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Horsetrading fails to secure backers Future of universe is ‘not looking good’

EDEK says ‘no’ to Anastasiades and Malas while Lillikas ‘sees no point’ in meeting

By Stefanos Evripidou

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HE TWO remaining presidential candidates moved their campaigns into ‘charming and flirtatious’ mode yesterday, with each aiming to convince the remaining political forces to back their own candidacy but it was not looking very promising.

EDEK leader Yiannakis Omirou, who had thrown his party’s weight behind the failed bid of independent candidate Giorgos Lillikas, was wooed by both DISY leader Nicos Anastasiades and AKEL-backed Stavros Malas yesterday.

But EDEK’s political bureau unanimously decided last night to recommend to the central committee not to support either of the two candidates in Sunday’s election.

The committee will meet tomorrow. Omirou said earlier in the day that EDEK would not engage in horsetrading to share in the spoils of power.

Malas went to the meeting yesterday morning alone, after which he pledged before reporters that he intended on creating 15 portfolios in his government, including two junior ministries on European Affairs and Maritime policy.

If elected, he would form a government of national unity in which “no political

power would have more than four portfolios,” said Malas.

After Omirou’s meeting with Anastasiades, the latter left open the door to EDEK’s participation in a new government with or without their support this Sunday.

Anastasiades said that DISY’s positions on the Cyprus problem were in harmony with the positions of the ‘middle ground’ political parties, noting this was clarified when DISY formed an electoral alliance with DIKO. “The crux of the matter remains the need for mutual respect the following day, collectiveness in decision-making and prior consultation regarding policies on the big national issues. We cannot allow a repeat of the past, particularly contempt for the institutions,” said Anastasiades.

The DISY candidate further noted that the invite to join his government should he get elected remains open to any political force which agrees to implement his election manifesto.

Meanwhile, the Cypriot socialist party EDEK appeared somewhat ruffled by the decision of the Party of European Socialists (PES) to announce support for Malas without consulting EDEK first.

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Frontrunner, DISY leader Nicos Anastasiades (left) at his meeting early yesterday with EDEK chief Yiannakis Omirou whose party had backed Giorgos Lillikas. Later in the day, EDEK announced it wouldn’t back either Anastasiades or AKEL-backed Stavros Malas in next Sunday’s election run-off. Lillikas declined to meet the two candidates (Christos Theodorides)

SCIENTISTS are still sorting out the details of last year’s discovery of the Higgs boson particle, but add up the numbers and it’s not looking good for the future of the universe, scientists said.

“If you use all the physics that we know now and you do what you think is a straightforward calculation, it’s bad news,” Joseph Lykken, a theoretical physicist with the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, told reporters.

“It may be that the universe we live in is inherently unstable and at some point billions of years from now it’s all going to get wiped out,” said Lykken, who is also on the science team at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, the world’s largest and highestenergy particle accelerator.

Physicists last year announced they had discovered what appears to be a longsought subatomic particle called the Higgs boson, which is believed to give matter its mass.

Work to study the Higgs’ related particles, necessary for confirmation, is ongoing.

If confirmed, the discovery would help resolve a key puzzle about how the universe came into existence some 13.7 billion years ago - and perhaps how it will end.

“This calculation tells you that many tens of billions of years from now, there’ll be a catastrophe,” Lykken said.

“A little bubble of what you might think of as an ‘alternative’ universe will appear somewhere and then it will expand out and destroy us,” Lykken said, adding that the event will unfold at the speed of light.

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ON THIS DAY FEBRUARY 20 1872

25 years ago, Saturday February 20, 1988

The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.

The two finalists of tomorrow’s presidential elections last night made their final addresses to the people in mass gatherings in which they tried to bring about as much supporters as possible.

1935 Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.

1976 The Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) is disbanded.

1983 In the Indian state of Assam, hundreds of people are killed as violence spreads in the run up to the general election.

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1986 Britain and France announce plans to build a Channel Tunnel.

2006 Controversial British historian David Irving is sent to jail in Austria for denying the Holocaust.

35 years ago, Monday February 20, 1978 High level urgent consultations were taking place in Nicosia yesterday in an effort to sort out the diplomatic row which has developed between Cyprus and Egypt over the battle at Larnaca airport on Sunday, involving Egyptian commandos and Cyprus National Guardsmen. The Cyprus government has charged Egypt with acting without the authority of Cyprus in the storming of the Cyprus Airways plane by Egyptian commandos, and announced it has asked for the recall of the Egyptian military attaché in Nicosia.

45 years ago, Tuesday February 20, 1968 More than 4,000 civilians have been killed and 80,000 driven from their homes in three weeks of heavy fighting in South Vietnam’s five Northern provinces, informed military sources said today. They said provisional reports listed 4,062 civilians killed since the Vietcong launched their Tet offensive on January 30.

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Home Beware of Greeks wearing kilts...and singing drink songs in the Eurovision

CYPRUS TODAY Building permits down 20 pct THE TOTAL value of building permits issued last year dropped by 21 per cent compared to 2011, the statistical services said yesterday.

The number of building permits issued islandwide dropped by 4.4 per cent in 2012 compared to 2011. In total, 7,172 permits valued at €1.63 billion were issued last year compared with 7,506 issued in 2011, valued at €2.07 billion.

Permits for residential buildings last year came to 4,439 and were valued at €1.09 billion compared with 5,296 permits in 2011 amounting to €1.45 billion.

Fewer permits were also issued for non-residential buildings, including hotels, restaurants and office buildings with 1,222 permits issued last year amounting to €318 million, compared with 1,999 permits in 2011 valued at €512 million. Building permits are a leading indicator of future activity in the construction sector.

Supplement withdrawn THE HEALTH services announced yesterday that a dietary supplement containing the oral anorexiant sibutramine was prevented from entering the marketplace. Checks were carried out at the state general laboratory where the pharmaceutical was detected, according to acting director for public health services, Christos Christou. “The supplement will be destroyed or returned to China, its country of origin,” he said. Christou said the label did not say it contained sibutramine. It was marketed and prescribed in the treatment of obesity along with diet and exercise. It had been associated with increased cardiovascular events and strokes and was withdrawn from the market in 2010.

By Poly Pantelides

Koza Mostra sing about drinking alcohol and do some jumping around in kilts

A BUNCH of men in kilts, called something right out of the Sicilian mafia and supported by a man sporting a glorious moustache and crazy hair will be representing Greece in the 2013 Eurovision song contest.

Koza Mostra, calling themselves the Mafia Music Collective, alongside Agathonas Iakovidis, a musician from Thessalonika playing rembetiko folk music, have been making noise with their gimmicky song ‘Alcohol is Free’.

They will perform in Sweden on May 16 during Semi-Final 2, a qualifier for the Eurovision final.

“The title is a little story of one of our nights that we get together (sic) but actually there is a deeper meaning in the lyrics, in the Greek lyrics, about the economical and political situation all over Europe and specifically in Greece,” lead singer Ilias Kozas told esctoday.com, a Eurovision news portal (yes, there is one). Kozas attributed his success to the partnership

with Iakovidis. The lyrics refer to a metaphorical storm pushing them out to sea, or to the Greek city of Grevena in the north, or else both. It is not clear.

There is also a “sea of whiskey” and drinking, and then croons Coza Mostra: “Alcohol, alcohol, alcohol is free”.

And there is more drinking in the song, the fear of getting caught drunk driving (“the ship has wheels after all”) which fails to be realised because the drinkers head towards the seafront instead.

Despite the “deeper meaning in the lyrics” some fans have been making light-hearted comments on Facebook.

“And like we’ve said, include lifting your skirts in the choreography,” one woman said.

Another suggested the band sport the more historically appropriate fustanella, the Balkans’ answer to the kilt, a traditional skirt-like garment worn by men.

A less friendly commenter on www.eurovision.tv lamented the fact that “Asterix and some wannabe Scottish guys are singing about how great it is to be drunk all night”.

Online buys boost snail mail

By Justin Hartery CYPRIOTS have been increasingly turning to the internet to do their shopping via e-commerce sites such as Amazon and eBay, the postal services have said.

“There has been an increase materially in incoming parcels and small parcels due to ecommerce,” said the head of postal services, Andreas Gregoriou.

Most of the packages coming from abroad nowadays are from e-commerce sites such as Amazon and eBay, said Gregoriou, adding that people were increasingly finding it “more convenient to shop online than in a physical shop in the country.”

“Shopping online is faster, easier, cheaper, and more convenient,” said one 29-year-old

Most of the packages coming from abroad nowadays are from e-commerce websites Nicosia-based professional.

She prefers shopping online because her work schedule does not leave her much time for going out to the shops during business hours. “I can easily do research and comparison shop online – I’m a bit picky as a buyer,” she added.

“Books and gadgets are cheaper online and, I hear, medicines are much cheaper too,” she said. But she said that she preferred buying shoes and clothes in the shops despite cheaper online options, so she could ensure they fit properly.

“The market in Cyprus is terrible, being an island” said Stephen Nugent, a cinema-

tographer who has been living in Cyprus for six years. “Stuff doesn’t usually exist here and if it does it’s overpriced,” he said.

He said this was particularly relevant to electronics and the types of photographic equipment required for his work, the only thing he regularly bought locally was food.

“Things need to be more fair… there’s no sense of fairness to prices here,” he said.

From 2010 to 2011, there was approximately an 8.0 per cent increase in large parcel volume in Cyprus, Gregoriou said. The following year there was a slight decrease because of the financial crisis affecting

the amount of large parcels delivered that year, Gregoriou said although he did not have a specific figure.

Gregoriou said there was a “huge increase” in small parcels in general, however postal services treat as letters any parcels weighing less than two kilos and do not track their numbers.

Peak times of year for incoming packages fall around the holidays of Christmas and Easter, while the amount of mail traffic for the rest of the year is stable, Georgiou said.

About 45-50 per cent of all mail traffic goes to the capital Nicosia, while the rest is sent elsewhere, as expected

by population size, Gregoriou said.

Although the hike of mail traffic during the holidays, particularly Christmas, has angered customers over delays, Gregoriou did say they were “trying to change procedures for the delivery of parcels to citizens” in order to better serve them.

Among those changes is the recently introduced “Parcel 24” system, which allows customers to register with their mobile numbers and receive SMS messages when their parcels arrive. These parcels are held for 48 hours and can be picked up at any time.

Another change, planned to be unveiled before the end of the year, is a system that will allow customers to return products they are dissatisfied with without incurring postage costs, said Gregoriou.

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Cyprus is really quick at transposing EU directives CYPRUS is among the EU member states with the best performance in transposing EU rules into national law on time, according to the European Commission’s Internal Market Scoreboard, published yesterday.

The Internal Market Scoreboard was first published 15 years ago.

The EU average transposition deficit has decreased from 6.3 per cent in 1997 to a record new level of 0.6 per cent, i.e. below the 1.0 per cent target agreed by the European Heads of State and Government in 2007 and close to the 0.5 per cent deficit proposed in the Single Market Act in April 2011.

In total, 12 member states, including Cyprus, achieved or equalled best result since 1997 According to a press release issued by the Commission, the best performers are Ireland, Malta, Estonia and Sweden, which managed to incorporate into their national legislation the highest number of directives.

Member states have also succeeded in reducing the total number of incorrectly transposed directives (compliance deficit has fallen further from 0.7 per cent to 0.6 per cent). However, they have increased the number

of directives for which transposition is overdue by two years or more.

Compared to November 2007, the number of open infringements is down by 38 per cent. Italy accounts for the highest number of infringement proceedings launched by the Commission, followed by Spain and Greece. The majority of cases continue to be mainly in the areas of taxation and the environment.

When all enforcement indicators are taken into ac-

count, Romania, Estonia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic and Lithuania are the best overall performers.

In total, 12 member states achieved or equalled their best result on the transposition deficit since 1997: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Sweden, with Italy and Luxembourg falling for the first time under the 1 per cent threshold.

Today, member states

take on average nine and a half months to transpose EU directives after the transposition deadline has expired. With regard to directives more than two years beyond their transposition deadline, only five states did not meet the ‘zero tolerance’ target.

As regards the infringement proceedings, Italy accounts for the highest number of infringement proceedings – ten times more than Lithuania, the member state with the lowest number of cases - followed by Spain and Greece.

Environment and taxation account for 45 per cent of all infringement proceedings.

Cash donated for poor schoolchildren to pursue third-level educational goals THOUSANDS of euros have been collected by the Ministry of Education and Culture to cover student costs in the run-up to their exams according to Minister Giorgos Demosthenous.

“The Ministry has made an effort to help needy children, the most vulnerable group, socially, psychologically, physically and spiritually during the economic crisis,” he said in a speech after receiving a cheque for €70,000 from Central Co-Op Bank chief Erotokritos Chlorakiotis yesterday. Demosthenous assured Chlorakiotis that the Co-Operative collective would get back their money and more in the future, once the children became contributing members of society.

Chlorakiotis said €40,000 would go towards covering student costs for the upcoming final school exams to help them gain entrance to higher education institutions in Cyprus and Greece.

The other €30,000 would go towards giving meals to needy school children, a programme that was set up by the ministry at the beginning of this year.

Demosthenous later revealed that the ministry would announce this morning funding to be given to children in the second year of secondary, private and public schools to help them buy a laptop computer.

“The decision was made by the Cabinet despite all of the cuts and austerity measures that have been taken,” he said.

Demosthenous also paid tribute to the Bank of Cyprus which contributed €30,000 to the ministry’s fund.

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Over half not sure what being an EU citizen means EUROPEANS are broadly aware of their rights as EU citizens but do not always know what these entail, according to a new Eurobarometer survey published by the Commission yesterday.

Some 81 per cent of respondents to the survey know that they are EU citizens on top of their own nationality. However, only 36 per cent feel well informed about the rights that EU citizenship entails.

In Cyprus, 62 per cent said they did not feel well informed of their rights as an EU citizen while 16 per cent said they were not familiar with the term ‘EU citizen’, and 37 per cent said they had heard the term but did not know what it really meant. Just over half were aware of the right of freedom of movement, the one Europeans are most familiar with (88 per cent) and to petition EU institutions (89 per cent). Meanwhile twothirds (67 per cent) consider that free movement of people within the EU brings economic benefits to their country.

The survey came as the European Parliament and the European Commission held a joint hearing to discuss Europeans’ rights.

The discussions precedes the Commission’s next EU Citizenship Report, which aims to tackle obstacles encountered by EU citizens when exercising their rights.

The report – due on May 8 – will set out a series of initiatives to help make these rights a reality, as part of the 2013 European Year of Citizens.

It also follows up on the 25 actions announced in the First EU Citizenship Report in 2010 at which obstacles for EU citizens have been dismantled over the past three years.

Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU’s Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, said: “Europeans value their rights as EU citizens and are more aware of them than ever before. Yet there is still more we can do to help citizens use their rights and to better engage people in the European Union’s decision-making.”

MPs take part in OSCE meeting DEPUTIES Christos Stylianides and Sophoclis Fittis depart for Vienna today to take part in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 12th Winter Meeting, from 21-22 February, at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna.

During the conference there will be separate meetings of the three General Committees on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment, as well as meetings of the Committees on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions and General Committee on Political Affairs and Security.

Stylianides, as the rapporteur at the General Committee on Economic Affairs, will present the general framework of his report which will be examined at the 22nd annual OSCE PA meeting in July in Istanbul.

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EDEK’s Yiannakis Omirou (left) with AKEL-backed Stavros Malas

(Christos Theodorides)

Horsetrading fails to secure backers Lillikas says real convergences cannot be achieved (continued from front page) Party spokesman Demetris Papadakis said: “We were not informed... It’s not the PES who will vote, it is Cypriots. They should have asked (EDEK) first before making an announcement.”

Anastasiades also met with EVROKO leader Demetris Syllouris yesterday who said afterwards: “The critical hours the country is going through demand that we are present in the effort to save Cyprus.”

Syllouris said he would propose support for Anastasaides’ candidacy today before the party’s central council. It is believed, however, that many of the EV-

ROKO voters who backed Lillikas last Sunday will refuse to follow the party line, with reports even suggesting they would join disgruntled DIKO voters to form a new party under Lillikas.

DIKO spokesman Fotis Fotiou yesterday called on all those DIKO voters who did not support Anastasiades in the first round to mobilise forces with the party and support a government of national salvation under Anastasiades.

The respective campaign teams also kept busy yesterday firing salvos at each other. Anastasiades’ spokesman Tasos Mitsopoulos

questioned the independence of Malas, noting that he could not be exempted from the burden of responsibility of the Christofias government “which led the country to destruction”.

“We need to point out that Mr Malas was a personal choice of Demetris Christofias, and served as his minister for 18 months,” said Mitsopoulos.

AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou would hear nothing of it, saying of Malas: “He is really an independent candidate.”

To drive his point home, Kyprianou argued that AKEL does not seek much participation in a future

IMF’s Lagarde says solution for Cyprus must be comprehensive INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said the solution to Cyprus’ economic woes must be comprehensive, without however offering any details on how it would be achieved.

“We are in the process of analysing what can be done, what should be done and it should be comprehensive,” Lagarde told Bloomberg.

“What is needed for Cyprus is a sustainable solution that addresses the issue of debt sustainability, that addresses the issue of return to the market, that addresses the recovery of growth in that country.”

Lagarde had been asked if it would be okay for depositors in Cypriot banks to part with some of their money as part of the island’s bailout.

Citing a confidential memo, the Financial Times reported last week that a proposal had been made to ‘bail-in’ investors and depositors of Cypriot banks, a move that would reduce the amount

Christine Lagarde: sustainable solution for Cyprus of financial assistance required by Cyprus and make its debt sustainable.

Cyprus said it would never accept such an action, as experts warned that it would have knock-on effects on other eurozone countries.

Moody’s credit agency warned that imposing losses on depositors, as part of Cyprus’ bailout, would affect the ratings of European banks in general.

“If European authorities pursue such burden-

sharing, it would be a material shift in public policy on bank bailouts and would be credit negative for European banks,” Moody’s said. “While we consider enactment of this reported proposal unlikely, the media coverage surrounding it heightens the risk of deposit withdrawals from Cypriot banks and has broader credit negative implications for Cypriot and euro area banks if European authorities pursue it.”

Malas government: “AKEL will have the same level of participation as it had in the Tassos Papadopoulos government.”

Lillikas, who received almost 25 per cent of the vote in last Sunday’s round, said last night he would not give either candidate his vote of confidence and called on his supporters to make their own decisions.

Speaking in Limassol, he said he refused to meet Malas and Anastasiades, not because he rejected dialogue but because “I cannot see how real convergences can be achieved with the existing differences in our views.”

Anastasiades also met EVROKO’s Demetris Syllouris yesterday to try and secure support (Christos Theodorides)

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A first step to the legal recognition of same sex couples LGBT group hails Cabinet decision on approving a bill for legal partnerships

By Poly Pantelides HUMAN rights group ACCEPT-LGBT yesterday hailed the Cabinet’s recent decision to pass a draft bill on civil partnership in order to enable couples to be legally recognised outside of marriage.

The non-governmental

organisation (NGO),which deals with issues concerning lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals (LGBT) said it expected as a next stage a series of consultations and discussions with various stakeholders, including ACCEPT. The draft bill passed through the Cabinet last Thursday and the legal

At the moment Cyprus does not legally accept any form of cohabitation outside of marriage services will need to process and approve it before passing it on to parliament for discussion and voting.

“We are at the service of all relevant bodies to collaborate as the bill is processed,” the NGO said.

“This will be a first step towards the recognition and ratification of gay couples in Cyprus law and society in general, in the context of egalitarianism, and equal treatment before the law,” ACCEPT said.

Cyprus does not legally accept any form of cohabitation outside of marriage, leaving cohabitating partners unable to handle a number of issues relevant to a shared life including pensions, shared health insurance, sorting out taxes or inheritance, or even visiting a loved one in hospital as a family member.

Authorities started discussing cohabitation rights in 2011 when a 93-year-old woman was refused a widow’s pension.

The woman never married her partner of 67 years and father of her eight children, and complained to the Ombudswoman.

A civil partnership can eradicate such problems by giving partners the same benefits, rights and

obligations that married couples have.

Two different administrations at the Ombudswoman’s office have also said that the state violates gay couples’ human rights by not recognising their relationships.

In the context of the presidential elections this month, ACCEPT-LGBT held meetings with the main contenders.

The NGO spoke to EDEKbacked Giorgos Lillikas who came close to a runoff with forerunner, DISY leader Nicos Anastasiades, as well as AKEL-backed Stavros Malas who got through to a second round against Anastasiades.

“For the first time during a presidential election campaign, the three main contenders have discussed and accepted issues that were previously considered taboo for Cyprus society, recognising (society’s) progress.”

“Just like the rest of Europe, Cyprus society recognises and becomes in-

NICOSIA FAMILY COURT Divorce Jurisdiction Appl. No.851/12 BEFORE:

G. Serghides, Pr. Fam. Ct. Chr. Demetriou, J.Fam. Ct. F. Constantinou, J. Fam.Ct.

Between: CRISTINA STOLERU, Aristokiprou 8, Akropolis - Nicosia.

Applicant -and SALIFOU ZOUNGRAN, unknown address in Cyprus.

Respondent Interim Application from Applicant dated 11.2.13 Upon the application of Mr Costas Loizou Counsel for the Applicant, THIS COURT, after having read the application and the affidavit attached there to, dated 11/2/2013 and after hearing what was said from the lawyer George Loizou, DOTH HEREBY GRANT AN ORDER by which SUBSTITUTED service of the Application and of the present Order by publishing it in a daily English language newspaper.

In the publication paper should only be mentioned of the remedy applied for and that the substantial facts which the Applicant invokes for the issue of the remedy applied for, are contained in the Application.

The Respondent may file a Defence within 20 days from service on him.

In case of failure by the Respondent to file a defence within the above mentioned period of time, any other subsequent notice shall be deemed as well served if same is appended on the Court’s notice-board for five (5) consecutive days.

This application is fixed for service on 19/3/13 at 9.00 a.m.. The date 19/2/13 before the Court is cancelled.

The cost of the Application shall be cost in the cause.

Given on 12.2.13 Drawn up on 19.2.13 (Sgd) G. Serghides, Pr. Fam. Ct. (Sgd) Chr. Demetriou, J.Fam. Ct. (Sgd) F. Constantinou, J. Fam.Ct. TRUE COPY REGISTRAR PA.640.12.diazygia.epid.ektos.

NICOSIA FAMILY COURT Divorce Jurisdiction Appl. No.851/12 BEFORE: G. Serghides, Pr. Fam. Ct. Chr. Demetriou, J.Fam. Ct. F. Constantinou, J. Fam.Ct. Between: CRISTINA STOLERU, Aristokiprou 8, Akropolis - Nicosia.

Applicant -and SALIFOU ZOUNGRAN, unknown address in Cyprus.

Respondent REMEDY APPLIED FOR: A. Judgment of the Court and/or Order of the Court, dissolving the civil marriage of the Applicant with the Respondent, which was celebrate on 28.7.2008, at Lysis Municipality, Larnaca, for irretrievable breakdown of their conjugal relationship. The substantial facts which the applicant invokes for the remedy applied for, are mentioned in the application.

creasingly acceptant of the need to regulate gay couples’ relationships but also the need to tackle homophobia and transphobia,” ACCEPT said.

The main contenders have stood in favour of regulation of gay couples as a first step to address discrimination, have committed to address discrimination both legally and within state departments, and have promised to include civil societies in discussion that concerns them, ACCEPT said.

Anastasiades said that his party had been publicly supporting civil partnership since 2010.

Malas went beyond public support of civil partnership and stood in favour of a national action plan to combat LGBT discrimination.

Moving towards civil partnership “responds to an evolving social reality and the real needs of people who are equal members of society,” ACCEPT said.

Deal signed for EU Patent Court TWENTY-four EU member states yesterday signed an international agreement, establishing the Unified Patent Court. According to an official announcement, the agreement marks the culmination of the historic agreement on the EU patent package, reached with the European Parliament last December.

The conclusion of negotiations on the package, the announcement says, is regarded as one of the most important achievements of the Cyprus EU Presidency, which chaired the Council of the EU during the second semester of 2012.

EU member states, except Poland, Bulgaria and Spain, signed the agreement.

The agreement aims at establishing a Unified Patent Court, with dispute resolution over patents as its exclusive responsibility.

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Toxic lionfish in Cyprus waters ‘Devil firefish’ likely came through the Suez Canal

By Stefanos Evripidou THE FISHERIES Department of the Agriculture Ministry is warning fishermen, fish-eaters and even bathers to take note of the fact that the somewhat toxic ‘common lionfish’ or ‘devil firefish’ has found its way to the Eastern Mediterranean.

An announcement by the Fisheries Department informs the public that the eye-catching lionfish has been found in the coastal waters of Cyprus. The fish belongs to the species pterois miles, which belongs to the family of the Scorpaenidae and has probably reached the waters of Cyprus by travelling via the popular Suez Canal.

While impressive and colourful, the fish has poisonous spikes, loaded with toxin.

Fisheries Department official Nicolas Michaelides told the Cyprus Mail yesterday that the fish actually tastes quite nice but people need to be informed that those spikes can be danger-

ous and need to be handled carefully.

The toxin is only fatal if someone is allergic to it, he said, otherwise it can cause extreme pain, headache, vomiting, and breathlessness.

If one gets poked and poisoned by a lionfish, the best thing is to seek treatment at a medical centre but in the meantime, one should wet the wound with hot water for 30 to 90 minutes to inactivate the toxin.

According to Michaelides, in the last month, fishermen found two separate lionfish off the coast of Cyprus, one in Xylofagou and the other in Limassol.

The fact that those two locations are quite far apart suggest the fish were not travelling together, but came to the area separately. This in itself opens up the possibility of more lionfish having arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Red Sea or elsewhere and mated.

“On the other hand, it could just be a coincidence that we found two in different areas of Cyprus in the last month,” he said.

It may look nice and taste nice but don’t be fooled. The toxins in its spikes can cause extreme pain

The right platform to discover like-minded hi-tech people

By Poly Pantelides LIMASSOL is due to host its first Open Coffee Cyprus event this Friday, a meet-up for those interested in technology, start-ups, social media, blogging and the like but needing the right platform to discover like-minded people.

Open Coffee Cyprus @Limassol, “Sea, Sun and Startups” aims to bring together technologically-minded types who have an entrepreneurial streak.

The Limassol event “aims to bring inspiration and generate ideas, and bring together restless people who want to go beyond the traditional development model of the city,” a news release said yesterday.

“Business opportunities focusing on technology in Limassol rival those of Nicosia. (Limassol) has a series of competitive advantages: tourism, the sea, cosmopolitanism, real estate, civilisation (and) students,” the organisers said.

A team of invited speakers – themselves entrepreneurs – will talk about subjects such as how to pitch ideas to the tech crowd, what a tourist destination can do in terms of startups, or how to find a professional for every job at hand.

Despite boasting highly educated and driven

individuals and having a strong business and international financial services sector, Cyprus still lags behind in terms of start-ups, businesses often born of innovative ideas that need to be fleshed out and nurtured to become viable businesses.

But over the last couple of years events such as Open Coffee Cyprus have been testament to efforts to break the mould.

The Cypriot Enterprise Link has been set up to help people network, cutting through bureaucracy often stifling entrepreneurship; a business accelerator ChrysalisLEAP was set up last year to guide and finance start-ups; and last year’s Hackathon brought computer programmers, software developers and designers together from ten different countries.

Nicosia is also due to host its second TEDx event this March to spread ideas and bring together speakers with an audience who were so keen to attend that tickets were sold out within three days.

Open Coffee Cyprus @Limassol will take place on Friday at Theatro Ena between 6.30pm and 11pm, and is supported by MTN. So far, some 800 people and 31 speakers from Cyprus and abroad have participated in the previous Open Coffee Cyprus events, the organisers said.

Find out more at opencoffeecyprus.org

Join the ‘Peace-it-Together network’ THE Peace-it-Together network, a civil society initiative, is now accepting votes from people to determine the name of a new online hub, a digital online platform mapping peace-building efforts in Cyprus since the 1970s.

Supported by UNDP-ACT and implemented by the NGO (non-governmental organisations) support and management centre, the platform aims to create a meeting space “for people who want to take action for positive change, offering practical resources, networking tools and (ways) to share past experience”.

The plan is to start with a page depicting reconciliation and social cohesion initiatives, such as training, diplomacy, exhibitions and the like, highlighting turning points that people can home in on.

There are plans for interactive games, documentaries and digital learning tools.

To contribute, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ST6PK56 and choose between the following names: InnovEX, Social Cohesion Lab, Mahallae, Exchangelab, Cohesionlab.

Find out more at http://peacexchange.wordpress.com/

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Food for all top issue of the future, say young

By Alison Kershaw MAKING sure there is enough food for everyone and tackling climate change are the biggest challenges for the future, a survey of children suggests.

The poll reveals that two in five youngsters (40.7 per cent) believe it will be down to them to solve the world’s problems, while just over one in four (28 per cent) think their friends will deal with the challenges.

And almost half (45.9 per cent) think it is the responsibility of the Prime Minister to solve future challenges.

There were also some less conventional choices - 4.3 per cent of the youngsters surveyed said they thought that Spiderman would solve the world’s problems.

More than one in 10 (11.3 per cent) said that no one can help to solve future problems.

The survey, commissioned by British Gas Generation Green, asked more than 1,000 seven to

14-year-olds about the challenges the world will face in the future.

More than half (53.3 per cent) said the biggest challenge will be making sure there is enough food, while 52.4 per cent said tackling climate challenge will be the biggest.

Just under half (49.3 per cent) said that making sure the world does not run out of energy will be the biggest issue.

A second poll of more than 500 teachers found that 22.3 per cent believe that pupils should be en-

couraged to start thinking about what the world will look like in the future as early as possible.

Some 43.6 per cent of the teachers questioned said that their pupils are just as interested in the future as they were when they were a child, and 19.4 per cent said youngsters are more interested now.

The poll was commissioned to mark the launch of a new competition which will ask children aged nine and 10 to write a chapter of a new storybook on the past, present and future of energy.

Author Mantel attacks ‘plastic’ princess Kate Says ‘painfully thin’ princess’ only job is to provide heir, Cameron disagrees

By Clare Hutchison and Peter Griffiths

Pregnant Kate at a public appearance yesterday

ONE OF B Britain’s most celebrated aut authors has launched a withering attack on the Duchess of Cambridge, the pregnant wife of Prince William, branding her a “shopwindow mannequin” with a plastic smile whose only role in life is to breed.

Prime Minister David Cameron described award-winning writer Hilary Mantel as “misguided” after she likened the former Kate Middleton to a “machine made” doll, devoid of personality.

Her comments about the 31-year-old wife of William, second-in-line to the British throne, divided public opinion, with newspapers condemning Mantel as “venomous”, “cruel” and “staggeringly rude”.

Supporters said her words had been taken out of context from a long analysis of society’s centuries-old obsession with the appearance and fertility of royal wives that ended with a plea to “back off and not be brutes” to them.

“I saw Kate becoming a jointed doll on which certain rags are hung,” Mantel said in a lecture at the British Museum in London earlier this month in which she spoke about her changing view of the princess.

“She was a shop-window mannequin, with no personality of her own, entirely defined by what she wore. These days she is a mother-to-be, and draped in another set of threadbare attributions.”

Speaking during a visit to India, Cameron said Mantel was wrong and that people should do more to encourage a young royal who is a “fantastic ambassador for Britain”.

“She writes great books, but I think what she’s said about Kate Middleton is completely misguided and completely wrong,” Cameron told Sky News.

RADIANT Mantel, who last year became the first Briton to twice win the Man Booker prize for fiction, referred to the princess’ severe morning sickness during the early stage of her pregnancy and said her role was to provide an heir.

“Once she gets over being sick, the press will find that she is radiant. They will find that this young woman’s life until now was nothing, her only point and purpose being to give birth,” Mantel said in the lecture organised by the London Review of Books. The literary magazine reprinted the lecture on its website this week.

A smiling Duchess of Cam-

bridge showed no sign of being affected by the row when she visited an addiction charity in London. Wearing a grey wrap dress, she crossed her hands over her small baby bump as she chatted to charity workers.

Well-wishers who waited in the late winter sunshine for a glimpse of her expressed sympathy.

“It’s totally uncalled for,” said Morag Hamilton, 36, from London. “It’s a shame - that’s what her life is going to become now.”

Mantel, 60, is best known for her historical novel Wolf Hall, about the rise of blacksmith’s son Thomas Cromwell to the pinnacle of power in King Henry VIII’s court. Her follow-up Bring Up the Bodies recounted Anne Boleyn’s fall from grace after failing to give Henry a male heir.

In her lecture, Mantel said the Duchess of Cambridge was “selected for her role... because she was irreproachable”, contrasting her with the “emotional incontinence” of William’s late mother, Princess Diana.

“As painfully thin as anyone could wish, without quirks, without oddities, without the risk of the emergence of character. She appears precision-made, machinemade, so different from Diana,” Mantel said.

Briton dies after contracting new SARSlike virus A BRITISH man infected with a new virus from the same family as SARS has died, health officials said yesterday, bringing the worldwide death toll from the previously unknown disease to six.

The virus, called novel coronavirus or NCoV, was unknown in humans until it emerged in the Middle East last year. There have been 12 confirmed cases worldwide - including in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Britain - and half the patients have died.

“This patient had an underlying condition that may have made them more susceptible to respiratory infections,” the Health Protection Agency said in a statement announcing the death of one of four people in Britain with the NCoV infection.

NCoV was identified when the World Health Organisation issued an international alert in September 2012, saying a completely new virus had infected a Qatari man in Britain who had recently been in Saudi Arabia.

Since then 12 cases have been identified, including a cluster of cases reported last week in a family in Britain.

The HPA said it had followed up more than 100 people who had close contact with cases in this family cluster. “Besides the identified secondary cases, all tests carried out on contacts to date have been negative for the novel coronavirus infection,” it said.

Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that includes those that cause the common cold as well as the one that caused SARS - which emerged in China in 2002 and killed about a 10th of the 8,000 people it infected worldwide.

Scientists are not sure where the new virus came from, but say one possibility is it came from animals.

HPA experts say preliminary scientific analysis suggests its closest relatives are bat coronaviruses.

John Watson, the HPA’s head of respiratory diseases said the recent cluster of cases, two of which had no recent history of travel to the Middle East, provided “strong evidence of humanto-human transmission” of the new virus “in at least some circumstances”.

UK energy prices to rise in supply ‘roller-coaster’ Britain and India to agree cyber crime joint taskforce BRITAIN faces a rise in energy prices as the market is on a bumpy ride heading for a power supply crunch while needing to compete globally for gas resources, the outgoing head of energy regulator Ofgem said.

Alistair Buchanan warned in a column published in The Telegraph newspaper yesterday that within three years Britain’s spare generation capacity would become “uncomfortably tight” and that avoiding supply shortages would carry a price.

“If you can imagine a ride on

a roller-coaster at a fairground, then this winter, we are at the top of the circuit and we head downhill - fast,” said Buchanan, who is stepping down as chief executive in June.

Britain’s excess power generation capacity will shrink to four per cent by 2015/16 from 14 per cent now as old and polluting power plants close without immediate replacement.

Buchanan said this meant Britain’s electricity network operator National Grid faced a tough challenge over the next few years to ensure the lights stay on because of a lack

of spare production capacity over a prolonged period.

At the same time, energy technologies such as wind farms, nuclear plants and carbon capture and storage facilities have faced financial obstacles, making gas the most likely fuel to produce electricity in the short term, he said.

“The big worry about gas for all consumers is what price will we have to pay to get it?

Just when we need more gas, world demand for gas is set to rise while our own supplies are predicted to fall by another 25 per cent by 2020,” he said.

BRITAIN and India were due to agree to set up a joint task force to fight cyber crime yesterday, a move London hopes will help it safeguard the personal banking and mobile phone data of millions of Britons, much of which is stored on Indian servers.

The agreement was expected at a meeting between British Prime Minister David Cameron and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi, one of the highlights of Cameron’s three-day trade and investment trip to India.

“The two leaders are expected to agree a substantial strengthening of practical co-operation between British and Indian authorities to increase the security of British and Indian computer networks

and to help defend them against cyber attacks by terrorists, criminals and hostile states,” Cameron’s office said in a statement.

It said India was set to have one of the biggest online populations by 2015 with an expected 300 million users - larger than the United States and up from the 137 million users already in India today.

Cameron told reporters: “I think why we’re forging these partnerships with other countries - including trusted partners like India - is twofold.

“One is, other countries securing their data is effectively helping us secure our data. Secondly, I think this is an area where Britain has some real competitive and technology advantages.”

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‘Gigantic’ diamond heist Eight armed robbers snatch gems worth millions at Brussels Airport EIGHT armed men made a hole in a security fence at Brussels International Airport, drove on to the tarmac and snatched diamonds worth millions of dollars from the hold of a plane without firing a shot, authorities in Belgium have said.

The masked gang used two vehicles in their raid on Monday, took the cache of stones and sped off into the darkness, said Anja Bijnens, spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutors’ office yesterday.

Police found a burnt-out vehicle close to the airport and said they were still looking for clues.

The heist was estimated at £32.3 million in diamonds, said Caroline De Wolf, of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre.

“What we are talking about is obviously a gigantic sum,” she added.

An airport spokesman said the robbers made a hole in the fence and drove up to the Swiss passenger plane, which was ready to leave.

The thieves got out of the car, flashed their weapons

Baggage carts make their way past a Helvetic Airways aircraft from which millions of dollars worth of diamonds were stolen on the tarmac of Brussels International Airport and took the loot from the hold, said airport spokesman Jan Van Der Crujsse.

Without firing a shot they drove off through the same hole in the fence, complet-

ing the theft within minutes, he added.

Van Der Crujsse could not explain how the area could be so vulnerable to theft. He said: “We abide by the most

Nestle withdraws pasta meals as horsemeat scandal spreads NESTLE has removed beef pasta meals sold under its Buitoni brand from sale in Italy and Spain after finding traces of horsemeat, becoming the latest victim of a food scandal still spreading across Europe.

The world’s biggest food company, which said as recently as last week its products had not been affected by the scare, said the decision to withdraw the products came after tests over the weekend showed traces of horse DNA in batches of meat used to prepare the meals.

Nestle spokesman Chris Hogg said yesterday the withdrawals would have no material financial impact on the company. “These are chilled pasta products that do not have a long shelf life so there are very low levels of inventory,” he said.

Hogg said Nestle was not attempting to estimate the level of impact the recall would have on the reputa-

tion of its brand.

The scandal of horsemeat in products labelled as beef has spread across Europe since last month, prompting product withdrawals, consumer concerns and government investigations into the continent’s complex food-processing chains.

A fifth of adults said they had been buying less meat as a result of the discovery, according to a poll conducted by research company Consumer Intelligence and published on Monday.

Swiss-based Nestle withdrew two chilled pasta products, Buitoni Beef Ravioli and Beef Tortellini, in Italy and Spain. Lasagnes à la Bolognaise Gourmandes, a frozen product for catering businesses produced in France, will also be pulled, it said.

The group said tests had found more than one per cent horse DNA in the products. It was not immediately clear whether the tests had

been carried out by Nestle or by a third party.

“We have informed the authorities accordingly,” Nestle said in a statement.

“There is no food safety issue.”

Nestle said it was suspending deliveries of all products using beef from a German company called H.J. Schypke, a subcontractor to one of its suppliers, JBS Toledo NV. JBS Toledo said in a statement on its website it had suspended all its contracts with Schypke and no case of co-mingling of species had been identified in products produced in or at its factories.

Schypke said it was only a meat processor and that it buys meat from certified suppliers, adding it was collaborating with authorities.

One analyst said the immediate impact on Nestle as a whole would be small, but it illustrated the scale of the issue for the industry.

Nigerian ‘terrorists’ nab French tourists in Cameroon GUNMEN kidnapped seven French nationals, including three children, yesterday in northern Cameroon near the border with Nigeria and the perpetrators came from neighbouring Nigeria, French President Francois Hollande said.

The risk of attacks on French nationals and interests in Africa has risen since France sent forces into Mali last month to help oust Islamist rebels occupying the country’s north.

“They have been taken by a terrorist group that we know and that is in Nigeria,” Hollande told reporters. Islamist militants in northern Nigeria now pose the biggest threat to stability in Africa’s top oil-producing state.

Radio France International had earlier

reported the kidnapping, saying that the seven people were taken by armed men on motorbikes and were being taken towards Nigeria.

Western governments have grown concerned that Nigeria’s radical Islamists may link up with groups elsewhere in the region, particularly al Qaeda’s North African wing AQIM given the conflict in nearby Mali.

The seven tourists were abducted at around 7am in a village about 10km from the Nigerian border near the Waza national park and Lake Chad in the extreme north of Cameroon where Westerners often go for holidays.

It was the first case of foreigners being seized in the mostly Muslim north of Cameroon, a former French colony.

stringent rules.”

The Swiss flight, bound for Zurich and operated by Helvetic Airways, was cancelled. The airline declined to comment on the heist,

citing the ongoing judicial investigation.

The insurance for air transport - handled sometimes by airlines themselves or external insurance companies - is

usually relatively cheap because it is considered to be the safest way of transporting small high-value items, logistics experts say.

Unlike a car or a lorry, an airplane cannot be attacked by robbers once it is on its way, and it is considered to be very safe before the departure and after the plane’s arrival because the aircraft is always within the confines of an airport which are normally highly secured.

Philip Baum, an aviation security consultant in Britain, said the robbery was worrying - not because the fence was breached, but because the response did not appear to have been immediate. That, he said, raised questions as to whether alarms were ringing in the right places.

“It does seem very worrying that someone can actually have the time to drive two vehicles on to the airport, effect the robbery, and drive out without being intercepted,” Baum said.

That amount of time would also allow someone to board the plane, he said.

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World Tunisian PM quits after failing to form new cabinet TUNISIAN Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigned yesterday after his attempt to end a political stand-off by forming a government of technocrats failed.

“I vowed that if my initiative did not succeed, I would resign and... I have already done so,” Jebali told a news conference after meeting President Moncef Marzouki.

Jebali had proposed the cabinet of apolitical technocrats to quell turmoil caused by the assassination of secular opposition politician Chokri Belaid on February 6.

Belaid’s death touched off mass protests targeting in part the ruling moderate Islamist party Ennahda to which Jebali belongs.

KILLING No one claimed responsibility for the killing, but it deepened the misgivings of secularists who believe Jebali’s government has failed to deal firmly enough with religious extremists threatening the country’s stability.

The crisis has disrupted efforts to revitalise an economy hit hard by the disorder that followed the overthrow of veteran strongman Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.

Jebali proposed forming a cabinet of apolitical technocrats to restore calm and take Tunisia to elections, but did not consult his own party or its secular coalition partners.

He threatened to quit if the proposal failed. But his party scuppered the plan by rejecting the idea of a technocratic government.

Announcing his resignation yesterday, Jebali said he would not lead another government without assurances on the timing of fresh elections and a new constitution.

WORLD TODAY Israel, Turkey defence deal

Bahraini women hold placards as they take part in a memorial service for teenager Hussein al-Jazeeri (Jazizi) which later erupted into clashes with riot police in the village of Daih, west of Manama, yesterday. The 16-year-old was killed in Daih on February 14 during protests marking the second anniversary of the Shiite Muslim-led uprising (AFP)

N. Korea threat: final destruction of South US ambassador says ‘offensive’, Spain breaches UN charter

By Tom Miles NORTH Korea threatened South Korea with “final destruction” during a debate at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament yesterday, saying it could take further steps after a nuclear test last week.

“As the saying goes, a newborn puppy knows no fear of a tiger. South Korea’s erratic behaviour would only herald its final destruction,” North Korean diplomat Jon Yong Ryong told the meeting.

Jon’s comments drew quick criticism from other nations, including South Korea, France, Germany and Britain, whose ambassador Joanne Adamson said such language was “completely inappropriate” and the discussion with North Korea was heading in the wrong direction.

“It cannot be allowed that we have expressions which refer to the possible destruction of UN member states,” she said.

Spanish Ambassador Javier Gil Catalina said the comment left him stupefied and appeared to be a breach of international law.

“In the 30 years of my career I’ve never heard anything like it and it seems to me that we are not speaking about something that is even admissible, we are speaking about a threat of the use of force that is prohibited by Article 2.4 of the United Nations charter,” Catalina said.

Since the North tested a nuclear bomb last week in defiance of UN resolutions, its southern neighbour has warned it could strike the isolated state if it believed an attack was imminent.

Pyongyang said the aim of the test was to bolster its defences given the hostility of the United States, which has led a push to impose sanctions on North Korea.

“Our current nuclear test is the primary countermeasure taken by the DPRK in which it exercised its maximum selfrestraint,” said the North Ko-

rean diplomat Jon. “If the US takes a hostile approach toward the DPRK to the last, rendering the situation complicated, it (North Korea) will be left with no option but to take the second and third stronger steps in succession,” he said, without indicating what that might entail.

North Korea has already told key ally China that it is prepared to stage one or two more tests this year to force the United States into diplomatic talks, a source with direct knowledge of the message told Reuters last week.

US Ambassador Laura Kennedy said she found North Korea’s threat yesterday profoundly disturbing and later tweeted that it was “offensive”.

Poland’s representative suggested North Korea’s participation in the UN forum should be limited.

Impoverished and malnourished North Korea is one of the most heavily sanctioned states in the world.

It is still technically at war with South Korea after a 1950-53 civil war ended in a mere truce.

Washington and its allies are believed to be pushing to tighten the noose around North Korea’s financial transactions in a bid to starve its leadership of funding.

Jon said last week’s test was an act of self-defence against nuclear blackmail by the United States, which wanted to block North Korea’s economic development and its fundamental rights.

“It is the disposition and firm will of the army and people of the DPRK to counter highhanded policy with tough-fist policy and to react to pressure and sanctions with an all-out counter-action,” he said.

Jon said the US had conducted most of the nuclear tests and satellite launches in history, and he described its pursuit of UN Security Council resolutions against North Korea as “a breach of international law and the height of double standards”.

Ministers dine on discarded and ‘ugly’ produce

By Emily Beament ENVIRONMENT ministers from around the world were yesterday fed a banquet made from food rejected

by UK and European supermarkets, to raise the issue of food waste.

Vegetables grown by farmers in Kenya, but rejected as “ugly” or unwanted, were fed to ministers, diplomats and United Nations delegates at an official dinner in the African country’s capital Nairobi.

The meal was organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and campaigners Feeding the 5,000, as part of efforts to dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted each

year.

Campaigner and founder of Feeding the 5,000 Tristram Stuart visited farms and packhouses in Kenya to source more than 1.7 tonnes of unwanted fruit and vegetables and donate to local charities.

The food had been grown for the export market, which serves supermarkets in countries such as the UK, but had been rejected, mainly due to not meeting standards relating to their appearance or orders being changed after harvesting.

Some of the unwanted produce is sold in local markets or donated, but supply outstrips demand and much of it is left to rot or fed to livestock, with the costs borne by Kenyan farmers, the campaigners said.

The rejected food was used to cook a five course meal, including grilled sweet corn tamales, yellow lentil dal with tamarind and mangomisu, which is described as “tiramisu with a tropical twist”.

Stuart said it was a “scandal” that so much food was wasted in Kenya, where millions of people went hungry.

“We found one grower supplying a UK supermarket who is forced to waste up to 40 tonnes of vegetables every week, which is 40 per cent of what he grows.

“The waste of perfectly edible ‘ugly’ vegetables is endemic in our food production systems and symbolises our negligence.”

But raising the issue with environ-

ment ministers, persuading supermarkets to change their standards and developing processing and other ways of marketing the produce could help raise farm incomes and food availability where it is needed.

The dinner came after the launch

by UNEP and other organisations of a campaign to urge consumers and retailers to take simple actions to help reduce the £600 billion worth of food which is lost or wasted around the world each year.

The amount of food thrown away in developed countries that is still fit to eat would be sufficient to feed the estimated 870 million people going hungry in the world, while growing food that is discarded wastes water, land and fertiliser.

AN Israeli firm has supplied Turkey with military equipment in the first such reported deal since the two nations froze ties over the 2010 killing of nine Turks aboard a Gazabound aid ship, Turkish government sources said.

Israeli defence firm Elta delivered to Turkey $100 million of electronic equipment last week for four Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, the sources said, but rebuffed suggestions the deal was a sign of improving ties with the Jewish state.

“Turkey bought the equipment from Boeing and the Israeli company is just a sub-contractor of Boeing, which means we are in direct relationship only with Boeing and not with Israel,” a foreign ministry official said.

First women SAUDI Arabia’s King Abdullah yesterday swore in the country’s first female members of the Shura Council, an appointed body that advises on new laws, in a move that has riled conservative clerics in the Islamic monarchy.

Abdullah, who has not been seen on television since shortly after a back operation in November, was shown on state media sitting in a palace chamber to give a short speech as he swore in the new council members.

King Abdullah is seen as having pushed to cautiously advance the role of women in Saudi society.

Pirate attack PIRATES boarded a ship two days ago off the coast of Nigeria’s oil-region, a piracy watchdog said yesterday, the latest in a string of attacks close to Africa’s biggest energy producer.

The attack took place around 55 miles off the coast of the Brass oil region on Sunday, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said.

There were reports that an unknown number of foreigners were kidnapped in the attack on the Armadah Tuah vessel, according to maritime-risk exports AKE.

New term ARMENIAN President Serzh Sarksyan has won a new five-year term, the Central Electoral Commission said yesterday.

Police said after polls closed on Monday they had received 70 reports of voting violations, including bribery at polling stations, and that they had opened two criminal investigations.

The president, 58, has vowed to sustain economic recovery in his landlocked South Caucasus country.

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Girlfriend shot through door Prosecutor says Blade Runner fired four shots. He says thought victim was an intruder

By David Dolan and Peroshni Govender ‘BLADE Runner’ Oscar Pistorius put on his artificial legs and walked across his bedroom before firing four shots through a locked toilet door, killing his cowering girlfriend in cold blood, prosecutors said yesterday.

Reeva Steenkamp, a 30-yearold law graduate and model, died after being hit by three rounds from a 9-mm pistol, prosecutor Gerrie Nel said.

Pistorius, 26, wept uncontrollably in court as Nel outlined details of a shooting that has stunned South Africa and the millions around the world who saw the double amputee’s track glory as an inspiring tale of triumph over adversity.

Later, in a dramatic affidavit read out by defence lawyer Barry Roux, Pistorius said he had been “deeply in love” with Steenkamp, whom he had been dating since November, and had no intention of killing her.

Having had previous death threats and break-ins, Pistorius said he slept with a 9-mm pistol under his bed in his plush Pretoria home in the heart of a well-secured gated community.

He and Steenkamp went to sleep on Wednesday night - the eve of Valentine’s Day - some time after 10pm, he said.

However, in the middle of the night, he awoke in pitch darkness and thought an intruder had climbed through a window and entered the toilet, Pistorius said.

Without putting on his prosthetic legs - contrary

In the dock: Oscar Pistorius faces the court in Pretoria watched by sister Aimee, brother Carl and his father Henke (left)

to the prosecution’s version of events - he moved on his stumps into the bathroom adjoining his bedroom and noticed the closed toilet door.

He did not realise Steenkamp was behind it, he said.

He shouted for the intruder to get out of his house then fired several shots into the door, before calling to Steenkamp to phone the police.

When she did not respond, he grabbed a cricket bat

to beat down the door and found her slumped on the floor, he said.

“I was absolutely mortified by the events and the devastating loss of my beloved Reeva,” he said in the affidavit.

As Roux read the statement, Pistorius sobbed unrestrainedly, prompting magistrate Desmond Nair to halt proceedings for several minutes.

“You need to concentrate on what’s going on,” Nair told him.

The bail hearing was adjourned until today.

The case has drawn further attention to endemic violence against women in South Africa after the gang-rape, mutilation and murder of a 17-year-old near Cape Town this month.

Members of the Women’s League of the ruling African National Congress protested outside the Pretoria court, waving placards saying: “No Bail for Pistorius” and “Rot

in jail”.

Before Pistorius’ testimony, Nel, the lead prosecutor at the bail hearing, painted a picture of premeditated killing, which carries a life sentence in South Africa.

“If I arm myself, walk a distance and murder a person, that is premeditated,” he told the packed courtroom, arguing that Pistorius had time to think about what he was doing. “The door is closed.

There is no doubt. I walk sev-

en metres and I kill.”

“The motive is ‘I want to kill’. That’s it,” he added.

“This deceased was in a 1.4 by 1.14 metre little room. She could go nowhere. It must have been horrific.”

The arrest of Pistorius stunned the millions who had watched in awe last year as the Olympic and Paralympic sprinter reached the semifinal of the 400 metres in the London Olympics, running on high-technology carbon fibre ‘blades’.

But the impact has been greatest in sports-mad South Africa, where Pistorius was seen as a rare hero who had transcended the racial divides that persist 19 years after the end of apartheid.

He carried South Africa’s flag at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics, and US magazine Sports Illustrated named him as one of the most inspiring figures of the year.

The sprinter’s endorsements and sponsorships included sportswear giant Nike, British telecoms firm BT, sunglasses maker Oakley and French designer Thierry Mugler and were thought to be worth as much as $2 million a year.

Nike and Mugler both said they had dropped Pistorius from advertising campaigns, while cosmetics firm Clarins said it was recalling its ‘A Man’ perfume range out “respect and compassion towards the families involved”.

Born without a fibula in either leg, Pistorius had his lower legs amputated as an 11-month-old baby but became the highest-profile athlete in the history of the Paralympic Games.

Anger at funeral of model Steenkamp

Grief: Reeva Steenkamp’s mother June (centre) at the funeral in Port Elizabeth

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AMID the grief, some mourners at South African model Reeva Steenkamp’s funeral yesterday demanded punishment for her boyfriend, Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, who has been charged with her murder.

A hearse took Steenkamp’s body to the Victoria Park Crematorium in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth for a private funeral attended by more than 100 relatives and friends.

“Without a doubt he’s a danger to the public. He’ll be a danger to witnesses.

He must stay in jail. He’s already shown how dangerous he can be for what he did to Reeva,” said Gavin Venter, an ex-jockey who worked for

Steenkamp’s father.

“She was an angel, she was so soft, so innocent. Such a lovely person. It’s just sad that this could happen to somebody so good,” Venter said.

After the hour-long ceremony, relatives stood outside and friends paid their condolences, hugging Steenkamp’s parents, in the serene wooded area dotted with tombstones.

“It was a total shock. It is only sinking in right now,” said former classmate Bongiwe Gaxamba, 29, wearing the blue blazer with yellow stripes from their high school.

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once again highlighted South Africa’s dismal record of violence against women - on average, a woman is raped every four minutes, and one is killed every eight hours by her partner or relative.

Reeva’s uncle, Mike Steenkamp, told reporters through tears after the funeral his niece wanted to be an activist for ending abuse against women.

Reeva’s brother Adam told reporters: “There’s a space missing inside all the people that she knew that can’t be filled again. We are going to keep all the positive things that we remember and know about my sister.

“We will miss her.”

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Business

EU talks to cap bank bonuses stall EU negotiators quit crunch meeting as some negotiators ‘doing a lot of yelling’

By John O’Donnell and Claire Davenport NEGOTIATIONS to introduce a cap on bankers’ bonuses in the European Union stalled yesterday, after EU countries and the bloc’s parliament clashed over how far to go in curbing pay for the industry’s top earners.

The talks, described as tense by one person present, with some in the room “doing a lot of yelling”, resume next week.

Although a cap on bonuses still appears likely, it is unclear whether the limit will be set at the level of a banker’s annual salary as early indications suggest-

ed, or higher.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament, backed

by Germany and France, have argued that caps on bonuses will prevent the reckless risk-taking that led to the financial crisis, but they face opposition from Britain, home to the region’s financial capital.

Othmar Karas, the Austrian member of parliament who is negotiating the final shape of the law, said the parliament was sticking to demands for a maximum limit on bankers’ bonuses of two times salary if given shareholder approval.

“This chapter has not ended,” he told reporters after the talks.

Another official who fol-

lowed the discussions said there had been no agreement on bonuses, with several parties unhappy with a proposal to allow for a higher cap of three times salary.

“There still remain a few issues to be resolved,” said a spokeswoman for Ireland, which as the holder of the rotating EU presidency, steered the talks.

A bonus cap would play well with austerity-weary voters, who take a dim view of bankers’ continuing to take lottery-sized bonuses from an industry propped up by trillions of euros of taxpayers’ money.

But disagreement on this point could have a far wider fallout as it could

further delay a wider body of legislation introducing stricter capital rules for banks, known as Basel III, to make them safer. Talks yesterday also examined these rules but here, there was also divergence.

Banks have pushed for months to influence the rules, flooding lawmakers with suggested amendments. Regulations such as these have seen financial lobbyists mushroom in Brussels, some of whom can earn more than €400,000 a year.

In London, home to some of the globe’s biggest dealing rooms, bankers said the new regime would prompt a move to higher basic pay rather than a shift away

from the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf and the City of London financial district.

Some argue that switching the focus to basic pay could perversely encourage more risk-taking, as bankers’ earnings would be less dependent on performance and could not be clawed back if things go sour.

“All you’re going to do is convert bonus to fixed salary,” said one senior banker, who declined to be named.

“You can’t stop that.”

Nicolas Veron, of Brussels think tank Bruegel, said tighter bonus curbs would do little to reform Europe’s banks.

“The reason Europe is taking an ever more radical approach to regulation is

Banks ‘to vanish from UK high streets’

German investor morale soars to near threeyear high

ONE fifth of Britons have not set foot inside their bank for at least two years, research suggested yesterday.

Almost half (49 per cent) of those surveyed by discount website MyVoucherCodes believe that bank branches will have vanished from the high street in 10 years’ time as internet banking continues to gain popularity.

Of the 19 per cent consumers who had not visited their bank for two or more years, most said they had no need to do so, while a fifth said they had sent someone to their branch on their behalf.

Three-fifths (61 per cent) of people across the survey said they use internet banking, while more than one third (36 per cent) had a banking app downloaded on to their mobile phone.

Some 48 per cent of almost 1,400 people surveyed said they sometimes use telephone banking.

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because it hasn’t managed to solve its financial crisis,” said Veron.

“But bonus restrictions will not fix finance. The problems in European banks didn’t originate on the trading floor. If you think about the Irish banks, they were as much retail and commercial banking as investment banking.”

Shareholder advisory firm PIRC, however, whose clients run more than 1.5 trillion pounds in assets, said a bonus cap could lead to more conscientious stewardship from fund managers, many of whom have nodded through controversial executive pay deals that their clients might have objected to.

Greece needs growth to get out of crisis, France’s Hollande says during his visit

By Jean-Baptiste Vey and George Georgiopoulos FRENCH President Francois Hollande used a visit to hard-hit Greece yesterday to press his pro-growth agenda, saying fiscal reform could not be achieved by austerity alone.

He offered to help the twice bailed-out country in a deep economic depression - with privatisations, tourism and a public sector overhaul.

“We must make sure that growth and jobs come back in Greece,” Hollande said.

“We need more growth in Europe. That’s how we’ll reach our public deficit reduction goals.”

Athens, whose euro zone partners and the International Monetary Fund un-

locked bailout aid in December after a six-month stalemate, hopes Hollande’s one-day visit will spur badly-needed investments to ease record-high unemployment.

“I didn’t come to sell weapons... we have to show the Greeks solidarity, support and also confidence that will allow growth to come back,” Hollande said in a joint news conference with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras after talks.

Samaras praised Paris for having helped Greece stay in the euro zone, despite its debt crisis.

“France has given us vital support over the past few months to stay in Europe and is supporting us today to exit the crisis,” he said.

Greece’s economy has

shrunk by about 20 per cent since the recession began in 2008, with its downturn exacerbated by fiscal austerity demanded by its international lenders to shore up public finances and attain a primary budget surplus in 2013.

Unemployment hit a euro-area record 27 per cent in November.

“Greece should make efforts, it should meet its commitments, but its efforts have been considerable,” said Hollande. “No people in Europe have undergone such a test, so we must be at the side of Greece,” he added.

Greece’s deteriorating economy and fears of a euro zone exit prompted French banks Credit Agricole and Societe Generale to sell their Greek units to

local peers.

But Hollande said yesterday he expected French companies to return to Greece and bid for state firms being sold as part of the country’s multi-billion euro privatisation plan.

The two leaders also signed an agreement to boost the flow of French tourists to Greece. Tourism is the country’s biggest money spinner but French visitors were less than seven per cent of total arrivals last year, half as many as from Germany.

French civil servants are advising Athens on how to reform its inefficient state machine and how to draw up a national land registry - a task Athens has failed to complete for decades despite dozens of millions of euros of aid from the EU.

OPTIMISM that the worst of the euro zone debt crisis is over has helped German investor and analyst sentiment soar to its highest level in nearly three years this month.

In the latest sign that Europe’s largest economy is bouncing back after a dismal end to 2012, the Mannheim-based ZEW think tank said yesterday its monthly poll of economic sentiment rose to 48.2 points in February from 31.5 in January.

It was above the highest forecast in a Reuters poll and much higher than the consensus for 35.0 points.

The news, along with other recent data suggesting the German economy will avoid recession, will come as a relief to the centreright government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is campaigning to win a third term in a September election.

“Financial market experts have made their peace with the weak fourth quarter of 2012,” said ZEW president Wolfgang Franz.

“In their opinion the German economy faces less headwinds from the euro crisis than throughout the last months.”

The better-than-expected reading, which a ZEW economist said was also fuelled by low interest rates, boosted the euro and European shares and sent German Bund futures lower, although particularly on the bond market the move was short-lived.

Germany’s economy held up strongly during the first 2-1/2 years of the euro zone debt crisis but sputtered in the second half of 2012 as firms postponed investment and exports suffered due to a gloomy economic outlook in Europe and elsewhere.

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Opinion

The decline of the West?

Labour minister finds a new way to increase unemployment THE COUNCIL of Ministers last week approved yet another bill aimed at bolstering labour market inflexibility. This illiberal bill will give the labour minister the authority to force the application of collective agreements by all businesses in a given sector. In short, the minister would have the power to fix wages in any sector he or she chooses.

For instance, in the hotel sector for which there is a collective agreement, the minister would be able to force all hotel units to pay their staff the wages stipulated in the agreement. And if the hotel unit cannot afford these wages it would have to close down, boosting unemployment figures. Is this what the former union rep and current labour minister Sotiroulla Charalambous wants, to cause more job losses?

Ms Charalambous said the bill aimed at ending the practice of businesses hiring people on less favourable work and pay conditions than those stipulated in the collective agreements. In other words the executive, if the bill is passed by the House, would outlaw the employment of a worker on a personal contract.

Could the executive in a democratic country prevent two parties from voluntarily entering a contract, without violating their rights? On what legal grounds could a member-state of the EU dictate the wages that a business has to pay?

The bill, if it becomes a law, would protect businesses from unfair competition argued Ms Charalambous in all seriousness. The truth is that competition is undermined by imposing the same wages across all businesses. What is the logic of making a small business that breaks even every year pay the same wages as a big business that makes healthy annual profits? This is unfair competition as the small business would be forced to close down. There would be less competition in the sector and more jobless people.

With such a person in charge of the labour ministry, is it any surprise that unemployment scales new heights every month? Has nobody told Ms Charalambous that labour market inflexibilities, like the ones she has been imposing during her time at the ministry (increasing the minimum wage, making delays in payment of wages a criminal offence, forcing unions into businesses via legislation), are increasing unemployment figures? Her latest master-plan would simply discourage business from hiring new staff at the unaffordable rates of the collective agreements which were forged in the periods of high growth rates.

Employers’ organisations expressed strong opposition to the bill, but the government still approved it, because it had the backing of the unions - no need for consensus, when unions approve a measure. It is doubtful the House will approve this illiberal bill, but even if it does, the law would never be enforced, because a sensible labour minister, who does not take orders from unions, would know that such a law would increase unemployment.

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OU KNOW the storyline by now. There are one million US-dollar millionaires in China. (“To get rich is glorious,” said former leader Deng Xiao-ping.)

Seventy per cent of the homes in China are bought for cash.

China’s total trade – the sum of imports and exports – is now bigger than that of the United States. “They’re going to eat our lunch,” whimper the fainthearted in the West.

It’s not just the Chinese who are coming. The Indians and the Brazilians are coming too, with economic growth rates far higher than in the old industrialised countries, but it doesn’t even stop there. There’s also Mexico, Turkey, Indonesia and half a dozen other big countries in what used to be called the Third World that have discovered the secret of highspeed growth. The power shift is happening even faster than the pundits predicted.

As recently as 2009, the “Brics” (Brazil, Russia, India and China) accounted for less than one-tenth of total global consumption. The European Union consumed twice as much, and so did the United States. But by 2020, the Brics will be producing and consuming just as much as either of the older economic zones, and by 2025 considerably more than either of them.

In fact, if you include not just the four Brics but all the other fast-growing economies of the ex-Third World, in just a dozen years’ time they will account for around 40 per cent of world consumption. As a rule, with wealth comes power, so they will increasingly be calling the tune that the West must dance to. Or at least that is the Doomsday scenario that haunts the strategists and economists of the West. It’s nonsense, for at least three reasons.

First of all, a shift in the world’s centre of economic

Comment Gwynne Dyer gravity does not necessarily spell doom for those whose relative influence has dwindled.

The last time the centre shifted, when the United States overtook the nations of Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it did not dent Europe’s prosperity at all.

Secondly, the new centre of gravity this time, while mostly located in Asia, is not a single country with a coherent foreign policy like the United States.

The four Brics will never become a strategic or economic bloc. They are more likely to split into rival blocs, although one hopes not. And the Mexicos and Turkeys and Indonesias of this new world will have their own fish to fry.

So it will be a more complicated world with many major players, and the centre of economic gravity will be in Asia, but there’s nothing particularly strange about this. More than half of the human race lives in Asia, so where else should the centre of gravity be? Asia is very far from monolithic, and there is no logical reason to suppose that its economic rise spells economic decline for the West.

Thirdly, descriptions of the future that are simply extrapolations of the present, like the ones at the start of this article, are almost always wrong.

If the widely believed forecasts of the 1980s had been right, Japan would now bestride the world like an economic Colossus. The one certain thing about the future is surprises – but some surprises are a little less surprising than others.

Take climate change, for example. The scientific evidence strongly suggests that the

Brics: Brazil, Russia, India and China tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world, home to almost all of the emerging economic powers, will be much harder hit by global warming than the temperate parts of the globe, farther away from the equator, where the older industrialised countries all live.

The centre of gravity of the world economy is undoubtedly leaving the old “Atlantic” world of Europe and North America and moving towards Asia, but how far and how fast this process goes remains to be seen.

And there is no reason to believe that it will leave the coun-

tries of the West poor or helpless. True, economists in the West often ask the question: “what will we sell the emerging countries in the future that they cannot produce for themselves?” In the runaway global warming scenario, the answer would be “food”, but the real answer is sure to be more complex than that. Never mind.

They’ll think of something, because they’ll have to.

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

Tolerance for dissent declines in Turkey ACCORDING TO two pro-government newspapers in Turkey, Star and Yeni Akit, as well as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan himself, those who denounce the state of press freedom in Turkey are “terrorists.”

That is the term that they were using last week to denounce the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists and the Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontières, both of which have issued reports saying that Turkey has imprisoned even more journalists than Iran and China.

Last October, the CPJ reported that there were 76 journalists imprisoned in Turkey, including 61 who were in jail for their journalistic work. While the latter number declined to 49 by December, after some of those held were freed by the courts, that is still a lot of journalists to hold in prison.

The situation is especially dismaying, given that, for several years, Turkey’s humanrights performance had been improving dramatically under Erdoğan’s leadership. The use of torture had declined sharply.

The cultural rights of the large Kurdish minority, including the right to use their own language, had advanced greatly. Military

Comment Aryeh Neier control over the civilian government had been ended. And more.

Yet, as Erdoğan and his moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party have consolidated their power and their control of the country, their tolerance for dissent has declined. Today, internet freedom has largely disappeared. Legislation provides for mandatory filtering of content, and many websites have been blocked for reasons that range from facilitating the use of drugs or stimulants to offences under the Law on Crimes against Atatürk (the founder of the modern Turkish state and Turkey’s national hero).

Though it is the Turkish government that is to blame for the precipitous decline in press freedom, the policies of the European Union and the United States have been contributing factors. The EU had indicated that performance on human rights would be a key factor in determining whether Turkey

would be admitted as a member.

Yet it was during the period of rapid progress on human rights that Europe seemed to turn its back on the country.

This outcome undermined those in Turkey who had promoted human-rights reforms.

Their claims that progress would lead to accession were shown to be false, and an important incentive for officials was eliminated. If the process leading to EU accession is put back on track, it will greatly aid the effort to ensure that Turkey becomes an open society.

The US government, for its part, tends to speak softly when it comes to human-rights abuses in Turkey. During the Cold War, Turkey’s strategic value, given its geographic proximity to the Soviet Union, outweighed other concerns. Today, geography still plays a role, though it is Turkey’s contiguity with Syria, Iraq, and Iran that has left the US reluctant to make a fuss about press freedom. The US has supported Turkey’s accession to the EU, but its efforts would have more credibility in Europe if it also pressed Turkey to address its shortcomings.

The situation is far from hopeless. Turkey has a lively civil so-

ciety, with proudly independent institutions that include some renowned universities. The period of rapid progress is not in the distant past. Europe would strengthen itself economically and militarily if Turkey became a member, and it should revive accession negotiations on the same basis as other member states if Turkey meets the political criteria, including press freedom.

With John Kerry’s arrival as Secretary of State, the US ought to recognise that such a large Islamic country in a troubled neighborhood should show leadership on human-rights issues.

As a role model for the region, it is especially important that Turkey should practise press freedom. If Europe and the US do their part, Erdoğan may be persuaded to resume the role of human-rights reformer that he played during his first several years in office.

Aryeh Neier, President Emeritus of the Open Society Foundations and a founder of Human Rights Watch, is the author of Taking Liberties: Four Decades in the Struggle for Rights. © Project Syndicate 2013

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Showbiz

History alive and kicking at this year’s Oscar show

Rihanna brings high street to catwalks

Unusually rich year for movies

By Alice Baghdjian

By Jill Serjeant HISTORY is alive and kicking at this year’s Oscars in an unusually rich year for movies that plumb the distant and recent American past and have resonated with both audiences and voters.

Four of the nine Best Picture nominees at Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony - Iran hostage drama Argo, Osama bin Laden thriller Zero Dark Thirty, slavery revenge fantasy Django Unchained and US presidential drama Lincoln - are the most discussed films of the awards season, with their very different takes on historical events.

“It’s an interesting year for thought-provoking movies that have a semblance of reality. Some look to where we come from and where we are going, and they get people thinking,” said Pete Hammond, awards columnist for entertainment industry website Deadline.com.

It’s a sharp contrast with 2012 when the silent film comedy The Artist was embraced by the 6,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a love letter to old Hollywood.

This time, terrorism, slavery, war, politics and the CIA take centre stage in films that try to make sense of calamitous times for the

A worker puts the finishing touches onto a giant replica of the iconic Oscar statuette ahead of Sunday’s big event United States and draw lessons for the future.

Lincoln, Steven Spielberg’s account of President Abraham Lincoln’s drive to persuade a divided Congress to abolish slavery in 1865, has spoken loudly to present day Americans faced with daily evidence of political deadlock in Washington.

“The movie emphasises the theme of how difficult it is to get anything done in a democratic republic like ours, and how it requires wheeling and dealing and negotiating,” said Robert

Thompson, professor of popular culture at Syracuse University.

“The idea of taking these very modern problems and seeing them positioned in this noble historical past has been one that, in an odd way, is very comforting,” Thompson added.

Not so comforting is Django Unchained, director Quentin Tarantino’s bloodsoaked but audacious take on 19th century slavery, filmed in darkly humorous spaghetti Western style.

Spike Lee, one of the na-

tion’s most respected black filmmakers, called Django disrespectful to his ancestors and vowed not to see it.

“American slavery was not a Sergio Leone spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust,” Lee said in a Twitter message in December.

No movie has split Americans more this season than Zero Dark Thirty, which was released less than two years after the May 2011 killing of al Qaeda leader bin Laden

by US Navy SEALS. Attacked by politicians

and some activist groups for its portrayal of torture in the decade-long hunt for bin Laden, the film is being promoted in Oscar campaigns as “the most talked-about movie of the year”.

Argo director Ben Affleck sees his movie as “eerily current,” despite being set more than 30 years ago. Based on a real CIA mission soon after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, it recounts the rescue of six US diplomats from the Canadian embassy in Tehran using an unlikely Hollywood movie cover story.

Travis Barker skips Aussie Beyonce ‘may buy Neverland’ tour due to fear of flying

By Elaine Lies TRAVIS Barker will skip the Australian tour of pop-punk band Blink-182, citing a long-term fear of flying that worsened after he survived a fatal crash nearly five years ago that killed two friends.

“I’m sorry to announce I won’t be joining Blink-182 on this Australian tour,” Barker, 37 and drummer for the group, wrote on Facebook. “I still haven’t gotten over the horrific events that took place the last time I flew when my plane crashed and four people were killed, two being my best friends.”

SURVIVORS Barker was one of two survivors of the 2008 crash when a private plane he was on burst into flames during an aborted takeoff. He spent several months in hospital with injuries.

Barker said he had hoped to get to Australia by ship if need be for the tour, which starts today in Sydney, but that schedules hadn’t worked out.

“Once again, I’m sorry to all the fans,” he said.

The band, also writing on Facebook, said Barker would be replaced on the tour by Brooks Wackerman from Bad Religion and Tenacious D. “The band knew the chances of Travis overcoming his fear of flying, which was magnified after the horrible plane crash of 2008, would be a challenge, but we wanted to play for our fans in Australia nonetheless,” they said, adding that cancelling the tour had not been an option.

Beyonce and husband Jay-Z are said to be interested in Michael Jackson’s ranch

BEYONCE and Jay-Z are looking to buy Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch.

The singer and her rapper husband were given a tour of the £18.7 million ranch in Santa Barbara, California by owner Thomas Barack Jr, according to The Sun newspaper.

The famous 3,000-acre ranch - which was named after the fictitious magical island in children’s story Peter Pan was home to the late King of Pop between 1988 and 2005 and has largely been abandoned since the singer’s death in 2009.

Beyonce, 31, and Jay-Z, 43, spend most of the time in the rapper’s home state of New York with their 13-month-old daughter Blue Ivy, but also spend some months as a family in Beyonce’s hometown of Houston, Texas.

Meanwhile, Beyonce opened up about her marital life in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, telling the talk show host that she “would not be the woman I am if I did not go home to that man”.

SINGER Rihanna has launched her first clothing line with British high-street retailer River Island, adding A-list glitz to the British leg of the international fashion circuit.

The fashion credentials of the British high street have flourished in recent years as more household clothing brands inch onto the catwalks of major fashion centres.

Models strutted in a line through a tiered catwalk of five square compartments at Rihanna’s show, pausing in each to showcase midriffbearing mesh tops and yellow shift dresses.

Denim tops teamed with slouchy jeans and monochrome dresses with thighhigh slits mirrored the Barbados-born singer’s dressed-down but raunchy style.

“I loved it - it’s so Rihanna, it’s got Rihanna’s name all over it,” Los Angeles model Tolula Adeyemi said in the crowd.

Rihanna, a chart-topping R&B star, has already made a foray into fashion, teaming up with Armani Jeans in 2011.

With Britain facing the prospect of a triple-dip recession, many retailers have been forced to grapple for consumers facing income squeezes. The start of 2013 has seen a number of retail casualties, such as the demise of music retailer HMV. But fashion industry and marketing experts warn A-list credentials are not always a sure-fire strategy for long-term brand success, and the haute-couture setting of the launch could even alienate Rihanna’s target massmarket high-street audience.

Mary Ellen Muckerman, head of strategy at international brand consultancy Wolff Olins, said it was not hard for celebrities to create buzz.

“The celebrity has a builtin network to get word out and raise the profile of the collaboration very quickly, but what collaborations do struggle with is probably sustainability - how can this not just be 15 minutes of fame,” Muckerman said.

The boyish designs are Rihanna’s first with River Island, a clothing chain that traces its history on Britain’s high streets back more than 60 years and is known for its youthful clientele.

The crowd-drawing clothing line between British retailer Topshop and supermodel Kate Moss in 2007 is widely credited with initiating the burst of celebrity lines onto Britain’s high street, paving the way for Madonna and Kylie Minogue.

“Celebrity dressing drives a large part of the industry.

If celebrities are wearing it, there is confidence that you and I will want to wear those clothes as well,” said Caroline Rush, chief executive of the British Fashion Council.

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Education

British uni funding changes are ‘costly’

Reduced earnings for graduates and a higher write-off of students loan are some of the reasons for the increased economic costs, the think tank claims

CHANGES to the way British universities are funded will result in economic costs six times higher than any Government savings, new figures suggest.

The Treasury is set to reduce its expenditure by almost £1.17 billion following the changes in 2012-13, which include allowing universities to charge higher tuition fees and no longer offering teaching funding through the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), think tank million+ said.

But a report by the group has found the economic costs of the new funding system are expected to reach more than £7 billion - 6.5 times higher than the Treasury’s expected savings.

Reduced earnings for graduates, lower tax revenues from the smaller number of graduates entering the jobs market and

a higher write-off of student loans - estimated to increase to almost 40 per cent - are among the reasons for the increased economic costs, the think tank claims.

There will also be a significant inflationary impact, including an increase in the Government’s own borrowing costs as a result of higher tuition fees, million+ said.

Pam Tatlow, chief executive of million+, said: “The shift from the direct funding of universities to indirect funding via student loans has protected student numbers and, on paper, helps the Government reduce the structural deficit ... Once the total economic costs are taken into account, the jury has to be out as to whether the Government’s reforms are the most cost-effective way of funding higher education.”

Dr Gavan Conlon, from London Economics, which conducted the research, said: “It is essential for the Government to identify good value for money for the UK taxpayer.

“To do this it must compare the total costs and benefits of changes to the higher education funding system, and at the moment the costs appear to substantially outweigh the benefits.”

Students starting UK degree courses in autumn 2013 will pay just over £8,500 on average, around £120 more than those who went to university last September. A third of English institutions will charge the maximum £9,000 as standard for a degree.

Around three in four are charging the top rate for at least one of their undergraduate courses.

‘PE lessons not pushing pupils’ Teachers talking too much, having expectations that are too low in PE classes

By Alison Kershaw MANY PE lessons are failing to improve British pupils’ fitness, while not enough youngsters are playing competitive sport to a high level, inspectors have warned.

In a new report, Ofsted raised concerns that many schools are failing to push their sportiest pupils, or help those that are overweight.

It warned that in some PE lessons, there is not enough physical strenuous activity, with pupils spending too much time listening to teachers.

Overall, PE lessons are not up to scratch in around a third of primary schools and about a quarter of secondaries, the inspectorate said.

The report, based on inspections of PE in schools over the last four years, concludes that in general, the subject is “in good health”, with significant investment in the last decade.

Passed over: very few British schools had set up programmes to meet the needs of youngsters who were overweight or obese, said Ofsted in a new report But it warns that in more than a quarter of schools, PE teaching did not improve pupils’ physical fitness.

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw said that PE was part of a child’s entitlement to a good education, and that there are some areas for improvement.

“In particular, we found there of-

ten wasn’t enough physical, strenuous activity in PE lessons. Some teachers talked for too long and pupils were not provided with enough activity to enable them to learn or practise their skills.

“In many of the schools visited, the more able pupils were not challenged sufficiently because teachers’ expectations of them were too low.”

US President Barack Obama touts pre-school initiatives PASSING through the state of Georgia while on his recent State of the Union roadshow President Barack Obama turned to the topic of education, where he touted proposals to provide preschool access to all four-year-olds across America.

Obama proposed in his annual address to Congress last Tuesday that the federal government work with states to improve and broaden early childhood education to make the United States more competitive worldwide.

The White House cites evidence that investment in learning for very young children pays multiple benefits later, and his programme seeks to make progress in closing the “achievement gap” - the chasm in test scores between children who grow up in poverty and the better off.

“Education has to start at the earliest possible age,” Obama said in a speech in Georgia, a state he said has shown leadership on the issue. “We are not doing enough to give all of our kids that chance.”

Obama’s proposal involves a cost-sharing partnership of the federal government and states to ensure children from low-income and middle-income families have access to good preschools, preparing them for kindergarten.

The White House has declined to put a price on the federal cost of the initiative, saying that will appear in the president’s upcoming budget proposal.

In a number of primary schools, youngsters were subjected to PE classes with warm-ups that were too short and too easy, followed by “long periods of inactivity” while the teacher talked, the report said.

“Pupils were not challenged to warm up vigorously or build stamina and strength by participating in sustained periods of physical

activity,” it said.

“They were often prevented from exercising for extended periods because teachers interrupted their learning or took too long to introduce new tasks.”

Ofsted also suggested that the most able youngsters were taught the same lessons as their classmates, and given tasks that were “frequently too easy for them.”

And it warned that a fifth of primary schools were not making sure pupils could swim at least 25 metres by the time they left.

In secondary schools, sporty pupils were not given enough time to practise and achieve their best, the report said, and only a minority of schools played competitive sport to very high levels.

In general, “Too much teacher-talk and regular interruptions to record information and observe others performing prevented them from remaining physically active throughout lessons,” the report said.

Very few schools had set up programmes to meet the needs of youngsters who were overweight or obese, the report added.

Sir Michael said that schools with good PE lessons provided an “ever increasing range of extra-curricular and traditional activities”, helping pupils to achieve more.

But he raised concerns about competitive sport in schools.

“Our report found that only a minority of schools play competitive sport to a very high level.”

Sir Michael said he is commissioning a fresh report which will compare competitive sport in state schools to that in the private sector.

ISOP unites Paphos Schools through sports

US President Obama looks at a boy with a magnifying glass while visiting kindergarteners in Decatur, Georgia

SIXTH form primary school pupils from 11 Paphos schools had the chance to get to know each other and play football and basketball at the sports facilities of The International School of Paphos (ISOP) on January 24 and 25.

In an atmosphere of harmony and with sporting fair play in mind, the pupils were divided into eight teams of equal size and strength, so that each team consisted of children from all the participating schools.

The sporting event was initiated, hosted and organised by the International School of Paphos. It took place under the auspices of the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture and was attended by Mr Lavrentis Polykarpou, Deputy Primary Education Officer of Paphos.

Pupils from the International School of Paphos, Mesogi Primary School, the first, second, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and 13th Primary Schools of Paphos and the first and second Primary Schools of Yeroskipou participated in the event.

Following the friendly matches, commemorative certificates were handed out to all the children who had participated.

Paphos pupils had the chance to participate in sports and get to know each other

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Apple and Samsung

Former chief executive Steve Jobs brought the case against Samsung

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T WAS the late Steve Jobs’ worst nightmare.

A powerful Asian manufacturer, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, uses Google Inc’s Android software to create smartphones and tablets that closely resemble the iPhone and the iPad. Samsung starts gaining market share, hurting Apple Inc’s margins and stock price and threatening its reign as the king of cool in consumer electronics.

Jobs, of course, had an answer to all this: a “thermonuclear” legal war that would keep clones off the market.

Yet nearly two years after Apple first filed a patentinfringement lawsuit against Samsung, and six months after it won a huge legal victory over its South Korean rival, Apple’s chances of blocking the sale of Samsung products are growing dimmer by the day.

Indeed, a series of recent court rulings suggests that the smartphone patent wars are now grinding toward a stalemate, with Apple unable to show that its sales have been seriously damaged when rivals, notably Samsung, imitated its products.

That, in turn, may usher in a new phase in the complex relationship between the two dominant companies in the growing mobile computing business.

Tim Cook, Jobs’ successor as Apple chief executive, was opposed to suing Samsung in the first place, according to people with knowledge of the matter, largely because of that company’s critical role as a supplier of components

for the iPhone and the iPad. Apple bought some $8 billion worth of parts from Samsung last year, analysts estimate.

Samsung, meanwhile, has benefited immensely from the market insight it gained from the Apple relationship, and from producing smartphones and tablets that closely resemble Apple’s.

While the two companies compete fiercely in the highend smartphone business where together they control half the sales and virtually all of the profits - their strengths and weaknesses are in many ways complementary. Apple’s operations chief, Jeff Williams, told Reuters last month that Samsung was an

Jobs regarded the Galaxy Tab as a clear rip off of the iPad

For other competitors the market leaders are a formidab Poornima Gupta, Miyoung Kim and Dan Levine important partner and they had a strong relationship on the supply side, but declined to elaborate.

As their legal war winds down, it is increasingly clear that Apple and Samsung have plenty of common interests as they work to beat back other potential challengers, such as BlackBerry or Microsoft.

The contrast with other historic tech industry rivalries is stark. When Apple accused Microsoft in the 1980s of ripping off the Macintosh to create the Windows operating system, Apple’s very existence was at stake. Apple lost, the Mac became a niche product, and the company came close to extinction before Jobs returned to Apple

in late 1996 and saved it with the iPod and the iPhone.

Jobs died in October 2011.

Similarly, the internet browser wars of the late 1990s that pitted Microsoft against Netscape ended with Netscape being sold for scrap and its flagship product abandoned.

Apple and Samsung, on the other hand, are not engaged in a corporate death match so much as a multi-layered rivalry that is by turns both friendly and hard-edged.

For competitors like Nokia, BlackBerry, Sony, HTC and even Google - whose Motorola unit is expected to launch new smartphones later this year - they are a formidable duo.

The partnership piece of the Apple-Samsung relationship dates to 2005, when the Cupertino, California-based giant was looking for a stable supplier of flash memory. Apple had decided to jettison the hard disc drive in creating the iPod shuffle, iPod nano and then-upcoming iPhone, and it needed huge volumes of flash memory chips to provide storage for the devices.

The memory market in 2005 was extremely unstable, and Apple wanted to lock in a supplier that was rock-solid financially, people familiar with the relationship said.

Samsung held about 50 per cent of the NAND flash memory market at that time.

“Whoever controls flash is going to control this space in consumer electronics,” Jobs said at the time, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

The success of that deal led to Samsung supplying the crucial application processors for the iPhone and iPad. Initially, the two companies jointly developed the processors based on a design from ARM Holdings Plc, but Apple gradually took full con-

The partnership p Samsung relations when the Cupertino giant was looking fo of flash trol over development of the chip. Now Samsung merely builds the components at a Texas factory.

The companies built a close relationship that extended to the very top: in 2005, Jay Y Lee, whose grandfather founded the Samsung

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g, frenemies for life Ubiquitous: the success of the iPad was partly built on Samsung parts and in return gave Samsung a leg up Apple chief executive Tim Cook was opposed to suing Samsung because of the pair’s close relationship

Samsung’s Omnia was so badly received people posted videos of them smashing it up

ble duo reportt Group, visited Jobs’ home e in Palo Alto, California, af-h ter the two signed the flash memory deal.

The partnership gave Ap-ple and Samsung insightt s into each other’s strategies and operations. In particular, Samsung’s position as the sole supplier of iPhone processors gave it valuable data on just how big Apple thought the smartphone market was going to be.

“Having a relationship with Apple as a supplier, I am sure, helped the whole group see where the puck was going,”

iece of the Appleship dates to 2005, o, California-based or a stable supplier memory said Horace Dediu, a former analyst at Nokia who now works as a consultant and runs an influential blog. “It’s a very important advantage in this business if you know where to commit capital.”

Samsung declined to comment on its relationship with

a specific customer.

As for Apple, it reaped the benefit of Samsung’s h i t heavy investments in research and development, tooling equipment and production facilities.

Samsung spent $21 billion (23 trillion won) on capital expenditures in 2012 alone, and plans to spend a similar amount this year.

By comparison, Intel Corp spent around $11 billion in 2012, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) expects to spend $9 billion in 2013.

But component expertise, cash and good market intelligence did not assure success when Samsung launched its own foray into the smartphone market. The Omnia, a Windows-based product introduced in 2009, was so reviled that some customers hammered it to bits in public displays of dissatisfaction.

Meanwhile, Samsung publicly dismissed the iPhone’s success.

“The popularity of iPhone is a mere result of excitement caused by some (Apple) fanatics,” Samsung’s thenpresident, GS Choi, told reporters in January 2010.

P r i v a t e l y, Sam though, Samoth sung had other plans. iPhone “The iPhone’s emergence th means the t time we have to meth change our methd h i d ods has arrived,” Samsung mobile business head JK Shin told his staff in early 2010, according to an internal email filed in US court.

Later that year, Samsung launched the Galaxy S, which sported the Android operating system and had a look and feel very similar to the iPhone.

Jobs and Cook complained to top Samsung executives when they were visiting Cupertino. Apple expected, incorrectly, that Samsung would modify its design in response to the concerns, people familiar with the situation said.

Apple’s worst fears were confirmed with the early 2011 release of the Galaxy Tab, which Jobs and others regarded as a clear rip-off of the iPad. Cook, worried about the critical supplier relationship, was opposed to suing Samsung. But Jobs had run out of patience, suspecting that Samsung was counting on the supplier relationship to shield it from retribution.

Apple filed suit in April 2011, and the conflagration soon spread to courts in Europe, Asia and Australia.

When Apple won its blockbuster billion-dollar jury verdict against Samsung last August, it appeared that it might be able to achieve an outright ban on the offending products - which would have dramatically altered the smartphone competition.

But Apple has failed to convince US judges to uphold those crucial sales bans - in large part because the extraordinary profitability and market power of the iPhone made it all but impossible for Apple to show it was suffering irreparable harm.

“Samsung may have cut into Apple’s customer base somewhat, but there is no suggestion that Samsung will wipe out Apple’s customer base, or force Apple out of the business of making smartphones,” US District Judge Lucy Koh wrote. “The present case involves lost sales - not a lost ability to be a viable market participant.”

Samsung, meanwhile, came under pressure from antitrust regulators and pulled back on its effort to shut down Apple sales in Europe over a related patent dispute.

A US appeals court recently rejected Apple’s bid to fasttrack its case, meaning its hopes for a sales ban are now stuck in months-long appeals, during which time Samsung may very well release the next version of its hot-selling Galaxy phone.

The legal battles have been less poisonous to the relationship than some of the rhetoric suggests.

“People play this stuff up be-

cause it shows a kind of drama, but the business reality is that the temperature isn’t that high,” said one attorney who has observed executives from both companies.

Still, the hostilities appear to have put some dents in the partnership. Apple is likely to switch to TSMC for the building of application processors, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs, Sanford Bernstein and other firms. But analysts at Korea Investment & Securities and HMC Securities point out that Apple will not be able to eliminate Samsung as a flash supplier because it remains the dominant producer of the crucial chips.

Apple declined to comment on the details of its relationships with any one supplier.

Meanwhile, both companies are deploying strategies out of the other’s playbook as they seek to maintain and extend their lead over the pack.

Samsung has developed a cheeky, memorable TV ad that mocks Apple customers, and dramatically ramped up spending on marketing and advertising, a cornerstone of Apple’s success.

US ad spending on the Galaxy alone leaped to nearly $202 million in the first nine months of 2012, from $66.6 million in 2011, according to Kantar Media.

For its part, Apple is investing in manufacturing by helping its suppliers procure the machinery needed to build large-scale plants devoted exclusively to the company.

Apple spent about $10 billion in fiscal 2012 on capital expenditures, and it expects to spend a further $10 billion

this year. By contrast, the company spent only $4.6 billion in fiscal 2011 and $2.6 billion in fiscal 2010.

But Apple and Samsung retain very different strategies.

Apple has just one smartphone and only four product lines in total, and tries to keep variations to a bare minimum while focusing on the high end of the market.

Samsung, by contrast, has 37 phone products that are tweaked for regional tastes and run the gamut from very cheap to very expensive, according to Mirae Asset Securities. The company also makes chips, TVs, appliances and a host of other products (and its brethren in the Samsung Group sell everything from ships to insurance policies).

Apple devices are hugely popular in the United States; Samsung enjoys supremacy in developing countries like India and China. Apple keeps its core staff lean - it has only 60,000 employees worldwide - and relies on partners for manufacturing and other functions. Samsung Electronics, part of a sprawling “chaebol,” or conglomerate, that includes some 80 companies employing 369,000 people worldwide, is far more vertically integrated.

It is those differences, combined with the formidable strengths that both companies bring to the market, that may render quiet cooperation a better strategy than all-out war for some time to come.

Said Brad Silverberg, a former Microsoft executive who was involved in the Mac vs Windows wars, “Apple had learnt a lot of lessons from those days.”

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films

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

NICOSIA A Good Day to Die Hard (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 11.10am, 1.20pm and 3.30pm Upside Down (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.25, 7.50 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 5.25, 7.50 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.25pm and 3.30pm Love in the End (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in Greek) at 5.30, 8 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) (in Greek) at 5.30, 8 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 11.10am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm

Gambit (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.20pm

Short Films from the Drama Film Festival Cine Studio, tonight at 9pm. Tel: 96-420491

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

LIMASSOL

Hotel Transylvania (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends only at 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends only at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.20pm Faust (in German, with Greek subtitles) Cine Studio, Thursday and Friday at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society.

Tel: 96-420491, www.ofk.org.cy

The Impossible (12)

K-Cineplex: 7777-8383

A Good Day to Die Hard (15) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 3.30 and 5.30pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.30pm Upside Down (N/A) Rio 5 at 10pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.25, 7.50 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.30pm Love in the End (N/A) Rio 2 (in Greek) at 7.45pm, weekends also at 6pm; Rio 4 (in Greek) at 10pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in Greek) at 5.30, 8 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.25pm Argo (12) Rio 6 at 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.30 and 5.45pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45pm

Argo (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 7.45pm

Times are subject to K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.50 change, so check first and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of with cinemas before you Cyprus (Screen 3) at 10.10pm head out

Telephone no:

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

Anna Karenina (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.30 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 7.30 and 10.10pm

Rio Limassol: 25-871410 Flight (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at Rio Paphos: 26-207000 10.15pm

Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 4 (in Greek), weekends only at 2.30, 4.15 and 6pm; KCineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.20pm Finding Nemo 3D (K) Rio 2 (in Greek), weekends only at 2.30 and 4.20pm Hotel Transylvania (K) Rio 3 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 3pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.25pm, weekends only at 3.20pm Short Films from the Drama Film Festival Rialto Theatre, tonight and Thursday at 8.30pm. Tel: 7777-7745

LARNACA A Good Day to Die Hard (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.30pm

The Impossible (12) Rio 5 at 7.45pm, weekends also at 3.20 and 5.30pm; KCineplex (Screen 3) at 10.10pm

Upside Down (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.25, 7.50 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.30pm

Anna Karenina (K) Rio 3 at 7.35 and 10pm, weekends also at 5pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.30 and 10.10pm

Love in the End (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in Greek) at 5.30, 8 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.25pm

Flight (18) Rio 2 at 10pm

Argo (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45pm

Music Violin & Piano Recital Recital with pianist Nareh Arghamanyan and violinist Hyeyoon Park with works

by Beethoven, Ravel, Szymanowski and Prokofiev. February 20. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Street, Nicosia.

8.30pm. €20/15. Tel. 22-663871/ 7000-9304. info@pharosartsfoundation. org. www.pharosartsfoundation.org Alkistis Protopsalti Famous Greek singer performs live new and old songs accompanied

by George Perris. February 20.

Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia.

8.30pm. €30. Tel: 22-313010 The Zilla Project Four-piece band playing blues/rock and electrifying sounds. February 20.

Blue Bar, Classic Hotel, 94 Rigenis Str, Nicosia. 9.30pm. Tel: 22-664006

Dance Flamenco Fever Flamenco show from the Spanish Dance Group Adolfo de Castro, from the city of Cadiz. February 20.

Larnaca Municipal Theatre. 8.30pm. €20/15. Tel: 24-665795

Other Events

Theatre

Drama’s Festival Travels Screenings of awarded short films from the Drama International Short Film Festival in Greece. February 20-21. Rialto Theatre, Limassol.

8.30pm. free. Tel: 77-777745. Eticket: www.rialto.com.cy

Katsarida Pocket musical combining physical theatre with stand-up comedy. February 21. ARTos Cultural and Research Foundation, 64, Ay. Omoloyites Ave. 9pm. In Greek. €15. Tel: 99-201959

Tomorrow Music Alkistis Protopsalti Famous Greek singer performs live with new and old songs accompanied

by George Perris. February 21-22.

Lanitis Carob Mill Complex, Vasilissis Street, Limassol. 10pm. €40 including first drink. Online tickets at www. tickethour.com.cy Musica Live IV Come to see and hear more than 200 students and professional musicians on stage, performing a variety of well-known repertoire for choir, band and orchestra. February 21. Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia. 7.30pm.

Free. Tel: 22-313010

Other Events What is Radical Art: An Anarchist Perspective?

Lecture with Dr Michael Paraskos offering an alternative view of radical art, suggesting radical art offers a vision of a world outside our own. February 21.

Unesco Amphitheatre at the University of Nicosia, 46 Makedonitissas Avenue.

6.30pm. In English. Tel: 22-841500

Ongoing Other Events Drama’s Festival Travels Screenings of awarded short films from the Drama International Short Film Festival in Greece. February 19-20. Cine Studio, (University of Nicosia), 46 Makedonitissas Avenue.

9pm. Free. Tel: 96-420491

Anna Karenina (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.30 and 10.10pm Flight (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm Gambit (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.20pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.20pm Hotel Transylvania (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends only at 3.20pm

Love in the End (N/A) Rio 7 (in Greek), weekdays at 5.45, 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends at 6.15, 7.45 and 9.45pm Argo (12) Rio 4 at 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends also at 3pm The Impossible (12) Rio 5 at 7.30 and 9.45pm Anna Karenina (K) Rio 6 (in English) at 5pm (weekdays only), 7.30 and 10pm; Rio 5 (in English), weekends only at 5.15pm; Rio 4 (dubbed into Russian) at 5.15pm Flight (18) Rio 2 at 9.45pm Gambit (K) Rio 2 at 7.30pm, weekends also at 5.30pm

The Skin I Live In (in Spanish, with Greek subtitles) Larnaca Municipal Theatre, Thursday at 8.30pm, presented by the Larnaca Cinema Society.

Tel: 99-658831, 99-462903. www.lfcinema.org

Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 5 (in Greek), weekdays only at 5.30pm, weekends only at 3.30pm

PAPHOS

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

A Good Day to Die Hard (15) Rio 1 at 5.30, 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends also at 3.30pm Upside Down (N/A) Rio 3 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends also at 4pm

Finding Nemo 3D (K) Rio 7 (in Greek), weekends only at 3 and 4.30pm

Hotel Transylvania (K) Rio 6 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 3pm.

listings

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The Impossible (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.50 and 10.10pm

Gambit (K) Rio 4 at 7.45pm

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. For more information: 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 Trelantonis Stage 018 of THOC presents a classic work of Greek literature by Penelope Delta. Until February 23. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Saturday February 16 & 23 at 6pm and Every Sunday at 10.30am. In Greek. Tel: 22-864300 The Grönholm Method The New Stage of THOC presents a play by the Catalan playwright Jordi Galcerán Ferrer. Until February 23.

THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Wednesday through Saturday at 8.30pm. In Greek.

Tel: 77-772717

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 Isadora Duncan Satiriko Theatro presents a play by Thanasis Theologis based on the life of the famous dancer. Until February 24. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6.30pm. In Greek. €15/10. Tel: 22312940/22-421609 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 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

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 Theatrical comedy directed by Loris Loizides. Until March 29. Pantheon Art Cinema, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia.

Thursday and Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 70-001910

Exhibitions Mindscapes 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: 24-621109 Impressions Photo exhibition by Sergey Yastrzhembskiy. Until February 28. The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Phaneromenis Street, Nicosia. Monday-Sunday: 10am-7pm. Tel: 22-128157 Social Contract Solo painting exhibition by Avraam Christou. Until February 28. Alpha Gallery, Makarios Avenue & 3 Papanikoli Street, Nicosia. Monday-Saturday 10.30 am-1pm and 4.30pm-7.30pm.

Tel: 22-751325 /99-303366

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Photo intervention of the human form This Week Music Hugs all round

THE HUMAN form is a timeless and universal subject of art. Artists have been inspired throughout history to celebrate the human form using a variety of media and today it continues to play a key role in contemporary art practice.

On Saturday The Department of Antiquities within the framework of the exhibition anThrOPOS: Faces of Cyprus through the Ages is organising a photographic intervention by students at the Special Exhibition Hall of the Cyprus Museum.

If you haven’t already paid the anThrOPOS exhibition a visit, it’s well worth it.

Opened in May 2012 to coincide with celebrations for International Museum Day and European Night of Museums, the exhibition explores the human form as it is represented in the art of Cyprus from the Neolithic period until today, focusing specifically on depictions of the human face.

The students’ photographic interventions are inspired by the multi-layered exhibition at the Cyprus Museum, which will remain open until March 3. Here visitors will find ancient stone and terracotta heads, with an emphasis on facial features, hairstyles, headdresses as well as various other mediums of body ornamentation (jewellery, tattoos etc) as depicted through the ages. Through this variety of representations visitors are able to trace

On The Scene Other Events Clay: a forgotten medium THE Leventis Municipal Muug seum of Nicosia is organising bspecial guided tours this February entitled The Ancient Art of Clay, in the Severis and Phylactou Collections. g Clay, as a medium, has a long an’s history - in fact it’s one of man’s ng most ancient activities, dating

features which highlight the concept of personal and group identity as well as trends in face representation throughout antiquity.

However, the exhibition doesn’t end there, visitors also have a chance to explore unique photographic portraits of Cypriot villagers taken by Porphyrios Dikaios during his archaeological explorations of the island. This part of the exhibition will take visitors on a voyage through the ages from the 30s through to the 50s, in a dialogue of past and present, complemented with an audiovisual installation by Haris Epaminonda inspired by faces of the past. The artist’s 2012 project is a new addition to her ongoing work entitled ‘Chronicles’ (2010ongoing).

Using this exhibition as starting block, photography students from various Lyceums throughout Cyprus and the students of the University of Nicosia’s Fine Arts programme, offered in collaboration with the University of Hertfordshire, present their own interpretations of the contemporary Cypriot human figure and condition.

The students’ photographic works explore deeper realms than the simple traditional portrait and require the viewer to look beyond the human form to read more into the narrative of each piece.

The project visualises their perceptions

back to around 6500BC. It has been used for thousands of years to build homes - with mud bricks - and for domestic wares, ritual tokens, and decorative items. From the individual ceramic vessel to installation and performance art, clay has been widely used by some of the most innovative artists. natur clay has Ever-changing in nature, often been overlooke overlooked as a medium precise precisely for what makes it so attractive tto artists.

Unfired clay is messy, it registers every ttouch. Fired,

as to how the visual representation of the human form links everyday human existence with the passing of time. Through the students’ work visitors will see a reflection of their own unique interpretation of the ways in which contemporary political, cultural and social changes affect, shape and transform the human figure.

The students’ work will be shown in the same Special Exhibition Hall which hosts anThrOPOS: Faces of Cyprus through the Ages. The programme was developed by the Department of Antiquities’ Despo Pasia in collaboration with the Association of Photography Teachers and Evi Tselika of the Fine Arts Programme of the University of Nicosia, which is offered in collaboration with the University of Hertfordshire.

Fine Art Students Intervention at the Cyprus Museum Photographic intervention by students within the framework of the exhibition anThrOPOS: Faces of Cyprus through the Ages an exhibition that explores the human and the face. February 23, 11am until March 3. Special Exhibition Hall of the Cyprus Museum, 1 Museum Street, Nicosia.

Visiting Hours: Tuesday-Friday: 8am-4pm. Saturday: 9am-4pm. Sunday: 10am-1pm. Monday: closed. Tel: 22-865854. Email: antiquitiesdept@ da.mcw.gov.cy. Website: www.mcw.gov.cy/da

or simply left to dry, clay is subject to chance e beyond the will of the artist.

The guided tours willl ch focus on subjects such g, as the manufacturing, es, decorative techniques, he usage and styles of the amics ancient Cypriot Ceramics through the artefactss of the Collection of Leto and Costakis Severis and of the Collection of Chris Phylactou, which are exhibited in the museum.

There are three guided tours left this February, today which will be in English and on Saturday and next Wednesday which will be in

By Ledha Socratous

G Greek. Reservations are required, so make sure you reserve your place prior to attending.

The An Ancient Art of Clay, in Severis and Phylactou the Sev Collectio Collections Special guided gui tours on the ancient art of clay. Febr February 20 & 27. Leventis Museum 15-17 Hippocrates Municipal Museum, Street, Laiki Yitonia, old Nicosia. 11.3012.30. February 23 for adults 11am-12.

February 20 in English and February 23 & 27 in Greek. For families with children 8 years old, plus. Reservations are required: Tel: 22661475 or by email: info@leventismuseum. org.cy (Monday-Friday, 7.30am-3pm)

GREEK superstar Alkistis Protopsalti will bring her unforgettable stage talent to Cyprus this week in a series of concerts.

An eminent personality of the Greek music spectrum, Protopsalti has an impressive 26 albums and counting to her name (most of them gold or platinum) and has appeared in thousands of performances over a 35 plus year career. Her rare public performances have even won her accolades throughout America and Europe, particularly in France, where her theatrical presentation of her music has meant sell-out concert seasons.

Making a special appearance in Cyprus, Protopsalti will perform at the Strovolos Municipal Theatre in Nicosia tonight, before travelling to Limassol for two shows at the Lanitis Carob Mill tomorrow and Friday.

She will be accompanied by a group of musicians, five remarkable soloists who display plenty of talent and imagination, along with emerging international Greek-French singer George Perris. He has received significant attention over the last three years from artists such as Lara Fabian and composer Stephan Moccio, and sings in six languages.

The show aptly named A Hug Full of Songs brings Protopsalti and company to Cyprus to interpret her favourite songs, both from her recent and timeless discography.

The artists will unfold on stage in an explosive, dynamic and tender performance that aims to captivate and imbue audiences with a powerful Mediterranean touch. Expect a musical journey of romantic and rock moments and some surprises along the way.

Alkistis Protopsalti Famous Greek singer performs live with new and old songs accompanied by George Perris.

February 20: Stropal volos Municipal sia.

Theatre, Nicosia.

8.30pm. €30.. Tel: 22-313010 22: February 21-22: Lanitis Carob Mill silisComplex, Vasilismassol. sis Street, Limassol. ncluding 10pm. €40 including ickets first drink. E-tickets thour. at www.tickethour. com.cy

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 CYPRUS MAIL

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Television CYBC 1 06.45 08.15

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

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07.00 08.00 16.30 17.00

Kaftes Piperies (rpt) Cookery show.

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

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Apo Mera Se Mera

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Entehnos

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Local cultural show.

Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies Paizoume Kypriaka Local game show, asking questions having to do with the Cypriot dialect.

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Moiraia Fengaria

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Amateur chefs each stage a dinner party to find who will be crowned the winning host.

07.50 08.40 09.30 10.25 11.15

Kato Apo Ton Idio Ourano News In English News In Turkish Dogs 101 (rpt)

NRG Zone FILM: True Colors

Desperate Housewives

News Vimata Stin Ammo

Presidential Elections 2013 News Repeats 23.30

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Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Idiatera Yia Klamata (rpt) Akros Oikogeneiakon (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 Deligianneio Parthenagogeio (rpt) Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Local comedy series, with village setting.

17.30 17.40

Metrita Sto Lepto Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt) With News at 18.00.

Seventh season of offbeat drama. ‘I’ll Swallow Poison on Sunday’. Bree asks Gabrielle to discipline her children during their stay at her house, while Tom hires Lynette and Renee to redecorate his office.

Susan continues to nurse Paul back to health, and discovers that Felicia has been released from prison.

New season of local period drama, based on true events.

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A principled lawyer witnesses the fall from grace of his former college room-mate.

Political drama, starring John Cusack and James Spader. 1991.

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

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NRG Zone Kids’ TV Euromaxx Kati Psinetai (rpt)

A guide to different types and breeds of dog featuring expert opinions from trainers, groomers and vets.

Current affairs show.

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ANTENNA

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Tin Patisa (rpt) Niose Me News Vals Me 12 Theous Ekeino To Kalokairi Oikonomahies News Sports News Ola Bahalo Fetos Yia Tin Anna (rpt) Erotas Kleftis (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

MEGA 06.00 06.30 07.00 10.00

Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Retire Nea Mera Proino Mou Lifestyle programme features entertainment, music and more.

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

SIGMA 07.00 08.20 10.30 11.20 12.00 14.30 15.20 17.15

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Enimerosi Tora Greek Sereis TBA Eheis Meson

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Current affairs show.

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Yia Sena

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Latin American telenovela.

Local talk-show.

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News Master Chef

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Greek reality competition show where amateur chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges.

20.20 21.20

Oi Vasiliades News Klemmena Oneira Greek drama series.

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

Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites News UEFA Champions League

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Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of Mila (rpt)

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Discussions about various issues based on a woman’s life.

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Nistikoi Praktores (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Classic Cartoons To Kleidi Fotis - Maria Live Mila Exelixeis Sti Showbiz The Closer

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Sixth season. ‘The Big Bang’. The team investigates the death of a man who is murdered while taking photographs of the stars from his balcony.

The main suspect is the woman with whom he was having an affair, but the case becomes complicated when the murder weapon cannot be found.

Live coverage of round of 16, between AC Milan and Barcelona.

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Enoha Mystika Local drama series.

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

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

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Vathi Kokkino Greek drama series.

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CAPITAL 08.30 09.00 09.35 10.00 11.00 11.30 12.30 13.20 15.30 16.15 16.45 17.30 18.15 19.15 19.50 20.05 21.00

The plights and tangled lives of three friends, one of whom attempts suicide. Drama. starring Deidre Hall. 1993.

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FILM: Intoxicating A doctor’s life spirals out of control as he plunges deeper and deeper into cocaine addiction. Drama, starring Kirk Harris. 2004.

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

LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

FILM: Frequency A firefighter communicates with his son 30 years in the future - a move that saves him from impending death but leads to new tragedy. Sci-fi thriller, with Dennis Quaid. 2000.

Nistikoi Praktores (rpt)

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Magikos Kosmos S’ Agapo (rpt) Akti Oneiron (rpt) Ston Asterismo Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Igeia & Zou (rpt) Milagros Kids’ TV Top Models S’ Agapo Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Pacific Blue News Sports News Epi Topou FILM: Woman On The Ledge

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FILM: Letters From A Killer Thriller, starring Patrick Swayze. 1998.

Gone (Novacinema1, 01.30)

01:10 The Weakest Link 01:55 Little Britain Christmas Special 2006 02:25 EastEnders 02:55 Doctors 03:25 As Time Goes By 03:55 32 Brinkburn Street 04:40 Getting On 05:10 Little Britain Christmas Special 2006 05:40 Fawlty Towers 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Little Robots 07:10 Nina and the Neurons 07:25 Gigglebiz 07:40 Forget Me Not Farm 07:55 Me Too! 08:15 Little Robots 08:25 Nina and the Neurons 08:40 Gigglebiz 08:55 Me Too! 09:15 Fawlty Towers 09:45 Twenty Twelve 10:15 The Weakest Link 11:00 EastEnders 11:30 Doctors 12:00 New Tricks 12:50 As Time Goes By 13:20 32 Brinkburn Street 14:05 Twenty Twelve 14:35 Fawlty Towers 15:05 The Weakest Link 15:50 EastEnders 16:20 Doctors 16:50 New Tricks 17:40 32 Brinkburn Street 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Casualty 21:00 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 21:30 Little Britain Christmas Special 2006 22:00 Outcasts 22:50 One Foot In The Grave 23:20 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:05 Waking The Dead 00:55 Taking the Flak

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 Fast N’ Loud 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 Gold Rush 22:00 Gold Divers 23:00 Jungle Gold 00:00 Deadliest Catch 01:00 Swords: Life On The Line 01:55 Gold Divers 03:50 Jungle Gold 04:50 Deadliest Catch 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Biathlon: World Championship Czech Republic 11:00 Cross Country Skiing: World Cup Switzerland 11:30

Cross Country Skiing: World Championship 12:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Germany 13:30 Cross Country Skiing: World Championship 14:45 Biathlon: World Championship Czech Republic 16:15 Ski Jumping: World Cup Germany 17:30 Snooker: Welsh Open Un. Kingdom 19:00 Cross Country Skiing: World Championship 20:45 Biathlon: World Championship Czech Republic 21:30 All Sports: Campus 22:00 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 22:05 Equestrian: Fei World Cup France 23:05 Equestrian Sports: Riders Club 23:10 Golf: U.S. P.G.A. Tour Nothern Trust Open Usa 00:10 Golf: The European Tour Africa Open 00:40 Golf: Golf Club 00:45 Sailing: Yacht Club 00:50 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 00:55 Snooker: Welsh Open Un. Kingdom

01:25 The Girl Next Door 03:15 The

Vanishing 05:40 Desperate Housewives 06:25 Bones 07:10 Melissa & Joey 07:35 Last Man Standing 08:00 The Listener 08:50 Masterchef 09:40 Desperate Housewives 10:25 Bones 11:10 Melissa & Joey 11:35 Last Man Standing 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy 12:50 Private Practice 13:40 Grey’s Anatomy 14:30 Masterchef 15:20 Desperate Housewives 16:05 Bones 16:50 Melissa & Joey 17:15 Last Man Standing 17:40 Grey’s Anatomy 18:30 Tough Love Miami 19:20 Desperate Housewives 20:10 Bones 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy 21:50 Private Practice 22:40 Melissa & Joey 23:05 Scrubs 23:30 Grey’s Anatomy 00:20 Private Practice 01:10 Bones 02:00 Desperate Housewives 02:45 Melissa & Joey 03:10 Scrubs 03:35 Friends With Benefits 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 04:50 Tough Love Miami

07:30 Indian, The 09:15 Heist 11:15 Flypaper 13:00 My Afternoons With Margueritte 14:45 Father Hood 16:30 Dead Calm 18:15 Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, The 20:00 Ltv Sports News 21:00 Going The Distance 23:00 Beautiful (2009) 00:45 Hustler Tv 02:50 Grind House: Planet Terror 04:40 Serious Man, A 06:30 Ltv Sports News 07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super He-

19:05 Hanna 21:00 Ghost Rider 23:00 Person Of Interest - 23:50 Scream 4 01:40 Adult Zone

roes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 2011 Figure Skating Championships 19:00 2011 American Le Mans Series 20:00 2011 World’s Strongest Man 21:00 La Liga World 21:30 Planet Speed 22:00 World Football Rivalries 23:00 Uca/ Uda College Cheerleading Championships 00:00 La Liga Review 201213 01:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 03:00 World Football Rivalries 04:00 E-60 05:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13

07:15 According To Jim 08:00 Big Bang Theory The 08:30 Mentalist The 09:15 Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 10:05 Friends 10:35 Two And A Half Men 11:25 Closer, The 12:10 Harry’s Law 13:00 Supernatural 13:45 According To Jim 14:35 Mentalist The 15:20

Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 16:10 Friends 16:35 Gossip Girl 17:20 Fringe 19:00 Supernatural 19:45 According To Jim 20:30 Eastbound & Down 21:00 Hawai Five 22:30 C.S.I. Miam 23:15 Bones 00:05 Running With Scissors 02:05 Leaves Of Grass 03:50 Friends 04:15 Gossip Girl 05:00 Fringe 06:30 Supernatural

08:15 Beetle Juice 10:00 Stand By Me 11:30 Action Zone 12:00 Shelter 14:00 Road, The 16:15 Midnight In Paris 18:00 Expendables, The (2010) 20:00 Easy A 22:00 Being Human 00:05 Daring! Tv 04:05 All Good Things 06:00

19:00 Blue Crush 2 21:00 Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life 23:10 Bounce 01:05 The

Adjustment Bureau

Solitary Man 01:00 Golf Central International 01:30 05:35 Le Divorce 07:35 Old School 09:05 Cine News 09:30 Christmas Magic 11:00 Hollywood 1on1 11:30 La Chance De Ma Vie 13:05 The Tempest 15:00 Pay It Forward 17:10 Cine News 18:00 $5 A Day 19:45 Action Zone 20:20 Chicken With Plums 22:00 Operation: Endgame 23:40 A Little Bit Of Heaven 01:30 Gone 03:05 The Veteran 04:45 Strange Crime

06:15 Retreat 09:35 Nisos 2: To Kinigi Tou Xamenou Thisavrou 11:25 What A Way To Go 13:15 Green Card 15:05 Films And Stars 15:40 The Romantics 19:40 The Game 22:00 Love And Other Impossible Pursuits 23:50 Bad Teacher

Phuket Asia Pacific Ironman Championships 2013 02:30 Sea Master 03:00 Nhl: San Jose Sharks At St. Louis Blues 05:30 Nhl: Los Angeles Kings At Edmonton Oilers 07:30 Morning Drive 08:30 Golfnow - San Diego 09:00 Golf Central International 09:30 The Golf Fix 10:00 Feherty - Ian Poulter 10:30 Nhl: San Jose Sharks At St. Louis Blues 13:00 Lucas Oil On The Edge Powri Midgets, We Rock Shootout 13:30 Wrecked Accidents Happen 14:00 Sports Unlimited 15:00 Super Bowl Highlights: Iii: New York Jets V Baltimore 15:30 Super Bowl Highlights: Iv: Kansas City V Minnesota 16:00 America’s Game: 1968 New York Jets 17:00 Phuket Asia Pacific Ironman Championships 2013 18:00 Pre Game 18:45 Championship 2012-13: Aep Vs Alkh 20:45 Post Game 21:30 Stigmiotipa

By Preston Wilder

Being Human (LTV3, 22.00) Important Note: not the cult BBC show about a werewolf, a ghost and a vampire trying to live together like human beings, but something even stranger - a portmanteau film with five stories spanning 6000 years (!), telling the entire story of humanity from prehistoric times to the present day (or at least the mid-90s). Robin Williams, in restrained mode, is our hero(es), five different men named Hector - a caveman, a Roman slave, a mediaeval traveller, a 17thcentury aristocrat and a New York dad - but the real star is Scottish director Bill Forsyth, whose trademark is a wry philosophical wit (unsurprisingly, he hasn’t made many movies). Motifs recur, the absurdity of life

is revealed again and again - and the film is a genuine oddity, defiantly uncommercial yet soulful and even profound. “A mid-life crisis of a movie,” reckons the Time Out Film Guide, which is true - but “singular and fascinating,” which is even truer. Made in 1994.

Operation: Endgame (Novacinema1, 22.00) “Miles beneath the streets of Los Angeles lies the heavily fortified headquarters of ‘The Factory’, an elite espionage cell unacknowledged by the US government”. If just reading that synopsis made your heart beat a little faster, then congratulations: you’re either Love Is boy or the audience for this action aWhat 14-year-old

movie (or both) - though in fact appearances deceive, because it’s more of an action comedy. There are indeed many spies, with lethal fight skills and Tarot-derived nicknames like ‘The Hermit’ and ‘Judgement’, but you also get people like Rob Corddry (the angry bald comic who often plays the hero’s friend in romcoms) and Zach Galifianakis of Hangover fame - and the plot is played for laughs, albeit spiced with strong violence and foul language (making it inappropriate for 14-year-old boys, at least officially). A rogue agent has killed the main spy, and now everyone’s out to kill everybody else; there are jokes, sardonic banter, “violent uses for office supplies” and a general air of outrageousness. Not for all tastes; made in 2010.

Operation: Endgame

Kypriakou Podosferou 21:45 Nhl: Los Angeles Kings At Edmonton Oilers 23:00 Lucas Oil On The Edge Powri Midgets, We Rock Shootout 23:30 Wrecked Accidents Happen 24:00 Sports Unlimited

06:00 Only Hits 08:00 MTV Disaster Date 09:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 10:00 Only Hits 11:00 Pure Local 12:00 MTV VHI Pop up Video 13:00 MTV Made 14:00 MTV Big Time Rush 14:30 MTV Victorious 15:00 MTV Daria 16:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 17:00 MTV Pimp My Ride 18:00 S7S Lockdown Top10 18:30 Only Hits 19:00 MTV VHI Pop up Video 20:00 MTV Movies & Stars 21:00 MTV True Life 22:00 McCafé Music Project 22:30 MTV Snooki & SWOWW 23:00 MTV Teen Mom 4 00:00 MTV Jersey Shore 01:00 Only Hits

07:00 It Happened At The World’s Fair 08:45 The Secret Partner 10:15 The Omega Man 11:50 Double Trouble 13:20 Tribute to a Bad Man 14:55 At The Circus 16:25 Summer Holiday 17:55 Somebody Up There Likes Me 19:49 The Prize22:00 It! 23:40 Quo Vadis 02:25 Clock, The 03:55 Little Women 05:55 Across The Wide Missouri

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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.

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6 Is such a diet less stiff? (6-7) 8 Doctor Cameron’s love-affair (7) 9 Boy shortly at the rockface (5) 10 Being somewhat more thick-skinned in relating to morals (5) 12 Refuse to go in here (7) 13 Freedom of wandering tribe during second half of July (7) 15 Erect camouflage in Mediterranean island (5) 16 It is essential that Valerie retains sexappeal (5) 17 Compunction concerning the code (7) 19 Is this how sailors train? (5,3,5)

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CRYPTIC: Across – 5 Cask; 7 Pave the way; 8 Escudo; 10 Marmot; 11 Bard; 12 Backside; 14 Addendum; 16 Coal; 17 Slap-up; 19 Topper; 21 Registered; 22 Esse. Down – 1 Épée; 2 Fecund; 3 Throbbed; 4 Swim; 5 Cyprus; 6 Second mate; 9 Scandalous; 13 Comatose; 15 Empire; 16 Capped; 18 Page; 20 Ryde.

QUICK: Across – 5 Doge; 7 Inadequate; 8 Fiesta; 10 Harrow; 11 Oban; 12 Transfix; 14 Acquired; 16 Tied; 17 Slip-up; 19 Typist; 21 Impersonal; 22 Dyed. Down – 1 Tiff; 2 Odds-on; 3 Squatter; 4 Bath; 5 Débris; 6 Gloominess; 9 Imbecility; 13 Auditory; 15 Unpaid; 16 Tiptop; 18 Pope; 20 Told.

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

The Sun is in an exact conjunction with Neptune. This is when two planets are side by side. Neptune has been a huge influence on the heavens this month, and this may have seen you look for greater escapism from life’s harsh realities, or seen you incredibly kindly and generous. A good cause can once again benefit from your altruism, Aries.

If you find yourself talking to anyone about property, business, investment or savings, do seek second opinions.

Someone may not intentionally mislead you, but something may get said which is inaccurate. It may be a good idea to include an experienced friend. Their viewpoint can prove to be really helpful, and bring a different perspective.

If you are thinking about getting yourself a new abode, the proverbial thought of “roses around the door” could come up. Now, that might not be exactly what you want, but it’s an idealised view for some people, and whether you aspire to this or something swankier or funkier, your hopes can rise. Just be clear about affordability on this and any DIY scheme.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

Idealistic friends can be particularly inspirational. People who are interested in social causes, the environment, cooperative activities, can all be really encouraging to you.

The trick is not to expect every situation to dovetail this.

Also, be aware that some friends may seem to fall short of the higher standards that you would like to reach.

Some very subtle but potent influences can affect your relationships now. If you are lucky to have caring and sensitive people in your world, there can be even greater simpatico between yourselves. If this type of response is not the norm, you could yearn for it. Certainly if you meet anyone new, reserve judgement until you get to know them a little better.

People may be becoming more receptive to your muses.

And this can be especially so if you like to write your own blog, or help out with a local community newsletter. But as much as your mode of communicating can take on greater magic, the potential for self deception is also high.

In short, don’t kid yourself about what is real, be factual.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

It is vital to stay totally clear minded about any professional hopes. Yet what you can do is be tremendously creative.

However, if you are looking for financial support on a small business, just having good ideas is not really the issue.

You need to have compelling evidence that your idea will work practically. Try not to take any shortcuts.

You might find yourself doing someone a good turn now, but this should be only if you feel that this is appropriate.

Someone you encounter may put something of a guilt trip on you in order to get you to do what they want. If a boss or colleague pours on the praise big time, be wary. This is also a time when your body can be more sensitive to toxins.

There is a unique duality to your sign. On one hand you can be progressive, whilst on the other adhere to traditional approaches too. This is a time when you can embrace the former, especially around any hopes to improve your income. Yet you don’t always feel comfortable meshing with the reality of this. Be careful if so, as influences are currently foggy.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

You can continue to find yourself thinking about ways to enliven your existence. Certainly engaging with the arts, film, exhibitions and travel can all be marvellous ways to do this. Your senses can be transformed by such experiences, simply because you can absorb so much of what you see and hear. The more exotic, the better, Cancer.

You can be incredibly perceptive at this time, or incredibly confused. If you are someone with flair and artistic talent, this is certainly a time to shine. Yet if you are unsure as to how to raise your profile, any uncertainty can drain you.

In love, a time of very special connections is possible, but sadly equally, someone may prove totally unreliable.

If you love to create, draw, paint, write or play music, this can be a time when you are especially productive. You can channel all sorts of ideas incredibly well. All this can be excellent for starting a new project which helps you to express the full range of your abilities. Yet the everyday grind may seem a whole lot less edifying than usual Pisces.

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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. ****************************

SERVICES MOLLY is sweet, polite and very gentle. Aged around 2 years old, she is a Pinscher cross, small sized and will do best in a quiet home. She is good with other dogs. A bit scared/shy around children and prefers peace, quiet and cuddles. 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. ****************************

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**************************** SWIFT SERVICE AND REPAIRS air-cons, commercial and domestic fridges and freezers, ice machines, cool rooms, supply and fit air-cons VRV S. Call Nik on 99579602 Limassol **************************** PROFESSIONAL UPHOLSTERY CLEANING, also carpets, rugs and mattresses.

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**************************** FOR SALE white wedding dress with veil, modern line, designed by famous Cypriot fashion designer. For information call Joanna 99597797

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NAYIA, a female dog around one year. Very friendly with children and other dogs.

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FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND DOG GROOMING BUSINESS FOR SALE Well established client base for 7 years. Willing to train if needs require.

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**************************** 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.

FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES TOYOTA IQ 2009. Automatic 1ltre. White pearl, 33.000km.

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Any inspection welcome. €7950 ono. Tel: 99680747 ***************************** BLACK HONDA CBR1100XX SUPERBLACKBIRD registered new in June 2011 as new condition with 12000 km. Any inspection welcome. €6950. Call Philip 99680747 ***************************** 2004 PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO, tiptronic, seats & carpets etc like new due to one owner, no children, 108000km, metallic gold color. New tyres. Price: 27 000.00. Got to be seen to be appreciated.Call 99494450 ***************************** NISSAN JUKE FOR SALE - owner emigrating, 1 year old, metallic grey, 7 yr guarantee from Nissan.

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PROPERTY TO LET NICOSIA ***************************** 2 BEDROOM FURNISHED FLAT in Ayios Andreas, Nicosia, very quiet area, covered parking ,storage, heating ,a/c rent €390pm. 3 bedroom flat in Nicosia centre opposite Disy offices Pindarou Str, 1 very big veranda, extra room, split units, fireplace, fitted kitchen with all electrical appliance, covered parking.

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MENT, in a small quiet building. Excellent condition, very spacious, furnished end air conditioned. Very good location between Strovolos and Engomi. Close to The European University, supermarkets and all amenities. Covered parking. Rent €450/m Please call 99695382 ***************************** 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.

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garage, housekeeper’s room, study room, en-suite bathroom – master bedroom, walk in closet, Jacuzzi, c/h, a/c, and fireplace. Rent €5.000pm. Call 99609239 or 99424106. ***************************** 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 Makarios Avenue. €480pm. Tel 99444336 ***************************** STROVOLOS 4 bdrm., house, c/h, a/c from €1000 now €800, Mak/ssa f/f house,

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

ances in the kitchen,3 covered parking spaces, roof garden access, in a quiet neighbourhood on Mon Parnas hill – Engomi €800 (photos in the website).

3. 2 bedr fully renovated semi detached house 120 sq. m, a/c for hot and cold, small yard, FULLY FURNSIHED or not, double glazed windows with aluminum shutters, in a quiet area off Nikis behind Burger King - ACROPOLIS €600 (H2ACS0001-R), (photos in the website).

4. 3 bedr luxury semi-detached house with character, 200sq.m, central heating, full ac, sitting and dining room with fireplace, big kitchen with cooker and oven, dishwasher and refrigerator, nice mature garden with flowers, trees

and small garden with grass, covered parking, 3wc, 2 bathrooms in a quiet neighbourhood. Available middle of January. Agios Andreas - €1200 - H3AAD0001-R (photos on website).

5. 3 bedr luxury 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).

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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 swim-

ming 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 system, in a quiet area, Archangelos – €1100 (H3AR0003-R) (photos in the website)

13. 3 bedr ground floor house with big separate 80sq,m room with shower and wc for multi use, central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, 2 shower,1 bathroom, fully furnished, small garden, bbq area, parking, on a small building in a very quiet area near Agios Vasilios church. Strovolos - €900 - H4ST10028-R (photos on website).

14. 3 bedr +office space +attic room +separate big maid’s/ playroom in the basement semi detached house, recently renovated with big sitting and dining areas with marble floor, big kitchen with cooker and oven and family room, central heating, 3 bathrooms, 4 wc, 6 a/c units, covered parking, behind Hilton Park near the park – Engomi €1700 (H4ENG0003-R), (photos in the website) 15. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/ shower, sitting room upstairs, attic room with shower and wc, office space/maid’s room with shower and wc, central heating, full AC,450sq.m, big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with sitting area and fitted cooker and oven, 6wc, 2 covered parking, yard with tiles and SWIMMING POOL, bbq area in a very quiet neighbourhood near CYBC ( RIK) station and near a neighborhood park – Platy Aglantzias €2500 (H4AGZ0005R),(photos in the website) For many more properties with photos visit our web-

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

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

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2 bedr penthouse apartment,100sq.m + 80sq.m veranda with flowers and bbq, big sitting and dining room with big 60” TV, storage heaters, full a/v, 2 wc, en suite bathroom/jacuzzi, roman blinds, cooker, oven, microwave, washing machine

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and refrigerator in the kitchen, covered parking, near Metro supermarket – Aglantzia €600 (photos in the website).

4. 2 bedr luxury ground floor apartment with central heating-independent, full a/c, structure cabling internet and satellite network, FULLY MODERN EXPENSIVE FURNISHED, with 46”LCD TV, covered parking, double glazed windows, aluminum shutters, on Pericleous street near Klimataria traffic lights – Strovolos €650 (A2ST10054-R) (photos in the website) 5. 4 bedr new spacious luxury finished floor apartment with floor heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds on all windows, very big 50sq.m covered veranda, fireplace, covered parking and big over floor heated covered swimming pool on the ground floor, on a small 3 storey building in a quiet neighbourhood near a playground and near Ippokration private hospital –Engomi €1500 (A4ENG0003-R) (photos in the website) 6. 2 bedr new luxury apartment, modern nicely furnished, storage heaters, 2 a/c, 100sq.m, big covered verandah with nice view, covered parking off Digenis Akritas street near Debenhams shop, walking distance to the centre. PRICE INCLUDES COMMON EXPENSES. – Lykavitos €450 (A1LYK0020-R) (photos in the website) 7.

1 bedr cozy luxury apar tment,60sq.m,parquet

floor, nicely furnished ,all fitted electrical appliances(cooker, oven, microwave, washing machine, dishwasher, fridge),roman blinds, provisions for home cinema, big covered verandah, storage heaters, 2 a/c ,covered parking in Dasoupolis near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital. – Dasoupoli €500 (A1DAS0009-R) (photos in the website) 8. 2 bedr spacious renovated apartment 100sq.m with separate big kitchen, air condition for hot and cold in all the rooms, covered veranda, nicely newly fully furnished , off Kyriakou Matsi street very close to the centre on foot– Agioi Omologites €550 (A2AOM0003-R) (photos in the website) 9. New top quality 2 bedr apartment, 93sq.m+20sq.m veranda, on a small modern building with 6 flats only.

Central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 2wc, fully fitted kitchen with all the electrical appliances, water pressure system roller blinds and shutters on windows, big sitting and dining room, big bedrooms, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet neibourhood near Akropolis park. AVAILABLE middle of February – Acropolis €800 A2ACS0002-R (photos in the website) .

10. 2 bedr luxury spacious apartment, 85sq.m, big sitting room, big fully equipped kitchen, nicely modern furnished, storage heaters, full a/c, big

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bedrooms, covered veranda with nice view,covered parking, off Prodromou streeet. – Engomi €600 (A2ENG0017-R) (photos in the website) 11. 2 bedr luxury spacious apartment on a small modern building with central heating independent(with petrol), full a/c, solid parquet floor, big bedrooms, big sitting room with open plan kitchen, big covered veranda, FULLY MODERN FURNISHED, covered parking off Makarios Avenue in a quiet area near the centre - Nicosia €800 (A2NIC0030-R) (photos in the website) 12. New top quality 2 bedr apartment, 93sq.m+20sq.m veranda, on a small modern building with 6 flats only.

Central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 2wc, fully fitted kitchen with all the electrical appliances, water pressure system roller blinds and shutters on windows, big sitting and dining room, big bedrooms, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet

neighbourhood near Akropolis park. AVAILABLE middle of February.– Acropolis €800 (A2ACS0002-R)(photos in the website) 13. 3 bedr luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, parquet floor, big sitting and dining area, big covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, blinds, shutters in the bedrooms, big kitchen with all expensive electrical appliances, off Makarios avenue near the centre – Nicosia Centre- € 800 – A3NIC0025-R (photos on website).

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

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3 bedrs luxury penthouse,165sq.m+80sq.m verandah with bbq, central heating ind, full AC, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, solid parquet floor all the flat, big kitchen with dining area, fully MODERN FURNISHED, covered parking off Athalassa Avenue near Stephanis Electrinics and English school – Stovolos €800 (A3ST10013-R) (photos in the website) 16. New luxury finished 4 bed PENTHOUSE apartment in a small modern building, 186sq. m+90sq.m big veranda with nice view, separate floor heating, fully air conditioned, 4wc, 2 en suite bedrooms with shower,1 bathroom, solid parquet floor all through, big sitting and dining areas with electric modern shutters opening to the veranda, fully equipped kitchen with expensive electrical appliances, 2 parking places (1 covered), in a very quiet neighborhood ,near the Russian Embassy. AVAILABLE END OF MARCH –Engomi €1900 (A4ENG0005-R)

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***************************** 3 BEDROOM charming bungalow in Agios Tychonas, 900 sq m plot, 180 covered area, central heating, a/c units in all areas, open fireplace, ensuite master bedroom, alarm system, mosquito nets, very private and quiet area. Mature garden, lawn, swimming pool 4,50 x 9 m. Price: €1600 negotiable. Tel 99417253. ***************************** GROUND FLOOR house 3 bedroom, furnished, area Agios Nectarios, Limassol.

Private parking. Price €550. Tel 25752987 or 96535495 ***************************** TRADITIONAL VILLAGE STONE HOUSE IN APESHIA. Very quiet village, 20mins from Limassol. Road to heritage school/Troodos. 2 bedrooms, office available top floor with veranda great view of mountains. Small courtyard with trees. Electric solar water. A/C-toilet in main bedroom. Semi/full furnished.

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

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

LIMASSOL ***************************** INDEPENDENT 4 BEDROOM HOUSE, 3 upstairs, 1downstairs with w/c-shower suitable for maid. 220sqm in a plot of 400sq.m. with 3w/c a/c units, 2 covered parking, and a big yard, near Foley’s Grammar Limassol. Price €800. Tel 99400462or 99129084.

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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

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Sport Avid golfer Obama plays with Tiger Woods for the first time US president tells star: ‘You’re fun to watch’

By Steve Holland US PRESIDENT Barack Obama saw firsthand how golf is played at the highest level, teeing off with Tiger Woods, the world’s No. 2 golfer who is rebuilding a once-squeaky clean image tarnished by a messy 2010 divorce.

Obama, an avid weekend golfer, and Woods, who won his 75th title last month, played together for the first time at the exclusive Floridian Yacht and Golf Club, which was surrounded by a cordon of security.

“It’s good to see you play well again,” Obama told Woods, according to GolfDigest.com.

Less than a month after starting his second term, Obama was on a three-day golf getaway in Florida, while his wife, Michelle, and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, are skiing in Colorado. Over the weekend, he received instructional tips from Woods’ former swing coach, Butch Harmon.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama and Woods were joined on the course by US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Jim Crane, the resort owner who also owns the Houston Astros baseball team.

Tim Rosaforte, a Golf Channel analyst and Golf Digest writer, broke the news,

Barack Obama and Tiger Woods, who won his 75th title last month, played together at the exclusive Floridian Yacht and Golf Club, which was surrounded by a cordon of security tweeting that Woods holed out from a greenside sand bunker on the first hole.

“Historic day in golf. Their first round,” Rosaforte said.

There was no word on how Obama played.

Harmon, according to GolfDigest.com, said he saw the interaction between Woods and Obama on the range before teeing off. Obama congratulated Woods on winning the Farmers Insurance Open last month.

“The president said to Tiger, ‘The last tournament you played was fun to watch.

It’s good to see you play well again’,” Harmon said.

The White House resisted appeals from reporters to allow the travelling press pool onto the grounds of the resort in order to record some part of the Woods-Obama round.

Previous presidents have allowed some press access of presidential golf rounds.

The White House refusal prompted a protest from the White House Correspondents Association.

“Speaking on behalf of the White House Correspondents Association, I can say a broad cross section of our members from print, radio, online and TV have expressed extreme frustration to me about hav-

ing absolutely no access to the president of the United States this entire weekend,” said WHCA President Ed Henry, a Fox News correspondent. “There is a very simple but important principle we will continue to fight for today and in the days ahead: transparency.”

The White House said in response that the press access granted was “entirely consistent with the press access offered for previous presidential golf outings” and consistent with the access promised prior to Obama’s arrival in Florida.

Woods, who usually steers

clear of politics, is the topranked American golfer and second in the world. He lives about an hour’s drive south of the Floridian club in Jupiter, Florida.

Woods’ image was tarnished after his extra-marital affairs with other women came to light in 2009. He and his thenwife Elin Nordegren divorced the following year.

Like many of his predecessors, Obama has escaped the pressures of the Oval Office by taking to the golf course.

He has played more than 100 rounds of golf as president and typically tees it up with a group of close-knit friends.

LA Lakers owner Jerry Buss dies

By Ronald Grover

Showtime: Jerry Buss (second left) poses with former Lakers Girl, actress and singer Paula Abdul, former Lakers player Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson and rapper Snoop Dogg

JERRY Buss, who parlayed a $1,000 real estate investment into ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers, winning 10 National Basketball Association championships and making the team one of the most glamorous in American sports, died on Monday at 80, the team said on its official website.

Buss, who matched superstar players with brilliant coaches and savvy executives, had been hospitalised recently for cancer. The official cause of death was kidney failure, said Lakers spokesman John Black.

Buss had been hospitalised much of the past 18 months and had not been to a Lakers game this season.

“We not only have lost our cherished father but a beloved man of our community and a person respected by the world basketball community,” a statement released on behalf of the Buss family said.

NBA Commissioner David Stern said the

NBA had “lost a visionary owner whose influence on our league is incalculable and will be felt for decades to come”.

Buss bought the Lakers in 1979 and under his ownership they became the second most valuable professional basketball team behind the New York Knicks, worth an estimated $1 billion, according to Forbes magazine.

They won league championships during their ‘Showtime’ era in 1980s and early ’90s with teams that featured some of the game’s marquee names, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson. The team had more dominant years in the late 1990s through 2004 with superstars Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal.

In addition to winning championships with all-star players, the flashy Showtime teams transcended sport. Live music, dancers and a festive atmosphere made the games like a party and celebrities such as Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Dyan Cannon and Denzel Washington were regulars.

IN BRIEF Australia swim team ‘toxic’ AUSTRALIA’S Olympic swimmers existed within a “toxic” team culture that led to bullying and misuse of prescription drugs, a report has found.

The review was ordered by the sport’s governing body after Australia’s swimmers saw their worst Olympic performance in two decades last year.

It found standards and discipline were “too loose”, and incidents of “intimidation” were not addressed.

There was a “dire need” for stronger leadership, the report found.

Australia’s swimmers won just one gold medal at London 2012, far short of previous medal hauls at other recent Olympics.

The most significant issue, the report found, was a “quietly growing lack of focus on people across the board”.

Management appeared unprepared to tackle the absence of success, it said, leaving swimmers feeling “undefended, alone, alienated”.

“Swimmers described these games as the ‘Lonely Olympics’ and the ‘Individual Olympics’,” the report said, adding that the lack of cohesion meant that poor behaviour went unchecked.

“Some individual incidents of unkindness, peer intimidation, hazing and just ‘bad form’ as a team member that were escalated to personal coaches were not addressed,” it said.

S.Africa get ranking bonus SOUTH Africa are set to pocket $450,000 after they guaranteed the number one position in the ICC Test Championship beyond the April 1 cut-off date for prize money to be awarded in 2013.

The Proteas’ four-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second Test at Newlands on Sunday means they now cannot be caught at the top of the rankings by nearest rivals England, who are in New Zealand, or Australia, who are touring India.

The prize money is a significant increase from previous years, when $175 000 was given the teams topping the Test or oneday international championship table.

The battle for second, third and fourth is still alive with 13 points separating second-ranked England from fifth-ranked India.

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Ivanovic through in Dubai, Robson, Stephens bow out

Lancaster not writing off France

By Duncan Bech ENGLAND coach Stuart Lancaster insists the obituary of French rugby is being written far too hastily as the RBS 6 Nations rivals experience contrasting fortunes ahead of Saturday’s clash at Twickenham.

While an elusive Grand Slam is the target for an England side that has recorded three successive, high-quality victories, France have once more been reduced to a rabble.

Defeats to Italy and Wales have seen the pretournament favourites record their worst start to a Six Nations with coach Philippe Saint-Andre under attack over selection and tactics.

In his defence, Saint-Andre has complained that the continual influx of overseas players into the financiallylucrative Top 14 is now having repercussions for the national team.

Player release from the all-powerful French clubs also works against SaintAndre, who must cast envious glances at the agreement struck by the Rugby Football Union and Aviva Premiership.

‘I have the game but haven’t been consistent’

By Matt Smith FORMER French Open champion Ana Ivanovic beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3 7-6 in the first round of the Dubai tennis championships while US teenager Sloane Stephens was eliminated in three sets to cap a miserable debut trip to the Gulf.

Ivanovic’s career has dipped since she won the French title in 2008, sinking from number one in the world rankings to 13th, and she was far from flawless on the floodlit Dubai court.

“I really want to, you know, break into the top 10 again,” the Serb said. “I feel I have the game, but I just haven’t been consistent enough, especially against the top players.”

Ivanovic broke for a second time to go 4-1 up in the first set, a fierce cross-court return earning a break point she converted after Pavlyuchenkova thumped a forehand into the net.

The 25-year-old blamed her second set slump on a troubled shoulder.

“I have been struggling for weeks now,” Ivanovic said. “I was kind of afraid to hit the ball because it was getting a bit sore, but I was just so happy to win in two (sets) so I can regenerate more and try

to be ready for the next one.”

Stephens, who suffered a second-round exit in last week’s Qatar Open, was beaten 5-7 6-3 6-2 by Romania’s Sorana Cirstea and the world number 16 said she had found it tough going in her first trip to the Gulf.

“It’s two tournaments in a place I have never been before, a very different situation for me,” Stephens said.

“Some days you’re going to be on court and it’s not just going to turn out the way you want.”

The 19-year-old, who defeated newly installed world number one Serena Williams on the way to reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open in January, started confidently in front of a sparse Dubai crowd.

She broke in the first set to take a 5-4 lead, but then showed her inexperience, serving a double-fault on set point to allow Cirstea to make it 5-5. The world’s topranked teenager immediately broke again as she went on to claim the first set.

Cirstea fought back by taking five straight games to square the match in the second set and then won the last set in 33 minutes as the young American’s serve collapsed, losing five of six service games.

Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putint-

seva came out on top in an all-teenage battle, defeating Britain’s Laura Robson 6-4 2-6 7-6.

Putintseva, 18, fought back after dropping her serve to win the first set, before the British number two squared the match following another wayward backhand from the stocky Kazakh.

The final set lasted as long as the first two combined.

Putintseva bludgeoned her way to a double break and a 5-2 lead to allow her to serve for the match.

Robson, despondent, slumped in her chair, but her body language proved misleading as the 19-year-old reeled off the next two games to love, before breaking again to go 6-5 ahead.

Still, her Kazakh rival was uncowed, holding to love as the world number 101 eventually prevailed in the tiebreak.

“It just wasn’t my day - I either went for too much or too little,” a downbeat Robson told reporters afterwards, revealing she had been suffering from a chest infection all year.

Top seeds Williams and Victoria Azarenka, the world number one and two, are not due on court until today. Azarenka beat the 15-time Grand Slam winner in Sunday’s Qatar Open final.

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Formula One viewing figures down, says Ecclestone

By Alan Baldwin

Figures also dipped in Germany, reflecting Sebastian Vettel’s slow start before he seized a third straight title

A SIGNIFICANT drop in Chinese viewers pushed down Formula One’s global television audience last year, according to figures compiled by the sport’s commercial rights holder.

“The majority of our established markets brought larger audiences throughout 2012 than they delivered in 2011,” Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said in a foreword to the 2012 global broadcast report.

“A small handful of territories didn’t meet expectations in terms of reach, with the Chinese market suffering a decrease which could not be absorbed by a significant number of increases elsewhere,” added the 82-yearold.

“Overall, the audience remains at well over half a billion viewers globally.”

The Chinese audience is one of the youngest, with more than 10 per cent of all viewers under the age of 16 and a quarter under 25.

However, the report said

scheduling clashes with other events, particularly in the latter part of the year, made a “significant dent” in both audiences and the level of coverage offered.

A total of 229 hours was broadcast in 2012 in China, compared to 322 in 2011, which led to the overall reach dropping to 48.89 million viewers - about four per cent of the Chinese population from a previous 74.5 million.

The report said that while Formula One lagged sports such as NBA basketball, which have become ‘ingrained’ in Chinese sports culture, it remained comparable with the majority of European sports despite the decreased audience.

The 2012 report did not give a precise figure for the global audience, which was 515 million in 2011. Television coverage of the sport was aired in 185 territories with 110 broadcast partners.

Brazil was the sport’s largest market by both reach and average audience with 85.55 million people in total tuning in to watch the record 20 races.

The 2012 figures represented an increase of almost 10 per cent on 2011 in Brazil, which hosted the season-ending and title-deciding race.

Spain and Italy also showed improved figures, reflecting Fernando Alonso’s title challenge with Ferrari, as did France but they fell in Britain where coverage was shared for the first time by free-toair BBC and subscription only Sky. Reach in Britain over the season fell from 32 to 28.58 million but the country had the most coverage with Sky broadcasting all sessions live.

Audiences fell slightly in Russia, which will have a race for the first time next year in Winter Olympic host city Sochi, and the United States which returned to the calendar in 2012 with a new race in Austin, Texas.

Figures also dipped in Germany, reflecting Sebastian Vettel’s slow start to the season before he picked up pace and seized a third successive title with Red Bull, and Japan.

The 2013 season starts in Australia on March 17.

But while Lancaster refuses to reassess the strength of France on the basis of two losses, he insists the English model is starting to produce results.

“It’s a bit early to say that France are suffering. There’s no doubt they have a very strong club programme and their club teams are very good,” he said.

“It’s far too early on the back of two games to say France aren’t a good side.

They beat Australia 33-6 in the autumn and Australia then beat us.

“While we’ll take something out of their first two Six Nations games, we’ll also take something out of those autumn internationals and make sure we’re ready for them.

“If you go through the players who will play against us and when you see them in their club colours they are good, experienced, tough, big, physical players. So it ain’t going to be easy.

“But the club-country agreement and the English Qualified Players scheme we have are both really positive initiatives.

“They were brought in when I started in 2008 and I think we’re seeing the fruits of that coming through now, particularly the English Qualified Player scheme.

“We’ve got a majority of English-based players in the Premiership which is critical for me. We have key English players playing in key positions like fly-half.

“The quality of the younger players coming through now is also the highest I’ve known it.”

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Nani the star but Jones injury casts shadow over United win

Ameobi inspired by Sir Bobby enthusiasm

Red Devils through to FA Cup quarter-finals

By Damian Spellman

By Simon Stone PHIL Jones left Old Trafford on crutches on Monday night to cast a shadow over Manchester United’s 2-1 FA Cup win over Reading.

Second-half goals from Nani and Javier Hernandez provided enough insurance for United to repel a Reading revival after Jobi McAnuff gave them hope.

But the loss of Jones, who hurt his ankle in the first half after a tackle with McAnuff, is a blow given the England man did such a superb job keeping Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo quiet in the first leg of the Champions League tie at the Bernabeu last week.

“We’ll have to assess it,” said United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

“It’s an ankle injury obviously so I’d imagine he’ll not be ready for Saturday anyway.

“But we’ll see what he’s like after that.”

Saturday’s trip to QPR is the least of Ferguson’s worries, though, with the obvious requirement now for Jones to be patched up for that Real rematch at Old Trafford on March 5, which will now be followed by an FA Cup quarter-final against either Chelsea or Middlesbrough.

Man of the match: Portuguese winger Nani (left) stirred a below-par Manchester United into life with a goal and an assist And Ferguson might even have an unexpected selection dilemma given Nani’s introduction for Jones sparked United into life after they had faded following a decent opening.

Nani has been a peripheral figure this term, starting just ten games and only one in the Premier League since the end of September.

It has widely been assumed the Portugal international would be leaving Old Trafford in the summer, when Wilfried Zaha is due to arrive

from Crystal Palace.

Yet he remains the most explosive of United’s widemen.

And Ferguson sensed he might have a big impact against Reading.

“He’s got great talent, we know that,” said Ferguson.

“I had a feeling he would win the game for us. You could see he was right on form the moment he came on.

“He had two great strikes immediately and was a threat to them the whole night.

“It’s a good addition. If he keeps that form it makes my job more difficult now.”

Nani’s opener broke some stubborn Reading resistance, which threatened to earn them a replay.

Javier Hernandez seemed to take the game away from them completely with his 15th goal of the season shortly afterwards, only for McAnuff to pull one back which ensured a few nervy moments at the end before United were able to take another stride forward in their

Treble quest.

“The last ten minutes were a bit scary,” said Ferguson.

“Some of the football was fantastic and we could have scored a lot of goals. In that way I’m satisfied.

“We didn’t want a replay though and in fairness, we dug in and defended the long throw-ins and the balls into the box.

“You cannot get any better than a home tie in the cup. It doesn’t matter who we play, at Old Trafford we have got a chance.”

Controversial Di Canio quits Swindon over ‘broken promises’

Drama has never been far away from the Italian during a colourful career that began with Lazio nearly 30 years ago

THE confusion over the future of Swindon has cost them their manager after Paolo Di Canio walked away from his job on Monday night.

Drama has never been far away from the Italian during a colourful career that began with Lazio nearly 30 years ago, and he wrote another chapter of his story when he released a statement saying he had resigned from his post.

The 44-year-old, who guided the Robins to promotion in his first season in charge last term, has grown increasingly tetchy about the boardroom goingson at the County Ground and decided enough was enough.

Town have been the subject of a takeover bid for some time and Di Canio, who claimed to have first

tendered his resignation last Tuesday, had pledged to stay if the deal was ratified by the Football League by 5pm on Monday.

No transaction was confirmed, though, and the former West Ham striker issued a statement through his agent, Phil Spencer, confirming he had quit.

One of Di Canio’s bugbears was the sale of Matt Ritchie to Bournemouth without his consent, a move indicative of the simmering tensions in Wiltshire.

Di Canio’s success in the dugout has shocked some, with a number of observers considering him too hotheaded to manage a team.

As a player he courted controversy by pushing referee Paul Alcock to the ground while at Sheffield Wednesday, while he also had a number of discipli-

nary issues when at Celtic.

He joined Celtic in 1996 after an 11-year spell in his homeland where he struggled to establish himself with the likes of Lazio, his boyhood team, and AC Milan.

He left Wednesday for West Ham where he became a legend in the eyes of the Hammers fans, scoring one of the Premier League’s most memorable goals against Wimbledon.

After parting company with the Hammers he went to Charlton, before an emotional return to Lazio, although his time there was stained by his support of fascist movements and his association with the club’s Ultras.

He retired from playing in 2008 and leaves Swindon sixth in League One, three points off the top.

SHOLA Ameobi will take the spirit of Sir Bobby Robson with him as Newcastle attempt to keep their Europa League dream alive in Ukraine.

The Magpies will face Metalist Kharkiv tomorrow evening still bristling at the two goals Papiss Cisse had controversially disallowed in a 0-0 first leg draw at St James’ Park last week.

However, they will do so with 31-year-old Ameobi having encountered just this kind of challenge a decade ago.

On February 18, 2003, then manager Robson celebrated his 70th birthday - he would have been 80 on Monday - watching the gangling frontman he later described as his “lanky Bambi” score twice in a 3-1 Champions League victory at Bayer Leverkusen after successive defeats by Inter Milan and Barcelona.

And that will fuel Ameobi ten years on.

Ameobi said: “Listen, I take him everywhere with me. He is what made me who I am today. He encapsulates everything football means to me.

“His enthusiasm for the game was imparted on me, and he would have loved that, going over there and proving a point, so hopefully we can do that as a team.”

The Magpies ultimately missed out on a place in the Champions League quarter-finals back in 2003 after drawing at Inter Milan but losing to Barca on Tyneside.

However, this time around, their fate will be decided on the night with a score draw enough for them to progress to the last 16, but any victory for Metalist sufficient to send the Ukrainians through.

Ameobi said: “We are excited. We are not behind in the tie, which is good. They haven’t scored an away goal. That could prove decisive for us.

“Personally, this is a big tournament. It’s a European competition and we want to get as far as we can.

“The manager takes this seriously and so do we as players.”

A special evening to celebrate the life of Robson took place in Gateshead on Monday night, attended by his family, celebrities and famous footballers.

The charity night featured a number of performers including Mark Knopfler, Joe McElderry, Paul Whitehouse and Alistair McGowan.

There were also many famous names from the world of football, including Stuart Pearce, Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas and Newcastle manager Alan Pardew.

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Champions League Pedro the key to Barca’s hopes

Will you miss me? Mario Balotelli, AC Milan’s only marquee signing this season, is cup-tied against Barca, leaving the seven-time European champions a pale shadow of their former selves. Four-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi (inset) looks unstoppable for the Catalan giants

Milan left dwelling on the past ahead of Barcelona showdown

By Brian Homewood AC Milan have been left dwelling on the past as they prepare to host Barcelona in a Champions League last16 first leg tie tonight when Lionel Messi will try to score for the Catalans for the 15th match in a row.

The Italians were forced to hold a firesale of their top players to try and balance the books at the end of last season, with striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and defender Thiago Silva among those to leave.

Alexandre Pato has also left since Milan were eliminated by the same opponents in the quarter-finals just under a year ago.

Mario Balotelli, their only

Messi aiming to score for 15th straight match marquee signing this season, is cup-tied against Barca, leaving the seventime European champions a pale shadow of their former selves.

Milan seem to have struggled to come to terms with their new reality - a reflection of the difficulties facing Serie A where clubs can no longer compete with the financial clout of other top European leagues.

At times Milan have been happy to play the role of underdogs, with president Silvio Berlusconi and coach Massimiliano Allegri emphasising they are now a young team building for a finan-

cially sustainable future.

But there was none of that talk on their website in the build up to the match as the club preferred to hark back to their past record.

“A great European city and a fabulous stadium are ready to host the game of the year,” it said proudly, casting a veil over Milan’s current situation.

“Certain stadiums bring out a certain atmosphere especially when it comes to European fixtures. MilanBarcelona is the match between one of the most successful clubs in the world and currently the best club in the world.”

Things have certainly changed since Milan outclassed Barcelona 4-0 in the 1994 final.

The Italians have won only one of ten meetings since then, a 1-0 win at the San Siro in 2004, and none of the last seven.

The teams have twice met in the knockout stages with Barcelona winning 3-1 on aggregate in last season’s quarter-finals and 1-0 on aggregate in the 2005/06 semifinal on their way to winning the title.

Without Balotelli, who has scored four goals in three games since his move from Manchester City, Milan’s

hopes of reversing that sequence would appear to be minimal despite an impressive domestic run which has seen them climb to third in Serie A. Four-time World Player of the Year Messi looks unstoppable for Barcelona.

Midfielder Xavi is back in the Barcelona squad after missing the last two games but David Villa will not make the trip as he is still recovering from kidney stones.

Striker Pedro churned out the usual platitudes when he faced the Spanish media on Monday.

“Milan has always been difficult,” he said. “They have titles and a great history. It will be difficult, as it always is. They are always dangerous.”

High hopes for Drogba and Sneijder at Galatasaray

By Daren Butler

Didier Drogba is congratulated by Wesley Sneijder after scoring five minutes into his Galatasaray debut on Friday

GALATASARAY will be fired up by the arrival of Didier Drogba, last year’s Champions League hero, and Dutch playmaker Wesley Sneijder when they host struggling Schalke tonight.

Drogba, who took the winning penalty for Chelsea in last season’s final, scored with a header five minutes into his Galatasaray debut on Friday, whetting the appetite of the 2000 UEFA Cup champions ahead of the last 16 first-leg match.

The Istanbul club’s confidence is running high after they won that game 2-1 against Akhisar Belediyespor, strengthening their lead at the top of the first division.

“It gave us a morale boost ahead of the Schalke game,” said Galatasaray manager Fatih Terim.

Speaking after Friday’s victory, Terim said the club’s new arrivals had integrated rapidly as Galatasaray attempt to become the first Turkish side to reach the last eight since Fenerbahce five years ago.

“When he is fit, Drogba has the ability both to keep the ball for us up front and to lead the team. When you add Sneijder to that, we will perform much better.”

Terim added that Drogba, 34, would need some time to get fully fit given that his season with the Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua ended in November, despite having helped Ivory Coast reach the quarter-finals of the African Nations Cup. Drogba scored the equalising goal for Chelsea as they drew 1-1 with Bayern in last year’s final before netting the decisive penalty. He moved to Shanghai Shenhua after that but cut short his stay in China amid reports of unpaid wages.

Drogba’s new team-mate Sneijder signed a contract with Galatasaray last month after leaving Inter Milan.

The 28-year-old helped inspire Inter to a Champions League, Serie A and Italian Cup treble in 2010 before helping the Netherlands finish World Cup runners-up. He struggled to maintain that success and was caught up in a contract dispute at Inter this season after failing to renegotiate his deal.

IF you were walking down Las Ramblas in Barcelona on a sunny day, it would no doubt be Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta that caught your eye as you strolled past the caricatures and the mime artists.

Yet while they dazzle, Pedro Rodriguez is the sort of guy that has the flight of hands to have your wallet away without you even noticing.

This could be the prospect AC Milan face tonight, in the hotly-anticipated Champions League Last 16 fixture between the two, at the San Siro.

When Phillipe Mexes and company are rightly drawn to the headlights of Messi and Iniesta, in the shadows, Pedro could once again be the key to another big match victory for La Blaugrana The 25-year-old is well-acquainted with a big occasion. In his first full season with the first team (2009/10) he became the first player to score a goal in each six club competitions in not just one season, but one calendar year too.

Among those goals were one in the Spanish Super Cup vs.

Athletic Bilbao, the winner in the UEFA Super Cup - in extra time against Shakhtar Donetsk - and one in the World Club Cup semi-final against Atlante FC. He also scored on his El Clasico debut that season - a 2-0 win over Real Madrid - and against Inter Milan too, as the Italians knocked Barca out of the Champions League at the semi-final stage.

Since that season, Pedro has continued to demonstrate that he has the head for the big occasion. Goals against both Real Madrid and Manchester United, in the semi-final and then the final, played more than their part in La Blaugrana’s 2011 Champions League success.

It was also his double that helped his side to a comfortable 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final last season.

In this period he has also become a World and European Champion with his country, always involved heavily throughout the tournaments and seemingly a favourite of Vicente Del Bosque.

And yet despite all these big-game goals hardly precipitating rarities, Pedro is not enjoying his most explosive season to date.

Since the turn of the year though, his form is looking to peak towards the business end of the season - four goals in 2013 are testament to that - and but for the woodwork, it would be many more already.

When Barca rotate he’s invariably among those rested.

Expected to start on the right of a front three tonight, if Milan focus too much on Messi and Iniesta then Pedro Rodriguez Ledesma could once again be primed to do the damage from the shadows.

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By Brian Homewood GOAL-LINE technology will be used at the 2014 World Cup and two more systems could be considered in addition to the existing pair, football world governing body FIFA said yesterday.

Two systems, Hawkeye and Goalref, have so far been licensed by FIFA and both were used at last year’s World Club Cup in Japan, one in each of the two stadiums, where goal-line technology was employed for the first time.

FIFA said a third system, developed in Germany, had already passed examinations and that the providers were in licensing discussions. A fourth system, also German, has also been tested with the results due this week.

FIFA confirmed goal-line technology was “successful” at the World Club Cup, although there were no incidents where it had to be used.

It intends to install goalline technology at all 12 venues at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Goal-line technology providers had been invited to join an inspection visit to the six Confederations Cup venues in March. Those venues will all be staging matches at the following year’s World Cup. The use of goal-line technology, to help match officials in cases where it is not immediately clear if the ball has entered the goal, was approved by football’s rulemaking body, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), last year.

The use of goal-line technology had previously been rejected by FIFA, which performed a U-turn following the controversy over Frank Lampard’s disallowed goal for England in the 2010 World Cup match against Germany.

Replays clearly showed that the ball had crossed the line after bouncing down off the underside of the crossbar, but match officials did not award the goal. Germany, 2-1 ahead at the time, went on to win 4-1.

However, goal-line technology is not favoured by European football’s governing body UEFA, which instead prefers to employ two extra linesmen, one on each goal line.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has already said that extra linesmen are unlikely to be used at the World Cup. Many critics think that football should go further and allow the use of video replays to help referees make decisions concerning offside, handball and fouls.

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Classy Bayern are in command at Arsenal There’s no redemption for Gunners after FA exit Arsenal 1 Bayern Munich 3

By Jim van Wijk

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AYERN Munich produced a European masterclass to take a commanding 3-1 lead over Arsenal after the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash at the Emirates Stadium last night.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had yesterday hit out at critics of him and his side following their FA Cup exit at home to Blackburn, but there was to be no redemption as the Germans were superior in every department.

An early strike from midfielder Toni Kroos handed the Bundesliga leaders a crucial away goal, which was doubled when Thomas Muller stabbed home from close range.

Arsenal, with England forward Theo Walcott initially deployed as central striker, rallied briefly in the second half after they reduced the arrears with a header from Lukas Podolski against his former club.

However, after substitute Olivier Giroud fired a great chance straight at Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer from point-blank range, the Germans cut through the home side again on 77 minutes as Mario Mandzukic scrambled in a third to effectively end

Bayern’s Thomas Muller scores their second goal the contest, and almost certainly Arsenal’s last faint hope of ending an eight-season trophy drought.

Walcott’s deployment as a central striker looked a sound tactical switch by Wenger as the England forward quickly got behind the Bayern defence, with Santi Cazorla also making good headway down the right.

However, the high-octane atmosphere from the home support fell flat as Bayern grabbed a crucial away goal on seven minutes.

Muller’s cross from the right was not dealt with and Kroos crashed the ball off the turf and past Wojciech Szczesny from 18 yards.

Bayern continued to spray

the ball across midfield, this time Franck Ribery picking out captain Philip Lahm on the overlap down the right, his cross put behind.

From the resulting corner, it was 2-0 and looked game over after just 21 minutes.

Daniel van Buyten’s header at the near post was parried by Szczesny, and Muller stabbed the ball straight back into the net from close range.

Arsenal were in danger of being overrun, with few cool heads as first Bacary Sagna and then Mikel Arteta were shown yellow cards for clumsy challenges.

The Gunners suddenly sparked into life on 55 minutes when Podolski, who had

(AFP) a disappointing three-season spell at Bayern, headed in Jack Wilshere’s right-wing corner at the far post after goalkeeper Manuel Neuer who had conceded just once in eight matches - decided to stay on his line.

Bayern felt aggrieved at the award of the corner in the first place, as the ball looked to have deflected behind off the Arsenal striker.

The Germans, though, were soon back on the offensive as Kroos’ angled, 20-yard drive was tipped over by Szczesny.

With 20 minutes left, Wenger produced a double switch as Olivier Giroud replaced Podolski and Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky came on for Aaron Ramsey.

The France striker’s first touch was to turn Walcott’s superb right-wing cross goalwards, but unfortunately it was straight at Neuer.

It proved a crucial miss as Bayern scrambled in a tieclinching third goal on 77 minutes.

Robben sidestepped Vermaelen before releasing Lahm on the overlap down the right.

His cross flew through the six-yard box, where Mandzukic got ahead of Sagna, the ball looping up off the Bayern striker’s shin, over the goalkeeper and into the net.

Szczesny did well to recover and push away a deflected shot from Luiz Gustavo, but the damage had already been done.

Moutinho steals show as Porto beat first timers Malaga JOAO Moutinho (right) grabbed the only goal and put on a midfield masterclass as twice former winners Porto scored a 1-0 win over Malaga in their Champions League last-16 first leg last night.

Porto enjoyed most of the possession against the visitors but had to wait until the second half to break the deadlock.

Brazilian left back Alex Sandro slid a pinpoint pass into the area that Moutinho coolly side-footed in after 56 minutes.

Replays showed Moutinho was offside but the goal was given despite strong

Porto 1 Malaga 0 appeals from the Malaga players.

Champions League debutants Malaga defended resolutely in the first half but were innocuous up front with Roque Santa Cruz and Julio Baptista kept quiet by Porto’s back four.

The coaches, Porto’s Vitor Pereira and Malaga’s Manuel Pellegrini, said they expected plenty of attacking football but, in the first half at least, the show

fell short of expectations.

In the second period Moutinho, 26, showed just why he is so coveted

by Europe’s big-spending teams.

With a battery of scouts in the stands, he dictated the pace of play, recovered dozens of lost balls and also found the energy to show up in the box.

“Losing is never a good thing but losing 1-0 is the best we could have hoped for,” Malaga defender Martin Demichelis told the Spanish television broadcaster TVE. “It was a shame we came up against fantastic opponents who

knew how to pressure us and controlled the ball well.

“We couldn’t be the team we usually are but we’ll give it our all in Malaga and try to put them under the same kind of pressure in the second leg. We definitely have a chance to turn it around.”