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Confidence lost in EU food chain Cypriot authorities probe local firm as EU mulls tougher test and label rules By George Psyllides

HE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed increased DNA testing of meat products to assess the scale of a scandal involving horsemeat sold as beef that has shocked the public and raised concern over the continent’s food supply chains. “The tests will be on DNA in meat products in all member states,” European Union Health Commissioner Tonio Borg told reporters after a ministerial meeting in Brussels last night to discuss the affair. The initial one-month testing plan would include premises handling horsemeat to check whether potentially harmful equine medicine residues have entered the food chain, Borg said, with the ﬁrst results expected by midApril. “This is impacting on the integrity of the food chain, which is a really signiﬁcant issue for a lot of countries. Now that we know this is a European problem, we need a European solution,” Irish farm minister Simon Coveney told reporters as he arrived for the meeting. In Cyprus, authorities were yesterday looking into a Cypriot company as part of a Europe-wide investigation over fraudulent labelling of horsemeat contained in some food products. The affair has implicated operators and middlemen in a host of EU countries, from abattoirs in Romania and factories in Luxembourg to traders in Cyprus and food companies in France. Authorities said the Limassol-based company was in-

volved in the trade of meat but only through instructions it passed on to other countries. “What is being investigated at the moment is whether this company is implicated or other companies that are intermediaries in the food chain,” said Christos Christou, health services deputy director. “It is not this company that delivered the product to the manufacturers, but it has delivered it to some other companies, which in turn passed it on to the factories.” The affair began in Ireland when horsemeat was found in frozen beef burgers. Christou said various documents have been collected from the company’s ofﬁces but no clear conclusions could be drawn yet. “Whatever comes up is conveyed to the European Commission and given to the authorities of the other countries which have the problem,” Christou said.The company does not deal with the Cypriot market. Supermarket chain Carrefour has already announced it was withdrawing a batch of Cannelloni Bolognese as a precaution because they were produced by Comigel, a company linked to the affair. The withdrawal concerns the 600 gramme packaging, bar code 3560070398515. Consumers who bought the product were asked to return it. Alfa Mega supermarkets also announced yesterday it was carrying out all necessary checks, assuring its customers that none of the products on sale contained horsemeat. The European Commission said it was working with the French, Romanian, Dutch,

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TOXIC FACTORIES SHUT DOWN

Residents protest yesterday before the labour ministry announced that it had issued notice, effective immediately, for the closure of the two chemical factories in Pera-Chorio Nisou (Christos Theodorides) SEE STORY PAGE 6

‘Ugliest woman’ buried 150 years after her death THE “ugliest woman in the world” has been buried in her native northern Mexico, more than 150 years after her death and a tragic life spent exhibited as a freak of nature at circuses around the world. Born in Mexico in 1834, Julia Pastrana suffered from hypertrichosis and gingival hyperplasia, diseases that gave her copious facial hair and a thick-set jaw. These features led to her being called a “bear woman” or “ape woman”. During the mid-1850s, Pastrana met Theodore Lent, a US impresario who toured the singing and dancing Pastrana at freak shows across the United States and Europe before marrying her. In 1860, Pastrana died in Moscow after

giving birth to Lent’s son, who inherited his mother’s condition. The son died a few days later, and Lent then toured with the mother and son’s embalmed remains. After changing hands over the ensuing decades, both bodies ended up at the University of Oslo in Norway.

‘AGGRESSION, CRUELTY’ “Imagine the aggression and cruelty of humankind she had to face, and how she overcame it. It’s a very digniﬁed story,” said Mario Lopez, the governor of Sinaloa state who lobbied to have her remains repatriated to her home state for burial.

“When I heard about this Sinaloan woman, I said, there’s no way she can be left locked away in a warehouse somewhere,” he said. Crowds ﬂocked to the small town of Sinaloa de Leyva on Tuesday to pay their respects to Pastrana, who was buried in a white cofﬁn garlanded with white roses. “The mass was beautiful,” said New York-based Mexican artist Laura Anderson Barbata, who has led a nearly decade-long campaign to have Pastrana returned to Mexico for a proper Catholic burial. “I was very moved. In all these years I’ve never felt so full of different emotions.”

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ON THIS DAY FEBRUARY 14

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25 years ago, Sunday February 14, 1988

St Valentine is beheaded, contributing in part to the origins of the Valentine’s Day holiday.

Cyprus locked up guns and alcohol as it took an eve-ofpoll break yesterday from the most intense presidential race in 28 years of independence. Public speeches and rallies were barred for the day to allow for quiet reﬂection, the sale of alcohol was banned while hunting was also prohibited.

1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: Seven gangster rivals of Al Capone are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.

1956 The twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union takes place. During the Congress new leader Nikita Krushchev makes the ﬁrst ofﬁcial criticism of former leader Josef Stalin.

1974 Soviet authorities charge Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn with treason one day after expelling him from the country.

1989 Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini issues a fatwa against British author Salman Rushdie for his book Satanic Verses.

35 years ago, Tuesday February 14, 1978 Turkish Cypriots in the north yesterday observed the third anniversary of the setting up of their self-proclaimed Turkish Federated State with the inauguration of a new hospital and their new legislative assembly building. The chairman of the legislative assembly Osman Orek invited Greek Cypriots to stop making pre-conditions for negotiations and not to reject proposals in advance.

45 years ago, Wednesday February 14, 1968 French surgeons have devised a method of reviving a heart taken from a dead body and storing it for several hours, the French newspaper Paris-Jour reported today. The newspaper’s medical correspondent said research workers at a hospital in Lyons, southern France, had revived a heart one hour after removing it from a corpse and had kept it alive for ﬁve hours.

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Home Big savings by using LED lights

Confidence lost in food chain

A NUMBER of local authorities hope to cut their energy consumption by half as part of a pilot scheme to convert their street lighting systems to more energy efficient LEDs, stakeholders said yesterday. Some 63,000 street lights across 16 municipalities may be replaced with LED fixtures by 2014, the Cyprus Energy Agency said yesterday. The agency, a non-profit nongovernmental organisation supported by the European Commission and the municipalities’ union, has said that it would liaise with the European Energy Efficiency Fund (EEE-F) to obtain 90 per cent of the funding and the participating municipalities would then collectively pay for remaining 10 per cent. If successful, the onus will be on the EAC to replace the street lights with more efficient counterparts. Buying and installing the LED lights would cost €17 million, the agency said. But then it said municipalities could save up to 48 per cent in energy savings, and may collectively save €19.5 million in 2014-2015. The 16 municipalities from across the island are the following: Strovolos, Larnaca, Nicosia, Lakatamia, Paralimni, Aradippou, Aglandjia, Engomi, Ayios Athanasios, Latsia, Dhali, Geri, Polis Chrysochous, Lefkara, Ergates, and Psimolophou.

(continued from front page) Luxembourg and British authorities and has called a meeting tomorrow of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain to discuss the situation with all member states. The EU food safety system is one of the safest in the world. Thanks to this system and its capacity for full traceability, national authorities are in a position to investigate this matter so as to ﬁnd the source of the problem, the commission said. EU ofﬁcials have said there is no risk to public health

Complexity of the supply chains would make proposals almost impossible from the tainted foods. But the suspected fraud has caused particular outrage in Britain, where many view the idea of eating horse meat with distaste, and exposed ﬂawed food controls. Britain’s farm minister said the type of tests that revealed the problem should be carried out routinely in future. “I would like to see DNA testing of processed meat

products during process and as ﬁnished products established as soon as possible right across every member state,” Owen Paterson said. Both ministers urged EU authorities to propose changes to labelling rules that would force producers to give the country of origin on processed meat products. Currently the requirement only applies to fresh beef, and will

be extended to fresh lamb, pork and poultry from Dec. 2014. The European Commission, which oversees EU labelling rules, said it was studying the option. But ofﬁcials have warned privately that the complexity of supply chains would make this almost impossible to implement. EU and national authorities are still trying to uncover

the source of the suspected fraud. “All those countries through which this meat product has passed of course are under suspicion,” EU health commissioner Tonio Borg told a news brieﬁng yesterday. “By the countries, I mean the companies in those countries which dealt with this meat product.” He added that it would be unfair at this stage to point the ﬁnger at any organisation in particular. (Brussels reporting by Reuters)

THE TRANSFORMATION OF VASSILIKOS

Landfill waste down in 2011 SOME 560,000 tonnes of urban solid waste was produced in Cyprus in 2011, down by 12,000 tonnes from the previous year, the statistical service said yesterday. Around 80 per cent of the waste ended up in landﬁlls, the service said, with 11.2 per cent collected for recycling and 8.6 per cent used in composting. European Union citizens produced an average 502 kilograms of urban waste, Per capita production in Cyprus reached 691 kilos in 2010, the highest among the 27 European Union member-states. Luxembourg was in second place with 678 kilos, followed by Denmark with 673 and Ireland 636. The average per EU citizen in 2010 was 502 kilos, the service said. Figures for 2011 were not yet available.

The Electricity Authority (EAC) yesterday released pictures of the Vassilikos power plant before and after restoration work to repair the extensive damage to the plant sustained after the Mari naval base blast on July 11, 2011. The EAC said it was “very proud” of the progress made 19 months

on. In the photographs, one taken just after the blast and the other more recently, you can see the building containing turbine units 1, 2 and 3 and the bridge connecting the building with the power plant’s control tower situated on the second ﬂoor of the administration building

New round of big-item clean-ups in the Nicosia area By Poly Pantelides NICOSIA municipality residents will be able to leave their tree trimmings and bulky items outside their homes at set dates, for a free collection, an announcement said yesterday. But the municipality has asked people to leave their items out two days in advance to ensure the rubbish is picked up. “The clean-up campaign is a big endeavour and we need people to collaborate. After all, everyone wants a clean city,” Nicosia municipality’s communications ofﬁcer Makis Nicolaides said.

The campaign is already underway in Ayios Andreas (ﬁnal collection day is tomorrow) and is due to be completed on March 29. Clippings will be composted, the municipality said. Some 28,000 brochures have been distributed in Greek to inform people of collection times in their area but Nicolaides added that the municipality was mulling issuing brochures in other languages, including English, to inform residents of rubbish collection times in general. Meanwhile, Alpha Bank Cyprus Ltd has donated 16 wheelie bins for the city’s rubbish collectors. The bank donated 40 such bins last year, gratefully received by the cash-strapped municipality. “The donation is particularly useful in making the

city more beautiful and clean. but also to ensure that Nicosia’s employees work more efﬁciently,” an announcement said. Collection dates for clippings and bulky items are as follows: Trypiotis: February 18-22; Ayioi Omologites: February 25-March 12 (over two areas); Ayios Antonios: March 13-20; Palouriotissa: February 11-27 (two areas); old city within the walls: March 14-29 (two areas); Kaimakli: February 28-March 19 (two areas); Taht-El-Kale Mosque: March 28-29; and Omorphita: March 20-22. People should put recyclables in the designated bins on Tuesdays, Nicosia municipality has said. Call 22-797007 for more information.

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Home ‘Don’t take part in this sham democracy’ group says

Lillikas and Politis in libel wrangles By Stefanos Evripidou

By Poly Pantelides A GROUP that remains unconvinced of electoral promises and the political system in Cyprus has been subverting presidential candidates’ billboards in order to challenge the status quo. A movement called “Stop the Oppressive Powers” (STOP) wants to “promote active community engagement, stimulate dialogue, critical thinking and analysis to produce alternate narratives to mainstream political, social, corporate and cultural phenomena,” a news release said. By hanging banners and sticking their own messages (against the status quo) on top of presidential candidates’ billboards, STOP hopes to highlight “the absurdity of pseudopolitical propaganda and the illusion of democracy in the political candidates’ presidential race.” “The leaders are the crisis,” STOP said. World leaders have allowed bankers to evade their responsibility in the debt crisis “and are complicit in, if not the architects of, passing the burdens of the crisis

Protesters are stamping their red ‘STOP’ message on candidates’ billboards around Cyprus onto the public,” it added. “The propaganda machine of differing blame between political parties is a smokescreen (insofar) as none actively challenges the status quo and accepts austerity.” So the group is calling on people “not to participate in this sham democracy”. In short, don’t vote. STOP said over email they would not share future

plans so that they could be free to engage in civil disobedience but they said their actions would go beyond pre-election and party politics. “The next step is to continue to have a physical presence opposing the oppressive powers that are pervasive throughout the Cypriot society and offering an alternative that is

beneﬁcial to the people of Cyprus and beyond,” STOP said. There have been other groups in Cyprus, trying to subvert the status quo. Among them, peace movement Occupy Buffer Zone on Ledra Street last year occupied the UN-controlled area between the two sides. The police even raided the area last April, arresting 24

people, 22 for illegal entry into a building and two for possession of one gramme of cannabis. Opinion polls among the youth show most believe politicians and the state machine are corrupt and nepotistic. STOP is on Facebook at www.facebook.com/stop theoppressivepowers and twitter, @StopCy

Furore over ‘The Nightmare’ By Stefanos Evripidou HEAD of the Cyprus Citizens’ Movement Andis Christoforides yesterday accused the broadcasting authority of “arbitrary censorship” after the latter ordered television channels to pull a paid ad campaign video for presidential candidate Giorgos Lillikas called ‘The Nightmare’. The 32-second video shows the facade of the presidential palace a month after the presidential elections. A phone rings in the palace, and the caller, with a slight American

Novel election campaign ad pulled by authorities. DISY leader’s law firm cleared accent, is heard congratulating the new president on his election. “Now, we need to move on. A package deal: the bailout, the gas, and a new Annan plan. We trust you are in agreement with this” says the caller. The ad then cuts to a man who wakes up from a nightmare, with the voiceover saying: “Who do you trust to answer this phone call?” The video was commissioned by the Cyprus Citizens’

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Movement, which supports the EDEK-candidacy of Lillikas. In a released statement, Christoforides hinted that the head of the broadcasting authority Andreas Petrides chose to axe the video clip based on his political afﬁliations. Before the authority pulled the plug on the paid video, the clip had been shown on Sigma TV, Antenna, Mega and RIK. He expressed the hope that the public soon wakes up and realises that “its worst nightmare is starting to become a reality”. In response, Petrides issued a statement highlighting that Article 34 (D) of the broadcasting law prohibits negative advertising against an opponent or party in a paid political advertisement during an

election period. After viewing the video clip, the authority concluded that ‘The Nightmare’ ﬁtted the bill of negative advertising, since it takes place in the future and speculates on situations that have not yet occurred, in a clear dig at Lillikas’ political opponents, said Petrides. “The Authority considers the advertisement projects an unsubstantiated, unfavourable image of an opponent,” in contravention of the law, he said. As a result, all TV stations are required to refrain from broadcasting the paid ad with immediate effect, added Petrides. Meanwhile, the spokesman of presidential candidate Nicos Anastasiades, Tasos Mitsopoulos, yesterday welcomed

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the legal opinion of the unit for combating money laundering (MOKAS) which cleared Anastasiades’ law office of any wrongdoing, following initial allegations of dodgy dealings. “After an in-depth investigation of the case, it was clarified that the legal activities of the law office were perfectly legal and fell within the framework of standard professional services offered,” he said. Mitsopoulos reminded the public that the MOKAS investigation was launched at the request of Anastasiades, while those who made the initial allegations against his law office refused to come forward and submit an official complaint. In a dig at Lillikas who has met accusations of corruption with lawsuits, Mitsopoulos noted that Anastasiades chose to let the truth shine before the elections by seeking a full investigation, rather than engage in lengthy court cases.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Giorgos Lillikas is locked in a legal battle with local daily Politis after both sides announced plans to sue and counter-sue for libel in the run-up to the election. Lillikas was first to take the matter to the courts after Politis linked his time as cabinet minister under the Tassos Papadopoulos government to a number of contracts signed by companies associated with his wife’s communications company Marketway and state and semi-state organisations. The paper alleged that companies associated with Marketway won contracts with the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) worth up to €9.5m between 2004 and 2007, during which time Lillikas was commerce minister. In response, Lillikas cited a letter written by the CTO administration director Yiannis Koui on January 28, 2013, highlighting that the semistate tourism organisation did not close contracts exclusively with Marketway during that period. The EDEK-backed presidential candidate accused Politis of mud-slinging and “contemptible motives”. Lillikas said the paper went too far and that he would no longer accept an apology, but would make sure the “mudslingers” pay for the allegations in the courts. He pledged to donate any proceeds to charity. Today, in response, Politis is expected to file a €2m counter-lawsuit against Lillikas for libel against the paper. In yesterday’s edition, the paper published excerpts of another letter from the CTO dated January 10, 2013, which notes that two companies, Publicis and SporTeam signed contracts with the CTO during that period for over €9.5m. Politis further highlighted that on the website of Marketway, run by Lillikas’ wife Barbara Petropoulou, the company’s logo states clearly its association with French communications giant Publicis. In a separate issue, Politis alleges that Marketway and the Greek subsidiary of Publicis made a joint bid to take on the awareness campaign for adoption of the euro on behalf of the finance ministry in 2006. When they failed to win, the consortium appealed to the Tenders Review Authority, where Petropoulou allegedly represented the MarketwayPublicis consortium.

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Big ‘no’ to Brussels Nicosia sends clear message in writing on audit condition By George Psyllides CYPRUS sent a clear message to Brussels in writing yesterday saying it would not accept the notion of a money-laundering audit from a private company, the government spokesman said. He also categorically rejected any thought of forcing losses on uninsured depositors as part of the island’s bailout. “We made this position clear with arguments and it was given to the Eurogroup in writing,” Stefanos Stefanou said. “We condemn and reject efforts by certain circles in the EU to blackmail Cyprus into accepting new and dangerous procedures.” Eurozone ﬁnance ministers decided on Monday that a private-sector auditor would probe Cyprus’ compliance with anti-money-laundering regulations as the island drew no clear support from its partners on its refusal to impose losses on bank depositors as part of a bailout programme. “We agreed that an independent assessment conducted by a private sector ﬁrm is required and we requested the troika and Cyprus agree on the terms of reference for such an assessment within a week,” Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem said. Stefanou said it was an oxymoron for certain Europeans not to trust mandated committees like Council of Europe’s Moneyval, which has carried out four checks in Cyprus since 1998. “Their stance shows bad faith, it shows expediency,

and malicious intentions against Cyprus,” Stefanou said. The spokesman also rejected talk of a haircut on uninsured deposits. “I want to make clear that such an issue is not being discussed. Such an issue will not be discussed and will never be accepted,” Stefanou said. The matter has surfaced in the past but it became especially prominent after a report in the Financial Times on Monday. It was made worse by the apparent refusal of European officials to give a straight answer on the matter. Asked on Monday if he could exclude the idea that depositors in Cyprus would lose money under the bailout, Dijsselbloem avoided a direct answer: “Tonight where Cyprus is concerned we zoomed in on the issue of anti-moneylaundering and didn’t go into any possible, or not possible, elements of a programme so I can’t go into these elements with you.” Citing a confidential memo, the Financial Times reported that a proposal had been made to ‘bail-in’ investors and depositors of Cypriot banks, a move that would reduce the amount of financial assistance required by Cyprus. The new plan has not been endorsed by its authors in the European Commission or by individual eurozone members, the FT said. The memo warned that “risks associated with this option are significant”, including a renewed danger of contagion in eurozone financial markets, and premature collapse in the Cypriot banking sector.

A number of investors approach Popular Bank chief Andreas Philippou during the meeting

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Investors disrupt Popular Bank meet A MEETING of Popular Bank shareholders was disrupted yesterday as bondholders who claim they’ve been cheated, could not restrain their anger. The meeting was abruptly ended by head of the board Andreas Philippou after bondholders became overly vociferous shouting” thieves, thieves’ and “get out, get out”. Police were forced to intervene when some of the bondholders moved towards members of the board, forcing Philippou to call halt to the proceedings. The bondholders said they recognised that it was not the bank’s current board which was to blame for allegedly deceiving them when they invested. In his attempts to keep the peace, Philippou attempted to give assurances, saying the board of the Popular Bank was in constant touch with the Central Bank and Finance Ministry to resolve the matter. “Any solution must be approved by the EU and the troika because the bank is currently being supported by the state,” Philippou said.

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Home Hi-ho, hi-ho, striking builders go back to work happy By Peter Stevenson CONSTRUCTION workers returned to their jobs yesterday when unions PEO, SEK and DEOK all voted in favour of signing a renewal of the collective agreements. This came after a new proposal from Labour Minister Sotiroulla Charalambous, which ended almost three weeks of strikes. The initial agreement was signed on Tuesday evening, but unions held a general meeting at PEO’s headquarters to ratify that decision. The duration of the deal was the ﬁnal sticking point, with building contractors demanding it

last until the end of 2013 and unions wanting it to last until the end of 2014. Finally they met halfway with the end date for the new collective agreements being June 30, 2014. The new agreements will see weekly salaries staying the same with craftsmen, labourers and semi-skilled workers receiving €440, €380 and €403 respectively. Both sides agreed to cooperate in taking measures to create a centre to give licences to all those looking to work in the construction industry. They will work in co-operation with the Productivity Centre, KEPA and the Human Resource Development Authority (ANAD) to create the centre. The agreement states that

all employees in the construction industry will receive a certificate, confirming their qualifications, enabling them to work. The general secretary of PEO’s construction branch, Michalis Papanicolaou, congratulated all parties for sticking to their positions and called on them to continue their fight. “We are moving forward, together, in support of our own existence,” he said. “The significance of the battle we have fought is huge,” he added. “Some people thought that the construction workers would just lie down because of all the unemployment that exists but we have shown them they are wrong,” he concluded. General Secretary for SEK’s

construction branch, Yiannakis Ioannou, said: “People were entering the industry that should not have been there. The construction industry is not an easy one and from now on those entering the industry will have the necessary qualiﬁcations,” he added. Stelios Efstratiou from the builders’ union, DEOK, said that builders had been pioneers in all the battles they have fought in. “Some compromises were made, but some things were gained,” he said. “We have the time in front of us to reclaim the things we lost,” he added. Contractors’ association OSEOK, calculated the strike cost the sector €150m.

Hoteliers lament worst winter season in the past 20 years Good news and bad news at annual tourism conference By Peter Stevenson ALTHOUGH Cyprus saw an overall 3.0 per cent increase in tourist arrivals to 2.46 million in 2012, the island is going through the worst winter season in 20 years, head of the Cyprus Hotels Association (PASYXE) Haris Loizides said yesterday. Speaking at the 35th Annual General Meeting of the association in Nicosia, Loizides spoke of the significant role the tourist industry plays in dealing with the consequences of the economic crisis and he said the “stagnant” industry needed more support from the government. The theme of this years’ conference was ‘Building our future through sustainable strategic alliances by taking advantage of our proven benefits’. Loizides revealed during his speech that hoteliers had made significant concessions during the lean winter period

PASYXE chairman Haris Loizides (L) with Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis (centre) and DG of PASYXE Zacharias Ioannides at the opening of the annual products exhibition with proﬁts plummeting by 15 and 16 per cent in some cases, as hoteliers had chosen to themselves absorb the high costs of electricity. “This has

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been the worst winter period in the last 20 years,” he said. “There is a series of taxes and other charges on the tourist industry putting a strangle-hold on any chance of progress. People in the tourist industry reacted angrily to a proposed raise in property tax as part of the bailout agreement. “If this tax is imposed it will make Cyprus a completely unrealistically expensive tourist destination,” he added. He criticised the state for not acting sooner in relation to the ﬁnancial crisis, saying all the warning signs were there but no action was taken. “We don’t refuse to contribute to the recovery of the

economy but we want to pay what we can afford. We are expecting the state to stand side-by-side with us and cooperate with businesses and productive areas of society so we can develop again as an industry to create new jobs and income for the state.” Loizides expressed his satisfaction at the decision to shift the period of chartered flights from St. Petersburg and Moscow to between March 15 and November 15 to cater to Russian demand. Normally the summer season ‘officially’ begins on May 1 and ends on October 31 but the cabinet last week extended the period. Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis told the conference this would mean an additional 100,000 Russian tourists, and another €120 million in revenue. The minister said 2012 had been a good year in terms of revenue, which had gone up 10 per cent but he did concede that this year would be difficult. Referring to declining markets such as the UK, Germany and Scandinavia, Sylikiotis said: “We hope to at least keep the same levels as 2012.” Sylikiotis again urged the hoteliers to make an effort to hire more Cypriot workers, both in terms of employment, and it terms of showing a ‘Cypriot’ face to tourists. Loizides said the suggestion was already up for discussion with stakeholders and unions. “We will do our best to hire Cypriot workers in the industry,” he said.

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Toxic factories shut THE labour ministry announced yesterday that it had issued notice, effective immediately, for the closure of the two chemical factories in Pera-Chorio Nisou. The department of labour inspection issued the notice, stating the factories seriously threatened the health of employees. The decision was made following the meeting between representatives from the village and Labour Minister, Sotiroulla Charalambous, on February 8, after residents had closed off the two factories, citing serious health concerns. The ministry’s decision came a day after Agriculture Minister, Sophoclis Aletraris, revealed the government would

be looking into suspending operations of the factories by seeking a court order. Speaking after a meeting with the Pera Chorio-Nisou community council leader, Aletraris said the two discussed local residents’ demands to shut down the chlorine and paint-producing factories located within the village’s residential area. Aletraris said a number of inspections carried out at the chlorine factory found evidence of improper waste management. For this reason, he has sought the launch of criminal proceedings to obtain a court order preventing the factory’s further operation. A court date has been set for March 20.

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PRESIDENT DEMETRIS Christofias will address the nation tomorrow night, providing an overview of the achievements of his government in the last five years. Christofias had originally planned to hold a press conference today at midday. The presidential palace sent out invites last week to journalists to attend the live event scheduled for today. However, the palace press office informed news outlets yesterday morning that the press conference, where Christofias would have accepted questions from journalists present, had been cancelled. No reason was given for the cancellation. Instead, he will read out a 20-minute recorded address to the state which will be aired tonight after the evening news on the state broadcaster CyBC. Journalists will not be present to pose questions on his government’s achievements during the last five years. Asked why the address had been moved to Friday evening, a government source said it had something to do with the availability of CyBC camera crews. Christofias’ address to the nation will likely be the last before Sunday’s presidential elections.

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Italian gossip magazine Chi splashed pictures of the duchess in a bikini, holidaying on the Caribbean island of Mustique, across its front page, angering the royal couple

Kate and Wills ‘feel powerless’ to stop pregnant bikini photos By Robert Jobson The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were yesterday said to feel “powerless” to stop intrusive photographs of pregnant Kate in a bikini being published, after a topselling Australian magazine vowed to print them. Woman’s Day announced it would run the ‘baby bump’ photos, attacked by the Palace as a clear breach of the couple’s right to privacy. It comes after Italian gossip magazine Chi splashed pictures of the duchess in a bikini, holidaying on the Car-

Prince ‘very bruised’ over magazines’ intrusion ibbean island of Mustique, across its front page. Yesterday Italy’s Il Messaggero newspaper republished the Chi shots of Kate walking along a beach. ITV’s This Morning accidentally showed the pictures without blacking them out. Now the couple appear resigned that the snaps will go global on the internet and in magazines. Senior royal sources said William was “deeply disappointed” the pictures were taken.

Palace sources criticised the “violating” images and said William felt “very bruised” by the intrusion into his wife’s privacy. But insiders played down talk of their “fury or outrage.” A source told the Standard: “It is an irritation.” The prince took legal action over snaps of his wife topless on holiday in France last summer. But he appears powerless to stop the new photos. Woman’s Day editor Fiona Connolly defended her deci-

sion to run them, saying: “It wasn’t hard. She is on a public beach ... mingling with holidaymakers. It’s a very different situation to the nude photos, there is no photographer hiding in the bushes and she is not inside a private villa. “The British have a great deal more sensitivity to royals than we do here in Oz. Kate looks amazing and ﬁt and fabulous ... so much better than the poorly and sickly woman we saw coming out of hospital, which make these

photos more of a celebration. “Everyone but the UK has or will publish these pics. We’re sensitive to photos that shouldn’t be published, for instance I haven’t laid eyes on the nude photos of Kate.” She refused to say how much the shots cost. Informed sources say the photographers could make £250,000 by syndicating them. The couple, who are expecting their ﬁrst child in July, ﬂew to a £19,000-a-week villa

on Mustique last week. In the pictures, Kate, who is about four months pregnant, wears a blue halter-neck bikini. Her arm is draped around William, in baggy blue shorts. The magazine’s publication of the topless pictures last year against the couple’s wishes was condemned by British Prime Minister David Cameron. It stirred memories of the world media’s relentless pursuit of William’s mother, Princess Diana who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 as she was being chased by paparazzi.

SARS-like virus ‘spreads in people’ Police make six more arrests over hacking By Kate Kelland

A THIRD patient in Britain has contracted a new SARS-like virus, becoming the second confirmed UK case in a week and showing the deadly infection is being spread from person to person, health officials said yesterday. The latest case, a member of the family of another patient, brings the worldwide number of confirmed infections with the new virus known as the novel coronavirus or NCoV - to 11. Of that total, five have died. Most of those infected had recently travelled in the Middle East and three have been diagnosed in Britain. NCoV was identified when the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued an international alert in September 2012 saying a virus previously unknown in humans had infected a Qatari

The virus belongs to the same family as SARS, a coronavirus that emerged in China in 2002 man who had recently been in Saudi Arabia. The virus belongs to the same family as SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - a coronavirus that emerged in China in 2002 and killed about a tenth of the 8,000 people it infected worldwide. Symptoms common to

both viruses include severe respiratory illness, fever, coughing and breathing difﬁculties. The UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) said yesterday the latest patient, who is a UK resident and does not have any recent travel history, is receiving intensive care treatment at a

hospital in Birmingham, central England. “Confirmed novel coronavirus infection in a person without travel history to the Middle East suggests that person-to-person transmission has occurred, and that it occurred in the UK,” said John Watson, the HPA’s head of respiratory diseases. He said the new case was a family member who was in close personal contact with another UK case confirmed on Monday and who may have been at greater risk of infection because of underlying health conditions. Coronaviruses are typically spread like other respiratory infections such as flu, travelling in airborne droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Yet since the new virus was first identified in September, health experts say evidence of person-to-person transmission of NCoV has been limited.

BRITISH police investigating the hacking of mobile phones to generate stories at Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World tabloid made six more arrests of journalists or former journalists yesterday. The phone hacking in the new arrests was believed to have taken place in 2005 and 2006, the police said. Five suspects were arrested and taken in for questioning in London and one in Cheshire in northern England. Operation Weeting was set up to investigate the allegation that journalists and private detectives working for the News of the World tabloid, owned by News Corp’s British arm News International, repeatedly hacked into mobile phones. Revelations that the hacking extended from celebrities and politicians to crime victims, including murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, caused public outrage. The scandal escalated into a wider crisis embroiling the top echelons of the British political establishment, media, and police, and led to Murdoch closing down the News of the World in July 2011. The latest arrests involve a suspected conspiracy separate to the one under which charges have already been made. Earlier this month, a senior police ofﬁcer was jailed after she was found guilty of offering to sell details about the phonehacking inquiry to the tabloid, the ﬁrst person to be convicted as part of the investigation. Last week, News International agreed to settle most outstanding civil lawsuits brought against it by phone hacking victims, including actor Hugh Grant and the Duchess of York.

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EUROPE TODAY Deadly crash in Ukraine AT least four people were killed when a plane carrying 45 passengers and crew crash-landed in fog in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk late yesterday, officials said. The plane overshot the runway at Donetsk airport as it attempted to execute an emergency landing and broke up, the emergencies ministry, quoted by Interfax news agency, said The twin-engined Antonov 24 turboprop had flown to Donetsk, which was shrouded in thick fog, from the Black Sea coastal city of Odessa. Andriy Shyshatsky, head of Donetsk’s regional administration, said four people were confirmed dead, while the fate of two others was not yet clear. “The large majority of passengers have been saved. At the moment, there are four dead. One person is visible in the wreckage, but we don’t yet know whether he is alive or not. We are searching for one other person,” Shyshatsky told journalists.

Collapse no threat PART of a structure next to the damaged nuclear reactor at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant has collapsed, authorities said yesterday, adding there were no injuries or any increase in radiation levels. The Emergencies Ministry said Tuesday’s collapse was not of the sarcophagus covering the reactor, but part of the wall and roof of a turbine hall that caved in under the weight of snow. “There were no safety breaches,” the ministry said in a statement. The power plant’s administration said in a separate statement: “There has been no change in the radiation levels at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant industrial area and in the (30 km) exclusion zone. No one was injured.”

Bolshoi acid victim healing THE sight of the Bolshoi Ballet’s artistic director is improving after an operation in Germany to save his vision following an acid attack, Russia’s chief ophthalmologist said yesterday. The January 17 assault put the spotlight on the bitter rivalries at the Bolshoi, one of the world’s leading theatres, and in the ﬁercely competitive world of ballet. Sergei Filin, 42, underwent several operations in Moscow before ﬂying to Germany last week for more treatment after sulphuric acid was thrown in his face by a masked attacker.

Conclave likely to start during March 15-20 By Philip Pullella

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves at the end of his weekly general audience yesterday at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican (AFP)

Merkel challenger attacks her record ANGELA Merkel’s main challenger in this year’s German election attacked her record in a combative speech on Ash Wednesday, accusing the chancellor of stealing policy ideas and cynically profiting from reforms introduced by his Social Democrats (SPD). Peer Steinbrueck, a former finance minister whose campaign to unseat the popular Merkel got off to a disastrous start last year, tried to reassure the SPD faithful about their prospects in the September vote, vowing to fight for victory and showing off the sardonic wit and feistiness for which he is known. “The voters need to decide whether they want a politician whose edges have been filed back to nothing, or someone who isn’t afraid to speak out for what they believe in,” said Steinbrueck, mocking Merkel’s cautious style. The one-hour speech was one of several being given across Bavaria on what is known in Germany as “Political Ash Wednesday”, a long-standing tradition in which politicians spar with each other to mark the end of carnival season. The verbal exchanges became a national phenomenon in the mid-1970s thanks to Franz-Josef Strauss, the bullish former leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), whose colourful attacks on the opposition were legendary. “It’s not true that I eat a Social Democrat for breakfast every day,” the corpulent Strauss once barked. “I only eat what I like.” This year, the war of words was expected to be unusually

Peer Steinbrueck tried to reassure the SPD faithful scrappy. In addition to the federal election, voters in Bavaria will also go to the polls in September to pick a regional government. The SPD is ﬁghting an uphill battle. While Merkel is hugely popular thanks to her defence of German interests in the eurozone debt crisis, Steinbrueck’s ratings have slid after a series of gaffes and outrage over his lucrative speaking engagements. A Forsa poll for Stern magazine released yesterday showed support for Merkel’s conservatives, which include her Christian Democrats (CDU) and the CSU, at a seven-year peak of 43 per cent. Steinbrueck’s party stands at just 25 per cent, only a couple points above their 2009 result. Most analysts expect either a return of Merkel’s centreright coalition with the liberal Free Democrats (FDP), or a Merkel-led “grand coalition” of her conservatives and the SPD.

A CAPACITY crowd in St Peter’s Basilica gave Pope Benedict a thunderous standing ovation yesterday at an emotional last public Mass before he resigns at the end of the month. “Thank you. Now, let’s return to prayer,” the 85-year-old pontiff said, bringing an end to several minutes of applause that clearly moved him. In an unusual gesture, bishops took off their mitres in a sign of respect and a few of them wept. One of the priests at the altar, which according to tradition rests above the tomb of St Peter, took out a handkerchief to dry his tears. The Mass was moved to St Peter’s from a venue in Rome so more people could attend. Hundreds of others waited outside. Hours earlier in the Vatican’s modern audience hall, a visibly moved Benedict tried to assure his worldwide ﬂock, saying he was conﬁdent his decision to step down would not hurt the Church. The Vatican, meanwhile, an-

nounced that a conclave to elect his successor would start sometime between March 15 and March 20, in keeping with Church rules about the timing of such gatherings after the papal see becomes vacant. “Continue to pray for me, for the Church and for the future pope,” he said in unscripted remarks at the start of his weekly general audience, his first public appearance since his shock decision on Monday that he will step down on February 28. It was the first time Benedict, 85, who will retire to a convent inside the Vatican, exchanging the splendour of his 16th century Apostolic Palace for a sober modern residence, had uttered the words “future pope” in public. Church officials are still so stunned by the move that the Vatican experts have yet to decide what his title will be and whether he will continue to wear the white of a pope, the red of a cardinal or the black of an ordinary priest. His voice sounded strong at the audience but he was clearly moved and his eyes

appeared to be watering as he reacted to the thunderous applause in the Vatican’s vast audience hall, packed with more than 8,000 people. In brief remarks in Italian he appeared to try to calm Catholics’ fears of the unknown. He message was that God would continue to guide the Church. “I took this decision in full freedom for the good of the Church after praying for a long time and examining my conscience before God,” he said. He said he was “well aware of the gravity of such an act,” but also aware he no longer had the strength required to run the 1.2 billion member Roman Catholic Church, which has been beset by a string of scandals both in Rome and round the world. Benedict said he was sustained by the “certainty that the Church belongs to Christ, who will never stop guiding it and caring for it” and suggested that the faithful should also feel comforted by this. He said he had “felt almost physically” the affection and kindness he had received since he announced the decision.

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Iran says it has agreed on ‘some points’ with United Nations nuclear watchdog

Iran’s IAEA envoy, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, was cited as saying some progress had been made

IRAN said it had agreed on “some points” in talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog yesterday and that the two sides would meet again, Iranian media reported, indicating that they had again failed to ﬁnalise a longsought deal. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had hoped to bridge persistent differences with Iran preventing the Vienna-based UN agency from restarting a stalled investigation into suspected nuclear weapons research by Tehran. Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA, Ali

Asghar Soltanieh, suggested in comments to Iranian media that some progress had been made in the meeting in Tehran, without giving details. There was no immediate comment from the IAEA. “In addition to removing some differences and agreeing on some points in the text ... the two sides decided to review and exchange views about the new proposals that were given in this meeting, in the next meeting,” Soltanieh said, according to Fars news agency. Press TV, Iran’s English-language

state broadcaster, cited Soltanieh as saying that remaining differences would be discussed in the next IranIAEA meeting, without giving a date. Western diplomats accredited to the IAEA earlier said they did not expect any breakthrough in the talks in the Iranian capital. The Islamic Republic denies Western allegations that its nuclear energy programme is geared to developing the capability to produce atomic bombs. Iran says it is stockpiling enriched uranium only for civilian energy purposes.

Assad troops strike militant posts around Damascus

Egyptian forces flood smuggling tunnels to Gaza Up to 200 tunnels shut since Mursi took office By Nidal al-Mughrabi EGYPTIAN forces have flooded smuggling tunnels under the border with the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in a campaign to shut them down, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said. The network of tunnels is a vital lifeline for Gaza, bringing in an estimated 30 per cent of all goods that reach the enclave and circumventing a blockade imposed by Israel for more than seven years. Reuters reporters saw one tunnel being used to bring in cement and gravel suddenly fill with water on Sunday, sending workers rushing for safety. Locals said two other tunnels were likewise flooded, with Egyptians deliberately pumping in water. “The Egyptians have opened the water to drown the tunnels,” said Abu Ghassan, who supervises the work of 30 men at one tunnel some 200 metres (yards) from the border fence. An Egyptian security official in the Sinai told Reuters the campaign started five days ago. “We are using water to close the tunnels by raising water from one of the wells,” he said, declining to be named. Dozens of tunnels had been destroyed since last August following the killing of 16

Egyptian soldiers in a militant attack near the Gaza fence. Cairo said some of the gunmen had crossed into Egypt via the tunnels - a charge denied by Palestinians - and ordered a crackdown.

HAMAS ANGERED The move surprised and angered Gaza’s rulers, the Islamist group Hamas, which had hoped for much better ties with Cairo following the election last year of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, an Islamist who is ideologically close to Hamas. A Hamas ofﬁcial conﬁrmed Egypt was again targeting the tunnels. He gave no further details and declined to speculate on the timing of the move, which started while Palestinian faction leaders met in Cairo to try to overcome deep divisions. Hamas said on Monday the Egyptian-brokered talks, aimed at forging a unity government and healing the schism between politicians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, had gone badly but had not collapsed. While Gaza’s rulers have been reluctant to criticise Mursi in public, ordinary Gazans are slightly more vocal. “Egyptian measures against tunnels have worsened since the election of Mursi. Our Hamas

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brothers thought he would open up Gaza. I guess they were wrong,” said a tunnel owner, who identiﬁed himself only as Ayed, fearing reprisal. “Perhaps 150 or 200 tunnels have been shut since the Sinai attack. This is the Mursi era,” he added. The tunnellers fear the water being pumped underground might collapse the passageways, with possible disastrous consequences. “Water can cause cracks in the wall and may cause the collapse of the tunnel. It may kill people,” said Ahmed AlShaer, a tunnel worker whose cousin died a year ago when a tunnel caved in on him. Six Palestinians died in January in tunnel implosions, raising the death toll amongst workers to 233 since 2007, according to Gazan human rights groups, including an estimated 20 who died in various Israeli air attacks on the border lands. Israel imposed its blockade for what it called security reasons in 2007. The United Nations has appealed for it to be lifted. At one stage an estimated 2,500-3,000 tunnels snaked their way under the desert fence but the network has shrunk markedly since 2010, when Israel eased some of the limits they imposed on imports into the coastal enclave.

A Palestinian man repairs a smuggling tunnel ﬂooded by Egyptian forces, beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on February 10, 2013

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PRESIDENT Bashar alAssad’s forces bombarded the south-east of Damascus with air strikes and artillery yesterday to try and dislodge rebel ﬁghters who have gained a foothold in the Syrian capital, opposition activists said. A Middle East diplomat following the military situation described battles in and around Damascus as a “major engagement”, with ﬁghting going back and forth between the two sides. “The opposition is hitting Damascus from a multiple of directions and the regime is trying to stop it,” he said. Jets bombed Jobar, a neighborhood adjacent to the main Abbasid Square, and the suburb of Daraya on the highway to Jordan to the south, sources in the capital said. The two areas are part of interconnected Sunni Muslim districts in and around Damascus, at the forefront of the 22-month uprising against four decades of family rule by Assad and his father. Rebels entered Jobar last week after breaching the army’s defence lines at the ring road and overrunning several army and pro-Assad militia positions in the district. The road, a supply line for elite army units dug in in the centre of the city, separates the capital from the mostly rebel-held expanse of Sunni towns and suburbs known as eastern Ghouta. “By being all over Jobar, the rebels are at striking distance in Damascus, but the big question is whether they will be able to hold it,” said an activist from the Damascus Media Centre opposition monitoring group.

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Fugitive ex-Los Angeles officer thought to have perished in fire

The report’s release came a day after US President Barack Obama (centre) threw his weight behind a potential deal in his state of the union address, saying it would support millions of good-paying American jobs (AFP)

US, EU set for free trade talks Negotiations are expected to start by June By Philip Blenkinsop and Ethan Bilby THE United States and the European Union agreed yesterday to push for the launch by the end of June of talks to create the world’s biggest free trade alliance, which could be a benchmark for global competitors to follow. Such a deal would be the most ambitious tie attempted since the founding of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995, encompassing half the world’s economic output and a third of global trade ﬂows. “These negotiations will set a standard, not only for our future bilateral trade and investment, including regulatory issues, but also for the development of global trade rules,” European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told a news conference. Speaking after the release of a joint US/EU report recommending the start of talks, Barroso said the two were expected to launch negotiations in the ﬁrst half of the year.

The report sees a deal boosting the EU’s economy by around 0.5 per cent and the US economy by around 0.4 per cent by 2027, with €86 billion ($115.80 billion) of added annual income for the former and €65 billion for the latter. The report’s release comes a day after US President Barack Obama threw his weight behind a potential deal in his state of the union address, saying it would support millions of good-paying American jobs. Jobs and growth provide the rationale for an alliance, given both economies are struggling to break free from almost ﬁve years of downturns and stunted recovery as well as rising competition from China and other emerging economies. EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht has warned the talks will be tough, with no “low-hanging fruit”. Import tariffs between the two are already low - at an average of 4 per cent. Negotiations will focus on harmonising standards, from

car seat belts to household cleaning products, and regulations governing services. Ideally, De Gucht said, the negotiations should be wrapped up in two years. Before talks can start, the US Congress must be notiﬁed and the European Commission needs approval from EU member states. It will present draft negotiating directives in March. One of the key sticking points is likely to be agriculture. When a transatlantic trade deal was suggested in 1998, it was shot down by France, which feared the European Union could be forced into concessions on farm trade. The United States has long been frustrated with EU restrictions on US farm products such as genetically modiﬁed (GMO) crops, poultry treated with chlorine washes and meat from animals fed with growth stimulant ractopamine. In an early sign of EU reticence, Barroso said the negotiations would not compromise consumer health.

Ten Afghans killed in NATO air strike, say officials A NATO air strike killed 10 Afghan civilians, including five children, in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, local officials said, a toll that if confirmed is likely to raise tension between President Hamid Karzai’s government and US-led NATO forces. The strike, in the Shigal district of Kunar province, was condemned by Karzai, who expressed his condolences to the families and announced the deaths would be investigated by Afghan authorities. NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said it was aware of the reports of civilian deaths but could not confirm them. “Foreign forces carried out the attack by themselves without informing us,” Kunar Governor Fazlullah Wahidi told Reuters.

Four Taliban fighters were also killed in the strike and five civilians wounded, he said. The strike occurred in the village of Chawgam and the 10 dead civilians were from two local families, Wahidi said. In a statement, Karzai confirmed the incident and reiterated his view that air strikes on Afghan villages were not the solution to fighting terrorism. The air strike came within hours of US President Barack Obama’s declaration that he would be withdrawing half the US troops in Afghanistan - 34,000 - by the end of this year. That would be followed by further troop withdrawals next year which would lead to the end of the US war in Afghanistan, he said.

A FORMER Los Angeles police officer linked to a killing spree targeting police and their families is believed to have died in a rural cabin that burned down around him in a fiery end to a massive California manhunt, authorities said yesterday. Police were awaiting forensic analysis to confirm that charred remains found inside the cabin in the wooded hills of the San Bernardino National Forest were that of 33year-old Christopher Dorner. Authorities including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the man who had barricaded himself inside the cabin was almost certainly Dorner. “Almost everybody believes it is him, but at this point we’re not absolutely sure,” Villaraigosa told CNN. “There’s a sigh of relief,” Villaraigosa said. But he cautioned it could be “days, maybe even weeks” before there is final confirmation that Dorner was dead. Dorner had been the subject of a six-day manhunt across southern California. He is believed to have made his last stand in the cabin, where a gun battle ended in the death of a sheriff’s deputy and the wounding of another deputy. Dorner is suspected of killing four people, including the deputy.

SWAT officers search cars during the manhunt for former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner An angry manifesto posted last week on Dorner’s Facebook page claimed he had been wrongly dismissed from the Los Angeles Police Department in 2008. He vowed to seek revenge by unleashing “unconventional and asymmetrical warfare” on officers and their families. The Los Angeles Times reported that Tuesday’s climax to the manhunt began when two housekeepers encountered a man believed to have been Dorner inside a vacant cabin near the ski resort community of Big Bear

Lake. They surprised the suspected fugitive, who tied them up and then took off in a purple Nissan parked near the cabin. One of the women freed herself and called 911, the newspaper reported. State game wardens spotted the vehicle and gave chase. The suspect crashed the car, then commandeered a pick-up truck at gunpoint from another motorist, said Lieutenant Patrick Foy of the state Fish and Wildlife Department. The suspect fired at the wardens from the window of the pickup and one of the wardens stopped his truck and returned fire with a highpowered rifle, Foy said. He said he did not know if the suspect had been hit. Foy said officers got close enough during the chase to recognise the driver as Dorner before he abandoned the truck and fled into the woods to the cabin. During a lull in the gunfire, the cabin caught fire and was quickly engulfed in flames. Dorner’s last confirmed encounter with authorities was last Thursday, when police said he ambushed two policemen at a traffic light in Riverside, about 60 miles (100 km) east of Los Angeles. One officer was killed and the other wounded.

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Economy £800m contract for Rolls Royce ROLLS-Royce Submarines has won an £800-million contract aimed at delivering and supporting the UK’s nuclear fleet - and with it 2,000 jobs. The 10-year “foundation contract” is the first of three deals the Ministry of Defence is expected to sign. Across the programme, up to £900 million of savings are planned, with costs due to be £200 million lower as a result of this deal, Defence Minister Philip Dunne told the Commons yesterday afternoon. In a written statement to MPs, Dunne said the contract covered the overhead, running and business costs at Rolls-Royce Submarines sites. He said the new deal consolidated costs, focused on efficiency and secured future terms and conditions between the firm and the MoD. And he said: “The foundation contract will help sustain around 2,000 jobs at Rolls-Royce Submarines in the UK, which provides a unique national strategic capability that has a vital role to play in meeting the present and future defence and security needs of the UK.” Dunne said the full savings in the Royal Navy submarine programmes would be in place by 2020-21, based on improved commercial arrangements with industry partners. He said three foundation contracts would be signed as part of the MoD’s Submarine Enterprise Performance Programme (SEPP). And he added: “The MoD is in similar negotiations with its other tier one industry partners in the submarine enterprise: BAE Systems Maritime - Submarines, and Babcock Marine. “I shall make further announcements in due course.”

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By David Milliken and Olesya Dmitracova BRITAIN’S central bank said yesterday that inflation would stay higher for longer and its governor cautioned that further bond-buying to boost the weak recovery might have limited impact. The economy was set for a “slow but sustained recovery” over the next three years, and economic output was unlikely to surpass its pre-financial crisis peak until 2015, the Bank of England said in its quarterly inflation report. “The UK economy is ... set for a recovery. That is not to say that the road ahead will be smooth,” the bank’s governor, Mervyn King, told reporters. “This hasn’t been a normal recession, and it won’t be a normal recovery.” The bank forecast that inflation in two years’ time was likely to be around 2.3 per cent, up sharply from the 1.8 per cent forecast in November. It also extended the time frame for inflation returning to target to early 2016, 18 months later than what it predicted in November. The bank’s forecasts also suggest inflation will peak at about 3.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2013. In a news conference following the release of the report, King - who is due to retire in June - said the bank would not risk undermining

Bank of England governor Mervyn King, who is due to retire in June, said yesterday the bank would not risk undermining the slow recovery of the British economy by turning the screws on policy to bring inflation back into line the slow recovery of the British economy by turning the screws on policy to bring inflation back into line. “Attempting to bring inflation back to target sooner would risk derailing the recovery and undershooting the target in the medium term,” he said. The Bank has spent £375 billion on buying government bonds but more recently has held off from increasing the programme.

NEW rules on how much collateral is needed to back derivatives trades are unlikely to be ﬁnalised before September, leaving markets in limbo as global regulators seek to minimise potential harm to economic recovery. World leaders had requested that the rules be in place by the end of 2012. However, agreement has proved difﬁcult because of the huge demand for collateral at a time when banks are already being forced to beef up their capital reserves. The delay has left markets second-

King said, however, that more purchases, or quantitative easing (QE), were no panacea. “We must recognise ... that there are limits to what can be achieved via general monetary stimulus - in any form - on its own,” King said, adding that incentives to spend now reduced spending plans of households and businesses in the future. British government debt prices extended losses after

that comment by King. Earlier, sterling fell to a 6-month low against the dollar after King reiterated the position of the bank’s policy-making committee that it was ready to provide more stimulus if needed. In its report, the bank said much of the higher inﬂation was due to sterling’s weakness and rises in prices partly set by the government, and that “it was appropriate to look through the temporary,

albeit protracted, period of above-target inflation.” That comment suggested to some that the bank would be less likely to try to rein in inflation. “Market confidence in the pound was already thin. The governor’s admission that the inflation target is to be quietly ignored while the economy remains in intensive care has stretched it even further,” said Jason Conibear, trading director at Cambridge Mercantile. Howard Archer, chief UK economist at IHS Global Insight, suggested the bank was explicitly adopting a flexible inflation target “clearly favoured” by incoming Bank governor Mark Carney. Carney last week suggested he would seek a swift review of the UK central bank’s remit to focus on inflation with an emphasis on more flexibility in bringing price growth back to its target level. British inflation has exceeded the central bank’s 2 per cent target since December 2009, and its persistent failure to return to target is one reason why the bank has not increased bond purchases past the £375 billion reached in October. The Bank generally sets monetary policy with the aim of ensuring that inflation has returned to its 2 per cent target within two years. Economists had expected the bank to revise up its inflation forecast, after a more than 3 per cent fall in sterling over the previous three months and the MPC’s statement last Thursday that inflation might exceed 2 per cent for the next two years. The growth outlook in the report was fractionally weaker than that given in November, with growth seen rising relatively steadily to average an annual rate of around 1.9 per cent by the first quarter of 2015.

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age,” he told a conference held by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, a banking trade body. The regulators are looking at the level of high-quality assets, such as government bonds, that a bank or company holding uncleared derivatives will have to post in case of default. Mark Carney, who heads the global Financial Stability Board that is overseeing the drafting of the rules, expects them to be completed by September, Wright added.

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U.S. retail sales barely rose in January as tax increases and higher gasoline prices restrained spending, suggesting the economy got little help from the consumer at the start of the year. The Commerce Department said yesterday retail sales edged up 0.1 per cent after an unrevised 0.5 per cent rise in December. The modest gain, which was in line with economist’s expectations, suggested that households were responding to the expiration of a two per cent

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Talk of a haircut on deposits in Cypriot banks beggars belief HAS CYPRUS angered its European partners so much that they are now considering punishing bank depositors and annihilating the banks? The latter would be a certainty if the Eurogroup even discussed the preposterous idea of a haircut of bank deposits that was contained in a confidential memo prepared by the European Commission and leaked to the Financial Times. Although the plan had not been endorsed by the Commission or any Eurogroup member-state, according to the Financial Times, it “is intended to produce a more sustainable debt solution for the country, cutting the size of Cyprus’ bailout by two-thirds, by involving more foreign depositors and bond holders.” This would be done by imposing losses on bank depositors and sovereign debt restructuring (a haircut of 50 per cent on sovereign bonds). It beggars belief that such an idea would even be entertained by the Commission after all the difficulties the euro has gone through in the last few years. At a time when stability was returning to the eurozone, such a proposal would send shock waves through Europe – not because of the certain collapse of the economy but because confidence would be shattered. Bailing in bank depositors in Cyprus could trigger bank runs in other, financially weak eurozone countries, a point made in the memo. And what credibility would the Eurogroup have after taking such a decision? When bank deposits in Eurogroup countries are not safe – Cyprus may be tiny but a precedent would have been set – the euro would suffer. And what about the assertion by eurozone leaders that Greece would be the only country to default on sovereign debts. Could anyone believe anything they say ever again? The publication of the memo would have done significant harm to Cypriot banks, even though we do not expect them to announce that deposits were being withdrawn. The Monday night refusal by the Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem to rule out this possibility did not help either. Commissioner Olli Rehn was left to pick up the pieces on Tuesday, categorically stating that the Cyprus government debt would not be restructured to impose losses on private sector creditors; the Greek haircut was an isolated case he said. Former finance minister Michalis Sarris believed talk of a haircut was a way for the Commission to apply pressure on Cyprus in view of the fact that negotiations had dragged on for too long and the issue of the bailout needed to be concluded. This could have been the reason behind the leak of the memo, but it did not help Cyprus’ ailing banking sector.

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An unwelcome precedent for other troubled states Analysis Deepa Babington and Michele Kambas

YPRUS hardly seems to have the sort of debt crisis that could provoke a domino effect across the eurozone; its economy is tiny and investment from the rest of the bloc is modest. Nevertheless, the island is fast becoming a risk for eurozone efforts to tackle problems in its much larger economies because almost any way of solving the Cyprus crisis - from restructuring its debts to imposing losses on banks - is likely to set a precedent for other troubled states. The danger is that a rescue for Cyprus, which heads to the polls on Sunday, will hurt fragile confidence on financial markets and undermine progress that the eurozone has made in shoring up the rest of its “peripheral” members. “It’s not a big issue in terms of financial exposure, but it sets a precedent for what happens in other countries,” said Jennifer McKeown, a senior economist at Capital Economics. “At a time when financial market sentiment is just starting to improve, with the feeling that Greece is getting out of the woods and things are improving in Spain, it would be a real shame if they couldn’t come up with a solution for Cyprus.” At first glance, Cyprus poses little threat to a bloc used to firefighting in far bigger economies such as Spain and Italy. Its €18-billion economy accounts for less than 0.2 per cent of the bloc’s output, while eurozone banks’ exposure to Cyprus - including lending to banks, companies and households - is estimated at less than 0.1 per cent of eurozone GDP. The biggest banks in Greece the eurozone country with the closest ties to Cyprus - each have small retail units on the island but minimal exposure to its sovereign debt, several Greek bankers familiar with the matter said. Even the possible size of a Cypriot bailout - €17 billion - is a fraction of the about €240 billion that the eurozone and International Monetary Fund are pumping into the bloc’s problem child, Greece. The trouble begins with the form of aid needed. A loan would push Cypriot debt to as much as 140 per cent of its annual gross domestic product. This would make it hard for the IMF to take part in the rescue, as the Fund has rules against making loans to countries which it believes will not be repaid. Debt relief for Cyprus would also be problematic because of the message it would send to the rest of the eurozone. Any restructuring along the lines of last year’s deal for Athens, when private bondholders were forced to accept heavy writedowns in the value of their Greek government debt, would belie policymakers’ promises

BoC headquarters in Nicosia: most of the Cyprus government debt is held by Cypriot banks that this was a one-off event. It would also not work since most of the Cyprus government debt is held by Cypriot banks, which already need bailing out. Imposing losses on bank depositors - an option ruled out by Nicosia and European officials this week - could similarly spook markets and prompt people to pull their savings out of banks in other weak eurozone countries. “The way the euro area deals with Cyprus is going to provide a number of signals to the market as to what will happen next in future bailout cases,” said Platon Monokroussos, head of financial markets research at Eurobank in Athens. Senior policymakers including European Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen have begun warning against complacency on Cyprus. The island’s financial troubles have loomed large in

‘The way the euro area deals with Cyprus is going to provide a number of signals to the market as to what will happen next in future bailout cases’

campaigning for this month’s presidential elections, where opinion polls show right-wing opposition leader Nicos Anastasiades - the most pro-bailout figure among the top three contenders - in the lead. If successful, Anastasiades, who has criticised the incumbent left-wing government for stalling on a deal with the EU and IMF, would have to sign off on a bailout before June when the country has to make a €1.4 billion debt repayment. Even without the problems of structuring the aid, a bailout is proving tricky due to the country’s links to Russia, the disproportionately vast scale of its financial sector and German misgivings over its commitment to fighting money laundering. Politicians in Germany, which funds a large part of eurozone rescues, are scathing about the island’s role as a magnet for Russian offshore funds they claim are of dubious provenance. Plumped up with Russian money, an inflated Cypriot banking system hoarded huge quantities of Greek debt. When that was written down in early 2012, the island suffered mammoth losses. In bailing out Cyprus, the German logic goes, the eurozone will also bail out Russian oligarchs who park their money there. Analysts expect a deal to avoid a Cypriot bankruptcy will be reached sooner or later, but talks have struggled on issues including the size of the banking system. Latest data shows the Cypriot banking sector’s assets amount to about €146.2 billion - or about 820 per cent of GDP - making it one of the biggest risks to the island’s economy. Adding to its vulnerability is the relatively high level of private sector loans - worth €48.5 billion or 270 per cent of the economy, data shows. Policymakers such as Asmussen have also pointed to Greek-Cypriot banking links as a route for

possible contagion, though bankers on both sides play this down. Greek bankers say the biggest risk they expect is a jump in bad loans in their Cypriot retail units due to a recession deepened by austerity measures that are likely to be demanded under bailout deal. Retail exposure of Greece’s four biggest banks in Cyprus remains small. Together they held 10 per cent of deposits and 13 per cent of loans - while Cyprus’s two biggest banks in turn held less than 10 per cent of deposits and loans in Greece, according to a Merit consultancy report based on 2011 data. If Cypriot banks were allowed to fail, Greek depositors would risk losing their money - but the bigger fear remains panic in Greece from allowing major banks to fail rather than the impact from direct banking links, some bankers said. “If that happens, then everybody will start thinking that Greece will be next,” said a senior Greek banker who declined to be named. “Trust will be shaken and that will trigger a bank run in Greece and the eurozone periphery.” Policymakers such as Asmussen have said Nicosia will have to fulﬁl tough conditions for aid, including introducing more banking transparency. But analysts warn that demanding too much from Cyprus could backﬁre and lead to speculation that it could leave the eurozone, just as fears of a Greek exit are easing. “If Cyprus is given a very tough deal in which it is has to do much more austerity, then there will be a temptation to leave the eurozone and the question is whether markets can overlook that, given Cyprus is a very special situation,” said McKeown. “There’s a risk that the departure of just one country - however small - leads to wider fears of a eurozone break-up.”

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Beyonce calls for a normal childhood for baby Blue Ivy Singer opens up for Vogue interview By Piya Sinha-Roy SINGER Beyonce says she wants to give her baby daughter a normal childhood with “sprinklers and ... slumber parties.” In a Vogue magazine interview released this week she also teased her next, as yet untitled, album saying the music is “a lot more sensual ... empowering” thanks to motherhood. The Grammy-winning singer, 31, who is married to rapper Jay-Z, took a year off her music career to care for her ﬁrst child, Blue Ivy Carter, who was born in January 2012. “At some point it’s very important to me that my daughter is able to experience life and run through the sprinklers and have slumber parties and trust and live and do all the things that any child should be able to do ... School visits and lemonade stands and all that stuff. It’s very important for me,” she told Vogue in an interview for its March issue. The singer, who is making a comeback with a world tour starting in April, talked about bringing her daughter to work, saying, “She’s my road dog. She’s my homey, my best friend.” The Vogue interview was conducted in late 2012 before Beyonce’s controversial lip-synced performance

Proud mother: the Grammy-winning singer took a year off her music career to care for her ﬁrst child, born in January 2012 of The Star-Spangled Banner at President Barack Obama’s inauguration in January. Two weeks later she silenced her critics with a live performance at the Super Bowl half-time show. On Saturday, her HBO

documentary Life is But A Dream gets a ﬁrst airing, giving viewers a glimpse of her life outside the spotlight. An interview with Oprah Winfrey on the OWN cable channel airs the same day. Beyonce called media gossip last year that she had

faked her pregnancy “very odd” and spoke in detail about giving birth for the ﬁrst time. “I felt like when I was having contractions. I envisioned my child pushing through a very heavy door. And I imagined this tiny in-

fant doing all the work, so I couldn’t think about my own pain...We were talking. I know it sounds crazy, but I felt a communication,” she told Vogue. The full interview with Beyonce can be seen on Vogue. com.

Keira Knightley advert Sick Gaga postpones US shows gets a children’s ban A CHANEL advert featuring actress Keira Knightley has been banned during children’s programming in the UK after a watchdog ruled its sexually suggestive content was unsuitable for younger viewers. The television campaign for the perfume Coco Mademoiselle showed Keira being photographed on a bed and the photographer unzipping her clothes before she was shown dressed only in a bed sheet and crawling towards him before lying back. The ad was cleared without a scheduling restriction but a viewer, who saw it during the children’s ﬁlm Ice Age 2, complained that it was unsuitable for screening during the movie because it was overtly sexual. Chanel said the ad appeared during the day, and Ice Age 2 was chosen because it included sharp humour and involved recognised celebrities as voice actors which gave it an appeal to adults. The company said a degree of sexual charge was common in perfume ads, but while Keira’s character was playful and sensual she was not overtly sexual. It believed the ad was not unsuitable for children and that it was therefore scheduled appropriately. However, the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the ad involved sexually suggestive content, noting that Ice Age 2 was of particular appeal to children. It said: “We considered the ad was suitable for older children, but that the sexually suggestive material was unsuitable for young children. We therefore concluded that the ad was inappropriately scheduled and an ex-kids restriction should have been applied to prevent the ad from being broadcast in or around children’s programming.”

Lady Gaga is suffering from a severe inﬂammation of the joints that left her temporarily unable to walk

POP star Lady Gaga said this week she was suffering from a severe inﬂammation of the joints that left her temporarily unable to walk, forcing her to postpone a handful of upcoming shows on the North American leg of her world tour. “I am completely devastated and heartsick. I’ve been hiding this injury and pain from my staff for a month, praying it would heal, but after a recent performance, I could not walk,” the singer said in a statement. Her condition is called synovitis, an inﬂammation that sometimes follows a sprain, strain or injury. Gaga posted a similar message in a series of tweets to her 34 million Twitter followers. “I will hopefully heal as soon as possible and be at 500 percent again, which is what you deserve,” she said. The singer postponed shows in Chicago on Wednesday and Thursday, in Detroit on Saturday and in Hamilton, Ontario, on Sunday.

Smiths guitarist crowned NME Genius GUITARIST and songwriter Johnny Marr who made his name with cult rock band The Smiths in the 1980s was named this week as the winner of this year’s NME Godlike Genius Award. Marr, 49, founded The Smiths with Morrissey in 1983 and the two musicians co-wrote the band’s songs for four albums before going their separate ways in 1987. The guitarist has also played with Billy Bragg, The Pretenders, The The, Modest House and The Cribs, and has led his own band, Johnny Marr and The Healers, for over a decade. Marr will collect the award on February 27 when the music magazine holds its annual prize ceremony in London - two days after he releases his debut solo album The Messenger. “The NME seems to be good at giving this award to people I like so I’m in good company. I guess it means that some things are alright with the world,” Marr said in a statement. NME editor Mike Williams said Marr had played a role in rewriting the history of music with The Smiths. “He’s continued to push boundaries and evolve throughout his career, working with some of the best and most exciting artists on the planet,” said Williams. Previous winners of the NME Godlike Genius Award include The Clash, Paul Weller, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers, New Order & Joy Division, and Dave Grohl. Last year’s winner was Noel Gallagher. NME awards are handed out in 22 categories with music fans casting votes. This year four acts have received four nominations including the Rolling Stones, LA sisters Haim, Australian rock band Tame Impala and British alternative hip hop artist M.I.A.

Steve Martin becomes father at 67 STEVE Martin has become a father for the ﬁrst time at the age of 67. The movie funnyman and his wife Anne Stringﬁeld, 41, welcomed a baby into their lives in December and although they have managed to keep their happy news a secret the couple have been spotted doting on the tot near their Los Angeles home. A source said: “They’ve had a baby, and how they kept it a secret nobody knows. Steve’s very private. They are thrilled. They worked hard to have the baby.” Steve - who played a father of 12 in the comedy movie Cheaper By The Dozen and Anne married in July 2007 after three years together.

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ForexTime officially launches in Cyprus Hermes Airports’ quality recognised HERMES Airports is pleased to announce that it has been accredited with the Investors in People Standard. The “Investors In People” accreditation is the only internationally recognised quality evaluation programme in the field of human resources development and management. In a statement, Chief Executive Officer of Hermes Airports, Mr Alfred van der Meer, noted that “obtaining this accreditation reflects Hermes Airports’ firm commitment to continually improving and upgrading the level of the Company through its employees”. Attaining the “Investors In People” accreditation is for Hermes Airports a clear commitment to continuous development and even greater distinctions. Ultimately, Hermes Airports' goal is to develop and manage 'World Class Airports' for Cyprus. People are our most important resource. We foster a co-operative environment that encourages collaboration, communication and mutual respect and allows personal development prospects.

Intercollege Globaltraining honoured with business award INTERCOLLEGE Globaltraining is proud to announce that it has been awarded the prize for the “Best Service Provider of 2012” in Cyprus. The Globaltraining team would like to emphasise that this award offers welldeserved recognition of the high-level, professional service offered to all its clients in the last 20 years. It is also an acknowledgement of the value of all the employees of the company, and of their combined efforts, dedication and commitment to the Intercollege Globaltraining service mission. Intercollege Globaltraining’s integrity and professional competence are the organisation’s cornerstone. The delivery of advanced postgraduate-level course programmes equips people with the required tools to become recognised leaders in the ﬁnance and business arena.

NEW forex broker ForexTime Ltd (FXTM) has announced the ofﬁcial start of its operations with the activation of its Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) licence and the launch of its website www.forextime.com. Established by Andrey Dashin, Alpari co-founder and shareholder, ForexTime is led by an executive team of experts who share the cumulative experience of several decades. Dashin noted: “My 15 years of experience in the forex industry have helped me recognise what forex traders want and I have established ForexTime to challenge trader expectations.” ForexTime gives its clients access to the global currency market and offers trading in forex, precious met-

als, commodities, shares and indices. The company is registered as a Cyprus Investment Firm under registration number HE310361 and licensed by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) under license number 185/12. The company is also introducing solutions tailored speciﬁcally to different regions, including Shariahcompliant account services. ForexTime intends to release new products and services throughout the year, with services tailored to the individual needs and ambitions of each customer – novice, intermediate or experienced. For more information please visit: www.forextime. com

ForexTime founder Andrey Dashin is putting his 15 years of experience to work, surpassing trader expectations

MEMBERS of the U.S. Marine Security Guard Detachment at the U.S. Embassy in Nicosia, recently visited the Alkyonides Charity to donate an offering of toys collected as part of Embassy families' "Toys for Tots" programme. "Toys for tots" was started in 1947, when Major Bill Hendricks, USCR and a group of Marine Reservists in Los Angeles collected and distributed 5,000 toys to needy children. To date, the programme has distributed some 500 million toys worldwide. The Alkyonides Charity is a volunteer organisation that helps needy families in Cyprus.

Hyperion celebrates 20 years of offering service Company announces 2013 plans at press conference EARLIER this month, Hyperion Systems Engineering Group celebrated 20 years of providing consulting, advisory services and systems engineering solutions for the international process manufacturing industry. The occasion was marked by a Press Conference at Nicosia's Hilton Park Hotel, where Dr. Symeon Kassianides, Chairman and CEO of Hyperion, Stavros Spanos, Hyperion’s EVP of Marketing & Partnerships and Professor Lawrence Evans, Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chairman of Rive Technology Inc. and former Director of Hyperion, spoke on the company's present and future plans. Among the events Hyperion has scheduled for 2013, the following are included: • The inaugural Hyperion Lecture at the University of

Hyperion's 20th anniversary was recently marked by a Press Conference held at Nicosia's Hilton Park Hotel Cyprus on February 7th, with guest speaker Dr. Lawrence B. Evans. The lecture entitled “Fostering Innovation with an Impact: The MIT Experience in Creating Entre-

preneurial Success”, is part of a corporate programme which Hyperion established this year with the University of Cyprus. • Hyperion will paricipate as

a Gold Sponsor of the inaugural Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference (EMGC), during April 8–10, in Nicosia. The conference will give special focus to the latest mar-

ket and technology trends related to the exploration, drilling, production, processing and marketing of natural gas in the Cypriot and Israeli sectors of the Eastern Mediterranean Subsea and is expected to cover such critical issues as resource potential, leasing/permitting, development plans, infrastructure requirements, governmental plans and regulations, and more. • In cooperation with local Universities, Hyperion will offer three eight-week paid internships over the summer months of July and August (one in engineering and two in other areas). • In September 2013, the company will launch the Hyperion Academy, a specialised technical education initiative which will harness the knowledge and human capital expertise within the Hyperion Group to bridge the gap between formal academic education currently offered by Universities and the need for speciﬁc, specialised skill set training in the emerging hydrocarbons industry in Cyprus. The press conference ended with a cocktail party where the journalists had the opportunity to meet and talk with senior members of the Hyperion Group management.

Scania vehicles offer utmost in safe deliveries SCANIA offers a wide range of distribution vehicles, many of which have temperature-controlled fridges, curtains and platforms. The temperature controlled refrigerators are used for the transport of food, vegetables and medicinal products, which must be kept within speciﬁc temperatures. Vehicles equipped with a curtain, to account for daily and continuous loading and unloading, ensure safe and comfortable handling of cargo. Meanwhile, Scania vehicle platforms are

built to withstand many years of hard work. This means fewer repairs and less outstanding long-term operation, as well as easier fabrication of the body, thus reducing the time of delivery of the vehicle. Also, Scania cabs offer the driver better visibility, which is a very important safety factor, especially if the tanker is navigating areas that have heavy car or pedestrian trafﬁc. Ultimately, Scania trucks are designed to offer the utmost in the safe transportation of fuels and chemicals.

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Nothing says ‘I’m yours’ like a chocolate head CHOCOLATE hearts for loved ones on Valentine’s Day are so last year - at least in Japan where one Tokyo design ﬁrm offered up its 3D scanner to make miniature chocolate replicas of faces. In a one-off celebration for Valentine’s Day, KS Design Lab invited people to be scanned with its 3D body scanner to create silicon moulds in the shape of their heads. Participants then poured chocolate into them to make mini-me treats on a stick. “I didn’t actually think it would turn out to look this much like me, so I’m a bit surprised,” said Mariya Kawae, 30, who planned to give out heads to her husband and workmates. After the scan people were invited to edit their facial data on a computer before it was sent to a 3D printer, the next step for creat-

his journalist wife Anna, Andrew offers his top ﬁve tips for injecting the ﬁzz back into a relationship: 1) Be more honest with yourself We usually convince ourselves that we’re being honest when in fact we all have many layers of denial and self delusion. By acknowledging how we really feel, we are less likely to undermine or punish our partner unconsciously. Anything we deny is more powerful and becomes more destructive in the relationship.

2) Be more honest with your partner We often snap at our partner in irritation or anger, justifying our own position, rather than admitting that something they have done or said has hurt us. Have the courage to acknowledge and admit that you are hurt, rather than dishonestly defending yourself with anger. 3) Create Partnership In all relationships, we are either in a partnership or a power struggle. We step out

of partnership to defend a position, prove we are right, or assert our identities. All it takes is for one of us to give up our stand-off and see things from the other’s point of view and this creates instant partnership. We all know what it is like to lie on opposite sides of the bed, thinking “I won’t reach out as I always make the first move.” The person who reaches out is always the winner, never the loser. 4) Learn to apologise and forgive Many of us find it difficult to apologise and forgive, especially in a difficult argument. This is because we feel that if we apologise we make the other person right and ourselves wrong. This is a lie to keep maintain the illusion of independence. When we truly apologise and forgive we are acknowledging the other person’s hurt, independent of any right or wrong. Forgiveness is one of the fastest tracks back into intimacy. 5) Make the relationship the third entity In every relationship there are three identities; partner A, partner B and the relationship itself. In every stand-off there is a polarisation between A and B. If we ask the question: “what best serves the relationship?” it is always easier to find a way to connect. Putting the relationship first, rather than the other person, is an elegant solution to getting the relationship back on track.

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ing the mould. Once the mould was in hand, all that remained was to pour in the chocolate. Give it 15 minutes to harden, and each person had a replica of their head roughly 3cm long, mounted on a stick like a lollipop for handy eating. Though participants made only one piece of chocolate during the event, each was given the mould to take home for use in making more chocolates or perhaps even ice cubes.

Ditch the Valentine’s dinner OU know what it’s like: a restaurant full of couples staring across a table decked with ﬂowers, desperately trying to think of something to say to one another. A cheap locket and a card from the high street exchanged as some sort of reminder of a love that once was. But, according to the authors of a radical new book on relationships, Valentine’s Day can all too frequently be a charade and a distraction from the problems in a relationship. Their solution is that we’d be much better off having a blazing row. Spiritual psychotherapist Andrew Wallas says: “Valentine’s Day is a marketing construct and is hyped up as an excuse to apply a band-aid to what is a much bigger problem. What is often happening is that couples have fallen out of love with each other and they don’t know how to fall back in love again.” The Valentine’s ritual, he explains, makes us think about our relationships without providing any real solutions - and that can lead to couples actually splitting, rather than enhancing their relationships. Recent research in the States has indicated that there is even an increase in divorce applications around mid-February, with one law ﬁrm even issuing an online Valentine’s divorce form. In their new book, Call off the Search, co-authored with

Another year on, where does the time go? Hope this is a great year for you and thank you for all your patience, understanding, love and expertise in handling a Northern Bird! It can only mean one thing! 813 xxx

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To P, A, F and O Despite the arguments and shouting you are the four most important things in my life and always will be, Much love KT

To my little blower LM, My heart belongs to you, Always. JT

Throughout our long years together I have never been happier, May there be many more. Your ever-loving, Eggie

To Aisha, Roses are red, Violets are blue, Always remember I am your Valentine true Love, Richard

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Let me compare thee to a summer’s day, June the 5th, 2012 - the happiest day of my life. Yours always, Eric

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Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. Let’s focus less on our minds and more on our marriage: with you by my side everything is possible. To my Anna, from John

Missing you more and more each day, sunshine, Please bring your light back into my life. Your ever-hopeful Maricou

Yes, the roses were from me. To my Mini-driving mistress, from your Roving amour

To the hottest girl on Gellatly Road. I love you Dana, James

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No date for Valentine’s Day? Two new apps may help By N Natasha Baker SING SINGLES who believe in love at ﬁrst sight can turn to new apps that will match them with potential dates, but only if each person has e expressed an interest. Wit With the new dating apps, users si simply ﬂip through photos of people in nearby locations and express their interest in dating someone. If there’s a mutual attraction, the app connects them for a conversation. If not, their feelings remain anonymous. “It limits the conversations to people you’ve actually expressed an interest in. So each of those conversations starts

at a very deep level,” said Sean Rad, co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based company Tinder, which developed the app of the same name. Makers of the Tinder app, which is available worldwide for iPhone, said it has matched more than 10 million couples since it was launched in September. The app pulls in member photos of people from Facebook, and then it’s as simple as anonymously indicating interest in that person. If both people like each other, messages can be sent between the two users. Let’s Date, which was released across the United States last week for the

iPhone, is a similar app. But rather than simply focusing on the photo, the app provides the person’s interests from Facebook for a broader view of the potential date. “Our goal was to create an app that replicated the real world experience of going to a party or bar full of potentially eligible people,” said Sean Suhl, founder of Let’s Date. “We’re just presenting you the daters and you’re just saying yes or no,” he added. Both apps require a login with Facebook, so people must use their real identity. Let’s Date also stipulates that users must have been active on Facebook for a year, and have at least 50 friends before signing up.

Love Actually ‘most romantic film’ LOVE Actually has been named Britain’s most romantic movie in a new study into viewers’ emotional reactions. The poll found the 2003 tale triumphed ahead of other love stories such as Dirty Dancing and Ghost. Online movie rental ﬁrm LoveFilm examined the neurological responses of couples to what they saw on screen, with the Richard Curtis-directed tale giving the strongest reaction. The Notebook, starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, was runner-up. Neuropsychologist Dr David Lewis, of Mindlab International, who analysed the reactions,

tional film.” LoveFilm editor Helen Cowley said: “Our research shows that romantic movies can cause a romantic reaction, which is why snuggling up with a carefully chosen film is the perfect way to spend time together this Valentine’s Day.” said: “When a couple watch a romance together each person mistakenly attributes a part of the adrenaline buzz produced by the film to the presence of their partner. “Couples are far more likely to touch, hold, hug and kiss one another than couples watching a less emo-

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LONDON is the most romantic English-speaking city in the world, according to a new survey of English learners. Research by Kaplan International Colleges, a leading provider of English language courses, revealed that out of more than one thousand English learners, 38 per cent believe that London is the best place to experience romance when compared with the world’s other English-speaking cities. London was deemed more romantic than New York as the Big Apple could only poll 28 per cent of the vote, while Sydney came in third with nine per cent and Edinburgh ﬁnished fourth, with six per cent of English learners saying the Scottish capital is the most romantic English-speaking city in the world. The Big Smoke was particularly popular among Spanish people with almost half (44 per cent) saying that the city, with such loving locations like the South Bank, Tower Bridge and Kew Gardens, was the English-speaking home of romance. Leah Larkin, Press Ofﬁce EDF Energy Lon-

don Eye, said: “It isn’t surprising that London has been voted most romantic English speaking destination in the world. The iconic landscape ﬁlled with an abundance of old and new structures makes for a breath-taking expanse.” •1,213 English learners took part in Kaplan’s “language of love” survey

Thursday, February 14, 2013 CYPRUS MAIL

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films

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

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

Telephone nos: K-Cineplex: 7777-8383 Rio Limassol: 25-871410 Rio Paphos: 26-207000

NICOSIA Argo (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 10.15pm The Impossible (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.25, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.25, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 3.10pm

Finding Nemo 3D (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek), weekends only at 3pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) (in Greek), weekends only at 11am, 1pm and 3pm This is 40 (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.40pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 7.40pm An… (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in Greek) at 10.15pm

Anna Karenina (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5 and 7.30pm (in English) and 10.10pm (dubbed into Russian); K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5 and 7.30pm (in English) and 10.10pm (dubbed into Russian)

Life of Pi (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.25 and 7.45pm, weekends also at 3pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 3pm

Flight (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.30 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) 7.30 and 10.15pm

Hotel Transylvania (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.25pm, weekends only at 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.25pm, weekends only at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.20pm

Gambit (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 8 and 10.10pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.15pm and 3.20pm

Barbara (in German, with Greek subtitles) Cine Studio, tonight at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96-420491, www.ofk.org.cy

LIMASSOL Argo (12) Rio 4 at 7.50 and 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 10.15pm

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

The Impossible (12) Rio 5 at 7.45 and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.25, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.10pm

Finding Nemo 3D (K) Rio 2 (in Greek), weekends only at 3 and 5pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek), weekends only at 3pm

Anna Karenina (K) Rio 1 (in English) at 7.35pm, weekends also at 2.30 and 5pm; Rio 3 (dubbed into Russian) at 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5 and 7.30pm (in English) and 10.10pm (dubbed into Russian).

Les Miserables (K) Rio 6 at 10pm, weekends also at 5pm

Flight (18) Rio 1 at 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.30 and 10.15pm

Hotel Transylvania (K) Rio 3 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 2.30, 4.15 and 6pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.25pm, weekends only at 3.20pm

Gambit (K) Rio 6 at 8pm, weekends also at 3pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 8 and 10.10pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 4 (in Greek), weekends only at 2.30, 4.15 and 6pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.20pm

Life of Pi (K) Rio 5, weekends only at 2.30 and 5pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 5) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3pm

LARNACA Argo (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 10.15pm The Impossible (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.25, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.10pm

This is 40 (18) Rio 3 at 7.40pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.40pm

Anna Karenina (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5 and 7.30pm (in English) and 10.10pm (dubbed into Russian)

Django Unchained (15) Rio 2 at 10pm Texas Chainsaw 3D (18) Rio 2 at 7.45pm

Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.20pm

Flight (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.30 and 10.15pm

Flight (18) Rio 6 at 5pm (weekdays only), 7.30 and 10pm

Gambit (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.20pm

Gambit (K) Rio 4 at 7.30pm

This is 40 (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.40pm

Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 4 (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm This is 40 (18) Rio 2 at 10.30pm

Finding Nemo 3D (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek), weekends only at 3pm

Django Unchained (15) Rio 4 at 9.45pm

An… (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in Greek) at 10.15pm

Finding Nemo 3D (K) Rio 7 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30 and 5.30pm

Life of Pi (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.25 and 7.45pm, weekends also at 3pm

Les Miserables (K) Rio 2 at 7.30pm, weekends at 4pm Jack Reacher (15) Rio 5 at 10pm

Hotel Transylvania (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.25pm, weekends only at 3.20pm

Life of Pi (K) Rio 3, weekends at 3 and 5.20pm

PAPHOS

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (12) Rio 6, weekends only at 4.30pm

Argo (12) Rio 7 at 5pm (weekdays only), 7.30 and 9.45pm The Impossible (12) Rio 3 at 7.30 and 9.45pm Anna Karenina (K) Rio 1 (in English) at 5, 7.30 and 10pm; Rio 5 (dubbed into Russian) at 5 and 7.30pm

Hotel Transylvania (K) Rio 6 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 3pm Rise of the Guardians (K) Rio 1 (in English, in 2D), weekends only at 3pm

listings Today Music Nature in the Soul The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra collaborates with two distinguished artists with conductor Ayis Ioannides and soprano Margarita Elia. February 14. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. €12/7. Tel: 77-777745 Vassilis Kazoulis Popular Greek singer performs live. February 14. ShowRoom Café, 21 Makariou Avenue, Larnaca. 9pm. Tel: 95-167187

Theatre Katsarida Pocket musical combining physical theatre with stand-up comedy. February 14 & 18-19. ARTos Cultural and Research Foundation, 64, Ay. Omoloyites Ave, Nicosia. 9pm. In Greek. €15. Tel: 99-201959 The Grönholm Method The New Stage of THOC presents play by the Catalan playwright Jordi Galcerán Ferrer. February 14 until February 23. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Wednesday through Saturday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 77-772717

Other Events Night of Love Lounge atmosphere, gourmet dinner and many surprises, with local

singer George Stamataris serenading guests. February 14. Teatro Lounge Bar – Restaurant, 9 Grigoris Afxentiou (Ground floor of THOC new building). 9pm. Tel: 22-864395/77-777181. Email: teatroinformation@gmail.com

The Sound Of Nick Warren Well-known English house DJ and producer gets behind the decks. February 15. Occhio Lounge, 23, Alkeou Street, Engomi, Nicosia. 11pm. €17/12. Tel: 99-399769

Coffee Morning Talk by Gina Erskine on her work with an organisation in Cairo that rescues and takes care of abandoned babies organised by the Women’s Friendship Group at St. Paul’s. February 14. St. Paul’s Church Hall, Byron Avenue, Nicosia. 9.30am. In English. All are welcome, refreshments served. Tel: 99-924363

Anna Vissi Cypriot diva performs live. February 15. Blinkers Club, 5 Andrea Avraamidi, Engomi, Nicosia. 11.30pm. €70/€35. Tel: 22-351550

One Billion Rising A one-day global campaign that will see one billion people from around the world coming together, dancing and singing to express solidarity against gender violence. February 14. The Mall of Cyprus, Entrance 1, Nicosia. 5.30pm. info@medinstgenderstudies. org, 22-352563 ext. 114/115

Tomorrow Music Nature in the Soul The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra collaborates with two distinguished artists with conductor Ayis Ioannides and soprano Margarita Elia. February 15. Markideion Theatre, Paphos. 8.30pm. €12/7. Tel: 26-932571

Theatre The Children of Cain Theatro Ena presents the psychological thriller by Andreas Thomopoulos. Feburary 15 until March 31. Theatro Ena, 4 Athinas Avenue, Nicosia. Every Friday through Sunday at 8.30pm. In Greek. €15/12. Tel: 22-348203

Ongoing Other Events 7 films: Harun Farocki Selection of screenings by legendary German filmmaker, critic and teacher followed by discussion with the artist Bidoun Library A mobile library consisting of books, magazines and other printed matter about the Middle East. Until February 15. Point Centre for Contemporary Art Megaron Hadjisavva, 2 Evagorou Street, Nicosia. Every

Wednesday through Sunday from 11am5pm. Tel: 22-662053. info@pointcentreforcontemporaryart.com. www. pointcentreforcontemporaryart.com Love at first… Bite Chocolate week, marvel at chocolate sculptures, watch chocolate cooking demonstrations and taste a variety of exciting new flavours. February 1217. C House Lounge Café, 33 Neas Engomis, Nicosia. Chocolate shows from 5.30pm-8.30pm followed by chocolate tasting at 8.30pm. Special chocolate inspired Valentine’s Day Menu. February 14. Tel: 22-269600 Screenings at the Shoe Factory An extraordinary selection of rare eclectic films. Until March 29. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Str, Nicosia. 8pm. Free. Films shown in original language with English subtitles where applicable. www. pharosartsfoundation.org Stories in Screen A series of video work presentations. Until March 15. Chiaki Kamikawa Contemporary Art Gallery Solonos 10, Paphos Monday- Friday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-6pm. Saturday: 10am-1.30pm. Tel: 99-311225

Theatre Antigone THOC presents Sophoclean tragedy directed by Despina Gatziou. Until February 23. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Wednesday through Saturday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-864300

Nursing Home the Cherubim Theatre Anemona celebrates its tenth anniversary with comedy by Nearchos Ioannou. Until March 17. Anemona Theater, 7 Archagelou Street, Latsia, Nicosia. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 8pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-573031

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God of Carnage Dionysos Theatre presents multiaward winning comedy by Yasmina Reza directed by George Mouaimis. Until March 17. Dionysos Theatre, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia. Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday 6.30pm. In Greek. €20/15. Tel: 99-621845

Paraskeva Pappagelli Solo sculpture exhibition. Until February 15. Gallery Gloria, 3 Zinonos Sozou Street, Nicosia. MondayFriday: 10.30pm-12.45pm and 5pm8pm. Saturday: 10.30pm-12.45pm. Tel: 22-760286

The Switch Theatro Ena presents play by Argiro Toumazou. Until March 28. Theatro Ena, 4 Athinas Avenue, Nicosia. Every Wednesday and Thursday at 8.30pm. In Greek. €15/12. Tel: 22-348203 Shakespeare in an Hour Pirasmos Productions presents a theatrical comedy directed by popular Cypriot actor and director Loris Loizides. Until March 29. Pantheon Art Cinema, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia. Thursday and Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 70-001910 How to Rob a Bank Skala Theatre presents a three act comedy by Samy Fayad. Until March 31. Skala Theatre, 15 Kyriakou Matsi Street, Larnaca. Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 99-490102

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The Celebration of Love Group art exhibition. Until February 14. Atelier K, (Karima Ben Otman’s Art Studio ),10B Georgiou Malekidi Street, Limassol. 7.30pm-10.30pm. karimabenotman@live.com

Mindscapes Solo painting exhibition by Thekla Papadopoulou. Until February 28. Gallery Kypriaki Gonia, 45 Stadiou Street, Larnaca. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm & 4.30pm-8pm. Sunday: 11am-2pm & 4pm-7pm. Tel: 24621109 Impressions Solo photo exhibition by Sergey Yastrzhembskiy. Until February 28. The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 86-88-90 Phaneromenis Street, Nicosia. Visiting hours: MondaySunday: 10am-7pm. (except on bank holidays). Tel: 22-128157 Social Contract Solo painting exhibition by Avraam Christou. Until February 28. Alpha Gallery, Makarios Avenue & 3 Papanikoli Street, Nicosia. MondaySaturday 10.30 am-1pm and 4.30pm-7.30pm. Tel: 22-751325 / 99-303366. www.art.com.cy

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19 To have your event included for FREE in our listings, send details to: Arts Editor, Cyprus Mail, PO Box 21144, Nicosia. Fax: 22-676385. Email: whatson@cyprus-mail.com Please send your information as early as possible. Include full details, a contact number and good quality photos

Nicosia set to party like it’s 1799 For more than two centuries the ball to end all balls plays out in Vienna. A unique blend of age-old traditions, magnificent court ceremonies and the trademark Viennese waltz have lured people far and wide to the Austrian capital. Although copied all over the world from New York to Moscow, nothing beats the romance and charm of the original. Still, one can certainly try, and this March sees the Vienna Ball return to Nicosia’s Hilton Hotel for a third consecutive year. The Vienna Balls are seen as the epitome of highculture and decadence. In 1773, Emperor Joseph, part of the Habsburg dynasty, made the ballrooms of the Hofburg palace available for public balls for nonnobility, and the Viennese waltz became the Austrian way of celebrating the yearly carnival season. For those willing to expose their toes even more to the dangers of high stiletto heels, a Viennese ball holds the ultimate challenge. On March 8, elegance and extravagance will be the order of the night when the Vienna Ball waltzes into the Hilton Hotel. Amid the luxurious ambiance of the hotel ball, highsociety representatives from Austria, Russia and Cyprus, political leaders and the rich and famous will rub shoulders with those few ordinary citizens for one night only, to enjoy an evening of music, dancing and a sumptuous dinner. For some, such activities may seem a throwback to a long-gone, if beloved, past, but it remains a vital part of high-end entertainment in Central Europe, and a rare extravagance here in Cyprus. Furthermore, one must not forget that the Ball in Cyprus is also an important fundraising event, with part of the profits being donated to Europa Donna Cyprus, the European Breast Cancer Coalition. Protocol for the event is, of course, strict: women must wear floor-length evening gowns and men white tie and tails. Guests’ arrival will be welcomed with a champagne reception, followed by a welcoming and opening address by Ambassador of the Republic of Austria in Cyprus, Mr. Karl Mueller, and President of the Europa Donna Foundation, Stella Kyriakides. Then comes the official opening of the ball with a procession into the main hall led by the young ladies’ and gentlemen’s ‘committee’. The girls opening a ball for the first time are called debutantes. This debut is part of the ritual which dates back to the days of the monarchy – the formal introduction into society. The choreographer of the Ball in Cyprus, Tatiana

Zenevich, has conducted ballroom dance courses and trained debutants for the Vienna Ball. Dance lessons are currently under way (in Limassol and Nicosia) prior to the big day, which is just three weeks away. A total of 12 debutante couples will open the ball in grand style. The programme includes a very special performance, with the participation of artists from Austria, Italy, Russia and Cyprus. Following a gala menu featuring authentic Austrian cuisine and excellent Austrian wines, guests will be treated to a Fashion Show of ball gowns, followed by a Charity Auction for Europa Donna Cyprus. Although every traditional ball opens the ﬂoor to dancers with a waltz, virtually every kind of formal dance will be represented during the course of the evening. From 11pm, the dance ﬂoor will be open to all the guests. Polkas and foxtrots will alternate with slow waltzes, jives and tangos, Zenevich will also seduce crowds with her very own master dance class. Midnight is a special time, whatever the ball, and perhaps the biggest highlight of the evening, is the quadrille. The quadrille is a choreographed dance

where couples are initially placed along a line and perform dance steps. As ball gowns brush across the dance ﬂoor, guests will be swept up in the spirit of the night. It’s often a spectacle of laughter, chaos and just sheer fun - each moment one that ball attendees do not want to miss. The evening continues long into the night, before drawing to a close at 3am with the slow waltz Bruderlein fein, which traditionally closes all balls. Charity Third Vienna Ball An evening of music, dancing, dinner and the opportunity to socialise and establish new friendships and contacts. March 8. Hilton Hotel, Nicosia. 7.30pm-3am. Dress code: Long evening or ball dress, tail-coat, tuxedo or dress uniform. €50 per person (cocktail menu and unlimited drinks) €100 per person (buffet menu and unlimited drinks). Part of the profits will be donated to Europa Donna Cyprus. Tel: 97-810022 (English), 97-810011 (Greek), 97-810033 (Russian) 99-896490, Dancing school (for the ballroom dancing lessons Fly-in-Dance). e-mail: info@ viennaball-cyprus.com www.viennaball-cyprus.com By Ledha Socratous

NIGHTLIFE The Sound of Nick Kick-start the weekend with he world one of the best DJ’s in the a this at Occhio Club in Nicosia anic Friday. Organised by Manic Promotions and Mix FM Cyprus, e Master as part of his Renaissance Series World Tour, Absolut ut Vodka presents The Sound of Nick ick Warren, the man known for driving the crowd crazy with his eclectic ic. beats and explosive music. er Nick Warren is no stranger ast to our shores. Over the past four-odd years, the Brit has ay graciously headed our way for club tours. Not that we’re complaining – this is afterr rs all one of the true pioneers

Warren returns, with live set at Occhio Lounge progr of the progressive sound. So it’s ne welcome news, then, that Warren C is back in Cyprus for another showdown behind the decks. pro The DJ, producer and label owner has, for the past 20 plus years, b been a champion of every everything that is good abo about dance music, clubbin bing and the undergr ground scene. Starting h his career in the fertile g grounds of Bristol’s iillustrious music scene in the early ’90s, Warren was spinning everything from dub and hip-hop to

house. When fellow Bristol artists Massive Attack left to tour America in the wake of their early success, they invited Warren to accompany them on tour as their ofﬁcial DJ, a testament to his turntable skills as well as his reputation at the time. Since then, Warren’s impressive career has seen him release the very ﬁrst ‘Back to Mine’, a staggering eight albums for Global Underground and one for Renaissance and super club Cream. As one of the longest-serving DJs out there and with no sign of the global demand for his appearances waning, Warren packs

clubs and arenas worldwide from London to Los Angeles to Taipei, transﬁxing dance ﬂoors with his distinctively forward blend of driving percussion and soaring musicality, bursting out of the speakers, soaking everyone in melody and drenching them in sound. Catch him live tomorrow night at Occhio. Spread the word and get set to party with the coolest DJ in town. The Sound Of Nick Warren Well-known English house DJ and producer gets behind the decks. February 15. Occhio Lounge, 23, Alkeou Street, Engomi, Nicosia. 11pm. €17/12. Tel: 99-399769

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Thursday, February 14, 2013 CYPRUS MAIL

Television CYBC 1 06.45 08.15

Proti Enimerosi Kali Sas Mera

CYBC 2 07.00 08.00

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

12.00

Apo Mera Se Mera Current affairs show.

15.30

Entehnos Local cultrual show.

16.00

Mazi Sto CyBC Local talk-show.

NRG Zone Kids’ TV Bob The Builder Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, etc. Shown till 12.30, then repeated till mid-afternoon.

Local variety show, with entertainment options, cookery tips and more.

11.00 11.30

ANTENNA

16.30

Euromaxx

Live cookery show.

UEFA Europa League

18.45

Paizoume Kypriaka

Pre-game analysis.

20.00 21.15

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20.00

Live coverage of Levante vs Olympiakos.

UEFA Europa League

News Patates 8

22.15 22.45

Motor Sports Kati Psinetai (rpt)

News Repeats

18.40 19.30 20.15 21.15 22.10

Post-game analysis.

Greek version of the show where contestants try to outdo each other by throwing the perfect dinner party, which is then judged on its merits by their rivals.

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Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Idiaitera Yia Klamata Englimata (rpt) Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Pansellinos (rpt) Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) Deligianneio Parthenagogeio (rpt) Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Metrita Sto Lepto Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt)

06.00 06.15 07.00 10.00 12.45 14.00 15.00

23.00 00.00 00.05 00.20 01.40

Tin Patisa (rpt) Niose Me News Vals Me 12 Theous Presidential Elections 2013 Castle News Sports News Ola Bahalo Fetos Repeats

Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Emeis Ki Emeis (rpt) Nea Mera Proino Mou Enimerosi Tora Irthe Ki Edese Eheis Meson Local investigative show.

16.00 18.00 18.20

Yia Sena News Master Chef Greek reality competition show where amateur chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges.

19.30 20.15 21.15 22.10

Oi Vasiliades News Klemmena Oneira FILM: Collateral Damage

00.00 00.10 01.00 03.00 04.20

News Gimnoi Angeloi (rpt) Yia Sena (rpt) Enimerosi Tora (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

07.00 08.20 10.00 11.10 12.00 14.20 15.00 16.00 18.00 18.05 19.00 19.30 20.20 21.15 23.20

Repeats

Protoselido Eleni Vasiliki (rpt) Efta Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) Eﬁaltis Stin Kouzina (rpt) Magazino News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Siga Min To’ Xeres Efta Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites News Pame Paketo Las Vegas First season. ‘Family Jewels’. A guest is robbed of $5million in diamonds, prompting Mike to go after the thief. A high-roller arrives at the Montecito with his new ﬁancee - who shocks Ed by announcing her beau will never gamble again. Meanwhile, the team’s mental health is assessed by a psychologist.

00.00 00.05 01.20 02.10 03.00 03.10 04.30

UEFA Europa League Highlights from the best matches in the round of 32.

23.00

SIGMA

A heroic ﬁreﬁghter travels to Colombia seeking revenge after his wife and child are killed in a terrorist attack. Action thriller, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Francesca Neri. 2002.

With News at 18.00.

22.00

Presidential Elections 2013

15.45 16.40 17.30 17.40

UEFA Europa League

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

Three days to go! no details supplied but presumably a studio dabate or discussion.

00.00 00.15

19.30

Moiraia Fengaria

Local satirical show, using comedy sketches and embarrassing TV clips to skewer local politicians.

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Unsuspecting people react to bizarre events.

News Kaftes Piperies

19.20

12.10 13.00 13.20 14.00

Kati Psinetai (rpt) Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Candid Camera

18.00 18.15

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

09.30 10.25 11.15

DW-TV’s magazine show, bringing you the latest on lifestyle and entertainment in Europe.

17.00 18.00 18.50 19.00 19.10

06.30 06.50 07.00 07.50 08.40

MEGA

News Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) Alithinoi Erotes (rpt) Mila Mou (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino Ta Hrisopsara (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

PLUS TV 07.20 08.35 09.05 10.15 10.35

Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of Mila (rpt) Nistikoi Praktores (rpt) Cooking show, with helpful tips on eating well and nutrition.

12.30 13.00 15.30 16.15 17.00

Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Classic Cartoons More Kid’s TV To Kleidi Greek comedy series.

17.50 19.40 21.15 22.00

Fotis Maria Live Mila Exelixeis Stin Showbiz Fringe FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, a scientist, Walter Bishop, and his son Peter investigate unexplained events with paranormal or terrorist connections.

22.45

FILM: Licence To Wed An eccentric vicar puts a couple through a course of gruelling challenges to prove they are ready for married life. Comedy, starring Robin Williams, Mandy Moore and John Krasinski. 2007.

00.10 01.00 03.00

LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

CAPITAL 08.25 08.55 09.30 10.00 11.00 11.30 12.30 13.20 14.30 15.10 16.05 16.45 17.35 18.15

Magikos Kosmos S’Agapo (rpt) Akti Oneiron Ston Asterismos Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Epi Topou (rpt) Milagros Kids’ TV Telemarketing Top Models S’Agapo Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Paciﬁc Blue With News at 18.30.

19.15 19.50 20.05 21.00

News Sports Time O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: See Jane Date A publishing assistant endures a series of romantic misadventures to ﬁnd the perfect date to escort her to a family wedding. Comedy, with Charisma Carpenter. 2003.

22.45

FILM: Anything Else An aspiring New York writer struggles with his professional and romantic relationships. Romantic comedy, directed by and starring Woody Allen. 2003.

00.50

FILM: Blessed A woman becomes pregnant with Satan’s spawn after she visits a fertility clinic. Horror, starring Heather Graham. 2004.

I Don’t Know How She Does It (Novacinema1, 15.00)

01:25 The Weakest Link 02:10 EastEnders 02:40 Doctors 03:10 Casualty 04:00 My Family 04:30 Getting On 05:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 05:45 One Foot In The Grave 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Little Prairie Dogs 07:10 Nina and the Neurons 07:25 Gigglebiz 07:40 Forget Me Not Farm 07:55 Me Too! 08:15 Little Prairie Dogs 08:25 Nina and the Neurons 08:40 Gigglebiz 08:55 Forget Me Not Farm 09:10 Me Too! 09:30 My Family 10:00 One Foot In The Grave 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 Casualty 13:05 Bleak House 14:05 Outcasts 14:55 The Weakest Link 15:40 EastEnders 16:10 Doctors 16:40 Casualty 17:30 Bleak House 18:30 The Weakest Link 19:15 EastEnders 19:45 Doctors 20:15 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 21:00 Keeping Up Appearances 21:30 Gavin & Stacey 22:00 Waking The Dead 22:50 Blackadder Goes Forth 23:20 Taking the Flak 23:50 Friday Night Dinner 00:15 Last Man Standing

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Wheeler Dealers 08:15 American Chopper 09:10 Dirty Jobs 10:05 Deadliest Catch 10:55 Ultimate Survival 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 How It’s Made 12:40 Extreme Engineering 13:35 Rides 14:30 Wheeler Dealers

15:25 American Chopper 16:20 Mythbusters 17:15 Dirty Jobs 18:10 Deadliest Catch 19:05 Ultimate Survival 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Extreme Fishing 22:00 River Monsters 23:00 Off The Hook 00:00 Trouble In Paradise 01:00 Kidnap And Rescue 01:55 Extreme Fishing 02:50 River Monsters 03:50 Off The Hook 04:50 Trouble In Paradise 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Ski Jumping: World Cup Germany 10:30 Winter Sports: Ski Pass 10:45 Alpine Skiing: World Championship Austria 12:00 Biathlon: World Championship Czech Republic 13:00 Ski Jumping: World Cup Germany 14:05 Alpine Skiing: World Championship Austria 15:30 Snooker: Welsh Open Un. Kingdom 18:15 Biathlon: World Championship Czech Republic 19:45 Winter Sports: Ski Pass 20:00 Snooker: Welsh Open Un. Kingdom 00:00 Poker: European Poker Tour 01:00 Biathlon: World Championship Czech Republic 02:15 All Sports: Watts

05:40 Desperate Housewives 06:25 Bones 07:10 Modern Family 07:35 Last Man Standing 08:00 The Listener 08:50 Masterchef 09:40 Desperate

Housewives 10:25 Bones 11:10 Modern Family 11:35 Last Man Standing 12:00 Scandal 12:50 Castle 5 13:40 The Listener 14:30 Who Do You Think You Are 15:20 Desperate Housewives 16:05 Bones 16:50 Modern Family 17:15 Last Man Standing 17:40 The Listener 18:30 Tough Love Miami 19:20 Desperate Housewives 20:10 Bones 21:00 Scandal 21:50 Castle 22:40 Modern Family 23:05 Last Man Standing 23:30 Scandal 00:20 Castle 01:10 Bones 02:00 Desperate Housewives 02:45 Modern Family 03:10 Last Man Standing 03:35 Friends With Beneﬁts 04:00 The Listener 04:50 Tough Love Miami

07:30 Things That Hang From Trees 09:30 Five Days One Summer 11:30 Witches Of Eastwick, The 13:30 Action Zone 14:00 Kings Of Mykonos, The 15:45 Nick Of Time 17:30 How Do You Know 20:00 Ltv Sports News 21:00 Butterﬂy On A Wheel 23:00 Serious Man, A 01:00 Hustler Tv 02:45 City Of Angels 04:50 Summer Of ‘42 06:30 Ltv Sports News

07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League

Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 A’ Division Cyprus Soccer Championship 2012-13 19:00 Barclays Premier League Review 20:00 2011 World’s Strongest Man 20:30 La Liga World 21:00 Barclays Premier League World 21:30 La Liga Show 2012-13 22:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 00:00 K9 Nation 00:30 Planet Speed 01:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

07:15 According To Jim 08:00 2 Broke Girls 08:30 Hawai Five 09:15 Hawai Five 10:00 Friends 10:30 Gossip Girl 11:15 Fringe 12:50 Supernatural 13:40 According To Jim 14:30 Hawai Five 16:05 2 Broke Girls 16:30 Chuck 17:15 Bones 18:10 Borgias I, The 19:05 Supernatural 19:50 Two And A Half Men 20:35 Friends 21:00 Closer, The 22:00 Harry’s Law 22:45 C.S.I. Miam 23:30 Bones 00:15 Fighting 02:15 Secret Life 03:45 2 Broke Girls 04:10 Chuck 04:50 Bones 05:35 Borgias I, The 06:30 Supernatural

07:30 Action Zone 08:00 Railway Station Man, The 09:45 Good Guy,

The 11:15 Seven Minutes In Heaven 12:45 Before Sunrise 14:30 Before Sunset 16:00 Bachelor, The 17:45 Twilight (2008) 20:00 Letters To Juliet 22:00 Cairo Time 23:35 Action Zone 00:05 Daring! Tv 04:05 Switch 05:50 50/50

05:20 Recoil 07:00 The Lincoln Lawyer 09:00 A Little Bit Of Heaven 10:50 Action Zone 11:20 Five 12:55 Largo Winch 2: The Burma Conspiracy 15:00 I Don’t Know How She Does It 16:35 Cine News 17:00 Real Steel 19:10 Mad On Novacinema 22:00 This Means War 23:50 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 01:55 Poker Face 03:40 The Woman In Black

05:10 Bad Teacher 08:40 Sling Blade 10:55 The Shadow 12:50 Efapax 14:20 Billy Madison 15:50 Moneyball 18:00 Hollywood 1 On 1 18:35 The Company Men 20:20 Malena 22:00 Notting Hill 00:00 America’s Sweethearts 01:50 The Change-Up 03:40 What’s Your Number?

19:10 Along Came A Spider 21:00 Unthinkable 22:30 Cine News 23:00 The Following 23:50 C.S.I. 00:40 Cine News 01:00 Adult Zone

05:45 Something Borrowed 07:40 Kate And Leopold 09:40 Penelope 11:30 Hitch 13:30 Serendipity 17:15 The Story Of Us 18:55 There’s Something About Mary 21:00 The Vow 22:50 One Day 00:45 The Romantics 02:25 The Edge Of Love

01:00 Golf Central International 01:30 Courtside Jones 02:00 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Nebraska At Indiana 04:00 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Purdue At Illinois 06:00 Phuket Asia Paciﬁc Ironman Championships 2013 07:00 Playing Lessons 07:30 Morning Drive 08:30 Academy: Greg Norman - Bunker Play 09:00 Golf Central International 09:30 The Golf Fix 10:00 Sports Unlimited 11:00 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Nebraska At Indiana 13:00 Pass Time 13:30 101 Cars You Must Drive Playin’ In The Dirt 14:00 Pinks All Out Bristol 15:00 Rolex Spirit Of Yachting Sydney Hobart Yacht Ace 15:30 Courtside Jones 16:00 European Tour Africa Open D. 1 Sdd 18:00 2nd Division Championship 2012-13: Arhs Vs Apep 20:00 2nd Division Championship 2012-13: Apep Vs O. Aradippou 21:30 Stigmiotipa Kypriakou Podosferou 22:00 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Nebraska At Indiana 24:00 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Purdue At Illinois

06:00 Only Hits 08:00 MTV Disaster Date 08:30 MTV Disaster Date 09:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 10:00 Only Hits 11:00 Pure Local 12:00 MTV VHI Pop up Video 12:30 MTV VHI Pop up Video 13:00 MTV Made 14:00 MTV Big Time Rush 14:30 MTV Victorious 15:00 MTV Daria 15:30 MTV Daria 16:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 17:00 MTV Pimp My Ride 17:30 MTV Pimp My Ride 18:00 Only Hits 19:00 McCafé Music Project 19:30 MTV VHI Pop up Video 20:00 MTV Plain Jane (Commissioned Version) 21:00 MTV Teen Mom 4 22:00 MTV Peak Season 22:30 MTV Peak Season 23:00 MTV Ridiculousness 23:30 MTV Ridiculousness 00:00 MTV Jersey Shore 01:00 Only Hits 05:00 Pure Local

07:00 To Have And Have Not 08:40 Hell Divers 10:30 , The Cabin In The Cotton 11:50 North By Northwest 14:05 Gone With the Wind 17:40 Kelly’s Heroes 20:05 Breakfast At Tiffany’s 22:00 Death In Venice 00:10 Period Of Adjustment 02:05 Penelope 03:40 , The Last Time I Saw Paris 05:35 Many Rivers To Cross

By Preston Wilder

Malena (Novacinema2, 20.20) Period setting, check. Picturesque village, check. Child interest, check. Spurious message about Beauty killed by sexual repression and hypocrisy, check. They made quite a few of these films in the early 00s - Chocolat was another - but this one is at least unabashedly vulgar, the kind of movie that breaks up a shot of Malena sashaying down the street with a close-up of the bulge in our young hero’s pants. She is Monica Bellucci, a beautiful outsider who moves to a small Sicilian town at the outbreak of WW2; her husband goes off to war, leaving her trying to fend off the attentions of every repressed male in town - very much including 12year-old Renato, who goes through adolescence lust-

ing after La Malena. The result hopes to snag Cinema Paradiso fans (it was made by the same director) but in fact it’s a lot more vulgar, a crude cartoon filled with fart sounds and boobs falling out at inopportune moments. Once you accept that, it’s quite fun - and probably more authentic than a genteel, politically-correct film like Chocolat. In Italian; made in 2000.

This Means War (Novacinema1, 22.00) I like Reese Witherspoon. I like Tom Hardy. I’m not mad about Chris Pine, but he has his moments (he made an amusing Captain Kirk in Star Trek). I like McG, the whiz-bang director of Charlie’s Angels. I even like the

This Means War

plot of this airy action comedy, with Tom and Chris as deadly CIA agents - inseparable partners and best friends - turned romantic rivals when they both fall in love with the same girl. All the signs are positive here yet the film is somehow less than the sum of its parts, watchable and fizzy without being especially funny or smart or provocative (or anything, really). Tom and Chris use their CIA skills against each other, spying on Reese to find out what she thinks of them; James Bond heroics - shoot-outs and high-wire acrobatics give way to rom-com cuteness, with Chelsea Handler as the inevitable bad-girl best friend; the plot sags, roping in an action climax with generic baddies. This means war? No. This means nothing. Made in 2012.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2311 1

PREVIOUS DAY’S SOLUTIONS

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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 Drinks feature by cricketer (5-4) 2 Within three months I can be exhilarating (9) 3 Models in disarray – rarely (6) 4 Father, monk went round Georgia and Norway, heathen countries! (8) 5 Woodland god was seated for a year (5) 6 Steer clear of this American city? (5) 11 Piece of left-over food with a great number on the pile of rubbish (9) 12 Suspects estate in Norfolk town (9) 14 Said to be using a bicycle selling door to door (8) 16 Took food at hotel first – that’s only natural (6) 18 Two letters written out for the master of ceremonies (5) 19 One beyond help in spring, one rebel (5)

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3 Pace a team needed to move out of the way (4,5) 7 Turning-point at the entrance (5) 8 Mapped the length (9) 9 In the trap I’d been caught fast (5) 10 Tended to have worked in hospital perhaps (6) 13 ’e’d no end of cider first, having robbed the orchards! (8) 15 Do not include a bird who’s superior (8) 17 Held horse in deep trouble (6) 20 Indian run out, he was caught back inside (5) 21 Spark I can still explode (9) 22 Tribute to a good man (5) 23 Set apart the broken Easter egg (9)

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Answers to crossword 2310

HOROSCOPE

CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Detachment; 8 Vie; 9 Barometer; 10 Repeal; 11 Rifle; 13 Refill; 15 Almost; 17 Borax; 18 Cut off; 21 Associate; 22 Cox; 23 Unilateral. Down – 1 Diva; 2 The New Forest; 3 Cable; 4 Marble; 5 Numeral; 6 Staff-officer; 7 Cruelty; 12 Arabian; 14 Lexicon; 16 Scrawl; 19 Treat; 20 Axil.

QUICK: Across – 1 Hereditary; 8 Gal; 9 Vertebrae; 10 Window; 11 Tacit; 13 Legacy; 15 Myopic; 17 Cater; 18 Pilate; 21 Accession; 22 Too; 23 Didgeridoo. Down – 1 Huge; 2 Rolling-stock; 3 David; 4 Thrown; 5 Re-entry; 6 Precipitated; 7 Restock; 12 Glacial; 14 Christi; 16 Spring; 19 Lunar; 20 To-do.

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

Your luck seems to be in on this Valentine’s Day, as the Moon in your sign boosts your chances of romantic success. You could be in an openly ﬂirtatious mood. Along with this, you may have desires that you’re not telling anyone about. You may want to keep things quiet until you impress the right person. But can you dear Aries, really be that secretive?

Dim the lights, and put on some soft and sensual music. Today is Valentine’s Day, and it seems you need to make the most of it. If you’re in a long-term relationship, a fabulous aspect between the Moon and Venus, suggests you’ll have gifts to exchange and more besides. Single? Should you send that card to that special person? If not now, then when?

Rather than stick to the traditional way of celebrating Valentine’s Day, you and your lover may have an idea to do something completely different. It might involve anything extreme, such as toasting your relationship with champagne while enjoying a hot air balloon ride. Solo? Someone at work may intrigue you, but proceed cautiously.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

There seems to be a possibility for some hot romantic action today, as powerful Mars aspects passionate Pluto. There may be no stopping you. Although chocolates or ﬂowers may be nice, you may not need any of these to encourage you to get up close and personal. Something very special is in the air, so take advantage while you can.

You could be one of the luckier signs on this Valentine’s Day, Virgo. Being rather understated, you may not want to make a meal of your feelings. Presents may be simple, tasteful and possibly expensive. Whoever the recipient is, they will realise quality when they see it. But there’s more, as you may decide to really take the plunge - and can succeed.

You may decide to serve up poetry with breakfast, written inside a tasteful card and delivered with a smile. There’s a very romantic and genteel side to your experience of Valentine’s Day which may see you taking your sweetheart to a show or an exhibition. But there’s also a more interesting slant that suggests raw passion can emerge later on!

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

This could be a very special day for you, Gemini, as Jupiter in your sign, means you’re feeling buoyant, upbeat and primed for lots of fun. You’ll be in your element, ﬂirting and generally getting to know new people. Committed? The way things are looking this Valentine’s Day could be one to remember. Single? Someone may have a hidden and hot agenda!

There’s plenty of fun to be had today - a day you usually treasure as being extra special. The Moon makes a sultry aspect to Venus, which suggests that you won’t be forgotten. Actually, you may be spoilt rotten in more ways than one. Whoever you’re with and wherever you go, the cosmos can shower you with plenty of wonderful experiences.

You may be in a bouncy and upbeat mood today as Valentine’s Day promises to be entertaining at least. The Moon in Aries reveals that you’ll be on hand to give friends advice, and your partner a glass of bubbly. However, who will give you help if you need it? Although you’re popular, you may need some tips concerning a budding romance.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Committed? It’s a good thing you’re used to passion and intensity, as this Valentine’s Day could bring plenty more. Be ready! Single? A fabulous aspect suggests you may not be alone for long, especially if you have someone in mind. Even if you try to hide the way you feel to the extent of seeming indifferent, it looks like Cupid could ﬁnd you out anyway.

You aren’t usually the self-sacriﬁcing type, but may ﬁnd yourself willing to compromise your desires so that you can be seen in a much better light by someone you fancy. You don’t often blush either, usually managing to keep your feelings under control, except for today, when it might all become too much but in a fun and romantic way.

It is up to you to be proactive in the romance stakes. As Valentine’s Day has arrived, you have the perfect excuse to make your feelings known. If you have long been an admirer of a certain person, send a card and let them know. Long-term relationships should also beneﬁt if you take the lead and encourage the opportunity to spend quality time together.

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PENNY, a loving gentle female. will make a wonderful family pet. Around 3 years old. Excellent temperament, very loving and well behaved. She will make an amazing companion. Worth Meeting! She is a small size. At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact on 99520511 Mon-Frid 10-2pm. ****************************

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‘PROPERTY BUSINESS FOR SALE’. ‘Unique Opportunity to purchase FREEHOLD stonebuilt village property currently operating as a Cafe, with fully equipped kitchen.Seating for 40. Potential for further expansion. Easily converted to residential dwelling.Viewing highly recommended. Greatly reduced to Euro 160.000. Details ring Tel: 99864097 – Paphos Area **************************** PRIME LAND IS AVAILABLE FOR LONG LEASE IN LIMASSOL. 40, 000 sq.m., zoning Ka7 (80% - 45% - 3 stories). Regular amphitheatrical shape overlooking Ladies Mile. Close to New Limassol Hospital with direct access to Limassol – Paphos Highway. Water supply, electricity and telephones are readily available. Suitable for immediate development. Ideal for various health facilities and resorts, holiday centres, commercial and shopping centres, entertainment enterprises etc. Information: Tel. 22 674338, 99621554 FOR SALE LAND in Anthoupoli (half plot) 288 sq.metres. for information 99621554.

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TO LET fully furnished upper house in Ayios Dometios.3 bedrooms,2 wc 2 sitting rooms, 2 verandas, a/c in rooms. €480pm. Call 99628100 MAKEDONITISSA, 12 Ay Paraskevis, Engomi with panoramic view. 3 bedroom upper house & ground floor house with garden,2 bathroom , 2 toilets , fully a/c and a/h,new w / m , d / w, h o b , o v e n , f r i d g e freezer, fully fitted kitchen, fully furnished ,storage, parking. Rent €750 pm. Tel 99660115 or 99688655. Email victorkaris@ cytanet.com.cy LUXURIOUS APARTMENT FOR RENT a luxurious one floor apartment situated in central Nicosia in a area of exceptional Beauty at 3 Museum Street, is available to let. It has been recently renovated and consists of 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, big dining and sitting rooms, kitchen and a huge veranda. Approximate covered area 250 sq m. Tel: 99622370. 2 BEDROOM flat, fully furnished. Fully A/C, small block, 3rd floor. Covered parking. Central heating. Near Hilton hotel off

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2 ROOMS €125 each, near McDonald’s Engomi only Philippine girls. Call 99663927. FOR RENT 3 B/R apartment fully furnished close to Central Bank. 3 W.C., fully air-conditioned extra storeroom, owned covered parking. Excellent condition. Information: Tel. 99621554 3 BEDROOMS flat on second floor in a block of six flats, in a nice position at Strovolos area, fully a/c, c/h, covered parking place for one car, recently painted. Rent €650pm. (furnished if required). Tel: 97773358.

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in a quiet neighbourhood. Available middle of January. Agios Andreas - €1200 - H3AAD0001-R (photos on website). 5. 3 bedr luxury detached house, 200sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 3wc, blinds and curtains, open plan kitchen with cooker, oven and dishwasher, veranda with bbq, good size garden, covered parking, storage room, alarm system, in a quiet area – Archangellos €1100 (photos in the website). 6. 4 bedrs and sitting room upstairs luxury detached house,380sq.m, central heating, full a/c, marble and parquet floor, big sitting and dining areas, office space, BIG bedrooms (2 en suite) big verandas around the house, 2 covered parking,3 bathrooms,4 wc in a quiet area off Eleonon street, near Pizza Hut – Strovolos €1500 (H4ST10041-R), (photos in the website) 7. 3 bedr detached ground floor house with separate maid’s room, with very big garden with grass(200sq.m) and covered patio with bbq and bar, central heating, full a/c, 180sq.m, FULLY FURNISHED or NOT, 2 covered parking, storage room,

in a very quiet neighborhood opposite Acropolis park - Acropolis - €1500 - H3ACS0004-R (photos on website). 8. 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 foorball stadium. Available END of February - Makedonitissa €1500. 9. 4 bedr new luxury detached house build in a big plot of land, central heating, full a/c, 2 bedrs with en suite shower, 4 wc, bathroom with jacuzzi, big open space sitting and dining areas, 330sq.m, big swimming pool 5x10, big garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area, roller blinds and curtains on all the windows, electrical appliances in kitchen, covered parking, in a quiet neighbourhood off Tseriou

avenue. AVAILABLE end of February –Strovolos €1800 (photos in the website). 10. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, electrical appliances, small yard, bbq area, off Kostantinoupoleos street near French ambassador residence.- STROVOLOS €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, aluminum 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). 12. 3 bedr luxury detached house, 200sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 3wc, blinds and curtains, open plan kitchen with cooker, oven and dishwasher, veranda with bbq, good size garden, covered parking, storage room, alarm sys-

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TRUST. Armou 2 bed Townhouse on a small complex of Townhouses in a lovely quiet and peaceful location, with small back garden, great views, communal pool, 2 bedrooms with en suites + guest WC. Pets welcome. Offered unfurnished Ref: 1204 €370 AYIA MARINOUDA a 3 bedroom villa with an additional loft room conversion with en suite. Property has a downstairs bedroom, sitting/dining area, separate utility area with granite work tops, 2 bedrooms on the top level master en suite. Central heating, AC, fly screens, private pool, enclosed and fenced garden. Ref: 1199 €900 Mesogi 4 bedroom villa with private pool, nice quality fixtures, granite work tops, separate utility room, downstairs bedroom with en suite, fireplace, ac, 3 upstairs bedroom master en suite, separate bath, nice views, pets welcome, offered unfurnished Ref 783 €700 CHLORAKA 4 bedroom large villa with quality fittings , furnished to a very high standard, downstairs bedroom, 3 upstairs, en suites, bathroom, private pool, decking, fantastic sea views, near Tombs of the Kings Ref: 806 €850 SECRET VALLEY 2 bed villas furnished or unfurnished with private pool, downstairs bedroom, kitchen , sitting/dining area, guest wc, upstairs large master bedroom with en suite bath, large veranda. Nice location with sea views and off street parking: Ref: 1198 €450 PEGEIA 4 bed villa unfurnished, 2 downstairs bedrooms, large sitting/dining area, Italian kitchen with white goods, 2 bedrooms upstairs with outside large veranda. Property is of a high standard with central heating, full AC, off street parking, private pool, stunning views, quiet location. Ref: 765 €900 Mesogi Large 3 bedroom apartment with full AC, bathroom, kitchen, separate utility room, clean and tidy building with without communal area, walking distance to all local amenities. Offered unfurnished Ref: 818 €400 Sea Caves 2 bedroom town house, furnished with central heating, fire

PAPHOS ******************************* LONG TERM RENT : Geroskipou, one bedroom partly furnished apartment (covered area 60 square metres) in immaculate condition with two big sized balconies, situated in a quiet residential area. Sea view and lift. Rent : €250 per month Tel : 99387019 EMBA – lovely 3 bed detached villa – 1 bedroom downstairs, 3 x ensuite, u/f with white goods, a/c, private pool, close to shops situated in quiet location – €600 euros. For more information call 9977 4314 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 ﬁreplace, fence around the property €550 per month ono – available from 1st of April For more info call : 99 442485 UNIVERSAL: 1bed ground ﬂoor apartment fully furnished, airconditioning, fridge, beds common swimming pool , leather sofas, €260 p/m. For more information phone 99400697 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, euro 650 ono, please call: 99771532 –

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fitted L shaped kitchen with appliances and breakfast bar. Doors out to rear garden and pool. Guest WC. Stairs up to 3 very spacious bedrooms. Master with ensuite. Family bathroom and storage cupboard. Stairs up to roof garden with panoramic views. Outside there is a feature pergola, swimming pool and landscaped gardens. €700.00 a month. 3. GIOLOU– 5 bed unfurnished villa consisting of 3 bed, 2 bath main house (bungalow) with self-contained 2 bed apartment with own entrance. Main house, open plan living area, beamed ceilings with feature fireplace. Dining space and kitchen. 3 bedrooms, master with en-suite and family bathroom. Covered balcony with sea and rural views, swimming pool and garden areas. Lower level apartment reached via the main house or separate entrance. Large open plan living area, kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms. €850.00 per month 4. TALA - 3 bed 3 bath quality furnished villa. Set in enclosed gardens the villa consists of open plan living area with dining space. Fully fitted kitchen with all appliances, door to rear garden. Storage room. Ground floor bed room with adjacent shower. Stairs to two double bedrooms both ensuite, one with Jacuzzi tub. Small seating area with adjacent balcony. Pool and off street parking. Landscaped gardens €750.00 per month or close offers only 5. AYIOS DEMITRIANOS – 3 bed, 2 bath furnished villa (bungalow style) set in a private and quiet location. Open plan living area with fireplace.. Fully fitted kitchen with quality appliances. Utility room and storage.. Master bedroom with adjacent shower. Two more double bedrooms with family bathroom with Jacuzzi bath. Garden areas, large terraces with outstanding views. Private pool

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Sport Williams, Sharapova cruise through in Qatar By Toby Davis SERENA Williams began her campaign to return to world number one at the Qatar Open by beating Russian Daria Gavrilova while Maria Sharapova, among the American’s rivals for top spot, also progressed. Second-seed Williams, who will reclaim the number one position if she reaches the semi-ﬁnals, enjoyed a 6-2 6-1 second-round win against the 160th-ranked Gavrilova. The 15-time grand slam winner has not topped the rankings since October 2010, but is close to returning to the pinnacle having claimed last year’s Wimbledon and US Open titles. Williams, who has now won 57 of her last 60 matches, broke Gavrilova in the sixth game of the ﬁrst set and

then raced away with the match in 54 minutes. Question marks hung over the world number two’s fitness heading into the event after she lost in the Australian Open quarter-final last month while suffering with back and ankle injuries. “Mostly I’ve just been trying to play smoothly and avoid problems, and just do the things I’ve been working on,” Williams said on the WTA website (www.wtatennis.com). “Physically I’m feeling better, and hopefully I can stay on that level. Let’s go onto the next round now.” Third-ranked Sharapova broke serve in the first game against France’s Caroline Garcia before cruising to a 6-3 6-2 win in one hour and 16 minutes. It was a rematch of their tussle at

the French Open two years ago when the Russian found herself 6-3 4-1 down before rallying for a three-set victory. “I had a really tough match against her in our previous encounter, so I really wanted to start better this time, as opposed to the way I started against her last time,” Sharapova said. “I think she’s an up-and-comer who is still making that transition from the juniors to the pros. It’s one of the toughest things getting your feet on the ground with the game itself but I think we will be seeing her for many more years.” French Open champion Sharapova also has a slim chance of returning to the top spot but needs to win the tournament and hope Williams falls short of the last four and current world number one Victoria Azarenka fails to reach the ﬁnal.

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Wrestling in state of shock as IOC wields Olympics axe

MARCOS Baghdatis is through to the last 16 of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam after Frenchman Benoit Paire retired in the third set, with the Cypriot leading 6-0 6-7 4-0 yesterday afternoon. The 27-year-old Cypriot raced through the ﬁrst set in 20 minutes, breaking his opponent three times in a ruthlessly dominant display. There were no breaks of serve in the second set, with Paire coming out on top in the tie-break to force a decider. Baghdatis broke Paire’s serve twice in the third set before the Frenchman withdrew. Baghdatis will now take on fourth-seeded Richard Gasquet after the Frenchman beat Serbia’s Viktor Troicki in straight sets in his ﬁrst round encounter.

Sport was part of first Games back in 1896 By Karolos Grohmann WRESTLING was left in a state of shock after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a surprise recommendation this week to drop the sport from the 2020 Games. Contested in the ﬁrst modern Olympics in 1896 and part of the ancient Games in Olympia, wrestling will now join seven other candidate sports battling for one spot in a revamped programme. It is unlikely, however, that it will get a reprieve when the IOC session in Buenos Aires votes on the recommendation in September as this would defeat the purpose of the vote. “This is not the end of the process, this is purely a recommendation,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams told reporters following an Executive Board meeting. “It is the session which is sovereign.” “It was a decision to look at the core sports, what works best for the Olympic games. This was the best programme for the 2020 Olympics. This is not about what’s wrong with wrestling but what is good for the Games.” The vote came as a major shock after other sports, including modern pentathlon and taekwondo, were seen as more at risk of losing out due

IN BRIEF Baghdatis through in Rotterdam

Wrestling’s governing body says it will ‘take all necessary measures to convince the IOC of the aberration of such a decision against one of the founding sports of the ancient and modern Olympic Games’ to their low global appeal. “FILA was greatly astonished by today’s recommendation of the IOC Executive Board not to maintain wrestling among the 25 core sports for the 2020 Olympic Games,” the international wrestling federation said in a statement. It said the federation was represented in 180 countries, “with wrestling being the national sport in a fair amount of them and the only possibility for athletes to represent their country at the Olympic Games, thus contributing to their universality.

“FILA will take all necessary measures to convince the IOC... of the aberration of such a decision against one of the founding sports of the ancient and modern Olympic Games,” it said, adding it would meet next week to discuss its next steps. Board members were given a report on each of the Olympic sports which provided details on 39 criteria such as popularity, ﬁnances, tickets sold, anti-doping and governance, before a secret vote. “There were different rounds of voting necessary

to come to this conclusion,” said IOC vice president Thomas Bach. “It is an extremely difﬁcult decision to take.” “I cannot look into the heads of my colleagues. Such a decision is never based on one single reason. It is always a series of reasons. Of course, different members take a different approach.” “The common understanding is the purpose of this was to modernise, to look into the future of the Olympics,” added Bach, a potential IOC presidential candidate later this year. The 15-member executive

board needed four rounds of voting to decide on wrestling with pentathlon, hockey, canoeing and taekwondo also getting votes to be dropped from the Games. IOC president Jacques Rogge did not vote. Canoeing scored the fewest and was eliminated ﬁrst with taekwondo following it to safety in the next round, leaving three sports in the decider. Wrestling got eight votes against it in the ﬁnal round of voting with hockey and pentathlon tied at three votes each.

LeBron sets NBA record LEBRON James’ red-hot shooting hit a record level yesterday as he became the first NBA player ever to score 30 points while shooting 60 per cent in six straight games. James tallied 30 points, nine assists and six rebounds to lead the Miami Heat to a 117-104 victory over Portland Trail Blazers on a night he reached unparalleled efficiency in front of his home crowd. The three-time league MVP made 11 of his 15 shots and is shooting an incredible 71 per cent from the field over his last six games.

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Sport Rising star Buttler targets series win

Iconic Riviera again lures a top-quality field

By David Clough

Long links to movie stars of Hollywood By Mark Lamport-Stokes THE fact that British world number three Luke Donald heads the strongest PGA Tour ﬁeld of the year at this week’s Northern Trust Open should come as no surprise given the popularity of the venue. The par-71 layout at iconic Riviera Country Club, with its long established links to the movie stars of Hollywood, has long been regarded by the players as one of the top courses on the US circuit. At 7,349 yards off the back tees, it is not especially long by modern standards but it repeatedly offers a variety of options for shot selection and boasts some of the shrewdest bunkering around. A glance at the list of former winners proves the fairness of the challenge posed by Riviera, where relatively short hitters such as Mike Weir (twice) and big boomers like Phil Mickelson (also twice) have triumphed. “It’s a real classic of its type,” British Open champion Ernie Els, winner here in 1999, said on Tuesday while preparing for today’s opening round. “The angles they have with the greens, the way the course ﬂows, it’s just fantastic. “Riviera also has some of the best bunkering you’ll

see anywhere in the world. Even if I hadn’t had a victory here, this would still be one of my favourite golf courses on the PGA Tour.” South African Els said he could not wish for a more ideal venue than Riviera to make his first appearance on the US circuit this year. “I’m excited about being back here,” the 43-year-old added. “It’s not been the best start to my year, to be honest, so let’s see if we can step things up a bit and play some good golf. Not many better places than Riviera to do that!” In his three appearances on the European Tour this year, Els finished joint 18th at the Volvo Golf Champions, tied for 39th at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and placed a distant 73rd at the Qatar Masters. Riviera, which hosted the US Open in 1948 and the PGA Championship in 1983 and 1995, is located just off Sunset Boulevard and has a long association with nearby Hollywood. From the 1930s through the 1950s, the course hosted the Los Angeles Open which in those days was considered one of the PGA Tour’s premier events. Actors such as Douglas Fairbanks, Clark Gable, Mary Pickford, Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn flocked to the club to watch the professionals compete.

Triple major winner Padraig Harrington of Ireland will be making his seventh consecutive start at the Northern Trust Open this week at a venue he relished playing when he ﬁrst saw it. “It’s one of my favourite golf courses of the year,” the 41-year-old Dubliner told reporters on a glorious, sunsplashed afternoon at Riviera. “It’s a joy to play. I think we’d love to play golf courses like this all the time. “It is consistent from year to year. We do know what to expect. There is a lot of familiarity ... a lot of local knowledge on the golf course. “You’ve got to know where you can and can’t miss some of these greens, because a lot of the difﬁculty, especially on the weekend, is down to the pin positions, the speed and the slope in the greens.” Twelve of the world’s top 20 are competing at Riviera this week, including number three Donald, seventhranked Australian Adam Scott, eighth-ranked Briton Lee Westwood and Masters champion Bubba Watson (ninth). Bill Haas will defend the title he won 12 months ago in a sudden-death playoff with fellow Americans Mickelson and Keegan Bradley, sealing victory in stunning fashion when he sank a curling 43foot birdie putt at the second extra hole.

British Open champion Ernie Els, winner of the event in 1999, described it as ‘a real classic of its type’

Unsung Barritt is central to England’s renaissance By Martyn Herman

Impressive: no-nonsense centre Brad Barritt

THE likes of Owen Farrell, Chris Ashton and Manu Tuilagi are the headline grabbers but just as vital to England’s renaissance under Stuart Lancaster has been the form of no-nonsense centre Brad Barritt. While Farrell kicked all the points in the 12-6 victory over Ireland on Sunday, South Africa-born Barritt was instrumental in nullifying dangerman Brian O’Driscoll as the former world champions won in Dublin for the first time in ten years. Barritt’s rising stock meant a fit-again Tuilagi had to make do with a spot on the replacements bench for the Six Nations clash - a decision fully justified by another immaculate performance from the Saracens man. Putting his body on the line

over and over on Sunday, Barritt proved a man for all seasons, taking the hits for the team with a superb display of rugby’s less glamorous arts. “I think as a player you always want to play a key role in the side and for me I like to think that I’m very adaptable,” Barritt, still displaying some battle wounds from the weekend’s clash, told reporters in London. “I think I’ve shown in the last couple of games that when we have the attacking element I can play a big role and when it’s tight I can be a calm voice and lead the defence.” Adaptabilty is a key word under Lancaster, as England have collectively shown in wins against the All Blacks, Scotland and Ireland - three contrasting, but equally impressive, wins. “I’m willing to fulﬁll the role that’s required on the day,”

Barritt said. “I’ve played most of my rugby at 12, getting more carries and having more of a role in the attacking game but at 13 you are leading the defence, being that man in the middle, organising. As long as I’m involved I’m a happy man.” On the healthy competition for places in a young England squad, Barritt added: “As a player playing for England there is always competition and that’s no different. “You build the respect of the players around you and grow into the team, it’s a huge honour to play for England and it will be like that every game I play.” After a crushing win over Scotland and a gritty effort against Ireland, England are hot favourites to win this year’s championship but Barritt said there was no danger of England getting ahead of themselves.

JOS Buttler is delighted to have registered his maiden international half-century, but it would have meant a lot more to him in a winning cause. The fastest-emerging talent in England’s middle order was able only to save blushes in a 55-run Twenty20 defeat on Tuesday which would surely have been much worse without his precise and inventive hitting. Buttler redressed a little of the balance at Hamilton’s Seddon Park, after New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum had smashed 74 from just 38 balls and the tourists then stumbled to a hapless 80 for seven at one stage as they chased 192 for six. The upshot was a comfortable series-levelling victory for the hosts, and a decider is therefore in the offing at Wellington’s Westpac Stadium tomorrow. Twenty-two-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman Buttler once again demonstrated his huge potential, especially in the limited-overs formats, with a 28-ball 50 which contained nine fours and one towering six over long-on. It was only last week, in Whangarei, that he made his first half-century for his country - in the opening tour match against a New Zealand XI. Within 24 hours, he had added a second in succession, and now he has repeated the dose too at full international level. Tuesday’s innings followed an encouraging sequence already, in which Buttler had been dismissed just once in his last six Twenty20 international innings. But he just wishes his latest performance could have been part of a series-clinching win rather than facesaving damage limitation. “It was satisfying. I seem to be in a good run of form. But it’s always nicer when those runs come in wins,” he said. “So I hope on Friday I can contribute to an England win.” Buttler concurred with his captain Stuart Broad’s candid assessment that England made things difficult for themselves by choosing to bowl rather than bat first. “We maybe got that wrong,” he said. “But we did a bit of research and on a small ground like that we backed ourselves to chase down a target. “The pitch changed a bit under lights, but we didn’t play to the best of our ability. England’s hard-hitting number six nonetheless insists the opposition, and McCullum in particular, deserve some praise for the way they responded to going 1-0 down in Auckland last weekend.

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Chelsea ‘could be frozen out’ after Sparta’s winter break

By Mark Bryans

Blues ready for Europa League test By Simon Johnson BOUDEWIJN Zenden fears Sparta Prague’s winter break has handed the Czech side a huge advantage over Chelsea for their Europa League tie tonight. Chelsea assistant coach Zenden is worried his team could suffer another upset in Europe, having already crashed out of the Champions League group stages for the ﬁrst time in their history this season. Chelsea play the ﬁrst leg of their last-32 tie in Prague with Sparta fully rested after not playing a game since December 6 because of the winter break. In contrast, the Blues have played 18 matches since then and fatigue has been a factor in their inconsistent form. Chelsea are still strong favourites to progress over two legs but Zenden has warned his players not to take victory for granted. He said: “They’ve been in a winter break, so they had a month to prepare for this game. They will be up for it and be ready physically. “The good thing is it’s a two-legged game. It is always important to score away in Europe. I expect them to be quite good because they have had very good results, which is how they have come to this stage in the competition.” Sparta are unbeaten in their last 11 home European

Reds to take ‘right action’ in event of racism

Chelsea assistant coach Boudewijn Zenden (third left) and manager Rafa Benitez take charge of a training session matches and qualiﬁed at the expense of Athletic Bilbao, who beat Manchester United on the way to reaching the ﬁnal of the tournament last year. Chelsea’s win against Wigan on Saturday was just their fourth in 11 games and Zenden believes it is vital the team build on that success against Sparta. He added on Chelsea TV: “It is always important to keep the momentum going. I also have the feeling that we’re doing so many things right. “We want to get the results

and play good football, which is not always easy because, as we’ve seen in the past few months, there are a lot of teams who try to take that away from us, the attractive side of the game, and hit us on the counter. “It is very important for us to keep working on our positioning during any moment in the game.” Sparta midﬁelder Ladislav Krejci meanwhile told UEFA. com: “Our coach Vitezslav Lavicka keeps reminding us that we’re preparing for a big game. “This has helped our mo-

tivation in training, as we’ve known we’ve had to take that extra step or run even faster. “Everybody is taking this match as a reward for our performances in the group stage,” continued the 20year-old Czech international. “It is a tremendous match, but that doesn’t mean we don’t want to get a good result. Like every footballer, I’ve dreamt of playing in a game like this against such a big club - I just couldn’t imagine it would come so soon.” Krejci will not be overwhelmed, however, having enjoyed another landmark

moment last Wednesday when he scored his first goal for the Czech Republic in only his second appearance during a 2-0 friendly win against Turkey. Indeed, although he admits to admiring Chelsea’s midfield and cites Petr Cech as “one of the best keepers in the world”, he is confident he and his team-mates will treat the tie as any other. “I feel respect towards the big names, but that will be gone once the referees first blows his whistle. We will fully concentrate on our performance.”

Spurs keeper Lloris eyeing win against former club Lyon

Reunion: Hugo Lloris (left) spent four years with Lyon

TOTTENHAM goalkeeper Hugo Lloris insists that he will be focused entirely on winning when he faces his former club Lyon in the first knockout round of the Europa League. The Frenchman spent four years with the Ligue 1 outfit before departing for north London last summer but is set for a reunion with his old team-mates in tonight’s firstleg clash at White Hart Lane. And, while Lloris says he is looking forward to facing the French side, he stressed that he will give his all to try to help his current club progress. Ahead of the match, he told Spurs’ official website: “I received a lot of calls and messages! I have a lot of friends there still. “It’s not easy for me because I have a good relationship with all my ex-team-mates but that is football, that is the life. On the pitch there are no friends. We play for our

team and give all the best for our team. “The objective is to be in the next round. We have ambition in this competition - we want to win.” Spurs centre-back William Gallas meanwhile is likely to make his ﬁrst start since Boxing Day. The Frenchman has been struggling with a calf injury and has managed just 12 minutes, in the recent victory at West Brom, since that 4-0 triumph at Aston Villa. But Andre Villas-Boas intends to restore Gallas to his starting XI at White Hart Lane as the Portuguese tries to ensure his key men are in top condition for the most important phase of Spurs’ season. After the two legs against Lyon - ﬁve of Spurs’ next eight matches in the Premier League are against Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Everton and Manchester City.

Lewis Holtby could also make his debut for Tottenham in European competition following his move from Schalke. Holtby played for the Germans in the Champions League but he is eligible in this competition. Gareth Bale has been carrying the north Londoners in recent matches with goals to either save the points - or take all three - in each of their last three Premier League games. But Holtby reckons the Spurs team is packed with players that can help him banish the memory of being beaten at the quarter-ﬁnal stage of the Europa League with Schalke last year. He said: “Gareth is a worldclass player, one of the best in the world I think. What he is producing week in week out is fantastic. But you have to give the credit to the others in what is a great team.”

LIVERPOOL managing director Ian Ayre has said the club will take a strong stance on any racist behaviour from Zenit St Petersburg fans in today’s Europa League tie. Zenit supporters published a document in December which stated they did not want the squad to contain any non-white or homosexual players. Liverpool travel to Russia for the ﬁrst leg of their last 32 clash with Zenit and Ayre has said ahead of the game that the club will work with the relevant authorities to make sure the players are protected. “We’ll take the right action,” he told liverpoolfc.com. “The referee would be at the forefront of that if there’s something on the pitch. Anything that happens off the pitch, then we’ll work very closely with the authorities. “Those authorities will be UEFA, who are sanctioning and hosting the match, and Zenit and ourselves. I’ll be there at the game and I’ll ensure that we do whatever we need to do to protect anything that happens to any of our players. We’ll ensure that happens.” Ayre went on to say the threat of racist behaviour has been a concern to the club and revealed he has already been in contact with both UEFA and Zenit and remains “hopeful” that the tie will pass without serious incident. “It’s been a major concern for us,” he added. “I wrote to UEFA very recently expressing our concerns to them - and also to Zenit themselves. We await some responses in that regard. “The most we can do is make our feelings clear ahead of the game, and hope that we get an adequate response and adequate support on the night. That’s about the most we can do at this stage. “I’m certainly hopeful that the right people will take the right action to ensure it’s a game where we don’t have that type of incident.” Liverpool’s players will be briefed before the game today about how the club would like them to respond to any abuse suffered at the hands of the partisan home crowd. Ayre suggested walking off the pitch, like AC Milan midﬁelder Kevin-Prince Boateng did after being racially targeted during a friendly match last month, would not be something he would want to see from Liverpool’s black players. “We do plan to speak to the players about it,” he said. “As with everything, the players have a lot to take on board around such a big game - so we’re going to do that just ahead of the game.”

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Sport LENNON: I THOUGHT THE REF WAS POOR. IT’S NOT RUGBY WE’RE PLAYING, IT’S FOOTBALL

Conte amazed to leave Celtic ‘hell’ with big win By Mark Meadows

Italian champions Juventus silenced Celtic Park with a 3-0 win that left Hoops boss Neil Lennon (below) fuming over their alleged roughhouse tactics

Celtic cry foul after humbling By Toby Davis CELTIC manager Neil Lennon accused the referee of favouring Juventus after a series of penalty-box tussles went unpunished in their Champions League last-16 ﬁrst leg. Celtic were ruthlessly taken apart in a 3-0 defeat in Glasgow on Tuesday as the Italians soaked up everything the Scots could throw at them and counter-punched their way to a substantial ﬁrst-leg lead. It was the persistent pushing and shoving at corners and free kicks that irked the Glasgow club and sparked a post-match debate after Spanish referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco chose to warn players rather than

give the hosts a penalty. “I thought he (the referee) was poor,” Lennon said on Sky Sports. “I thought he was very pro-Juventus. I was disappointed with his performance to say the least.” He added: “It’s not rugby we’re playing, it’s football. “I pointed it out to the referee at halftime in the tunnel area but he just waved me away. I made it clear to the players to ﬂag it up to the referee in the second half but he ignored our requests. “They were being fouled, manhandled. Every time one of my players tried to move he was held. He should have given a penalty on at least two occasions. “I’d like to know what the interpretation of the rules are in Italy or Spain, because it’s blatantly different to

what they are in Britain from what I’ve seen tonight. They were fouling on every opportunity and he was staring right at it. So are the rules different in Spain? Because, on that showing, they must be.” Stephan Lichtsteiner was

involved in a long-running tussle with Celtic striker Gary Hooper, with both receiving yellow cards in the ﬁrst half. The Juventus defender seemed more intent on keeping Hooper away from his goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon than making any attempt to defend the ball. “It’s normal,” Lichtsteiner told Sky Sports. “I think it is part of football that they play the corners and the free kicks, and of course they score more than 40 per cent of their goals in the Champions League from free kicks, and they look to block the goalkeeper. “It was my role today to keep him away from Buffon. “A penalty for what?” he added. “It is more a foul from him than for me because if

you attack the goalkeeper it is a goal.” Celtic took a different view with midfielder Kris Commons questioning how the additional officials UEFA employ behind the goal failed to spot any offence. “You’ve got a referee there, a guy behind the goal, a linesman - the whole idea of the official behind the goal is to look out for this sort of stuff,” Commons said. “If he can’t identify when people are being hauled, manhandled, wrestled to the floor then I don’t think he should be in a job.” Celtic right back Mikael Lustig added: “They used a lot of arms when we got our corners but it is up to the referee. Of course we tried to speak to him but he didn’t listen to us.”

PSG success ‘proves credentials’ By Iain Rogers

The big-spending Parisians had too much ﬁrepower for Valencia, coming away with a 2-1 win at the Mestalla

PARIS St Germain’s 2-1 Champions League win at Valencia on Tuesday is proof that the big-spending Ligue 1 club have become a force in Europe but they should not get carried away, according to director of football Leonardo. PSG produced an efficient performance full of attacking verve in the last-16 first leg at the Mestalla but the gloss was taken off the victory in the final minutes when they conceded a goal and had Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent off. Even without the talismanic Sweden striker for the second leg in Paris on March 6 the Qatar-backed French side will be firm favourites to progress to the last eight for the first time since they lost

to AC Milan in the semi-finals in 1994-95. “I think that we sent a strong message,” Leonardo said. “We should not forget where we have come from, where we were a year-and-a-half ago,” added the Brazilian, who played 71 games for Valencia between 1991 and 1993, scoring six goals. “But building a team which shows this level of confidence and calm going to Valencia is a sign that we are in good shape in this competition,” he said. “Of course, the last five minutes were not ideal but today I think we achieved an historic victory.” Valencia had won all eight of their European home games against French opposition before PSG’s visit and were unbeaten in nine Champi-

ons League matches at the Mestalla since a 1-0 defeat to Manchester United in September 2010. PSG have spent around €250 million in the transfer market in the past four seasons and the quality of players such as goalscorers Ezequiel Lavezzi and Javier Pastore and pacy midﬁelder Lucas was the difference between the sides. “PSG were very strong,” Valencia coach Ernesto Valverde said “Every counter-attack they created lots of danger for us,” he added. “The truth is that maybe we were too naive, losing possession too much, which unbalanced the game. “We possibly made PSG’s task a little easier but we scored a goal at the end and we had other chances, so that gives us hope.

JUVENTUS coach Antonio Conte has suffered much in recent months but coming away from the ‘hell’ of a noisy and fervent Celtic Park with a 3-0 win in their Champions League last 16 first leg felt like an enormous relief. The Italian champions, who again lead Serie A despite a recent wobble, were dominated by Celtic in the first half as the Scots besieged the Juve goal and harried every player as they were roared on by almost 60,000 passionate fans. Juve took a third-minute lead through Alessandro Matri before weathering the storm to wrap up the win and their highly probable passage to the quarterfinals through Claudio Marchisio and Mirko Vucinic in the second half. Conte, banned for ten months in August for failing to report match-fixing at ex-club Siena before having his sanction slashed to four months in October, knows the second leg in Turin on March 6 should only be a formality but gave credit to Celtic. “It has been a very important victory but also one where we suffered. Celtic are a great team when they play at home,” Conte told Italy’s Sky television. “I didn’t play in a hell like this many times,” added the former Juve midfielder, who was in the team when they won their second European Cup in 1996. “My lads have been superb, it was not easy to play in this atmosphere. We’ve managed a great result which proves this team has top technical and human values. “Celtic are not, as a name, among the very best in Europe but it is not an accident that Barcelona lost here in Glasgow and that they eliminated Benfica (in the group stage) who are top of the Portuguese league.” The furious pace of the first half and a number of player spats added to the electric atmosphere but Celtic manager Neil Lennon felt his side could have had at least two penalties with Stephan Lichtsteiner grappling with Gary Hooper at corners. “I’d like to ask the referee is the game different in Spain and Italy? Every time my player moved in the area it was a foul,” he asked of Spanish referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco.

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Dortmund grab late draw at Shakhtar

That Ronaldo (C) should get the equaliser was no shock at all, given his tally of 182 goals in 179 games for Spanish giants Real prior to last night’s showdown

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Ronaldo heads Real level Welbeck scores crucial away goal at Bernabeu for Man United Real Madrid 1 Manchester United 1 From Simon Stone

anny Welbeck’s first-half header ensured Manchester United left the Bernabeu with a precious away goal from a thrilling Champions League encounter with Real Madrid. But United old boy Cristiano Ronaldo also left his mark on the last-16 tie with a brilliant equalising header, which he refused to celebrate in recognition of his time at Old Trafford. Ronaldo also came close with a dipping 40-yard free-kick, whilst David de Gea needed to produce excellent saves to twice deny Fabio Coentrao and the outstanding Mesut Ozil. There was certainly enough in Real’s performance to suggest United would be unwise to claim they now hold a decisive advantage in this two-legged encounter, which will be settled at Old Trafford on March 5, even if Robin van Persie wasted a golden opportunity to seal victory on the night. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson had promised the game would not finish goalless and, within five minutes, it became obvious why. With their bewildering movement, Real had the capacity to cut their opponents’ defence to shreds. Rafael in particular had a torrid time as Ronaldo roamed the visitors’ defence, with Ozil providing impressive support. Angel Di Maria cut inside from his

right-wing station and flashed a shot wide before De Gea brilliantly denied Coentrao with a fingertip save to push the full-back’s effort onto the post. With Van Persie also picking up a needless booking when he shoved his hand into Sergio Ramos’ face, it was shaping up into one of those nastily uncomfortable European nights - exactly the type United suffered on their last visit to this impressive arena a decade ago. This Real Madrid are not unbeatable, though, as their current status as Spain’s third best team suggests. And on their first meaningful attack, United got their noses in front. How simple it was, too, as Welbeck (inset) shrugged off Ramos’ attentions, then climbed to turn home Wayne Rooney’s corner from six yards. Top scorer for England during 2012, Welbeck’s only previous goal for United this season came against Stoke.

This was an altogether more memorable addition to the 22-year-old’s collection and justiﬁcation of Ferguson’s decision to pick him ahead of more orthodox wide players. The pity for United was that their lead lasted just 10 minutes. That Ronaldo should get the equaliser was no shock at all given his tally of 182 goals in 179 games for the Spanish giants prior to last night’s showdown. The way he hung above Patrice Evra before heading Di Maria’s cross past De Gea was reminiscent of the Portugal superstar’s goal for United in the 2008 ﬁnal. His reaction was subdued. There was no celebration even though he was mobbed by ecstatic team-mates. He emerged from the huddle to wave at the Madrid fans before an almost apologetic hand was waved at the visitors’ bench. Welbeck came agonisingly close to re-

storing United’s lead when he nipped in front of Diego Lopez but touched Van Persie’s cross inches wide. Real carried most of the threat though. And Ozil forced De Gea into a tremendous near-post save as the Red Devils defence was caught out by Xabi Alonso’s long ball. The second period took a bit of time to get going. But Di Maria’s shot that De Gea had given up as it whistled wide and Raphael Varane’s tangle with Evra that sent the Frenchman flying and had Ferguson off his feet waiting for a free-kick and red card that never came ratcheted it up a notch. And they had De Gea to thank for not falling behind. He was the only one alive to the danger as Coentrao crept in at the far post to meet Sami Khedira’s deep cross, instinctively kicking the ball away from his goal-line. Throughout all the mayhem, Van Persie had been a peripheral figure. It looked like his moment had arrived 15 minutes from time though when, after Lopez had touched his effort onto a post, the Dutchman found himself on his own inside the box as Michael Carrick headed the ball back in. As Lopez lunged in desperately, Van Persie tried to volley in, only to mishit the shot, allowing Alonso to clear off the line. Khedira nearly made United pay with a snap-shot that brought yet another fine stop out of De Gea before Ronaldo’s audacious 40-yard free-kick dipped onto the roof of United’s net. It was the visitors who had the last word, though, as Van Persie brought a fingertip save out of Lopez.

BORUSSIA Dortmund grabbed a late 2-2 draw at Shakhtar Donetsk yesterday in a Champions League last-16 first leg, which was overshadowed by a fatal plane crash involving fans. Mats Hummels headed in an 87th-minute corner after substitute Douglas Costa thought he had won it for the hosts in the 68th minute, to leave the Germans as favourites ahead of the second leg in Dortmund on March 5. The Ukrainians had struck first when Darijo Srna netted with a 31st-minute free kick, but Dortmund deservedly scored through Robert Lewandowski four minutes before the break. The match went ahead despite at least five people being killed when a plane carrying supporters to the match in eastern Ukraine overshot the Donetsk runway and broke up when it attempted an emergency landing hours before kickoff. A minute’s silence was held inside the Donbass Arena by players and fans before the match. Dortmund dominated early on with several half chances, but Felipe Santana then committed a needless foul and Srna’s dipping effort went in past goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller who could have done better. The visitors, who also hit the bar through Hummels, levelled when Poland’s Lewandowski completely miskicked in the box but the ball fell kindly for the striker and he coolly slotted home. Shakhtar, slightly rusty with their domestic season on a mid-season break and with Luiz Adriano back after his infamous unsporting conduct ban, only really came close again in the first half through Alex Teixeira after another Weidenfeller misjudgment. The second period was more even and Brazilian Douglas Costa scored six minutes after coming on when he controlled a long ball over the top and swivelled to bury a fine shot into the corner of the net amid lax Dortmund defending. The 1997 Champions League winners had the last laugh though when Germany defender Hummels rose unmarked to power in a header.