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Central Bank hands over list of 6,000

Nelson’s letters up for auction

Names of firms and persons who transferred money out between March 1st and 15th

By George Psyllides

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HE Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) yesterday handed lawmakers a list of 6,000 companies and individuals who withdrew money from Cyprus up to 15 days before a controversial Eurogroup decision to force losses on depositors as a condition for a €10 billion bailout.

However, the chairman of the House Ethics Committee, which was due to look into a list detailing transfers of more than €100,000 from the two major banks - Bank of Cyprus (BoC) and Laiki - said that the list fell short of what he had requested.

“It was with great disappointment and anger that, when we opened the envelope, we realised it contained data for only 15 days even though we had asked for a year,” MP Demetris Syllouris told reporters. “This kind of behaviour is unacceptable.”

The amounts transferred were in the region of tens of millions, Syllouris said.

In a letter to Syllouris, then Central Bank (former) deputy governor Spyros

Stavrinakis said he was only attaching a list of individuals and companies who transferred money out of Cyprus between March 1 and 15 this year.

“We believe your request would lead to a huge volume of information, which would possibly not help the aim of your committee,” Stavrinakis said.

This included foreign companies that transfer large sums of money each day, as well as Cypriots who bought property, he said.

Syllouris said the CBC governor’s behaviour was unacceptable and that he would summon Panicos Demetriades to appear before the committee and explain why he refused to hand over all the data.

Syllouris said the list would not be given to MPs or parties because it was incomplete. And it would not be made public before the reasons for the withdrawals were determined.

Cypriot banks were shut down for nearly two weeks to prevent a run on deposits by panicked savers, after a March 15 bailout deal Cyprus struck with the European

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Chairman of the House Ethics Committee, Demetris Syllouris, received the list yesterday (Christos Theodorides)

A PAIR of letters written by Lord Horatio Nelson are to go under the hammer later this year.

The letters, one of which was written in Nelson’s left hand after he lost his right arm at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, will be sold by Hansons Auctioneers in June.

They are expected to sell for between £7,000 and £10,000 each.

The first letter, dated May 7, 1793, coincides with a young Nelson’s rise to power after years of working as a midshipman under his uncle’s supervision.

In 1793, revolutionary France had declared war on Great Britain, and so began Horatio Nelson’s rise to naval success.

Nelson had been on half pay in England for five years but was suddenly given command of the Agamemnon gunship.

The first letter documents Nelson’s response to a shipmate attempting to leave his rank.

Nelson writes: “I am sorry to say (he) cannot have my leave of absence to go to London. He came on board the ship from the Sandwich by his own free will and consent therefore why he should now be so uncomfortable as he appears to be I cannot account.”

The second letter, dated October 21, 1804, is a much more scrawled piece written in his left hand.

Nelson had his right arm amputated in 1797 following an injury at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

The letter, written in the year before his death at the Battle of Trafalgar, praises Major James Weir of the Royal Marines.

Nelson writes: “You merit everything which a grateful country could bestow upon your services. I shall be soon in England and if my testimony of your services can be useful it shall be very much at your service.”

Nelson was shot and killed during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

Charles Hanson, manager of Hansons Auctioneers, said: “We expect that these letters written by a great hand will stir up international interest.

“The rarity, prestige and British pride that the pair of these letters epitomise is something that should inspire collectors worldwide.”

The letters will go under the hammer at Hansons summer fine arts auction at the Etwall auction house on June 29.

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ON THIS DAY APRIL 10 1912

35 years ago, Tuesday April 10, 1978

The Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on what is to be its maiden voyage.

Water rationing in Nicosia town and suburbs is being reintroduced as from today. The Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Nicosia Water Board said that because of the increased consumption and inadequate supply it would be necessary to restrict the flow as in the past year. The water will be turned on by rotation every other day whilst for Sundays supply will be according to availability.

1919 Emiliano Zapata, a leader of peasants and indigenous people during the Mexican Revolution, is ambushed and shot dead in Morelos by government forces.

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The U.S. table tennis team start a weeklong visit to China.

The visit begins to thaw the frosty relationship between the two countries, in what comes to be known as “pingpong diplomacy”.

1972 A massive earthquake hits the south of Iran, killing 4,000 people.

1998 The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Belfast as a precursor to peace in Northern Ireland.

45 years ago, Wednesday April 10, 1968 Dr Kuchuk said last night that the proposed talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots should not be within the ‘good offices’ mandate of the UN Secretary-general.

He also declared that President Makarios’ proposals should not be the subject of these talks and added that it would be very useful if the talks were held outside the island.

55 years ago, Thursday April 10, 1958 Islandwide church bells will toll in mourning today. It is Maundy Thursday, the day of the Crucifixion within the Greek Orthodox Church. But Greek Cypriots are intending to observe a 24-hour strike, demanding the return of the 20 political convicts in England and the abolition of the detention camps.

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Home Deputy chief post at Central Bank axed by new government

By George Psyllides THE president cancelled the controversial appointment of Spyros Stavrinakis to the post of deputy Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) governor, the government spokesman said yesterday.

“Spyros Stavrinakis’ act of appointment to the position of deputy CBC governor has been rescinded and the appointment in question is terminated,” Christos Stylianides said.

Stavrinakis, a senior CBC director, was appointed deputy governor by former president Demetris Christofias 13 days before the February 17 presidential elections, which the latter did not contest. Christofias claimed the appointment was necessary due to the Central Bank’s increasing obligations, reject-

ing suggestions it that was politically motivated. The position is reserved in the constitution for Turkish Cypriots and had been vacant for the past 50 years.

The appointment was made possible by invoking the Law of Necessity, passed after the Turkish Cypriots abandoned parliament and their positions in the government in the 1960s, basically to enable the state to function properly even if certain acts conflicted with the constitution.

Article 118 of the Constitution, drafted in 1960, states: “The President and Vice-President of the Republic shall jointly appoint two capable and suitable persons as Governor and deputy Governor of the Bank of Issue, in compliance with the rule that the Governor and deputy Governor shall not hail from the same community.”

The article goes on to say that the same applies in the event the Bank of Issue is converted to a Central Bank.

The deputy attorney-general and deputy auditor-general positions have also been filled in the past using the same law.

The government said the emergency conditions cited by the Law of Necessity to justify its use “essentially do not exist” thus the appointment could be rescinded. President Nicos Anastasiades had said he would revoke the appointment if elected.

Stavrinakis, who had been sidelined by the previous governor, Athanasios Orphanides, was upgraded as soon as the current CBC Governor, Panicos Demetriades, took over last year.

Former ruling party AKEL described the government’s decision as irresponsible, wondering if it had taken into consideration the amount of work the CBC currently has to deal with.

“In such a critical moment for the Cypriot economy, the government chose to act irresponsibly, simply to serve its expediencies,” AKEL said.

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On top of that, AG Petros Clerides said he had been told to prepare legislation on Friday March 15 for haircut on deposits (continued from front page) Union to save it from bankruptcy forced small and big depositors in all banks to bear part of the cost.

Parliament rejected the deal and a new one was struck a week later, which saw the resolution of Laiki and forced losses on uninsured deposits – over €100,000 – in BoC, which could reach 60 per cent.

Banks reopened on March 28 under tight restrictions and a cash withdrawal limit of €300 per day, but disclosures that capital was shifted out of the island in the runup to the lockdown on March 15 fuelled public anger and prompted parliament to investigate.

It did appear however that the government had been expecting, or maybe preparing for some sort of haircut on deposits before the Friday March 15 Eurogroup meeting.

In an interview on private TV station Sigma, Attorney-general Petros Clerides said he had been asked on Friday morning to prepare legislation regarding a haircut on deposits.

“Two senior finance ministry officials came to my office with instructions to prepare legislation,” Clerides said. The island’s top lawyer said they left some gaps in the bill to be filled later, without clarifying.

“It did look like the situation was very

bad but everyone expected or hoped that it would be avoided at the last moment,” Clerides suggested.

Former ruling party AKEL jumped on the opportunity and accused the government of knowing in advance despite their declarations to the contrary and despite pledges they would never accept a haircut.

Essentially they accepted it however before the Eurogroup even met, AKEL MP Stavros Evagorou said.

He also censured President Nicos Anastasiades for not consulting with other parties before departing for Brussels that weekend.

Government spokesman Christos Stylianides said Anastasiades found out about the lender intentions during meetings with the heads of the IMF and the ECB when he got there.

“Anyone attempting to muddy the waters by saying unreal things was effectively trying to hide their own responsibilities,” Stylianides said, suggesting that the previous administration knew full well what was going on.

The haircut on deposits as a means to recapitalise the island’s stricken banks had been mooted repeatedly during the previous administration’s tenure, and especially towards the end of the year and through January.

Finance Minister Haris Georgiades at the House yesterday

SUPREME Court judge Andreas Kramvis, who is due to retire next month, will be replacing Yiannakis Constantinides, the outgoing member of a committee of inquiry into the responsibilities of Cyprus’ financial debacle, government spokesman Christos Stylianides said.

“The President of the Republic accepted (yesterday) the resignation submitted in writing… by Yiannakis Constantinides for health reasons,” Stylianides said.

Constantinides resigned less than a week after being sworn in as an investigator.

President Nicos Anastasiades has appointed Kramvis to replace him, the spokesman added.

The other two members are a former Supreme Court judge and former member of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Giorgos Pikis who also heads the investigation, and former Supreme Court judge Panayiotis Kallis.

The committee is expected to investigate why the country came to the brink of bankruptcy.

Kramvis was born in 1945, studied Law at Athens University, started practising law in Cyprus in 1972 and was appointed District Judge in 1982. He was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Cyprus in 1997.

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Noble firms up on drilling date, says committed Cyprus is very important to Noble Energy, firm’ s CEO tells reporter at conference

By Elias Hazou NOBLE Energy will begin appraisal drilling in its Block 12 offshore licence most likely in June, its CEO Charles Davidson said yesterday.

It was the first time the Houston-based company committed to anything close to a firm date for followup prospecting after initial drilling back in late 2011.

“Cyprus is very important to Noble Energy...we are committed to move forward with our Cyprus discovery,” the Noble boss said during a press briefing on the sidelines of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference held in Nicosia.

In the eastern Mediterranean, Noble’s priorities in the region lie in Cyprus and the Tamar and Leviathan prospects in Israel, Davidson said, driving the point home.

The Noble boss, who earlier in the day held talks with President Nicos Anastasiades, said the company needed a commercial framework agreement with the government in order to press forward.

Globally, the US company plans to invest some $3.9bn (€3bn) in projects around the world this year.

Appraisal drilling at the Aphrodite well would likely start in June, as soon as the rig - currently deployed in Israel’s Karish field - is freed up, Davidson said.

Actual drilling may last anywhere from 75 to 90 days, after which it would take two to three more months to assess the data and come up with a more accurate assessment of how much gas the well holds.

“We’ll get a better handle on the extent of the reservoir,” Noble’s CEO said.

Initial drilling at the site

determined the field has a gross mean average of 7 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas with an estimated gross resource range of 5 to 8 trillion.

In industry jargon, those figures were based on P75, or 75 per cent probability. Davidson explained that means there’s a 25 per cent chance of the gas being lower than 5 tfc, the lower end of the estimate, and a 25 per cent probability exceeding the higher end of 8 tcf.

Follow-up drilling will further narrow down the range, allowing Noble to figure out how to proceed next, said Davidson, adding: “In our business, 1 tcf makes a lot of difference. The way I view LNG projects is, the bigger, the better...scale is your friend. It makes it that much easier to convince customers who’re interested in buying for 25 years.”

‘THINK GLOBALLY’ On monetising the Cyprus finds, Noble believes the best option is an LNG project. Unlike a pipeline, an LNG plant offers flexibility of markets.

“We need to be thinking globally,” as Davidson put it. It would take four years to build the LNG facility for exports, he said, “but we can shave a year off that for domestic deliveries to the Cyprus market.

“We need a strategic partner, as for example what we’ve done with Woodside in Israel, and we’re currently exploring that.”

Noble require a partner with experience in marketing the gas, and are waiting on the government to declare LNG as official policy.

Assuming the reserves are commercially viable, that would allow Noble to make a final investment decision.

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Under the terms of the production-sharing agreement with the government, Noble must declare commerciality within three months after the appraisal.

Davidson chose his words carefully when asked what would happen in the event of a Turkish-Israeli deal, given that the bulk of the gas Noble has discovered in the Eastern Mediterranean (30 out of 37 tcf) lies in Israeli waters. Quizzed on whether Noble might then give priority to the Israeli prospects, Davidson said the company’s projects in Cyprus and Israel were not in competition with one another.

“Obviously we will be working closely with the governments in each project...it’s a joint process,” he said.

Davidson offered a similar response when asked how Noble’s plans might be affected should the Israelis move to build their own LNG plant, but added: “We’re hoping for co-operation between the two countries.”

At any rate, Davidson said, Cyprus has a head-start on the LNG project, having already chosen the site for the plant.

Still, it’s understood that Noble regards the Aphrodite prospect as a worthwhile investment in its own right, provided the field holds as much gas as expected.

The Noble boss dismissed the notion that Noble was dragging its feet on Cyprus, noting that the exploratory drilling was carried out not long ago.

Davidson was flanked by many of Noble’s top brass: Terry Gerhart, Vice President - International for Noble Energy; Keith Elliott, Noble’s vice president of operations and engineering services, who will be taking over Gerhart’s position; John Tomic, operations director in Cyprus; and Barry Shelden, Appalachia Business Unit Manager at Noble Energy.

President Nicos Anastasiades hosts a delegation from Noble Energy yesterday

Anastasiades: natural gas now cornerstone of state’s policy

By Elias Hazou DEBT-STRICKEN Cyprus is pinning its hopes for economic recovery on the potentially vast reserves of offshore natural gas, President Nicos Anastasiades said yesterday.

“Taking into consideration the difficulties that we now face due to the economic crisis, the prudent exploitation of the domestic hydrocarbon resources has been set as the cornerstone of our policy.

“In fact, the energy sector of Cyprus shapes up today as the key towards the achievement of our goals for economic resurgence and growth and the creation of new jobs,” the President said in an address to the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference.

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(it wraps up today) brings together big industry players, including ConocoPhillips, Total E&P Research & Technology USA, Woodside Energy Ltd, GL Noble Denton, Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. Ltd and Technip.

Also yesterday, Anastasiades met with Noble CEO and chairman Charles Davidson to discuss the subject of natural gas. No statements were made after the meeting; but the government spokesman later said Noble has reaffirmed its commitment to developing its gas finds as soon as possible.

The President was informed that Noble plans to carry out appraisal drilling at the Aphrodite prospect in June, the spokesman said. “Once the confirmation drilling is completed, we shall have a clearer picture with regard to the extent of the reservoir,” Christos Stylianides added.

“The company has reaffirmed its pledge to develop the [gas] reserves in the best possible manner. Also discussed were the [LNG]

terminal and the company’s participation in it, as well as the participation of other companies and partners, with a view to making the most of the sale of the reserves within Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone.”

The Noble boss meanwhile is set to fly out to Israel this week to mark the start of gas flow from the Tamar field.

According to Israeli media, Davidson’s visit is also intended to help persuade the Israeli government to allow gas exports. Tel Aviv is shortly due to decide whether to approve a commission’s recommendations for gas exports.

The Cypriot ministers of foreign affairs and trade are currently in Israel for talks on energy cooperation, including on a unitisation agreement regarding the gas-sharing and exploitation of reserves that fall on the maritime boundary between the two nations.

Their trip is ahead of a state visit to Israel by the President scheduled for next month.

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AG quashed son’s driving violations ‘I acted in good conscience and with full transparency’

By Poly Pantelides ATTORNEY-general (AG) Petros Clerides used his position to suspend prosecution on his son, Christodoulos Clerides, who was caught driving over the alcohol limit in a car that had not passed an MOT and for which he did not have up-to-date road tax.

But the AG has said he has done nothing wrong by helping out his son who was 32 at the time, because he would have done the same for someone else’s child.

Police filed a case against Christodoulos Clerides – a lawyer and the AG’s son – on June 11, 2011 and the AG informed Nicosia District Court in November 2011 that the Republic was suspending prosecution, Greek newspaper To Ethnos reported on Sunday.

Petros Clerides was asked to comment on the move on Sigma TV’s show 60 Minutes (60 Lepta) on Monday night, hours after he hung up on the Cyprus Mail when asked about the Greek report. Although he did not go into many details on the TV show, and his interviewer did not press him on the issue, Clerides did confirm the report was true.

His son Christodoulos Clerides did not respond to a number of requests to comment on Monday either.

“I acted in good conscience and with full transparency,” Clerides senior told Sigma. He said it would have been “very easy” for him to sweep the charges under the carpet and prevent them from reaching the court, but that instead he did everything officially.

“I don’t feel shame or anything else for what I’ve done. I’ve done it for many children and it would not be justifiable exempting my child simply because he was my own child,” Clerides said.

“So you are saying that it was exactly the opposite (of showing partiality). You handled the case in a way similar to handling many others,” Clerides’ interviewer said, helping the AG justify himself.

“In exactly the same way,” Clerides said... twice for emphasis. He continued: “…for an offence that is not an even an offence today because it is regulated through on-the-spot fines… and would bear no consequences for my child even if (the case) had gone to court,” Clerides said.

“These offences do not get registered on (someone’s criminal) record. You pay a small fine and that would be it.” So suggestions that he got his son “or anyone else” off the hook from “heavy consequences” were “sensationalist” reports, Clerides said.

Parliament passed the law regulating

drink driving offences through on-thespot fines in June last year, over half a year after Clerides suspended prosecution on his son’s case. The Cyprus Bar Association’s Code of Ethics states that “lawyers have an obligation to follow existing legislations”. The Bar Association’s disciplinary board is headed by the Attorney-general.

Sigma TV’s caption just referred to the AG’s statement of a “driving offence that would have borne no consequences” and the interviewer did not ask Clerides what consequences could have arisen for his son’s career if found guilty of a drink driving offence.

Article 113 of the constitution grants the Attorney-general or members of his office acting on his instructions the right to suspend any prosecution against anyone in Cyprus “exercisable at (the AG’s) discretion in the public interest”.

“So this is not something you handled behind closed doors without the knowledge of your subordinates,” Clerides’ interviewer said on Sigma. “No, I wrote the letter myself, it was registered, sent to the police and filed in records. There was nothing that showed that I tried to hide in this case.”

“So it was lawful and morally right?” the interviewer said. “The AG decides alone on all issues,” Clerides said.

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Home CYPRUS TODAY Judges withdraw pay cut challenge MORE than half of the district court judges appealing mandatory pay cuts as part of austerity measures legislation passed in late 2011 have withdrawn their appeals lodged with the Supreme Court.

Some 85 judges lodged appeals arguing that the Constitution protected their salaries. The judges argued through their lawyers that unconstitutional law could not be made constitutional just because the state cited financial difficulties.

They had proposed instead to make a voluntary contribution from their salary, although it was not clear if the contribution would equal the total cuts imposed.

But 45 of the judges said yesterday through their lawyers they were withdrawing their appeals – their position on the Constitution notwithstanding – because today’s financial landscape “required everyone to contribute,” state broadcaster CyBC said. A further 20 of the remaining 40 judges repeated their willingness to make a voluntary contribution, arguing that they wanted to secure the independence of justice, not dodge pay cuts, CyBC said.

More measures to tackle hooliganism

First Lady to head up volunteers FIRST Lady, Andry Anastasiades, has been declared the President of the Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council.

The declaration was made on Monday at the presidential palace during a meeting she had with the President of the Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council Stavros Olympios, and members of the executive committee.

Olympios stressed the importance of volunteerism in helping solve the social problems in Cyprus. He referred to Anastasiades’ participation in volunteer actions and the importance of her involvement as president of the council. Anastasiades thanked the council for the honour. She promised to live up to expectations and hoped that the council would have the strength to continue its work “especially now when our island is going through a difficult economic crisis.”

Olympios has asked Anastasiades and other politicians to help have voluntary organisations excluded from the bank deposit haircut.

Man jailed for New Year’s murder THE Criminal Court in Limassol sentenced 38-year-old Yiannakis Evangelou to seven years in jail yesterday, for the murder of 34-year-old Yiannakis Christodoulou aka Foxy on the night of New Year’s Day in Limassol.

Evangelou who was in a relationship with Christodoulou’s estranged wife, admitted to stabbing the victim after a fight and an argument in the Monovolikos area, where they had arranged to meet. Christodoulou was stabbed five times, four times in the front and once in the back.

The defence had pleaded with the court to take into consideration that Evangelou was defending himself, that he had received threats from Foxy, that he had fully cooperated with the police and that he regretted his actions.

The criminal court finally decided to sentence the 38year-old to seven years in jail for manslaughter.

SBA police calling for witnesses SBA Police are calling on any members of the public who have information about the murder of 35-year-old Loucas Constantinou, whose burnt remains were found in a car near Lady’s Mile last Tuesday, to come forward.

Despite police holding a 36-year-old man in relation to the case, SBA Police and local police are carrying out a campaign to ask residents of the area or passersby who might have seen something to come forward. SBA Police are calling on anyone who was in the area of the murder last Monday night and might have any information to call 1443, assuring callers of confidentiality.

The 36-year-old is currently at Limassol General Hospital and as soon as his health improves will be taken to British base court, which will decide how many days he will be held.

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Justice Minister calls on clubs and fan clubs not to ignore their responsibilities when it comes to match violence

By Peter Stevenson A MEETING was held yesterday at the justice ministry aimed at creating new measures to prevent the many incidents of violence and hooliganism witnessed at football matches.

Justice Minister, Ionas Nicolaou, in a statement called on everyone involved to cooperate and crack down on the recent increase in violence at various football grounds.

He stressed that hooliganism and violence did not reflect the Cypriot culture.

Events on Saturday, before, during and after the Omonia – APOEL match in Nicosia and the Anorthosis – AEK match in Larnaca when 15 people were arrested and others injured were the worst in recent times, he added.

Nicolaou said that he spoke with the top brass of the police force and they have decided on increased measures to be taken during football matches.

New measures will deal with controlling fans and what they carry into the stadium, increasing police manpower at games and taking stronger action against wrongdoers.

The minister stressed it was essential that organised fan clubs and the clubs themselves cooperated with police in helping them check fans as they travel from stadium to stadium but also as they enter grounds.

“We understand the problems that exist due to the economic crisis but at the same time you cannot ignore your responsibility regarding spectators’ safety as they enter and leave stadiums,” he said.

“I would like to call on everyone involved, the clubs, organised fan groups, stadium managers and every single fan that goes to a stadium to cooperate with the police so we can deal with these problems that should not reflect our culture,” he added.

Previous governments have tried to tackle match violence with limited success.

Kofinou shooting-spree suspect is referred for trial next month Peter Stevenson A MAN suspected of killing another and injuring four other people in two separate shooting incidents in Kofinou on March 23, has been referred for trial on May 21.

Prodromos Hadjipanayis, aka Yiannis, 33, is alleged to have shot and killed 54-year-old Panicos Stavrou and injured his son Giorgos Georgiou.

Subsequently he went to the local market where he allegedly shot and injured owners Adamos and Panayiotis Lambrou, and 37-year-old Katy Charalambous.

Father and son, Stavrou and Georgiou, were working on a TurkishCypriot house at the time, which appeared to have been at the centre of the dispute.

Hadjipanayis has been charged with first-degree murder, attempted

murder, illegally carrying a Class A firearm and illegal transportation and use of explosives during the incidents in Kofinou on Saturday, March 23.

He admitted to the murder and to the other attacks, police said. His second, eight-day remand came to an end yesterday and he was taken from Limassol General Hospital to Larnaca police headquarters and from there to the Central Prisons in Nicosia until trial.

Hadjipanayis had been under guard in hospital after injuring himself in a car crash at the end of his shooting spree.

The court accepted the prosecution’s demand that the defendant be held at the central prisons until his court date as there was no objection from the defendant’s lawyer.

The prosecution argued that the 33-year-old should remain in custody as there had been testimony that

on the day in question, he had visited yet another man with whom he had been at odds but whom he had not harmed on the day of the shooting because the man had managed to get away.

According to the defence, this incident occurred between the first round of shots fired at the TurkishCypriot house and the second round at the market.

There are also eyewitness reports from three people stating that on March 23 they saw Hadjipanayis shoot Adamos and Panayiotis Lambrou and Katy Charalambous.

The shootings – with a Kalashnikov assault rifle – were reportedly centred on a dispute over the property.

The 33-year-old suspect had been lobbying the Guardian of Turkish Cypriot Properties at the Interior Ministry to allocate the house to him, but it was given to Giorgos Georgiou instead.

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Deepening economic crisis forces Paphos hospice to downsize Special seven-bed cancer wing at clinic run by Friends Hospice is being ‘mothballed’ leaving only two beds

By Bejay Browne THE Friends Hospice in Paphos has been forced to scale down its operation due to the deepening economic crisis.

The hospice is currently the only operational hospice in Paphos and is situated in a dedicated wing of the Evangelismos hospital. Since opening in 2006, the facility has expanded and now consists of a seven-bed unit which is solely run by donations, money raised by the shops and fundraising events.

According to a hospice spokesman, running a multi-bed facility is no longer an option. He said: “We can’t continue as we are as we just can’t bring in the €500,000 which is needed to operate the hospice every year.”

“Sadly, the special wing in the hospice will be ‘mothballed’- but we will operate two beds providing hospice and

Church ready to pay up for monastery Health Minister Petros Petrides on a visit to the Kyperounda hospital in the mountains yesterday

Free lab tests for charity med clinic

By Poly Pantelides THE UMBRELLA body of private laboratories said yesterday it was looking into offering free services to the Cyprus’ Volunteer Doctors’ weekend clinic and has suggested its members drop prices to beneficiaries of subsidised healthcare.

The board of the association of clinical laboratory directors, biomedical and clinical laboratory scientists said it was looking to offer free services for necessary lab tests and nominal fees for other tests, its head Charilaos Charilaou said.

He was referring to the free weekend clinic in Nicosia by the Volunteer Doctors to help the needy.

“We now need to determine what is necessary and set up a protocol – no easy task – which will be done on a voluntary basis,” Charilaou said.

The board has also issued a list of suggested prices to its 145 members. This includes basic check-ups for €50, liver function tests for €25, and thyroid and prostate checks for €20 each. Other tests will be discounted, the association said.

“In this way, we can ease

problems with state hospitals (workload, delays, etc.) insofar as lab tests are involved, making doctors’ work easier in relation to correct and timely diagnosis and treatment,” the association said.

If members agree, the lab discounts will be available to beneficiaries of subsidised health care as defined by the memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreed with Cyprus’ lenders.

Asked why they did not suggest discounts for private sector workers who do not meet the state’s income criteria but may still struggle to make ends meet, Charilaou said that he was sure labs would consider such cases on an individual basis.

Health minister Petros Petrides said the state hospital labs spend too much on unnecessary tests.

As the health ministry continues mulling actions to reduce wasteful spending, outpatients in Limassol hospital will be booked in for their appointment electronically.

Within ten days, Limassol General Hospital will only use its IT system, connected with the director’s office in Limassol and with the ministry, the health minister said.

“No more paper,” Petrides said.

THE CHURCH of Cyprus is ready to pay to restore the crumbling Apostolos Andreas monastery in the occupied Karpas peninsula, Archbishop Chrysostomos II said yesterday.

The church is expected to put in the €2.5m necessary for the first phase of a threestage restoration process due to cost in total an estimated €6m.

The Primate said the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was ready to go to tender to launch works according to a study by Greece’s University of Patras.

The Archbishop said the Church was ready to pay as soon as the project was ready to begin.

“The whole process will take place through the United Nations, and the blueprints adopted by the UNDP and no one will be able to bypass,” Chrysostomos said.

After years of failing to reach consensus on the restoration the Turkish Cypriot side announced earlier this year they were going ahead with the restoration on their own.

The Primate had previously said he would rather let the monastery collapse than undersign any agreement that did not explicitly state that the site belonged to the Church of Cyprus.

But after the Turkish Cypriot move, the UN announced that the project was going ahead on a “multi-donor partnership” and has signed separate protocol agreements with the Church and the Turkish Cypriot EVKAF religious foundation.

palliative care in the main part of the Evangelismos hospital. To run an entire wing with electricity and so on is something we can’t afford to do at the moment.”

Although nursing levels have been reduced, five of the six nurses have been kept on. The clinical manager and five carers were also let go.

Chris Jones, the President of the Friends Hospice foundation said: “We will continue to offer palliative care to patients in the area. Many solutions to the economic situation were considered; however, in the current difficult financial climate, this was the only practical response we could take in order to continue providing hospice care.”

The hospice is run solely on donations, money raised by its charity shops, and through fundraising events.

Around 500 people have been cared for at the hospice. Figures show an aver-

age occupancy of 70 per cent with most patients being Cypriot. The two-bed facility will be able to take admissions immediately and there are hopes that if the economic climate changes, the hospice will be able to return to its own dedicated ward.

“The time had come to be realistic; we were hanging on by our fingernails. At least this way we can continue to help those in need of this specialist care,” said Jones.

Many of the paid staff members who have had to be let go have said they would continue to work for the hospice on a voluntary basis.

The Friends Hospice has charity shops situated in Kato Paphos, Chlorokas, Polis and Pissouri. To volunteer at a shop or to donate goods contact the Friends Hospice support group chairwoman, Julia, on 99 177 479. www.paphoshospice.org

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Priests to ‘accommodate’ gay couples in parishes This will include ‘prayer’ and ‘compassionate attention’ but not ‘formal public blessings’ according to report CHURCH of England priests have been told to “devise accommodations” for same-sex couples in their parishes, according to a report.

This will include “prayer” and “compassionate attention” but not “formal public blessings”, the document’s author said.

It is understood that these prayers could take place inside parish churches.

The Right Revd Dr Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop of Coventry, who wrote the report, said: “The form of prayer will depend upon the particular circumstances of the particular case.

“But we are talking about that sort of pastoral care if you like, and prayer, rather than something which is more formal and more public. This is part of the private, the personal, compassionate attention that a priest would give to people. It is not about public, formal recognition.”

The bishop said it is up to parish priests “to make informed, sensible, loving and careful judgments”.

But “what the church doesn’t offer

the parish priest is a service of blessing or public recognition”.

The church vigorously opposed the Government’s plans for gay marriage, describing the proposals in February as “the reshaping and unnecessary politicising of a fundamental social institution”.

The men and woman in marriage report, from the Church’s faith and order commission and agreed by the house of bishops, states that the Church “does not treat questions of what is possible in hard circumstances or exceptional conditions as simply closed”.

SPECIAL WAYS It adds: “What it can do is devise accommodations for specific conditions, bearing witness in special ways to the abiding importance of the norm.”

Bishop Cocksworth said the report does not signal a change in the Church’s approach to the public recognition of gay couples.

But he said that a commission on

same-sex relationships, set up in July 2011 under Sir Joseph Pilling, will report at some point later this year. “There is thought going on at the moment to the sort of prayer, if you like, that might be offered in that private, personal, pastoral care.

There is thought being given to that,” he said.

Senior clergy have previously questioned the official ban on public blessings for gay couples in civil partnerships.

In an address to the Diocese of Liverpool Synod in March, the Rt Rev James Jones, the outgoing Bishop of Liverpool, said: “If the Church now recognises civil partnerships to be a just response to the needs of gay people then surely the Church now has to ask the question whether or not it can deny the blessing of God to that which is just.

“There is such a deficit of love in the world today that it seems to me that the Church should bless true love wherever such love is to be found, believing what the Bible says that ‘where there is love there is God’.”

Runaway ballet star turns up in Moscow after fleeing London SERGEI Polunin, the Royal Ballet prodigy dubbed the bad boy of dance, has turned up in Moscow after fleeing a London performance last week, a spokeswoman for his Russian ballet company said yesterday.

It was the second vanishing act by the 23-year-old Ukrainian who dramatically quit Britain’s Royal Ballet in January last year just a week before he was due to dance in The Dream.

In his latest exodus, Polunin stopped showing up for rehearsals for the UK premiere of Midnight Express a week before the show was to start with director Peter Schaufuss expressing concern for a star known for his party lifestyle.

But a spokeswoman for the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre, where Polunin now dances, said on Tuesday that the star was fine and back in Moscow.

“He has not disappeared, he is in Moscow,” said the spokeswoman for the Moscow-based theatre, adding that he was “alive and well.

Nothing happened”.

The reason for Polunin’s sudden departure remains unknown.

The heavily tattooed Polunin is a rising star in the ballet world, joining the Royal Ballet at the age of 13 and at 21 becoming the youngest dancer to be made a principal.

Ryan Ackroyd arrives at court in London yesterday

British hacker ‘Kayla’ admits cyber attacks A BRITISH computer hacker pleaded guilty yesterday to cyber attacks on targets including Sony, Nintendo, Rupert Murdoch’s News International and the Arizona State Police.

Ryan Ackroyd’s plea meant his planned jury trial did not go ahead and, as a result, the court did not hear any evidence on the motivation behind the attacks he made using the persona of a 16-yearold girl named Kayla as part of hacking group LulzSec. Dressed in a tracksuit bottom and t-shirt, with a large tattoo on his arm and crewcut hair, Ackroyd spoke only to identify himself and to enter his plea. Ackroyd, 26, was arrested in 2011 with three other British young men in connection with an international cyber crime spree by LulzSec, a splinter group of hacking collective Anonymous.

The other three had already pleaded guilty to several charges including cyber attacks on the CIA and Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). Anonymous, and LulzSec in particular, made international headlines in late 2010 when they launched what they called the “first cyber war” in retaliation for attempts to shut down the WikiLeaks website. Ackroyd faced four charges but pleaded guilty to just one. Prosecutors said they would not pursue the other charges.

Ackroyd and his three fellow hackers will be sentenced on

May 14, judge Deborah Taylor said.

Mustafa Al-Bassam, 18, and Jake Davis, 20, had both pleaded guilty to two counts while Ryan Cleary, 21, had pleaded guilty to six counts including that he attacked Pentagon computers operated by the US Air Force.

Cleary, Al-Bassam and Davis admitted to launching socalled distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in which websites are flooded with traffic to make them crash.

Ackroyd denied taking part in DDoS attacks but admitted, as did the three others, to hacking into computer systems, obtaining confidential data and redirecting legitimate website visitors to sites hosted by the hackers. The targets listed in the charge to which Ackroyd pleaded guilty also included Britain’s National Health Service, the US public broadcaster PBS and 20th Century Fox. The defendants are free on bail pending sentencing, under the condition they do not access the internet. Cleary was indicted by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles last June but US authorities have indicated they would not seek his extradition as he was being prosecuted in Britain on the same charges. The name LulzSec is a combination of “lulz”, another way of writing “lols” or “laugh out loud”, and security.

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Thatcher mourned but some opponents celebrate her death Funeral on April 17 Flags at half mast Queen to attend funeral World hails ‘Iron Lady’ Opponents celebrate

By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton ADMIRERS of Margaret Thatcher yesterday mourned the ‘Iron Lady’ who as Britain’s longest serving prime minister in over a century pitched free-market capitalism as the only medicine for her country’s crippled economy and the crumbling Soviet bloc.

World leaders past and present, from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to US President Barack Obama, led tributes to the grocer’s daughter who sought to arrest Britain’s decline and helped Ronald Reagan broker an end to the Cold War. “The world has lost one of the great champions of freedom and liberty, and America has lost a true friend,” said Obama.

While world leaders praised the most powerful British prime minister since her hero Winston Churchill, the scars of bitter struggles during her rule left Britain divided over her legacy.

Opponents celebrated in London, the English city of Bristol and the Scottish city of Glasgow, cheering her death and toasting to the death of “the witch” with champagne and cider.

“We’ve waited a long time for her death,” said Carl Chamberlain, 45, unemployed, sporting a grey ponytail and sipping on a can of cider in Brixton, London, the scene of riots in 1981.

Loathed and loved, Thatcher crushed trade unions, privatised swathes of British industry, clashed with European allies and fought a war to recover the Falkland Islands from Argentina.

Tuesday’s newspapers told the story: “The Woman Who Saved Britain”, declared the Daily Mail while the Daily Mirror, led on “The Woman Who Divided A Nation” in an article which questioned the grand, ceremonial fu-

neral planned for next week.

Thatcher’s body was removed overnight in a transit van with police escort from the Ritz Hotel where she had died on Monday morning following a stroke.

Thatcher’s final journey on April 17 will take her from a chapel inside the Palace of Westminster - where she deployed fearsome and forensic debating skills - to a St Paul’s Cathedral where she will arrive on a gun carriage drawn by horses from Queen Elizabeth’s artillery.

The Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, will attend the funeral, which is likely to be the grandest funeral for a British politician since Churchill’s state funeral in 1965. Though accorded full military honours, Thatcher did not want a state funeral.

She will be cremated.

PARLIAMENT Parliament will return from recess for a special session in her honour today.

“Very few leaders get to change not only the political landscape of their country but of the world. Margaret was such a leader. Her global impact was vast,” said Tony Blair, whose term as Labour prime minister from 1997-2007 he acknowledged owed a debt to the former leader of his Conservative opponents.

Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron cut short a visit abroad and flags flew at half mast. “The real thing about Margaret Thatcher is that she didn’t just lead our country, she saved our country,” Cameron said.

Mourners laid roses, tulips and lilies on the doorstep of her house in Belgravia, one of London’s most exclusive areas. One note said: “The greatest British leader” while another said to “The Iron Lady”, a soubriquet bestowed by a Soviet army newspaper in the 1970s and which Thatcher loved.

But, in a mark of lingering

Members of the Grimethorpe Working Mens Club sit at tables, in Grimethorpe, near Barnsley in northern England yesterday. They shed no tears for Thatcher, saying they would never forgive her for ‘decimating mining communities’ anger at a woman who explained her belief in private endeavour by declaring “there is no such thing as society”, someone also left a bottle of milk. To many Britons she remained “Maggie Thatcher, Milk Snatcher” for scrapping free milk for schoolchildren when she was education minister in 1971.

The abiding domestic images of her premiership will remain those of conflict: huge police confrontations with mass ranks of coalminers whose year-long strike failed to save their pits and communities; Thatcher riding a tank in a white headscarf; and flames rising above London’s Trafalgar Square in riots over a deeply unpopular “poll tax” which contributed to her downfall.

To those who opposed her she was blunt to a degree.

“She absolutely decimated mining communities with her policies and we will never ever forgive her,” Stephen Brunt, a former miner and union representative, told Reuters in the northern English town of Barnsley, the scene of pitched battles between striking miners and police in the 1980s.

“When I heard the news she had died, I shouted out ‘rejoice’,” Brunt said. “She is reviled around here.” Descending into dementia after years at the top table of world politics, Thatcher became almost a recluse, living out her life behind the white-stucco walls of her Georgian townhouse.

First PM funeral for Queen since Churchill THE QUEEN is to show her respect for Baroness Thatcher by attending the former prime minister’s funeral next week, it has been announced.

The service on Wednesday will be held at St Paul’s Cathedral, and is expected to be attended by dignitaries from around the world.

It will be the first time the Queen has attended the funeral of one of her prime ministers since Sir Winston Churchill died in 1965. Thatcher indicated she did not want the state event Churchill was granted, but will receive full military honours - the same status accorded the Queen Mother and Diana, Princess of Wales.

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The North’s latest message belied an atmosphere free of anxiety in the South Korean capital, where the city centre was bustling with traffic and offices operated normally.

Pyongyang has shown no sign of preparing its 1.2 million-strong army for war, indicating the threat could be aimed partly at bolstering Kim Jong-un, 30, the third in his family to lead the country.

The North, which threatens the United States and its “puppet”, South Korea, on a daily basis, is marking anniversaries this week that could be accompanied by strong statements or military displays.

The warning to foreigners in the South, reported by the KCNA news agency, said once war broke out “it will be an all-out war, a merciless, sacred, retaliatory war” to be waged by (North Korea).

None of the embassies in Seoul appeared to have issued any directives to their nationals and airlines reported no changes in their schedules. Schools catering to foreign pupils worked without interruption.

Bersani meets Berlusconi to help end Italy impasse Focus on election of president, not prospective govt. deal

By Steve Scherer ITALIAN centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani met his centre-right rival Silvio Berlusconi yesterday to discuss the election for the next president of the Republic, offering hope of a breakthrough in the deadlock left by elections in February.

“It was a good meeting but we’re at the beginning,” Enrico Letta, deputy leader of Bersani’s Democratic Party (PD), told reporters in parliament.

He said the meeting had focused only on the election of the next president, not on any possible deal to form a government.

Letta said there would be further meetings in the next few days with Berlusconi’s People of Freedom (PDL) and other parties but said no names were discussed at yesterday’s meeting, intended to prepare the way for the start of the presidential election process on April 18.

The election of the next pres-

A television crew interviews an MP prior to a session yesterday outside the parliament in Rome. Parliament is due to begin voting on a new Italian president from April 18 (AFP) ident, to succeed head of state Giorgio Napolitano whose term ends on May 15, is the next big test for the divided political parties, which have failed to reach an agreement on forming a government.

It is unclear how far any

“It was useful to get clarity on the criteria we need first to agree on a range of names, then on a person who can unite the country,” Letta said.

“In a moment of great division we feel a strong need to give a signal of unity to the

13 die in Serbian village shooting

Libya aide freed A SENIOR adviser to Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been freed just over a week after unknown abductors snatched him from his car in a Tripoli suburb, the government said yesterday.

Since the end of the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, transitional rulers in the oil-producing North African state have struggled to curb lawlessness on the part of militia groups who refuse to lay down their weapons.

Mohammed al-Ghatous, in his 50s, was seized after passing a checkpoint to the eastern Tripoli suburb of Tajoura while returning from the central coastal city of Misrata on the evening of March 31.

Ghatous, an adviser and head of the premier’s office, had last spoken to his family by mobile phone from his car before he was taken.

“Mohammed al-Ghatous returned safely to his home and family yesterday evening,” a statement posted on the prime minister’s website said.

“We would like to thank everyone who helped in finding him and securing his return.”

accord over the presidential election will clear the way to a deal that would allow a government to take office but the tone struck following the meeting was much more cordial than it has been in recent days.

country. That’s why we want to try to find unity around a name we can both support,” he said.

In a separate statement, PDL secretary Angleino Alfano said the president would have to be a figure who could embody national unity and could not be hostile to any party.

The vote for the next president will be vital because with his mandate about to expire, Napolitano no longer has the power to dissolve parliament and call new elections and it will be up to his successor to find a way out of the deadlock.

Bersani, who won a majority in the lower house but fell short of the Senate majority which would have allowed him to govern, has so far refused Berlusconi’s demands for a “grand coalition” between the two rival forces.

The other main force, the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement led by ex-comic Beppe Grillo, has refused any alliance with either of the big parties it blames for Italy’s deep social and economic crisis.

Bersani has so far stuck to his hard line on Berlusconi despite increasing calls from senior figures in sections of his party for a dialogue with the centre-right to avoid a potentially destabilising return to the polls.

Berlusconi has demanded that the centre-right be allowed to choose the next head of state as the price of its support to a government led by the centre-left.

By Fedja Grulovic

Local villagers gather at a crossroad in the village of Velika Ivanca yesterday in the wake of the shooting spree

A VETERAN of the 1990s Balkan wars shot dead 13 people, including his mother, son and a two-year-old child in a dawn rampage through a small village in central Serbia on Tuesday, authorities said.

The man, identified by police as Ljubisa Bogdanovic, also shot his wife before turning the gun on himself. Both were in critical condition in hospital, police said.

“Most of the victims were shot in the head as they slept,” police chief Milorad Veljovic told reporters at the scene in Velika Ivanca, about 40 km (25 miles) southwest of Belgrade.

He said the victims were relatives and neighbours of the man: six men, six women and a child in five houses.

“We’ve never had such a tragedy in Serbia and we have to find out what drove this man to kill so many people as they slept,” said Veljovic. The government called a cabinet session.

The motive for the killings, carried out

with a semi-automatic 9-mm pistol shortly after 5 am (0300 GMT), was not known.

Veljovic said Bogdanovic, born in 1953, had fought the 1991-95 war in Croatia during the collapse of federal Yugoslavia and had a firearms permit. He and his son had lost their jobs with a Slovenian firm in Serbia last year.

Serbian media reports said the man’s father and uncle had both committed suicide several years ago.

Police said Bogdanovic turned the gun on himself after seeing a police patrol car approach the village.

“He’s a good man, everyone would open their doors to him, he helped everyone in the neighbourhood,” said neighbour Milovan Konstantinovic.

“Something must have snapped in his head,” he said.

In 2007, a man in the eastern Serbian village of Jabukovac shot and killed nine people and wounded two, and in 2002, in the southern town of Leskovac a man shot dead seven people.

French lower house of parliament passes draft labour bill FRANCE’S lower house of parliament voted yesterday to pass a draft law overhauling the labour system despite widespread union protests against the bill, opening the way for a debate in the Senate later this month.

The vote came as Socialist President Francois Hollande spent the last week fending off accusations of a cover-up after his former budget minister admitted lying about a secret foreign bank account at a time when the government is already struggling

to reverse a rise in unemployment and meet its economic targets.

Accusations among some on the left that Hollande has abandoned Socialism could drag down his already dismal approval ratings, stuck around 27 per cent, and hurt his party’s performance in municipal elections next year.

The National Assembly adopted the draft bill, which ushers in a series of measures to loosen firing and hiring rules, by 250 votes in favour versus 26 against as scores of opposition con-

servatives abstained and thousands protested outside.

Socialist lawmakers and centre-left allies backed the bill but the Greens Party, part of Hollande’s government and supposed parliament ally, abstained in a rebuke to the man they helped bring to power last year.

“This is a small revolution,” said Annick Lepetit, head of the Socialist group in the National Assembly.

Thirty-five Socialist deputies joined Greens dissidents in abstaining from

the vote, hinting at a growing rift in Hollande’s camp as tens of thousands of protesters led by the hardline CGT union marched against it in 170 towns and cities. In all, 178 lawmakers abstained, mainly conservatives.

Street protests will not block the reform from becoming law because Hollande, whose Socialist Party has a majority in parliament, is likely to find enough support in the Senate to pass the law when the debate moves there later in April.

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France begins pull-out from Mali

Kenyatta sworn in as Kenya president

FRANCE has started withdrawing its troops from Mali after an operation to help local forces push back an offensive by Islamist rebels, an army spokesman said yesterday.

Paris aims to complete the withdrawal of 3,000 soldiers this year and will keep a permanent 1,000-strong combat force in the former colony to support a UN peacekeeping mission of African forces.

Despite concerns over persistent Islamist attacks in the north and the lack of security in many areas, France is pressing Mali’s interim government to organise national elections to complete a democratic transition after a March 2012 coup. “It’s the start of the pullout,” Thierry Burkhard said. “The aim is to be down to 2,000 in July.”

Burkhard said about 100 men from a parachute regiment that had been based in Tessalit, in the foothills of the Adrar des Ifoghas mountain range, had now left Mali.

On Monday, France launched a major operation north of Gao, a city about 1,200 km (750 miles) north of the capital Bamako, highlighting French efforts to establish military control across the country before UN peacekeepers arrive.

Gao, the largest city in northern Mali, is a former stronghold of the MUJWA Islamist group which held the town for about 10 months, imposing a violent form of Islamic law. Burkhard said operation “Gustav” was ongoing.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for the deployment of a UN mission of 11,200 troops and 1,440 police in Mali once major combat ends.

UHURU Kenyatta was sworn in as Kenyan president on Tuesday, presenting Western states with the challenge of how to deal with a leader indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Cheered by tens of thousands of people at the ceremony, Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni praised Kenyans for rejecting what he called the court’s bid to sway the vote by “blackmail”, a reflection of the distrust or resentment of the court felt by many Africans.

Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s first president, a hero of independence, is charged with crimes against humanity for orchestrating an orgy of intercommunal violence after the last presidential election five years ago. He denies this and has promised to work with the court to clear his name.

When the US and European powers outlined their policy during the election campaign of only having “essential contacts” with court indictees, many Kenyans and some of Kenyatta’s aides accused them of trying interfere in the result. Now the West must balance that policy with its wish for close ties with Kenya, seen as a vital ally in the regional battle against militant Islam.

Any slip-up risks opening more space to China and other Asian powers that are gaining both political and trading influence in Africa.

“I assure you again that under my leadership, Kenya will strive to uphold our international obligations, so long as these are founded on the wellestablished principles of mutual respect and reciprocity,” Kenyatta said after taking his oath on the same bible his father used.

But France will be keeping a 1,000-strong force in Mali

Damaged houses are seen in the earthquake-stricken town of Bushehr in Iran yesterday

Earthquake hits near Iranian nuclear plant

By Yeganeh Torbati and Marcus George A POWERFUL earthquake struck close to Iran’s only nuclear power station yesterday, killing 32 people and injuring 850 as it destroyed homes and devastated two small villages, Iranian media reported.

The 6.3 magnitude quake totally destroyed one village, a Red Crescent official told the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA), but the nearby Bushehr nuclear plant was undamaged, according to Iranian officials and the Russian company that built it.

Many houses in rural parts of the province are made of mud bricks, which have been known to crumble easily in quake-prone Iran.

“Based on the most recent figures on the impact of the earthquake, 32 people have been killed and 850 injured,” said deputy governor of Bushehr province, Shahpour Rostami, Fars news agency reported.

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32 dead and 850 injured after magnitude 6.3 quake strikes Qatar and Bahrain were evacuated after the quake, whose epicentre was 89 km (55 miles) southeast of the port of Bushehr, according to the US Geological Survey. The early afternoon shock was also felt in financial hub Dubai.

The Russian company that built the nuclear power station, 18 km (11 miles) south of Bushehr, said the plant was unaffected.

“Personnel continue to work in the normal regime and radiation levels are fully within the norm,” Russian state news agency RIA quoted an official at Atomstroyexport as saying.

Iran informed the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency that there was “no damage to the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant and no radioactive release from the installation”, an agency statement said, adding that it was

not currently seeking additional information.

One Bushehr resident said the quake shook her home and the homes of her neighbours but they were not damaged.

“We could clearly feel the earthquake,” Nikoo, who asked to be identified only by her first name, said. “The windows and chandeliers all shook.”

While initial fears about nuclear fallout receded, nearer the epicentre the rescue efforts ramped up into the night in search of survivors and to feed and house hundreds of residents who were traumatised by at least 14 aftershocks.

A Red Crescent official told ISNA that 20 people had been saved by rescue teams searching through the rubble.

Reports in Iranian media spoke of landslides destroying

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buildings and crowds gathering in the town of Dashti from outlying areas in search of help. Military officials said army and police units had been deployed to maintain order.

Water and electricity lines were severed and communities stayed in the streets because of the threat from aftershocks.

In a statement, Iran’s most powerful authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, offered his condolences to the victims and urged authorities to extend all efforts to save lives and help the afflicted.

Yesterday’s quake was much smaller than the 9.0-magnitude one that hit Japan two years ago, triggering a tsunami that destroyed back-up generators and disabled the Fukushima nuclear plant’s cooling system. Three of the reactors melted down.

Iran is the only country operating a nuclear power plant that does not belong to the Convention on Nuclear Safety, negotiated after the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.

Kenyatta was cheered by thousands at the ceremony

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Business Dow ends on a new record close

US’ Lew talks up policies to spur demand in Europe

U.S. STOCKS advanced yesterday, with the Dow closing at a record high on a rally in cyclical shares and as earnings season started to heat up.

With the day’s advance, the S&P 500 again neared its alltime intraday high of 1,576.09, recovering from steep losses last week, the index’s worst of 2013.

The return to near-record levels indicates that investors are again using market declines as buying opportunities. The top sectors of the day, technology and energy, are groups that are closely tied to the pace of economic growth.

“It’s encouraging that we’re seeing cyclical sectors lead the rally. It’s a healthy sign investors believe the market can continue to run higher,” said Joseph Tanious, global market strategist at J.P. Morgan Funds in New York.

Among blue-chip technology stocks, Microsoft Corp jumped 3.6 per cent to $29.61 as the Dow’s top percentage gainer. Intel Corp shares shot up 3.1 per cent to $21.75 while Hewlett-Packard rose 1.3 per cent to $22.22. The S&P technology sector advanced 0.8 per cent while the Philadelphia semiconductor sector gained 0.9 per cent.

An S&P index of energy shares rose 0.8 per cent, climbing alongside a rise of 0.9 per cent in the price of US crude oil, which was up on inflation data from China that reduced concerns about monetary tightening. Halliburton Co rose 1.8 per cent to $39.11 and Chevron Corp gained 0.7 per cent to $118.64.

The Dow Jones industrial average advanced 59.98 points, or 0.41 per cent, to 14,673.46, a record closing high. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index gained 5.54 points, or 0.35 per cent, to 1,568.61. The Nasdaq Composite Index added 15.61 points, or 0.48 per cent, to close at 3,237.86.

Calls on trade surplus countries to do more for growth

By Anna Yukhananov U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew yesterday urged countries with a trade surplus to boost domestic consumption, underlining a divergence of views between Washington and Europe’s economic powerhouse Germany on austerity policies.

On his first official visit to Europe, Lew stressed the need to strike the right balance between efforts to support growth while improving strained public finances - a stance that found support in particular from France.

Germany has the eurozone’s biggest trade surplus and has in the past rebuffed pressure to shift policy to bring about a rebalancing of commercial flows in Europe.

“The driver for economic growth has got to be consumer demand ... policies to help to encourage consumer demand in countries that have the capacity would be helpful,” he said at a news conference with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.

Lew has pressed European officials to moderate austerity measures in order to boost growth, and called on surplus countries like Germany to boost their consumption to help pull the continent out of the doldrums.

A US Treasury official told reporters travelling with Lew

Playing down differences in view: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (left) and US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew address a news conference after talks in Berlin yesterday from Berlin to his next stop in Paris that the United States and Germany disagreed on the extent to which budget austerity can slow economic growth.

But the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Europe was aware of the need to boost demand and combat persistent unemployment, adding that talks between the two officials had focused on areas of agreement.

For their part, Schaeuble and Lew publicly played down any differences in their views, with the German arguing that growth and budget consolidation were not mutu-

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tial policy tweaks that would boost growth while improving public finances.

“Our view is that there needs to be a balanced approach between growth and fiscal consolidation,” Lew said in a joint news conference with Moscovici.

“All tools need to be considered. Our encouragement is to use the leverage that is appropriate in Europe.”

Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, argues that budgetary rigour is not incompatible with growth, and is necessary to convince markets that governments are sticking to their spending diets in order to

avoid another sovereign debt crisis.

Lew stressed the United States wanted a strong Europe.

“As we continue to address many of our long-term challenges, our economy’s strength remains sensitive to events beyond our shores. We have an immense stake in a prosperous Europe,” he said.

Later, aboard Lew’s plane, the US Treasury official told reporters there was a pragmatic shift under way in Europe that put less emphasis on budget austerity and more on structural economic reforms.

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“Nobody, including in Europe, sees this contrast between fiscal consolidation and growth. Our common position is of growth-friendly consolidation or of sustainable growth, however you want to call it,” Schaeuble told reporters.

After meeting French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici in Paris, Lew said the two were on the same wavelength about reviving growth and tackling budget deficits.

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IN a blow to one of the world’s largest accounting firms, KPMG said it resigned as auditor of two U.S. companies amid an FBI investigation into insider trading allegations involving a former senior partner.

The companies - nutritional products group Herbalife Ltd and footwear maker Skechers USA Inc - said separately on Tuesday that KPMG had quit as their auditor in connection with alleged leaks of nonpublic information.

The FBI’s Los Angeles office is investigating the matter, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Skechers Chief Financial Officer David Weinberg told Reuters that KPMG partner Scott London had been lead auditor for Skechers and that he had resigned after the leaks. Weinberg said that London had admitted to sharing inside information.

Shares of Herbalife were down 3.9 per cent at $36.91 and Skechers shares were up 2.3 per cent at $22.00 late on Tuesday afternoon amid broadly bullish New York Stock Exchange trading.

A KPMG spokesman confirmed that London was the partner who had resigned.

London was not immediately available for comment.

The 50-year-old California native worked at

KPMG for 29 years. A baseball lover, London became chairman of the L.A. Sports Council in 2011. He is also listed as a 2012 director on the board of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.

Herbalife said in a statement that KPMG’s resignation had nothing to do with the company’s accounting practices or the integrity of its management - issues called into question by the high-stakes drama between hedge fund titans Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn over the company.

KPMG said in a statement late on Monday that it had resigned as the outside auditor of two clients due to the actions of a senior partner, who was in charge of the audit practice in its Los Angeles business unit.

Monday’s announcement did not identify the partner or the companies involved. It said the unidentified partner provided inside information about its clients to someone who had used that information in stock trading.

“The partner was immediately separated from the firm,” KPMG said in its statement. “This individual violated the firm’s rigorous policies and protections, betrayed the trust of clients as well as colleagues, and acted with deliberate disregard for KPMG’s long-standing culture of professionalism and integrity.”

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Is the party really over for Cyprus Airways this time?

HOW MANY times have we heard that time was running out, or that it was the end of the line for Cyprus Airways, or that the airline needed cash for yet another restructuring? Each time, the national carrier was bailed out by the government and parliament of the time and lived to squeeze more money from the taxpayer who also often had no choice but to pay the airline’s exorbitant fares.

This time however there is no money to inject, and the state has run out of inventive options such as the Turkish ban on Cypriot air traffic, to circumvent EU rules on state aid, even if they had the money to waste. The European Commission recently initiated an investigation into whether some €100m in state aid granted to CY complied with EU rules. The commission has stressed to Cypriot authorities that “no further state aid measures in favour of Cyprus Airways should be implemented without the Commission’s prior approval”.

The Commission also said it doubted the airline’s capital increase, with a €31.3m contribution from the Cypriot state, was conducted on market terms. It is also looking into a €73m rescue loan for the ailing airline because it appears the airline has only implemented parts of a restructuring plan. Most shocking but not surprising, the Commission has doubted the credibility of the plan due to the airline’s suspect intention to grant compensation to redundant personnel over and above what they were entitled to.

Cyprus Airways has always been a honey pot for politicians and its own employees so it’s no surprise they would continue to squeeze out of it whatever they could.

For decades every Tom, Dick and Harry and their extended families enjoyed free travel, pilots enjoyed some of the highest salaries in the world and the airline employed three times as many people as it needed to operate.

Every time it lost money it blamed it on competition without making any actual effort to compete itself. The word ‘restructuring’ became synonymous with: ‘voluntary redundancies with as much as you can walk away with’.

Well, it seems as if this time the party might really be over and the ‘gravy plane’ grounded. The state does not have the money to bail it out one more time and even if it had, there are no more ways to try and fool Brussels. They are well and truly onto us.

The pity is that it is at a time like this Cyprus needs a national carrier to help the tourist industry survive. A real restructuring would have streamlined it years ago and it might have been better able to compete and survive on its own instead of being milked for all it was worth. It should have been an asset to the economy, not the liability it has become.

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The genuine voice of a beleaguered bourgeoisie M

ARGARET Thatcher was the woman who began the shift to the right that has affected almost all the countries of the West in the past three decades.

She died in London on Monday, 34 years after she became Britain’s first female prime minister and 23 years after she was driven from office, at the age of 87. But it is an open question whether even the crash of 2008 and the ensuing prolonged recession have finally ended the long reign of her ideas in Western politics.

“This woman is headstrong, obstinate and dangerously self-opinionated,” wrote some minion in the personnel department of British chemical giant ICI, rejecting young Margaret Roberts’s application for a job as research chemist in 1948. She was fresh out of Oxford University, 23 years old, brimming with self-confidence, and absolutely full of opinions. She probably frightened the job interviewer half to death.

But she landed a job with a plastics company in Colchester in 1949. She joined the Conservative Party and stood for parliament in the 1950 election (she was the youngest candidate ever), and married businessman Denis Thatcher in 1951.

Margaret Thatcher, as she then became, finally made it into parliament in the 1959 election.

She entered the cabinet of Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath in 1970 as the “statutory female” (as he gallantly put it). But she had the last laugh in 1975, replacing Heath as party leader after the Conservatives lost the 1974 election. She took a very hard line from the start, both in domestic and in foreign politics.

Her open hostility to the Soviet Union led a Soviet newspaper in 1976 to dub her the “Iron Lady”, a title in which she reveled.

Her real impact, however, was

Gwynne Dyer in British domestic politics, where she broke the welfarestate consensus that had dominated all the major parties for the previous thirty years. “It is our duty to look after ourselves,” she said, and the political orthodoxy trembled before her onslaught.

An American diplomat in London, in a confidential assessment of the new Conservative leader in 1975, captured the essence of Thatcher’s revolutionary politics. She was, he wrote, the “genuine voice of a beleaguered bourgeoisie, anxious about its eroding economic power and determined to arrest society’s seemingly inexorable trend towards collectivism.”

That was what carried her into office in the 1979 election, and as prime minister she acted on her convictions. After she had fought and won the Falklands War against long odds in 1982 her popularity was unassailable, and she used it to break the power of the trade unions and privatise state-owned industries. More than that, she made free-market ideology for all intents and purposes the state religion.

So it remained for thirty years, long after her harsh and confrontational style had lost her the support even of her own party. She was ousted as Conservative Party leader and prime minister by her own colleagues in 1990, but the Labour governments of 1997-2010 were also in thrall to her ideas. Their influence abroad, particularly in the United States, was equally great.

Yet her greatest contribution to politics, and the foundation of the right’s political success

‘Headstrong, obstinate and dangerously self-opinionated’ over recent decades, was not ideological but tactical. She was the first politician to grasp the fact that with the decline of the old working class, it had become possible to win elections on a platform that simply ignored the wishes and needs of the poor. There weren’t as many of them as there used to be, and the poorest among them usually failed to vote at all.

This insight was key to the success of President Ronald Reagan in the United States in the 1980s, and to the triumph of conservative parties in many European countries in the same period. It continues to be a major factor in the calculations of parties both on the right and on the left down to the present day: you cannot count on the poor to win an election for you.

Margaret Thatcher was made a baroness after she relinquished her seat in the House of Commons in 1992, and continued to sit in the House of Lords until

ill health forced her to withdraw from public life entirely in 2002.

In her last years she suffered from dementia, and she finally succumbed to a stroke on Monday.

Her influence lives on, at least for the moment, but it may not last much longer. The powerful middle class on which she founded her political strategy has been hollowed out by the very success of the free-market policies she promoted. Once you allow for the effects of inflation, average middle class income in the United States, for example, has not grown at all in the past three decades.

The time may be coming when gaining the votes of the poor, including the growing numbers of the “new poor”, will once again be essential to win elections.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries

Margaret Thatcher’s lessons for Europe MARGARET Thatcher was much more respected outside Britain than she was in her own country. In the United States, but also in Central Europe, she is recognised as a hero, especially in the fight for economic and political freedom.

That vision of freedom and dynamism was never really all that popular – or understood – by the British people. In the end, Thatcher’s achievement was also distorted by her own mistakes in dealing with the complex politics of a Europe that was rapidly changing in the aftermath of the collapse of communism.

As Prime Minister, she was widely disliked in Britain, mostly for bad reasons. Throughout her political life, she fought a twofront battle: against socialism, but also against the Establishment. Sometimes the two theatres seemed to merge.

Thatcher wanted to remake Britain according to the best aspects of the American way of

Comment Harold James life: a belief in the potential of individual initiative and entrepreneurship, and a can-do approach to life.

She played ruthlessly on her femininity. As leader of the opposition, she visited the oldest and most conservative college at the University of Cambridge in order to address the rather small minority of conservativeinclined academics. The woodpaneled room was lit in the evening only by candles, masked behind reddish-yellow shades.

She began by remarking that the room looked more like a night club than a university, and then she took her jacket off and whirled it around her head as if she were about to begin a striptease.

She was quite intolerant of other women in politics, and liked

to be surrounded by men. Part of her standard mode of political operation depended on flirting. Personal emotions were also part of her foreign policy. She got on very well with German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, a Social Democrat, but notoriously poorly with the Christian Democrat Helmut Kohl. (Indeed, the obvious personal chemistry between her and Schmidt led one staffer to observe that, had this not been the British prime minister and the German chancellor, they would have gone off hand in hand to the bedroom.)

As for the other side of the Rhine, she intensely disliked the snooty and aristocratic President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, and developed quite good contacts with the initially very radical socialist François Mitterrand. Above all, she had a great rapport with the charming and courteous ex-film actor Ronald Reagan, and a poor one with the patrician conservative George H.W. Bush.

The strength and unconcealed character of her personal feelings should not lead to the assumption that her politics were entirely instinctual. She also understood political psychology and political practice. In driving Britain to fiscal good sense, she never allowed a pure market ideology to undermine the interests of her key political constituencies.

When Thatcher fell from power in 1990, it was a consequence of a revolt by her own party, caused by the deep policy divisions produced by European integration.

In a way, she was the victim of her own policies’ success as a model for other countries – and as a challenge to the European order.

Harold James, Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University and Professor of History at the European University Institute, Florence Project Syndicate 2013

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Berry delighted by pregnancy

He’s got range: Butler next appears in action flick Olympus Has Fallen

HALLE Berry’s pregnancy was the “biggest surprise” she had ever received because she thought she was “past the point” of having another child.

The 46-year-old actress - who has five-yearold daughter Nahla with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry - is thrilled to be expecting a baby with fiancé Olivier Martinez.

She told CNN: “I feel fantastic. This has been the biggest surprise of my life to tell you the truth.

“I thought I was kind of past the point where this could be a reality for me. So it’s been a big surprise and the most wonderful.”

The Cloud Atlas actress also dismissed speculation she already knows she is expecting a little boy.

Halle has been desperate to move to Olivier’s native France, but her attempts to relocate with Nahla have been blocked by Gabriel.

Instead, the actress admitted recently she is willing to put her dream on hold until the little girl turns 18 and can make her own decisions.

She said: “It probably won’t be until my

Butler’s fans wish he’d avoid rom-coms

TV mogul Cowell insists he’s not looking for a wife

GERARD Butler’s fans wish he’d make fewer romantic comedies.

The 44-year-old actor has enjoyed working on films like P.S. I Love You, Playing for Keeps and The Ugly Truth but his followers much prefer to see him in action roles.

He said: “More people tend to say, ‘Why the f**k don’t you stop doing love stories? If I see you in another love story I’m going to put a knife through your brain!’

‘I couldn’t care less if people think that I’m gay’

‘I REALLY ENJOY IT’ “I have done a few romantic comedies ... until they’re coming out of my a**e. But I really enjoy making them.

I really enjoy making all types of movies.”

In his latest movie, Olympus Has Fallen, Gerard plays an army ranger turned secret service agent who must save the President - played by Aaron Eckhart - from a terrorist attack on the White House.

When he watched the final edit of the film, Gerard admits he was shocked by just how violent his character Mike Banning is.

He added in an interview with Nuts magazine: “I didn’t realise how many knives to the brain there were before I watched the movie.

“Then I was like, ‘Holy f**k! I don’t seem to kill anyone in any other way!’ But it’s a pretty effective way to kill somebody!”

daughter is 18 and off to college.

“When Nahla turns 18, she’ll be legally able to make her own decisions about where she wants to be and I think that then, when she’s off on her own, we’ll move there. It’s where I want to end my days, that’s for sure.”

Gabriel, meanwhile, is reportedly happy about Halle’s pregnancy.

Although they have had an acrimonious relationship since their split, the Canadian model is happy his daughter will have a new half-sibling.

A source told RadarOnline: “Gabe knew that Halle had been trying to get pregnant for a very long time, and Nahla is very excited to become a big sister. Seeing Nahla happy is all that matters to Gabe.

“Nahla will be starting kindergarten in the fall, and Halle and Gabe are in the process of selecting a private school for her.”

Although Halle was denied by a judge when she tried to move to France with Olivier and Nahla, Gabriel isn’t worried she will try again.”

The actress is expecting a baby with fiancé Olivier Martinez

By Sherna Noah TV MOGUL Simon Cowell has insisted that he “couldn’t care less” if people think that he is gay - and admitted that he hires some women because he fancies them.

The star, 53, told the Radio Times he was happily single and not looking for a wife.

Asked if he minded when people ask when he is “coming out”, he told the magazine: “If I was living 200 years ago in a coal mine, maybe, but I work in possibly the gayest industry in the world!

Music and TV! “It would make no difference to my life or my career.

A lot of my friends are gay, but I’m not and don’t even think that way any more.”

He added: “I couldn’t care less (if people think I’m gay) because it’s nothing to be ashamed of. It feels like such an antiquated question now.”

Questioned on whether he picks women who he fancies to work on his shows, he laughed: “A lot of them, yes,

Simon (R) said of former X Factor judge Cheryl (L) that she was ‘one of the most beautiful women’ he had ever seen I’m not going to lie.”

Cowell said of former X Factor and US X Factor judge Cheryl Cole: “I think my entire production staff - including a lot of gay people - were madly in love with Cheryl.

“I mean, literally, when she walked on set on the first day in the UK I thought that she was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in my life. I mean, genuinely.

“She was just absolutely stunning. She still is, but I remember that day vividly as in ‘God, you are gorgeous’.”

Cowell, who is about to return in a new series of Britain’s Got Talent, said that he was “not actively looking for a wife”.

“I’m happy single ... I tend to be in a relationship more than being single. Terri (Seymour) lasted six years, Mezhgan (Hussainy) lasted

two years, and that was in a nine-year block, so I was only single for about a year out of those nine years,” he said.

“But I’m very good on my own, a) because I never get bored and b) because there is always something I need to catch up on.”

Cowell, who said that he does “several hundred” push-ups a day, has Botox, and takes vitamin infusions,

stated of his previous relationships: “I break up very well. I am a good breakerupper.”

He said of his mother: “I think, like any mum, she would love me to settle down with someone she likes, but she has known me long enough to know that I am also happy when I am not with someone. She’s probably more fearful of me being with the wrong person.”

Free-spirited Scarlett Johansson hates possessive guys

Just don’t get too clingy: independence-loving Scarlett

SCARLETT Johansson hates “jealous” men.

The We Bought A Zoo actress enjoys her independence in a relationship and while she accepts her partner may want to “check-in” on her daily antics, she hates feeling smothered and has no time for possessive guys.

Speaking in the May issue of Marie Claire magazine, she said: “I don’t like jealous behaviour.

“I don’t mind an occasional checkin, but when somebody is passiveaggressively jealous, it’s really unattractive because it shows a sort of

insecurity.

“Oh, controlling behaviour is awful. Nobody’s going to say they love that.”

RYAN SPLIT HAS ‘HELPED’ Scarlett, 28, also opened up about her marriage to Ryan Reynolds, who she split from in December 2010 and divorced in July 2011, and feels the experience has “helped” her in relationships since.

One thing the blonde beauty - who also dated Sean Penn and Jared Leto

- does to protect her romantic life is stay off social media as much as she can because she wants her personal life to remain private.

She said: “Well, it wasn’t that long ago. But I think I’ve had a fair amount of time to process the experience and be able to move forward.

I continue to get to know myself better as I get older, and that helps me in my relationships.

“All (social media) drives me crazy. I don’t understand this need to ‘share.’

We almost exploit ourselves in order to feel seen.”

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Education

The English of foreign imports New exhibition on English language impact BOOZE, dollar and bungalow are all familiar words in the English language. But a new exhibition shows how many have been adopted from abroad. A list, created by the British Council, is part of The English Effect, which opened last week and explores the impact of the English language around the world.

Booze, today slang for alcohol, originates from the Medieval Dutch word “busen”, which means “to drink to excess”. It was first used in English by thieves and beggars of the 1500s before spreading to the wider population.

Dollar, a word synonymous with America’s financial power, entered the language as a corruption of the German word thaler, the name given to coins minted

in 16th-century Bohemia.

Contrary to the myth that the word bungalow came from a builder being told to “bung a low roof ” on, it came from the Bengali region where it was used to describe one-storey homes built for early European immigrants, meaning “belonging to Bengal”.

John Worne, director of strategy at the British Council, said: “Many of our most popular and evocative English words - words we couldn’t live without came from other countries and cultures. When we look at their roots, we get a fascinating insight into how the language has been influenced throughout its history.

“English is not just our language - it truly belongs to the whole world, and brings

Grads regret missed college chances to network, study

US First Lady champions gardening

AMERICANS wish they had studied more in college, view admissions tests as a necessary evil and would tell their children to finish their degrees rather than follow in the path of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who dropped out, a recent poll released.

Nearly half of the adults questioned in the survey said they wished they had made more of an effort in college, while another 40 per cent said they should have done more networking, which is more typically associated with the professional world.

But only four per cent wished they had had more sex and a mere one per cent said they should have taken more drugs, according to the 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll.

When it came to the standardised aptitude tests (SAT) taken by teenagers applying to colleges, 39 per cent described it as a necessary evil.

Smaller numbers said they were either a waste of time or a failed ideal.

When offered a choice of a college movie they wished their school years had resembled, one quarter of the people questioned chose the Matt Damon-Ben Affleck Oscar winning film Good Will Hunting, while The Social Network about Zuckerberg had 21 per cent.

Eleven per cent chose the fraternity house comedy Animal House or the comedy Legally Blonde.

Many parents said they did not want their children to emulate college dropouts like Zuckerberg.

Forty-five per cent said that, if their child was offered a dream job while in college their advice would be to stay in school, while 27 per cent would withhold an opinion and 23 per cent would tell them to take the job.

real benefits to anyone who can speak it. Even a few words can bring work, a job or new opportunities.”

The English Effect exhibition runs until June 29 at the British Council headquarters near Charing Cross. It examines why English is one of the UK’s great assets, with three zones exploring the impact on the economy, its effect on individuals and its status as a global language.

The exhibition uses graphics, Twitter and video to explore the English language. It will also include a “talking wall” with stories

by English speakers from other countries including former Chelsea footballer Didier Drogba, where visitors will be able to write or tweet their own stories to be added to the wall.

Bungalow is a Bengali word meaning ‘belonging to Bengal’

By Roberta Rampton

Michelle Obama with students planting vegetables in the White House garden

AMERICAN First Lady Michelle Obama shared what has become a rite of spring in Washington with a small group of fifth-grade students last Thursday, planting vegetables in the White House garden.

On a day that began with record-cold temperatures that have pushed back the blooming season for the city’s famous cherry trees, Obama welcomed about 30 students to help her plant the garden, a project she has championed as a model for children and their parents to emulate as a way to reduce childhood obesity.

“Where are your jackets?

I’m going to be the mother,” Obama joked with the group of earnest, polite kids, most wearing t-shirts bearing the names of their schools in Florida, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Vermont.

Obama has helped push for changes in school lunch rules

to require more vegetables and fruit. The schools were chosen because they have implemented the new rules in creative ways and started their own gardens.

Harvard-educated Obama, who was more popular in polls during the 2012 election campaign than any of the candidates, started the garden on the White House south lawn in 2009, the first time vegetables had been grown there since Eleanor Roosevelt’s “victory garden” during World War Two. Obama put aside a pair of lime green gardening gloves as she crouched between two raised garden boxes, carefully placing tiny wheat kernels into freshly turned soil.

From Somerville, Massachusetts, 11-year-old Ariana Docanto chatted with Obama as she helped plant the wheat, which the White House hopes to harvest and use for bread and risotto.

Docanto described the experience in a single word: “Amazing!”

schoolsreport Trip to Germany for top linguists TWO excellent Cypriot lyceum students who had chosen German as a subject in school have been rewarded with a trip to Germany for weeks this summer.

Every four year, the German Pedagogical Exchange Service PAD, financed by the German foreign office, invites 480 pupils who are learning German at school from 90 countries all over the world for four weeks in Germany. For Cyprus, every year there is one scholarship offered to a pupil in the Republic of Cyprus and one to a Turkish Cypriot pupil.

The programme, with all expenses paid including the flight to Germany consists of a two week stay with German families, where students can practise their German language skills, attend lessons in a

German school, and experience at close hand daily life in Germany, and a two week trip visiting places like Cologne, Bonn, Munich, Berlin and Hamburg.

Criteria for the selection of the candidates are, among others, good knowledge of German, preferably at level B1, and a keen interest in intercultural exchange.

This year´s happy winners are Maria Michael, student of the International School of Paphos, and Kardelen Kozal, student of Near East College in Nicosia and also student of the Goethe-Institut.

Both girls are active members of the bicommunal youth group Cyprus Friendship Programme and already happened to be friends.

The happy winners: Maria (left) and Kardelen

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the arms of her Italian supermodel mother Mariacarla.

Last month saw London’s first fashion show devoted entirely to pre-teens. The inaugural £100-a-seat Global Kids Fashion Week, held at the Freemasons’ Hall in Covent Garden, was hosted by the online children’s fashion website AlexandAlexa, which sells Dolce & Gabbana dresses (with match-

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The UK childrenswear industry is now worth £6 billion a year, and GKFW is at its most glamorous end. As the lights went down, up went the crystal-encrusted iPads of the likes of Jodie and Jemma Kidd, Jools Oliver and Charlotte Tilbury, their children on their knees.

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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

NICOSIA Beautiful Creatures (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.25, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 3pm Pitch Perfect (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 5.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 11am, 1.10pm and 3.20pm G.I. Joe: Retaliation (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.45 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 7.45 and 10.15pm The Sessions (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 8 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 8 and 10.10pm

The Last Stand (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.30 and 7.50pm Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.15pm and 3.20pm Caesar Must Die (in Italian, with Greek subtitles) Cine Studio, Thursday at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96420491, www.ofk.org.cy

LIMASSOL Beautiful Creatures (N/A) Rio 4 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 3 and 5.20pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm Pitch Perfect (N/A) Rio 3 at 7.45 and 10pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 5.30pm G.I. Joe: Retaliation (12) Rio 1, weekdays at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends at 6, 8 and 10pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.45 and 10.15pm The Sessions (15) Rio 6 at 8pm, weekends also at 4 and 6pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 8 and 10.10pm

Beautiful Creatures

Zarafa (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek), weekends only at Times are subject to 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of change, so check first Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek) with cinemas before you at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm head out

Telephone no: K-Cineplex: 7777-8383

Jack the Giant Slayer (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.15pm

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.45 and 10.15pm

Zarafa (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm Jack the Giant Slayer (12) Rio 2 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 3 and 5.20pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.15pm Hitchcock (12) Rio 6 at 10.10pm, weekends also at 5.30pm The Last Stand (15) Rio 5 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 5.30pm Oz the Great and Powerful (12) Rio 3, weekends only at 3 and 5.20pm

Hitchcock (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.15pm

The Sessions (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 8 and 10.10pm Zarafa (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm Jack the Giant Slayer (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.15pm Hitchcock (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.15pm The Last Stand (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.30 and 7.50pm

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (12) Rio 5 at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; Rio 7 at 7.30 and 9.45pm The Sessions (15) Rio 2 at 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends also at 3.45 and 5.45pm Jack the Giant Slayer (12) Rio 6, weekdays at 5.30, 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends at 3, 5.15, 7.30 and 9.45pm Hitchcock (12) Rio 3 at 9.45pm The Last Stand (15) Rio 3, weekdays only at 7.30pm, weekends only at 6 and 7.45pm Identity Thief (12) Rio 4 at 7.30pm

Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) Rio 1 (in Greek), weekends only at 3 and 4.30pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) weekends only at 5.35pm

Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm

Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 5 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 5), weekends only at 5.35pm

Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm

Mama (15) Rio 4 at 9.45pm

LARNACA

PAPHOS

Beautiful Creatures (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm

Beautiful Creatures (N/A) Rio 1 at 5.15, 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends also at 3pm

Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) Rio 4 (in Greek), weekends only at 3, 4.30 and 6pm

Pitch Perfect (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 5.30pm

Rio Limassol: 25-871410 Rio Paphos: 26-207000

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

Pitch Perfect (N/A) Rio 5 at 7.30 and 9.45pm

Oz the Great and Powerful (12) Rio 7 at 5.15pm, weekends also at 3pm

Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 3 (in Greek), weekends only at 3 and 4.30pm

listings Today

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Exhibition

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Island of Saints, Artist of Light Paintings by Vartan Tashdjian. April 10, 7pm until April 27. THOC New Theatre, Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. WednesdaySunday: 10am-8pm. 22-864300

Foundations and Remains An exhibition by controversial British artist/taxidermist Polly Morgan. Opens April 11, until May 5. The Office Gallery 32 Kleanthis Christophides Street, Old Nicosia. Tel: 99-848495. www. theofficegallery.com

Theatre The Switch Theatro Ena presents play by Argiro Toumazou. April 10-11. B Municipal Market (Theatro Ena), Limassol. 8.30pm. In Greek. €15/12. Tel: 96-458399 Shear Madness Popular Cypriot actor and director Loris Loizides presents adaptation of one of the longest-running nonmusical plays in the world. April 10-17. Agios Athanasios Municipal Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. In Greek. €20. Tel: 70-001910

Other Events Snohetta Works Within Norwegian Architecture event, landscape architect and Snohetta partner, Jenny Osuldsen will give a lecture on her firm’s work. April 10. University of Nicosia, Michael Giorgalla, Street, Engomi Industrial Zone. 7pm. Tel: 22842600/601 info.arc.@unic.ac.cy

Design Society Against Crisis Photography, poster, and animation charity exhibition by the students of the Design Society / Department of Design & Multimedia, University of Nicosia with the theme Against Crisis in aid of students in need. Opens April 11, 7.30pm until April 19. Scarabeo Bar, 4 Nikokreontos Street, Nicosia.

Tel: 96-696669

Music Armenian and Italian Music Concert by Cyprus Symphony Orchestra presenting arias, duets and overtures from works by prominent Armenian and Italian composers. April 11. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. €12/7. Tel: 77-777745

Other Events East Med Marine Exhibition Only specialised Technical Marine Exhibition in the eastern Mediterranean of this size. Marine equipment and components to the shipping industry. April 1112. GrandResort, Limassol. 4pm-9pm.

Tel: 25-889804 e.panayiotou@thoosa. cy.net / www.eastmedexpo.com

Ongoing Theatre Pinocchio Theatre Maskarini unique adaptation of well-known tale. Until April 14. Russian Cultural Centre, 16 Alassias Street, Nicosia. Every Sunday at 10.30am. In Greek. Tel: 22-761607/22-270420 The Eulogy Black comedy. Until April 20. Epigoni Theatre, Kyriakos Karaolis Square, Old Aglantzia. Every Saturday at 8.30pm.

In Greek. €8. Tel: 99-222974 Tom, Dick and Harry Satiriko Theatro presents comedy by Ray and Michael Cooney. Until April 28.

Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. On Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sundays at 6.30pm. €15/10. Tel: 22-312940/ 22-421609

In the Land of Peter Pan The Puppet Group of Satiriko Theatre presents work by James Barry.

Until April 28. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia.

Every Sunday at 10.30am. In Greek. €10. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609 The Dispute The Main Stage of THOC presents tragic comedy by Pierre de Marivaux.

Until May 17. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday 6pm. In Greek. €12/10.

Tel: 77-772717 Playing Doctor Theatro Skala presents the contemporary American comedy by William Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. Until May 26. Skala Theatre, 15 Kyriakou Matsi Street, Larnaca. On Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 24-652800 Gethsemane A play about British public life by David Hare. Until May 31. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. On specific days at 8.30pm and on Sundays at 6pm. In Greek. €12/6. Tel: 77-772717/22-864300

Exhibitions Coloureceivers Solo art exhibition by Savvinos Pareskevas. Until April 12. Gallery Kypriaki Gonia, 45 Stadiou Street, Larnaca. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm & 4.30pm-8pm. Sunday:11am-2pm & 4pm-7pm. Tel: 24-621109 Aphrodite Lovestoned A photographic exhibition and book presentation by German journalist Anna Würth. Until April 12. UN buffer zone next to Ledra Palace Hotel, 21 Markou Drakou Avenue, Nicosia. Open daily: 10am-7pm. Tel: 22-674606 Wonderful Travels Solo art and sculpture exhibition

by Fotos Dimitriou. Until April 13.

Apocalypse Gallery, 30 Chytron Street, Nicosia. Monday- Friday: 10.30am1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30am-1pm. Tel: 22-766655 The Incomplete Circle Solo art exhibition by Giorgos Erotokritos. Until April 13. Gallery Gloria, 3 Zinonos Sozou Street, Nicosia.

Monday-Friday: 10.30pm-12.45pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30pm12.45pm. Tel: 22-760286 Journeying Body Painting exhibition by Andriani Roussogenous. Until April 13. Opus 39 Gallery, 21 Kimonos Street, Nicosia. Monday: 5pm8pm. Tuesday-Friday: 10.30am-12.30pm and 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22-424983

Atrapos Solo art exhibition by Mikella Psara.

Until April 17. Argo Gallery, 64E D. Akrita Avenue, Nicosia. MondayFriday: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm.

Saturday: 10am-1pm. Tel: 22-754009 Mary-Lynne Stadler Solo art exhibition. Until April 17. Thesis Furniture Shop, 207 Saint Andrews Street, Limassol. Tel: 25-359479 Women in a Period of Crisis Third Cypriot women artist exhibition.

Until April 19. Katoi, 43 Agioi Omologites, Nicosia. Open daily: 10.30am-6pm and Saturday: 10.30am-2pm. Tel: 22-774157 Norwegian Architecture Three exhibitions highlighting recent achievements in Norwegian architecture: Contemporary Norwegian Architecture #7, The Oslo Opera House by Snøhetta and Palimpsest – Norway

by Claudio Santambrogio. Until April 26. The Department of Architecture, University of Nicosia, Engomi Industrial Zone, Nicosia. Daily: 9am-6pm.Tel: 22842600/601, info.arc.@unic.ac.cy Children’s Dialogues Group children’s art exhibition. Workshops and events carefully designed by the creative children educators of Aigaia team. Until April 30. Aigaia School of Art and Design, 81 Agion Omologiton Avenue, Nicosia. Monday - Friday: 4pm8pm. Saturday & Sunday: 10am-1pm & 4pm-7pm. Tel: 22-445757

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Coming Up Music Love, charity and music HELP those in need by attending the Caritas Spring Concert this Friday at St Catherine’s Catholic Church in Limassol.

For those unfamiliar with Caritas’ work, they are a Christian and humanitarian organisation which is part of the Catholic Church.

The word Caritas means love and charity. The organisation offers assistance where some of the world’s poorest people have been deprived of their possibilievelopties of subsistence and development. Three key phrasess describe the foundation of their work: respect forr human worth; community obliges; solidarity requires action.

In the last six months, a as few activities that Caritas

On The Scene Theatre Pants down, the funniest show in town?

WHAT do you get when you throw together six out of work Sheffield steelworkers with nothing to lose trying to make ends meet by forming a striptease act?

The Full Monty, of course, one of the most successful British films of all time. In 1997, the film took the world by storm and now the boys are back live on stage; only this time round the uproariously theatrical enterprise is set in modern day Cyprus.

An Americanised musical version, which was transposed to Buffalo in upstate New York played on Broadway over 12 years ago and had a short-lived run in the West End a couple of years later. This latest production is based on the book by Terrence McNally and the film The Full Monty, but goes under the title of Sovrakaless (roughly translating to without underwear).

With nine actors in the main roles and 15 supporting actors, dancers and other participants, PointTo Contemporary Theater and WhereHaus 612 promise a great spectacle for 2013. In keeping with the original plot, the script was translated into Cypriot dialect and has been adjusted to work with the current climate in Cyprus

Limassol St Catherine’s has accomplished are: a Christmas Dinner for the homeless, a Food Bank that is still up and running, and which offered help by distributing more than 150 parcels of food, shopping vouchers for needy families, donations for those in need, Advice Centre for Migrants etc.

This week Caritas will present locals with an evening of music. On the programme are two guitar recitals featuring Alexis Melas and Fr Miguel de la Calle and an intermezzo by Ines Nearchou (violinist). This is a free entrance event, however, donations will be more than welcomed and don’t forget you will be helping people in need.

Remains of the day

Caritas Spring C Concert A charity even event with two guitar recitals and an intermezzo by a violin perform performer. St. April 12. Catherine’s Cathol Catholic Church, 2 Jerusalem Street on the sea front in Limassol.

7.30p Free entrance, but dona7.30pm. w be much appreciated Tel: tions will 99-8356 99-835650/25-362946 and the plight of its citizens, that is to say, a country plunged in crisis.

The story follows five unemployed people in Cyprus, who have no skills, but decide to solve their financial problems by taking off their clothes in a completely inappropriate striptease show. Along with their clothes they also throw away every taboo of modern day society.

Beneath the humour is a poignancy arising from the circumstances that the men find themselves in, but like so much of theatre at the moment, it celebrates triumph over adversity and leaves you with a resounding sense of hope and confidence in the human spirit.

The audience will be placed in the centre of the action with 18 different scenes surrounding them, which creates a minimalist, yet thriving society with images and people of Cypriot reality.

Keep in mind that these aren’t exactly your typical beefcakes, so what they create is the most unforgettable strip-tease act Cyprus has ever seen. PointTo Contemporary Theater isn’t shy and you will see it all in this touching, funny and crowd-pleasing show.

The production opens on Friday at WhereHaus 612, in Nicosia and runs until June 9, playing on specific days.

Sovrakaless Play based on the book by Terrence McNally and the film The Full Monty. April 12 until June 9. WhereHaus 612, 5 Michael Kousoulide, Pallouriotissa Industrial Area, Nicosia. On Specific days at 8.30pm. In Greek. €15/12. Tel: 70-000612

IF YOU have time to go to one art exhibition this month, the Office Gallery located in old Nicosia – who are about to host controversial, British artist/ taxidermist Polly Morgan – should be your first choice.

Taxidermy: the very word conjures dusty antique shops and natural history museums. In the midVictorian era taxidermy as an element of interior design and decoration enjoyed immense popularity. Against all expectations, though, the craft of preserving, stuffing and sculpting dead creatures is back in vogue and finding its way back into people’s houses, and we’re not just talking stuffed pheasants and dusty stag’s heads.

Whether you find it intriguing or a bit creepy you can’t ignore the current fashion for taxidermy in the home. The current fashion started as a movement among urban hipsters in the early 2000s but has now gone mainstream. No doubt the growth of interest in taxidermy has been helped by changing trends in design and high-profile artists such as Damien Hirst and Morgan, both of whom use taxidermy in their work. Today’s taxidermied animal assemblages have transformed a tradition often seen as kitsch or macabre into elegant and highly sought-after creations.

Dubbed “Britain’s hottest bird stuffer” by graffiti artist Banksy, her work ranges from whimsical to uncomfortable, highlighting humanity’s fascination with death. Morgan presents the creatures in unexpected scenery rather than in a version of its natural habitat as done in traditional taxidermy.

This, she hopes, will encourage people to look at them as if for the first time.

Morgan’s taxidermy started out as a hobby and she only discovered the craft some years after moving to live in London aged 18. In 2005 she studied taxidermy under George Jamieson and has subsequently forged a personal practice founded on its technical conventions.

Commissions followed and one of her first works, mpagne a small white rat curled up in a champagne air. Collecglass, was snapped up at Zoo Art Fair. d. tors, exhibitions and infamy followed. ns tomorrow Her exhibition in Nicosia, which opens dations and and runs until May 5, is called Foundations guity, MorRemains. The title presents an ambiguity, gan explains “is it the foundations off something g beautiful or being built, ie, the start of something hat has the remains of something beautiful that decomposed?”

The major work of the exhibition hass been made using 2,428 cast crow femurs that are each painted by hand. The glue used is identical in

colour to the fat present in the joints of bones, so it bears the same colour and consistency of a real animal skeleton.

This work is inspired by Charnel Houses (Ossuaries) which were decorative buildings essentially used to pile high skeletons in order to save space. The structure was built using plans from Sol Lewitt’s spiral tower ‘Untitled’ 1989.

Morgan will also present a series of bird’s nest drawings. They may look sweet until you read the text and discover they have been drawn using cremated bird remains, rather than charcoal.

These delicate works each feature a black and white drawing of the nests of common British birds such as robins, swifts and great tits, with the little taxidermied bird sitting on the picture frame – seemingly outside of, yet part of, the artwork.

This exhibition is definitely not for the me will find her art faint-hearted, some to be disturbing while others will note her sense off humour. If you’re ed by the idea of not easily offended stuffed animals out of their natural ’ll find Morgan’s habitat, then you’ll work to be both refreshing and exciting. She hass taken a onceow resurgent art neglected and now d her own take to form and applied hibition a must it, making her exhibition see event. emains Foundations and Remains ntroversial BritAn exhibition by controversial ish artist/taxidermistt Polly Morgan.

Opens April 11, untill May 5. The eanthis ChrisOffice Gallery 32 Kleanthis tophides Street, Old Nicosia. Tel: 99fficegallery.com 848495. www.theofficegallery.com

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Television CYBC 1 06.45 08.15

Proti Enimerosi Kali Sas Mera Early morning entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, fashion, lifestyle issues and more.

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CYBC 2 07.00 08.00 17.00

Kaftes Piperies (rpt) Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) Local comedy series, which happens to be the longest-running show on TV.

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Apo Mera Se Mera Lottery Draw Entehnos

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Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies Paizoume Kypriaka

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

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News Vimata Stin Ammo Friends (rpt) American comedy about the lives and loves of six New Yorkers.

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I Kypros Konta Sas News Repeats

Brothers & Sisters (rpt) Fourth season of drama series.

‘Nearlyweds’. A hurricane forces Justin and Rebecca to postpone their wedding, and the groom-to-be admits his fears about marriage and having children in an AA meeting - unaware his future fatherin-law is also present.

Meanwhile, Kitty lies about her health to prevent Robert from cancelling a work trip.

Local period drama, based on true events.

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NRG Zone FILM: Norbit A timid man whose life is made a misery by his overbearing wife is reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

Comedy, with Eddie Murphy in multiple roles. 2007.

Local game show, asking questions having to do with the Cypriot dialect.

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Kato Apo Ton Idio Ourano News In English News In Turkish History Of Science Inventions, discoveries and scientific advancements. ‘What Is the Secret of Life?’

Local cultural show.

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Euronews Kids’ TV Kati Psinetai (rpt) Greek version of reality gameshow where contestants try to outdo each other by throwing the perfect dinner party, which is then judged on its merits by their rivals.

Cookery show.

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ANTENNA

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Repeats

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MEGA

Erotas (rpt) Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Strivein Dia Tou Arravonos (rpt) Akros Oikogeneiakon (rpt) Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Pansellinos (rpt) Tis Agapis Mahairia (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) To Kafe Tis Haras Ta Koritsia Tou Baba (rpt) Oneiropagida (rpt) Lefta Sto Lepto Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt)

06.00 06.30 07.00 08.00

Greek competitive cooking reality show, open to amateur and home chefs.

09.00 10.00

11.40 14.00

Enimerosi Tora Eheis Meson

16.00

Yia Sena

18.00 18.10

News Erastis Ditikon Proastion (rpt)

Current affairs show.

Greek drama series.

19.00 20.20 21.20

Aiyia Fuxia (rpt)

Epomeni Mera News Klemmena Oneira Greek drama series.

Niose Me News Vals Me 12 Theous Grey’s Anatomy

22.20

15.20 17.15 18.00 18.05 18.40

23.20

Oikonomahies News Sports News Ola Bahalo Fetos Horis Oria (rpt) Angigma Psihis (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

The Vampire Diaries Firsts season of US supernatural drama series. See Pick Of The Day.

23.10 00.00 00.10 01.00 03.30 04.30

Protoselido Eleni Vasiliki (rpt) Mila Mou (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) Magazino Siga Min To’ Xeres News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Anna Paola Latin American telenovela.

19.30

Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites

PLUS TV 07.20 08.30 09.05 10.00 10.45 11.40 12.30 13.00 15.30 17.00 17.50 19.40

20.20 21.15

News UEFA Champions League Live coverage of second leg of quarterfinal. No further details supplied.

00.50 00.55 01.20 02.10 02.40 03.00 04.00

News Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) Mono Mia Fora (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) Ta Hrisopsara (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Ti Dina (rpt) Mila (rpt) Berdema (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kids’ TV Berdema Fotis - Maria Live Mila Discussions about various issues based on a woman’s life (men, relationships, sex, kids etc.) with showbiz guests.

Local drama series.

Piso Sto Spiti New season of Greek comedy series.

US medical drama.

23.00 00.00 00.05 00.20 01.40 02.30 03.20 04.40

07.00 08.20 10.00 10.50 12.00 14.30

Local talk-show.

Local comedy series, with village setting.

19.30 20.15 21.15 22.10

Klemmena Oneira (rpt) Proino Mou Lifestyle programme features entertainment, music and more.

Hosted by real-life couple Giorgos Liagas & Fay Skorda.

With News at 18.00.

18.40

Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Retire Epomeni Mera (rpt) Master Chef (rpt)

SIGMA

21.15 22.00

09.00 09.30 10.00 11.00 11.30 12.30 13.25 15.30 16.20 16.50 17.40 18.15 19.15 19.50 20.05 21.00

Sixth season of detective drama. ‘Jump the Gun’. A bank robbery leaves a security guard dead and a lot of unanswered questions; Pope gets some news about his chances at becoming the city’s police chief.

22.45

Vathi Kokkino

23.30

Nistikoi Praktores (rpt)

23.30

LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

FILM: Black Widow A female FBI agent becomes obsessed with a woman suspected of murdering a succession of wealthy husbands for the inheritance. Thriller, starring Debra Winger. 1987.

Greek drama series.

00.15 01.15 02.20

Magikos Cosmos Akti Oneiron (rpt) Ston Asterismo Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Igeia & Zou (rpt) Milagros Kids’ TV Top Models Kouzina Me Apopsi (rpt) Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Sto Mati Tou Kiklona News Sports News Epi Topou FILM: Random Hearts Love blossoms between two strangers whose partners were secretly having an affair before they were both killed in a plane crash. Drama, with Harrison Ford. 1999.

Exelixeis Sti Showbiz The Closer

Cooking show, with helpful tips on eating well and nutrition.

Omorfo Kosmos News ‘Til Death Yia Sena (rpt) Enimerosi Tora Proino Mou (rpt)

CAPITAL

01.05

FILM: Red Heat A Russian detective and a Chicago cop put aside their mutual mistrust to catch an escaped Soviet drug baron. Action thriller, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. 1988.

The Iron Lady (Novacinema1, 20.10)

01:10 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 01:40 As Time Goes By 02:10 The Weakest Link 02:55 EastEnders 03:25 Doctors 03:50 South Riding 04:45 Rev. 05:15 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 05:45 My Family 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Garth And Bev 07:10 Fimbles 07:30 Boogie Beebies 07:45 Tellytales 07:55 Me Too! 08:15 Garth And Bev 08:25 Fimbles 08:45 Boogie Beebies 09:00 Tellytales 09:10 Me Too! 09:30 My Family 10:00 Rev. 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 Around the World in 20 Years 13:05 Great Ormond Street 14:00 My Family 14:30 The Weakest Link 15:15 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors 15:45 Around the World in 20 Years 17:35 Great Ormond Street 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Casualty 21:00 My Family 21:30 After You’ve Gone 22:00 Silk 22:50 One Foot In The Grave 23:25 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:10 Spooks

07:00 Sunrise Earth 07:55 Mega World 08:40 Extreme Engineering 09:30 Solving History With Olly Steeds 10:15 Crisis Control 11:05 Deadliest Catch 11:50 Time Warp 12:15 Wild Fisherman: Mozambique

13:05 Rodeo 13:50 Chasing Classic Cars 14:35 1000 Places To See Before You Die 15:25 Solving History With Olly Steeds 16:10 Mythbusters 17:00 The Aviators 17:50 Chasing Classic Cars 19:30 1000 Places To See Before You Die 20:20 Science Of The Movies 21:10 Solving History With Olly Steeds 22:00 The Aviators 22:50 Chasing Classic Cars 23:40 Deadliest Catch 00:30 Science Of The Movies 01:15 Mythbusters 02:05 The Aviators 02:50 Chasing Classic Cars 04:30 Solving History With Olly Steeds 05:20 1000 Places To See Before You Die 06:10 Science Of The Movies

08 :31 Rally Raid : Abu Dhabi Challenge In Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 08 :46 Fia World Touring Car Championship 10:15 Car Racing: World Series Renault Italy 10:45 All Sports: Watts 11:00 Weightlifting: European Championship Albania 14:00 Cycling: Paris Roubaix, France 15:00 Tennis: Wta Tournament Poland 17:00 Weightlifting: European Championship Albania 23:00 Fight Sport: Total Ko 00:00 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 00:05 Equestrian Sports: Riders Club 00:10 Golf: U.S. P.G.A. Tour Valero Texas Open Usa 01:10 Golf: Golf Club 01:15 Sailing: Yacht Club 01:20 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 01:30 Rally

Raid : Abu Dhabi Challenge In Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 01:45 Weightlifting: European Championship Albania

05:40 Desperate Housewives 7 06:25 Bones 3 07:10 Raising Hope 07:35 Scrubs 9 08:00 Grey’s Anatomy 8 08:50 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 09:40 Desperate Housewives 7 10:25 Bones 3 11:10 Raising Hope 11:35 Scrubs 9 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy 9 12:50 Private Practice 6 13:40 Grey’s Anatomy 8 14:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 15:20 Desperate Housewives 7 16:05 Bones 3 16:50 Raising Hope 2 17:15 Scrubs 9 17:40 Grey’s Anatomy 18:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 19:20 Desperate Housewives 7 20:10 Bones 3 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy 9 21:50 Private Practice 6 22:40 Raising Hope 23:05 Scrubs 9 23:30 Grey’s Anatomy 9 00:20 Private Practice 6 01:10 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 02:00 Desperate Housewives 7 02:45 Raising Hope 03:10 Scrubs 9 03:35 Surviving Suburbia 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 04:50 Make It Or Break It

07:30 Rite 09:30 Corporate Affairs 11:15 Boxer (2009) 13:00 Walk On The Moon 15:00 Road Trip: Beer

Pong 16:40 Desert Son 18:15 Runaways 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Midnight In Paris 23:00 Harry Brown 01:00 Hustler TV 02:45 Saint John Of Las Vegas 04:15 Executive Decision 06:30 LTV Sports News (E)

13:30 We Bought A Zoo 15:35 Music Of The Heart 17:40 Films And Stars 18:10 Intolerable Cruelty 19:55 Albert Nobbs 22:00 The Brave One 00:05 The Beach 02:05 Point Blank 03:30 Shame

07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 2013 Indy Car Series 19:30 Best Premier League Games 20:00 Ironman 21:00 La Liga World 21:30 Planet Speed 22:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 00:00 La Liga Review 2012-13 01:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 05:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13

8:25 Transformers 3 23:00 Game Of Thrones 00:05 Person Of Interest 00:55 Cine News 01:30 Adult Zone

07:15 2 Broke Girls 08:00 Big Bang Theory 08:30 Mentalist 09:15 C.S.I. Miami 10:00 Friends 10:30 Privileged 11:15 Closer 12:00 Luck 13:00 Closer 13:45 2 Broke Girls 14:35 Mentalist 15:20 C.S.I. Miami 16:05 Friends 16:35 Gossip Girl 17:20 Fringe 18:10 Fringe 19:00 Closer 19:45 2 Broke Girls 20:30 Eastbound & Down 21:00 Hawaii Five-0 22:30 Ncis: Los Angeles 23:15 Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 00:05 Killer Inside Me 02:00 Rudo Y Cursi 03:50 Friends 04:15 Gossip Girl 05:00 Fringe 06:30 Closer

07:45 50/50 09:30 Alive 11:45 Incendiary 13:45 Next Three Days 16:00 Oscar Et La Dame Rose (Oscar And The Lady In Pink) 18:00 Lesbian Vampire Killers 19:30 Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 22:00 Above The Law 00:05 Daring!

TV 04:05 Haunting Of Bryan Beckett 05:45 Easier With Practice

05:55 Home Alone 07:40 Against All Odds 09:40 Treasure Buddies 11:20 Sister 13:05 Amador 15:00 The Cake Eaters 16:30 One For The Money 18:05 Alpis 19:45 Action Zone 20:10 The Iron Lady 22:00 Flicka 3: Best Friends 23:40 In Time 01:35 Coriolanus 03:40 The Skin I Live In

06:00 Page Eight 07:45 Cine News 08:30 The Caine Mutiny 10:35 The Portrait Of A Lady 13:00 Cine News

19:20 Manolete 21:00 Confucius 23:10 Twins 01:00 Anonymous

0:00 Pinks All Out Shreveport 1:00 My Ride Rules 1:30rag Race High 2:00 NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins At Carolina Hurricanes 4:30 MLB Player Poll 5:00 MLB: Oakland Athletics At Los Angeles Angels 8:00 Morning Drive 9:00 Golf Central International LIVE From The Masters 10:00 Feherty 11:00 NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins At Carolina Hurricanes 13:30 Courtside Jones 14:00 Super Bowl Highlights: XVII: Washington V Miami 14:30 Super Bowl Highlights: XVIII: Los Angeles Raiders V Washington 15:00 America’s Game: 1975 Pittsburgh Steelers 16:00 Mobil 1 The Grid 16:30 NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins At Carolina Hurricanes 18:00 PRE GAME(E) 18:45 CUP

By Preston Wilder

Midnight in Paris (LTV, 21.00) OK, nobody watches movies for the Author’s Message - but still, what exactly is the point being peddled by this pleasant Woody Allen comedy? “Nostalgia is denial,” we’re informed; people always think the past is better than the present, thus for instance Gil (Owen Wilson), an American writer in Paris who longs to go back to the 1920s, the time of Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald - then, having gone back via some weird magical Time-warp, finds that people in the 20s dreamed of being back in the 1890s, the time of the ‘Belle Epoque’! People always think the past is better, notes Woody sagely - yet the past, as shown here, really 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? A lazy film that’s full of mixed messages, not to mention implausible plotting - how can Gertrude Stein read a 21st-century novel and not be bewildered? - but it does have a smattering of good jokes, and it’s very pleasant. Wilson is terrifically likeable, Rachel McAdams does her best in a thankless role as his ugly-American fiancée. Made in 2011.

The Vampire Diaries (Mega, 23.20) Which local channel should you watch for quality American shows? On the one hand the answer is Mega, who’ve recently shown Breaking Bad and Community (both major cult items), on the other hand the

answer is ‘anyone but Mega’, since they’ve shown them at 3 in the morning! The Vampire Diaries isn’t quite in that league, then again it’s being shown at a (slightly) more reasonable hour - and tonight’s second episode finds new student Stefan (Paul Wesley), a.k.a. the Edward-from-Twilight figure who’s really a vampire, using his psychic abilities to erase Vicki’s attacker from her memory. Meanwhile, he and Elena (Nina Dobrev) are already getting closer - but evil brother Damon (who, unlike Stefan, likes to feast on human blood) is looking for his next victim. Not great, and we wouldn’t Pick it on a better night - but an English-language show before midnight on Mega is news in itself. ‘The Night of the Comet’ is the title.

The Vampire Diaries

2012-13: APOLLON VS NEA SALAMINA (E) 20:45 POST GAME (E) 21:30 A DIVISION CYPRUS SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 19:00 MLB: Oakland Athletics At Los Angeles Angels 22:00 The Masters Par 3 Augusta, GA

06:00 Only Hits 08:00 MTV GreekLips 09:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 10:00 MTV Plain Jane (Commissioned Version) 11:00 Pure Local 12:00 MTV VHI Pop up Video 13:00 MTV Made 14:00 MTV Big Time Rush 14:30 MTV Victorious 15:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 16:00 MTV Crash Canyon 17:00 MTV Pranked 18:00 S7S Lockdown Top10 18:30 Only Hits 20:00 MTV Movies & Stars 21:00 MTV Awkward 23:00 MTV Underemployed 00:00 MTV Jersey Shore 01:00 Only Hits

07:00 Lost In A Harem 08:30 Rogue Cop 10:00 The Secret Partner 11:30 Two Weeks In Another Town 13:15 Reunion in France 15:00 Julius Caesar 17:00 Riffraff 18:35 April in Paris 20:15 Pennies From Heaven 22:00 Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 23:50 Diner 01:40 Dark Of The Sun 03:25 Lost In A Harem 05:00 Rogue Cop

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

With the ‘X’ sudoku, the shaded X must also contain the numbers 1-9.

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1 Assistance for dog at lamppost (3-2) 2 Man having church wine first (5) 3 Like an old Greek requiring tremendous ef-

(6) 4 Bad-tempered crustacean alongside (6) 7 Root ’e’d added spirit to (8) 8 Move first to an African country (4) 10 Craft of a joy-rider? (8-4) 13 Goddess in Sparta then Epirus (6) 14 Native engineer taken in by an old king (6) 15 Would he expect to see a falling off in new pupils? (6-6) 18 New fuel outlet (4) 19 Belt of moderation (8) 20 Boy sternly consuming shellfish (6) 21 Does its wearer only get sole protection?

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4 Fish to be paid for when delivered (3) 5 Writer arranged share-outs (9) 6 A table-leg collapsed during the game (9) 10 Delayed recovery on one side (9) 11 Finish before noon first, it is soundly intended to be an improvement (9) 12 Surround with some keen compassion (9) 16 Had a go despite being tired out (5) 17 Two boys belonging to the queen (5) 19 Blimey, it’s a French horn! (3)

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PREVIOUS DAY’S SOLUTIONS

Answers to crossword 2360

HOROSCOPE

CRYPTIC: Across – 3 Philately; 7 Viper; 8 Outplayed; 9 Run-up; 10 Idlest; 13 Reported; 15 Sedative; 17 Dreamt; 20 Cater; 21 Un-British; 22 Own up; 23 Bedwarmer. Down – 1 Overcrowd; 2 Open space; 3 Proper; 4 Lopsided; 5 Trail; 6 Leeds; 11 Enlisting;12 Telegraph; 14 Testator; 16 Anchor; 18 Range; 19 Arrow.

QUICK: Across – 3 Different; 7 Breve; 8 Patricide; 9 Obese; 10 Waddle; 13 Befuddle; 15 Wildness; 17 Thrown; 20 Extra; 21 Orang-utan; 22 Noose; 23 Hydrangea. Down – 1 Absorbent; 2 Hereafter; 3 Depend; 4 Farewell; 5 Raced; 6 Nodal; 11 Deception; 12 Eyeshades; 14 Downturn; 16 Duenna; 18 Hardy; 19 Owner.

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

Today’s New Moon in your sign Aries, can be a powerful springboard for your hopes. And whilst the need to be true to your authentic self is reinforced by this, the location of Mercury in the hidden zone of your ‘scope and its angle to Venus, suggests despite all your current drive and motivation, some subtlety in your approach will also help your cause.

You might find yourself less patient or less tolerant with restrictions or the demands of others. You want excitement, but if events seem to prevent this, your sense of frustration can be palpable. It is going to be very important to create some new diversions. A legal matter can also come into focus in the next month, so do research the facts.

You can exude a very alluring extra confidence from today. People can sense that you are someone to be taken seriously, and your creative spark can be strong. In fact, for pure personality power, you have a great opportunity to shine over the next month. Yet you may also be very desirous of praise and recognition. This may take longer to evolve.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

It’s an interesting time for you. There is no shortage of energy in the heavens themselves, but how this is playing out inside of you is another matter. A crush on a friend is possible. Fierce past and as yet unresolved emotions, can also boil away. If you are someone with a dislike of looking at your vulnerabilities, this can feel tough. Don’t be too hard on yourself.

The New Moon today occurs in the part of your solar horoscope concerned with joint affairs, taxation, pensions, legacies, business affairs, and even romantic ties. Often, the New Moon can be a time of renewal or improvement. This one is heavily influenced by Mars. If you demand instant answers or force the pace on any of the above, it may create resistance.

Try to quell any need to make radical snap decisions which can affect your physical or mental security. Charging into projects on the home front without a proper plan can cause real problems, especially if you have yet to get others in your abode fully on-board. Yet if you’re deeply unsettled, with care you can work towards your hopes with tenacity.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

The Aries New Moon is given extra resonance due to the role of Mars. This is going to give you even greater determination to focus on long term goals. Yet it could also see you more determined around friendships and activities. If you play a team sport you can thrive. New people can enter your sphere, but some stale associations can fade away.

Today’s Mars influenced New Moon can actually be very positive for you Libra, because it can help you to be more assertive in any interactions with others, be it professional or personal. And as long as your goal is to create mutual respect, the rewards can be positive. If you force things to go your own way, regardless of others, this can be less so.

You are the zodiac’s natural born democrat. You realise that everyone has a right to an opinion, and often you won’t take it personally when someone doesn’t agree with your ideas. Yet you may find yourself being a tad more outspoken in the next few weeks, but the upside is that if you have projects that need promoting, you can do so brilliantly.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

You can find yourself with greater responsibilities developing in the next month. Some of these can be the source of great pleasure due to a job promotion or enhanced reputation or status. The downside is the role of Mars which is close by, and can see you charging forwards with less care, and that could alienate someone influential who you need on side.

Your energy is given a significant boost today, and the reverberation of this can be long lasting. If you have been unwell or are recovering from surgery, this is an excellent portent, helping to strengthen you. If you have just been weary from daily demands, you can benefit too. Whether it is in improving your conditioning or working harder, go for it.

You can find yourself with a real desire to grab something you want, and you may not be too happy to wait to get it. Whether this focuses on a love interest you fancy or a material item, the need to satisfy your senses, and quickly, is going to be very strong. That said, if you are fed up of not having enough money, your will to change this can be strong.

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PROPERTY TO LET NICOSIA ***************************** 3 BEDROOM ground floor apartment for rent in blind school area, Nicosia, with c/h, a/c and front and back garden. €550 p/m. References required. Call 97852977.

4 BEDROOM ground floor apartment for rent in blind school area, Nicosia with c/h, a/c and front and back garden. €650 p/m. References required. Call 97852977.

HOUSE FOR RENT 1st floor, 2 levels, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, spacious open plan sitting room, dining room, veranda and Italian kitchen. Fully a/c, c/h. Place: Ayios Dometios. For information mobile no.

99510244 APARTMENT FOR RENT BY OWNER: 3 bedroom, 2 and 1/2 bathroom, super luxury apartment 196 sq. m, all electrical appliances, 2 large covered parking places in a beautiful residential area in the most convenient location in Nicosia in Dasoupolis area behind Aretaieio Private Hospital. For viewing or price information call 99629213 ***************************** FLATS/HOUSES FOR RENT studio Makarios Av. €300, Kennedy furnished €300, 1 bdrm Str/ los €400, Hilton €400, 2 bdrm Lycavitos €480 fully equipped, Ag. Dometios ground floor + garden €450, Ag. Paylos rear house newly built €390, Acropolis furnished €450, 3 bdrm Ag. Omologites garden €700, Nikis Av. Furnished €500, Archangelos detached with pool €1,200, Acropolis independent ideal for office/residence €750, 4 bdrm Kwsta Theodorou new house €1,100, Mosfiloti unique villa with pool/landscaping €2,500.

99474839, 99646822.

21 PROPERTY FINDER LTD. Licenced & Registered Estate Agents A.M.627 A.A.108/E ***************************** FOR RENT a spacious two bedroom apartment, near Hilton and Central Bank. Living/dining room, sitting room, large veranda, kitchen, c/h, s/h, covered parking. Title deeds. Tel. 99519370. ***************************** HOUSES/FLATS 2 bedr. lux. flat, Ayioi Omoloyites, wooden floors €800, 3 bedr. Acropolis c/h a/c wooden floors €650, Mak/ssa 3 bedr., modern, open plan €1000 f/f €1200, Nicosia 3 bedr., f/f, luxury €1000 f/f, Latsia 2 bedr., pool €430, Strovolos f/f house 4 bedr €1300, Mak/ssa ground floor house detached €850 Photos www.markidesestates. com Markides 22- 378898 /

Larnaca - tel: 99 634725

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

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

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

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA 99464764 Reg.No. 487 E 16 ***************************** LUXURIOUS APARTMENT FOR RENT - A luxurious one floor apartment situated in central Nicosia in an area of exceptional Beauty at 3 Museum Street, is available to let. It has been recently renovated and consists of four bedrooms, two bathrooms, big dining and sitting rooms, kitchen and a huge veranda. Approximate covered area 250 sqm. Tel: 99622370. ***************************** TO LET 1 bedroom upper floor house, large veranda near restaurant Periyiali in Acropolis 5 Aeantos Street €300 call 99680208 ***************************** LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 4 bedr luxury detached house built in 3/4 of a plot, office space, central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining area, separate big kitchen with family room and all the electrical appliances, blinds and curtains on all windows, aluminium shutters, big garden with grass, 3 wc, covered park-

FOR RENT 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment in Larnaca near new hospital. €400 per month including service charge and refuse collection Call 99358916

TO LET NICOSIA ing, in a quiet area – Strovolos €1000 (H4ST10051-R), (photos in the website) 2. 3 bedr luxury terraced house, 210sq.m,central heating, full a/c, marble floor in the sitting areas and solid parquet floor on stairs and bedrooms,4 wc,3 bathrooms, 2 en suite, big verandas, electrical appliances in the kitchen, 3 covered parking spaces, roof garden access, in a quiet neighbourhood on Mon Parnas hill – Engomi €800 (photos in the website).

3. 3 bedr detached house with extra room for office, 250sq.m, central heating independent, 4 a/c, big renovated kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting and dining room with parquet floor and fireplace, 1 bathroom, 2 shower, 3 wc, 2 covered parking, double glazed windows and shutters in bedrooms, big verandas surrounded by trees and bushes off 28th October street IN the central part of Makedonitissa – €1100 (H3MAK0004-R) (photos on the website)

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TO LET NICOSIA 4. 3 bedr luxury semi-detached house with character, 200sq.m, central heating, full ac, sitting and dining room with fireplace, big kitchen with cooker and oven, dishwasher and refrigerator, nice mature garden with flowers, trees and small garden with grass, covered parking, 3wc, 2 bathrooms in a quiet neighbourhood. Available middle of January. Agios Andreas €1200 - H3AAD0001-R (photos on website).

5. 3 bedr luxury house, office space, attic room, with central heating, full a/c, separate kitchen, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, 2 verandas, in a quiet area – Lakatamia €680 (H4LAK009-R), (photos in the website).

6. 3 bedr + attic room with shower and wc luxury detached house with central heating, a/c, fireplace, modern kitchen open plan with expensive electrical appliances, blinds, garden with grass, over flow swimming pool, covered parking in a quiet area. – Makedonitissa €1600

TO LET NICOSIA (H4MAK0023-R), (photos on the website).

7. 4 bedr luxury detached house with big sitting and dining room with parquet floor, separate big kitchen with family room and all the electrical appliances, small garden with grass and bbq area,3wc, central heating, full a/c, covered parking, in a very quiet neighbourhood – Archangelos €1200 (H4AR0017-R), (photos in the website).

8. 3 bedr +office space partially renovated detached ground floor house, 280sq.m, central heating with oil, full a/c, 3wc, separate TV room, big sitting and dining area, big verandas around the house, bbq area, covered parking, private yard near the parking.– Strovolos €1200 (H4ST10048-R), (photos in the website).

9. New modern luxury very good quality finished semi detached house built in 3 levels. Upstairs 1st level 3 bedrs all en suite+ laundry room, 2nd level big attic room which can be used for office space or bedroom.

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TO LET NICOSIA Ground floor with 2 sitting areas ,dining area and breakfast area, kitchen with all the electrical appliances, central heating, full a/c units. Basement with kitchen with cooker and oven, dishwasher, microwave and 2 refrigerators, sitting room with fireplace, and 2 bedrooms with one bathroom. Outside private fenced garden with artificial grass, bbq area and covered veranda. The house has blinds and shutters on all windows, false ceiling with spot lights throughout house, pressure system, covered parking, satellite dish, central music and network system, storage room, very good double glazed windows. Behind General flooring in the centre of Makedonitissa - €2000 (H4MAK0001-R), (photos on the website).

TO LET NICOSIA 10. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, electrical appliances, small yard, bbq area, off Kostantinoupoleos street near French ambassador residence.- STROVOLOS €700 (H4ST10043-R), (photos in the website).

11. 4 bedr new luxury finished detached house with central heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, big kitchen with cooker oven, dishwasher and big family room, aluminium shutters in all the house, separate big sitting and dining room with parquet floor, 2 covered parking, alarm system, big covered patio, SWIMMING POOL, in a newly built area near Falcon school – Strovolos €2000 (photos in the website).

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA RENOVATED LISTED HOUSE with high ceilings in the centre of Nicosia, 260sq.m, 2 small attic rooms, big sitting room upstairs, big sitting room and dining area downstairs, wooden floor, kitchen with all the electrical appliances, 2 bathrooms (one en suite),3wc,CH independent, A/C, big garden – Nicosia Centre €1400 (H4NIC0002-R), (photos in the website).

13. 3 bedr upstairs and 2 separate bedrooms in the basement luxury detached house (all the bedrooms with en suite bathrooms/shower), also separate kitchen and sitting room in the basement which also has separate entrance from the house, central heating, full a/c, solid parquet floor throughout house, big sitting and dining room with fireplace, big fully equipped kitchen with breakfast area and family room, big over flow, swimming pool with covered patio area with fully equipped bar (bbq, fridge, freezer, cooker), mature garden around the house,2 parking places, alarm system near

TO LET NICOSIA the Cyprus Conference Centre – Platy Aglantzias €3500 (H5PAG0002-R).

14. 4 bedr very big luxury semi detached house 350sq.m, with big separate basement 80sq.m with 2 rooms, sitting room, kitchen and bathroom. Consists of big sitting and dining areas upstairs, big kitchen with big family room and breakfast area, big bedrooms, 3 showers, 1 bathroom, central heating, full a/c, black out blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking and patio with bbq in a very quiet neighbourhood close to Makarios football stadium.

CAN BE RENTED FURNISHED, PARTIALLY FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED - Makedonitissa €1500 (H4MAK0032-R), (photos in the website) 15. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/ shower, sitting room upstairs, attic room with shower and wc, office space/maid’s room with shower and wc, central heating, full AC,450sq.m, big

TO LET NICOSIA sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with sitting area and fitted cooker and oven, 6wc, 2 covered parking, yard with tiles and SWIMMING POOL, bbq area in a very quiet neighbourhood near CYBC ( RIK) station and near a neighbourhood park – Platy Aglantzias €2500 (H4AGZ0005-R), (photos in the website) For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22422225/96-422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates.com ***************************** LUXURY FLATS:

1. 3 bedr luxury finished spacious floor apartment with very big sitting and dining areas with family room with fire place, solid parquet floor all through, central heating independent, full a/c, all the bedrooms with en suite shower/bathroom, 4wc, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, blinds on all windows, big covered veranda, covered parking, big storage room, on a small 3 storey building in a quiet neighbourhood – Agios Andreas€1300 – A3AAD0005-R (photos on website).

2. 1 bedr spacious fully luxury renovated apartment,60sq.m, big sitting and dining room, big bedroom, fully newly modern furnished with LCD TV 32’, covered veranda, covered parking, storage heaters, full a/c, near Cyta, Laiki and Hellenic Bank headquarters – Dasoupolis €550 (photos in the website).

3. 2 bedr penthouse apartment,

TO LET NICOSIA 100sq.m + 80sq.m veranda with flowers and bbq, big sitting and dining room with big 60” TV, storage heaters, full a/v, 2 wc, en suite bathroom/ jacuzzi, roman blinds, cooker, oven, microwave, washing machine and refrigerator in the kitchen, covered parking, near Metro supermarket – Aglantzia €600 (photos in the website).

4. 2 bedr luxury ground floor apartment with central heatingindependent, full a/c, structure cabling internet and satellite network, FULLY MODERN EXPENSIVE FURNISHED, with 46”LCD TV, covered parking, double glazed windows, aluminium shutters, on Pericleous street near Klimataria traffic lights – Strovolos €650 (A2ST10054-R) (photos in the website) 5. 4 bedr new spacious luxury finished floor apartment with floor heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds on all windows, very big 50sq.m covered veranda, fireplace, covered parking and big over floor heated covered swimming pool on the ground floor, on a small 3 storey building in a quiet neighbourhood near a playground and near Ippokration private hospital – Engomi €1500 (A4ENG0003-R) (photos in the website) 6. 1 bedr new luxury apartment in a modern building (TSENTAS),with central heating ind, 2 a/c, cooker and oven, refrigerator and washing machine in the kitchen, parquet floor, NICELY FURNISHED big covered veranda, big sitting room off Kyriakou Matsi street,

TO LET NICOSIA 1 km from the centre €460 (A1AOM0002-R), (photos in the website).

7.

1 bedr cozy luxury apartment,60sq.m,parquet floor, nicely furnished ,all fitted electrical appliances (cooker, oven, microwave, washing machine, dishwasher, fridge), roman blinds, provisions for home cinema, big covered verandah, storage heaters, 2 a/c ,covered parking in Dasoupolis near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital. – Dasoupoli €470 (A1DAS0009-R) (photos in the website)

TO LET NICOSIA heaters,2 a/c, blinds on the windows, expensive electrical appliances (cooker, oven, extractor, refrigerator, washing machine, dryer), covered parking and storage room, off Kalippoleos street opposite Dessange Day Spa near the University – Lykavitos €420 (A1LYK0002-R), (photos in the website).

8. 2 bedr spacious renovated apartment 100sq.m with separate big kitchen, air condition for hot and cold in all the rooms, covered veranda, nicely newly fully furnished , off Kyriakou Matsi street very close to the centre on foot– Agioi Omologites €500 (A2AOM0003-R) (photos in the website)

11. 3 bedrs luxury penthouse one floor apartment in a small building with 3 apartments,250sq.m plus big covered verandas, fire place, solid parquet floor,2 bathrooms,3 wc, cooker, oven, fridge, washing machine and dishwasher in the kitchen, CH independent, full a/c, big reception areas opening to the verandas, pressure system and 2 Pcovered with remote control entrance, walking distance to the centre very close to Debenhams €1300 (A3NIC0028-R), (photos in the website)

9. New top quality 2 bedr apartment, 93sq.m+20sq.m veranda, on a small modern building with 6 flats only. Central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 2wc, fully fitted kitchen with all the electrical appliances, water pressure system roller blinds and shutters on windows, big sitting and dining room, big bedrooms, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet neighbourhood near Akropolis park. AVAILABLE end of March – Acropolis €800 A2ACS0002-R (photos in the website) .

10. New luxury finished 1 bedr penthouse apartment with big verandah with nice view, in a small modern building,55sq.m,storage

12. 2 bedr new modern luxury finished apartment with parquet floor, central heating independent, 2 a/c, modern kitchen with all fitted expensive electrical appliances, blinds on the windows, big covered veranda, FULLY NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking in a quiet neighbourhood off Kallipoleos Street - Lykavitos €700 (A2LYK0024-R) (photos on the website) 13. 3 bedr luxury penthouse apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, big sitting and dining room with fireplace, separate kitchen, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, big covered and uncovered veranda, covered parking, in Strovolos near the Municipal building

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA - €650 (A3ST10014-R) (photos on the website) 14. 3 bedr spacious luxury finished apartment 150sq.m+30sq.m covered veranda, central heating independent with petrol, full wall a/c units, solid parquet floor, expensive electrical appliances in the kitchen, 3wc, curtains and blinds on windows, 3 COVERED PARKING, storage room, near Pizza Hut in Strovolos €1100 (photos in the website).

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3 bedrs luxury penthouse,165sq.m+80sq.m verandah with bbq, central heating ind, full AC, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, solid parquet floor all the flat, big kitchen with dining area, fully MODERN FURNISHED, covered parking off Athalassa Avenue near Stephanis Electrinics and English school – Strovolos €800 (A3ST10013-R) (photos in the website) 16. New luxury finished 4 bed PENTHOUSE apartment in a small modern building, 186sq. m+90sq.m big veranda with nice view, separate floor heating, fully air conditioned, 4wc, 2 en suite bedrooms with shower,1 bathroom, solid parquet floor all through, big sitting and dining areas with electric modern shutters opening to the veranda, fully equipped kitchen with expensive electrical appliances, 2 parking places (1 covered), in a very quiet neighbourhood ,near the Russian Embassy. AVAILABLE END OF MARCH –Engomi €1900 (A4ENG0005-R) (photos in the website) For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates.com ***************************** 2 BDRM flat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927.

LIMASSOL ***************************** THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO RENT AN OFFICE! The Rent package includes: fully furnished office, receptionist, internet connection, conference room, electricity, aircondition, cleaning, all utilities. Call 25365046

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ette and parking in a peaceful, green yet central area at Helladion House (off. 302; 3rd floor), 5 Andrea Kalvou Str. For viewing, please call Ms. Jenny on 25-340987(3rd floor of building; office hours). For further details, please call 25-521873 after 8:00pm. ***************************** UN-DETACHED HOUSE for rent in Apshiou village, 2 bedrooms, kitchen, sitting room, bathroom with solar water heater. A/C, satellite, 15mins to roundabout. €350. Tel 25369219, work 10.30-17.30 25542968 home 99773151 TO LET Large 4 bedroom unfurnished house in the village of Asomatos nr Akrotiri Limassol.

Fully A/C & Heating (storage heaters). 5 wc’s, large kitchen/ diner, lounge and sitting room.

Large loft with own shower/wc (suitable for office/playroom/ gym). Carport - prominent position in cul-de-sac - lots of parking. €850 pcm (negotiable).

Available from April 2013. Tel. 99831431

Tel 96891800.

GROUND FLOOR HOUSE, furnished renovated this year.

Laminated parke floor, and big wardrobes in the 3 bedrooms.

Rent €590.00 Tel 99497576 99886775

TRADITIONAL VILLAGE STONE HOUSE IN APESHIA. Very quiet village, 20mins from Limassol. Road to heritage school/ Troodos. 2 bedrooms, office available top floor with veranda great view of mountains. Small courtyard with trees. Electric solar water. A/C-toilet in main bedroom. Semi/full furnished.

Fitted kitchen with electrical appliances, fireplace. Toilet/ shower. €550pm negotiable.

LARNACA

TO LET LARNACA unfurnished property set on a fantastic development in the village of Tersefanou. Available for immediate occupation. Ref. TLL973. Tel 24815926

cars, storage room, swimming pool, with established garden, quiet area, beautiful mountain and sea views, euro 600 p/m – ono call: 99553741

2. Superior Real Estate Larnaca. 2 bedroom fully furnished apartment, nr the Metro/American Academy Larnaca. Ref. TLL1654 Please call to arrange a viewing Tel. 24815926

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 & Kissonerga Landlord & Owners please call 99329357 Or please view at our website www.cyprussands.com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus

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TO LET 3 bedroom house, 100m from beach, Dekelia road Oroklini area. 1 bed flat Makenzie near sea and Petros supermarket. tel: 96693375 ***************************** IMPRESSIVE three bedroom first floor apartment, Pyla. Large lounge, balcony, separate kitchen, furnished. Flyscreens, ceiling fans, aircon. Upstairs three double bedrooms, balcony, sea views. Bathroom.

Downstairs toilet. Free internet.

Digi box. Garden, Patios, Gazebo, Pavilion. €550 euros pcm.

Tel 99935294 www.improdiavilla.com/jr486 ***************************** FOR RENT fully furnished 1 bedroom flat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel 99202543 1 BEDROOM flat in Ermou Square area Larnaca - 2 bedroom flat in Phaneromenis area Larnaca. Call 96693375 ***************************** 1. Superior Real Estate Larnaca. 3 bedroom detached

UK House Offered in Exchange for Apartment or House in Cyprus A 100 sq. m. four bedroom Semi Detached house in the East Midlands, with a market value of £120,000, is offered in exchange for a 2 bedroom (minimum) apartment or house anywhere in Cyprus.

My house has been recently renovated at a cost of over £25,000 and is situated within less than three miles from Clumber Park.

If interested, please email Natalia at nzah50@hotmail.com for a detailed description of my property and please include the internal size in square metres and photos of what you are offering in exchange.

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STALLHOLDERS & CAR-BOOTERS WELCOME ALL ENQUIRIES CALL: 96533839/99771532

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www.superiorrealestatelarnaca.com – LARGE RANGE OF RENTAL PROPERTIES. From studio apartments to 5 bedroom villa’s for rent, all properties have detailed descriptions, professional photographs. Interactive Virtual/ Video Tours. Please visit our website. www.superiorrealestatelarnaca.com www.superiorrealestatelarnaca.com - License No. 419.

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PAPHOS PEYIA, luxury villa, 3 double bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, fully or part furnished, private pool, quiet location, paved garden area, sea and mountain views.

Sky satellite, €550 ono, please call: 99771532 – no agents KISSONERGA, 3 bedroom villa, unfurnished, 2 bedroom upstairs one with en-suite+ extra w/c upstairs, 1 bedroom downstairs with en-suite, airconditoned throughout, garage for 2

CHLORAKAS: 3 Bedroom unfurnished villa private swimming pool, utility room, walking wardrobes, en suite shower 180 m2 covered area fenced garden fully a/c, € 575 p/m For more information’s phone 99400697 ***************************** TREMITHOUSA- Modern 2 Dou-

TO LET PAPHOS ble Bedroom Townhouse with Stunning Sea views, Large Secluded Terrace with Open Views, Roof Garden, Fitted Kitchen, A/C, U/F 350 Euros or F/F 400 Euros TREMITHOUSA- Superb Detached 3 Bedroom Villa with Large Pool, F/F to a very High Standard, Mater En-Suite, Family Bathroom with Jacuzzi, Beautifully Fitted Kitchen, Utility, Separate Shower room, Spectacular Mountain and Sea views, Quite Cul-De-Sac location 700 Euros KISSONERGA- Beautiful Detached U/F 3 Bedroomed Villa ,Large Pool,2 Bedrooms Upstairs Master En-suite ,Family Bathroom, modern Fitted Kitchen ,Downstairs Bedroom with En-suite Shower room, Low maintenance Garden,

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TO LET PAPHOS

Large Terraces and Separate Storage Room 600 Euros TREMITHOUSA- Purpose Built Ground and First Floor 1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments U/F and F/F, A/C, Parking From Only 150 Euros URGENTLY WANTED – 3 Bedroom U/F Detached Villas 600/700 MORE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 99862922 ***************************** TOK’s – 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, Immaculate, very high spec top oor apartment, Luxury furnished with Flatscreen TV’s in living room and bedrooms, lift, pool, beautiful development, fantastic location ₏425 pm Lower Peyia – 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom Modern Unfurnished Villa with beautiful sea views.

Spacious villa with wood burner, utility room, white goods, storage area, alarm system, low maintenance manicured garden & private pool ₏1100 pm Lower Peyia – Good size detached 3 bedroom Villa in lovely residential no through road, separate kitchen, well

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maintained, large balcony, private pool and garden with sea views ₏750 pm Universal - 2 bedroom fully furnished ground oor apartment, a/c, large bedrooms, communal pool, o/s parking ₏350 Please contact us whatever your rental requirements as we have many other properties available. LANDLORDS/OWNERS – We always require more properties to list for waiting clients.

Please call NOW: 96241965 ***************************** LOW COST, long term 3 bedroom bungalow, Polis area, Gialia village, on 3 acres of property, large variety of fruit trees, extremely private with panoramic mountain and sea views, unfurnished, swimming pool, a/c and ďŹ replace, fence around the property â‚Ź550 per month ono – available from 1st of April For more info call: 99 442485 ***************************** MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OF-

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FERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. PEYIA â‚Ź500 PRICE REDUCED FOR QUICK RENTAL. Modern detached 3 bedroom villa situated in a quiet residential area offering stunning sea views. Low maintenance garden with private pool and off street parking. Available unfurnished. Photos to be added to the website shortly.

at side of property. A great central location close to all amenities. website reference number: RTL_663 4. LOWER CHLORAKA â‚Ź750 spacious detached 3 bedroom modern villa offering stunning unobstructed views of the sea.

Situated in a quiet residential area, opposite orange groves.

Gated entrance, a good size enclosed low maintenance mature garden with shrubs & fruit trees. a private pool with sea views. Spacious living area with real ďŹ replace.

Downstairs guest wc. Master bedroom with ensuite. Available fully furnished. Viewings highly recommended. website reference number: RTL_550 5. KAMARES TALA â‚Ź850 a stunning detached villa offering 4 bedrooms plus ofďŹ ce in a quiet & private residential area with large parking bay for numerous cars and covered off street parking. Offering spacious living accommodation and breathtaking views of the sea. This property includes a lift to all 4 oors. Luxury modern ďŹ tted kitchen with appliances. Lovely garden with spacious veranda & private pool. Available unfurnished. website reference number: RTL_669 6. KAMARES TALA â‚Ź900 a

2. SECRET VALLEY â‚Ź750 spacious modern detached 3 bedroom villa situated on a corner plot in a peaceful residential area. Offering large private pool with a low maintenance lovely garden with sea views.

Off street parking. Fully furnished with modern furniture and includes gas central heating throughout. Modern ďŹ tted kitchen with granite worktops.

One bedroom on ground oor with bathroom. Pets allowed at owners discretion. Viewings highly recommended. website reference number: RTL_561 3. UNIVERSAL AREA ₏750 spacious 4 bedroom detached villa situated on a quiet complex offering well kept gardens & communal pool. Spacious living accommodation with one bedroom on ground oor plus bathroom. Available fully furnished. Allocated parking

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Sport Mania released from hospital

Louisville win 75th NCAA champs

GRAND National-winning jockey Ryan Mania has been released from Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary after an MRI scan on his back and neck revealed just minor injuries.

Mania, 23, was propelled to stardom after his victory on Auroras Encore at Aintree on Saturday, but suffered a bad fall at Hexham 24 hours later.

Mania was kicked in the back after he fell from Stagecoach Jasper at the fourth flight of the St John Lee Handicap Hurdle and was airlifted to Newcastle Hospital.

He spent two nights in hospital, but scans revealed no serious damage.

A Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary spokesperson said Mania had now left hospital, with a homecoming party set to be held in his honour in Galashiels, his home town, this evening.

In a statement to Press Association Sport, Mania’s agent, Bruce Jeffrey, said: “Ryan had his MRI scan this morning and it has shown up a very small fracture in his C7 vertebra and there is also some soft tissue and ligament damage.

“Ryan feels fine in himself and he is up and walking about perfectly fine. “He is hoping to be back in the saddle in the very near future.”

Mania later tweeted: “Would ... love to see GN2013 (Grand National) replay. #excited.”

LOUISVILLE won the 75th edition of the NCAA men’s basketball championship on Monday, beating Michigan 82-76 in a pulsating final in front of more than 74,000 fans at the Georgia Dome.

The Cardinals overcame a slow start, in which they twice trailed by 12 points in the first half, to outscore Michigan 45-38 in the second and capture their third national title after previous wins in 1980 and 1986.

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Pacesetters Cincinnati revel in Cardinals win NATIONAL League Central Division pacesetters the Cincinnati Reds scored nine runs in an astonishing ninth inning to down the St Louis Cardinals 13-4.

Jamie Garcia’s 10 strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings went to waste as Mitchell Boggs and Marc Rzepczynski were taken to the cleaners in the ninth.

Choo Shin-soo, whose two drops in centre field had earlier cost three runs, jogged home for the go-ahead run before his double later in the inning scored Jack Hannahan, Ryan Hanigan and Cesar Izturis.

The Reds’ divisional rivals the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers met at Wrigley field, the visitors winning 7-4 with the help of a four-run first inning.

The Chicago wind played a major part, helping Martin Maldonado to an early threerun double but holding up Starlin Castro’s ninth-inning

Ninth inning runs see Reds down St Louis outfit 13-4 blow with the bases loaded, turning a potential grand slam into a decisive fly out.

The Atlanta Braves continued their superb start to the NL East season with a 2-0 win over the Miami Marlins, their sixth success in seven games.

The in-form Justin Upton scored on a Dan Uggla ground-out in the fourth inning and added his sixth homer of the fledgling season, a solo shot in the sixth, to see the Braves to victory.

The New York Mets made Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay wait for his 200th career win, hitting the veteran out of the game in just over four innings en route to a 7-2 triumph.

Opposite number Matt Harvey fared better, striking out nine in seven innings, while catcher John Buck kickstarted the scoring with a three-run long ball in the second.

The Pittsburgh Pirates inflicted only a second defeat of the season on the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-3 after scoring three runs in the first inning.

The D-backs’ fellow NL West pacesetters the Colorado Rockies suffered a similar fate as their five-game winning run was ended by the San Francisco Giants.

Hunter Pence’s three-run shot propelled the Giants to a 4-2 win.

In the American League,

East Division leaders the Boston Red Sox beat their nearest challengers the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 thanks to Daniel Nava’s three-run homer and Clay Buchholz’s seven-inning shutout.

Divisional rivals the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 11-6 with two homers from Robinson Cano and four runs from Travis Hafner, including a threerun yard ball.

Texas Rangers closer Joe Nathan earned the 300th save of his career, backing up Alexi Ogando in a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Home runs came from AJ Pierzynski and Mitch Moreland, consecutively in the fourth inning.

The Seattle Mariners beat the Houston Astros 3-0, Kendrys Morales twice scoring Michael Saunders, while the Kansas City Royals beat AL Central rivals the Minnesota Twins 3-1.

Luke Hancock came off the bench and scored a career-best 22 points, including five three-pointers, while Peyton Siva added 18 points and Chane Behanan 15 for Louisville.

“We went into a war today against a great Michigan team,” said Hancock, who was named the outstanding player of the tournament. “We needed to rally and we have done it a couple of games.”

Trey Burke, the national player of the year, scored 24 points in a losing effort for the Wolverines while Spike Albrecht contributed 17 after coming off the bench, all in the first half.

“We fought for 40 minutes, there was never a time when we gave up,” said Burke. “Louisville was just a really solid team at the end of the game.”

Michigan made a flying start and built a doubledigit lead before the Cardinals took control, matching the second biggest comeback in an NCAA final in the same massive building where the ‘Dream Team’ won Olympic gold in 1996.

Inspired by their team mate Kevin Ware, who broke his leg earlier in the tournament in a horrific fall, Louisville’s players burst into celebration when the clock ran out and confetti rained down on the Georgia Dome court.

Yacht race unveils longest- Rainfall could delay Black ever route for 2014-15 Caviar’s bid for 25th victory

Richard Branson to take off in drag to fulfil F1 bet

THE next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race in 2014-15 will be the longest ever, after organisers announced a route taking in 10 cities in nine countries and lasting almost nine months.

The 12th edition of the round-the-world yacht race will begin in Alicante, Spain on October 4, 2014 and visit Recife, Abu Dhabi, Sanya, Auckland, Itajai, Newport, Rhode Island, Lisbon, Lorient and Gothenburg, finishing on June 27, 2015.

The full race distance will be 39,895 nautical miles. The previous longest edition, won by French skipper Franck Cammas in 2012, was 39,270 nautical miles.

RICHARD Branson will take to the skies as an airline stewardess on a charity flight next month to finally fulfil a bet with aviation rival Tony Fernandes over the fortunes of their teams in the 2010 Formula One season.

AirAsia chief Fernandes bet the British entrepreneur that his Lotus Racing team would do better in their debut season than Virgin Racing team, with the loser dressing up as a female flight attendant.

Lotus F1 finished 10th in the constructors’ championship to Virgin’s 12th, so on May 12, Branson - in “makeup, a pair of high heels and freshly shaved legs” - will join the AirAsia X cabin crew from Perth to Kula Lumpur.

AUSTRALIAN champion sprinter Black Caviar’s bid for a 25th successive win could be put on hold if there is more torrential rain in Sydney this week.

The six-year-old mare is scheduled to race in the T.J. Smith Stakes at Randwick on Saturday but trainer Peter Moody has reiterated his stance that ‘The Wonder from Down Under’ would not run on a heavy track.

“I wouldn’t be that keen to see her on a wet track,” Moody told the Sydney Morning Herald on Monday.

“I’m going to be up there all week for the (yearling) sales, so will know how the weather is and if the track is improving.”

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Tiger Woods has plenty of opposition

Only Augusta triumph will do, says McIlroy ‘The ultimate aim is to win Green Jacket’

By Phil Casey RORY McIlroy paused for a moment when asked if anything less than a win at the US Masters this week would be a disappointment, but the answer was worth the wait.

Despite his well-publicised struggles this season with a combination of new equipment, poor form, poor judgement and a painful wisdom tooth, McIlroy was unequivocal.

“Yeah, it would be,” the Northern Irishman said.

“Every time you come to Augusta you want to win the Green Jacket and every time you don’t it’s another chance missed. If I am sitting here on Sunday having finished second and having given it a good run you can’t be too disappointed, but the ultimate aim is to win.

“The main golf season is from April to the end of August (encompassing the four major championships) so that’s when I want to play my best golf.”

The chances of that happening looked slim at the start of the season, with a missed cut at the Abu Dhabi Championship in his first event since signing a multi-million pound deal with Nike being followed by a first-round loss to Shane Lowry in the Accenture Match Play Championship.

Worse was to come when he then withdrew from his defence of the Honda Classic midway through a terrible second round, initially telling reporters that he was in a “bad place mentally” but then issuing a

statement blaming his exit on the pain from a wisdom tooth which is due to be removed in June.

A few days later the 23year-old admitted that was no excuse and publicly apologised, before finishing the WGC-Cadillac Championship with a round of 65 to suggest that his game was finally returning to the sort of shape which brought him five wins in 2012, one of them being a second major at the US PGA Championship.

After only finishing 45th at the Houston Open, McIlroy then added last week’s Texas Open to his schedule at the last minute - forcing him to cancel a trip to Haiti as a UNICEF ambassador but it paid dividends with a closing 66 to finish just two shots behind winner Martin Laird.

‘COMPETITIVE’ “I feel last week went really well, almost perfect,” McIlroy added. “I got what I wanted out of it in terms of playing more competitive golf, a bonus was getting into contention and how I played then was pleasing.

“I chased Martin pretty hard and most times a 66 is going to be enough, I just got beat by an unbelievable round.”

Despite such poor form by his own high standards, McIlroy is 26 under par for his last three events and insists he now feels completely at ease with his new equipment.

“I’m very comfortable and I’m 100 per cent there,” the world number two added, joking that he could not

revert to his old clubs anyway as they had been given away.

“It’s definitely not the clubs for sure. That’s what I’ve found out over the past few weeks, it’s more me.

“I wanted to do it all at the start of the year, not put something in in dribs and drabs. There was a little bit of an adjustment period getting the driver that really suited me and once I got that, you gain confidence whenever you play rounds and you see yourself hitting good drives, hitting it in the fairway and setting yourself up with iron shots into the greens.

“I’m really comfortable with everything and I feel like the clubs are a part of me now and that’s how they should be.

“I’ve been through these sort of patches before where I haven’t played so well and the game feels quite far away and then something clicks and all of a sudden it’s back again. I probably should have learned more from it last summer when I was going through those struggles, but it’s just about keeping on top of fundamentals.”

In four previous Masters appearances McIlroy has yet to record a top-10 finish, with joint 15th in 2011 his best result, although that came about as a result of his collapse in the final round.

Leading by four shots after 54 holes, McIlroy crashed to a closing 80 and finished 10 shots behind winner Charl Schwartzel, but rebounded two months later to win the US Open by eight shots at

Despite poor form by his own high standards, McIlroy is 26 under par for his last three events and insists he feels completely at ease with his new equipment now Congressional.

“I had a chance to win in 2011 and obviously that didn’t go too well, but it still doesn’t change the fact that it’s my favourite golf tournament,” he said. “It’s the one you’re looking forward to the most.

“To start, you’re in awe of the place. It’s a place you’ve seen so much growing up on TV and it always has that

aura or mystique about it.

It took me a while to get fully comfortable on the grounds. Took me a while to get comfortable taking a divot!

“Once you get over that and treat it like any other course, with the layout and the shots you have to hit around here I feel like it’s a place I could do well at for sure.”

HE is back at the top of the world rankings and back as a short-priced favourite for the Masters, but all is not lost for those out to prevent Tiger Woods from winning a fifth Green Jacket.

With three wins in four strokeplay events on the PGA Tour this season and two in his last two starts, Woods is understandably the name on everyone’s lips when it comes to the first major of the year.

But with the favourite in each of the last seven years failing to win at Augusta National, the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose and Phil Mickelson will still have their eyes on the prize when play gets under way tomorrow.

Woods himself was the last favourite to win here in 2005, when he edged out Chris Di Marco in a play-off to win his fourth Masters title.

“I am surprised, I didn’t realise it’s been that long since he won,” said Ryder Cup partner Steve Stricker. “And everything about this course is suited for his game.

“He’s had a couple of opportunities in there but all that can all change over this next week and I’m sure he’s going to get right in there.

“It seems like he’s in a good spot. He’s happy and he’s relaxed and he just feels good about what he’s doing with his game, and it’s showing in his attitude too.”

Stricker is partly responsible for Woods’ resurgence this season, giving him a putting tip ahead of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral which the 14-time major winner went on to win for the seventh time.

“I played 14 holes with him on Sunday and he’s hitting it nicely,” Stricker added.

“Looks like he’s got a ton of confidence in that putter too, which you need to go around here or anywhere if you’re going to win a golf tournament. “It looks like he’s comfortable in his game and ... I expect him to be in the mix come Sunday for sure.”

Novak Djokovic assures no long-term damage from Davis Cup ankle injury

Djokovic looked in some distress after turning his ankle in the third game of his match against the US’ Querrey

NOVAK Djokovic has revealed he suffered no long-term damage from the ankle injury he picked up while on Davis Cup duty with Serbia.

The world number one looked to be in some distress after turning his ankle in the third game of his match against the United States’ Sam Querrey and was given considerable courtside treatment.

Remarkably, despite looking uncomfortable putting too much weight on his right foot, Djokovic managed to play on and record a 7-5 6-7 6-1 6-0 victory over his bigserving opponent.

There was speculation over how much further damage he had done to the injury by continuing, leading to fears he may be forced to miss the French Open, which gets under way next month.

But the 25-year-old confirmed on his official website that he will need only a short period of treatment and rest before hinting he could even return to action in next

week`s Monte Carlo Masters.

“The world’s top player has undergone an MRI examination this morning which revealed no structural damage to the joint capsule and ligaments. A joint structures strain requires therapy and strict rest in the following days,” the statement read.

“Depending on the recovery, a decision will be made on Nole’s participation at the upcoming tournament in Monte Carlo.”

The six-time major winner admitted his pride at representing Serbia - with whom he won the Davis Cup in 2010 - stopped him from pulling out of his match on Sunday, with his victory sealing his country’s semi-final place.

“Obviously it’s very strong emotion when you play for your country; I guess that’s the biggest reason why I kept playing,” said Djokovic on the tournament’s website after beating Querrey.

“Injuries are a part of sport, and you try to avoid as much as you can as an athlete.”

Woods is the favourite for the first major of the year

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‘Clash with Bayern is a war yet to be decided’ JUVENTUS striker Mirko Vucinic has compared today’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against newlycrowned German champions Bayern Munich as a “war” which is still to be decided.

Bayern, who wrapped up their 23rd Bundesliga title with six games to go at the weekend, take a 2-0 advantage into the clash in Turin as they bid to make their second successive semi-final and a third in four seasons.

However, Juve, who maintained their grip at the top of Serie A with a 2-1 win over struggling Pescara on Saturday, have history on their side as they have won all five European quarter-finals they have played against German opponents.

Vucinic scored two goals in as many minutes against Pescara and is confident the Bianconeri can overturn the two-goal deficit.

“Our fans believe in us players, we have to believe in ourselves,” Vucinic told the club’s official website. “Everyone needs to give more than 100 per cent.

“Congratulations (to Bayern) on the championship, but on Wednesday, Bayern will experience an uncomfortable atmosphere.

“Our fans know how to heat up the atmosphere, which is a war - nothing is decided yet.”

Bayern sporting director Matthias Sammer insists there will be no loss of focus following the league success.

“We can postpone our party, but we can’t postpone Juventus,” Sammer told Bayern’s official website.

“The game will require all our energy and power. The players should ask themselves a question: ‘Do we want more or do we not? Do we want the lot or only a little bit?’

“That’s the difference between good

and great.”

Juventus could make up to seven changes for the clash after they rested a host of players against Pescara.

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon looks set to return, while defenders Andrea Barzagli and Giorgio Chiellini are available after domestic suspensions.

Midfielder Arturo Vidal is suspended and Paul Pogba could be promoted from the bench in his place, while Juve manager Antonio Conte could give Kwadwo Asamoah the nod ahead of Federico Peluso on the left wing.

Bayern will have midfielder Javi Martinez available following his suspension for the first leg, but Toni Kroos looks set to miss out after picking up a groin injury.

Striker Mario Mandzukic is likely to start for the German champions after he was rested against Frankfurt at the weekend.

Juventus striker Mirko Vucinic is confident the Bianconeri can overturn the two-goal deficit in Bayern’s favour

Doubts over Barca striker’s fitness keep PSG guessing

Four Maltese players get life-bans for match-fixing

Matuidi absence a midfield gap for Ancelotti

FOUR Maltese players have been given life bans after being found guilty of match-fixing, the Malta FA announced yesterday.

Three of the players - Gaetan Spiteri, Julian Briffa and Jermain Brincat - are on the books of top-flight clubs in Malta, while Chris Brincat, the brother of Jermain, is a futsal player who has turned out for Malta’s national futsal team.

Spiteri, who had spent his entire career with hometown club Hamrun Spartans before joining rivals Qormi on loan last year, has been sanctioned after being found guilty of colluding with Briffa to offer a bribe to a Sliema Wanderers player before a match against Hamrun in February last year.

No disciplinary action was taken against the Sliema player as investigations revealed that he had rejected the overtures of Briffa, a former Sliema player, and Spiteri. The match in question ended 1-1.

A life ban was also given to Briffa but the Malta FA prosecuting officer is recommending a reduced sentence for the defender on the grounds that he co-operated fully with the investigators.

Jermain Brincat, who began this season with Maltese Premier League club Floriana, and his brother Chris, a Floriana futsal player, were both handed a life ban for their involvement in an attempt to fix the result of a Division One (second tier) match last September.

Media reports said the case came to light after the player who had been approached to throw the match contacted the authorities.

The players can appeal against their bans.

Maltese football is still coming to terms with former Malta midfielder Kevin Sammut being handed a life ban by UEFA late last year after he was found guilty of helping to fix the Euro 2008 qualifier between Norway and Malta.

By Mark Elkington LIONEL Messi has gone from being the first name on Barcelona’s team sheet to the last, as they await a late fitness test ahead of today’s Champions League quarterfinal second leg at home to Paris St Germain.

The World Player of the Year is recovering from a hamstring strain picked up in Paris last week, when he scored in the 2-2 first-leg draw, though Barca proved they could survive without him by thrashing Real Mallorca 5-0 in La Liga on Saturday.

Despite fielding a weakened side, the leaders ran riot at the Nou Camp with a hat-trick from Cesc Fabregas and two from Alexis Sanchez but PSG are a tougher proposition than La Liga’s basement side.

Favourites Barca are chasing a fourth Champions League crown in eight seasons and leading marksman Messi usually provides the cutting edge on the big stage by setting up and scoring goals.

His mere presence provides a psychological lift to his side and a big headache for opponents.

The Argentine did some fitness work on Sunday and Spanish media reported he was one of a group of players who turned up to work on Monday despite the squad having been given the day off.

With La Liga all but in the bag, as Barca lead secondplaced Real Madrid by 13 points with eight games left,

PSG will at least have influential centre-back Thiago Silva (left) in the squad which faces Barca today coach Tito Vilanova may be inclined to risk his prize asset against PSG. Vilanova also has to decide who will partner Gerard Pique in the centre of the defence as Javier Mascherano is out with a knee injury and Carles Puyol is a doubt as he recovers from knee surgery.

Inexperienced former youth-teamer Marc Bartra performed well alongside Pique on Saturday but versatile full back Adriano Correia is close to fitness again and midfielder Alex Song could even be drafted in at the back.

“We’ll see what options we have against PSG,” Barca’s assistant coach Jordi Roura said.

Eric Abidal’s emotional playing return as a substi-

tute on Saturday, a year after having a liver transplant, puts him in the running but he is unlikely to start.

PSG’s influential centre back Thiago Silva is in the squad after sustaining a knee injury in the first leg and missing Saturday’s 2-0 win at Stade Rennes in Ligue 1.

On Saturday, coach Carlo Ancelotti had seven of the 11 players who started the first leg either on the bench or not even on the team sheet as he looked to rest tired legs.

Ancelotti, however, has a problem to solve in midfield due to the absence of the suspended Blaise Matuidi.

David Beckham is a probable starter after a decent performance in the first leg, with the second holding

midfielder spot likely to be between Italian Marco Verratti and Frenchman Clement Chantome.

Italy midfielder Thiago Motta could also play there but he has only featured once in more than two months because of a groin injury.

Jeremy Menez’s fine performance against Rennes may not have been enough for him to take the place of Ezequiel Lavezzi or Lucas.

Centre back Alex has recovered from a thigh problem and is in the squad.

“We have to take it as a great day for us. We are in an extraordinary position,” sports director Leonardo told French media.

“Barcelona are 20 years into their project. PSG have started a great chapter in

their history but the squad only started working together 20 months ago.”

Probable teams Barcelona: 1-Victor Valdes; 2-Daniel Alves, 3-Gerard Pique, 15-Marc Bartra, 18Jordi Alba; 6-Xavi, 16-Sergio Busquets, 8-Andres Iniesta; 9-Alexis Sanchez, 4-Cesc Fabregas, 7-David Villa PSG: 30-Salvatore Sirigu; 26-Christophe Jallet, 13Alex, 2-Thiago Silva, 17Maxwell; 29-Lucas, 32-David Beckham, 24-Marco Verratti, 27-Javier Pastore; 18-Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 11-Ezequiel Lavezzi Referee: Bjorn (Netherlands)

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‘City will fight on, regardless of Premier League title race’ Midfielder’s comments follow Citizens’ 2-1 victory over Red Devils

By Andy Hampson MIDFIELDER James Milner has promised Manchester City will fight on regardless of whether the Barclays Premier League is out of reach or not.

City gave a reminder of their champion quality by claiming a deserved 2-1 success in Monday night’s derby against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

It may have come too late to reignite the title race, with United still leading the table by 12 points with seven games remaining, but Milner does not see reason to give up.

With the FA Cup still to play for, City do not want to slow their momentum in the run-in.

Goalscorer Milner told City TV: “Maybe the title is a bit out of reach now, but that changes nothing to us - whether it is or it isn’t. It is still mathematically possible.

“All our concentration is on winning every game from now until the end of the season. Hopefully that will get us at least one trophy.”

Milner put City ahead with a deflected strike from the edge of the box ahead after Gareth Barry had robbed Ryan Giggs and fed inside to Samir Nasri early in the second half.

United responded as Phil Jones forced the ball in off Vincent Kompany from a Robin van Persie freekick but substitute Sergio Aguero settled the contest with a sublime individual effort on 78 minutes.

Milner said: “He is not bad is he? He is so sharp when you get him in around the box, him and Carlos (Tevez) together up front.

“We train with them every day. I was speaking to Joleon (Lescott) who says

Sharp moves: City substitute Sergio Aguero settled the battle for supremacy in Monday night’s derby against United at Old Trafford, with a sublime effort on 78 minutes he loves playing against them in training because he knows when he plays against anyone else in the league it is an easier day.

“He is so sharp around the box. His composure and his finish at the end was superb. It gave us a deserved win.”

The manner of City’s performance left many to won-

der how they had fallen so far behind United prior to the game.

That is certain to be analysed in the months ahead but City at least felt they had made a point, and manager Roberto Mancini is convinced the title can be regained next year.

The Italian said: “The championship is finished

but we deserved to win because we played better, we played good football. We didn’t take any risk.

“We know that we can win the title next year. This year we did some mistakes but we can do nothing now.

The season is gone.

“It is important we continue to win because we have another seven games

but it does not change anything for the future.

“We need to continue to play like this for next season.

“We have two or three months where we can work well, where we can improve our team.

“I think we showed here we can’t be 15 points behind.”

Neville to leave Everton this summer UNCERTAINTY over the future of Everton manager David Moyes may have played a key role in Phil Neville’s decision to leave the club this summer, according to former Toffees defender Andy Hinchcliffe.

Neville, 36, confirmed earlier yesterday that he is to depart the Merseyside outfit - who he joined from Manchester United in 2005 - when his current deal expires at the end of the season, with the defender stressing he will be looking to continue his playing career elsewhere.

Moyes, Everton’s manager since 2002, is also out of contract in the summer and has made it clear he does not intend to make a decision about a new one until the 2012-13 campaign has finished - something Hinchcliffe feels could well have figured prominently in club captain Neville’s thinking.

“It is a very uncertain summer ahead for Everton I think,” Hinchcliffe told Sky Sports News. “David Moyes is not committed to a new contract there, so Phil maybe has had chats with him and he is not really sure what the future holds for Moyes.

“Maybe he can’t really sign a contract and decide to stay at Everton if he doesn’t know who the manager is going to be.”

Neville, in a statement released to Press Association Sport, said: “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time on Merseyside and will leave with immense pride. I would like to thank the manager, chairman, all of the staff and the players at Everton for their continued support during my time at the club.

“I’d also like to pay a special thanks to the fans ... Everton will always have a place in my heart.

“I want to continue to play at the top level as long as I physically can, and will be weighing up my options before making a decision on my next move.”

‘League survival trumps FA Cup final spot’ Pardew plans another Toon late show WIGAN owner Dave Whelan would prefer Barclays Premier League survival to a place in the FA Cup final as the Latics prepare for Saturday’s semi-final clash with Millwall at Wembley.

Wigan are playing their first cup semi-final since facing Arsenal in the 2006 League Cup, where they won on the away goals rule following a 2-2 aggregate draw to play Manchester United in the final, where they were beaten 4-0.

However, the Latics are again battling to stave off relegation from the Premier League and are currently in the bottom three, level on points with Sunderland but with a worse goal difference.

With the Premier League set to receive a financial boost thanks to the new £3billion

Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan television deal for next season, Whelan knows remaining in the top flight is crucial.

“Staying up is more important than winning the semi-final,” Whelan told the Evening Standard.”No question about

that. I have promised the players a holiday in Barbados not for winning the FA Cup but for staying up.”

Whelan broke his leg when playing for Blackburn in the 1960 FA Cup final against Wolves and is set to lead the team out onto the Wembley pitch at the weekend.

But the 76-year-old has witnessed a decline in the tournament’s importance due to the ever increasing Premier League revenue which has placed that competition at the forefront of clubs’ minds.

“You get so much money out of the Premier League, it’s just phenomenal. And what these clubs are going to get next season is unbelievable,” Whelan said. “It makes this season’s relegation battle all the more desperate.”

ALAN Pardew has warned Benfica to beware another Newcastle late show as he braces for a huge four days in the club’s topsy-turvy season.

Striker Papiss Cisse dragged the Magpies five points clear of the Barclays Premier League relegation zone with an injury-time winner against Fulham on Sunday, having done much the same against Stoke and Anzhi Makhachkala in previous weeks.

Derby rivals Sunderland head for St James’ Park on Sunday for a fixture which has taken on added importance for both clubs this season, but before that, Benfica will arrive on Tyneside on Thursday evening, defending a 3-1 Europa League quarterfinal lead.

Pardew knows his side

Warning: Newcastle manager Alan Pardew faces an uphill task to make it to the last four, but he is equally well aware of the resilience and fighting spirit within his squad.

He told the Chronicle: “We just need to get ourselves

in a good position. If we can get a goal with 20 minutes to go, we can do it - that’s the agenda for me.

“Our fans need to understand on Thursday, in the quarter-final of the Europa League, that if we go gung-ho looking for two quick goals, we are just going to get killed.

“They (Benfica) have got real quality on the break. We have got to be very intelligent and we have got to be patient.”

Whatever happens on Thursday evening, Pardew and his players will have to be ready to go again three days later for a derby encounter which matters more than any other fixture. However, he has no worries that they will be.

He said: “Sunday takes care of itself. We know what it’s about.”

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Sport Dortmund overcome Malaga with a lastgasp double strike Bor. Dortmund 3 Malaga 2 Quarter-final second leg.

Aggregate 3-2 BORUSSIA Dortmund came back from the dead to book their place in the semi-finals of the Champions League with a quite unbelievable victory over Malaga at Westfalenstadion.

The German side’s run in the competition appeared to be as good as over after Eliseu’s strike in the 82nd minute made it 2-1 to Malaga and left the hosts needing two goals to progress after last week’s first leg ended goalless.

Marco Reus breathed life into Jurgen Klopp’s side with a close-range finish in the first minute of stoppage time but there was even greater drama to come as Dortmund pressed on in search of a third goal, which duly arrived with seconds remaining as Felipe Santana scrambled home.

Joaquin’s 25th-minute opener for Manuel Pellegrini’s visitors was cancelled out

by Robert Lewandowski’s superbly crafted goal five minutes before the break, but that was mere prelude to the drama - and acrimony - that was to come after the break.

Both Eliseu’s strike for Malaga and Santana’s third for Dortmund should both have been ruled out for offside, as the officiating team led by Scotland’s Craig Thomson ensured this memorable contest would also be tainted by controversy.

It took until the 16th minute for the first effort on goal to arrive as Lewandowski sent a chipped effort sailing over the bar.

After failing to produce a shot on target in the first quarter of the match, Malaga went ahead courtesy of their first meaningful attack.

Julio Baptista started the move with a pass into Joaquin, who exchanged passes with Isco before selling his marker a dummy and sending a low finish into the left corner.

Reus saw a shot charged down in the 37th minute as Dortmund searched for a way back, but the breakthrough

came as the hosts netted five minutes before the break.

Mario Gotze’s incisive forward pass was backheeled beyond the Malaga backline

by Reus into the path of Lewandowski, who expertly dinked the ball over the sprawling Willy Caballero before tucking the ball home under pressure from Jesus Gamez.

The second half began with a bang with both sides going close to adding to the scoring inside three minutes.

First Lewandowski was afforded time to take aim from the edge of the area but Caballero got down to save, while two minutes later Roman Weidenfeller produced a fine reflex stop to deflect away Joaquin’s downward header.

The hosts were given a letoff when Marcel Schmelzer appeared to raise his hands to the face of Gamez amid a tussle by the touchline, but rather inexplicably it was the Malaga man who went into the referee’s book.

In the 75th minute, the unmarked Reus looked to turn home a low centre from six yards, but Caballero’s trailing leg was in the right place as the Malaga number one made a wonderful save.

Caballero was again the hero for the visitors in the 79th minute as Gotze was played clean through but the goalkeeper flicked out a leg to deflect the ball inches wide of the post.

Three minutes later Malaga went 2-1 up as Baptista’s goalbound shot was turned home by Eliseu from almost on the goalline.

The match appeared to be destined to end in Malaga’s favour as added time arrived, but then Dortmund were awarded a free-kick 40 yards from goal.

Caballero was helpless to deny Dortmund yet again as woeful defending from the set-piece saw the ball break to Reus to fire in from close range.

Thereafter, officials failed to spot three Dortmund players in offside positions when the ball was launched into the area, but when the ball broke to Santana - also in an offside position on the goalline - he had no hesitation in blasting home.

Dortmund scored twice in injury time to snatch victory

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SPANIARDS ENDURE ONSLAUGHT OF GALA’S SECOND-HALF EFFORTS Cristiano Ronaldo’s brace was enough to allow Madrid’s quest for a 10th European Cup to continue

Real survive to progress to semis Galatasaray 3 Real Madrid 2 Quarter-final second leg.

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eal Madrid progressed to the last four of the Champions League despite defeat on the night to a Galatasaray side whose second-half comeback had Jose Mourinho’s side in a panic.

Already three goals up from the first leg at the Bernabeu, the tie was seemingly put to bed by Cristiano Ronaldo’s seventh-minute strike.

But an Emmanuel Eboue thunderbolt after 57 minutes brought Gala back level on the night, before Wesley Sneijder put the home side ahead after 70 minutes.

Seconds later Didier Drogba (inset) reduced the aggregate deficit further and although Real substitute Alvaro Arbeloa saw red late on, Ronaldo notched his second in injury time, as Madrid’s quest for a 10th European Cup continued.

The visitors started quickly and just three minutes were on the clock when Fernando Muslera rashly came out to clear, his effort falling to Angel Di Maria, who shot wide.

Four minutes later they

were on the scoresheet. Sami Khedira was allowed to cross from the right and in came Ronaldo, who got to the ball before the home defender to shoot past a helpless Muslera from three yards out.

The tie looked finished as a contest and Ronaldo could have doubled his night’s tally moments later when the home side backed off, but from 25 yards the Portuguese shot straight at Muslera.

Drogba went close to converting a Sneijder shot after 20 minutes in Gala’s first meaningful attack, before Madrid almost went two-up.

A delicious back-heel pass from Ronaldo played in Di Maria, but his angled effort was well tipped over by the Gala stopper.

Mourinho was forced into his first change after 31 min-

utes when Michael Essien had to be replaced by Arbeloa due to a leg injury.

Sneijder forced Diego Lopez into his first save after 38 minutes in what was a lacklustre first-half display from the hosts.

Madrid missed another chance to go two up 11 minutes after the restart when Ronaldo somehow missed from eight yards out - scuffing his effort with the ball trapped under his feet. Moments later and the home side were level thanks to a tremendous goal, albeit from an unlikely source. Sneijder’s hopeful cutback found a sprinting Eboue who from the edge of the box powered an unstoppable shot into the top corner.

And just three minutes later they should have gone

ahead. Drogba’s strength caused all sorts of problems for the Real defence with the ball falling to Sneijder.

However with just Lopez to beat and from 12 yards out he screwed his shot wide of the far post.

Eboue’s goal had, however, galvanised the home side and with the Ataturk Stadium firmly behind their side Gala took a deserved lead.

Sneijder showed a turn of pace more associated with his best days at Inter, nutmegging Rafael Varane before side-footing into the corner.

And moments later it was 3-1 when Drogba got in front of his defender to flick a cross into the corner of the net.

Raul Albiol replaced Mesut Ozil as Mourinho looked to arrest his team’s slide, but they had to play out the final moments with 10 men after Arbeloa saw red after receiving a second yellow card for dissent.

There was still time for a fifth goal on the night when Ronaldo scored in injury time.