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Flurry of activity for new cabinet

England nation of ‘secret boozers’

By John von Radowitz ENGLAND is a nation of secret boozers, with more than a third of the population drinking unhealthy quantities of alcohol, new research suggests.

The finding, which also uncovers high levels of binge drinking, is based on the discrepancy between alcohol sales and the amount people say they drink in surveys.

International studies show that self-reported alcohol consumption only accounts for between 40 and 60 per cent of sales.

After taking this into account, an estimated 44 per cent of men and 31 per cent of women in England were found to be drinking more than the Royal College of Physicians’ safety guidelines for weekly alcohol consumption.

The RCP recommends limits of 21 units of alcohol a week for men and 14 for women.

A unit of alcohol is roughly equivalent to half a pint of ordinary strength beer, or nearly one small glass of wine.

Comings and goings all day at DISY’s Nicosia HQ to decide new government

By Stefanos Evripidou

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FTER A full day of comings and goings by politicians and businessmen to the DISY offices in Nicosia yesterday, President-elect Nicos Anastasiades said that by today, the names of his new cabinet would be announced.

Speaking after a number of meetings with potential cabinet members, Anastasiades said that consultations with other parties to form a government of national unity had gone well.

The President-elect, who will be sworn in by parliament tomorrow, making him the 7th President of the Cyprus Republic, said he was in constant dialogue with DIKO, EVROKO and the Greens. “And I must say I’m fully satisfied with the consultations so far,” he added.

“I believe that through the convergence of positions on important matters, we can form a government that can address the major national issues of our country,” he said.

Anastasiades spoke with EDEK leader Yiannakis Omirou, who supported Giorgos Lillikas in the elections, and was told that the socialist party would take a positive approach to the new government without wishing to participate in it.

The President-elect added that an announcement on the new cabinet would be made today at the latest.

The rumour mill went into overdrive yesterday as known political and business figures walked in and out of the DISY headquarters on Pindarou Street throughout the day.

Former attorney-general Alecos Markides was one of the last to be seen by reporters in the evening but said he was there to offer his opinion as a legal expert in relation to a number of bills prepared

by Anastasiades and his campaign team that the President-elect wanted to submit to parliament.

Markides said he was not going there to discuss being a Cyprus problem negotiator or to discuss any

political appointment with Anastasiades.

Former defence minister Socrates Hasikos made two visits, with his name reportedly connected with the interior ministry, though DIKO’s former interior and health minister Christos Patsalides has also been linked to the post, as has Andreas Christodoulou from the Land Registry.

Former head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KEVE) Manthos Mavrommatis - tipped to take the post of the sought after commerce ministryalso paid a visit to DISY HQ but the name of current KEVE chairman Phidias Pilides was the one bandied about as a possible commerce minister last night.

Anastasiades also held court for DIKO leader and coalition partner Marios Garoyian, EVROKO leader Demetris Syllouris, Greens leader Ioanna Panayiotou, and DISY MPs Christos Stylianides and Tasos Mitsopoulos.

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Green Party leader Ioanna Panayiotou on her way into the DISY offices. She said later she was offered the post of new Environment Commissioner (Christos Theodorides)

Lead researcher Sadie Boniface, from University College London, said: “Currently we don’t know who consumes almost half of all the alcohol sold in England. This study was conducted to show what alcohol consumption would look like when all of what is sold is accounted for, if everyone under-reported equally.

“The results are putative, but they show that this gap between what is seen in the surveys and sales potentially has enormous implications for public health in England.”

The missing alcohol intake increases the prevalence of unhealthy weekly drinking by 15 per cent in men and 11 per cent in women.

Three-quarters of the population were said to be drinking more than the limits for daily consumption recommended by the Department of Health. These are set at four units a day for men and three for women.

After factoring in underreporting, the study also suggests that around half of all English men and women can be classified as binge drinkers.

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ON THIS DAY FEBRUARY 27 1922

25 years ago Saturday February 27, 1988

The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, providing for female suffrage, is unanimously declared constitutional by the Supreme Court.

Israel’s ambassador to Britain Yehuda Anver defended his country’s army yesterday and said a televised beating by Israeli soldiers was an aberration. British television showed four soldiers beating young Arabs in the West Bank kicking them as they crouched on the ground and pounding them with rocks.

1933 The Reichstag, seat of the German parliament, is destroyed in a fire, giving the Nazis a convenient pretext for repression.

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Sioux Native Americans seize and hold Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, demanding a US Senate investigation of Native American problems.

1999 In Nigeria, a general election takes place, ending fifteen years of military rule.

2003 Architect Daniel Libeskind wins the competition to design the former World Trade Centre site.

35 years ago Monday February 27, 1978 The preliminary inquiry opened in the Nicosia district court yesterday into charges against two young Arabs accused of the premeditated killing of Egyptian Yussef el Sebai in the Cyprus Hilton nine days ago. It was the killing of Sebai that led to Egypt sending commandos to Larnaca to try to free 11 hostages held on board a Cyprus Airways plane by two gunmen. Fifteen commandos lost their lives in a clash with Cyprus security forces.

45 years ago Tuesday February 27, 1968 The US appeared to be reconciled to a tougher war in Vietnam, including another troop build-up, in spite of mounting new pressures from Senate doves. There are strong indications that public opinion is being prepared for a sizeable troop reinforcement in Vietnam.

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Customs officers suspected of involvement in drugs ring

By Peter Stevenson THE DRUG squad believe they have broken up a drugring after two customs officials, aged 58 and 53 were arrested on Monday afternoon, police said yesterday. The arrests came after German authorities were tipped off

by Dutch authorities and found more than 12 kilos of cannabis at a courier’s in Frankfurt, on February 2, destined for Cyprus. The drugs would have a street value going on €400,000 on the island.

According to drug squad spokesman, Stelios Sergides, INTERPOL and EUROPOL both contacted the drug

squad in their attempts to locate the responsible parties.

After investigations were carried out, warrants were issued for the two men who were arrested on Monday, although a third suspect, a 34-year-old is still on the loose.

Sergides revealed that the 58-year-old injured himself while he was being held and is now in Limassol General Hospital for observation.

The 53-year-old was remanded for eight days by Limassol District Court yesterday.

Sergides revealed that local police and police from the British Bases were searching for the 34-year-old as he is believed to live in the Trachoni region of Limassol which

falls under Sovereign Base Area police jurisdiction. The man’s name has also been placed on the stop list.

In another drug-related story, Sergides told the Mail that a 34-year-old Greek-Cypriot contract soldier was arrested at Rome Airport on Monday afternoon after Italian Authorities found 15 kilos of cocaine in his baggage.

The man was returning to Cyprus via Rome from Brazil. “The case is now in the hands of the Italian authorities,” Sergides said.

“We are in contact with them and if any information comes out about any recipients of the drugs or accomplices we will be informed and will proceed in making the necessary arrests,” he concluded.

‘This new road will kill off our business’ Paphos traders say plan for Tombs of the Kings area too old and outdated to work

By Bejay Browne BUSINESS owners in Paphos who are protesting against a 26-year-old plan to build a four-lane road say the idea is outdated and has not taken account of changes to the surrounding infrastructure.

Michalis Michael, chairman of the Union of Tourist Businesses for the Tombs of the Kings Road said: “This dual carriageway was initially designed in 1987. The surrounding area was nothing like it is now - there were hardly any buildings then. You can’t put a four-lane dual carriageway with double yellow lines each side and a four-metre wide central reservation here, it will kill the area.”

A meeting to discuss the issue will be held at O’Neil’s bar

on the Tombs of the Kings Road at 3pm today. Concerned parties are being invited to attend.

“We will hear people’s problems over the proposed building of the new road and address their different needs. On Thursday we will meet with the mayor of Paphos and other officials,” said Michael.

Local businesses, say they are fed up with their complaints falling on deaf ears and will demonstrate indefinitely against the planned new road by closing it at 11am every Saturday for half an hour.

Michael, who has operated a car-hire shop in the area for the past 15 years said the businesses want wide pavements created on both sides of the road if the plan is to go ahead.

They also want room for pedestrians to walk and sit.

Businessmen say the road plans were drawn up in 1987 and since then the look of the whole area has changed Tombs of the Kings Road is not like Paphos harbour which is a natural attraction and draws hundreds of tourists at a time, he said. “A new selling point for the area must be created, one which will encourage people to want to spend quality time here. It needs to be pedestrian friendly” Despite the protests, the government, contractors and Paphos municipality recently signed the agreements for the project to go ahead.

“Who will want to sit outside a restaurant and eat next to a busy four lane road? We also don’t want a division in the centre of the road, we need parking and lighting and to upgrade the area,” said Michael.

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road is a prime spot - situated close to the Paphos coast and home to many of the town’s hotels and tourist complexes; in its heyday the area was buzzing with life. These days, pockets of well kept frontages are still proving popular with locals and visitors but a growing number of properties lie empty and unkempt.

“Local authorities and town planning gave businesses licences and they have gone on to invest in apartments and shops. The area has changed so much since the road was designed. Nobody will want to stay in a hotel with a view of a dual carriageway. It will also divide the area in two,” said Michael.

He said the road would effectively carve up the area

with some businesses and residents being situated between the new road and the sea, and the less fortunate would be ‘trapped’ between the four lane road and Paphos town causing their property prices to depreciate.

Last Saturday protestors again blocked the road saying that their demands were being ignored. They believe the widening of the busy tourist hub will also hamper tourists trying to cross the busy road and make deliveries to shops almost impossible.

One shop owner said: “These plans were drawn up years ago and the area has changed so much since then. Something needs to be done to invigorate the area and I don’t think a dual carriageway is the an-

swer.” Local resident Liz Carmichael, 53, said: “I agree that something needs to be done to tidy up the area; it’s very shabby as it is. I think making this road a four-lane dual carriageway will ensure any character which is left here will be wiped out. The road will be busy with through traffic and I think it’s a waste of money.”

After last weekend’s demonstration, Paphos Mayor Savvas Vergas tried to reassure the protestors.

“I understand that the shop owners’ interests are affected but they will realise its positive effects when the project is completed,” he said.

The proposed dual carriageway will eventually form part of a ring road around the town.

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By Poly Pantelides

THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked Cyprus to take action implementing an animal welfare directive effective from January 1 this year stating among others that sows must be kept in groups during part of their pregnancy.

The Commission issued a formal notice last week, asking Cyprus to “submit its observations on an identified problem regarding the application of EU law within a given time limit”. Cyprus has two months to respond.

Despite the 11-year-notice and funding available via the EU agricultural development scheme,

Cyprus has failed to take timely action to enable pig farmers make the move from keeping pregnant sows in individual gestation stalls, to keeping them in group pens so they can move around freely during their pregnancy.

Town planning rules pose an additional problem because most pig farms need to expand to meet regulations although there is no space for them to grow. Most pig farms stand on the outskirts of Nicosia but town planning licences introduced in the 1990s have made effective enclaves of the pig farms, now surrounded by other agricultural and farming zones as well as residential areas.

And grain prices – accounting for

about a third of pig farmers’ costs – have surged this year.

Animal welfare campaigners have long argued that sows suffer psychologically and physically from being separated from other animals.

But many pig farms in Cyprus had not adapted to the directive by 2011, was the latest data the veterinary services would make available.

The Commission may give Cyprus another two-month deadline in a reasoned opinion, a later step where the Commission argues why member states have failed to fulfil their obligations. The Commission can also refer Cyprus to the Court of Justice that has given the EU’s administrative arm the “discre-

tionary power in deciding whether or not to commence infringement proceedings and to refer a case to the Court.”

“The Court has also acknowledged the Commission’s power to decide at its own discretion when to commence (court) action,” the announcement said.

Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Portugal have also been issued a formal notice.

“Member states who do not fulfil their legal obligations in this area undermine animal welfare and cause market distortions to the detriment of businesses that have invested for complying with this requirement,” the Commission said.

AYIA Napa municipality, the national association for people with disabilities and the Rethymnos municipality in Crete have united in an effort to make the two cities more accessible for people with mobility issues.

The project “Ayia-Napa – Rethymnos: Completely Accessible Cities”, which will cost more than €1 million, is aimed at improving the infrastructure and accessibility of the two cities for the disabled.

Ayia Napa municipality announced yesterday that the project would last for two years and will be mainly funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The total cost comes to €1,050,000, with the development fund contributing 80 per cent and national resources the other 20 per cent.

“The project’s aim will be the development of the infrastructure and an improvement to accessibility for disabled people to places and services,” a statement from Ayia Napa municipality said. “This will be achieved in two parts, the first will be the creation of a suitable infrastructure and the second for authorities to inform and communicate better with the disabled public and visitors and to improve local business’ awareness when it comes to disabled people,” it added.

According to statistics, disabled people make up 10 per cent of the population but accessibility problems affect all of those with mobility problems, which come to 50 per cent of the population.

“The results of the project will be an improvement in the cities’ attractiveness as a tourist destination which will contribute to their economic development,” the statement said.

According to the European Network of Accessible Tourism 70 per cent of disabled people are financially capable of travelling but they are not willing to do so unless they find destinations which meet their needs. “The gross profit of this market is more than €80 billion a year,” the statement concluded.

Christofias calls the Mari protests an ‘orchestrated attack’ on palace Outgoing president draws fire after he thanks security for protecting the palace

By George Psyllides PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias yesterday spoke of a ‘orchestrated attack’ against the Presidential Palace after the 2011 Mari munitions blast, as he bid farewell to staff ahead of his departure.

Thanking the presidential guard, a teay Christofias said they were the people tasked with protecting him and his family. “They are the people who kept the Presidential Palace intact at the time of the great attack, the orchestrated attack, after the Mari accident,” he said. “I want to thank them wholeheartedly.”

The July 2011 blast killed 13 sailors and fire fighters and incapacitated the island’s biggest power station causing rolling power cuts for around a month.

It sparked daily protests

outside the presidential palace, with people demanding Christofias’ resignation.

The second protest, a couple of days after the incident, descended into chaos when a small group of people tried to storm the palace gates, throwing stones at police. Police responded, firing tear gas at the crowds, which included families and children, causing intense scenes of anger and panic.

An independent inquiry into the blast found Christofias primarily responsible together with the former ministers of defence and foreign affairs.

The findings were not legally binding. The July 11 blast at Evangelos Florakis naval base at Mari was the result of poorly stored deteriorating munitions held in 98 containers.

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from a ship sailing from Iran to Syria. Christofias thanked the palace staff for their hard work and his associates and close advisors. Of his wife Elsi, the outgoing president said she was his heroine who helped people irrespective of their background.

“This is what Elisabeth did these five years; this is what she did when I served as House President,” Christofias said.

“Needless to tell you I will love her until the end of my life.” DISY responded to Christofias’ comments by saying the outgoing president should have apologised for Mari before he left office.

“The outgoing president owes his country the courage of an apology,” the party said.

“But instead of an apology, Christofias paid tribute to those who “kept together the presidential (palace) at a time of a great attack, an orchestrated assault”.

DISY said it was tragic that instead of viewing the demonstrations outside the palace as the spontaneous reaction of the people, Christofias had chosen to call the protests an “orchestrated attack” against the presidential place.

Christofias after his address to palace staff yesterday

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Flurry of activity for new cabinet Rumours suggest four ministries would go to election-backers DIKO (continued from front page) According to reports flying around yesterday, Stylianides would be made government spokesman, while Mitsopoulos - who enjoys close ties with the Church - has come under heavy pressure from the leadership to take the education ministry portfolio, although reports connected him to the communication ministry as well. Mitsopoulos is believed to have shown initial reluctance due to personal ambitions within the party structure.

Other unconfirmed reports had DISY deputy Ionas Nicolaou linked to the justice ministry and auditor-general Chrystalla Georghadji to the labour ministry.

Reports later in the evening yesterday said Georghadji had rejected the ministry and mentioned current DISY spokesman, Harris Georgiades, as a possibility.

Defence could well go to DIKO deputy Fytos Constantinou or Fotis Fotiou while the agriculture ministry is reportedly reserved for a member of EVROKO, with spokesman Michalis Georgallas mentioned as a possibility.

Reportedly four ministries would go to DIKO which backed Anastasiades in the elections.

HEALTH MINISTRY Philippos Patsalis, head of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, is reportedly being considered to head the health ministry, as is DISY’s Stella Kyriakidou, and DIKO’s Vassilis Palmas who served as government spokesman during the government of Tassos Papadopoulos.

Garoyian yesterday brushed aside the issue of how many ministries DIKO would take over, saying the important thing was to form a government that would be effective and reliable to address the serious problems facing Cyprus.

“So, let’s not steer things towards numerical equations. That is not the point. It’s not how many posts each party gets. The key is how you deal with the challenges and that is what concerns us,” he said.

Reports also suggested DIKO’s General-secretary Kyriacos Kenevezos would get the education ministry.

Speaking after his meeting with Anastasiades, Syllouris said his party would be represented in the new cabinet though he ruled out his own candidacy.

“Demetris Syllouris will not participate in the cabinet, despite everything that’s been written,” said Syllouris, adding that names and ministries have not been discussed yet.

EVROKO voted by conscience in the first round of elections though its leadership backed Anastasiades in the runoff.

COUNCIL The party is represented in parliament by two MPs, Syllouris and Nicos Koutsou. The latter, and a significant number of party members, refused to back Anastasiades in the second round, preferring instead Giorgos Lillikas’ candidacy.

Speaking to state broadcaster after her meeting with the president-elect, the Greens’ Panayiotou said she was offered the role of Environment Commissioner, to replace the outgoing and hugely successful Charalambos Theopemptou.

She added that Anastasiades pledged to institutionalise the post and back it up with an Environment Council, which the commissioner would chair, and which would be able to prescribe policy, not just advise on environmental issues.

The President-elect also committed to setting up a green development fund, which Panayiotou said would go some way to cre-

President-elect Nicos Anastasiades arrives at DISY offices yesterday ating new green jobs.

So far the only confirmed posts are those of the ministers of foreign affairs and finance, to be taken up by Ioannis Kasoulides and Michalis Sarris respectively.

Christopher Pissarides, awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics, is to head an economic policy council, an advisory body with no executive powers, which will be directly answerable to the President.

Speaking to the state broadcaster yesterday, Pissarides said the council would play a similar role to the council of economic advisors in America.

“We will examine all aspects of the Cypriot economy, domestic and external, consult with the president on what policy is needed to meet the government’s goals and policies, and what the economy needs to increase competition, economic recovery, lower unemployment and a return to the good days of before the crisis,” he said.

CB Governor in London for contact with possible investors in the banking sector CENTRAL Bank Governor Panicos Demetriades is in London for contacts with people who could be interested in investing in Cyprus’ banking sector, the Cyprus News Agency said.

Citing reliable sources, CNA said that while in London Demetriades will have talks with potential investors willing to take a stake in Cypriot banks, which have suffered a heavy blow following the Greek sovereign debt write-down in October 2011.

Excluded from international markets, Cyprus requested financial assistance after its two largest banks sought state aid following massive write-downs of the Greek bond holdings estimated at €4.5 billion.

Cypriot authorities and international

lenders have agreed in principle on a Memorandum of Understanding containing the terms of the financial assistance programme estimated at €17.5 billion, which is equal to the country’s GDP. In the context of the Cypriot application, the authorities commissioned a US investment consultancy firm to carry out a due diligence review of the Cypriot financial sector.

PIMCO delivered its final report containing the capital needs on the basis of a baseline and an adverse scenario on February 2. A reliable source has told CNA that the capital shortfall of the financial institutions which were included in the review reaches €5.98 billion in the baseline scenario, whereas the shortfall in the adverse scenario rises to €8.66 billion.

(Christos Theodorides)

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Highest risk of poverty in eurozone

CYPRUS TODAY Money motive in attempted murder

EU-wide, pensioners in Cyprus run double the risk of falling under the radar

By Poly Pantelides PERSONS aged 65 or older in Cyprus were at a higher risk of poverty or social exclusion than in any other eurozone member-state in 2011, the European Commission’s statistical services, Eurostat, said yesterday.

In the rest of the bloc, only Bulgaria, at 61.1 per cent, posed a higher risk

for the elderly in 2011. EUwide, in Cyprus, the elderly faced a 40.4 per cent risk of poverty or social exclusion, double the EU-27 average of 20.5 per cent.

The UK was also above the average at 22.7 per cent. Iceland posed the smallest risk to the elderly at 4.5 per cent, followed

by Luxembourg at 4.7 per cent and the Netherlands at 6.9 per cent.

Romania – which followed

A pensioner rummages through a wheelie bin unable to make ends meet Bulgaria and Cyprus in terms of the risk to the elderly EU-wide – was at 35.3 per cent. Persons at risk were those who fulfilled at least one of three conditions: living below the risk-of-poverty threshold; being “severely materially deprived”; and having very

little work (for those aged 59 or less). People who lived in a household with a disposable income set at 60 per cent of the national median after receiving benefits were considered to be living below the riskof-poverty threshold. The figures took into account the numbers and ages of household members.

“Severely materially deprived persons” were those who met at least four of nine indicators: 1) inability to pay rent/bills on time; 2)could not keep house warm; 3) could not face unexpected expenses; 4) could not afford meat, fish or protein every second day; 4) could not take a week’s worth of holiday away from home; or 6) could not afford a car, 7) a washing machine, 8) a colour TV, or 9) a telephone.

Those aged 59 or less were also at risk if the adults in the household could only work on average at 20 per cent of their total work potential. Students were excluded.

Across the EU, the average risk of poverty or social exclusion among those aged between 18 and 64 was 24.3 per cent, with Cyprus then lying below the average at 20.8 per cent.

The UK was at 21.4 per cent. Bulgaria was again considered the most risky at 45.2 per cent while Swit-

zerland was the least risky at 13.9 per cent although the country was above the EU average for the elderly with 28.3 per cent.

The risk to children (younger than 18) was 27.0 per cent on average in the EU, with Cyprus well below that at 21.8 per cent and Bulgaria, at 51.8 per cent, marking the highest risk of poverty or social exclusion.

At the opposite end of the spectrum was Norway with 13.0 per cent. Some 22.7 per cent of minors in the UK were at risk.

The average risk across age groups in the EU was at 24.2 per cent with Cyprus just below that with 23.5 per cent.

The UK was at 22.7 per cent, Iceland was at the bottom of the chart with 13.7 per cent, while Bulgaria’s population was well above the rest in term of the risks, with 49.1 per cent.

In general, children were at a greater risk than the rest of the population with risks climbing for children whose parents were considered to have lower educational levels and dropping for parents who had completed university, Eurostat said.

Cyprus has been faring worse economically since 2011 and is now in negotiations for a bailout by its international lenders.

POLICE BELIEVE the recent attempted murder of a 26-year-old Limassol man is related to a money dispute between the victim and assailants.

On Monday afternoon, two perpetrators tried to intercept the man’s double cabin vehicle on the Moutayiaka to Limassol road, using two Mitsubishi Pajeros. A number of shots were fired at the car but the 26-year-old and a passenger, 50, managed to escape. Police said the car had been hit by a bullet on the rear left door.

The 26-year-old, who lives in Ayios Athanasios, named two people aged 21 and 23 as suspects, for whom arrest warrants have been issued. Limassol CID head Ioannis Soteriades said police were focusing their investigation on economic differences between the alleged target and the suspects.

Boy attacked by stray dog A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy was attacked on Sunday by a stray dog as he was playing near his home in Latsia in Nicosia.

The boy was taken to the emergency room of Nicosia General Hospital where he received first aid. He was then taken to Makarios Hospital where he was held overnight for observation. The stray dog has yet to be found. Latsia police are investigating.

The municipality said it was completely unaware of any incidents involving stray dogs.

This is the second attack on a child by a wild dog in the last week after a nine-year-old child was attacked by two stray dogs in Limassol and needed surgery.

An audio guide to Larnaca THE CYPRUS Tourism Organisation (CTO) and the Larnaca Tourist Board have released audio guides which will inform those interested about the various attractions in Larnaca.

The guides, which are in mp3 format, can be downloaded and used on smart phones and mp3 players.

According to a statement released by the tourist board, the audio guides can be downloaded for free in six different languages.

Guides for St. Lazarus Church, the Ecclesiastical Museum, the Neolithic settlement of Hoirokoitia and the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque will be available for download via links found on the CTO and Larnaca Tourist Board websites.

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Charity begins at home, say globetrotting volunteer medics Usually found in the middle of war zones the doctors are setting up a free clinic here

By Poly Pantelides NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisation (NGO) Volunteer Doctors Cyprus will start offering free healthcare next month to serve the unemployed, vulnerable and those struggling on a basic salary, they said yesterday.

The organisation, which is better known for its work in third-world countries and areas hit by natural disasters, has decided, given the economic crisis, to give something back to their own country.

A healthcare unit will be set up on Antigonou 49 street near the Taht El-Kale mosque, and will be open to the public between 9am and 30pm on the weekends, as of March 9, an announcement from the organisation said.

“The unit will treat incidents to do with pathology, cardiology and paediatrics, staffed with doctors and nurses of the organisation as well as friends who are volunteering their services free of charge,” the NGO said.

One of the volunteer doctors, George Macriyiannis said that one pathologist and one paediatrician would be posted on a given day to treat people who need immediate attention, e.g. are in pain, rather than people who have used state services and want a second opin-

A member of Volunteer Doctors Cyprus in Kenya

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Police on the alert after spate of burglaries and thefts in Peyia PAPHOS police are on the lookout after a spate of burglaries in the district saw €17,000 worth of jewellery stolen from a flat, two laptops and a small TV taken from another house and a paraglider stolen from a Paphos airport store room.

“An action plan is in place and there are increased patrols on a daily basis in the Peyia area,” a policewoman from Peyia police station told the Mail. “The orders came directly from the chief of police and we are taking all the measures possible to prevent crimes from taking place,” she added.

Peyia Mayor, Neophytos Akoursiotis was unwilling to comment.

Jewellery valued at €17,000 was taken from a 67-year-old British woman’s house in Peyia after the woman reported to police that her aluminium bedroom doors had been broken into during the previous two days that she had been away.

A British man reported to police that his sister’s house had been broken into and two laptops and a small TV had been stolen.

Head of Paphos airport’s civil aviation department reported to police that between December 2012 and February 23 of this year a store room at the airport had been broken into and a paragliding machine, valued at €6,000, stolen.

Separate arson attacks on Fuel sales down petroleum products vehicles in the Nicosia area TOTAL sales in January fell by 3.7 per TWO CARS were completely destroyed within a few hours in Nicosia on Monday night and yesterday morning by a fire, police said.

A police spokesman said that from initial investigations it appears both incidents were arson attacks. The first car was set alight at 11.30pm on Monday as it was parked in front of a house. Members of the fire service extinguished the blaze.

The car valued at around €15,000 was completely destroyed.

The second car, also valued at €15,000, was set alight at 2am yesterday as it was parked in the Strovolos area of Nicosia and was also completely destroyed by the fire. Police are investigating both cases as arson.

cent compared to December, the statistical services said yesterday. Compared to January 2012 sales fell by a total of 9.4 per cent.

Sales were down on diesel, kerosene, gasoil, unleaded petrol, low-sulphur gasoil and in aviation fuel.

Increases were recorded in sales of gasoil for marine use, liquefied petroleum gas, and light and heavy fuel oil.

ion. The NGO expects to eventually be seeing about 50 people – 15 children and 35 adults – on a single day.

A total of 11 pathologists, cardiologists and four paediatricians are on board to work on a rota, Macriyiannis said.

He added the service would be available “for as long as necessary”.

But he said their aim was to help everyone and with the financial crisis in Cyprus, the NGO felt they should focus on helping those closer to home.

“Our missions are usually abroad, in war zones or areas of natural disasters, but this time round we wanted to put in an effort to help the unemployed and low-earners in Cyprus,” Macriyiannis said.

The organisation said that they would be able to offer free or low-cost specialist services including radiological or microbiological tests, if and when necessary, by mobilising their existing network.

People are asked to display proof of being unemployed or evidence of earning less than €850 a month. They are also asked to come with documentation on their medical history, including what medications they take.

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Barroso confident UK will stay in EU EUROPEAN Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said yesterday he was convinced Britain would vote to stay in the European Union if a promised referendum takes place, despite opinion polls showing a plurality in favour of leaving.

However, he also told a Reuters Summit on the future of the euro zone the EU could not revise its policies just because one country was thinking of holding a vote on continued membership.

Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to give Britons an in-out choice on whether to remain in the 27-nation bloc if he is re-elected in 2015, after trying to negotiate a reform of EU policies to meet British concerns.

“Knowing Britain a little bit, and knowing how important the business community is and the role that different parts of British society can have on this open debate, in case there is a referendum, I am confident that Britain will remain a member of the European Union,” Barroso said.

Cameron’s Conservative party wants to “repatriate” to London EU powers over a range of social, employment, justice, police and fisheries policies. His Liberal Democrat coalition partners and main opposition Labour Party support EU membership.

However, the Eurosceptical UK Independence Party and some dissident Conservatives favour outright withdrawal from the bloc, and latest opinion polls show about half of Britons want to leave while just a third say they would vote to stay.

Barroso said he was convinced ways would be found to enable the 17-nation euro zone to move forward in closer integration while keeping Britain on board.

Barroso said he understood some British concerns about EU authority stretching into too many areas of national life, and the EU should be self-critical, assess its performance and make improvements that could respond to those concerns.

But he added: “With the greatest of respect for Britain as a member state, we cannot now because one country has a referendum, or signals the possibility of having a referendum, put into question all of our policies because of the concerns of that one country.”

Litvinenko lawyer: cover up to help Russia ties

The Queen receives new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at Buckingham Palace yesterday after his act of ‘Homage’ to the Queen, one of the formal stages of his appointment before he begins his public ministry. The new Archbishop of Canterbury, a former oil executive who has risen swiftly up the ranks of the Church of England, will be enthroned at Canterbury on March 21 (AFP)

Sex claims Lib Dems peer ready for inquiry Police set to review if there was any ‘criminal activity’

By Sam Lister A SENIOR Liberal Democrat peer accused of sexually harassing women in the party last night said he would “cooperate with any properly-constituted inquiry” into the claims.

Lord Rennard issued a fresh strenuous denial of the allegations and highlighted party rules that set out the need for any case against him to be “proved by evidence to the requisite standard”.

It comes after one woman, who claimed the peer followed her to the toilet at a candidates’ event in Peterborough and propositioned her when she came out, said she knew of nine women claiming to have had similar experiences.

The furore comes at a difficult moment for the party following the resignation of former cabinet minister Chris Huhne this month after he admitted asking his then wife to accept a penalty for a speeding offence he had committed.

A local election to replace Huhne takes place tomorrow, with the Liberal Democrats, below 10 per cent in national opinion polls, fighting a close battle with their Conservative coali-

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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg faces renewed pressure over his handling of the allegations and drew criticism for appearing to attack journalists investigating the claims.

But the Liberal Democrat leader insisted the truth would only come out if the police were allowed to “do their job” and the investigations he has ordered ran their course.

Liberal Democrat President Tim Farron, in an apparent criticism of Clegg, said the party had “screwed this up”.

NO COMPLAINT Lord Rennard issued a statement last night after being notified by the party of an internal investigatory panel.

“He would reiterate that in 27 years of working for the Liberal Democrats he received no complaint or allegation about his behaviour,” it said.

“Nor is he aware of any personal complaints being made in the three and a half years since he stood down as chief executive until last week.”

Clegg insists he has “got nothing to hide” over the affair but two of the women at the centre of the allegations levelled criticism at the party leader.

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is now a lecturer at Oxford University, told ITV News yesterday Clegg’s “position seems to be shifting”.

Susan, who did not want to give her surname, said she was “extremely distressed” after the peer allegedly touched her leg and invited her back to his hotel room.

Lord Rennard held an “almighty amount of power” in the party and was a “man who could control your future”, she claimed.

Police are investigating whether “criminal activity” took place following allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women by the peer.

Clegg denied hushing up the matter, saying his chief of staff had gone to Rennard at the time to put the concerns to him along with the warning that such behaviour was “wholly unacceptable”.

“It is wrong... to suggest that we could have acted further given that we didn’t have specific allegations five years ago.

We have them now. That’s why we will act,” Clegg told Sky News.

The Lib Dems initially insisted that Clegg had known nothing about the claims until a Channel 4 News expose last Thursday but by Sunday they conceded that his office had heard “indirect and non-specific concerns” as far back as 2008.

THE lawyer for the family of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, who was murdered in London in 2006, accused Britain and Russia yesterday of colluding to try and shut down an inquiry into his death for the sake of trade links.

Litvinenko, who had been granted British citizenship and become a vocal critic of the Kremlin, died after someone slipped polonium-210, a rare radioactive isotope, into his cup of tea at a London hotel. The fallout from his death has beleaguered diplomatic relations between London and Moscow ever since.

At a pre-inquest hearing at London’s Royal Courts of Justice, Ben Emmerson, a lawyer for Litvinenko’s wife, said a legal attempt by the British government to keep some information about the death confidential was part of a cover up.

Emmerson said the British government’s application for a public interest immunity order, which would prevent material being disclosed in open court, was to protect business deals being struck

by Prime Minister David Cameron and the Kremlin.

“It is crucial, absolutely crucial, that the outcome of this hearing is to scotch once and for all... (speculation) David Cameron is so interested in promoting trade with Russia that he’s trying to close down this inquest”.

‘Cost-cutting is ignored’ UK taxpayers could be paying millions of pounds more than necessary for goods and services because parts of Whitehall are ignoring a costcutting edict, according to a watchdog report.

In a bid to slash duplication and waste, the Cabinet Office “mandated” individual departments to join forces and order commonly used items through a dedicated central body.

The National Audit Office said “good progress” was being made, with £426 million shaved off bills in 2011/12 and more use being made of small and medium-sized suppliers.

“There is now a mandate for departments to comply with the centralised approach but this is not enforced in practice with no sanctions for non-compliance,” the report concluded.

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Italy stuck in election stalemate Beppe Grillo’s 5-Star Movement stuns Italy as centre-left coalition wins lower house but fails to control the Senate

By Naomi O’Leary and Catherine Hornby ITALY’S stunned political parties looked for a way forward yesterday after an election that gave none of them a parliamentary majority, posing the threat of prolonged instability and European financial crisis.

The results, notably by the dramatic surge of the antiestablishment 5-Star Movement of comic Beppe Grillo, left the centre-left bloc with a majority in the lower house but without the numbers to control the powerful upper chamber, the Senate.

Financial markets fell sharply at the prospect of a stalemate that reawakened memories of the crisis that pushed Italy’s borrowing costs toward unsustainably high levels and brought the eurozone to the brink of collapse in 2011.

“The winner is: Ingovernability,” ran the headline in Rome newspaper Il Messaggero, reflecting the deadlock the country will have to confront in the next few weeks as sworn enemies are forced to work together to form a government.

Pier Luigi Bersani, head of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD), has the difficult task of trying to agree a “grand coalition” with former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, the man he blames for ruining Italy, or striking a deal with Grillo, a completely unknown quantity in conventional politics.

The alternative is new elections either immediately or within a few months.

For his part, Grillo, whose “non-party” movement won the most votes of any single party, has indicated that he believes the next govern-

ment will last no more than six months.

“They won’t be able to govern,” he said yesterday.

“Whether I’m there or not, they won’t be able govern.”

He said he would work with anyone who supported his policy proposals, which range from anti-corruption measures to green-tinted energy measures but rejected suggestions of entering a formal coalition.

The election, a massive rejection of the austerity policies applied by Prime Minister Mario Monti with the backing of international leaders caused consternation across Europe.

“This is a jump to nowhere that does not bode well either for Italy or Europe,” said Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel GarciaMargallo.

Projections for the Senate indicated the centre-left would have 121 seats, against 117 for the centre-right alliance of Berlusconi’s PDL

and the regionalist Northern League. Grillo would take 54.

That leaves no party with the majority in a chamber which a government must control to pass legislation and opened up the prospect of previously inconceivable partnerships that will test the sometimes fragile internal unity of the main parties.

“The idea of a majority without Grillo is unthinkable. I don’t know if anyone in the PD is considering it but I’m against it,” said Matteo Orfini, a member of Bersani’s PD secretariat.

“The idea of a PD-PDL government, even if it’s backed

by Monti, doesn’t make any sense,” he said.

“What is crucial now is that a stable functioning government can be built as swiftly as possible,” said German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. “This is not only in the interests of Italy but in the interests of all Europe.”

A long recession and growing disillusionment with mainstream parties and tax-raising austerity fed the bitter public mood and contributed to the massive rejection of Monti, whose centrist coalition was relegated to the sidelines.

But even if the next government turns away from the tax hikes and spending cuts brought in by Monti, it will struggle to revive an economy that has scarcely grown in two decades.

Monti was widely credited with tightening Italy’s public finances and restoring its international credibility after the scandal-plagued Berlusconi, who is currently on trial for having sex with an under-age prostitute.

However he struggled to pass the kind of structural reforms needed to improve competitiveness and lay the foundations for a return to economic growth. A weak centre-left government may not find it any easier.

SHOWMAN BERLUSCONI PULLS OFF ANOTHER SURPRISE BILLIONAIRE showman Silvio Berlusconi has again pulled off an astonishing fight-back from scandal and humiliation, coming within a whisker of success in Italy’s election.

Before the February 24-25 vote, pollsters and analysts widely predicted this would be the media magnate’s last hurrah and he would be clearly beaten by his centre-left foes.

Instead, Berlusconi was one of the big winners alongside the populist leader and comedian Beppe Grillo, defying polls and building substantial negotiating power.

His success is a qualified one for sure and cannot hide the fact that his People of Free-

dom (PDL) party has slumped to almost half the 38 per cent of votes it won in a landslide victory in 2008.

Berlusconi himself is said to be disappointed that he didn’t win outright.

Italy’s longest-serving prime minister is known for off-the-cuff humour, diplomatic gaffes, his facelifts, perennial tan, makeup and hair weave. Embroiled almost constantly in scandal, including currently a lurid sex trial, Berlusconi’s success has always been a mystery abroad.

But his flamboyant persona hides a keen political mind and an almost uncanny talent for responding to the fears and concerns of ordinary Italians.

Difficult task: Pier Luigi Bersani, head of the Democratic Party

France will not negotiate with Kerry says that Americans Cameroonian hostage-takers have the right to be stupid FRANCE said yesterday it would not negotiate with gunmen claiming to be from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram who have taken a French family of seven hostage in retaliation for French military intervention in Mali.

The three adults and four children were kidnapped in north Cameroon near the Nigerian border last week.

In a video posted online, the gunmen said France had declared war on Islam with its campaign in Mali and threatened to kill the hostages unless authorities in Nigeria and Cameroon freed militants there.

“We do not negotiate on that kind of basis, with these kind of groups,” French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told RTL radio. “We will use all (other) possible means to ensure these and other hostages are freed.”

Le Drian said the fighting was not close to an end and troops in Mali’s remote mountain and desert north were facing stiff resistance from the “strongest and

most organised” rebels, underscoring the risk of French and African forces becoming entangled in a messy guerrilla war.

The kidnapping brought to 15 the number of French citizens held in West Africa and highlighted the danger to French nationals and interests in the region since Paris sent troops to Mali to help oust Islamist rebels.

It was the first abduction of foreigners in the mostly Muslim north of Cameroon, a former French colony. But the region - with its porous borders - is within the operational sphere of Boko Haram and fellow Nigerian Islamist militants Ansaru.

The video online on Monday showed the hostages, including four boys, surrounded by three gunmen wearing turbans and camouflage gear.

“The president of France has launched a war on Islam and we are fighting it everywhere,” said one of the apparent kidnappers, identifying himself as a member of Boko Haram.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry offered a defence of freedom of speech, religion and thought in the United States yesterday, telling German students that in America “you have a right to be stupid if you want to be”.

“As a country, as a society, we live and breathe the idea of religious freedom and religious tolerance, whatever the religion, and political freedom and political tolerance, whatever the point of view,” Kerry told the students in Berlin.

“People have sometimes wondered about why our Supreme Court allows one group or another to march in a parade even though it’s the most provocative thing in the world and they carry signs that are an insult to one group or another,” he added.

“The reason is, that’s freedom, freedom of speech. In America you have a right to be stupid - if you want to be,” he said, prompting laughter.

“And you have a right to be disconnected to somebody else if you want to be.

Kerry made the comments

on his first foreign trip since becoming secretary of state on February 1. After onenight stops in London and Berlin, he visits Paris, Rome, Ankara, Cairo, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Doha.

While speaking to the students and earlier to US diplomats, Kerry reminisced about the time he spent in Berlin in the 1950s as the son of an American diplomat and retold a story of sneaking across to East Berlin with his bike.

“One day, using my diplomatic passport, I biked through the checkpoint right into the east sector and noticed very quickly how dark and unpopulated (it was) and sort of unhappy people looked,” he added, saying it left an impression “that hit this 12-year-old kid.”

“I felt a foreboding about it and I didn’t spend much time. I kind of skedaddled and got back out of there and went home and proudly announced to my parents what I had done and was promptly grounded and had my passport pulled,” he added.

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First BP witness says company put cost cuts over safety

By Kristen Hays BP Plc fostered a culture that put cost-cutting over safety before the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a noted forensic engineer said in the first day of testimony in the federal civil trial centred on the disaster.

“There is ample evidence of intense pressure within the system to save time and money,” said Bob Bea, cofounder of the Centre for Catastrophic Risk Management at the University of California, Berkeley. “With stress and pressure come sacrifices to safety.”

Bea was the first witness for the plaintiffs, the US Justice Department and US Gulf Coast states suing well owner BP, rig owner Transocean Ltd and well cement provider Halliburton Co. The plaintiffs plan to call Lamar McKay, chairman and president of BP America, to testify as a hostile witness once Bea wraps up. McKay is a member of the Londonbased oil company’s executive committee, alongside Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley.

Bea consulted with the White House commission that investigated the spill and prepared a report faulting BP for the plaintiffs in the case. He also had consulted with BP on risk management prior to 2005.

He said BP cut its Gulf of Mexico costs by 22 per cent from 2008 to 2009 while increasing oil and gas output by 55 per cent.

Bea said during questioning by Robert Cunningham, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, that he had told BP that “money isn’t everything” and that incentives for major accident prevention should be on equal footing with incentives for profits.

“It’s a culture of every dollar counts,” Bea said.

The April 2010 blowout caused an explosion that killed 11 men, sank a rig and spewed more than 4 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf.

Well-known in New Orleans, the site of the trial, Bea was a key witness in litigation over failed levees when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, flooding much of the city and leaving more than 1,800 people dead.

Marine recruit Samanthajo Dano waits (centre) with other female recruits to fire on the rifle range during boot camp at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. Female enlisted Marines have gone through recruit training at the base since 1949. Females in the Marines and other branches of the armed forces have been forbidden from being assigned to ground combat units since 1994. On January 24, 2013 Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta rescinded that order (AFP)

Big powers offer Iran some sanctions relief Upcoming Iranian election weighs on possible outcome

By Yeganeh Torbati and Justyna Pawlak MAJOR powers offered Iran limited sanctions relief in return for a halt to the most controversial part of its atomic work during the first day of nuclear talks yesterday, and Iran promised to respond with a proposal on the same scale.

The talks in Kazakhstan were the first in eight months between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany - the “P5+1” - on a decade-old dispute that threatens to trigger another war in the Middle East.

Iran has used the time since the last meeting in June to further expand activity that the West suspects is aimed at enabling it to build a nuclear bomb, something that Israel has suggested it will prevent by force if diplomacy fails.

The two-day negotiations in the city of Almaty follow inconclusive meetings last year in Istanbul, Baghdad and Moscow.

Western diplomats described the first day of talks as “useful” but said Iranian negotiators did not immedi-

ately respond to the P5+1’s demand that Tehran closes its underground nuclear facility Fordow, at the centre of their concerns.

“Hopefully the Iranians will be able to reflect overnight and will come back and view our proposal positively,” said a spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton who oversees Iranian diplomacy for the six powers.

With the Islamic Republic’s political elite preoccupied with worsening infighting before a presidential election in June, few believe the meeting will yield a quick breakthrough.

“It is clear that nobody expects to come from Almaty with a fully done deal,” EU spokesman, Michael Mann, said before the meeting started.

A US official said that the offer - an updated version of one rejected by Tehran last year - would take into account its recent nuclear advances, but also take “some steps in the sanctions arena”.

For years, the powers had attempted a mix of economic pressure and diplomacy to persuade Iran to scale back its atomic work, but Tehran

has insisted that sanctions are lifted before it complies with any demands.

In Almaty, a source close to the Iranian negotiators told reporters: “Depending on what proposal we receive from the other side we will present our own proposal of the same weight. The continuation of talks depends on how this exchange of proposals goes forward”.

At best, diplomats and analysts say, Iran will take the joint offer from the United States, Russia, France, Germany, Britain and China seriously and agree to hold further talks soon on practical steps to ease the tension.

Initial meetings could involve only technical experts, who cannot strike deals.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said in Berlin that he hoped Iran “will make its choice to move down the path of a diplomatic solution”.

But Iran, whose chief negotiator Saeed Jalili is close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and is a veteran of Iran’s 1980s war against Iraq and the Western powers that backed it, has shown no sign of willingness to scale back its nuclear work.

Afghans hold anti-US rally following abuse claims MORE than five hundred men marched through the capital of Afghanistan’s restive Wardak province yesterday in an outburst of anger against US special forces accused of overseeing torture and killings in the area.

Shouting “Death to America”, “Death to Obama” and “Death to special forces”, the protesters called for the immediate withdrawal of the American soldiers and threatened to join the Taliban if their demand was not met.

A spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced on Sunday that all US special forces must leave Wardak province within two weeks following the accusations that Afghans working for them had tortured and killed innocent people.

Karzai’s demand could further complicate talks between the United States and Afghanistan over the presence of American troops once most NATO forces leave the country by the end of 2014.

Reuters interviewed dozens of residents of Wardak and Afghan government officials who alleged that Afghan men working with a small unit of US special forces had illegally detained, tortured and killed suspected insurgents.

A US defence official in Washington said a review in recent months in cooperation with Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry and National Directorate of Security (NDS) intelligence agency found no involvement of Western forces in any abuse.

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World WORLD TODAY Buffalo, donkey, goat but no horse SOUTH African food is clear of horsemeat contamination, but it does have water buffalo, donkey and goat meat in mislabelled beef burgers and sausages.

A study published by three professors at Stellenbosch University found that 99 of 139 samples contained species not declared in the product label, with the highest incidence in sausages, burgers and deli meats.

The study found soya and gluten were not labelled in 28 per cent of products tested, undeclared pork in 37 per cent and chicken in 23 per cent.

Co-author Professor Louwrens C. Hoffman said: “This study confirms that the mislabelling of processed meats is commonplace in South Africa and not only violates food labelling regulations but also poses economic, religious, ethical and health impacts.”

Sailors freed SIX foreign sailors were freed unharmed overnight by pirates who seized them off the coast of Nigeria’s oil-producing region nine days ago, police said yesterday.

A rise in piracy off Nigeria’s oil-rich coast this month has shown gangs are willing to venture further afield and use more violent tactics, increasing the risk of doing business in Africa’s largest energy producer.

One Russian, three Ukrainian and two Indian sailors were taken when gunmen stormed the Armada Tuah 65km off the coast of Bayelsa state on February 17.

The pirates demanded a $1.3 million ransom last week but Bayelsa Police Chief Kingsley Omire said no money was paid for their release.

Gaza rocket A ROCKET fired from Gaza exploded in Israel yesterday, the first such attack since a November truce, and a militant group said it launched the strike to retaliate for the death of a Palestinian in an Israeli jail.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militant group in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ West Bank-based Fatah movement, called the rocket a “first response” to inmate Arafat Jaradat’s death in disputed circumstances on Saturday.

“We must resist our enemy by all available means,” the group said in a statement. “We stress our commitment to armed struggle against the Zionist enemy.”

Egypt balloon crash kills 19, mostly foreign tourists Tourism official says explosion was an accident, passengers said to have leapt from basket from the height of a seven-storey building

By Marwa Awad AT LEAST 19 people, most of them Asian and European tourists, died yesterday when a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed near the ancient Egyptian town of Luxor after a mid-air gas explosion, officials said.

The balloon came down in farmland a few kilometres from the Valley of the Kings and pharaonic temples popular with tourists. Rescue workers gathered the dead from the field where the charred remains of the balloon, gas canisters and other pieces of wreckage landed.

One Egyptian was also killed, Health Minister Mohamed Mostafa Hamed said, listing the other victims as tourists from Japan, China, France, Britain and Hungary.

The pilot is said to have survived by leaping from the basket just before it plunged into a sugar cane field west of Luxor. Others died when they jumped for their lives from the blazing wreckage. One tourist survived.

Cherry Tohamy, an Egyptian living in Kuwait who was on holiday in Luxor, was in another balloon which was landing when she heard an explosion and saw flames from a balloon above.

She told the BBC: “People were jumping out of the balloon from about the height of a seven-storey building.”

The balloon crashed on the west bank of the Nile river, where many of the area’s major historical sites are located.

Konny Matthews, assistant manager of Luxor’s Al Moudira hotel, said she heard an explosion at about 7am. “It was a huge bang. It was a frightening bang, even though it was several kilometres away from the hotel,” she said by phone. “Some of my employees said that their

Holiday horror: the hot air balloon (top) that exploded and plunged to earth, amongst other balloons leaving a launch site near Egypt’s Luxor (AFP)

homes were shaking.”

Ahmed Aboud, head of an association representing Luxor balloon operators, said the fire had begun in the pipe linking the gas canisters to the burner. He said it was an accident.

The deaths were caused by burns and injuries sustained

in the fall, said Mohamed Mustafa, a doctor at the hospital where the injured were treated.

The pilot survived by jumping from the basket, Aboud said.

The British government said two British citizens and a British resident of Egypt

Remains of the hot air balloon in Luxor yesterday (AFP)

had been killed. “We can also confirm that one other British national was involved and is in a stable condition,” a British foreign ministry statement said.

Two French citizens were killed, according to France’s foreign ministry. The Japanese embassy in Cairo said it believed four Japanese had been aboard and had sent staff to Luxor to confirm this.

US photographer Christopher Michel, who was on board another balloon, told Britain’s Sky News television that the balloon was one of eight flying at the time. “We heard a loud explosion behind us. I looked back and saw lots of smoke. It wasn’t immediately clear that it was a balloon,” he said.

Hot air ballooning at dawn is popular with tourists, who are a mainstay of the Egyptian economy.

Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Wael el-Maadawi said a committee from the minis-

try was heading to Luxor to investigate the incident. He said hot air balloon flights would be stopped until there was an investigation into the cause of the accident.

Hot air balloon flights over the Valley of the Kings in Egypt underwent a major safety overhaul nearly four years ago after a series of accidents.

Following a 2009 crash, early morning hot air balloon flights over the Valley of the Kings were suspended for six months while safety measures were tightened up.

During the break, all 42 pilots from the eight companies which operate flights had extra training.

Other initiatives to improve safety brought in included confining all take-offs to a new balloon ‘airport’ and limiting the maximum number of balloons up at the same time to eight - previously as many as 50 could share the air space.

New title for departing Pope: emeritus Rich reward for honest beggar

By Philip Pullella POPE Benedict was praying and packing yesterday two days before his move out of the Vatican and into retirement where he will assume the title of “pope emeritus” and still be referred to as “your holiness”.

“Today is a day dedicated to prayer and preparation for the events of the next two days,” Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said.

Lombardi said the pope was sifting through documents to see which will remain in the Vatican and go into the archives of his papacy and deciding which “are of a personal nature and which he will take to his new residence”.

Among the documents left for the next pope will be a confidential report by three cardinals into the “Vatileaks”

affair last year when Benedict’s former butler leaked private papers revealing corruption and in-fighting inside the Vatican.

The new pope will inherit a Church marked by Vatileaks and by child abuse scandals by priests in Europe and the United States, both of which may have weighed on Benedict’s decision to decide he was too old and weak to continue the papacy.

Given the unique nature of the occasion, Vatican officials have had to find a title for the former pope, decide how he should be addressed and what he should wear.

Benedict will be known as “pope emeritus Benedict XVI” or “Roman Pontiff emeritus Benedict XVI”, be addressed as “Your Holiness,” and be referred to as “His Holiness Benedict XVI”.

Benedict will lay aside the red “shoes of the fisherman” that have been part of his papal attire and wear brown loafers given to him by shoemakers during a trip to Leon, Mexico last year. He will wear a “simple white cassock”, Lombardi said.

Today he will hold his last general audience, a weekly event which would normally be held in a vast auditorium in winter, but has been moved outdoors to St. Peter’s Square so more people can attend.

Benedict will then meet some foreign leaders.

On Thursday, he will greet cardinals in Rome. That afternoon he will fly by helicopter to the papal summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo.

At 9pm the Swiss Guards who stand as sentries at the residence will march off in a sign the papacy is vacant.

A HOMELESS US man will soon have well over $100,000 after returning an engagement ring to a woman who accidentally dropped it in his cup.

Sarah Darling’s fiance set up a website seeking donations for Billy Ray Harris, who frequently begs on Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza. By yesterday, more than 6,000 people had donated more than $145,000 to the fund.

“I think in our world we often jump to like the worst conclusion, and it just makes you realise that there are good people out there,” Darling said.

Harris discovered the ring about an hour after Darling dumped spare change from her coin purse into his cup. She had taken off her ring earlier that day and put it with the coins.

“The ring was so big that I knew if it was real, it was expensive,” Harris told KCTV. Darling was horror struck when she realised the next day what she had done. She went back to Harris, squatted beside him and told him that she might have given him something valuable. “’Was it a ring?’” he recalled asking her. “And she says, ‘Yeah.’ And I said ‘Well, I have it.’”

In explaining why he didn’t keep the ring, Harris said he had a religious upbringing.

“My grandfather was a reverend,” Harris said. “He raised me from the time I was six months old and thank the good Lord, it’s a blessing, but I do still have some character.”

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Business UK shoppers steer clear of frozen burgers

Polish consumers finally cowed by Europe’s tale of woe as demand for luxury items stalls

BRITAIN’S grocers have seen sales of frozen burgers and ready meals plummet in the wake of a scandal over the discovery of horsemeat in beef products, according to industry data published yesterday.

Market researcher Kantar Worldpanel said in the four weeks ending February 17, frozen burger sales were down 43 per cent year-on-year and sales of frozen ready meals declined by 13 per cent.

The issue, which broke on January 15, has only affected the products consumers buy rather than where they actually do their shopping, said Edward Garner, director at Kantar Worldpanel.

The horsemeat scandal has spread across Europe since tests in Ireland last month revealed some beef products sold there and in Britain contained equine DNA.

POLISH households’ hearty appetite for new cars, televisions and washing machines has helped pull the economy out of previous slumps, but in this downturn consumers are leaving their wallets at home.

Data on private consumption and consumer sentiment is so weak, in some cases the weakest since the end of Communist rule, that official forecasts that the economy will pick-up in the second half of this year are looking optimistic.

Most European economies have seen private consumption fall since the 2008 financial crisis, but the EU’s largest eastern economy stands out for several reasons.

The slowdown has arrived much later than in the rest of the continent, held off largely by demand from con-

sumers whose living standards had been rising quickly since joining the EU in 2004.

The drop-off in consumption is severe and feels more painful for a country which needs to grow faster - and generally has done until recently - to reduce what remains a substantial wealth gap to its western peers.

Data shows that private consumption may have contracted in the fourth quarter of last year for the first time since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

According to business lobby group Lewiatan, real wages fell 0.1 per cent in 2012, the first time since 1993.

Even the central bank, which has long held the view that the downturn would be short-lived, acknowledges the problem.

“There is this grey cloud floating

from the West, slowly overshadowing the Polish economy,” said Marek Belka, the central bank governor. “And it is telling the Polish consumer... be careful, go hide in some hole.”

In December, traditionally a strong month for store owners because of pre-Christmas shopping, retail sales took their deepest dive in almost eight years, dragged down by falling sales of cars and books.

“The Polish consumer now seems to be scared out of his mind,” says Danske Bank’s Lars Christensen, one of the most experienced commercial bank economists watching eastern Europe.

He and others say that Poles have finally lost their faith, ingrained by more than two decades of almost uninterrupted growth, that the economy will keep expanding.

“Poles have been bombarded with bad news for five years now and this is now taking its toll,” said Halina Kochalska from mortgage brokers and financial advisors Open Finance.

“It’s like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

People are worried about what’s ahead and articles on the front pages of newspapers about mass layoffs at factories, like Fiat, or possible bankruptcy of big companies like the airlines LOT don’t help.”

There is also evidence that a boom in consumer credit seems to have reached a natural stopping point.

As many as 66 per cent of Poles now say they have at least one car in their household. About 86 per cent have a mobile phone, over 90 per cent own a washing machine, and half have a digital camera.

SCANDAL Tesco, Britain’s biggest grocer, saw its share of the grocery market fall to 29.7 percent in the 12 weeks to February 17.

Garner said it would be wrong to attribute this decline to the horsemeat scandal as in the same period last year Tesco had promoted heavily.

In the 12-week period, only No. 3 grocer Sainsbury’s increased its share, with a sales rise of 4.6 per cent.

No. 4 player Morrisons was the only major grocer to post a sales decline.

Upmarket grocer Waitrose and discounter Aldi delivered all-time record market shares this period of 4.8 per cent and 3.3 per cent respectively indicating that market polarisation is continuing.

The total grocery market grew 3.7 per cent, lagging behind grocery price inflation of 4.3 per cent.

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Indians travel in a crowded coach on a train in New Delhi yesterday when Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal unveiled the railway budget in parliament. The railway, the country’s largest employer with some 1.4 million people on its payroll, runs 11,000 passenger and freight trains and carries 19 million people daily (AFP)

Bernanke says Fed stimulus perks clear, downplays risks

By Pedro da Costa and Alister Bull

Warns on impact of scheduled budget cuts

FEDERAL Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke strongly defended the US central bank’s monetary stimulus before Congress yesterday, easing financial market worries over a possible early retreat from bond buys.

The Fed chairman also urged lawmakers to avoid sharp spending cuts set to go into effect on Friday, which he warned could combine with earlier tax increases to create a “significant headwind” for the modest economic recovery.

Bernanke said Fed policymakers are cognizant of potential risks from their extraordinary support for the economy, including the possibility that it might fuel unwanted inflation or stoke asset bubbles.

But, in testimony on the central bank’s semi-annual report on monetary policy,

he said the risks did not seem material at the moment, adding the central bank has all the tools it needs to retreat from its monetary support in a timely fashion.

“To this point, we do not see the potential costs of the increased risk-taking in some financial markets as outweighing the benefits of promoting a stronger economic recovery and more rapid job creation,” Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee.

In response to the financial crisis and deep recession of 2007-2009, the Fed not only slashed official interest rates to effectively zero but also bought more than $2.5 trillion in mortgage and Treasury debt in an effort to push down long-term interest rates and spur hiring.

The Fed is currently buying $85 billion in bonds each month and has said it plans

to keep purchasing assets until it sees a substantial improvement in the outlook for the labour market.

Minutes of the Fed’s January 29-30 policy meeting, released last week, showed a number of officials felt the potential risks posed by the bond purchases could warrant tapering or ending them before hiring picks up.

However, several others argued there was a danger in halting them prematurely.

Bernanke appeared to be in the latter camp. “The benefits of asset purchases, and of policy accommodation more generally, are clear,” he said, citing improvements in the housing and auto sectors and tracing them in part to the Fed’s stimulus.

“There is no risk-free approach to this situation,” he said.

“The risk of not doing anything is severe as well. So, we

are trying to balance these things as best we can.”

The testimony helped offset jitters in US stock markets over Europe’s debt crisis, with major indexes rising in the afternoon, while bond prices fell.

“What Bernanke is saying, bottom line, indicates that there will not be a reversal anytime soon in the stimulus programme,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital in New York.

When asked pointedly by Republican Senator Bob Corker about whether the Fed’s easy monetary policy was contributing to competitive currency devaluations globally and laying the groundwork for inflation, Bernanke was unequivocal.

“My inflation record is the best of any Federal Reserve chairman in the post-war period,” he retorted. “We are

not engaged in a currency war.”

Democrats, for their part, seized on Bernanke’s remarks to fuel their argument that looming budget cuts could have a dire economic impact, as they sought to gain political advantage over Republicans, who would rather see spending cuts than higher taxes.

In unusually direct remarks on fiscal policy, Bernanke warned the near-term spending cuts known as the sequester, which are set to take hold later this week, would threaten an already challenged economic expansion.

“The Congress and the administration should consider replacing the sharp, frontloaded spending cuts required by the sequestration, with policies that reduce the federal deficit more gradually in the near term but more substantially in the longer run,” Bernanke said.

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Opinion

Italy elects the impossible When the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing EVERY YEAR the government extends the deadline for the renewal of road tax which, in theory, should be done in January. Towards the end of January, it is announced that motorists would have until mid-February to pay their road tax and subsequently they are given a few more days after that. It is the lax way in which the law is enforced, with the government making special allowances to ‘help’ people.

It is not even as if the government has the authority to suspend the law for a month. What it can do and does is to instruct police not to book drivers who have failed to pay their road tax within the ‘extension’ period. But there appeared to have been a poor communication between the government and the police this year, after the police announced that they would not be booking people before the end of March 7.

Yesterday, minister of communications Efthymios Flourentzos told a morning radio show that no such extension had been given by his ministry and the last day for renewals was, as announced, February 25. He explained that he had told police to allow a couple of days to pass before issuing fines, because he did not want everyone rushing to renew their licences at the same time as this could crash the system.

The deadline had not been extended, according to the minister, but enforcement of the law had been suspended – no fines - for another couple of days, in order to protect the system. He implied that the police had arbitrarily decided to be more lenient, by announcing they would start fining people after March 7. It is all a bit of a joke, but inevitable when the authorities start playing with the law and giving special dispensations to people.

These may be difficult times, but paying road tax on time is a legal obligation of every car-owner and neither politicians nor the police have the authority to decide when the law would be enforced. The reason there was talk of another extension was the record number of car-owners who had not paid their road tax – there were still 180,000 car that had not paid road tax, said Flourentzos, whereas in previous years the number was only 40,000.

But if the ministry wants to help people it should introduce alternative payment terms, instead of suspending enforcement of the law. For instance it could allow people to pay their road tax on a quarterly basis or accept monthly payment by bank standing order. If this is feasible it would be much more helpful to people than the ludicrous practice of extending the period of non-enforcement of the law.

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N A parliamentary election this week, a majority of Italian voters - some 60 per cent - chose parties that even a cursory glance could tell had no coherent idea of how to run an advanced and complex state (let alone Italy). Forty percent voted for two groups that have a recognizably sensible approach to governance, the largest of which is mainly made up of the Democratic Party, heirs to the former Communist Party of Italy. In one of the smaller ironies of the election, these heirs of an anticapitalist, anti parliamentary revolutionary ideology were regarded, especially by investors, bankers and politicians of both the centre-right and centre-left, as Italy’s greatest hope for constitutional and market stability.

Just under 30 per cent of the vote went to the coalition put together by Silvio Berlusconi, a man not exactly proven at being able to govern Italy well.

He is yesterday’s but also tomorrow’s man, who saw his run for office - once regarded as something of a joke - embraced as he promised to return, in cash, citizens’ payments of a property tax for which his party had voted; asked a young woman how often she climaxed; and remarked, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, that former dictator Benito Mussolini, whose racial laws condemned thousands of Italian Jews to concentration camps and death, had done some good things in his time.

He didn’t win, but nearly did; which means he remains a major power in the land.

Tim Parks, the British writer who has married and lived for most of his life in Italy, wrote of his adopted people that “nonchalance is perhaps their greatest (talent)”, and continued: “Berlusconi’s political instincts mesh perfectly with the collective determination (of Italians) not to face the truth, which again combines with the deep fear that a more serious leader might ask too much of them. Only in a country where tax evasion is endemic can one appeal to evaders at the expense of those who pay taxes.”

The other major threat to the necessary reform of Italian politics and society is the surging Five Star movement of former comedian and champion blogger Beppe Grillo. It is an irony that this man, who has no obvious peers in his movement, is positing the largest possible reform and has the least means to achieve it. Grillo has for a decade and more described the entire political class, the news media, the Church and the corporate establishment, as thieves, criminals and liars, interested only in feathering their own nests and in pursuing their private vices.

His programme is for the political parties to “go home,” for Parliament to be dissolved and for parliamentary rule to be replaced by rule of the people, their will made evident through the internet. Little question that this is absurd: If

Italian PD (Democratic Party) leader Pier Luigi Bersani reacts during a news conference in Rome yesterday. Italy’s stunned political parties looked for a way forward after an election that gave none of them a parliamentary majority and when the net plays a large role in democratic politics, we will require a staged and consensual movement, one that is explained at length and over time to the electorate. Grillo’s leap into postmodernity is a fantastic indulgence.

But between a quarter and a third of Italians were prepared to indulge him. And they did so because they believed him and his disgust over a long political betrayal. Italian politicians at every level are not universally venal, but enough of them are. They produce sufficiently

‘Italian politicians at every level are not universally venal, but enough of them are. They produce sufficiently frequent scandals of an outrageous kind for the honest, taxpaying citizen to feel regular nausea’

frequent scandals of an outrageous kind for the honest, taxpaying citizen to feel regular nausea. It is on the tide of that nausea that Grillo rode, which made his movement the biggest single “party” - the centre-left and centre-right blocs, which narrowly beat him, were coalitions - and which handed him a large power to do something.

The something Italy needs - no secret here - is reform: reform of the political and electoral systems, of the labor market, of state spending, of tax collection, of subsidies to the South. It needs to take on organised crime, political and corporate corruption and burgeoning drug traffic. It needs a strong, more or less respected, government with the base and the will to stay the course through unpopular measures.

Mario Monti, unelected prime minister for a little over a year, tried to give himself a democratic mandate and failed. His was a mixed record: He reassured other European states and the global financial markets and institutions, but his reforms were often blocked.

Those that succeeded hurt, inevitably, the lower-income, the honest and the young. Ten per cent of voters voted for him.

They were the elite, I would guess, and they voted more in hope than in faith.

The left, which at a little over 30 per cent has “won”, scraped a victory in the lower house but not in the Senate: The two houses have roughly equal powers. No coherent government is possible. The 60 per centers, led by two of

the greatest populists of our time, Berlusconi and Grillo - both in one country, Italy is uniquely cursed - now have to make their moves. Will one or other or both renege on every one of their pre-electoral statements and find common cause with the centre-left to support a government that would carry on some sort of reform programme that Monti has sketched and that the rest of Europe demands? Or will one or other or both continue to play to their own galleries, blame Monti, the left and the European Union for past and present woes and seek to widen their appeal for a future election, now seen as likely soon?

It’s worth stressing the extraordinary nature of the Italian result. Two impossibilists have taken most of the vote; the man most approved by the rest of Europe, the United States and the world institutions has been humiliated; the vote, as Tim Parks writes, blithely ignored realities one would think are pressing upon the state and upon its people.

The future of both the Italian state and Italian democracy is in serious question.

The populists have it in their power to weaken both further, perhaps fatally. For all their farcical posturings, the issues they have set before their country, and the world, are serious.

John Lloyd co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, where he is Director of Journalism. The opinions expressed here are his own

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Showbiz

Hollywood’s elite mingle at glitzy post-Oscar parties

Oscar US TV audience rises, show gets mauling

Invite-only Governors Ball is the party of all parties

By Jill Serjeant

By Piya Sinha-Roy HOLLYWOOD’S elite headed into the night to celebrate or commiserate at a list of glitzy parties in Tinseltown after walking the red carpet and watching the year’s Academy Awards presented.

The party of all parties on Hollywood’s biggest night is the strictly invite-only Governors Ball, thrown by The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences which hosts the Oscars, a lavish affair attended by about 1,500 guests.

This is the party that draws most of the stars and is the first stop for the winners with their prized, gold statuettes, as well as for other nominees who missed out this year and the performers and presenters of the three-hour Oscars show.

Winner of the Best Actor award for Lincoln, Daniel Day-Lewis mixed with George Clooney, who produced the Best Picture winner Argo, as guests sipped champagne and grazed on food by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck.

Filmmaker Ang Lee, who won his second Best Director award for Life of Pi, was celebrating with fellow movie industry bigwigs in the shadows of a 120-foot chandelier

Daniel Day-Lewis (left), who won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in Lincoln, embraces director Steven Spielberg at the Governors Ball, as guests sipped champagne and grazed on food by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck sparkling in the evening’s chosen colors of aubergine, chartreuse, and champagne.

“There’s no pressure, the movie is doing well around the world, it’s all good,” he beamed.

Life of Pi lead actor Suraj Sharma, a newcomer from New Delhi, India, who was attending the Oscars for the first time this year, said he was “ecstatic” with Lee’s win.

“Ang worked really hard on this. I feel like Ang won, we all won,” the actor told Reuters.

As guests air-kissed and back-slapped their way around the crowded ballroom at the top level of the Hollywood & Highland complex, singers Judith Hill and Michael Feinstein were to entertain the celebrity crowd.

British actor Daniel Radcliffe, who performed his own musical number with actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the evening’s host Seth MacFarlane on the Oscars stage, greeted Feinstein with awe.

“This is amazing. I’ve grown up listening to you,” said the Harry Potter star.

Radcliffe, who made his Oscars debut this year, praised the “exemplary” way that rookie Oscar host MacFarlane handled the ceremony that is watched by up to one billion people globally.

“His level of involvement in every aspect of the show is admirable,” Radcliffe told Reuters.

MacFarlane, 39, a comedian, actor and singer who made his mark as creator of the animated TV series Family Guy, also won praise from other stars.

“Very good, very funny and

offhand, nonchalant and Dean Martin-style,” actor John Travolta said.

The stars of Les Miserables swooped down on Best Supporting Actress winner Anne Hathaway as she posed with her statuette.

“I’m so thrilled. It’s so well deserved. I’m so happy for Anne,” said the director of the blockbuster musical, Tom Hooper.

Co-star Amanda Seyfried added: “I’m super, super excited but I kind of knew she was going to win.”

Nine Inch Nails to go back Janet Jackson marries again on the road after shake-up

By Jill Serjeant INDUSTRIAL rock group Nine Inch Nails are planning to hit the road again for a world tour after reinventing themselves and adding new musicians.

Founder Trent Reznor, who took a hiatus after the band’s ‘Wave Goodbye’ tour in 2009, told music website Pitchfork. com this week that the band is “reinventing itself from scratch.”

Reznor said in a statement that bass player Eric Avery, formerly of Jane’s Addiction, King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew and Josh Eustis of electronic act Telefon Tel Aviv would join him in the revamped venture, along with previous collaborators Alessandro Cortini and drummer Ilan Rubin.

“I was working with Adrian Belew on some musical ideas, which led to some discussion on performing, which led to some beard-scratching, which many steps later led to the decision to re-think the idea of what Nine Inch Nails could be, and the idea of playing a show,” Reznor told Pitchfork.

He said the first shows will begin this summer, followed by a tour in the United States and worldwide dates in 2014.

Details and dates were not announced.

Nine Inch Nails have featured a revolving line-up since they was formed in Cleveland, Ohio by Reznor in 1988. The band won Grammys for songs ‘Wish’ and ‘Happiness in Slavery’ in the 1990s.

They released their last album The Slip in 2008 and Reznor said in 2009 that the band was taking a break from touring.

Janet Jackson, 46, tied the knot for the third time with Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana

SINGER Janet Jackson has said that she married her Qatari businessman boyfriend last year, quashing media reports of upcoming nuptials.

Jackson, 46, the younger sister of the late singer Michael Jackson, was engaged to billionaire Wissam Al Mana, 37, last year but kept the news under wraps.

“The rumours regarding an extravagant wedding are simply not true. Last year we were married in a quiet, private, and beautiful ceremony,” Jackson and Al Mana said in a statement to Entertainment Tonight.

“Our wedding gifts to one another were contributions to our respective favorite children’s charities.”

The American singer is known for keeping her private life from the media, rarely speaking out about her ex-husbands. She married soul singer James DeBarge in 1984, and the marriage was annulled a year later.

Her 1991 marriage to music video director Rene Elizondo ended in divorce in 2000.

SUNDAY’S Oscar ceremony scored the biggest TV audience in three years, and edgy new host Seth MacFarlane helped boost interest from young men, despite getting a mauling from TV critics.

Nielsen ratings data on Monday showed that 40.3 million Americans watched the Academy Awards ceremony on ABC television, up three per cent from 2012. ABC said it was the largest Oscar audience in three years.

Boosted by a bumper box office crop of movies and intrigue over MacFarlane’s debut as Oscar host, the show grew 11 per cent in the 18-49 year-old audience most coveted by advertisers, and by 34 per cent in 18-34 yearold men compared to 2012.

After a night of zingers about gays and Jews and risqué jokes about female nudity, the man behind animated TV series Family Guy largely lived up to his own prophecy - at least judging by traditional media - that he could be deemed the worst host in Oscar history.

Rolling Stone writer Rob Sheffield said MacFarlane appeared like a “bumbling rookie” and “few ideas could have been stupider” than turning the Academy Awards into a “Seth MacFarlane variety special”.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which campaigns against antiSemitism, said it was “sad and disheartening” that the Academy Awards show had “sought to use age-old anti-Jewish stereotypes for laughs”.

The group pointed to a sketch in which MacFarlane’s puppet bear Ted remarked to the A-list crowd at the Dolby Theatre that it’s better to be Jewish if you want to work in Hollywood.

“When one considers the global audience of the Oscars of upwards of two billion people, including many who know little or nothing about Hollywood or the falsity of such Jewish stereotypes, there’s a much higher potential for the ‘Jews control Hollywood’ myth to be accepted as fact,” ADL national director Abraham H. Foxman said.

MacFarlane, 39, fared better on Facebook, Twitter and blogs, where 13 per cent declared him the “best host ever”, according to conversations tracked by social media research firm Fizziology.

And MacFarlane didn’t win over the online world just because of his wit. Seven per cent said he was “the sexiest” host, Fizziology said on Monday.

Many TV critics were equally put off by the song and dance heavy Oscars telecast, which ran to three-and-ahalf hours.

“Mr. MacFarlane didn’t ruin the show. But the show almost ruined the Oscars,” wrote Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times.

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Education Hungary director teaching his craft

Number of US high school grads rising

Bodleian to receive Oxfam archive

REVERED Hungarian director Bela Tarr’s famously uncompromising approach to cinema will now be passed to future generations as he begins a new course for budding filmmakers in Sarajevo.

The 57-year-old retired from directing after the release in 2011 of The Turin Horse, a bleak, black-and-white portrayal of a peasant and his daughter abandoned by man and God in their remote, windswept cottage.

Its long takes and sparse dialogue and narrative were trademarks of Tarr, who won over critics around the world and is perhaps most famous for his seven-hour epic Satantango based on a novel by compatriot Laszlo Krasznahorkai.

It will come as little surprise to hear Tarr speak not of commercial success in cinema, but artistic integrity at a time when independent filmmakers are struggling to raise money to make movies that have limited box office potential.

“Film is different - you cannot teach, you can do only one thing which is to develop young filmmakers -- give them freedom, tell them they can be brave, they can be themselves, do what they really want,” Tarr said in an interview.

Last week classes began at his newly-launched Film Factory at the Sarajevo University School for Science and Technology, offering a threeyear programme which Tarr and his associates said would adopt a fresh approach to filmmaking.

“It started when I decided not to make any more movies,” Tarr said of his idea to launch an international PhDlevel film programme for mature directors.

“I had the feeling this was the next step in my life because I want to share what I know,” he said from his offices in the Bosnian capital.

Accommodated in a building located in the old part of Sarajevo, his Film Factory is now home to 17 students who have come from as far as Japan and Mexico to explore the secrets of filmmaking.

Students are expected to produce four films over the first two years and a feature in the final year.

But red flags remain over some groups’ performance

OXFAM is to donate its 70year archive to Oxford University’s Bodleian Libraries, it was announced this week.

The international charity was founded in Oxford in 1942 as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, and its archive fills almost 10,000 boxes, and contains papers, film, digital materials, audio recordings and oral histories.

Among the material is information on Oxfam’s projects between 1955 and 2005, covering issues such as agricultural development, water and sanitation and primary healthcare, the Bodleian said.

There are also documents on Oxfam’s adverts for campaigns and appeals, and council and executive minute books and papers charting the charity’s rise and expansion.

The library said it has been given a grant by the Wellcome Trust to fund a fourand-a-half-year project to catalogue the material.

Librarian Sarah Thomas said: “The archive will be an essential resource for a range of scholars, complementing our existing holdings in the areas of science, medicine, history and development.”

Karen Brown, chair of Oxfam, said the archive was a “unique record” of Oxfam and the international aid movement.

“It is wonderful that the Wellcome Trust funding has enabled us to work with the Bodleian to preserve material and make it available to the public. I hope it inspires future generations to continue striving to overcome poverty worldwide.”

A student learns filmmaking at the Film Factory in Sarajevo on February 21

By Stephanie Simon FOR the first time in decades, the United States is making steady gains in the number of high school students earning diplomas, putting it on pace to reach a 90 per cent graduation rate by 2020, according to a new analysis released Monday.

But the good news comes with a big asterisk: students with learning disabilities and limited fluency in English face long odds to finish high school, with graduation rates for those groups as low as 25 per cent in some states, the analysis found.

Minority students also continue to fall well behind their white peers, with about onethird of African-American students and 29 per cent of Hispanic students dropping out before graduation.

The Building a Grad Nation report - which was coauthored by Robert Balfanz, a leading scholar of dropout rates at Johns Hopkins University - found strong improvements in graduation rates in a diverse collection of states including Tennessee, Louisiana, Alaska, California, Texas and New York. The national graduation rate jumped from 71.7 per cent in 2001 to 78.2 per

About one-third of African-American students and 29 per cent of Hispanic students drop out before graduation cent in 2010, with the pace of improvement accelerating in the past few years.

“For the first time in 40 years, we have seen significant, sustained improvement,” said John Bridgeland, a co-author of the study and the chief executive of Civic Enterprises, a public policy group in Washington, DC. Iowa, Vermont and Wisconsin lead the nation with

graduation rates close to 90 per cent, according to the report, which used data from 2010 and 2011. At the bottom of the heap: Nevada and New Mexico, where barely six in 10 high school freshmen can expect to earn a diploma within four years. Idaho, Kentucky and Oklahoma didn’t use the same formula for calculating rates as other states and thus were not in-

cluded in the report.

Those who have been successful in raising graduation rates credit a range of tactics, including: * Launching new schools designed to train kids for booming career fields, so they can see a direct connection between math class and future earnings * Offering flexible academic schedules and online courses so students can earn credits as their time permits * Hiring counselors to review every student’s transcript, identify missing credits and get as many as possible back on track * Improving reading instruction and requiring kids who struggle with comprehension to give up some electives for intensive tutoring * Sending emissaries doorto-door to hound chronic truants into returning to class “Increasing the graduation rate has to be a purposeful exercise, something you’re driven to do every day,” said Terry Grier, superintendent of public schools in Houston, Texas, where the graduation rate has jumped from 64.3 per cent to 78.5 per cent since 2007.

Yet the report’s authors warn that the momentum could still stall.

Nearly every state will soon be rolling out curricula tied to the Common Core standards, which aim to bring more rigour to maths and language arts instruction. Many will require students to pass exams tied to those higher standards to graduate, which could lead to more failures and higher drop-out rates, the report suggests.

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FTER Pope Benedict’s papacy of almost eight years, the cardinals who will elect the next Catholic pontiff are more European, more conservative and more “Roman” than the conclave that chose him in 2005.

Benedict has hand picked more than half the men who will elect his successor. The rest were chosen by the late Pope John Paul, a Pole with whom the German pope shared a determination to reassert a more orthodox Catholicism in the new millennium.

Those two popes made sure any man awarded a cardinal’s red hat was firmly in line with key Catholic doctrine supporting priestly celibacy and Vatican authority and opposing abortion, women priests, gay marriage and other liberal reforms.

Benedict has also stiffened the Church’s missionary spirit by creating a Vatican department for what is called the New Evangelisation, a drive to spread the faith more vigorously.

With a conservative doctrine assured, cardinals and officials of the Vatican bureaucracy, or Curia, told Reuters the focus now revolves around other issues such as a candidate’s age, nationality and the qualities he can bring to the office.

“The main issue is whether we want a longer papacy or not,” said Cardinal Kurt Koch, 62, head of the Vatican

department for Christian unity and relations with Jews. As for the man himself, he said, “I can imagine a Latin American or African pope.”

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the retired archbishop of Washington, said the new pope must first of all be able to communicate the Church’s message, especially to the young.

“You don’t necessarily need a rock star, but you need someone who can talk to young people,” said McCarrick, 82, who has passed the age ceiling of 80 and cannot vote this time.

“But he must be able to keep the shop at home working and moving along and that’s not easy,” he added, referring to the need for better management of the 22 often disorganised Curia departments which run the 1.2 billion member Church.

There is no front-runner among potential candidates, making this a much more open race than the last closed-door conclave dominated by then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became pope.

The 85-year-old Benedict, the first pope to retire in 700 years, will step down on Thursday. The 117 cardinals eligible to elect his successor, and from whose number the new pope will come, will enter the Sistine Chapel for the conclave, expected to start by mid-March and last several days.

The age ceiling and maximum number of 120 elec-

Next pope likely to be conservative but age, origin, app among considerations reports Tom Heneghan tors for a conclave means popes can name new cardinals as older ones pass their 80th birthday. Benedict has named 67 of the electors this time, or 57.3 per cent of the elite group.

That is close to the twothirds majority needed to elect the next pope.

“It’s quite extraordinary that he’s been able to create this majority in eight years,”

said Robert Mickens, Vatican correspondent for the British Catholic weekly The Tablet.

Apart from being more conservative than their predecessors in the decades after the reforming 1962-1965 Second Vatican Council, he said, there was no clear identikit for these men.

Some are charismatic preachers, such as Manila’s 55-year-old Cardinal Luis

Crowds: people gathered in St Peter’s Square on Sunday to hear the Pope’s last address

Some are charismatic preachers, such as Manila’s 55-year-old Cardinal Luis Tagle, while others like New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan, 63, have taken an active role in debating moral issues in public Tagle, while others like New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan, 63, have taken an active role in debating moral issues in public. Others are more retiring or scholarly.

One senior cardinal, who asked not to be named, said many of Benedict’s appointments as cardinals and bishops were more conservative than the faithful they were named to lead.

“I’m scared about it because we’ll lose our people if we go too far to the right,” he said. “If we sound more like conservative politicians than Christian leaders, that’s bad for the Church.”

US Catholics, for instance, have been divided over the stand taken by Dolan against parts of President Barack Obama’s health care reform concerning contracep-

tive cover for women, while some Belgian bishops have distanced themselves from Brussels Archbishop AndreJoseph Leonard’s conservative views.

Of the 117 electors, a slim majority of 61 are from Europe, compared to 58 in 2005.

Italy, the largest national group, will have 28 this time, up from 20 in 2005.

Only nine of those are arch-

bishops in Italian cities. The rest are officials in the Italian-dominated Curia, whose group has grown to 39 electors in the conclave, 11 more than in 2005.

The Curia often forms a generally cautious and centralised “Roman” faction that can include foreign prelates working there.

Curia cardinals from developing countries often become

Pope fever: postcards with images of the Pope on sale in the Vatican City.

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peal to youth “Roman” over the years and see the world more from the Vatican viewpoint than that of their far-away homelands where local concerns can figure higher.

The predominance of Italians and Curia officials named cardinal early last year led to criticism that Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Benedict’s deputy, was trying to pack the College of Cardinals with his countrymen and fellow Vatican officials.

“The Church is almost half Latin American, but no sitting bishop from there was named,” the senior cardinal said, referring to followers of the Roman Catholic Church.

“Some felt it was a conspiracy not to elect a Latin American pope.”

Bertone, 78, has denounced reports of Vatican intrigues as “an attempt to sow division that comes from the Devil” and accused journalists who write about them of trying to imitate Dan Brown, author of the best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code.

At his penultimate Sunday address, Benedict thanked the crowed in several languages but made the only specific reference to his upcoming resignation in Spanish.

While 42 per cent of the

world’s Catholics live in Latin America, the region has only 19 electors, up from 18 in 2005. Brazil, the world’s largest Catholic country, has five times as many faithful as Germany, but one less elector.

Africa has gone down by one elector to 11 while Asia has stayed at 11. Oceania – Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands – has one elector compared to two last time.

Working in Rome can be an advantage, but is not always.

Ghana’s Peter Turkson, 64, the genial head of the Vatican department for peace and justice, represents Africa to cardinals who want a non-European pope while his Roman experience reassures those worried about a pontiff from overseas.

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, 69, is a classic “Roman.” Born and raised in Argentina, the son of Italian immigrants has spent his adult life in the Curia or Vatican diplomatic service, making him well connected there but little known to cardinals outside.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, 68, a kind of staff manager as head of the Vatican Congregation for Bishops, has a dry image but is “tri-continental”. An intellectual Canadian theologian working in Rome, he has long experience in Latin America.

Cardinals will be watching Benedict between now and his resignation for any hints he might drop about a successor.

His decision to resign because of his failing health clearly points to the need for a relatively younger man, probably in his 60s. Benedict was 78 when he was elected.

The pope has said nothing about Church teachings but his decision to stay in a renovated convent not far from his old papal apartment might weigh on cardinals casting their ballots under Michelangelo’s imposing painting of The Last Judgment.

“Just by being alive, he can influence the succession so that it continues along this path,” Mickens said. “Would the cardinals Benedict created feel free enough to appoint someone who would change the direction of the Church?

I don’t think so.”

Benedict’s papacy was rocked by revelations that priests had sexually abused children in Europe and the United States, mostly before his time in office. The Vatican has apologised for abuse in the Church and put new rules in place to prevent it but said the leadership cannot be held responsible for individual acts.

No Church leaders have suggested changing this approach or for the ban on women priests to be lifted, but some in Europe have proposed greater acceptance of homosexuals and a review of the ban on communion for divorced and remarried Catholics.

Some bishops have also backed the idea of ordaining older married men to help deal with a shortage of priests. These suggestions fell on deaf ears during Benedict’s papacy.

One senior Curia official, who asked not to be named, said speculation about any cardinal’s chances because of his age or passport overlooked a key element in a papal election.

“Don’t forget the catholicity, the universality, of the Catholic Church,” he said.

“The cardinals will be thinking about the best man for the job, not necessarily finding a geographical balance or someone different from the last pope.

“There is a lot of continuity in the Church,” he said, before adding: “But you can never predict what happens at a conclave.”

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

NICOSIA Gangster Squad (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 7.50 and 10.15pm Playing for Keeps (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.10am, 1.15pm and 3.25pm A Good Day to Die Hard (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 11.10am, 1.20pm and 3.30pm

The Impossible (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 10.10pm Anna Karenina (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.10pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.15pm and 3.20pm 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

Hotel Lux (in German and Russian, with English subtitles) Cine Studio, Thursday at 9pm. Tel: 96420491, www.ofk.org.cy

LIMASSOL Gangster Squad (18) Rio 4 at 7.45pm; Rio 3 at 10.10pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.50 and 10.15pm Playing for Keeps (K) Rio 5 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also 3.30 and 5.30pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm A Good Day to Die Hard (15) Rio 2, weekdays at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends at 6.15, 8 and 10pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.30pm

Upside Down (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.50pm

Love in the End (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.30, 8 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; Times are subject to K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus change, so check first (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.30, 8 with cinemas before you and 10.05pm, weekends also at 11.10am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm head out

Telephone no: K-Cineplex: 7777-8383

Upside Down (K) Rio 4 at 10pm Love in the End (K) Rio 1 (in Greek) at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 3.30 and 5.30pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.30, 8 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.25pm Argo (12) Rio 6 at 10.10pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45pm The Impossible (12) Rio 6 at 8pm, weekends also at 3.20 and 5.30pm Anna Karenina (K) Rio 3 at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.10pm

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PAPHOS

Gangster Squad (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.15pm

Gangster Squad (18) Rio 5 at 5.15, 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends also at 3pm

Playing for Keeps (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm A Good Day to Die Hard (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.30pm Upside Down (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.50pm Love in the End (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.30, 8 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.25pm

Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 4 (in Greek), weekends only at 2.30, 4.15 and 6pm; KCineplex (Screen 1) (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

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

Rio Limassol: 25-871410

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

Rio Paphos: 26-207000

A Good Day to Die Hard (15) Rio 1 at 5.30, 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends also at 3.30pm Upside Down (K) Rio 2 at 7.30pm, weekends also at 5.30pm Love in the End (K) Rio 7 (in Greek) at 5.45, 7.30 and 9.45pm Argo (12) Rio 6 at 9.45pm

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

The Impossible (12) Rio 3 at 5.15, 7.30 and 9.45pm

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

Anna Karenina (K) Rio 6 at 5 and 7.30pm

Anna Karenina (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.10pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (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

Gangster Squad

Playing for Keeps (K) Rio 4 at 5.30, 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends also at 3.30pm

Gambit (K) Rio 2 at 9.45pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 3 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30pm Finding Nemo 3D (K) Rio 7 (in Greek), weekends only at 4pm Hotel Transylvania (K) Rio 6 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 3.15pm

listings Today Music The Zilla Project Four-piece band playing blues/rock and electrifying sounds. February 27.

Blue Bar, Classic Hotel, 94 Rigenis Str, Nicosia. 9.30pm. Tel: 22-664006 Indian Classical Music and Traditional Melodies Windcraft Music Centre presents a concert of Indian classical music.

February 27. Old Vinegar House (Palio Xidadiko) 34 Genethliou Mitella Street, Limassol. 8.30pm. €10. Tel: 99-549141/99-808835 Cam-Media Evening concert by recently founded ensemble of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra featuring strings orchestra, computer and students. February 27.

Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia.

8pm. €7 for adults and the entrance is free for children and young people under the age of 18. Tel: 22-313010 Music and Humour Concert by the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, a tribute to Carnival.

Soloist: Tassos Apostolou (baritone) conductor: Alkis Baltas. February 27.

Larnaca Municipal Theatre. 8.30pm. €12/7. Tel: 24-665795

Theatre Oscar The New Stage of THOC presents tender play based on the novel by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. February 27 until March 9. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Wednesday through Saturday at 8.30pm. In Greek. €12/10. Tel: 77-772717

Lincoln Cyprus premiere of critically-acclaimed film to support Cypriot students. Zena Palace Theatre, Nicosia. February 27.

8pm. All proceeds will support the Study USA Fund. Tel: 97-867345 or email alumni@fulbright.org.cy

Tomorrow

Tone Clusters The Second Stage of ETHAL presents work of famous American author Joyce Carol Oates. February 27 until March 24. Technohoros ETHAL, 76 Franklin Roosevelt Avenue, Limassol. Tuesdays, Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sundays 6.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 25-877827

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Music and Humour Concert by the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, a tribute to Carnival. Soloist: Tassos Apostolou (baritone) conductor: Alkis Baltas. February 28. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. €12/7.

Tel: 77-777745

Arab Spring: Desecuritization as Contestation and Energy Securitization in the New Middle East Research seminar by Constantinos Adamides and Odysseas Christou. February 27. M115 Conference Room, Millennium Building (1st floor) University of Nicosia.

11.30am-1pm. RSVP – Tel: 22841600. Email: cceia@unic.ac.cy

Indian Classical Music and Traditional Melodies Windcraft Music Centre presents a concert of Indian classical music.

February 28. Windcraft Music Centre, 27 Xanthis Xenierou, Nicosia. 9pm. €10. Tel: 99-549141/99-808835

Street of Dreams Greek music concert by the Aenaos Music Ensemble with songs by M. Theodorakis, M. Hatzidakis, M. Loizos etc, sccompanied by Katja Braun (viola, violin) & Panayotis Tsappis (bouzouki).

February 28. Larnaca Municipal Theatre. 8.30pm. €10. Tel: 24-665795

Other Events Learning History Together All- day professional development workshop for educators. At the end of the workshop, the participants will be able to join an educational tour of the Arabahmet neighbourhood. March 2, book by February 28. Home for Cooperation, Ledra Palace UN Buffer Zone. 10am-3pm. Each participant will be presented with a certificate of attendance and a free package of the AHDR publications. The workshop will be conducted in the English language.

Free lunch will be provided. www.ahdr.info. Please note that completed registration forms should be sent by email to ahdr.mide@gmail. com or by fax to 22-660061 My Family: Fiction and Reality in the Books of Meir Shalev Open lecture with prominent Israeli writer about his work and family, followed by reception and book signing.

March 5, RSVP by February 28. Social Facilities Centre, University of Cyprus (Aglatzia, University Campus, building 9), Nicosia. 6.30pm. In English. Email: ambass-sec@nicosia.mfa.gov.il. Tel: 22-369524

Ongoing Other Events 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 in original language with English subtitles. www.pharosartsfoundation.org Stories in Screen Series of video presentations. Until March 15. Chiaki Kamikawa Contemporary Art Gallery Solonos 10, Paphos MondayFriday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-6pm.

Saturday: 10am-1.30pm. Tel: 99-311225

Theatre God of Carnage Dionysos Theatre presents multiaward winning comedy by Yasmina Reza. 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 Pirasmos Productions presents a theatrical comedy directed by popular Cypriot actor and director Loris Loizides. Until March 29. Pantheon Art Cinema, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia.

Thursday and Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 70-001910 The Children of Cain Theatro Ena presents the psychological thriller by Andreas Thomopoulos.

Until March 31. Theatro Ena, 4 Athinas Avenue, Nicosia. Every Friday through Sunday at 8.30pm. In Greek. €15/12.

Tel: 22-348203

Exhibitions Mindscapes Solo painting exhibition by Thekla Papadopoulou. Until February 28. Gallery Kypriaki Gonia, 45 Stadiou Street, Larnaca. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm & 4.30pm-8pm. Sunday: 11am-2pm & 4pm-7pm. Tel: 24-621109 Impressions Solo photo exhibition by Sergey Yastrzhembskiy. Until February 28. The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 86-88-90 Phaneromenis Street, Nicosia. Visiting hours: Monday-Sunday: 10am-7pm. Tel: 22-128157

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This Week Music Melody and sequence MANY of us have, at some time or the other, been mesmerised by the magic of Indian classical music and its ability to transport to another world.

As one of the oldest unbroken musical traditions in the world, Indian classical music is said to have originated from the Vedas (ancient scripts of the Hindus). This genre, ancient and rigorous yet improvisational, has influenced everything from jazz to Bollywood film tunes and even the Beatles.

Considering the immense popularity gained by Indian classical music during the last few decades it is most likely that you will have had an opportunity to listen to it at some point. This music has made its presence felt on the concert platform and has captured the attention of appreciative audiences around the world.

While Indian classical music may not fill concert halls in Cyprus it is slowly but surely building a loyal and enthusiastic fan base. Championing wisdom and creativity, Windcraft Music Centre, located in Nicosia, is organising a Concert of Indian Classical Music and Traditional Melodies at the Palio Xidadiko in Limassol this evening.

Tonight’s featured entertainers are Julia Ohrmann on bansuri, Stavroula Constanti on ney and Ravi Saundankar on tabla.

A concert of Indian Classical Music will also be given tomorrow at the Centre in old Nicosia, while the same musicians will give a concert with Evening Ragas and Melodic Improvisation on Friday and Saturday at Kala Kathoumena (Nico-

Coming Up Other Events Meir of the moshav ISRAEL’S most celebrated novelist, Meir Shalev, will give a free lecture at the University of Cyprus titled ‘My Family: Fiction and Reality in the Books of Meir Shalev’.

The lecture tells the story of Shalev’s family, socialist pioneers who immigrated to Palestine in the early 1900s. The Israeli author reveals their ideologies and pioneering life in Israel and how their story then influenced his literature. The lecture, in English,

sia) and Palio Xidadiko (Limassol) respectively.

If, however, tonight is your first exposure to Indian classical music, then maybe a brief introduction would familiarise you with some of the finer points of Indian classical music. Unlike Western music, where the accent is on harmony, Indian classical music retains its roots in pure melody and rhythm, and the subtle and intricate interplay of these essentials is its essence. Here, a melody or sequence of individual notes is developed and improvised upon, against a repetitive rhythm.

Indian Classical Music and Traditional Melodies Windcraft Music Centre presents a series of concerts on Indian classical music. €10. Tel: 99-549141/99-808835 February 27: Old Vinegar House (Palio Xidadiko), 34 Genethliou Mitella Street, Limassol. 8.30pm February 28: Windcraft Music Centre, 27 Xanthis Xenierou, Nicosia. 9pm Concert with Evening Ragas and Melodic Improvisation March 1: Kala Kathoumena, old Nicosia. 9pm March 2: Old Vinegar House, Limassol.

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A unity of form and function

WHEN ONE thinks of art, the functional objects of our lives are not the first things to spring to mind. But everyday functional pieces can be made into art by designers and artists. Sometimes functional objects are art. The most common example is architecture – eminently functional, but created to be aesthetically pleasing to the desires of the architect and the customer.

In this line of thought, an exhibition currently on display at the Centre of Contemporary Art Diatopos, in Nicosia, echoes the ideology of the Bauhaus movement of the 1930s, where the reigning principles were unity of form and function. The compositions on show are the second and concluding part of the exhibition called The Work of Art as a Functional Object, which will remain open until next Friday.

Inspired by Bauhaus, nine distinguished artists have come together to push the boundaries of their creativity, inspiration and imagination, and have produced unique handmade objects with double value: artistic and practical.

Bauhaus is undoubtedly one of the most significant art movements in history. In fact, despite the passage of time and a general fashion for luxury, the Bauhaus marriage of begins at 6pm on Tuesday March 5 in the Social Facilities Centre, but those wishing to attend the lecture are advised to RSVP by tomorrow.

Born in 1948 in a moshav, a cooperative farming settlement, Shalev went on to study psychology at Hebrew University in Jerusalem before beginning a career as a journalist. He has written 12 children’s books as well as four collections of essays. Shalev is also a columnist at the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot and has given lectures on literature and the Hebrew language at Judaic Studies programmes nationwide.

While he served in the Six-Day War in 1967, Shalev is an active commentator on Israeli politics and has criticised many of Israel’s military operations and partici-

integrating craftsmanship art and technology shapes a lot of what we see today in art.

In each of these functional works of art hosted at Diatopos the artist-creator imprints their personal artistic stamp, thus creating a personal artistic vocabulary. As works of art, the objects in the exhibition have an element of uniqueness, which will allow the public to purchase – in an era of globalisation, mass production and uniformity of style – works of art that are not only original, but serve functional needs.

Participating artists are: Theodoulos Gregoriou, Helene Black, Nikoletta Papamichael, Marisa Partzili, Marina Gerali, Doros Irakleous, Elena Kouma, Yiannis Kofteros and Maria Kofterou. It’s also worth noting that on the first floor there is an exhibition of artworks at low prices by artists working with the Centre.

The Work of Art as a Functional Object Second part of group exhibition. Until March 8.

Centre of Contemporary Art Diotopos, 11 DZ, Crete Street, Nicosia. Tuesday-Friday: 11am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 11am-1pm. Tel: 22-766117

pated in rallies for peace between Israel and Palestine. Over the years, Shalev has received some of the country’s highest literary honours including the National Jewish Book Award and the Brenner Prize, one of Israel’s top literary awards, for A Pigeon and a Boy, while his books have been translated into more than 25 languages around the world.

His 1988 debut novel Russian Romance (published as The Blue Mountain in the United States) was a runaway bestseller in Israel, Germany and Australia.

Like many of Shalev’s novels, The Blue Mountain examines the history of Zionism through the lives of the Eastern European immigrants who settled in Palestine prior to the formation of the Israeli state.

By Ledha Socratous In 2005 Shalev was even voted the 42nd-greatest Israeli of all time in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet.

Come join the esteemed novelist next week as he tells the humorous tale of his family and the storytelling tradition that infused his childhood. Following the lecture there will be a reception and signing of books.

My Family: Fiction and Reality in the Books of Meir Shalev Open lecture with prominent Israeli writer about his work and family, followed by reception and book signing. March 5, RSVP

by February 28. Social Facilities Centre, University of Cyprus (Aglatzia, University Campus, building 9), Nicosia. 6.30pm. In English. Email: ambass-sec@nicosia.mfa. gov.il. Tel: 22-369524

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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.

11.00

07.00 08.00 16.30 17.00 18.00

Kaftes Piperies (rpt) Cookery show.

11.30

CYBC 2

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

12.00

Apo Mera Se Mera

15.30

Entehnos

18.50 19.00 19.10

Local cultural show.

Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies Paizoume Kypriaka

20.00 21.00

Moiraia Fengaria

23.00

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

20.00 21.15

News Vimata Stin Ammo

I Kypros Konta Sas Tofalos O Klonarites (rpt) Local sketch show.

23.30 23.45

Amateur chefs each stage a dinner party.

07.50

Kato Apo Ton Idio Ourano News In English News In Turkish Prehistoric Park (rpt)

08.40

NRG Zone FILM: Vanilla Sky

Desperate Housewives Seventh season.

‘Come On Over for Dinner’. Concluding part of the series finale.

Gabrielle discovers the identity of the mysterious man who has been stalking her, and Susan tries to convince the police that she was being framed

by Felicia, and a big dinner party thrown in honour of one of the ladies results in a shocking murder.

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

22.00 22.30

06.30 06.50 07.00

An arrogant New York playboy’s laid-back existence is shattered by an attempt on his life and a series of increasingly surreal events.

Thriller, with Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz. 2001.

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

19.20

NRG Zone Kids’ TV Euromaxx Kati Psinetai (rpt)

Nigel Marven travels through time to save prehistoric species from extinction, using CGI animation to bring the creatures back to the 21st century.

Current affairs show.

16.00 18.00 18.15 18.45

ANTENNA

News Repeats 23.30

09.30 10.25 11.15 12.10 13.00 13.20 14.00 14.50 15.45 16.40

Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Strivein Dia Tou Arravonos (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)

MEGA 06.00 06.30 07.00 10.00

Lifestyle programme features entertainment, music and more.

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

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)

07.00 08.20 10.30 11.20 12.00 14.30 15.20 17.15

12.45 14.00 15.00

Enimerosi Tora Deka Lepta Kirigma Eheis Meson

18.00 18.05

Current affairs show.

16.00

Yia Sena

18.45 19.30

Local talk-show.

18.00 18.20

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

19.30 20.15 21.15

Oi Vasiliades News Klemmena Oneira

20.20 21.20 22.10 23.20

23.10 00.00 00.20

Anonymous (rpt) News Gimnoi Angeloi (rpt) Local drama series.

01.00 03.00 04.20

Yia Sena (rpt) Enimerosi Tora (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

00.10 00.15

PLUS TV

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 Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites News Oikogeneiakes Istories 60 Lepta

07.20

Local investigative show.

21.15

CSI: NY

22.00

Fifth season. ‘Sex, Lies and Silicone’.

Evidence found at a murder scene links the victim to a number of high-profile figures, including police chief Brigham Sinclair and the benefactor who made Hawkes’ career possible. The detectives learn the killer stole a data stick, but find their inquiries hindered by a private investigator trying to suppress sensitive information about his employer.

Two episodes of Greek drama series.

With News at 18.00.

18.40 19.30 20.15 21.15 22.10 23.00 00.00 00.05 00.20 01.40 02.30 03.20 04.40

Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Retire Nea Mera Proino Mou

SIGMA

News Repeats

Repeats

08.35 09.05 10.15 10.35 12.30 13.00 15.30 17.00 17.50 19.40

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

CAPITAL 08.25 08.55 09.30 10.00 11.00 11.30 12.30 13.20 15.15 16.05 16.45 17.35 18.15 19.15 19.50 20.05 21.00

Two convicts escape from prison and embark on a high-profile bank-robbing spree, picking up a bored housewife along the way. Crime comedy, with Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton.

2001.

Exelixeis Sti Showbiz The Closer Sixth season. ‘Help Wanted’. Brenda is unaware of the possible implications for her career when she investigates alongside Captain Raydor a case involving the disappearance of a nanny who worked for important clients.

22.45

Vathi Kokkino

23.30

Nistikoi Praktores (rpt)

23.20

00.15 01.15 02.20

FILM: Running Scared A low-level Mafia member is asked to dispose of a gun used in a shoot-out - but before he can do so the weapon is stolen.

Gritty thriller, starring Paul Walker. 2006.

Greek drama series.

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

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: Bandits

01.30

LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

FILM: Talladega Nights: The ballad Of Ricky Bobby Comedy, with Will Ferrell and John C Reilly. 2006.

The Rum Diary (Novacinema1, 19.50)

01:10 The Weakest Link 01:55 The

Impressions Show With Culshaw & Stephenson 02:25 EastEnders 02:55 Doctors 03:25 As Time Goes By 03:55 32 Brinkburn Street 04:40 Lab Rats 05:10 The Impressions Show With Culshaw & Stephenson 05:40 Fawlty Towers 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Little Robots 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Bobinogs 07:45 The Large Family 07:55 Balamory 08:15 Little Robots 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Bobinogs 09:00 The Large Family 09:10 Balamory 09:30 Spot’s Musical Adventures 09:35 Fawlty Towers 10:10 Lab Rats 10:40 The Weakest Link 11:25 EastEnders 11:55 Doctors 12:25 New Tricks 13:15 As Time Goes By 13:45 32 Brinkburn Street 14:30 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 22:00 Outcasts 22:50 One Foot In The Grave 23:20 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:05 Waking The Dead 00:55 Beautiful People

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Wheeler Dealers 08:15 American Chop-

per 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 Snooker: Haikou World Open 12:45 Cross Country Skiing: World Championship 15:00

Snooker: Haikou World Open 17:15 Ski Jumping: World Championship 19:00 Snooker: Haikou World Open 20:00 Football: Next Gen Series 22:00 Athletics: Greene Light 22:15 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 22:20

pionship 01:30 Snooker: Haikou World Open

05:40 Desperate Housewives 06:25 Bones 07:10 Melissa & Joey 07:35 Scrubs 08:00 Grey’s Anatomy 08:50 Masterchef 09:40 Desperate Housewives 10:25 Bones 11:10 Melissa & Joey 11:35 Scrubs 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 Scrubs 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 Surviving Suburbia 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 04:50 Tough Love Miami

Equestrian Sports: Riders Club 22:25 Equestrian: Fei Dressage World Cup Germany 23:25 World

Golf Championships Accenture Match Play Championship Arizona 00:25 Golf: Golf Club 00:30 Sailing: Yacht Club 00:35 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 00:40 Ski Jumping: World Cham-

07:30 Agora 10:00 Extract 11:30 Action Zone 12:00 Space Cowboys 14:30 Dance Flick 16:00 Romancing The Stone 18:00 All Good Things 20:00 Ltv Sports News 21:00 Babel 23:30 Up In The Air 01:30 Hustler Tv 03:15 Piranha 04:45 Squanto: A Warrior’s

Tale 06:30 Ltv Sports News

C.S.I. Miam 23:15 Bones 00:05 Sympathy For Delicious 01:45 Star Trek (2009) 03:50 Friends 04:15 Gossip Girl 05:00 Fringe 06:30 Harry’s Law

Stars 18:30 What’s Your Number?

20:20 The Beaver 22:00 Abduction 23:55 Dream House 01:30 Hitch 03:30 Cine News 04:10 Shoot’em Up

20:45 Post Game 21:30 Stigmiotipa Kypriakou Podosferou 21:45 Nhl: Phoenix Coyotes At Vancouver Canucks 24:00 Sports Unlimited

07:00 Noises Off... 09:00 An Invisible Sign 10:45 Middle Men 12:45

19:00 Con Air 21:00 Super 8 23:00 Person Of Interest 23:50 Cedar Rapids 01:30 Adult Zone

6:00 Only Hits 8:00 MTV GreekLips 9:00 MTV Disaster Date 10:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 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 Only Hits 20:00 MTV Movies & Stars 21:00 MTV Awkward 22:00 McCafé Music Project 22:30 MTV Awkward 23:00 MTV Underemployed 0:00 MTV Jersey Shore 1:00 Only Hits

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 21:00 La Liga World 21:30 Planet Speed 22:00 Barclays Premier League 201213 00:00 La Liga Review 2012-13 01:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 05:00 Copa Del Rey 2012-13

07:15 According To Jim 08:00 Big Bang Theory The 08:25 Mentalist The 09:10 Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 10:00 Friends 10:25 Two And A Half Men 11:15 Closer, The 12:00 Five Days 13:05 Harry’s Law 13:50 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 Harry’s Law 19:45 According To Jim 20:30 Eastbound & Down 21:00 Hawai Five 22:30

14:30 The Killing Fields 17:00 The Ant Bully 18:30 The Chain Reaction 20:15 White Wall 22:00 The Hole (2009) 23:35 Action Zone 00:05 Daring! Tv 03:45 The Roommate 05:30 Mafia!

05:50 Amnistia 07:15 First Daughter 09:00 Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 10:30 Hollywood 1on1 11:00 Real Steel 13:10 Yo Tambien 15:00 Shirley Valentine 17:05 Hugo 19:15 Action Zone 19:50 The Rum Diary 22:00 Like Crazy 23:40 Largo Winch 2: The Burma Conspiracy 01:45 The Client List 03:15 Martha Marcy May Marlene

05:40 The Conspirator 07:45 He Got Game 10:00 The Story Of Us 11:40 Cine News 12:40 O Kirios Me Ta Gkrin 14:25 Manhattan Murder Mystery 16:15 My Week With Marilyn 17:55 Films And

19:05 Pal Joey 23:05 Barney’s Version 01:25 Trust

01:00 Golf Central International 01:30 Sports Unlimited 02:30 Nhl:

Boston Bruins At New York Islanders 05:00 Nhl: Phoenix Coyotes At Vancouver Canucks 07:30 Morning Drive 08:30 The Golf Fix 09:00 Golf Central International 09:30 Feherty 10:30 Nhl: Boston Bruins At New York Islanders 13:00 Lucas Oil On The Edge Nitro Altereds, Sand Drags 13:30 Wrecked White Means 14:00 Sports Unlimited 15:00 Super Bowl Highlights: V: Baltimore V Dallas 15:30 Super Bowl Highlights: Vi: Dallas V Miami 16:00 America’s Game: 1969 Kansas City Chiefs 17:00 Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics Minnesota At Iowa 18:00 Pre Game(E) 18:45 Championship 2012-13: Aep Vs Apollon

By Preston Wilder

The Hole (LTV3, 22.00) ‘Not just for kids!’ I thought in an eerie sequence where a limping little ghost-girl appears in a ladies’ room - you’ll definitely know it when you see it - and recalled that the director is Joe Dante, the occasional genius behind Gremlins and Gremlins 2. Alas, the rest of this family adventure is a lot more generic and (despite the time-slot) more of a kids’ movie, though still a bit scary for the very young and squeamish. Two brothers - teenager Chris Massoglia and goofy preteen Nathan Gamble - find something strange in the basement of their new house, a trapdoor that’s been shut tight and secured with several padlocks; undoing the padlocks, they find a deep hole, so deep they

can’t even see the bottom - and the hole has dark magical properties. “You look in the hole, it brings your fears to life,” concludes Chris after weird things start happening, while the girl next door (Haley Bennett) is even more succinct: “You’ve got a gateway to Hell under your house!”. Not a hit, probably because it fell between two stools: too scary for little kids, too silly for older ones. Still worth a look. Made in 2009.

Like Crazy (Novacinema1, 22.00) Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones are young, pretty and in love; both are students, but she’s British and he’s American - making for a long-distance relationWhatwhen Love Felicity’s Is ship banned from the US after over-

staying her visa. This glossy drama won the Grand Jury Prize (i.e. top prize) at the Sundance Festival, so people clearly like it - but what I see is the story of a vapid, soppy couple who bond over ‘Graceland’ and single-malt whisky, have some transatlantic issues (though there’s really no reason why he can’t move to England and make furniture), get into one (1) big argument, yet retain a magical, soulmate-like connection. The final scene, a montage of images from the whole relationship - I won’t spoil it by revealing if they’re still together - tries for a power it doesn’t begin to earn, not helped by Yelchin’s absurdly wooden performance. “Anton yelchin. I love you<3. You are awesome”, disagrees someone on YouTube. Made in 2011.

Like Crazy

07:00 Without Love 08:50 The People Against O’Hara 10:30 Three Daring Daughters 12:28 Hotel Paradiso 14:05 Little Caesar 15:25 The Sheepman 16:50 Two Weeks In Another Town 18:35 The Roaring Twenties 20:20 Northern Pursuit 22:00 Sweet Bird Of Youth 00:00 The Roaring Twenties 01:45 House Of Wax 03:10 Gone With

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correctly (6,1,5,1,5) Brewer’s vessel (6) Deviated from a dewy mixture (5) Provided thus, that being the case (2,2) Material was affected (4) Some terminals had included a gauge (5) I leave new minibus under a dark cloud (6) Ensured one had a nap standing up (6) Cilla removed the tree (5) Cunning variety of leg-hits (7) It costs the traveller nothing (4,6)

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CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Boredom; 7 Enigma; 8 Lighten; 10 Xerox; 11 Watchdog; 13 Lee; 14 & 15 Longhand; 16 Ave; 18 Credible; 20 Rated; 22 Prosaic; 23 Travel; 24 Emended. Down – 1 Below stairs; 2 Right; 3 Ditching; 4 Mentor; 5 Minx; 6 Emerald; 9 Experienced; 12 Wardrobe; 14 Lecture; 17 Triple; 19 Board; 21 Dove.

QUICK: Across – 1 Bashful; 7 Awhile; 8 Tonight; 10 Cache; 11 Treatise; 13 Tor; 14 Save; 15 Home; 16 Dip; 18 Hedgehog; 20 Sinew; 22 Sherbet; 23 Clinch; 24 Assayed. Down – 1 Bite the dust; 2 Since; 3 Fugitive; 4 Latest; 5 Chic; 6 Placate; 9 Near-sighted; 12 Congress; 14 Spangle; 17 Geisha; 19 Hobby; 21 Wand.

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

The last of the planets to go side by side with Neptune this month is Venus, today through to the end of the week.

This combination for you definitely has the potential to stir your senses, and promote thoughts of the good old days.

You could feel particularly misty eyed about old romantic situations. Just don’t look at these through rose tinted glasses.

You may enjoy a fantastic connection with someone which is quite unusual. The sense of togetherness which binds you can be very gratifying. If you can cocoon yourselves away in your own little world, the memory may stay with you for a very long time. Yet, be more cautious around investments or property. Wait to make a big decision.

You probably need to be with the people who are very close to you today, or spend time in those places that bring a feeling of comfort and security. Any time of peace and tranquillity is to be welcomed. You can be someone with an unquenchable thirst for stimulating activities and people, but now your senses can really appreciate some soothing.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

A friend can provide some super company today. You might even wonder if this person could become something more. If you have a really honest, open relationship, you may well be able to discuss this together. If you know them less well, but are really smitten, your best policy may be to enjoy the fantasy, but let time run its own course.

It’s true there have been some hard to read moments this month, and with your ruler Mercury continuing to rewind, there may be more before the month comes to a close.

Yet Mercury retrograde can also help us to go back over something that didn’t work out first time around. This analysis, along with a willingness to compromise, could work wonders.

If you find yourself drawn to starting a new book, or absorbing yourself in a mental activity that provides some escapism, it would be of no surprise. Lucky in love? This can be a time when you and yours can share sweet nothings with one another. If you have someone in your orbit you fancy, you may dare to send them a really nice text.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

You might come up with some brilliant money making ideas now. If you are someone who is particularly creative, you have a fantastic chance to shape perceptions at this time. On the downside, if you approach someone influential with an idea that is not well thought through, they may dismiss you as a dreamer who needs to be more realistic.

If your job involves helping others, or providing essential services, you could get tremendous satisfaction from doing a good deed well. You may not want any praise for this, true, though respect and acknowledgement would be nice, but with a selfless planetary aspect strong, sacrifice can come easily. Ensure all the details are right too Libra.

If you are someone with refined taste buds, you might want to conjure up some culinary magic today, and invite someone to share this with you. If you have more of a sweet tooth, it may be this that you want to indulge. Nice clothes and fine furnishings can also appeal. If you are smitten currently, spoiling your beau can prove wonderful.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Now, it may not be possible for you to put all your responsibilities and cares to one side and head off for the day on your own personal jaunt to a place of natural beauty, but if you are lucky enough to be travelling, then your timing is certainly perfect. But what you can do in oodles, is access your imagination. You may find it is very pleasant indeed.

The next four weeks could be a very sweet time for your love life, and even during this week a romantic date can see you glow. Yet as much as there is potential for something wonderful to happen, this is not a certainty. To ensure fate works for you in the best way possible, crisp communication is important too. If you find yourself stalling, the moment could pass.

Your co-ruler Neptune has been particularly influential this month, a shimmering magical influence at best, one which has enabled you to show all of your special sensitivities, flair and creativity. Today in its union with Venus, it can be your love life which benefits, with someone new dancing on your senses. Will this endure? Well, that’s a different matter.

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PETS ***************************** ENGLISH COCKER PUPPIES FOR SALE (black girl and black and tan boy) will be available for sale at the beginning of April, with an excellent pedigree, vaccinated, microchipped, free from eye cataract, kidney failure and hips dysplasia. Living with a family with kids, other dogs and a cat (€450). Also an adult golden cocker male and a black and tan female, fully vaccinated are given for free to the right homes. For photos look at www.costopa.net or call 99884578 Anna (Nicosia) or email to costopa@gmail. com ***************************

FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND PLOT FOR SALE IN KATO PLATRES in a pine tree area. It comes with title deeds, 1095 square feet. Tel. 99881051. ***************************** FOR SALE INDUSTRIAL LAND IN GERI INDUSTRIAL AREA (DALI BORDERS) 2600 sqm with architecture design and final licence to build 1000sqm warehouse. Price €470.000 Euros. Tel: 99222144 DOG GROOMING BUSINESS FOR SALE Do you like animals? If you do you would love doing this. Well established client base for 7 years. Willing to train if needs require. Open to offers for a quick sale this includes training, equipment and transport. For more information please call: 96301768

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

Paphos - tel: 26 911383 fax: 26221049 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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PENNY, a loving gentle female. will make a wonderful family pet. Around 3 years old.

Excellent temperament, very loving and well behaved. She will make an amazing companion. Worth Meeting! She is a small size. At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact on 99520511 Mon-Frid 10-2pm. **************************** NAYIA, a female dog around one year. Very friendly with children and other dogs.

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. *************************** VICO KENNEL: Dog Training Centre and Boarding Kennel.

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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

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

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Dometios ground floor + garden €450, Lycavitos furnished €530, Ag. Paylos rear house newly built €450, 3bdrm M/ssa ground floor €700, Archangelos detached with pool €1,200, 4bdrm Kosta Theodorou new house €1,100, Ag. Andreas g/f €900, Ag. Omologites colonial traditional house pool €2,500. 21 property Finder Ltd. 99474839, 99646822, A.M.627 A.A.108/E APARTMENT FOR RENT by owner: 3 bedroom, 2 and ½ bathroom super luxury apartment 196 sqm all electrical appliances, 2 large covered parking places in a beautiful residential area at the most convenient location in Nicosia, in Dasouplois area behind Aretaieio Private Hospital. Call 99629213 ***************************** 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, hob, oven, fridge freezer, fully fitted kitchen, fully furnished, storage, parking.

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on stairs and bedrooms,4 wc,3 bathrooms, 2 en suite, big verandas, electrical appliances in the kitchen, 3 covered parking spaces, roof garden access, in a quiet neighbourhood on Mon Parnas hill – Engomi €800 (photos in the website).

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

washer, veranda with bbq, good size garden, covered parking, storage room, alarm system, in a quiet area – Archangellos €1100 (photos in the website).

6. 3 bedr + attic room with shower and wc luxury detached house with central heating, a/c, fireplace, modern kitchen open plan with expensive electrical appliances, blinds, garden with grass, over flow swimming pool, covered parking in a quiet area. Available end of February – Makedonitissa €1600 (H4MAK0023-R), (photos on 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 neighbourhood 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 football stadium.

Available END of February Makedonitissa €1500.

9. New modern luxury very good quality finished semi detached house built in 3 levels. Upstairs 1st level 3 bedrs all en suite+ laundry room, 2nd level big attic room which can be used for office space or bedroom. Ground floor with 2 sitting areas ,dining area and breakfast area, kitchen with all the electrical appliances, central heating, full a/c units. Basement with kitchen with cooker and oven, dishwasher, microwave and 2 refrigerators, sitting room with fireplace, and 2 bedrooms with one bathroom. Outside private fenced garden with artificial grass, bbq area and covered veranda. The house has blinds and shutters on all windows, false ceiling with spot lights throughout house, pressure system, covered parking, satellite dish, central music and network system, storage room, very good double glazed windows. Behind General flooring in the centre of Makedonitissa - €2000 (H4MAK0001-R), (photos on the website).

10. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, electrical appliances, small yard, bbq area, off Kostantinoupoleos street near French ambassador residence.- STROVOLOS €700

(H4ST10043-R), (photos in the website).

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

12. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, 450sq.m, central heating, full a/c, office space, separate maid’s room, big kitchen with sitting room and fireplace and all the electrical appliances, all the sitting areas viewing the garden with grass, blinds on all windows downstairs, very big bedrooms with parquet floor, main bedroom with jacuzzi, 2 covered parking spaces near Alpha Mega supermarket and English School. AVAILABLE END OF JUNE 2013 – Strovolos €2700 (H4ST1003-R), (photos on the website).

13. 3 bedr upstairs and 2 separate bedrooms in the basement luxury detached house (all the bedrooms with en suite bathrooms/shower), also separate kitchen and sitting room in the basement which also has separate entrance from the house, central heating, full a/c, solid parquet floor throughout house, big

sitting and dining room with fireplace, big fully equipped kitchen with breakfast area and family room, big over flow, swimming pool with covered patio area with fully equipped bar (bbq, fridge, freezer, cooker), mature garden around the house,2 parking places, alarm system near the Cyprus Conference Centre – Platy Aglantzias €3500 (H5PAG0002-R).

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 neighbourhood park – Platy Aglantzias €2500 (H4AGZ0005-R), (photos in the website)

2 ROOMS €125 each, near McDonald’s Engomi only Philippine girls. Call 99663927.

FOR RENT 3 B/R apartment fully furnished close to Central Bank. 3 W.C., fully airconditioned extra storeroom, owned covered parking.

Excellent condition. Information: Tel. 99621554 ***************************** 3 BEDROOMS flat on second floor in a block of six flats, in a nice position at Strovolos area, fully a/c, c/h, covered parking place for one car, recently painted. Rent €650pm. (furnished if required). Tel: 97773358. ***************************** LUXURY HOUSES:

1. 4 bedr luxury detached house built in 3/4 of a plot, office space, central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining area, separate big kitchen with family room and all the electrical appliances, blinds and curtains on all windows, aluminium shutters, big garden with grass, 3 wc, covered parking, in a quiet area – Strovolos €1000 (H4ST10051-R), (photos in the website) 2. 3 bedr luxury terraced house, 210sq.m,central heating, full a/c, marble floor in the sitting areas and solid parquet floor

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jacuzzi, roman blinds, cooker, oven, microwave, washing machine and refrigerator in the kitchen, covered parking, near Metro supermarket – Aglantzia €600 (photos in the website).

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

PENSES. – Lykavitos €450 (A1LYK0020-R) (photos in the website) 7. 1 bedr cozy luxury apartment,60sq.m,parquet floor, nicely furnished ,all fitted electrical appliances (cooker, oven, microwave, washing machine, dishwasher, fridge), roman blinds, provisions for home cinema, big covered verandah, storage heaters, 2 a/c ,covered parking in Dasoupolis near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital. – Dasoupoli €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 apart-

ment, 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) .

10. 2 bedr luxury spacious apartment, 85sq.m, big sitting room, big fully equipped kitchen, nicely modern furnished, storage heaters, full a/c, big bedrooms, covered veranda with nice view, covered parking, off Prodromou street. – 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. 2 bedr new modern luxury finished apartment with parquet floor, central heating independent, 2 a/c, modern kitchen with all fitted expensive electrical appliances, blinds on the windows, big covered veranda, FULLY NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking in a quiet neighbourhood off Kallipoleos Street - Lykavitos €650 (A2LYK0024-R) (photos on the website) 13. 3 bedr luxury penthouse apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, big sitting and dining room with fireplace, separate kitchen, NICELY MODERN

FURNISHED, big covered and uncovered veranda, covered parking, in Strovolos near the Municipal building - €650 (A4ENG0003-R) (photos on the website) 14. 3 bedr spacious luxury finished apartment 150sq. m+30sq.m covered veranda, central heating independent with petrol, full wall a/c units, solid parquet floor, expensive electrical appliances in the kitchen, 3wc, curtains and blinds on windows, 3 COVERED PARKING, storage room, near Pizza Hut in Strovolos €1100 (photos in the website).

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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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99675752 ***************************** FOR RENT 4 bedroom detached house in Episkopi, on top of a hill with panoramic views of Curium Beach and garden all around (very private). It has a spacious living area, separate kitchen, utility room, guest WC downstairs and four bedrooms with bathroom upstairs. Central heating, air-conditioning, parking. €750. (negotiable) Tel: 99 675752 FOR RENT five bedroom villa for rent in Agios Sylas (7 minutes from town of Limassol) detached with beautiful panoramic mountain and sea views.

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area. Also has a separate apartment below the house with small kitchen and shower with WC. A nice large gargen and covered parking. €1300.

99675752 ***************************** GROUND FLOOR house 3 bedroom, furnished, area Agios Nectarios, Limassol.

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Tel 25752987 or 96535495 ***************************** TRADITIONAL VILLAGE STONE HOUSE IN APESHIA. Very quiet village, 20mins from Limassol.

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Sport India seal dominant victory over Australia INDIA needed a little less than a session to wrap up an eight-wicket victory over Australia on the fifth morning in Chennai yesterday.

Australia debutant Moises Henriques was left stranded on 81 as his side were bowled out for 241 in the morning, leaving India chasing just 50 to win the first Test.

That simply was not enough to cause any jitters for India, even when

the wickets of Murali Vijay and Virender Sehwag fell to Nathan Lyon, and there was time for Sachin Tendulkar (right) to delight the home crowd with maximums off his first two deliveries.

Vijay perished for six - all of which came via a straight, flat six down the ground off Lyon - as he picked out Henriques at short mid-off when he mistimed a drive off James Pattinson.

Sehwag followed in unusu-

ally tame fashion, edging to Michael Clarke at first slip as he defended the spinner.

Few in the Chennai crowd were disappointed, though, as that brought Tendulkar to the crease - and he gave them what they wanted by heaving his first two balls off Lyon for six.

He could not make it a hat-trick to win the game, but an edge for a single from Cheteshwar Pujara did the job just as well.

Earlier, Lyon could not help Henriques reach a debut century as Australia could only add nine to their overnight score.

Lyon’s stout defence helped to repel the Indian bowlers for around 20 minutes in the morning before he was finally caught by Vijay at short-leg off Ravindra Jadeja.

The second of four Tests begins on Saturday in Hyderabad.

Monty wants long putters banned ‘This has opened up a whole new can of worms’

By Brian Homewood

By Tom Pilcher

IN BRIEF

RYDER Cup-winning captain and eight-time European Tour number one Colin Montgomerie wants to see the long putter banned after the PGA Tour came out in support of the controversial club over the weekend.

Golf’s governing bodies, the United States Golf Association (USGA) and the Royal and Ancient (R&A), proposed a ban of anchoring putters to the body in November but PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem disagreed with their stance.

“This has opened up a whole new can of worms,” Montgomerie told Sky Sports yesterday.

“It’s a very dangerous situation we are getting ourselves into, and I do hope they can sort this out very, very quickly.”

Finchem said the PGA Tour had informed the two governing bodies of their opinion earlier this month after conducting a thorough review of the proposal and that the R&A and USGA would bring it to “some conclusion” in the next month or two.

“I think we should go with what the R&A and USGA feel,” said Montgomerie, who

Glitzy St Moritz, Davos fret over Games’ costs

South African Ernie Els, who anchors his putter into his belly, won last year’s British Open and three of the last five majors have gone to players using a similar club won the European Tour order of merit for seven straight years from 1993.

“Whether the long putter should have been banned 20 years ago or not, it should be banned now. We should abide by that,” added the Scot, who captained Europe to Ryder Cup victory in 2010 following a brilliant playing career in the biennial event.

“To now go against that and

say ‘my players aren’t going to do that’, then what happens when you come to USGA events or the British Open?

Does that mean you have to use a different club? We want to play as one under the same rules.”

South African Ernie Els, who anchors his putter into his belly, won last year’s British Open and three of the last five majors have gone to play-

ers using a similar club.

Els, a four-time major champion, said in 2011 after switching to a long putter that he felt their use was “cheating”.

“As long as it’s legal, I’ll cheat like the rest of them,” said Els, who this month said he felt players who used belly putters had no advantage over those with short putters.

Northern Irish world number

O’Sullivan set to return to Brady accepts cap-friendly defend world championship extension with Patriots RONNIE O’Sullivan has announced he is to end his snooker sabbatical and will defend his world title in April.

The 37-year-old pulled out of the 2012/2013 season last November because of “personal issues”.

O’Sullivan had until February 28 to decide if he was going to play at this year’s World Championship.

“I got a bit bored,” said O’Sullivan yesterday. “I needed a rest and I thought it was time to get back to what I have done for a lot of my life.

“Three or four months ago I was sitting thinking that I would rather be losing 10-0 in Sheffield to be back playing, rather than going for lunch, dinner and chilling out.”

QUARTERBACK Tom Brady has agreed to a bargain three-year, $27 million contract extension that will keep him with the NFL’s New England Patriots through the 2017 season, Sports Illustrated reported yesterday.

The two-time National Football League (NFL) Most Valuable Player who led New England to three Super Bowl titles, will get a $3 million signing bonus plus salaries of $7 million in 2015, $8 million in 2016 and $9 million in 2017, the magazine said.

Brady, 35, passed for 4,827 yards and 34 touchdowns this past season with New England, who lost in the AFC title game to the Baltimore Ravens.

one Rory McIlroy and 14-time major champion Tiger Woods are among several players who have consistently expressed their opposition to the belly putter and anchoring.

The proposed new rule by the governing bodies, who argue putters should swing freely and not be anchored to any part of the body, would come into force on January 1, 2016.

St Moritz is famous as a playground for the rich yet financial concerns are undermining public support for the glitzy resort’s bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in tandem with nearby Davos.

Voters in the Swiss canton of Graubuenden, where both towns are located, will decide in a referendum on Sunday whether or not to support the bid.

It would be a first for Davos while St Moritz, home of the Cresta run and the annual polo World Cup on snow, would be hosting the games for the third time after 1928 and 1948.

Organisers want to bring the winter Olympics ‘back to the mountains’ after the city-based Games in Turin, Vancouver and upcoming Sochi but are having a hard time convincing the local population.

“We want to bring the winter Olympics back to the snow,” Joerg Schild, president of the Swiss Olympic Committee, told a news conference.

Opponents fear the environmental impact of new buildings, ski lifts and other infrastructure on the Alpine environment. They are also are concerned that the initial budget will spiral out of control, as invariably happens with major sporting events.

Wizards discover some magic as surge continues WITH just five wins from their first 33 games there was certainly nothing magical about the Washington Wizards’ start to the NBA season.

In fact, it was the type of horrific kickoff to a campaign that would have had Harry Potter thumbing through the sorcery text books searching for a winning spell as Washington disappeared to the bottom of the Eastern conference standings.

But with the season heading into the home stretch, the Wizards are on the rise, and notched their third straight win and seventh in nine games with a 90-84 defeat of the Toronto Raptors on Monday.

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England must stay hungry, says World Cup winner Moody

Lauda says Brawn is staying at Mercedes

By Alan Baldwin

Ex-captain doesn’t want to peak too soon WORLD Cup winner Lewis Moody hopes England do not claim the Grand Slam now as it could see them peak too soon.

The 23-13 result against France on Saturday means Stuart Lancaster’s side are just two games away from a clean-sweep in this year’s Six Nations.

With the next World Cup coming in 2015, Moody, 34, is concerned the achievement could hamper England’s long-term hopes.

“Part of me wants them not to win it because you have to maintain that level of high performance,” he told the BBC. “Winning the Six Nations is very important this year, they will do that, but the Grand Slam... We will see, but the team is moving in the right direction.”

England - with the now retired Moody often playing an impact role as a replacement flanker -last took the Grand Slam in 2003 with an emphatic 42-6 win against Ireland, following several painful near-misses in previous campaigns.

Importantly, that victory came just eight months before the lifting of the World Cup in Australia thanks to a dramatic extra time dropgoal from Jonny Wilkinson against the hosts.

If the current players are to repeat that Grand Slam-

winning feat, they have a much longer wait to try and follow that with a World Cup triumph, which would come on home soil.

Italy are the next visitors to Twickenham in a fortnight’s time, with England’s campaign ending in mouthwatering fashion a week later in Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium against the reigning champions.

“It was not a massively impressive performance against France, it was just a really good win,” former England captain Moody said. “Sometimes you just have to win and beat the team put out in front of you and at the weekend that happened.

“England re-grouped in the second half and showed some really intelligent play, there was a lot of coolness under pressure. They have the three wins back-to-back and they will beat Italy.

“It is then a big ask to win in Wales.”

On a freezing day in west London which saw England battle back from a half-time deficit fly-half Owen Farrell continued his impressive form with the boot by adding 12 points, though he also twice got involved in physical confrontations with France full-back Yoann Huget.

The 21-year-old has been told to rein in his spiky na-

ture by World Cup-winning head coach Sir Clive Woodward, but Moody chose to praise the aggression.

He said: “I like to see that my fly-half has a bit of passion about him. Owen is so consistent and he is a great performer, he has shown that with his kicking.

“But there are going to be times in a game when your emotions and passion to win is sometimes overtaken by your natural instincts. Owen is only a young man and that is bound to happen.”

Legendary Wales scrumhalf Gareth Edwards meanwhile believes England can win the Grand Slam.

Edwards told BBC Radio 5 live: “They’re worth a shout - Manu Tuilagi is back in form and Chris Robshaw is leading by example.”

The 65-year-old praised coach Stuart Lancaster for getting the most out of a team that he reckoned did not contain “any real stars”.

“Lancaster brought the guys down to earth,” Edwards added.

“They’ve lived through difficult truths in the last couple of years because they were not as good as people expected them to be.

He’s now brought stability to a young team that believes in themselves. They are exceptionally talented players but a team without any real stars, so to speak.”

Reaching for the stars: England are targeting the ultimate prize of World Cup glory on home soil in 2015

Former NBA superstar Rodman ‘is in North Korea’ RETIRED US basketball player Dennis Rodman is in North Korea to film a television documentary and arrived in the capital Pyongyang yesterday, the Associated Press reported.

Rodman, now 51 years old, won five NBA championships in his prime, achieving a mix of fame and notoriety for his on- and off-court antics.

Thirty-year-old North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who has launched two longrange rockets and carried out a nuclear weapons test during his first year in power, is reported to be an avid NBA fan and had pictures taken with players from the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers during his school days in Switzerland.

Rodman, who sports trademark tattoos and piercings, played for the Chicago Bulls.

“At a time when tensions between the two countries (the United States and North Korea) are running high, it’s important to keep lines of communica-

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is an avid NBA fan and had pictures taken with Dennis Rodman’s (inset) Chicago Bulls team-mate Michael Jordan during his school days tion open, no matter how non-traditional those channels are,” AP quoted Shane Smith, the founder of VICE, which is to make the TV series, as saying.

VICE, based in New York,

is a production company that has previously filmed in North Korea. The report did not disclose the topic of the TV series but said it was part of “documentary-style news reports from around

the world” that would be distributed on HBO in April.

United States citizens do not require clearance to visit North Korea, and Google Executive Chairman Eric

Schmidt visited in January.

The United States is leading a drive in the United Nations to have stricter sanctions imposed on Pyongyang following its nuclear test two weeks ago.

The third Kim to rule North Korea, an isolated and impoverished state that has about 200,000 political prisoners in labour camps and where a third of children are malnourished, he has a penchant for American culture.

On coming to office, he staged a spectacular featuring a host of Disney characters. He has also been pictured at theme parks, in sharp contrast with his father’s austere appearances.

There have been a variety of attempts at sports diplomacy with North Korea, ranging from wrestling to judo and basketball.

None appears to have fared any better than the regular kind of diplomacy in preventing North Korea from pushing towards the acquisition of nuclear weapons.

ROSS Brawn’s position as Mercedes team principal is not in discussion despite Paddy Lowe’s departure from McLaren at the end of the year, Mercedes GP nonexecutive chairman Niki Lauda said.

McLaren announced earlier that Tim Goss had taken over as technical director with Lowe, who has been linked in the media as a possible replacement for Brawn, leaving at the end of the year for a “fresh challenge”.

“I cannot officially say anything...McLaren put him on ‘gardening leave’ so let’s wait and see,” Lauda, who is also a Mercedes team shareholder, told Reuters at a Motorsport magazine Hall of Fame event in London when asked whether Lowe would eventually find his way to Mercedes.

“But what I want to make clear is that Ross is not even discussed. If Paddy Lowe is coming or not, I cannot tell you now...but there is peace.

Ross is in his position and will stay in his position. Everything is under control.”

Lowe is considered certain to join Lewis Hamilton, McLaren’s 2008 world champion who switched to Mercedes at the end of last year, at the first opportunity and media reports last month suggested he could take over Brawn’s job.

Brawn, who will be 60 next year, is one of Formula One’s grandees and a master tactician and technical expert who guided Germany’s nowretired Michael Schumacher to seven titles with Benetton and Ferrari.

He told reporters last month that he was planning on being at Mercedes for a long time but was also building a succession plan at a team that won championships under his name as Brawn GP before he sold it to the German manufacturer.

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh said Lowe, who can expect to face a period of ‘gardening leave’ keeping him away from the team’s 2014 car, would have a different role until the end of the year.

Lowe was already conspicuous by his absence when the new McLaren was launched at the Woking factory last month.

“He’s been a good and successful F1 technical director and we wish him well when he embarks on a fresh challenge in 2014,” Whitmarsh said in the statement.

The Formula One rules are undergoing a major overhaul in 2014, with a new V6 turbo engine and energy recovery systems replacing the current V8s.

Mercedes, who have struggled in their three years back in F1 as a team, hope to have an advantage as an engine manufacturer.

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By Zoran Milosavljevic

‘Super Mario’ raised a finger to his lips when fans of Inter - where he had made his name before moving to Manchester City - made monkey calls and some waved inflatable bananas in the Milan derby at the San Siro

Inter fined for Balotelli abuse

By Mark Meadows INTER Milan have been fined 50,000 euros after fans racially abused their former player Mario Balotelli in Sunday’s derby with AC Milan, Serie A’s disciplinary commissioner said yesterday.

Balotelli, himself, has been fined 10,000 euros for an “insulting gesture” towards Inter fans at the end of the 1-1 draw.

Italian authorities have long been criticised by antiracism campaigners for not cracking down hard enough on discrimination in sport and more displeasure may

Italian authorities criticised over racism follow at Inter’s relatively small fine coupled with a warning from the commissioner over future incidents.

The fine was not just for the Balotelli abuse but also for racism towards Milan’s fellow former Inter player Sulley Muntari as well as offensive banners and fans’ use of a laser aimed at players’ eyes.

The 22-year-old Balotelli raised a finger to his lips when fans of Inter - where he had made his name before moving to England’s Man-

chester City - made monkey calls and waved inflatable bananas at the San Siro.

Balotelli, Italy’s most prominent black player, has been the biggest target of racist abuse from the stands and reports said part of his motivation for moving to City in 2010 was a desire to escape the insults.

Juventus were forced to play a home game behind closed doors in 2009 after fans racially abused the Italy international striker by singing “a black Italian does not

exist”.

He returned to Italy in January with Inter’s biggest rivals Milan but any hopes that Inter fans would forgive him or at least not racially abuse him were soon dashed.

The Serie A statement said the abuse started “in the 11th minute of the first half” and continued “in the 11th, 15th, 16th and 19th minutes of the second half”.

Italy had appeared to have finally got to grips with its football racism problem in January when Milan’s Kevin-

Prince Boateng stormed off the field in a friendly against lower league side Pro Patria following abuse from the stands.

The encounter was abandoned, Boateng was praised across the Italian and world game while Pro Patria were ordered to play their next home match in an empty stadium.

With Italy’s election looking deadlocked, there seems little chance of a quick change to a law which meant that Balotelli, born in Italy to Ghanaian parents and adopted by Italians, could not get Italian nationality until he was 18.

Goal-shy Marseille meet PSG and Beckham again in the Cup

By Gregory Blachier

David Beckham made his debut for the league leaders from the bench on Sunday and could start tonight

MARSEILLE have only scored twice in their last four league games but hope a switch of competition can reignite their attack when they visit Paris St Germain in a French Cup last 16 match tonight.

The duo meet for the second time in four days in the capital after PSG’s 2-0 win in the league on Sunday when David Beckham made his debut for the league leaders from the bench.

The former England midfielder could earn his first PSG start but Marseille coach Elie Baup is more worried about his team after they created the best chances at the Parc des Princes at the weekend.

“We had 60 per cent possession, we completed far more passes than they did but we lacked that cutting edge,” Baup told reporters after Sunday’s game, where his

‘It’s always good to play well but we must be more efficient, we have to find the net’ side produced 17 shots but only six on target against inform PSG goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu.

“It’s always good to play well but we must be more efficient, we have to find the net even when the goalkeeper puts in a great performance.”

The Cup looks like the only trophy Marseille can win this season after PSG’s victory extended their Ligue 1 lead over their third-placed rivals

to eight points.

Record 10-time Cup winners Marseille, who have lost their last four matches at PSG, will count on Jordan Ayew with the forward returning from a two-match ban. He has been their best scorer away from home this term with five goals.

PSG’s Sirigu may be rested but Marseille have been warned not to expect a weakened team.

“The French Cup is very important to us. There won’t be many changes,” coach Carlo Ancelotti told a news conference.

The Italian will be forced to make at least one alteration in midfield since Marco Verratti is suspended and he may be replaced by Beckham.

“He could start,” Ancelotti said about the 37-year-old, who was praised by his coach and team mates after playing 15 minutes on Sunday.

Among other games, Lorient take on Brest in a Brittany derby.

THE bitter memories of Balkan conflicts that tore the former Yugoslavia apart should take a back seat to football when Serbia visit Croatia in next month’s World Cup qualifier in Zagreb, Serbia coach Sinisa Mihajlovic said yesterday.

The 44-year-old former international, who won the European Cup with Red Star Belgrade in 1991 shortly before Yugoslavia’s violent break-up, also warned those Serbian players about the pressures of facing Croatia.

“The match with Croatia will be a game of football and not war and it won’t be a problem,” Mihajlovic told Belgrade’s Beta news agency.

“I expect my players to deal with the occasion the right way because those football players who can’t take the pressure of high-profile games should get into another line of work, like office jobs.

“My players have to believe in themselves and be confident about how good they are. I wish we could play matches against the likes of Croatia in front of a full house every week because that’s the quickest and best way for players to mature,” he said.

The teams have never met as independent nations, although the rump Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, then consisting of Serbia and Montenegro, reached Euro 2000 at the expense of Croatia after snatching a 2-2 draw in their final qualifying group match in Zagreb.

The March 22 Group A game will be played under tight security after the Croatian authorities vowed to deploy a record number of police and both federations agreed to allocate no tickets for their away fans in either fixture, with the reverse encounter scheduled for September 6 in Belgrade.

Croatia are joint top of the group alongside Belgium with 10 points from four games while Serbia are a distant third, six points behind.

Mihajlovic came under pressure from Serbian media for his team selection and performances in a 3-0 home drubbing by Belgium and a 1-0 defeat in Macedonia but suggested he had few dilemmas about his team selection against the Croatians.

“I have a pretty clear idea who could start the match although there is a month to go and a lot might change, depending on injuries and consistency in players’ form,” he said.

“But there is no doubt in my mind that those who are selected will play their hearts out.”

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West Ham pay tribute to Moore as grandchildren lead out teams 20th anniversary of the death of World Cup-winning England captain BOBBY Moore’s grandchildren led the teams out before West Ham played Tottenham to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of the Hammers legend.

Poppy, 21, Freddie, 16, and 13-year-old Ava carried out the ball at Upton Park.

Fans and players from both clubs provided a minute’s applause while home supporters held aloft cards making up a mosaic reading ‘Moore 6’.

West Ham produced a tribute programme with 50p from each sale going to the Bobby Moore Fund for cancer research.

On Sunday, Poppy and Ava joined Moore’s daughter Roberta, his former teammate Martin Peters and club co-chairman David Gold, in paying tribute to England’s only World Cup-winning captain, who died from cancer aged 51 on 24 February 1993.

Club chaplain Rev Alan Bolding laid a wreath at the ‘Champions’ statue near West Ham’s ground which celebrates Hammers World Cup heroes Moore, Peters and Geoff Hurst, alongside Everton’s Ray Wilson.

“He was our England’s World Cup-winning captain, but also more personally for all of us here at West Ham, a legend at our club and always will be,” said Gold.

“It was great to see so many West Ham fans turn out in what was bitterly cold weather. But they wanted to pay their respects to a man we hold very dear at this club.”

Football Association chairman David Bernstein has expressed regret that the governing body did not do more to honour the former defender, who won 108 caps for his country.

Bernstein wrote in a Sunday Times column: “I am aware the Football Association has been criticised over

Celebration: Bobby Moore’s daughter Roberta (fourth left), David Gold and Martin Peters with shirt in front of Moore’s statue. Moore’s three grandchildren (inset) led out the Hammers on Monday against Spurs its treatment of Bobby once he retired from football.

“It saddens me that this is the case and while I am not privy to exactly what happened at the time, it is clear to me the organisation could have done more.”

However, the FA chief is proud of the work the organisation has done recently to commemorate Moore and help the charities associated with the player who also won the FA Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup.

“During my time as Wembley Stadium chairman I was immensely proud that we were able to commission the outstanding statue of Bobby, which was unveiled before the official stadium opening in 2007,” said Bernstein.

“If Bobby were alive today I am sure we would have asked him to be the chief ambassador for the Football Association in its 150th year.

Equally, I have no doubt he would be extremely modest

- if not embarrassed - about his achievements and the legacy he has provided for every English football fan.

“Over more recent years the FA has worked very closely with the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK, also now in its 20th anniversary year.

“We will continue to work with Bobby’s charity and its campaign this coming year, at England home matches and at the FA Cup semi-finals and final.”

Bernstein believes it is also fitting that Sunday’s Capital One Cup final between Swansea and Bradford was played on the anniversary of Moore’s death outside the ground where his statue sits.

“Of course the great man would appreciate the significance of such a London derby and I hope the teams can emulate the skill, athleticism, grace and respect for which we all remember Bobby Moore so fondly.”

Vidic ‘managing’ knee problem

Vidic’s injury issues began when he suffered ligament damage in the Champions League against Basel in 2011

Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic is confident that he will soon be available for every game as he seeks to overcome a troublesome knee injury.

Vidic admitted he is currently managing the problem that has limited him to only 14 starts since December 2011.

"With playing Wednesday and Saturday, some games I have to think if it's good for myself to play or not," the Serbia defender told BBC Radio Manchester.

"After every game I feel better and better, which is a good sign."

The 31-year-old believes his knee will be in peak condition before the end of the campaign, after revealing he has experienced swelling - but no pain - after some recent outings.

"Sometimes I will get reactions, sometimes not," added Vidic, who has played 256 times for the Premier League leaders.

"When I have got through two or three months without injuries, I will be fine. It's not long-term. It's normal procedure after this kind of operation.

"We have to manage the knee for the next two or three months and after that it's going to be normal."

Vidic's injury issues began when he suffered ligament damage in his right knee during a Champions League tie against Basel.

He missed the remainder of the 2011-12 campaign and required another operation in September after complaining of tightness in the knee.

The centre-back returned to action in mid-December and has appeared in 10 of United's last 16 games in all competitions, including the 2-0 win at lowly QPR on Saturday, which maintained the club's charge towards a record 20th domestic league title.

Keen for his skipper to avoid another layoff, manager Sir Alex Ferguson has allowed Vidic time to rest between games and even left him out of the side for the first leg of their Champions League tie against Real Madrid earlier this month, instead pairing Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans at the heart of defence.

Maths does not add up in Hart’s title dream

By Sonia Oxley MANCHESTER City goalkeeper Joe Hart’s desire to hold on to the Premier League title is so great that he will not let the small matter of some basic maths get in his way.

“Even if there is one game to go and we are 12 points behind, we’ll still believe.

We’ve got to,” local media quoted the England international as saying yesterday.

“We’ve got to keep fighting, you never know.”

Except that he does know that should there really be a 12-point gap on the last day of the season, the trophy will already have red ribbons on it and be on its way to an open-top bus parade with a Manchester United team celebrating a 20th title.

Luckily for Hart, champions City in fact have 11 games in which to overturn a 12-point deficit which is at least mathematically possible if not an easy task.

“We have just got to keep going,” Hart added. “It’s going to be really hard, we’ve got a lot to do but we’re going to have a damn good go at doing it.”

They could in fact be 15 points behind United by the time they next play as Alex Ferguson’s side host Norwich City on Saturday before City’s trip to Aston Villa on Monday.

Hart also saluted the teammates who have helped him make Manchester City’s defence the best in the league so far this season.

No-one in the Premier League can better City in terms of the number of goals scored against them.

Roberto Mancini’s side have conceded just 24 times in their 27 top-flight fixtures to date in 2012-13, six goals fewer than the next-best total.

Plenty of credit for that must go to Hart, an everpresent in the league who saved a Frank Lampard penalty in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Chelsea, while the 25year-old himself has paid tribute to those who play in front of him.

“We are so blessed with quality defenders,” England international Hart said of his club-mates.

“People forget Maicon and Micah (Richards) are out injured as well as Vincent Kompany.

“But Matija Nastasic has been a sensation. For his age (19), he is like a rock.”

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Baghdatis blows it as Del Potro wins in Dubai

By Nemanja Bjedov MARCOS Baghdatis failed to capitalise on three match points as he lost to fourth-seeded Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) in the opening round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships yesterday.

Del Potro arrived in Dubai in a rich vein of form, reaching the Open 13 quarter-finals in Marseille last week, having previously won the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam two weeks ago.

Despite inconsistent serving in the first set, as he fired three aces, committed a double fault and hit a dismal

46 per cent of his first serves, Baghdatis did not allow Del Potro a single break point opportunity.

Del Potro gave away the first two break points of the set to the 27-yearold Cypriot in the tenth game and then committed a double fault, his third of the set, to gift Baghdatis the opening set after 42 minutes.

There were no breaks of serve in the second set until the fifth game when Del Potro converted his first break point opportunity to take a 3-2 lead.

The world No.7 then held serve in the following game to increase his advantage, before eventually serving out the set in the tenth game to force a decider.

Baghdatis broke Del Potro in the fourth game and then held serve to take a 4-1 lead, but the Argentine reeled off the next three games, breaking the Cypriot once in the process, to level the scores at 4-4.

The Limassol native then held his serve but failed to convert three match points as Del Potro drew level at 5-5. Both players held serve in the following two games and a tie-break was needed to decide who would go through to face Indian Somdev Devvarman in the second round.

Unfortunately for the Cypriot, it was Del Potro who confidently sealed a hard-fought victory after two hours and 28 minutes of playing time.

Cyprus star Marcos Baghdatis missed three match points against Juan Martin Del Potro, going down in three sets

Red hot Bale an inspiration says Spurs boss Villas-Boas Flying winger continues scoring spree at Upton Park

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OTTENHAM boss Andre Villas-Boas said Gareth Bale was an inspiration to his team-mates after the Wales winger’s brilliant late winner sealed a 3-2 victory over West Ham on Monday night.

Bale opened the scoring and capped a fightback from 2-1 down with a dipping last-minute shot from outside the area.

“He inspires people and he is a direct influence on every single player,” said VillasBoas.

“Players like this take responsibility at key moments, he is tremendous.”

Bale’s stunning brace followed recent winners against Lyon, Newcastle and West Brom and a superb solo equaliser against Norwich.

It took his tally to eight goals in his last six games for Tottenham and to 19 for the season in all competitions. His Premier League haul currently stands at 15 - only four behind golden boot pacesetter Robin van Persie “He’s starting to get a liking for scoring late goals,” added Villas-Boas. “The player continues to make the difference and he was tremendous once again.

“He is enjoying his football, when you see him joyful on the pitch he gives you rewards.”

Asked if Bale should win

That’s my boy! Andre Villas-Boas was full of praise for star player Gareth Bale after his stunning brace sank West Ham

the PFA Player of the Year award, Villas-Boas added: “I think so, it would be truly deserved, but it’s not up to me to make that consideration.

“You have to recognise he’s having a tremendous season. So probably a contender, he is for us, hopefully he can get there.”

“I don’t know how many goals he’s scored now but they’re all spectacular,” said team mate Gylfi Sigurds-

son, who was also on the scoresheet in Monday’s victory.

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce, whose side were leading 2-1 until Sigurdsson’s 76th-minute equaliser, was similarly effusive in his praise for Tottenham’s match-winner.

“We’ve one man to thank for the result and that’s Gareth Bale,” he said. “He’s the difference and his wonder goals are continuing.

“I can’t say I’ve n anyone ever seen score so many in such a short time.

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“We played fantastic but we’ve really aten been beaten e. by Bale.

h hit it I went As soon as he ‘oh no’, I k knew it was going in,” he said of the 90th-m 90th-minute winner.

Bale refused to take sole credit for a victory which bo boosts Tottenham chances of ham’s Cham Champions League qualification, lifting them above a Chelsea into third in the t table ahead of Sunday’s derby meeting

with Arsenal.

“It’s not about me, it’s about the team and we played really well,” he said.

“We obviously wanted to get the three points to keep our Champions League hopes alive.”

With Tottenham currently four points above fifthplaced Arsenal, Villas-Boas added: “The north London derby is going to be very passionate, and if we can put Arsenal seven points away it will be a big step for us.

“We know we need a bigger gap than at the moment to keep them away.”

Scott Parker meanwhile believes Bale’s last-minute winner will have sapped Arsenal’s morale ahead of Sunday’s derby, leaving the Gunners on the back foot.

“It’s deflating,” the Spurs midfielder said. “I’ve been in that position when you’re playing and you’re watching the scores come in and you hear there’s been a lastminute goal in a game that’s important for your side.

“You’re praying it’s gone the way you wanted it to and then you hear it’s a goal for the team you didn’t want to score. So it is deflating for a player watching, and I’m sure the Arsenal players are like that.

“Gareth is a world-class player and at the moment he is scoring last-minute goals that are winning games for us. He was fantastic at West Ham and he’s stepped up again to get us the three points.”

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