeks after Lance Armstrong was handed a lifetime ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), fellow American cyclist Tyler Hamilton will describe their alleged drug cheating together in a book. Hamilton, who was ofﬁcially stripped of his Athens 2004 time trial gold medal by the International Olympic Committee earlier this month, will replicate claims he made about Armstrong last year in a book to be published on September 5. Described by publishers as a “tell-all” look at the world of professional cycling, The Secret Race will cover Hamilton’s battle with clinical depression and the story of “his complicated relationship with Lance Armstrong”. Hamilton, who rode with Armstrong on the US Postal Service team, will repeat allegations he made in a 2011 interview with 60 Minutes that the Americans injected themselves with blood-boosters during the 1999 Tour deFrance, which Armstrong won. “Armstrong took what we all took... there was EPO (erythropoietin)... testosterone... a blood transfusion,” Hamilton said in that interview. “I saw EPO in his refrigerator. I saw him inject it more than one time, like we all did, like I did many, many times.” Armstrong, who was stripped of his record seven Tour de France wins by USADA on August 24, has always denied taking banned substances but has repeatedly had to fend off accusations despite having never failed a drugs test. The 40-year-old has been one of the most successful and controversial cyclists of all time, returning to the sport after beating cancer to win the Tour de France seven straight times, from 1999 to 2005.

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Sport Springboks players ‘believe in game plan’

Shivering Bolt wins, Rudisha suffers shock loss

By Ken Borland

Thumbs up: Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt braved the poor weather in Zurich to win the 200 metres in a meeting record time of 19.66 By Brian Homewood OLYMPIC 800 metres champion David Rudisha suffered a shock defeat at the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting, but Usain Bolt braved the cold to win the 200 in a meeting record time. Kenyan Rudisha, who set a world record to win gold in London, lost out to Ethiopian teenager Mohammed Aman on a chilly wet evening at Zurich’s Letzigrund. Double Olympic silver medallist Yohan Blake refused to be daunted by the conditions as he ran another fast time to win the 100 in 9.76 seconds, while Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion Felix Sanchez said he just wanted to lie on the beach after ﬁnishing fourth on his 35th birthday. Rudisha, assisted by a pace-

Blake not daunted by cold and wet conditions maker, sped away on the ﬁrst lap but clearly went too early as the pack caught up with him around 200 metres from the end and Aman passed him on the curve to win in one minute 42.53. “My legs felt tired and I cannot run well if the weather is not good,” said the 23-yearold, running in his only postOlympic race of the year. “I hoped for a fast race here and I’m a little disappointed... It was the rain which stopped me.” “It was a difﬁcult race but I was in good shape,” said Aman, sixth in London. Double Olympic champion Bolt had no such problems as he won the 200 in a very respectable 19.66 seconds,

again making it look easy as he powered ahead of fellow Jamaicans Nickel Ashmeade and Jason Young. Bolt jokingly made shivering gestures before leaving the opposition in his wake in familiar style. “I’m happy to run a sub-20 time but I did not want to push my body,” said Bolt. “It is the end of the of the season and I have to be careful.” Former world champion Tyson Gay was disqualiﬁed for a false start as Blake, who ran the joint third-fastest time in history in Lausanne last week, won the 100 metres in another impressive time. His fellow Jamaican Nesta Carter was second in 9.95 and American Ryan Bailey third

in 9.97. “I am not at all surprised that after the Olympics I am coming out so strong and so fast because my coach has a plan for me,” said Blake. “Next year I can even be better. “And I am not surprised that I can run so fast in bad weather because I am a beast, bad weather cannot stop me.” Olympic champion ShellyAnn Fraser-Pryce easily won women’s 100 metres, beating Carmelita Jeter into second place after losing out to the American silver medallist in Lausanne and Birmingham. Sanchez was beaten into fourth place despite a late charge in the 400 metres hurdles, won by American Ange-

lo Taylor in 48.29. “Now, it is hard for me to get motivation,” said the Dominican Republic sprinter who won his second Olympic gold in the event this month. “I still need to come down from all the excitement in London. “Today, I was tired, it was a long season and I need some vacation. After my last race in Berlin, I just need any beach in my country and I will lie down there for a week.” Olympic champion Sanya Richards-Ross won the women’s 400 metres in 50.21 seconds ahead of Botswana’s Amantle Montsho. Croatia’s Olympic gold medallist Sandra Perkovic won the women’s discus but Olympic long jump champion Brittney Reese retired injured in her event, saying she had aggravated a tress fracture in her left ankle.

Fit-again Tiger plays down his poor weekend form By Ben Everill

Tiger Woods says he has shaken off his back problems

TIGER Woods says he has shaken off his back problems and is conﬁdent his recent weekend struggles are not part of a new trend as he sets his sights on this weekend’s Deutsche Bank Championship. Woods entered the PGA Tour’s lucrative four-event playoffs at the top of the FedExCup standings but faded in last week’s Barclays tournament, ﬁnishing in a tie for 38th after being inside the top 10 at the midway point. His slide was partly attributed to a tweaked back after sleeping on a soft hotel bed, although he managed the pain successfully during his second round at Bethpage Black. “The back is good,” world number three Woods told re-

porters while preparing for last night’s opening round at the TPC Boston. “It was nice to have the treatment there on the weekend and then have Monday off. “It’s nice this tournament starts a little bit later, so I’ve got an extra day to kind of get some more treatment at home,” he said of the unusual Friday start. “Yesterday, it felt great. I hit it really well, and had no issues at all.” Woods slipped to third in the FedExCup standings after The Barclays and, though he is guaranteed a spot in the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta, his recent poor form over the weekend has prompted some to question his ‘killer’ instinct. “You can’t really look at it as real bad, going on this year,” said Woods, who has fallen backwards in the last three

majors after being in contention going into the weekend. “At the time, most of the year, I was leading the money list, I was number one in FedExCup points and I won three times, so it’s not like it’s been that bad.” Woods, a 14-times major winner, has won three PGA Tour events this season, more than anyone else. “It’s just a couple rounds here and there or it’s an upand-down here and there or it’s making one putt,” said the 36-year-old American. Ninety-eight players are in the ﬁeld at the TPC Boston and the top 70 will advance to next week’s BMW Championship in Indiana. Only 30 players will then qualify for the Tour Championship ﬁnale in Atlanta where the overall points winner pockets a $10 million bonus.

SOUTH Africa’s players believe in the game plan employed by coach Heyneke Meyer and the environment around the team allows them the freedom to disagree, Springbok captain Jean de Villiers said. Meyer has been criticised in South Africa for a rigid game plan revolving around forwards bashing the ball up to get over the gain line, with the backline generally used to implement the kicking and territory games the Boks have used in recent years. South Africa won their opening Rugby Championship match against Argentina in Cape Town, before being held to a shock draw last weekend in Mendoza by the debutants in the southern hemisphere competition formerly known as the Tri-Nations. “When you don’t live up to expectations then you will be criticised,” de Villiers told a news conference at Soweto’s Orlando Stadium. “But the important thing is that we believe in what we are doing, we are set on a game plan that we believe can produce winning rugby. “We deﬁnitely don’t feel like it’s a dictatorship. Heyneke is a new coach trying to get his message across as to how he wants us to play. But we’re all grown-ups, if we disagree then we’ll stand up and say so. “We believe in what the coach is trying to do, if that changes, then I believe our environment, the system the team operates in, allows us to have the space to express our views.” While the Springboks were panned for playing one-dimensional, forward-dominated rugby against Argentina, de Villiers said he felt the backline had been more effective than they were given credit for. “I’ve looked at the game again and I felt a bit better about it after that. A lot of positives can come out of that game, although there’s obviously lots to work on. “I thought we attacked really nicely at times, we created space and now the goal is to get the ball into that space. We’re not always using the forwards to get momentum, sometimes we use them to take the ball up and then the next phase we’ll go wide. “But we have to make sure we protect the ball out wide and not let the opposition spoil it at the ends of the ﬁeld.” The 31-year-old said discipline, the set-phases and adapting to the referee’s ruck interpretations were some of the areas that needed improvement ahead of the Australasian leg of their Rugby Championship campaign. The Boks will play matches against Australia in Perth on September 8 and New Zealand in Dunedin on September 15.

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Sport Relieved Lille welcome big spending PSG By Gregory Blachier

Barca have work to do on their defence after committing a series of blunders against Real Madrid in their two-legged Super Cup defeat

Barcelona to study defence Catalan giants desperate to eradicate costly mistakes at the back By Mark Elkington BARCELONA coach Tito Vilanova has work to do on his defence before the visit of Valencia this weekend after errors from Gerard Pique and Javier Mascherano handed Real Madrid the Spanish Super Cup. Jose Mourinho’s men scored twice in the ﬁrst 19 minutes at the Bernabeu on Wednesday, capitalising on mistakes from both central defenders to score and win 2-1 on the night and deal Vilanova his ﬁrst defeat since replacing Pep Guardiola.

In last week’s ﬁrst leg, it was goalkeeper Victor Valdes who committed a howler allowing Angel Di Maria to grab a late goal for Real that effectively gifted them the ﬁrst trophy of the season as they won on the away goals rule after a 4-4 aggregate draw. Barca, who host Valencia tomorrow night, top La Liga with two wins from two but have shown some lapses in concentration at the back in their opening games. “There are things we need to correct,” Vilanova told reporters after the loss, preferring to focus on the way his

side reacted to the goals and Adriano’s 29th-minute red card to come back into the game with Lionel Messi’s freekick. Barca and Spain defender Pique told reporters: “We should have done better at the start of the game, but to play here with ten men as we did deserves respect.” Barca captain Carles Puyol sat out Wednesday’s game as a precaution after fracturing a cheekbone against Osasuna last weekend, but could return wearing a face mask to tighten up the backline. The Catalans also have a slight doubt over fullback

Dani Alves who was forced to drop out of the second leg just before kickoff after suffering a muscle twinge in the warm up. While Vilanova faces up to his first setback of the campaign, Mourinho has overcome his with flying colours. Real failed to register a victory in their first three outings of the season, drawing 1-1 at home with Valencia, losing the Super Cup first leg 3-2 in Barcelona and then suffering a shock 2-1 league defeat at Getafe. Mourinho criticised the attitude of his players after the Getafe game and ap-

peared to have elicited the response he was looking for when they defeated Barca at home for the ﬁrst time in four years. “This was the Madrid we all want to see,” Real and Spain defender Alvaro Arbeloa told reporters. “We are the ﬁrst to acknowledge we didn’t give our best against Valencia and Getafe. The coach was right. This is the image we need to give.” Mourinho did not speak after their Super Cup triumph but returns to the Bernabeu for the visit of Granada tomorrow night.

Udinese and homeless Cagliari add to Italy troubles

Udinese’s penalty shootout defeat to Braga means Italy will have only two teams in the Champions League group stage

ITALIAN football has been given two more reminders of the sorry state of its domestic game by Udinese’s failure to qualify for the Champions League and the plight of homeless Cagliari. Udinese’s penalty shootout defeat to Braga, a side made up largely of journeymen Brazilian players, on Tuesday means Italy will have only two teams in the group stage. After falling to Arsenal at the same stage last year, Udinese’s latest setback has also raised worries about the future of the team who have habitually overachieved in recent seasons and been one of the success stories in the league. Coach Francesco Guidolin, who led them to a third-place ﬁnish last season, fourth the season before that and saw his best players sold off on both occasions, did not think he would get another chance to reach the group stage with the club. “Evidently I am not capable of leading a team into the Champions League,” said a dejected Guidolin, who has

been persuaded to stay on. “When you get so close several times and can’t go through, you have to learn from that experience and accept the truth.” Udinese must now try and pick themselves up and face titleholders Juventus at home tomorrow. Their defeat has led to soulsearching in the Italian media although, rather than looking for solutions at home, some are suggesting that it is time for UEFA to merge the Champions League and Europa League into one huge tournament. Italy had its quota of automatic Champions League places cut from three to two this season after Serie A dropped below the Bundesliga in the rankings used to calculate the number of berths per country. Udinese’s misfortune came on top of a miserable summer marked by the Calcioscommesse match-ﬁxing scandal, which led to points deductions for four Serie A teams, and the failure to attract top names to the country.

If Italy needed a timely reminder of why the top players no longer want to come, then the confusion over the venue for Sunday night’s CagliariAtalanta match has provided it. The Sardinian side has moved out of Stade Sant’Elia, its home since 1970, due to disagreements with the local authorities and growing safety worries. During the second half of last season, these forced Cagliari to play home games in Trieste, 1,000 kilometres and closer to Belgrade than their own base. Cagliari had intended to move to the Is Arenas stadium in the commune of Quartu Sant’Elena, around ﬁve kilometres outside the city. But with workmen rushing to ﬁnish necessary improvements to the new arena, Cagliari said in a statement that permission to play the match had not been granted. With 72 hours to kickoff and faced with the option of another trip to Trieste, Cagliari were still trying to convince the league that the new venue would be ready.

WITH a place in the Champions League group stage assured, Lille switch their focus to domestic action as they take on big spending Paris St Germain in a stern test of their Ligue One title credentials tomorrow night. The 2011 French champions needed an extra time goal on Wednesday to continue in the lucrative European tournament at the expense of Copenhagen in a game defender Franck Beria had labelled “the match of the year”. “It was important to qualify for the club and its future,” goalkeeper Mickael Landreau said after the 2-0 victory over the Danes. Lille, who signed France playmaker Marvin Martin and Ivory Coast forward Salomon Kalou this summer to make up for the departure of Eden Hazard to Chelsea, are widely regarded as the main challengers to PSG in this season’s title race. But the distraction of the European campaign has led to a disappointing league start. Lille could only draw 1-1 at home to Nancy ten days ago then relied on Landreau’s superb performance to save a point at lowly Nice last weekend. “Now we will focus on resting and have only the PSG game in mind,” said coach Rudi Garcia, who had revamped his starting lineup at Nice to prepare for the European tie. Sunday’s clash will also be an important match for PSG, who lie 11th on three points from three games after two goalless draws in disappointing showings at Ajaccio and Bordeaux. Defender Thiago Silva, one of the biggest signings of the summer, could make his debut at Lille after joining from AC Milan, while another recruit, Argentina forward Ezequiel Lavezzi, is serving the second of his two-match ban. While PSG have endured a stuttering start, Marseille are enjoying a bright beginning, but the memories of their tenth-place ﬁnish last season have left them cautious when talking about their French title chances. Marseille top the table on nine points from three games without conceding a goal and entertain European hopefuls Rennes tomorrow. “We have to keep both feet on the ground and appreciate this situation because we went through hard times,” defender Rod Fanni said this week. Second-placed Lyon, who lie two points behind Marseille, face Valenciennes, also on seven points, today without forward Lisandro Lopez who faces three weeks out because of injury. Defending champions Montpellier, who are suffering their worst start to a season in 15 years with one point, travel to bottom-side Sochaux, the only team without a point.

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AEL ready for title defence as Cyprus championship kicks off APOEL and Omonia desperate to regain former glory By Nemanja Bjedov AEL are the only Cypriot team remaining in any European competition, while APOEL, Omonia and Anorthosis, who all suffered disappointing early exits from the Europa League, welcome the return of the national championship this weekend. Defending champions AEL begin their title defence away to newly-promoted Doxa Katokopia on Monday evening at 7pm, after coming agonisingly close to qualifying for the group stage of the Champions League this week. The Limassol club, who won their ﬁrst domestic championship for 44 years in May, were undone by two late Anderlecht goals in their playoff tie, sending the Cypriots into the Europa League group stage where they were yesterday drawn alongside Marseille, Fenerbahce and Borussia Monchengladbach. APOEL, last champions two seasons ago, go into the domestic championship with their tails between their legs after suffering a terribly disappointing 4-2 aggregate defeat to Azerbaijani champions Neftchi in their Europa League playoff tie on Thursday night. The Nicosia giants, who went on a fairytale run to the quarter-ﬁnals of the Champions League last season, have been sent crashing back

Defending champions AEL, who won their first domestic championship for 44 years last season, begin their campaign away to new boys Doxa Katokopia on Monday evening down to earth after a 3-1 second leg loss in front of their home fans. Ivan Jovanovic’s men will now need to regroup and kick-start their season with an away win at Enosis Neon Paralimni on Monday at 7pm if they want to keep a promise of a double given to their fans. Arch-rivals Omonia won the first trophy of the season when they dismantled AEL 5-3 in the Super Cup ten days ago, and they will hope to produce another good performance against newcomers Ayia Napa tomorrow afternoon at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia. “The first game of the new season is always an important and unpredictable one and we want to begin our

league campaign with a win,” said Omonia manager Neophytos Larkou. “I believe that we are in good shape, both physically and psychologically. We strive to work hard in every training session and improve our form from game to game. “The ambitions are as high as always - to win everything we can,” Larkou added. Anorthosis, who won their last title in 2007/08, will be looking for a positive start when they face AEP Paphos at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca today at 7pm in the ﬁrst game of the new season. The Ammochostos side are eager to return to their former glory and, in order to do so, they will have to improve on last season’s per-

formances which saw them finish fourth, trailing AEL by nine points. AEK Larnaca and Apollon Limassol will try to get involved in the battle at the top of the table, but this could be a tall order for both teams as the big guns brought in some quality players during the summer. AEL signed Portuguese striker Orlando Sa from Fulham, while apart from Croatian forward Mario Budimir, APOEL bought two former Omonia stars in Efstathios Aloneftis and Christos Karipidis as well as influential French midfielder Selim Benachour, who scored twice against Neftchi. Omonia signed Portuguese playmaker Nuno Assis from Vitoria Guimaraes and qual-

ity Swiss goalkeeper Johnny Leoni, while Ronny Levy’s Anorthosis brought in Romanian forward Emil Jula on loan from German side Duisburg and defenders Pedro Almeida and Branko Ilic among others. AEK open their season with a local Larnaca derby against Alki tomorrow evening at 8pm, while Apollon host Ethnikos Achnas today at 8pm at the Tsirion Stadium in Limassol, while Olympiakos face Nea Salamina in Nicosia at the same time. It is hard to expect that any of the promoted sides of Ayia Napa, AEP Paphos and Doxa Katokopias will be able to create an immediate impact and it’s likely that they will all struggle to avoid the drop from the top ﬂight.

Italian jobs for Spurs and Liverpool By Ben Rumsby

A Luis Suarez strike two minutes from time squeezed Liverpool into the group stage against Hearts on Thursday

TOTTENHAM and Liverpool were both handed Italian jobs after being paired with Lazio and Udinese in yesterday’s Europa League group stage draw. Spurs - denied a Champions League spot despite finishing fourth in the Barclays Premier League after Chelsea’s European Cup triumph - were placed in Group J, which also contained Greek club Panathinaikos and Maribor of Slovenia. Three-time winners Liverpool will also face mega-rich Russian outfit Anzhi Makhachkala and Swiss side Young Boys in Group A. They and Tottenham were both top seeds but were arguably handed tougher groups than Newcastle, who were seeded third ahead of their first European campaign for six years. The Magpies were in Group D along with Bordeaux, Club Brugge and Maritimo. Manager Alan Pardew watched the draw live on television with several of his players yesterday afternoon and told his club’s official web-

site, www.nufc.co.uk: “My gut reaction is that the travelling is good, so I’m pleased about that - I didn’t really want to go to the Ukraine or Russia or anywhere. “The teams are of the standard you would expect in Europe so it’s a tough-ish group, not the toughest by any means, but not the weakest so it’s a test for us.” Newcastle were last in Europe in 2006, the same year Pardew led West Ham into what was then the UEFA Cup. “Last time at West Ham, we drew the top team in Serie A at the time,” he added. “Palermo had the best team in their history at that point so we were unlucky! “This draw - and the draw in the qualiﬁer - has been a little bit easier on me and I’m pleased about that on a personal level.” Holders Atletico Madrid meanwhile will face Hapoel Tel Aviv, Viktoria Plzen and newcomers Academica Coimbra. Athletic Bilbao, beaten by Atletico in last season’s ﬁnal face Lyon, Sparta Prague and Hapoel Kiryat Shmona in another of the 12 groups.

Sam’s the man for Carroll ANDY Carroll cited the influence of former manager Sam Allardyce as he completed a season-long loan move from Liverpool to West Ham. The 23-year-old England striker has joined the Hammers for the rest of 2012-13 campaign after a summer of intense speculation over his future at Anfield. Carroll, who moved to Liverpool from Newcastle for a British record £35 million just 19 months ago, has failed to establish himself on Merseyside. He had been linked with a return to the Magpies but it was his old Newcastle boss Allardyce who acquired his services. Carroll told West Ham’s website: “I know the manager well and some of the lads, so it is nice for me to come to a place where I know people. “I’m hoping to add a lot of goals and create a few chances. I know Sam from Newcastle and he was a massive reason for me coming. “When I worked with him at Newcastle it was great, so it was a no-brainer really. “It’s great to be here at West Ham and all signed up. I just can’t wait to get started now. I want to be playing games and obviously hoping to score some goals.” Carroll scored nine goals for the Reds last season but did not command a regular starting place. His form improved towards the end of the campaign but new Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has conceded the player did not feature in his current plans. Allardyce said: “I think for all parties this is a great signing. “Andy is an all-round footballer, but because he is 6ft 3in and one of his strengths is his aerial power everybody dismisses the ability he possesses on the floor. “Hopefully he can score goals for us and we will be in a very good position at the end of the year in the Premier League.” Rodgers has claimed the move does not mean Liverpool are writing off the investment they have made in Carroll. He said: “I believe it has been difficult for him in his period here. He hasn’t played anywhere near as regularly as he wanted to and he wanted this to be a season where he was going to be playing regularly. “Obviously I couldn’t guarantee that and obviously getting later into the window it still wasn’t the case. “The club made a monumental investment in Andy but it is no good him being on the bench.” The transfer window closed in the early hours of this morning.

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Schumacher ready to celebrate 300th Grand Prix at historic Spa Seven-time F1 champion aims to make it a memorable weekend for Mercedes By Alan Baldwin

ICHAEL Schumacher is back in his Belgian ‘living room’ this weekend, ready to celebrate a 300th career Grand Prix at a Spa-Francorchamps circuit that has already given him so many great memories to treasure. Only one other driver, Schumacher’s former Ferrari team mate Rubens Barrichello, has reached such a milestone in Formula One and the seven times world champion could not have chosen a more special place for it. Spa was where the German made an eye-catching debut in 1991, qualifying seventh as a little-known stand-in with the Jordan team, and where with Benetton in 1992 he took the ﬁrst of his record 91 wins. The longest track in Formula One, sweeping through the Ardennes forests, was also where he won his last championship in 2004 with Ferrari. The 43-year-old has won there six times, more than any other driver. “Spa is like my living room; For me, it’s clearly the number one race track in the world,” the Mercedes driver declared in a team preview as Formula One returned to work after the long August shutdown. “It’s uncanny how I always seem to have special moments there...the fact that I will also take part in my

Legend: Michael Schumacher couldn’t have chosen a better place to mark his milestone than the iconic Belgian track 300th Grand Prix at Spa was somehow almost inevitable and we will have to celebrate it in the right way.” Schumacher is 12th overall in the current standings and a massive 135 points behind Ferrari’s leader Fernando

Alonso with nine of the 20 races remaining. Mercedes, who took a breakthrough win in China with Nico Rosberg in April and celebrated Schumacher’s return to the podium for the ﬁrst time since 2006 when

he ﬁnished third in Valencia in June, will hope to make it a weekend to remember even if they are far from favourites. Spa - dripping with history as well as everything else the notoriously ﬁckle

local climate can throw at it - is just about every Formula One driver’s top track with its fast-ﬂowing layout and sweeping plunge down and up through Eau Rouge. It is no place for the fainthearted, rewarding the fear-

less as the list of winners testifies: Only two in the last 25 years have not gone on to win titles or been champions already. Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen still holds the lap record, set with McLaren in 2004, and the Finn’s last grand prix victory was at Spa with Ferrari in 2009 before he left F1 for two years to go rallying. Raikkonen, fifth overall and 48 points adrift of Spaniard Alonso, has won four times in Belgium - including three times in a row between 2004 and 2007. After finishing second in Hungary in the last race before the summer break, Raikkonen will fancy his chances of a first win with his new team - particularly if the weather stays dry. “Of course, we will do our very best to win this race. I have stood in the middle of the podium a few times and I want to be there again,” he said. “For me it is the greatest racing circuit in the world. It is my favourite place.” Ferrari and McLaren have traditionally done well at Spa while Red Bull’s double champion Sebastian Vettel won last year from pole. Alonso, pushing hard for a third title and set for a record-equalling 24th successive race in the points, Red Bull’s Mark Webber and McLaren’s Jenson Button have never won at Spa and all will be pushing hard to add the classic trophy to their collections as the season enters its decisive phase.

United rely on Van Persie in Rooney’s absence By Alison Wildey

Robin Van Persie, who scored on his Old Trafford debut last Saturday, will need to shoulder the goal-scoring burden

MANCHESTER United will need new signing Robin Van Persie to shoulder the goal-scoring burden when they travel to promoted Southampton in the Premier League tomorrow (6pm) without the injured Wayne Rooney. Former Arsenal striker Van Persie scored on his ﬁrst start for United in the 3-2 comeback win over Fulham last Saturday and manager Sir Alex Ferguson was delighted with the way the Dutchman linked up with fellow new signing Shinji Kagawa who was also on target. “I was pleased with both of them. It’s early on and they’ll have a better understanding as time goes on,” said Ferguson. Substitute Rooney suffered a deep gash to his thigh

against Fulham and the England striker remained in the headlines this week as British media speculated the 26-year-old could be on his way out of Old Trafford after being left out of the starting lineup. “Read the nonsense in the papers and heard what people have to say,” Rooney said on Twitter. “Absolute rubbish. Here to stay.” United, who started the season with a defeat at Everton, could welcome back Jonny Evans after injury to ease their problems in defence. Southampton have been thrown in at the deep end in their ﬁrst top-ﬂight season since 2005 having opened the campaign against champions Manchester City. They gave City a scare before losing 3-2 and have yet to pick up a point from their two games. Fifth-placed City host

Queens Park Rangers again this evening (7.30pm) with the Londoners having a different look to the team that conceded two stoppage-time goals in May to hand their opponents the title after a busy time in the transfer market for manager Mark Hughes. QPR suffered a 5-0 home drubbing by Swansea on the opening day before drawing 1-1 at Norwich last week. “It’s important to remember there are a lot of new faces in this team,” striker Bobby Zamora told the club website. “We are not all going to click straight away, it’s not going to be perfect from the getgo.” City drew at Liverpool last time out courtesy of a defensive error from Martin Skrtel which allowed Carlos Tevez to score his 100th goal in English football but it left

manager Roberto Mancini conceding there was room for improvement. “We lost two goals from free kicks so I think we need to improve,” the Italian said. “We are not 100 per cent for many reasons, for this it is important we didn’t lose this game.” Liverpool’s Turkey playmaker Nuri Sahin could make his debut in tomorrow’s home match against Arsenal (3.30pm). “We’ll assess the player and I’m sure he’ll be involved in the squad at the weekend,” manager Brendan Rodgers said.