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‘Somebody needs to care about them’ Fifty of the 250 poor families in Paphos have had electricity cut off, councillor says By Bejay Browne

ORE than 50 of the 250 families in the outlying areas of Paphos who volunteers say need urgent help, have had their electricity cut as they are unable to pay their bills, it emerged yesterday. The volunteer group headed by local businesswoman Pavlina Patsalou and Paphos councillor, George Sofokleous, who also owns a hairdressing salon, issued an urgent plea earlier in the week to help the families involved but they can only do so much. Sofokleous, said: “I spend most of my time trying to ﬁnd food and clothing for about 250 families in Paphos who have big problems. Somebody needs to care about these people- at the moment it’s only us.” The volunteers started the programme around 18 months ago, helping around 20 families. This number has now mushroomed to more than 250 and is increasing on an almost daily basis. The councillor said most are without work, some have large families with ﬁve children or more, some are without homes and others without electricity. He said that one of the families has been living without electricity for more than two weeks. “If you don’t have mon-

ey it’s not possible to pay the bills. There are about 50 families who are trying and failing- every month to pay these bills. The electricity authority often says ‘pay half now and half next month’ but it’s impossible for these people to find any money if they don’t have work. We are trying to do whatever we can to helpbut it’s very hard and the electricity board can’t help at the moment.” A spokesman at the Electricity Authority in Paphos said yesterday he was unable to comment and the EAC spokesman in Nicosia was unavailable. A growing number of families and individuals, who have become victims of the economic crisis, live outside the boundaries of Paphos municipality and therefore don’t qualify for help from the social welfare fund, or they are receiving a small amount of benefits, which isn’t enough to cover even the basic needs, yet disqualifies them for help from the municipality. Due to the growing numbers of people desperate for help, and the amounts of money which the group needs to raise, they are opening a dedicated bank account next week and filing all of the relevant documents with the state to ensure it’s all legal and transparent. “Some people are donating food or clothes and some are giving money.

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The government sealed a deal yesterday granting an Italian-Korean joint venture a concession to drill for hydrocarbons in three offshore blocks off Cyprus. Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis (left) shakes on the deal with representatives of the consortium (Photo: Christos Theodorides) SEE STORY PAGE 4

Thousands of crocodiles on the loose after South Africa floods By Peroshni Govender SOME 15,000 crocodiles escaped from a South African reptile farm in ﬂood waters this week and were on the loose in and around one of southern Africa’s biggest rivers, a newspaper reported yesterday. “There used to be only a few crocodiles in the Limpopo River. Now there are a lot,” Zane Langman, whose in-laws own the farm in the northern part of the country told Beeld newspaper. Langman said only half the escaped crocodiles from the

Rakwena Crocodile Farm close to the Botswana border had been recaptured, the report said. Langman added that farm gates were opened out of fear that the rushing flood water would crush the crocodiles. Officials from the farm were not immediately available for comment. One crocodile apparently from the farm was captured about 120 km (75 miles) away at a school rugby field, the report said. Heavy rains and flooding have claimed at least 20 lives in Mozambique and South Africa and led to the evacuations of thousands.

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ON THIS DAY JANUARY 25

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28 years ago, Friday January 25, 1985

In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the ﬁrst live presidential television news conference.

The high number of tourists coming to Cyprus can put a strain on troubled marriages, an expert has warned. For many of these tourists have more permissive attitudes than Cypriots, for example topless sunbathing. This can create a sexually stimulating environment, making an extra marital relationship all too easy, George Georgiou said at a lecture.

1971 Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda’s president.

38 years ago, Saturday January 25, 1975 1995 The Norwegian Rocket Incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.

1996 Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the United States of America.

1998 During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country

The British use of the Sovereign Bases for the evacuation of the Turkish Cypriot refugees and their subsequent transfer to the occupied areas “creates problems as to the future of the British Bases”, President Makarios declared amid growing pressures for the abolition of the Bases. He said the British move had created “irreparable damage” to relations between London and Nicosia.

58 years ago, Tuesday January 25, 1955 A man was yesterday ﬁned £5 for misbehaving in a public place and acting in a way likely to cause disorder. He was arrested in December for shouting when the British national anthem was played at the start of a Greek performance of Hamlet. When the anthem started to play, around six men stood up and shouted “It’s a disgrace. Cyprus is a Greek island”.

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CYPRUS TODAY Weapons cache found in car A 55-YEAR-OLD man from Larnaca was arrested on Wednesday morning after police found a host of weapons and dangerous items in his car, including air guns, taser guns, batons and handcuffs. Larnaca police spokesman Christos Andreou said that, acting on a tip-off, police intercepted the car driven by the 55-year-old at around 11am in Larnaca. During a search of his car, police found 23 taser guns, five foldable batons, five air guns, two fake guns, two pairs of handcuffs and a large number of metal pellets. Police then searched the 55-year-old’s home where they found another 12 air guns and fake guns, and one more taser gun. The Larnaca resident was arrested in connection with importing, possessing and transporting air guns without a licence, and the illegal possession of dangerous objects and offensive weapons. Andreou said the 55-year-old confessed to the charges, while making some allegations which police are now investigating. Police are also looking into whether the confiscated items came from the occupied areas. According to police, the decision was taken not to seek his remand and the 55year-old was due to be released yesterday.

It costs some €3,000-€4,000 a week to feed 250 families (continued from front page) When we receive anything, Pavlina and I immediately go and purchase goods to give to the people,” said Sofokleous. According to the councillor, it costs a minimum of around €3,000€4,000 a week to just feed the 250 families. “Once we have ﬁled all of the paper work we will organise some fund raising events to help, but for now we need help from the residents of Paphos as well as local businesses. This problem is affecting the entire community and we all need to come together to help each other,’ he added. While the Cyprus Mail was at Pavlinas’ children’s clothing store yesterday, she received a telephone call she had been anxiously waiting for. “I’m so pleased that the landlord of the empty shop next to mine has given us the space rent free for an initial period of time and then after that, at a greatly reduced rent. We will be able to store all of the food supplies here,” she said. The businesswoman is currently storing all goods at the back of her shop and Sofokleous stores all donated clothes in an apartment above his hairdressing salon ‘George and

Efﬁe’. Patsalou assured that the new shop would be cleaned and organised by last night and ready to receive goods as of this morning. The volunteers will have a drive at Carrefour in Paphos tomorrow between 9am-1pm, which they are hoping will be a success. They plan to purchase items such as milk, cheese and other goods which will immediately be passed on to the needy families. Patsalou added: “We are helping all sorts of people. There are some young families in their early twenties with small babies. They don’t have work and their parents are not in a position to help. There are also some elderly people in their seventies.” The volunteers give out food boxes when they can; some families are in dire straits and are given food parcels twice a week. “I passed through some hard times myself, like many others and I feel for these people. Today a lady came with seven children, she asked for help and we must do what we can,” said Patsalou. Daily donations of food and clothes are being accepted at Pavlina Children’s Clothes shop and

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Above: George Sofokleous and Pavlina Patsalou Below: a food donation that was brought in yesterday

Debenhams confirms closure THE Debenhams Avenue store in the middle of Nicosia’s Makarios Avenue will shut down, an announcement confirmed yesterday. The brief announcement cited “commercial and financial reasons” leading to the decision to shut down the store as part of restructuring efforts. The flagship Debenhams Central store, also on Makarios avenue in Nicosia, will continue working as normal. “Efforts are being made to absorb a number of the (Debenhams) Avenue employees,” the announcement said. No further comments were made. A closing down sale on the premises of what used to be Debenhams Avenue is due to start today. Clothes will be sold at discounts of up to 80 per cent. George and Effie’s hair salon from 9am-7pm. Contact Patsalou on 99 220 152 or Sofokleous on 99542343

Makarios hospital wrongly told woman she had miscarried THE health minister has ordered an investigation into a complaint that doctors at a state hospital had wrongly diagnosed a woman as having had a miscarriage, it emerged yesterday. Health Minister Androulla Agrotou said there would be disciplinary action if it was determined beyond any doubt that offences had been committed in this, and two other unrelated cases currently under investigation. Twenty-six-year-old Maria Stylianou, in her eighth week of pregnancy, lodged a complaint after she was told by doctors at the Makarios hospital on Tuesday that she had had a miscarriage. “She (the doctor) was absolute about what she was saying,” Stylianou told Sigma television. “She announced it was a miscarriage.” Stylianou said she left the hospital dis-

THE NICOSIA Municipality has decided to add another 100m to the popular pedestrian /cycle path that stretches along the Pedieos River from the suburbs of Lakatamia all the way to Prodromos park in the town centre. According to municipality sources, the path has proved so popular that the municipality has asked the contractor to extend the path from the Prodromos park behind the Yiorkion building a further 100m, stretching under the bridge on Hilonos Street and towards the temporary immigration buildings across the street. The work should take around two months to be completed, though when it will start is unknown given the current strike by construction workers. The municipality ofﬁcial said the path is all the rage among amblers, joggers, and cyclists, to the point where people are complaining that there’s not enough space on the path, which sometimes is conﬁned to the narrow width of the river in parts.

traught but was later convinced to visit a private gynaecologist who ascertained there was nothing wrong with the embryo. Agrotou said yesterday she had ordered an investigation into the case, which must be completed by the end of this month. The minister said she spoke to the woman “to express her sympathy for the inconvenience she went through and to clarify certain things.” Agrotou said two other investigations were underway about complaints regarding the Makarios hospital Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic. The minister declined to say whether the two complaints concerned the same doctor. Asked about the delay in investigating the two cases, reported last summer, the minister said she gave instruction for the process to be expedited.

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Outopos livens up election viewing By Elias Hazou

THE PLANNING Bureau has signed a contract with the Karaiskakio Foundation to ﬁnance the improvement of the Cyprus Bone Marrow Donor Registry with the aim of improving public health and reducing health inequalities. The project contract was signed on Wednesday and will be implemented under the Norway Grants 20092014 programme. The total budget is €756,808, with Norway Grants providing 90 per cent of the total and Karaiskakio Foundation the remaining 10 per cent. The main objective of the project is to improve public health and reduce health inequalities. According to a Planning Bureau press release, this will be achieved by upgrading the infrastructure of the Cyprus Bone Marrow Donor Registry, addressing many of its technical and operational weaknesses, improving its capacity to serve the needs of all Cypriots (Greek and Turkish), as well as international patients, and helping to maintain its sustainability. A recruitment campaign will encourage Cypriots to register for the bicommunal donor database. In addition, the aim is for the registry to further enhance collaborative work with international donor registries including the Norwegian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. The two national registries will organise a meeting of the Group of European Medium-Size Registries in Cyprus and further enhance their collaboration through the exchange of information and stem cells for patients in need of a bone marrow transplant. The beneﬁciaries of the project are leukaemia patients in need of hematopoietic stem cell transplant from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities as well as leukaemia patients from other countries, as well as staff at the Karaiskakio Foundation and other registries worldwide, said the press release.

Three separate agreements, one for each of the prospects, were signed

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Gas deal a €150m boost for economy Kassinis: Cypriot side is ‘pleased’ with its percentage By Elias Hazou THE GOVERNMENT sealed a deal yesterday granting an Italian-Korean joint venture a concession to drill for hydrocarbons in three offshore blocks. Three separate agreements, one for each of the prospects, were signed on behalf of the government by commerce minister Neoclis Sylikiotis and ﬁnance minister Vassos Shiarly. The three blocks (2, 3 and 9) licensed to the ENI-KOGAS consortium lie north of a gas ﬁeld that holds an estimated 5 to 8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

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“The discovery of hydrocarbons...creates new realities and prospects for transforming Cyprus into a regional energy hub,” Sylikiotis said at the signing ceremony. “Today we are taking yet another decisive step toward realising the hopes in our people for a new path toward prosperity, progress and peace in our country and the region,” he added. ENI Vice President for Eastern Europe, Valerio Bracaccia, said industry officials recognised that the waters between Cyprus, Lebanon and Israel hold much promise in terms of gas deposits. Sylikiotis said a signing fee of €150m would flow into state coffers. That’s good news for the cash-strapped government, which only has enough money to pay salaries until March, when it hopes to secure a financial rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. Officials here have been ar-

guing in their negotiations over the country’s bailout that gas proceeds will help secure the country’s longerterm public finances. They hope such revenues can be viewed as a financial guarantee, easing the need for Cyprus’ creditors to impose harsher conditions in exchange for the bailout loan of up to €17 billion. The first concession period will run for three years, with an option to renew for two more; under the agreement, the licensee relinquishes 25 per cent of the area of a prospect after the first period. The respective percentages for Cyprus and the companies in the production-sharing contract are not made public due to a confidentiality agreement between the parties. But the Cypriot side is “pleased” with its percentage, energy chief Solon Kassinis told the Mail. Kassinis, heavily involved in the talks that led to the agreement with ENI-KOGAS,

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said the contract provides for “one plus one drilling.” During the first concession period the Italian-Korean consortium would carry out exploratory drilling, and if successful they would follow up with an appraisal drilling to confirm the size and quality of the reserves. The government says there would be synergies from the licensing to ENI-KOGAS, since two of the blocks (2 and 9) run in the path of a pipeline planned to transport gas from the Noble Energy’s concession to a terminal which will convert gas into its liquefied form onshore. Noble meanwhile has pushed back the start of appraisal drilling in its Block 12 concession because the rig has been tied up in Israel’s Leviathan field. The US firm’s license expires in October this year. Kassinis said also that separate talks with France’s Total, bidding for offshore blocks 10 and 11, were progressing well. “We hope to wrap it up soon, perhaps sometime over the next 10 days,” he said. Earlier, Kassinis revealed on Sigma television that Total has proposed drilling to a depth of 7400 feet. The depth indicates the French company would be prospecting directly for oil, Kassinis said, which confirmed his own assessment for blocks 10 and 11. “If we find oil, and I am certain we shall, then we can just load it onto ships and sell it,” the official said.

ODDBALL presidential candidate Costas Kyriakou, aka Outopos, was on a roll on Wednesday, using the ‘F’ word while telling Cypriots why they should vote for him. But for the bad language, he’ll be getting off scot-free, it seems. Donning his trademark bandana – which he says is to prevent headaches – the 54-yearold career candidate appeared on Sigma’s noon news show urging the public to support him en masse. This was to ensure against electoral fraud, he said. Outopos claims that in the last three presidential elections he received around 70 per cent of the popular vote, but was‘cheated’ of victory. The real results, he says, were concealed in a massive cover-up perpetrated by the political system working in cahoots with a corrupt media. Official election data show he has never gained more than 1 per cent of the vote. Outopos called on voters to be extra vigilant this time round: “Don’t vote for me like a**holes,” he declared. A bewildered news anchor promptly asked him to be more careful with the language. Outopos next explained why he was running for the top job: “I want to become a dictator. I wish to rule as dictator to bring order to the chaos. I’m a dictator-in-waiting.” Later in the day, he pulled a similar caper during a live programme on the state broadcaster showcasing the socalled ‘minor’ candidates. Revisiting the issue of election fraud, Outopos called on citizens to rise up in revolt should the results be tampered with on February 17. Clenching his fist, Outopos demanded from his public: “Gamate tous ta kerata.” From Greek, the expression literally translates as “F*** their horns,” but really means “give them hell!” Again, the host urged the presidential hopeful to be more civil, to which Outopos reacted with a sheepish smile. A self-professed communist, Outopos’ ideology is a mix of Marxism, Aristotelian philosophy and – one suspects – selected ideas from the ‘Zeitgeist’ movie. The farmerauthor studied philosophy in Thessaloniki. But is he in hot water for the vulgarity? It doesn’t look like it. For his remarks on CyBC, there is little the Broadcasting Authority can do. That’s because, due to a legal foulup, the body currently has no authority over the CyBC, except when it comes to commercials. What of the comments on Sigma? Head of Broadcasting Authority Andreas Petrides told the Mail that they would look into them. “Using a swear word does not automatically lead to a fine. It depends on the circumstances. When it’s a live show, we tend to be more flexible,” Petrides said. He said it was hardly the first time the ‘F’ word has been heard on Cypriot television.

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Church asked to mediate in Russian loan Archbishop: anything we can do, we do By George Psyllides

Primary school teachers protest outside the palace yesterday

(Christos Theodorides)

Teachers say they’re paying for the crisis PRIMARY SCHOOL teachers yesterday protested outside the Presidential Palace, brieﬂy closing the road in front, against austerity measures being taken as a result of the draft memorandum agreed with international lenders. Members of the primary teachers union (POED) held banners protesting against the parallel increase in teaching hours and unemployment among the youth. One banner read: “Teachers are paying for the crisis”, while another: “Keep your hands off Education”. POED deputy leader Christoforos Theophanous said the demonstration was called to express teachers’

opposition to the provisions in the draft memorandum which “undermine education” and will reportedly make around 400 new teachers unemployed as of next September. The primary teachers also oppose the changes to the pension law and teachers’ exclusion from free health care which will be put on an income-criteria basis. A resolution handed to the Presidential Palace blasts the government for agreeing to the memorandum, a precondition of any bailout of Cyprus, and implementing austerity measures while protecting the rich and the banks.

THE government has asked the Church to mediate so that a loan application to Russia is viewed favourably, Archbishop Chrysostomos said yesterday. The archbishop said he had been asked to seek the help of the Russian Church with the Russian government. “We are always at the disposal of the government … anything the Church can do it always does with pleasure since it here to serve the people and the country,” Chrysostomos said, adding that the Church had done its duty. The government had applied to Russia for a €5.0 billion loan in a bid to avoid

resorting to the European support mechanism. Russia has so far declined to give Cyprus the money although on Wednesday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signalled that it may do so under certain conditions. “(Russia may give another loan to Cyprus) only in the case we are conﬁdent that economic decisions, which are made by the European Union, are met, and in the case when our European partners also give something to Cyprus,” Medvedev told Bloomberg TV on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Cyprus has already borrowed €2.5 billion from Moscow. The government has asked Russian authorities to extend repayment of the

loan by five years to 2012. Earlier this month, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said his country was prepared to loosen the terms under which Cyprus had to repay the loan. Cyprus applied for financial aid last June but some eurozone states like Germany are uneasy about bailing out a country they say lacks financial transparency. The bailout is estimated at around €17 billion, equal to the entire output of the Cypriot economy. Government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said those attacking Cyprus were after its role as a very significant, international financial and investment centre. “It is obvious that behind these attacks there are selfish interests,” Stefanou said.

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Trans woman was placed in men’s block LGBT group said they would lodge an official complaint with Ombudswoman THE POLICE force’s practice of holding trans women in men’s holding cells on the rationale they “only want to be women but are men” has prompted a nongovernmental organisation to ﬁle a complaint on the grounds of discrimination. A Nicosia court last Saturday remanded three women, in connection with running a brothel following a police raid on Friday night. The police referred to one of the women as a “transvestite man” rather than a transgender female – based on information on her ID that said she was male. They were adamant the term was correctly applied when the Cyprus Mail asked for clariﬁcation. The police then placed her alone in a cell at the men’s block. The Cyprus-based nongovernmental group ACCEPT, which deals with issues pertaining to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, visited the woman this week. “A complaint is due to be

filed (today) with the Ombudswoman,” ACCEPT’s Despina Michaelidou said. During their visit, ACCEPT was told that the police would continue to hold trans women in the men’s holding block because “they are men who want to be women, but are still men since this is what the official documents say”. ACCEPT was allowed a five-minute conversation with the woman in a nonprivate space. The police allegedly said the time limit was imposed to limit the interaction of the woman with male prisoners “since it would not be correct for them to see women here [in the men’s holding block]”.

POLICE TRAINING Despite the fact that the woman in question did not wish to take the issue any further, ACCEPT has called for police to be trained on how to treat transgender persons, and to keep people in cells based on the gender they identify with. There are various reasons

for this, from protecting people from physical or verbal harm to being sensitive to a person’s emotional and psychological health, ACCEPT said. And people have the right to deﬁne their gender for themselves, the NGO said. The interior ministry will not let trans people change their names or gender on their ofﬁcial documents unless they have opted to have genital reconstruction surgery, ACCEPT said, adding that this violated people’s rights by intervening with their lives on various levels. “Trans people include those with a gender identity that is different from the gender they were assigned at birth. “These include, among many others, transsexual and transgender people, trans men and trans women, transvestites, crossdressers, no-gender, liminal-gender, multigender and gender-queer people, as well as intersex people who relate to or identify as any of the above,” said ACCEPT’s Michaelidou.

Builders stand around yesterday after downing tools as a nearby construction site in the background remains idle. The strike is due to continue today (Christos Theodorides)

Construction grinds to a halt as workers go on strike By Poly Pantelides CONSTRUCTION work stopped across the board yesterday during the first day of an islandwide strike over job losses and insecurity in the sector. The strike is due to continue today, while the unions have not ruled out extending it indefinitely. Unions SEK, PEO, and DEOK, have assigned patrols which have been going round construction sites looking for strike-breakers, SEK’s Yiannakis Ioannou said. PEO issued an announcement slamming contractors who were “hurting employers, their rights and their families”. People are being fired and are getting replaced by “cheap labour”, PEO said. The numbers show that Cypriots have been the least affected from all workers in the construction industry despite the unions’ claims that “cheap labour hands” were replacing Cypriots, the federation of building contractors’ associations (OSE-

OK) said yesterday in an announcement. The unions have taken issue with the roughly 10,000 workers in their sector who hail from the EU, and are not part of collective agreements that guarantee better beneﬁts for employees. Most construction workers are Cypriots and in total the sector employs about 46,000. In 2008, the labour ministry stopped issuing work permits to third-country nationals who were seeking employment in the construction sector, which safeguarded jobs for Cypriots and EU workers. Although the number of EU workers has not risen over the last few years, there are about 6,000 people who are unemployed and the unions are pushing for stricter control of who gets to work in the industry. The sector has been one of the hardest hit sectors and many businesses within the industry were vulnerable, rendering an extended strike dangerous, OSEOK said. Meanwhile, the spokesman for ruling party AKEL Giorgos Loucaides said his party supported the strike.

Communications Minister Efthymios Flourentzos (centre) at yesterday’s signing

Contract signed for Larnaca hospital upgrade Investors want Popular’s chairman to resign COMMUNICATIONS Minister Efthymios Flourentzos yesterday signed a €20m contract for the expansion of Larnaca general hospital using the design-buildmaintain method. According to Flourentzos, the contract worth €20m plus VAT provides that the contractor must design and construct a new four-floor building in the hospital grounds within the next three years, which will have the capacity to have another four floors added on in the future. The contractor also has to provide maintenance for the first 12 years of the building. The new building will have two underground floors and two over ground, and will be constructed on the site where the

hospital canteen currently stands near the entrance to the complex. The building will contain ofﬁces, outpatient clinics, and electromechanical installations, among other things, and will be connected to the main hospital building through two closed bridges. Flourentzos said the aim was to design the building in a way so that it could function as a university hospital, to be utilised by the medical school that the University of Cyprus is currently in the process of setting up. The original Larnaca general hospital was ﬁrst opened in October 1984, built on land donated by the Saint George Committee and funds provided by the people of the United States of America.

THE investors association (PASEHA) yesterday demanded the resignation of the Popular Bank chairman, accusing him of allowing the lender’s legal adviser to also represent a ﬂagging supermarket chain that owes the bank millions. PASEHA said Pambos Ioannides was acting as Popular’s legal adviser while at the same time he was retained by the bankrupt Orphanides supermarket chain. “This unacceptable act is

indicative of how the bank got to this point and the new board chairman, Mr Andreas Phillipou’s, inability to accept that such actions hurt the shareholders’ interests,” PASEHA said in a written statement. “The challenges faced by Popular are huge and it is obvious that Mr Phillipou cannot perhaps tackle them, thus we call on him to resign.” Popular, the island’s second-largest lender, was nationalised in mid-2012 after

its capital base was severely hit by a write-down in Greek government debt, to which it was heavily exposed. PASEHA also censured the “inconceivable fact” that Ioannides represented Popular in meetings about the ﬁnancials of a company he also represented. Orphanides is currently struggling for survival with a debt to the Bank of Cyprus and Popular amounting some €140 million, and around €100 million to other creditors.

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Beer sales down as 380 million fewer pints drunk By Alan Jones BEER sales have fallen for the eighth year in a row, with 381 million fewer pints being drunk in 2012, according to a new study. The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said the ﬁgures showed how the government’s “damaging” tax policy was hitting the pub trade. The association has joined campaign groups in calling for a review of the beer duty escalator,

introduced in 2008, which sees tax on beer increase by two per cent above inflation each year. More than 100,000 people have signed a petition in protest at the extra tax, urging the Chancellor to announce in the March Budget that it will be scrapped. Pub beer sales slumped by 4.8 per cent in the final quarter of 2012 compared with a year earlier, with total beer sales down by 4.7 per cent over the year. Around 138 million fewer pints of beer were drunk in the final quar-

ter of 2012. Sales of beer in supermarkets and shops fell by 7.5 per cent in the ﬁnal three months of 2012 compared to the previous year, while sales in pubs, bars and restaurants were down by 4.8 per cent. Beer sales have fallen every year since 2005. Brigid Simmonds, chief executive of the BBPA, said: “These ﬁgures show that the government needs to stop its full-on tax assault on our vital beer and pub industry. “We’ve had tax hikes of 42 per

cent since March 2008, which is hugely damaging and completely unacceptable for such an important manufacturing sector. “Instead, we could be protecting and creating jobs at a time when the country most needs it.” Beer sales support around a million jobs and generate almost £8 billion in tax revenues, said the association. Analysts have predicted that another rise in beer tax in the next Budget could lead to thousands of job losses in the industry.

PM Cameron to EU: don’t force political union Speaks out against ever deeper political union after pledging in-out referendum By Andrew Osborn PRIME Minister David Cameron told European leaders yesterday that any attempt to force countries into ever-deeper political union was a mistake that Britain would not be part of. Cameron’s comments at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland came a day after he promised Britons a vote on quitting the European Union, saying the country would hold a referendum on its membership by the end of 2017 if he wins the next election. His words were among his most combative to an international audience on the future direction of the EU, but were also designed to reassure EU states and investors that Britain had no intention of turning its back on the EU, despite the planned referendum and the uncertainty it has generated. “Countries in Europe have their histories, their traditions, their institutions, want their own sovereignty, their ability to make their own choices, and to try and shoehorn countries into a centralised political union would be a great mistake for Europe, and Britain wouldn’t be part of it,” he said in a speech. Britain wanted to reform the EU from the inside for its own benefit and for the benefit of the bloc’s other 26 members, Cameron said, adding he believed the EU had to reorient itself. “Britain is a major European player on all of the issues where Europe needs to act - being more competitive, fighting terrorism, combating climate change we are right out there leading the arguments, making the arguments. “And that is the sort of political action that we need. But a centralised political

union? Not for me, not for Britain.” As the eurozone navigates its debt crisis and eyes closer integration, Cameron has said he wants Britain to repatriate certain powers. Back in Britain, voters and the media were digesting what many commentators said was a historic Europe speech by Cameron the previous day. The mass-selling Sun tabloid played up comments by German Chancellor Angela Merkel who said after his speech that she was ready to discuss Cameron’s EU ideas, suggesting it was an important victory for the British premier. “Top Merks”, read its headline, a pun on the German politician’s surname. It also published a YouGov poll which showed 63 per cent of Britons backed Cameron’s referendum idea and its own online poll in which 68 per cent of respondents said they

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thought Britain should leave the EU. The Daily Mail also gave Cameron favourable coverage, running a headline that simply stated: “Yes, Prime Minister! (Now go on and ﬁnish the job, Mr Cameron).” Other newspapers were more sceptical, wondering if Cameron had begun a process he would be unable to control. Some British business leaders have warned that Cameron’s plan to stage a referendum by the end of 2017 - contingent on him winning the next election in 2015 - is likely to lead to investors delaying important decisions about Britain. But a letter in The Times, penned by 48 industry and ﬁnance leaders, suggested business was split on the issue. The letter endorsed Cameron’s strategy, saying it was “good for business and good for jobs in Britain” and arguing it was the right time to try to cut the amount of red tape coming out of Brussels and to complete the bloc’s single market. Back in Davos, EU leaders gave a mixed reaction to Cameron’s ideas about how to reform the bloc. Speaking on a panel, Dutch Prime Minister Marc Rutte expressed the strongest support for Cameron’s aim of repatriating some EU powers to member states and of pressing Europe to complete its internal market. “Precisely because Europe and the world is changing, we need to have this debate about subsidiarity, about which tasks should be made by 27 and which tasks at national level,” Rutte said. But he voiced doubts about whether powers could be clawed back, saying: “You can never repatriate powers from the European to the national level.”

BRITAIN TODAY Tower blocks ‘should be bulldozed’ HIGH-rise housing blocks should be bulldozed and replaced with terraced homes to help tackle social problems and remove “no-go” areas, a thinktank report has argued. About 140,000 households with children live on the second floor or above in England, despite evidence that multi-storey flats attract higher crime rates and social breakdown, the paper published by the centre-right Policy Exchange said. It claimed that terraced streets and low-rise flats could achieve the same density of housing as highrises and that 260,000 new homes could be built in London in seven years by demolishing tower blocks in the capital. High-rises could also pose fire dangers and were more expensive to build and maintain, it said.

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Engineer fitted with UK’s first bionic limb By Lauren Turner AN engineer who lost his right hand in a jet ski accident has become the first person in the UK to be fitted with a revolutionary lifelike bionic limb. The £47,000 Michelangelo hand is controlled by muscle signals from Christopher Taylor’s brain, with the four fingers and thumb able to move independently of each other. Using the device, Taylor, a married father-of-three, is able to grip items - vital for his job as a self-employed lifting equipment engineer. The 58-year-old from Ivybridge, Devon, who returned to work a fortnight after losing his hand in August 2009, has been testing the Michelangelo since December and had his final fitting this week. He said the hand, paid for by an insurance claim, is a vast improvement on previous prosthetics. The Michelangelo - named after the Italian artist’s painting of God and Adam touching hands - is made of soft and hard components, mirroring bones, joints, muscles and tendons. It has a silicone socket, attaching the hand to Taylor’s arm.

BRITAIN urged its nationals to leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi yesterday, citing a “specific and imminent” threat to Westerners days after a deadly attack by Islamist militants in neighbouring Algeria. Britain’s Foreign Office declined to give details of the nature of the threat, but has warned in the past of the long reach of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the North African wing of al Qaeda. At least 38 hostages were killed in an attack on the remote In Amenas gas complex in Algeria, about 100km from the Libyan border. “We are now aware of a specific and imminent threat to Westerners in Benghazi, and urge any British nationals who remain there against our advice to leave immediately,” the Foreign Office said in a statement.

Tea with WI THE Queen joined Women’s Institute members for tea, cakes and a rousing rendition of Jerusalem yesterday afternoon. Wearing a cerise dress coat on her annual visit to Sandringham WI, the monarch, who is honorary president of the organisation, smiled as she was met by members. Having made the short drive from Sandringham House to West Newton village hall, she was greeted by about 35 members who sang the national anthem followed by Jerusalem. Yvonne Browne, vicepresident of the Sandringham branch, said it was an honour to welcome the Queen to the meeting.

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newspaper Defiant Greek subway Spanish sorry for publishing strikers facing arrest false Chavez photo Government invokes emergency anti-strike legislation By Karolina Tagaris GREECE’S government ordered striking transport staff back to work yesterday, threatening them with arrest if they refuse to end an eightday walkout that has paralysed the Athens subway. Workers said they would defy the order, issued under emergency legislation the conservative-led government invoked for the first time since taking power in June. The strike is the latest test for Greece’s fragile coalition as it tries to take on powerful unions and implement an austerity programme demanded by foreign lenders as the price for bailout funds. “Neither the government nor society can be held hostage to union mentality,” Development Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said after a nearly five-hour meeting with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. “The government can’t ignore this. There is nothing else we can do,” he said. But in a sign of the coalition’s fragility, the move was criticised from within its own ranks as the smallest party in the three-party government called it “extreme”. “At a time when society is under such pressure, every option to reach an agreement must be exhausted first,” the Democratic Left party said in a statement. “Being uncompromising - on both sides does not help.” When the same emergency law was invoked against truck drivers in 2010, workers obeyed the order to return to work after a week-long strike that had disrupted fuel supplies and emptied gas stations. But the subway workers were defiant and other unions voiced their support. “We will not back down, we will resist,” one union leader,

A policeman talks with Athens subway employees on strike yesterday

Antonis Stamatopoulos, told Reuters after addressing workers at a subway station in the working-class neighbourhood of Sepolia. Subway workers, who have deﬁed a court order to return to work, oppose being included in a uniﬁed wage scheme for public sector workers that would slash their salaries. “It’s not that subway workers went crazy over the last eight days. We exhausted every possibility before going on strike. We’ve reached our limits. We’ve run out of patience,” said Manthos Tsakos, general secretary of the metro workers’ union. Greeks - inured to daily

strikes - were in a sour mood yesterday, with some complaining that their daily commute time had tripled and that they were being forced to pay for costly taxi rides. “The workers are taking advantage of their union power while the ordinary commuter, who is unprotected, is being punished,” said Antonis Demetriadis, 40, who works in a marketing company. “Who is going to protect me? Would they care if my pay is cut?” Bus, railways workers and seafarers said they would walk off the job in the coming days in solidarity with subway workers as major unions ex-

pressed their support. Greece’s largest private and public labour unions GSEE and ADEDY, representing about 2 million workers, said they would hold a 24-hour strike in February to protest the government’s belt-tightening policies. Greece, kept afloat solely by foreign aid, averted financial collapse in December when its eurozone partners agreed to keep funds flowing, but insisted on unpopular reforms that have driven up unemployment to record levels. A public fed up with waves of tax hikes and salary cuts has taken to the streets in often violent protests.

SPAIN’S inﬂuential El Pais newspaper apologised yesterday for publishing a “false photo” of elusive, cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, removed the image from its website and withdrew its print edition. Chavez is currently convalescing in Cuba after undergoing surgery for cancer for the fourth time on December 11. He has not been seen publicly for six weeks, fuelling rampant speculation over how serious his condition is. The Venezuelan government and the leader of Argentina, Chavez ally President Cristina Fernandez, condemned the publication of the photo. “As grotesque as it is false,” said Venezuelan Information Minister in a Twitter comment. The grainy photo that El Pais originally splashed on its front page yesterday, billed as a global exclusive, portrayed the head of a man lying down with a breathing tube in his mouth. El Pais, one of the biggest Spanish-language publications in the world and an institution both in Spain and in Latin America, said in a brief online statement that it had withdrawn the

photo after ascertaining that the image was not of Chavez. Venezuelan political opposition leaders have criticized government secrecy over Chavez’s condition while his supporters have accused foreign media of being in league with the opposition to spread rumours that the president’s medical condition is worse than it really is. The handling of information over Chavez’s health has become as contentious as the man himself and ofﬁcial medical updates have been confusing and contradictory. “El Pais apologises to its readers for the damage caused. The newspaper has opened an investigation to determine the circumstances of what happened and the errors that were committed in the veriﬁcation of the photo,” the newspaper said in the statement. The photograph was on the paper’s website for half an hour and also appeared in early editions of the print version that were then withdrawn from news stands and replaced with a new edition with a different front page, the company said.

El Pais said in a brief online statement that it had withdrawn the photo after ascertaining it was not of Chavez

Frenchwoman praises Sarkozy for Mexico release Go forth and tweet, urges Pope Benedict A FRENCHWOMAN released early from a 60-year Mexican jail term for kidnapping said former President Nicolas Sarkozy had saved her life by backing her case, as she arrived back in France yesterday. Cassez was careful to thank the current president, Francois Hollande, but made clear she considered Sarkozy’s help had been crucial. “I remember when Sarkozy took a stand in my case. It was a crucial moment. He saved

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my life because I went through very difﬁcult times where sometimes I would get up in the morning and tell myself I was too tired to keep ﬁghting,” Cassez told a sea of TV cameras at Paris’ Roissy airport. The 38-year-old was arrested in 2005 at a ranch near Mexico City with her ex boyfriend, who led a kidnapping gang. Cassez was jailed in 2008 after a trial without jury that was held behind closed doors.

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POPE Benedict XVI has told Catholic Church leaders they must engage with social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter if they want to spread the faith to the next generation. The 85-year-old Benedict, who tweets in nine languages, used his annual message on social communications to stress the potential of social media for the church as it struggles to keep followers and attract

new ones amid religious apathy, competition from other churches and scandals that have driven the faithful away. Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, head of the Vatican’s communications ofﬁce, cited a 2012 study commissioned by US bishops that found that 53 per cent of Americans were unaware of any signiﬁcant presence of the Catholic Church online.

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World WORLD TODAY Japan nuclear shutdown risk JAPAN may face a total nuclear shutdown in the summer for the second time since the March 2011 Fukushima disaster as the country’s two operating reactors close for maintenance and tough new safety checks keep the rest of the fleet offline. That could force Japan to import even more fossil fuels for power generation, adding to an onerous energy bill that helped push the country into a record trade deficit in 2012. “It is unlikely that any of the idled reactors will restart prior to September due to ongoing investigations of seismic issues at certain plants and due to the fact that safety standards have still not been finalised by the Nuclear Regulation Authority,” said Tom O’Sullivan, a Tokyo-based energy consultant.

North Korea tests to target US NORTH Korea said yesterday it would carry out further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the United States, dramatically stepping up its threats against a country it called its “sworn enemy”. The announcement by the country’s top military body came a day after the UN Security Council agreed to a USbacked resolution to censure and sanction North Korea for a rocket launch in December that breached UN rules. North Korea is not believed to have the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead capable of hitting the continental United States, although its December launch showed it had the capacity to deliver a rocket that could travel 10,000 km (6,200 miles), potentially putting San Francisco in range, according to an intelligence assessment by South Korea. “We are not disguising the fact that the various satellites and long-range rockets that we will ﬁre and the high-level nuclear test we will carry out are targeted at the United States,” North Korea’s National Defence Commission said, according to state news agency KCNA. North Korea is believed by South Korea and other observers to be “techni-

cally ready” for a third nuclear test, and the decision to go ahead rests with leader Kim Jong-un, who pressed ahead with the December rocket launch in deﬁance of the UN sanctions.

CHALLENGE TO BEIJING China, the one major diplomatic ally of the isolated and impoverished North, agreed to the US-backed resolution and it also supported resolutions in 2006 and 2009 after Pyongyang’s two earlier nuclear tests. Yesterday’s statement by North Korea represents a huge challenge to Beijing as it undergoes a leadership transition, with Xi Jinping due to take ofﬁce in March. China’s Foreign Ministry called for calm and restraint and a return to sixparty talks, but effectively singled out North Korea, urging the “relevant party” not to take any steps that would raise tensions. “We hope the relevant party can remain calm and act and speak in a cautious and prudent way and not take any steps which may further worsen the situation,” ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters at a press brieﬁng.

A SPLIT emerged yesterday in the alliance of Islamist militant groups occupying northern Mali, as French and African troops prepared a major ground offensive aimed at driving al Qaeda and its allies from their safe haven in the Sahara. A senior negotiator from the Ansar Dine rebels who helped seize the north from Mali’s government last year said he was now part of a faction that wanted talks and rejected the group’s alliance with al Qaeda’s North African franchise AQIM.

Some military roles may remain off limits By Phil Stewart and David Alexander

Drone probe

DIY death drugs VIETNAM will begin producing its own chemical for executing prisoners after factories in the EU stopped shipments because of objections to the death penalty. The country stopped using ﬁring squads in 2011 because of concerns it was traumatising the shooters.

The Unha-3 rocket launches at North Korea’s West Sea Satellite Launch Site on December 13, 2012

Pentagon lifts ban on women in combat roles

Mali rebels split

THE United Nations launched an inquiry yesterday into the use of unmanned drones in counter-terrorism operations, after criticism of the number of innocent civilians killed by the aircraft. The inquiry, announced in London, will investigate 25 drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories. Most attacks with unmanned aerial vehicles have been by the United States. Britain and Israel have also used them, and dozens more states are believed to possess the technology.

North Korea has rejected proposals to restart the talks aimed at reining in its nuclear capacity. The United States, China, Russia, Japan and the two Koreas are the six parties involved. Analysts said the North could test as early as February as South Korea prepares to install a new, untested president or that it could choose to stage a nuclear explosion to coincide with former ruler Kim Jong-il’s February 16 birthday. “North Korea will have felt betrayed by China for agreeing to the latest UN resolution and they might be targeting (China) as well (with this statement),” said Lee Seung-yeol, senior research fellow at Ewha Institute of Uniﬁcation Studies in Seoul. Washington urged North Korea not to carry out a third test just as the North’s statement was published yesterday. “Whether North Korea tests or not is up to North Korea,” Glyn Davies, the top US envoy for North Korean diplomacy, said in the South Korean capital of Seoul. “We hope they don’t do it. We call on them not to do it,” Davies said after a meeting with South Korean ofﬁcials. “This is not a moment to increase tensions on the Korean peninsula.”

Army Spc. Monica Brown, a medic from the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, is seen in Khowst province, Afghanistan, in this August 3, 2010 handout photograph

THE Pentagon yesterday lifted its ban on women in front-line combat roles, a move hailed by supporters as a historic step toward gender equality in U.S. armed forces after 11 years of non-stop war. There are important caveats, and change will not happen overnight for women who have already been serving and dying in the past decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, where nearly 300,000 of them have deployed. But the decision by Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, with the support of President Barack Obama, sets into motion a process that will open thousands of jobs to women in America’s armed forces and expand opportunities for career advancement. “The department’s goal in rescinding the rule is to ensure that the mission is met with the best-qualiﬁed and most capable people, regard-

less of gender,” Panetta said in a statement. Panetta, who was set to address a Pentagon news conference yesterday, made the decision after the Joint Chiefs of Staff concluded it was time to move forward with efforts to integrate women “to the maximum extent possible,” according to a statement. It was not immediately clear what roles within the military might remain off-limits. A Pentagon statement alluded to the need to validate performance standards for specialty positions. Physical strength, for example, might be one of those standards. The military services will have until May 15 to submit a plan on how they will comply by 2016. That plan will guide how quickly the new combat jobs open up and whether the services will seek exemptions to keep some closed to women. The move knocks down another societal barrier in the US armed forces, after the Pentagon in 2011 scrapped its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban

on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military. The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a suit in November seeking to force the Pentagon to end the ban on women in combat, applauded the planned move, which rescinds a 1994 policy barring women from serving in small front-line combat units. For many women servicemembers, the move is belated acknowledgement of the realities of the past decade of war, in which there were often no clearly defined front lines. Women serve in combat roles for the armed forces of a few developed nations, including Canada and Israel, but officials say demand from women for such jobs in NATO nations is very low. In 2010, Britain decided after a review that it would not change rules excluding women from infantry or combat teams. “I feel like it’s beyond time,” said Staff Sergeant Tiffany Evans, a soldier stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.

China censors nearly 40 minutes from Hollywood film NEARLY 40 minutes have been chopped from the Hollywood ﬁlm Cloud Atlas for Chinese audiences, deleting both gay and straight love scenes to satisfy censors. It premiered on Tuesday in Beijing in a red-carpet ceremony with actor Hugo Weaving and China’s own Zhou Xun, but won’t start running in Chinese cinemas until next Thursday. The ﬁlmmaker’s Chinese partners have slashed that version from the US runtime of 172 minutes to a pared-down 134 to expunge the “passionate” episodes. “The 172-minute version can be down-

loaded online ... so I am sure some people will prefer that to going to the cinema,” said Shanghai fan Kong Kong, 27. Chinese citizens have recently become more outspoken, especially on social media, with complaints about censorship of imported films as well as the homegrown film industry and news media, much of it imposed over elements that might make China look bad. Awkward cuts by the censors to the latest James Bond film Skyfall, which opened on Monday, prompted calls for a review of the film censorship system. “Even these kinds of movies are get-

ting censored, for what?” wrote Wei Xinhong, deputy editor in chief at Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing Bureau, on his Twitter-like Sina Weibo. He said he was left confused after watching China’s version of the 007 ﬁlm, which deleted a bloody scene showing a French hitman killing a Chinese security guard. It also changed the subtitles of Bond’s conversation with a young woman in the Chinese territory of Macau about her past - references to her as a teenage prostitute morphed into a mention of her membership in the maﬁa.

New Bond ﬁlm Skyfall was also subject to cuts

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Israel expected to shun UN rights examination Ally US has urged Jewish state to show up for session By Stephanie Nebehay ISRAEL is expected to boycott a session of the U.N. Human Rights Council next week despite the United States urging its ally to show up for an examination of its record, the US ambassador said yesterday. The Jewish state is scheduled to be in the dock of the Geneva rights forum on Tuesday as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, the council’s regular scrutiny of all United Nations member states. “They (Israeli ofﬁcials) signalled that they want it postponed. It is very unlikely they will participate on the 29th,” Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, US human rights ambassador, told reporters in Geneva. If the review goes ahead, Israel would likely face criticism for its practices in the Palestinian territories, including treatment of detainees, settlement expansion and its na-

val blockade of the Gaza Strip which Palestinians say is collective punishment of the enclave’s 1.6 million residents. Arab states would be expected to denounce Israel’s deadly air strikes on Hamasruled Gaza last November, launched with the declared aim of ending rocket barrages. Israel’s last review was in December 2008, when it attended. A boycott would be unprecedented and diplo-

mats fear other countries might follow suit to avoid scrutiny of their own human rights records. Israel suspended relations with the council last May because of what it called an inherent bias against it, and has informally told the council’s president that it wants the session postponed, a UN spokesman said. “A decision will be taken in the event Israel does not show up for its UPR, the

‘No sign of Assad fall soon’ FRANCE said yesterday there were no signs that Syrian President Bashar alAssad is about to be overthrown, something Paris has been saying for months was just over the horizon. The uprising against Assad’s rule is now almost two years old. 60,000 Syrians have been killed and another 650,000 are now refugees abroad, according to the United Nations. France, a former colonial ruler of Syria, has been one of the most vocal backers of the rebels trying to topple Assad and was the ﬁrst to recognise the opposition coalition. “Things are not moving. The solution that we had hoped for, and by that I mean the fall of Bashar and the arrival of the (opposition) coalition to power, has not happened,” Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in his annual New Year’s address to the press. Fabius told RFI radio in December “the end is nearing” for Assad. But yesterday, he said international mediation and discussions about the crisis that began in March 2011 were not getting anywhere. “There are no recent

Assad appeared on Syrian state TV yesterday (AFP) positive signs,” he said. He said Syrian opposition leaders and representatives of some 50 nations and organisations would meet in Paris on Monday to discuss how to fulﬁl previous commitments. Assad has resisted all attempts at forcing him to step down and has led a ruthless crackdown on what he calls foreign-backed terrorists. The president was shown on Syrian state television yesterday visiting a mosque to celebrate the birth of Prophet Mohammad. Assad

shook hands with government members and smiled but did not make a speech. Meanwhile, Syrian army forces bombarded opposition-held areas of the country with artillery and air strikes and insurgents clashed with infantry, opposition activist said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights which monitors violence in Syria, said that six civilians, including a woman and two children, were killed in Homs yesterday when a plane bombed their house. On the southwestern edge of the capital, artillery hit the rebel-held district of Daraya, residents in Damascus said. “There was very loud shelling overnight from the mountain onto Daraya,” said a resident of central Damascus. Assad’s army has used the Qasioun mountain range to the west of Damascus as high ground to shell opposition districts. The army and insurgents have been stuck in a military stalemate for weeks, but rebels have been able to capture some military bases.

After execution, Sri Lanka to phase out maids to Saudi SRI Lanka will gradually stop allowing women going to Saudi Arabia to be housemaids after a Sri Lankan was executed in the country over the death of an infant in her care, the Colombo government said yesterday. The Indian Ocean island nation recalled its envoy to Saudi Arabia in response to the beheading on January 9 of Rizana Nafeek, who was sentenced to death in 2007 accused of killing her employer’s daughter while she was bottle-feeding. The government said it would raise the minimum age for female domestic workers to be eligible to seek employment in Saudi Arabia to 25 years from the present 21, with an eye on eventually stopping such employment altogether.

“Gradual phase-out is the idea,” said government spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella. “We can’t stop it overnight. It’s a gradual process and increasing the age limit is part of that.” A third of the two million Sri Lankan maids working abroad are in Saudi Arabia, according to the country’s foreign employment bureau. Expatriate worker remittance, the top foreign exchange earner in the $59-billion economy, hit a record $5.43 billion in the ﬁrst 11 months of 2012, higher than its annual peak of $5.14 billion hit in 2011, central bank data showed. Many households in the Middle East are highly dependent on housemaids from African and South Asian countries.

council will decide on a course of action. States are working very hard behind the scenes to come up with a solution,” council spokesman Rolando Gomez told Reuters. A team of UN investigators, set up by the council last year, is due to report soon on whether Jewish settlements (inset) in the Palestinian territories violate international human rights law. Washington cast the only vote against the initiative brought by the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinians said on Wednesday they would complain about Israel to the International Criminal Court if the Jewish state proceeds with plans to build housing on land the Palestinians want for a future state. “We see a strong bias against Israel that has not gone away,” US Ambassador Donahoe said. “We have encouraged Israel to come to the UPR, to tell its story, to present its own narrative of its human rights situation. We think it is a good opportunity to do that.”

Lebanese Muslim Suﬁs play musical instruments as they parade through the streets during a ceremony

commemorating the birth of Prophet Mohammed, in the southern port city of Sidon yesterday (AFP)

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Merkel points finger at Japan in currency war debate GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel waded into a burgeoning debate about currency wars yesterday, singling out Japan as a source of concern following recent moves by its central bank to quicken the pace of moneyprinting. Central bankers in advanced countries, notably Japan and the United States, have been pursuing aggressive action to reﬂate their economies. This has the effect of weakening their currencies. “I am not completely without worry,” Merkel said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, when asked whether currency manipulation risked distorting competition.

“I don’t want to say that I look towards Japan completely without concern at the moment,” she added. “It is known that in Germany we are of the opinion that central banks are not there to clean up political bad decisions and a lack of competitiveness.” The Bank of Japan is under pressure from the country’s new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to take bolder action to overcome deﬂation and lift the economy out of recession. In recent months it has expanded its asset-buying programme and this week it doubled its inﬂation target to two per cent. The head of Germany’s Bundesbank joined other central bankers this week

in warning about the risk of competitive devaluations - countries encouraging their currencies to weaken in order to boost the attractiveness of home-grown products. Merkel said it was important for central banks to set limits, as she said the European Central Bank had done in announcing its own bond-buying programme last year that is conditional on economic reforms. “Central banks, too, will not be able to solve structural problems that stem from political decisions. They can build bridges,” Merkel said. “The European Central Bank has contributed to this but the ECB has also made clear, only those who im-

plement structural reforms and accept conditionality, can hope for our support.” She said politicians in Europe now had an obligation to act, as the ECB had bought them time. The 58-year-old German leader appeared to reject suggestions by other officials at Davos that Europe’s austerity drive had gone far enough. She said politicians sometimes needed the pressure of a crisis to push through difficult reforms. “My conclusion is therefore that if Europe is in a difficult situation today, we must implement the structural reforms today so we can live better tomorrow.”

Moody’s warns European banks need more cash BANKS in Spain, Italy, Ireland and Britain need to set aside much more money to cover potentially bad loans, credit ratings agency Moody’s said yesterday, meaning European taxpayers may again be tapped for cash. European banks have already raised hundreds of billions of euros to cover possible losses from loans that soured in property and ﬁnancial market crises. Much of the funding has come from governments. “We believe that many banks, in particular in Spain, Italy, Ireland, and the UK, require material amounts of additional provisions to fully clean up their balance sheets,” Moody’s said in its global banking outlook for 2013. “Some banks have in recent years delayed full recognition of embedded loan losses, partly by restructuring loans,” the report added. “This strategy of buying time (often tolerated by regulators) limits a bank’s capacity for new lending and poses risks for creditors of European banks.” Moody’s did not say how much extra money banks would need.

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TODAY US jobless claims drop U.S. factory activity advanced at its fastest pace in nearly two years this month and the number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits hit a five-year low last week, providing surprisingly strong signals on the economy’s pulse. Financial information firm Markit yesterday said its preliminary manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index rose to 56.1 in January, its best showing since March 2011. It stood at 54.0 last month. A reading above 50 indicates expansion. A separate report from the Labour Department showed initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 330,000, the lowest since January 2008, in the early days of the 20072009 recession. “The economy’s doing better,” said Michael Strauss, an economist at Commonfund in Wilton, Connecticut.

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Anti-eviction activists of the PAH (Platform of People Affected by Mortgage) Jose Manuel, Miriam and Carmeli chain themselves in a Catalunya Caixa Bank during a protest against mortgage debt yesterday in Barcelona. Protests are growing in Spain as people decry an economic slump, unemployment and a series of austerity measures adopted by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s right-leaning government (AFP)

Cameron takes aim at corporate tax avoiders ‘Individuals and businesses must pay their fair share’

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By Kate Holton BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday criticised multinational corporations that avoid paying their fair share of tax, promising action against such aggressive strategies after a public backlash in Britain. The issue of tax avoidance by big business has turned toxic in recent years as millions of Britons struggle with low pay rises and austerity measures introduced to reduce the budget deﬁcit. Firms that are viewed as paying too little tax, such as coffee chain Starbucks, have been targeted by demonstrators and boycotts. “I am a low-tax Conservative but I’m not a companiesshould-pay-no-tax Conservative,” Cameron told business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “Individuals and businesses must pay their fair share,” he said, adding that he would

use his presidency of the Group of Eight industrialised nations to press the point. Cameron did not mention any companies by name. At the height of the uproar last year, British lawmakers singled out Google, Amazon and Starbucks as companies that pay very little tax in Britain on proﬁt from sales there. The ﬁrms say they comply with British tax law, but under a tide of public outrage and demonstrations at its stores, Starbucks said it would pay around £20 million in corporation tax in Britain over the next two years. “Any businesses who think that they can carry on dodging that fair share... need to wake up and smell the coffee,” Cameron said, adding that he was not anti-business but wanted to keep tax rates low for everyone else. Cameron’s Conservative party has long been criticised for being close to big business, but the prime minister’s speech indicated a change

of tone towards companies avoiding tax. “The public who buy from them have had enough,” he said. Much of the anger in Britain has come from smaller local retailers who are unable to take advantage of international tax arrangements while they struggle with high rents and low consumer spending. With politicians ramping up the pressure, Goldman Sachs also came in for criticism over plans, since scrapped, to delay paying bonuses to its bankers in Britain to exploit an income tax cut for top earners that is due in April. The bank changed its plans after being publicly rebuked by the Bank of England Governor Mervyn King. Despite growing public anger it will be difﬁcult to change the rules. “Cameron’s statements on the taxation of multinational companies will no doubt receive strong support,” said Ben Jones, a tax expert at law ﬁrm Eversheds. “But he will

have to work hard to ... avoid the issue becoming mired by the bureaucracy of international tax policy. “Central to many of the tax structures put in place by multinational companies are international rules on transfer pricing. Changing these rules requires broad international agreement, which typically takes a long time to obtain.” The Trades Union Congress - Britain’s labour union federation - said Cameron’s government needed to start by making the British tax system far more transparent. “David Cameron has been quick to highlight the problem of tax avoidance but slow to actually do anything about it,” the TaxPayers’ Alliance, which campaigns for lower tax rates, said after the speech. “Families are left feeling short-changed and let down by their politicians because international corporations can take advantage of loopholes and reliefs not open to them,” it said.

BRITISH budget airline easyJet said quarterly revenue rose 9.2 per cent, after it attracted more business travellers by adding flights on routes where rivals have cut capacity. EasyJet also benefited from extra services, such as flexible tickets and allocated seating it has started offering in a bid to steal business customers from legacy carriers such as IAG’s British Airways. Demand for flights between London, Geneva, Milan, Paris and Rome were especially strong during the three months to December - easyJet’s first quarter, a spokesman said yesterday.

‘Slow down UK’ BRITAIN should consider slowing down its austerity plan in response to persistent economic gloom and the March budget announcement would be a good time to do so, the International Monetary Fund’s chief economist said yesterday. Britain is teetering on the verge of a third recession since the 2008 financial crisis, pressured by a toxic mix of the government’s deficit-cutting drive, troubles in its main trading partner, the eurozone, and erosion of real earnings. “Our earlier advice is still very much there. We said if things look bad at the beginning of 2013, which they do, then there should be a reassessment of fiscal policy. We still believe that,” Olivier Blanchard said.

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Britain has always had a different vision of the EU PRIME Minister David Cameron’s speech on Europe may have been welcomed by Conservative backbenchers and British euro-sceptics but on the continent, understandably, it sparked a hostile reaction from top politicians. Two French cabinet ministers accused Cameron of treating Europe like an ‘a la carte’ menu from which he could choose only what he like, while German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle said that “cherrypicking is not an option.” These were accurate metaphors for what Cameron planned to do. He wants to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the EU, repatriating powers that now reside in Brussels, and once he had secured looser ties he would hold an in/out referendum in 2017; this was assuming his Conservative Party won the 2015 general elections. If the initial reaction of EU leaders was an indication of how Brussels would treat Cameron’s audacious move – and Germany has been pursuing an ever-closer union – the PM would appear to be chasing a lost cause. Then again, most political analysts believe that domestic considerations were paramount in his decision. The Conservative Party has been steadily losing support to the anti-Europe UK Independence Party (UKIP) and unrest was simmering among euro-sceptic backbenchers. With his announcement Cameron would have stopped the defections, blunted UKIP’s weapons and united his party, but he may also have pushed his Lib Dem coalition partners closer to a future alliance with the Labour Party. Britain has always had an uneasy relationship with the EU and several prime ministers had toyed with the idea of a referendum over the years. The last falling out was over the EU budget last year when Cameron walked out of the summit. The problem is that Britain has always had a different vision of the EU from the other big member-states. It views it primarily as a trading bloc and has always been reluctant to cede powers to Brussels the main objective of which is closer integration. There is a very strong anti-Brussels sentiment in the UK, but is the answer renegotiating its EU membership? Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg provided the answer on a radio phone-in yesterday. He said there was a possibility “you are going do something which I think is wholly implausible which is basically totally re-write the rules to beneﬁt us and disadvantage everybody else which is clearly not going to be agreed to.” Cameron will never be able to pull it off as any major concessions to Britain would give rise to similar demands from other member-states. This is a path that none of the big players in the EU would want to follow, especially as they are aware that Britain needs the EU more than the EU needs Britain. It was no coincidence that sterling fell against the dollar yesterday and business leaders were warning that Cameron’s speech would discourage investment

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Partitioning and the ‘two-state solution’ Comment John V Whitbeck

ORDS matter. They shape perceptions and understanding, both of past and present events and of future possibilities, and, thereby, can shape future events. The UN General Assembly’s vote of November 29 overwhelmingly recognizing Palestine’s “state status” and President Mahmoud Abbas’ decree of January 3 absorbing the former “Palestinian Authority” into the State of Palestine have established the State of Palestine on the soil of Palestine. It has become both a legal and a practical “fact on the ground” which cannot be ignored. The words “two-state solution” have been recited together for so long that it is widely assumed that they are inseparable and that one cannot have one without the other. Indeed, Israel and the United States argue relentlessly that a Palestinian state can only exist as the result of a negotiated “solution” acceptable to Israel. Were this the case, the occupying power, which has never shown any genuine enthusiasm for a Palestinian state and has barely feigned any pretense of interest in recent years, would enjoy an absolute and perpetual veto power over Palestinian statehood. During Kuwait’s sevenmonth-long occupation by Iraq, Kuwait did not cease to exist as a state under international law and no one argued that it could exist as a state only as the result of a negotiated “solution” acceptable to Iraq. Similarly, Iraq did not cease to be a state while under American occupation. It was simply an occupied state, like Palestine today. Furthermore, the U.S. government might usefully recall that, during the 50 years prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States continued to recognize the three Baltic states which had been effectively absorbed into the Soviet Union by the end of World War II and permitted the prewar flags of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to fly at fully accredited embassies in Washington. In fact, “two states” are separable from any “solution”. Two states now exist, even though one remains under varying degrees of occupation by the other. A “solution” which ends the 45year-long occupation of the Palestinian state and permits Israelis and Palestinians to live together in peace and security – with, ideally, a significant degree of openness, cooperation and mutual respect – does not yet exist. The existence of two states certainly does not guarantee

Two states now exist, even though one remains under varying degrees of occupation the achievement of such a solution. However, the nearuniversal recognition and acceptance that two states, “on the basis of the pre-1967 borders” and with the “State of Palestine on the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967” (to quote the UN General Assembly Resolution), do already exist should greatly facilitate – eventually if not immediately – the achievement of such a solution. The near-universality of international acceptance that Palestine already exists as a

‘The words twostate solution have been recited together for so long that it is widely assumed that they are inseparable and that one cannot have one without the other’ state may be appreciated by a close examination of diplomatic recognitions and votes on November 29. Prior to that vote, the State of Palestine had already been recognized diplomatically by 131

of the 193 UN member states. During that vote, a further 28 states which had not yet accorded diplomatic recognition to the State of Palestine voted to accord it state status at the United Nations. Only 34 states have not yet pronounced themselves, in either manner, in favour of Palestine’s state status. It is instructive to take a close look at these 34 states. They are Andorra, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Estonia, Fiji, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Israel, Kiribati, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Nauru, the Netherlands, Palau, Panama, Samoa, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the United States. With a few notable exceptions, the members of this group are most impressive for their insigniﬁcance. Only 12 of the 34 states (Israel among them) have populations over 5,000,000, while nine have populations below 120,000. By contrast, of the world’s 20 most populous states, 16 have extended diplomatic recognition to the State of Palestine and two others (Japan and Mexico) voted to accord it state status. Friends of justice, peace and the Palestinian people – and, indeed, true friends of the Israeli people – must now revise their language when speaking and writing about Palestine. The only legally, politically and diplomatically correct ways to refer to the 22 per cent portion of historical Palestine occupied in 1967 are now “the State of Palestine”, “Palestine” and “occupied Palestine”. “Palestinian Authority”, “occupied territories” and “occupied

Palestinian territories” are no longer acceptable. If governments and international media – including, most importantly, governments and media in North America and Europe – can be convinced or shamed into using the correct terminology, the longterm impact on public perceptions and understanding should be profound and constructive. The issue is no longer whether and how a Palestinian state will ever come into existence – or even whether it is still possible. It exists. The issue is when and how the occupation of the State of Palestine will come to an end. Describing this challenge properly is essential to understanding it, and this understanding is essential if Israelis are to turn back from the suicidal cliff toward which their metastasizing illegal settlement project has been driving them in recent years. Israelis, Palestinians and the true friends of both must now see clearly, raise their sights and pursue a compelling vision of a society so much better than the status quo that both Israelis and Palestinians are inspired to accept in their hearts and minds that peace is both desirable and attainable, that the Holy Land can be shared, that a winnertake-all approach produces only losers, that both Israelis and Palestinians must be winners or both will continue to be losers and that there is a common destination at which both peoples would be satisﬁed to arrive and to live together. John V. Whitbeck is an international lawyer who has served as a legal advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team in negotiations with Israel

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Showbiz One Direction join campaign to get food shared out to poorest countries THE ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ hitmakers - Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik - appear alongside other big names in an ofﬁcial video for the ‘Enough Food If’ cause, calling on British Prime Minister David Cameron to take more drastic action in putting a stop to world hunger when the G8 nations meet in the UK later this year. Harry, 18, opens the video by say-

ing to the camera: “One third of children in sub-Saharan Africa are malnourished.” Zayn, 20, adds: “Big corporations avoid paying millions to Africa every day. If we stop this, all of Africa could have enough food to eat.” Pirates of the Caribbean actor Orlando Bloom also appears in the clip, asking: “The world produces enough food for everyone. Why are one billion people going hungry?”

Actor David Harewood, who plays CIA agent David Estes in the hit drama Homeland, continues: “When there is enough food to feed everyone, why are 870 million going hungry?” Other famous names who appear in the video include Microsoft chief Bill Gates, Love Actually actor Bill Nighy and South African social rights campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Sarah Jacobs from Save the Chil-

dren - who are one of the many charities pushing the campaign towards ending world hunger hopes the famous names will gain them the attention and action they are seeking. She said: “The last time a campaign came together with this many people involved was Make Poverty History. “It’s a major crisis that we need to tackle. We’ve made amazing progress in the last few years,

but the issue of poverty has been sidelined. “We need to make sure that promises which have been made by governments about life saving are carried through. World leaders can’t ignore us if we come together in our masses.” The campaign - which is also backed by charities including Oxfam, Action Aid, Christian Aid and Unicef - launched in London on Wednesday night.

Jessica Chastain ‘vulnerable’ when nominated for awards

Kristen Bell has hinted she is expecting a baby boy

THE ﬂame-haired beauty recently took home the Best Actress Golden Globe for her role as CIA agent Maya in Kathryn Bigelow’s political thriller Zero Dark Thirty and with other potential awards in the pipeline - including an Oscar - she feels “anything” is possible after receiving so much support from family, friends and fans. She explained: “I don’t work for awards but when you receive support and encouragement, it opens me up more, it helps me be vulnerable. I think that’s why I got so emotional at the Golden Globes - to feel the support I was getting at that moment made me feel like I could do anything.” Since soaring to fame after playing ditzy housewife Celia Foote in 2011’s The Help - which she won numerous Best Supporting Actress awards for - Jessica ensures she focuses more on her career and avoids causing any drama in her personal life. She said: “I really made an effort to not put myself in situations where my private life becomes more interesting than my work. “Like being seen dancing on a table in a nightclub. I’m not interested in that kind of, er, acknowledgement.”

THE House of Lies star is expecting her ﬁrst child with ﬁance Dax Shepard and as she discussed her car-fanatic partner’s excitement about “all the offroading he’ll have in this tiny partner,” she was asked if the traditionally-masculine pursuit meant she was having a son. She replied: “Maybe?” She then added to TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres: “Do you have to be a boy to off-road? Absolutely not! I think he’s going to force [the baby], even if it’s a sloth, to off-road.” The 32-year-old actress also admitted she is open to taking all the pain relief she is offered when she goes into labour. She said: “I’ve got nothing to prove [by having a natural birth]. “I feel like, when I arrive at the hospital, I want a glass of whiskey, I want the epidural in my back and I want to get hit in the face with a baseball bat and wake me up when it’s over because I’ve seen the videos - and it looks terrifying.” And Kristen also spoke of her pride in her looks at the moment, admitting she feels more attractive than ever.

Timberlake set to return as live act THE 31-year-old star - who hasn’t released a record since 2006’s ‘Future Sex/ Love Sounds’ - made a sudden chart reappearance earlier this month with ‘Suit & Tie’, a collaboration with Jay-Z, and is now set to perform at the DTV Superfan Stadium in New Orleans for ‘DIRECTV Super Saturday Night’ show on February 2, an invite-only event which will benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children. The concert will mark Justin’s first public performance in five years. The singer-and-actor will release his third solo album, The 20/20 Experience later this year, and recently admitted he hadn’t expected to release any new material when he returned to the recording studio last summer. In an open letter to his fans, Justin wrote: “So, here goes: This year is an exciting one for me. As you probably have heard through the ‘grapevine,’ I’m gearing up for a big 2013.

The payments were made when Stallone was a big name thanks to the Rocky ﬁlms

Stallone made secret payout to half sister Moneyy given as she claimed he had abused her for years SYLVESTER Stallone secretly agreed a multi-million n deal with his late halfsister amid claims aims he had abused her for years. The Rocky star tar agreed 16 years ago to give Toni-Ann Ann Filiti $2 million plus $16,666.66 per month for her lifetime, as well as a trust with $50,000 per year for psychiatric hiatric and medical expenses. According to o the papers - which have been seen n by the New York Post newspaper - Filiti “asserted claims for personal injury, including physical injury” ry” against Stallone, who o “vigorously denied and nd continues to deny ny and dispute all claims aims of wrongdoing”. Sources say Filiti - who died lastt August at the age ge of 48 - threatened ed a lawsuit, but the 66-year-old star tar settled before it was ever ﬁled. Stallone’s mother, Jacqueline, says the settlement was s the result of a “shakedown” wn” and her son was as a victim of blackmail. kmail.

She said: “This “Thi was nothing more than a shakedown. shakedown Toni-Ann was on 65 pills a Oxycontin p day, and she tthreatSylvester. A ened Sylvest will drug addict do anything. When became faSylvester becam mous, she didn’t have to hook. He was wa tryHe ing to help her. h

Blackmailed: Stallone, who lost his son last year

caved in. “There were too many conﬂicting stories. At the time [in 1987] he was very hot, and his lawyers said, ‘Give her something just to shut her up.’” But Filiti’s 19-year-old son Edd hit back saying: “They’ve made my mother out to be the black sheep,” and claims Filiti told him of the abuse allegations by “screaming about [them] over and over” while in a Florida hospital bed last year. After Jackie contacted Stallone following his sister’s death, she revealed “He said he can’t take any more pain. He said he’ll always be there for her son.” A Stallone representative said: “Unfortunately, celebrities, politicians and athletes frequently ﬁnd themselves the targets of blackmail efforts by family members and associates who fabricate claims in order to extort payments from them.” The actor has a tragic family life Stallone was left devastated when Sage, his son with ex-wife Sasha Czack, was found dead in his Los Angeles home on July 13 2012. His body was found near bottles of pills scattered all over his room, the LA County Coroner reported. The 66-year-old actor is married to former model Jennifer Flavin, 43. The couple have three daughters Sophia, 16, Sistine, 14, and Scarlet, 10.

Lavish baby shower for Kim KIM Kardashian’s family are planning a lavish baby shower for her. The reality TV star is expecting her ﬁrst child with boyfriend Kanye West and her mother Kris Jenner is working to throw a huge bash to celebrate, despite her daughter’s protestations that she doesn’t want any fuss and would rather charity donations be made instead of people buying her expensive gifts. A source said: “The shower is going to happen this spring, outdoors, under a tent in Kris’ backyard. The colours have already been chosen: silver, white, cream and pale yellow. “She doesn’t want a big party. She has told friends she would prefer if they made a donation to the Dream Foundation in her name instead of physical gifts.” Even though she would prefer if the party didn’t go ahead, Kim is putting on a brave face and Kanye is even ﬂying in some of his family for the big day.

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Some jobs ‘have higher asthma risk’ CLEANERS, farmers and hairdressers are more likely to suffer from asthma than other workers because of their jobs, scientists suggest. They found the workplace could be to blame for around one in six cases of the condition among adults. Those regularly exposed to cleaning or disinfectant products, ﬂour, metal and metal fumes were most at risk of developing asthma, they said. The authors examined the records of around 7,500 British adults whose health was tracked from birth in 1958. Their analysis showed the start of asthma in adulthood was clearly linked to 18 types of job, including farming, which more than quadrupled the risk of developing the condition, and hairdressing, which almost doubled the risk.

Those who worked in printing were three times more likely to contract the condition than their peers, while cleaners were up to twice as likely to develop breathing problems, the scientists concluded.

Doubt cast on link between cannabis and dropping teen IQ

Breathing plan may help newborns

A LANDMARK study suggesting a link between cannabis use and a drop in teenage IQ may not have gone far enough in its research, with any falls in IQ more likely due to lower socioeconomic status than marijuana, according to a Norwegian study. The latest work, which appears in the journal PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, also suggests that different policy steps might be needed in that case. “My study essentially shows that the methods used and analyses presented in the original research are insufﬁcient to rule out other explanations (for lower IQ),” said Ole Rogeberg, an economist at the Frisch Centre for Economics Research in Oslo. Researchers compared the IQ trends of people who never smoked cannabis with four groups of those who did: people who smoked, people who scored as dependent in a follow-up survey, those who scored as dependent twice and those who scored as dependent three times. The study found IQ declines increasing “linearly” with cannabis use, Rogeberg wrote in PNAS.

TRAINING midwives and other birth attendants to help babies start breathing immediately after birth if they need help may prevent stillbirths and newborn deaths in the developing world, according to two US studies. So-called birth asphyxia - when babies are born not breathing - is one of the major causes of newborn death in regions with limited resources, said researchers whose work appeared in Pediatrics. Reducing infant mortality in the developing world is one of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals - but progress has been slow. The programme, launched by the American Academy of Pediatrics, trains birth attendants to immediately dry and warm babies, and to start breathing for babies with a bag and mask if they don’t breathe on their own within one minute. If midwives are taught that when the baby’s born, to immediately dry the baby off with a little bit of stimulating probably 90 to 93 per cent of babies who weren’t breathing before will breathe, researchers said.

Women smokers start the habit earlier today than they did in the 1960s

Eating fruit and veg boosts mood HEALTHY eating not only beneﬁts the body - it can put you in a better frame of mind, according to psychologists. In a study of young adults, upping consumption of fruit and vegetables was associated with positive mood. “On days when people ate more fruits and vegetables they reported feeling calmer, happier and more energetic than they normally did,” said lead researcher Dr Tamlin Conner, from the University of Otago in New Zealand. A total of 281 adults with an average age of 20 completed a daily food diary for 21 days, rating how they felt using nine positive and nine negative descriptions. At the end of each day they were asked to list how many servings of fruit, vegetables, or categories of unhealthy food such as biscuits, crisps and cakes they had eaten. Consumption of fruit and vegetables led to improvements in mood the next day, but it was not the case that feeling happier prompted participants to eat more fruit and vegetables, the researchers found. The ﬁndings were not affected by Body Mass Index, a measure of weight in relation to height. “After further analysis we demonstrated that young people would need to consume approximately seven to eight total servings of fruits and vegetables per day to notice a meaningful positive change,” said Dr Conner, whose research is published in the British Journal of Health Psychology. Consuming half a plate of vegetables at each mealtime and snacking on apples or other whole fruits could be enough to make the change, she said.

Death risk soars for Obese drivers more at today’s lady smokers risk of dying in crash Persistent lifetime smokers lost about a decade of life By John von Radowitz WOMEN smokers are far more likely to be killed by their habit today than they were in the 1960s, a major study has found. The increased risk greatly outweighs improvements in medicine that have cut death rates in the last 50 years. In the 1960s, smoking raised a woman’s chances of dying from lung cancer 2.7 times. By the period 2000 to 2010 this had surged to 25.7-fold higher level of risk. A similar trend holds true for deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), another smoking-related condition. In this case, the risk of death rose from four times greater than it was for neversmokers in the 1960s to 22.5 times. Women smokers today start their habit earlier than they did generations ago, and until recently smoked more cigarettes per day. Tobacco use among women peaked in the 1980s, having a

health impact that was felt many years later. The study involved more than 2.2 million men and women aged 55 and older and included data spanning the period from 1959 to 2010. Men and women who smoked in the current decade were almost equally more at risk than non-smokers of suffering lung cancer, COPD, heart disease and strokes, the research showed. For reasons still not understood, lung cancer rates among men reached a plateau in the 1980s while the risk of death from COPD in the male population continued to increase. The findings strongly confirm the claim that “if women smoke like men, they will die like men,” say the researchers who report their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine. Quitting smoking at any age dramatically reduces death rates from all major diseases caused by smoking, the study found. Giving up the habit altogether was far more effective than reducing the

number of cigarettes smoked. Smokers who quit by the age of 40 avoided nearly all of the excess smoking-related risk of death from lung cancer and COPD. Paradoxically, there could be a link between higher death rates and the rise in popularity of milder “light” cigarettes, according to study leader Dr Michael Thun, from the American Cancer Society. He said: “The steep increase in risk among female smokers has continued for decades after the serious health risks from smoking were well established, and despite the fact that women predominantly smoked cigarette brands marketed as lower in tar and nicotine. “So not only did the use of cigarette brands marketed as ‘light’ and ‘mild’ fail to prevent a large increase in risk in women, it also may have exacerbated the increase in deaths from chronic obstructive lung disease in male smokers, since the diluted smoke from these cigarettes is inhaled more deeply into the lungs of smokers to maintain the accustomed absorption of nicotine.”

OBESE drivers are more likely to die in car crashes than other motorists, scientists have found. Research shows fat people are propelled further forward during a collision because of their additional soft tissue which prevents a seat belt from tightening immediately against the pelvis. Scientists now believe car design may have to change to protect overweight drivers. Analysis of US collision data found those who were most overweight were 80 per cent more likely to die in an accident than drivers of a healthy weight. When broken down by gender, obese women were found to be at greater risk than men. Their analysis of more than 3,403 pairs of drivers also showed underweight

men were more likely to die in a collision than motorists of a healthy weight. The authors said: “Findings from this study suggest that obese vehicle drivers are more likely to die from trafﬁc collisionrelated injuries than nonobese occupants involved in the same collision. “Education is needed to improve seat belt use among obese people.” They added: “The ability of passenger vehicles to protect overweight or obese occupants may have increasingly important public health implications, given the continuing obesity epidemic in the USA... “It may be the case that passenger vehicles are well designed to protect normal weight vehicle occupants but are deﬁcient in protecting overweight or obese occupants.”

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Django Unchained Texas, 1858. Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), a German dentist turned bounty hunter, buys a slave called Django (Jamie Foxx) in a rather unorthodox manner – but, since Schultz doesn’t believe in slavery, he soon frees Django and the two become partners in Schultz’s business. After a profitable winter, they head to Mississippi where their goal is to locate Django’s wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington). When they succeed, they find an excuse to be invited to the plantation where she is being held. There, they are guests of the mansion’s master, Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), where their act bamboozles everyone except Candie’s personal slave Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), who smells a rat the moment he sets eyes on Django. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. (Period action with comedy elements, 165 mins.) Our rating:

Texas Chainsaw 3D The killer family of ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ are presumed dead, angry townspeople having burned their farmhouse to the ground. 20 years later, a young woman named Heather (Alexandra Daddario) learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from her grandmother, and decides to bring her friends along on a road trip to investigate her inheritance. On arrival she finds she has inherited a mansion – but knows nothing of the terrors that lurk in the basement. Turns out Leatherface survived the fire. Also starring Trey Songz and Dan Yeager. Directed by John Luessenhop. In 3D. (Horror, 92 mins.) Our rating:

covers for him when Valjean steals the silver and is caught by Javert, an act of forgiveness that changes the course of Valjean’s life. Some years later, he’s the respected mayor of the poor town of Vigau, as well as a benevolent, generous factory owner. Fantine (Anne Hathaway) is one of his employees, fired by the manager when he discovers the unmarried Fantine has a child. Fantine falls ill, and Valjean promises to take care of her little daughter Cosette. Still hunted by Javert for breaking his parole, Valjean makes a new life for himself and the now teenage Cosette (Amanda Seyfried), who falls in love with Marius (Eddie Redmayne), a young Parisian revolutionary. Directed by Tom Hooper. (Musical drama, 157 mins.) Our rating:

Hope Springs After two kids and over 30 years together, Kay (Meryl Streep) is determined to rescue her marriage to grumpy, penny-pinching Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) from the decay of boredom and lack of intimacy – none of which seems to bother Arnold. She insists they attend an intense, week-long and expensive counselling programme under Dr. Feld (Steve Carrell) to work on their relationship – but the doctor’s intimate questions soon make Arnold uncomfortable. Directed by David Frankel. (Comedy-drama, 100 mins.) Our rating:

Jack Reacher When five pedestrians are shot by a lone sniper, the evidence points to an ex-soldier named James Barr; Barr is quickly arrested –

Les Miserables In early 19th-century France, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is at the end of his 19 years in a brutal Toulon prison after stealing a loaf of bread. On his release under the stern eye of Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe), the desperate Valjean is destitute and hungry; he is given food and shelter by the Bishop of Digne, who also

House at the End of the Street Seeking a fresh start, newly divorced Sarah (Elisabeth Shue) and her daughter Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence) find the house of their dreams in a small rural town – but, when startling and inexplicable events start to happen, Sarah and Elissa learn that the town is haunted by a chilling secret. Years earlier, in the house next door, a daughter killed her parents in their beds and disappeared, leaving only a brother, Ryan (Max Thieriot), as the sole survivor. Against Sarah’s wishes, Elissa begins a relationship with the reclusive Ryan – and finds herself pulled deeper into the mystery. Directed by Mark Tonderai. (Horror thriller, 101 mins.) Our rating:

Cloud Atlas Six separate stories that take place across a 500-year slice of time beginning in the mid-19th century and ending in a distant postapocalyptic future, with themes recurring in different ways from one story to another. Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his friend; a thriller about a murder at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a sci-fi tale of a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living in post-apocalyptic Hawaii, far in the future. Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Ben Whishaw, Hugo Weaving and Hugh Grant. Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski. (Sci-fi drama, 172 mins.) Our rating:

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Finding Nemo 3D Marlin, a clownfish, is devastated when his wife and 399 or so of their children are wiped out by a barracuda, and becomes overprotective of his sole surviving son Nemo. One day, stung by his father’s observation that he’s not a strong swimmer, Nemo sets out for a boat on a dare and is captured by a diver, who relocates him to his office aquarium – so Marlin sets off to look for him, getting into various adventures including a run-in with some sharks, an encounter with a school of jellyfish and a ride on a sea turtle, not to mention being swallowed by a whale. Directed by Andrew Stanton in 2003. In 3D. DUBBED INTO GREEK. (Kids’ cartoon, 104 mins.) Our rating:

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Jack Reacher but, before signing a confession, he demands that DA Alex Rodin (Richard Jenkins) “get Jack Reacher”. Although no-one knows how to do that, Reacher (Tom Cruise) turns up anyway. He’s a former military investigator, he’s seen the news, and he has history with Barr from the Afghan war zone. He surprises Barr’s lawyer Helen Rodin (Rosamund Pike), the DA’s daughter, with his unique technique and detective work – and the surprises continue as a possible conspiracy unfolds. Also starring Werner Herzog. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. (Action thriller, 130 mins.)

On a night in 2009, in the Plaka neighbourhood of Athens, Demetris (Christoforos Papakaliatis) has a choice. He can either take his dog for a walk – in which case he’ll meet Christina (Marina Kalogerou) – or stay home, in which case he’ll fall victim to a robbery. In the first scenario he’ll get a chance to alleviate his loneliness, experience a powerful love affair, fatherhood, but also unemployment and infidelity. In the second he’ll keep living alone, facing the consequences of the Greek recession. A simple ‘what if’ will decide his destiny and happiness. Also starring Giorgos Constantinou. Directed by Papakaliatis. In Greek. (Drama, 111 mins.) Our rating: N/A

Wreck-It Ralph Wreck-It Ralph is a videogame villain who longs to be as beloved as his game’s perfect hero, Fix-It Felix. Problem is, nobody loves a villain. Ralph somehow needs to transform himself into a hero – so he sneaks into a first-personshooter war game, planning to win a medal, but soon wrecks everything, accidentally unleashing a deadly enemy that threatens every game in the arcade. Ralph’s only hope? Vanellope von Schweetz, a young troublemaking “glitch” from a saccharine cart-

racing game who might just be the one to teach Ralph what it means to be a Good Guy. Directed by Rich Moore. DUBBED INTO GREEK. In 3D. (Kids’ cartoon, 101 mins.) Our rating:

Life of Pi Growing up in Pondicherry, India during the 1970s, Piscine, known to all as Pi (played as a teenager by Suraj Sharma, as an adult by Irrfan Khan), has a rich life. His father owns a zoo, and Pi spends his days among tigers, zebras, hippos, and other creatures. But after Pi attempts to befriend a Bengal tiger, named Richard Parker, the young boy learns a harsh lesson from his father about the relationship between human and beast. As circumstances worsen for them, the family decides to move to Canada, hitching a ride on a Japanese cargo ship – but Pi soon finds himself in the company of a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and Richard Parker after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean. Directed by Ang Lee. In 3D. (Drama, 127 mins.) Our rating:

Zarafa A grandfather tells his grandchildren the story of Maki, a young boy who escapes from slave traders, befriends a giraffe (the title character), crosses the desert, meets a pirate, and a few other things on a trip that takes him from Africa to Paris. Directed by Remi Bezancon and Jean-Christophe Lie. DUBBED INTO GREEK. (Kids’ cartoon, 78 mins.) Our rating: N/A

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey A hobbit named Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen), Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild, through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever … Gollum. Also starring Richard Armitage and Andy Serkis. Directed by Peter Jackson. In English, with occasional dialogue in made-up languages with Greek subtitles. In 3D. (Adventure fantasy, 169 mins.) Our rating:

of his best friends – Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Werewolf family and many more – to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis’ 118th birthday. For good old Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem; but everything could change for the over-protective dad when one ordinary human guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky. In 3D. DUBBED INTO GREEK. (Cartoon comedy, 91 mins.) Our rating:

Rise of the Guardians Jack Frost (voice of Chris Pine) is chosen to join an elite group of superheroes – the so called ‘Guardians’, namely Santa Claus (voice of Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (voice of Hugh Jackman), the Tooth Fairy (voice of Isla Fisher) and the Sandman, whose job is to protect children everywhere. Jack is an unwilling hero; he’d prefer to roam the world on his own, freezing ponds and causing snow days – but the world’s children are threatened by Pitch (voice of Jude Law), a.k.a. The Boogie Man, who wants to turn dreams into nightmares and banish belief in Santa, Bunny, and Tooth. Jack reluctantly agrees to help and, in the process, discovers the true hero within. Directed by Peter Ramsey. In 3D. (Cartoon adventure, 97 mins.) Our rating:

Amour Georges (JeanLouis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired

Hotel Transylvania Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. It’s a special weekend and Dracula has invited some

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music teachers. Their daughter Eva (Isabelle Huppert), who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, out of nowhere, Anne has an attack, and her health – especially her mind – rapidly deteriorates. The couple’s bond of love is severely tested. Directed by Michael Haneke. In French, with Greek subtitles. (Drama, 127 mins.) Our rating:

Moonrise Kingdom On a peaceful island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, two 12-year-olds, Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward), fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the forest – just as a huge storm is brewing offshore. Scoutmaster Ward (Edward Norton) and the island’s Police Captain Sharp (Bruce Willis) urgently organise a search party. But the youngsters are resourceful – and committed to being together. Exiles from their homes in different ways, they defy the world and find their private kingdom on a beautiful, unspoilt beach. Directed by Wes Anderson. (Comedydrama, 94 mins.)

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NEW FILMS This Is 40 Directed by: Judd Apatow Starring: Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow US 2012, 134 mins. Showing from today at the K-Cineplex and K-Cineplex (Mall of Cyprus) in Nicosia, the Rio and K-Cineplex in Limassol, the K-Cineplex in Larnaca and the Rio in Paphos.

This is 40

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Sister At a posh ski resort in the Swiss Alps, 12-year-old Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) has procured a season pass to a winter ski lodge. Each day he rides up the giant lifts to the top of the mountain, where he swipes skis, poles, boots, gloves, and other paraphernalia, selling them to other kids in the town below. He does this to support his irresponsible older sister Louise (Lea Seydoux) who wanders aimlessly from man to man, looking for a possible guy to take them both into his life. Also starring Martin Compston and Gillian Anderson. Directed by Ursula Meier. Mostly in French, with Greek subtitles. (Drama, 97 mins.) Our rating:

Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) are the married couple seen in Knocked Up – but, a few years after the events of that movie, their lives are anything but tranquil. They face challenges of parenting, loss of romance and ﬁnancial woes, not to mention dysfunctional families. These stresses are exacerbated as they both approach their 40th birthday.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID Pro: “This Is 40 is an intensely, at times embarrassingly, personal ﬁlm, by a man who has worked hard, lucked out and wants to share some of his happiness and its attendant worries with the rest of us. Mr. Apatow is, quite literally, showing off his lovely wife (that would be Ms. Mann) and their lively, talented daughters, and if Rudd is not precisely an alter ego (a description

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that might equally apply to Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell and plenty of other male performers in comedies bearing the Apatow brand), he is at least a plausible place holder. He is nice but not cloying, goofy but not dumb, smart but not snotty, and good-looking in a way that doesn’t make the rest of us feel too bad about ourselves… “The audience, of course, is free to take up the slack, to despise Pete and Debbie, even at the risk of hypocrisy. Look at those two, fretting about money, with a BMW and a Lexus in the driveway, the kids in private school and enough left over for a romantic resort getaw a y and a lavish

catered birthday party… “Pete and Debbie support no cause beyond themselves. They are complacent, overentitled and kind of mean. But the film’s refusal of the detachment that would make them easy targets for judgment is finally a mark of integrity, even generosity. You are brought into a state of intimacy, of complicity, with characters you may find it difficult to like but who, at the same time, require constant affirmation of their goodness. “And they are good, or at least good enough. So is the movie. It snuggles up next to you, breathes in your face, dribbles crumbs on your shirt and laughs at its own jokes. Such proximity makes it easy to notice flaws, and there are a lot of loose ends and a few forced conclusions. But, then again, the acceptance of imperfection is Mr. Apatow’s theme, so a degree of sloppiness is to be expected. That’s life.” A.O. Scott, New York Times (US) “Ever since Judd Apatow made his debut as a writer-director in 2005 with The 40-YearOld Virgin, the knock against his films has been that their more inspired moments are undercut by the overall bloat. Apatow has a reputation for being too in love with his own creations to force them into the shape of a proper movie, with a story that develops at the pace most screen comedies do. This Is 40 is unlikely to change the minds of Apatow’s critics. It’s 134 minutes long, and substitutes loosely related situations for plot. But a few broadly comic moments aside, This Is 40 also captures

the rhythms and concerns of real life in ways that slicker Hollywood comedies don’t… “Apatow’s understanding of what real American families are going through is hampered to some extent by his being an L.A.-based millionaire. For a couple in danger of losing their businesses and their home, Rudd and Mann seem to spend money freely on resort vacations and lavish parties. They also spend time exercising and hanging out with their buddies that might be more profitably spent at the office, or with their children. Also, Apatow thinks too much like a TV producer at times, allowing his movie to be hijacked for a few minutes here and there by colourful characters like Melissa McCarthy (as a foul-mouthed fellow parent who locks horns with Rudd and Mann when her son insults their daughter on the Internet), and Chris O’Dowd (as an inept Rudd employee who keeps pissing all over his boss’s plans). The scenes with those actors are fairly funny, but their minutes add up, and This Is 40 doesn’t really need help filling out its running time.” Noel Murray, The A.V. Club (US) Anti: “Judd Apatow – king of the tangent, lord of the wander – bumps a sub-plot up to full story status with this directionless sequel-cum-spin-off to his 2007 hit Knocked Up… “The couple haven’t developed as characters since [the earlier film]. Pete’s still bumbling, a little careless. Debbie’s still panicky and shrill. This worked fine when they were a footnote to somebody

else’s story but, given their own film, they’re really hard to care about. Their financial problems … are supposed to form the backbone of the plot. Instead you find yourself sneering at these rich people, crowing at the suggestion that downgrading a big house for a smaller big house is a problem worthy of our sympathy. “Crucially, This Is 40 isn’t funny. Part of the problem is the script, which works hard to wring laughs out of bonedry sitcom staples (the moody teen, the foul-mouthed toddler, the sex-starved married couple), but Mann and the kids are unfortunately at fault too. Mann has a habit? Of pausing in the middle of the punchline? As if you should be savouring? The joke? And the kids – likeable enough, but by no means great actors – feel stranded. Maude’s character is little more than a Lost-obsessed, iPad-clutching misery guts. Iris (bar one charming piece of physical comedy where she acts out a cartoon death) is adrift: left to recite lines fed to her by her dad, whether she gets them or not. ‘If this is what having a period is like, I don’t want one!’, she intones after Maude has stomped out of the room again. You almost expect a Cosby Show laugh track to drop in and seal the scene… “Without anything to laugh at, think on or care about, this is just a scrapbook of semi-interesting anecdotes, a loosely edited sprawl. It’s not bad, exactly – but it is boring and very rarely funny. This is laboured. This is aimless. This Is 40. It’s really quite a grind.” Henry Barnes, The Guardian (UK)

Friday, January 25, 2013 CYPRUS MAIL

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

TELEPHONE NUMBERS: K-CINEPLEX: 77778383 RIO LIMASSOL: 25871410 RIO PAPHOS: 26207000

NICOSIA This is 40 (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.10, 7.40 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.10, 7.40 and 10.15pm Django Unchained (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 7pm Texas Chainsaw 3D (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 10.05pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 10.05pm Finding Nemo 3D (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5pm, weekends also at 11.05am, 1pm and 3pm Les Miserables (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 7 and 10.05pm Hope Springs (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.10pm Jack Reacher (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) 7.45 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) 7.45 and 10.15pm Hotel Transylvania (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) 5.10pm, weekends only 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek) 5.10pm, weekends 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.20pm

An… (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 7.55 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 7.55 and 10.15pm Wreck-It Ralph (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek), weekends only at 3pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) (in Greek), weekends only at 11.15am and 3pm Life of Pi (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.25 and 7.45pm, weekends also at 3pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 3pm Rise of the Guardians (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm Moonrise Kingdom Cine Studio, tonight at 9pm, Sunday at 8pm, Tuesday and Thursday at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96-420491, www.ofk.org.cy

LIMASSOL This is 40 (N/A) Rio 3 at 5.30 and 7.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.10, 7.40 and 10.15pm

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

K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7 and 10.05pm, weekends at 3.30pm

Life of Pi (K) Rio 4 at 7.45pm, weekends also at 3 and 5.20pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3pm

Hope Springs (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.10pm

Texas Chainsaw 3D (18) Rio 2 at 10.30pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 10.05pm

Zarafa (K) Rio 3 (in Greek), weekends only at 2.30pm

Jack Reacher (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.15pm

Finding Nemo 3D (K) Rio 2 (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.30pm

Hotel Transylvania (K) Rio 3 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 4pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.10pm, weekends only at 3.20pm

An… (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 7.55 and 10.15pm.

Les Miserables (K) Rio 1 at 7.30 and 10.25pm, weekends also at 4.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7 and 10.05pm

Rise of the Guardians (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in English, in 2D) at 5.05pm, weekends also at 3.10pm

Django Unchained (15) Rio 2 at 7.30pm; Rio 3 at 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 2) at 7pm

Hope Springs (12) Rio 6 at 8pm, weekends also at 4 and 6pm Jack Reacher (15) Rio 5 at 7.45 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 5pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.15pm House at the End of the Street (15) Rio 4 at 10pm Cloud Atlas (15) Rio 6 at 10pm

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

Amour (in French, with Greek subtitles) Rio 5, Monday at 8.30pm, presented by the Limassol Cine Club. www.cinelesxi.org

LARNACA This is 40 (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.10, 7.40 and 10.15pm Django Unchained (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7pm Texas Chainsaw 3D (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 10.05pm

An… (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 7.55 and 10.15pm Wreck-It Ralph (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek), weekends only at 3pm

Wreck-It Ralph (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek), weekends only at 3pm

Finding Nemo 3D (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.30pm

Hotel Transylvania (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.10pm, weekends only at 3.20pm Rise of the Guardians (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.25pm

PAPHOS This is 40 (N/A) Rio 4 at 5.10 and 7.30pm; Rio 1 at 10.30pm Django Unchained (15) Rio 1 at 7.30pm; Rio 7 at 9.45pm. Texas Chainsaw 3D (18) Rio 6 at 7.30 and 9.45pm

Finding Nemo 3D (K) Rio 1 (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm Les Miserables (K) Rio 5 at 7.30pm; Rio 3 at 9.45pm Hope Springs (12) Rio 2 at 9.45pm Jack Reacher (15) Rio 7 at 7.30pm; Rio 5 at 10.30pm An… (12) Rio 2 (in Greek) at 5.30 and 7.30pm; Rio 4 (in Greek) at 9.45pm. Wreck-It Ralph (K) Rio 7 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30pm Life of Pi (K) Rio 3 at 5 and 7.30pm Zarafa (K) Rio 6 (in Greek), weekdays only at 6pm, weekends only at 3pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (12) Rio 6, weekends only at 4.30pm Hotel Transylvania (K) Rio 7 (in Greek, in 3D) at 5.30pm Rise of the Guardians (K) Rio 5 (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm

Les Miserables (K)

listings Today Exhibitions ...For Another Space and Another Time... Solo art exhibition by Athina Antoniadou. Opens January 25, 7.30pm until February 9. During the exhibition, from February 1-9, there will be a series of lecturers and presentations. Argo Gallery, 64E D. Akrita Avenue, Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10am-1pm. Tel: 22-754009. www.argogallery.org Tree of Life Group painting exhibition from the art group Elena Armosti. Opens January 25, 8pm until January 31. Ayios Dometios Cultural Centre, 45 Kolokotroni Street (behind St George church). Monday-Friday: 3pm-7pm. Saturday: 10am-5pm. Tel: 22-772190/99563864

Music Fusion Music Pop meets opera meets show-tunes with Tina Chester: Soprano and Andrew Oliver: Piano. January 25. Souni Lenia’s Tavern. Concert 7pm, dinner 9pm. €16 inc. dinner. Reservations Tel: 25-717117

Concerto for Viola: World Premiere Classic music concert organised by the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra with soloist Diemut Poppen (viola). Conductor: Gudni A. Emilsson. January 25. Markideion Theatre, Paphos. 8.30pm. €12/7. Tel: 22-463144

Theatre Now or Never Skala Theatre presents a witty comedy by multi-award winning Russian author Valentin Krasnogorov. January 25. Xenion High School, 55, 1st Apriliou Street, Paralimni. 8.30pm. €12/7. In Greek. Tel: 23-811080 Fat Men in Skirts Twisted, dark comedy by contemporary American playwright Nicky Silver. January 25. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. €16/12. In Greek. Tel: 77-777745

Other Events Who needs the Higgs Boson? The Cyprus Institute (CYI) annual Hubert Curien memorial lecture presented by two internationally renowned scientists, Prof. Edouard Brézin and Prof. Herwig Schopper. January 25. Journalists’ House in Aglandjia, Nicosia. 6.30pm. In English. RSVP. Tel: 22-208753/22-208600. www. cyi.ac.cy

Tomorrow Music Fusion Music Pop meets opera meets show-tunes with Tina Chester: Soprano and Andrew Oliver: Piano. January 26. Limassol Heritage School. Concert 8.30pm. €10. Reservations - Tel: 25-367018 Chamber Music Concert with Brass Quintet Brass quintet with members of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. January 26. Pallas Theatre, Paphos Gate in Nicosia. 5pm. free. Tel: 22-463144

Theatre A Play About... Trash The theatre group Point To, in collaboration with Scarabeo Lounge Bar, presents a comedy directed by Evagelia Onoufriou. January 26. Scarabeo Bar, 4 Nikokreontos Street, Nicosia. 9.30pm. €10. In Greek. Tel: 99-935777/99-740773 Just Broken Up Act Theatre presents play by Vassilis Myrianthopoulos & Vangelis Hatzinikolaou. January 26. Larnaca Municipal Theatre. 8.30pm. In Greek. €20. Tel: 77-777181

Other Events Unlock Me Party DJ Peter will be spinning the decks while you try to unlock your perfect match, with a chance to win prizes. January 26. Club Nuovo, 11 Stasinou Street, Engomi, Nicosia. 11.30pm. €20 Open Bar. Tel: 96-336649 Last Presentation of the Straw Dogs Magazine Issue # 1 Last presentation of its maiden issue. The speech will be made by the editors of the magazine, Yiota Panayiotou and Yiannis Zelianaios and by the poet and translator, Constantinos Kokoloyiannis. January 26. Municipal Library of Engomi 4 Leonidou Street, Makedonitissa, Engomi, Nicosia (first floor of the building of Makedonitissa’s Association of Residents). 4pm. Tel: 22-658891

Ongoing Theatre Death and the Maiden Satiriko Theatro presents play by Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman. Until January 25. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros, Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. Every Wednesdays and Fridays at 8.30pm. €15/10. In Greek. Tel: 22312940/22-421609

The Elephant Man Theatro Ena presents a play by Bernard Pomerance, translated and directed by Andreas Christodoulides. Until January 27. Theatro Ena, 4 Athinas Avenue, Nicosia. Every Friday through Sunday at 8.30pm. In Greek. €15/12. Tel: 22-348203

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

Heights Three actors confront their personal conflicts among the spectators. Until January 29. Theatro Ena, 4 Athinas Avenue, Nicosia. €10 including glass of wine. 10pm. In Greek. Tel: 2234 8203 or email theatroena@cytanet.com.cy

Shear Madness Popular Cypriot actor and director Loris Loizides returns with an adaptation of one of the longest-running nonmusical plays in the world. Until March 17. Pantheon Art Cinema, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia. Every Saturday and Sunday at 8.30pm. €20. In Greek. Tel: 70-001910/22-675787

Social Security THOC presents satire on modern high society by Andrew Bergman. Until February 3. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Friday through Sunday at 8.30pm, Saturday at 6pm and 8.30pm. €12/6 . In Greek. Tel: 77-772717/22-864300 Misery Stephen King’s psychological thriller staged by Satiriko Theatre. Every Friday and Saturday. Until February 13. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. Every Wednesday and Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609

For a full guide to the week’s events and regular meetings, make sure you get a copy of the Sunday Mail

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

Exhibition Mag Dossier #01 A celebration of contemporary magazine publishing featuring magazines from across the world. Until January 26. Phytorio – Visual Artists Association Municipal Garden of Nicosia, 2 Nehrou. Tuesday-Friday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-7pm. Saturday: 10am-1pm. Tel: 22-681088

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

The little drummer boy TO BRIGHTEN up those winter blues the Pharos Arts Foundation is hosting a concert of fun and diverse programming of works for solo percussion. The Pharos Arts Foundation has prepared a compelling programme for this year, and next week it will continue its ongoing Cyprus Artists Series with a concert by Cypriot Percussionist Marios Nicolaou. Using pitched and unpitched percussion instruments, he will perform in a one man show creating the textures and rhythmic excitement of a whole ensemble. If you have never seen a percussion concert, you should, as it’s certainly a sight, and sound, to behold. Percussion makes a rare and wonderful breed of music that both compels and rewards. It’s amazing how many sounds can be created by hitting something. The setup includes instruments from South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. Kettledrums, temple blocks, triangles, bongos, bells and cymbals of all shapes and sizes – everything in the percussion closet will be part of Nicolaou’s playground. With exceptional talent and dedicated artistry, Nicolaou’s joyous yet orderly cacophony of sounds combines the driving intensity of drums, the beautiful warmth of marimbas and vibraphones and the surprisingly exotic sounds of electronics to make music that is memorable and profound. In performances around the world, Nicolaou has swiftly gained national attention for his effortless style and technique. A graduate of the Athens Conservatory, he participated in the International Ensemble Modern Academy and won the Alexandra Trianti scholarship from the Athens Megaron. In 2000 he appeared as a soloist on the Timpani with the Cyprus State Orchestra performing the Concertino for Timpani, Percussion and Strings by A Panufnik. Well-known to local audiences as a percussionist in the ranks of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra as well as for his exciting performances of many world premieres, Nicolaou has been the Timpanist of the Ballet Orchestra of the Greek National Opera. Since 2003 he has been collaborating with the majority of the Greek orchestras,

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including Athens State Orchestra, Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra, Camerata and Orchestra of Colors. Nicolaou’s repertoire is quite diverse so local audiences can expect a percussion tour de force that makes for some engaged listening. Tuesday’s concert will include works by JS Bach, Karheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Andreas Moustoukis and Vassos Nicolaou among others. As usual the concert will be presented at The Shoe Factory in Nicosia. The downtown location combined with the intimate, traditional theatre setting creates a unique

Monday Other Events Power to the people THE CYPRUS Community Media Centre (CCMC) is hosting a prominent community media activist from India on Monday as part of its ongoing advocacy campaign for the recognition of this sector in Cyprus. Entitled Community Media: Giving Voice to the Voiceless, this public talk followed by discussion will feature a keynote speech by Archana Kapoor, publisher of Hardnews magazine, an independent political monthly from India, and founder of the NGO

SMART that works with marginalised communities in India. Mainstream media is often criticised for reporting on marketdriven, shallow news concerns over those of the disadvantaged and poor. However, groups who

experience for music audiences looking for an alternative to the staid theatre hall or noisy live venue. To avoid any disappointment, please reserve your seats prior to attending the show. Marios Nicolaou Pharos Arts Foundation hosts Cyprus Artists Series concert by well-known percussionist. January 29. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Street, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €15/10. Tel: 22-663871/70-009304. www.pharosartsfoundation.org. Email: info@ pharosartsfoundation.org

have been denied a voice are increasingly turning to new forms of technology to get their views across. Digital technology and social media are increasingly being used as vehicles for raising awareness about issues that have been neglected or under reported by traditional media outlets. In spite of the fact that India is the largest democracy in the world and that all social groups could practice free speech and expression, community media remains the only means of expression and political participation for grassroots groups with no access to the mainstream media. For instance, two years ago Kapoor launched a community radio station in an impoverished rural community outside Delhi. The radio station went on to win

By Ledha Socratous a National Award from the Government of India in 2012. Kapoor is also on the governing board of the Community Radio Association, an organisation established to promote and lobby for the ovement. community radio movement. CMC said Beran Djemal of CCMC o “We are privileged to nity have such a community h us, media advocate with orand it’s a great opportunity for Cypriots to n hear directly from an rked activist who has worked itirelessly for recognition of community y.” media in her country.” Djemal added “We hope oners, civil society practitioners, media professionals and the general public join us to hear k and more about her work g locally to what CCMC is doing

MONDAY is a day for poetry readings, competitions and prizes as The Grammar School, Nicosia in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Culture and the European University Cyprus, presents an event entitled Conversation with Poets for students of private (of seven academic years) and public secondary schools of the Nicosia district. The Minister of Education and Culture Dr George Demosthenous will open the event, which will be held at the Cultural Centre of the European University Cyprus. The open event includes presentations by two prominent Greek poets, eight poetry workshops and the Poetry Competition Award Ceremony. The poets Antonis Fostieris and Dinos Siotis from Greece will present the themes Poetry Within and Outside Poetry and Poetry Today. Twenty distinguished Cypriot poets will join the two Greek poets who will guide the students through various poetry writing workshops. The conclusions of these workshops will be presented at the end of the day. The Poetry Day will be concluded by the Sixth Poetry Competition Award Ceremony entitled Poetry of the Heart. The competition was organised by the Grammar School, Nicosia in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Culture and was open to students aged 12 to 19, with entries in English or Greek. A performance of poetry set to music by students of the Grammar School, Nicosia will be presented at the beginning of the award ceremony. Conversation with Poets Poetry event for students of private (of seven academic years) and public secondary schools of the Nicosia district, including poetry reading and award ceremony. January 28. Cultural Centre of the European University Cyprus, Nicosia. 8am-1pm. campaign for community media recognition.” The Cyprus Community Media Centre is a registered non-governmental organisation, which opened in 2009, aiming to encourage co community media in Cyprus and su support local organisations in communicating their m message to the public. The centre does this through training, productions and tailored support. Community Media Giving Voice to the Voiceless P Public talk followed by discussion aabout campaign for community media rec recognition with keynote speech by Arch Archana Kapoor, a filmmaker, author and aactivist. January 28. CCMC building Ni in Nicosia’s Ledra Palace Buffer Zone. 6pm Tel: 22-662269 or email info@ 6pm. cyp cypruscommunitymedia.org

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Friday, January 25, 2013 CYPRUS MAIL

Television CYBC 1 06.45 08.15

Proti Enimerosi Kali Sas Mera Local variety show, with entertainment options, cookery tips and more.

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

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Apo Mera Se Mera

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Entehnos

CYBC 2 07.00 08.00 16.30 17.00 18.00 18.50 19.00 19.10

Current affairs show. Local cultural show.

16.00 18.00 18.15

Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies

18.45

Paizoume Kypriaka

Live cookery show.

19.20

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

21.20

Moiraia Fengaria

22.45

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

20.00 21.15

20.10 21.00

News Patates 8

Tete A Tete Tasos Tryfonos interviews Greek celebrities from the world of showbiz.

23.00 23.30 23.45

Local Sketch (rpt) News Repeats

NRG Zone Kids’ TV Euromaxx Kati Psinetai (rpt) Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Doctor Who (rpt)

05.30 06.20 06.50 07.00 07.50 08.40

Fifth season. ‘The Beast Below’. The Time Lord takes Amy on her ﬁrst adventure in the Tardis with a trip to the far future, visiting the Starship UK on its journey through space in search of a new home for the people of Britain.

09.30 10.25 11.15

NRG Zone Candid Camera

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Unsuspecting people react to bizarre events.

15.45

2013 US Figure Skating Championships Top Gear

17.40

Fifteenth season. Episode 4: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May build their own versions of motorhomes and set off for a bank holiday weekend in the West Country to try out their creations in the real world. The Audi R8 V10 Spyder also takes on the latest version of the Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet on the test track, and another celebrity does a lap in the Reasonably Priced Car.

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

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Erotas (rpt) Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Idiaitera Yia Klamata (rpt) Englimata (rpt) Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Panselinos (rpt) Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) Eleftheros Ki Oraios (rpt) Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Local smash-hit comedy series, with village setting. Interrupted by News at 18.00.

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MEGA 06.00

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

18.00 18.20

News Master Chef

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

19.20

Eftyhismenoi Mazi (rpt)

20.20 21.15 22.10 00.00 00.10

News Klemmena Oneira Mousiko Kouti - Live News FILM: The Squid And The Whale

Greek comedy series.

Niose Me News Dancing With The Stars

Teenage brothers Frank and Walt ﬁnd their lives thrown into upheaval when their parents announce they are divorcing. Bittersweet drama, starring Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney. 2005.

Celebrities and pro dancers train and compete in a ballroom dancing competition.

00.00 00.05 00.30 01.40 02.30 03.20 04.40

News Sports News Vradi Me Ton Petro Kostopoulo Yia Tin Anna (rpt) I Agapi Irthe Apo Makria (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

SIGMA

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

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Vourate Geitonoi (rpt) Protoselido Eleni Vasiliki (rpt) Efta Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) Aspra Balonia (rpt) Magazino News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Siga Min To’ Xeres Efta Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites

PLUS TV 07.20 07.50 09.00 09.30 10.55 11.50 12.30 13.00 15.30 17.00

Greek comedy series.

17.50 19.40

News Aspra Balonia

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FILM: Overboard

Greek drama series. A spoilt heiress suffers from amnesia after she falls off her yacht, and is taken in by a carpenter claiming to be her husband. Comedy, starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. 1987.

00.10 00.15 01.20 02.10 03.30 04.00 04.30

News Dekati Entoli (rpt) Alithinoi Erotes (rpt) Mila Mou (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) Ta Hrisopsara (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

Fotis Maria Live Mila Discussions about various issues based on a woman’s life (men, relationships, sex, kids etc.) with showbiz guests.

Local drama series.

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Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mila (rpt) Nistikoi Praktores Classic Cartoons Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kids’ TV To Kleidi

21.15 22.00

Exelixeis Stin Showbiz FILM: New Jack City Two maverick cops set out to topple a drugs baron who has transformed an apartment block into a seemingly impregnable fortress. Gritty action thriller, with Wesley Snipes and Ice-T. 1991.

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

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News Sports Time O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: Trial By Fire A ﬁreﬁghter wrongly blamed for the death of her father tries to prove herself by setting out to join an elite squad. Action thriller, starring Brooke Burns. 2008.

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FILM: Le Divorce An American woman in Paris has a reckless affair with the uncle of her pregnant stepsister’s errant husband. Romantic comedy, with Kate Hudson. 2003.

FILM: Jealousy, Italian Style A ﬂower girl must choose between a bricklayer and a pizza baker, friends who quarrel over her. Drama, starring Monica Vitti. 1970.

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CAPITAL

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FILM: Frostbite A slacker hopes to postpone the responsibilities of the real world by enrolling in a snowboarding academy. Comedy, starring Peter Jason. 2005.

LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

X-Men: First Class (Novacinema1, 22.00)

06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Charlie and Lola 07:10 Boogie Beebies 07:25 Gigglebiz 07:40 The Roly Mo Show 07:55 Me Too! 08:15 Charlie and Lola 08:25 Boogie Beebies 08:40 Gigglebiz 08:55 The Roly Mo Show 09:10 Me Too! 09:30 Keeping Up Appearances 10:00 Mastermind 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 Coast 13:15 Last Man Standing 14:05 Apes in Danger 14:40 Mastermind 15:10 The Weakest Link 15:55 EastEnders 16:25 Doctors 16:55 Coast 17:55 The Weakest Link 18:40 The Orang-Utan King 19:30 Doctors 20:00 Coast 21:00 The Old Guys 21:30 Friday Night Dinner 22:00 Last Man Standing 22:50 After You’ve Gone 23:20 2 Point 4 Children 23:50 Whitechapel 00:40 Live At The Apollo 01:25 The Weakest Link 02:10 Doctors 02:40 Last Man Standing 03:30 2 Point 4 Children 04:00 Robin Hood 04:45 Live At The Apollo 05:30 Alan Carr: Chatty Man

09:07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Wheeler Dealers 08:15 American Chopper 09:10 Dirty Jobs 10:05 Deadliest Catch 10:55 Ultimate Survival 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 How It’s Made 12:40 Extreme Engineering 13:35 Fifth Gear 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 World’s Toughest Jobs 22:00 Alone In The Wild 23:00 Aussie Feds 00:00 True Csi 01:55 World’s Toughest Jobs 02:50 Alone In The Wild 03:50 Aussie Feds 04:50 True Csi 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Tennis: Australian Open, Melbourne 13:00 Football: African Cup Of Nations South Africa 14:30 Ten-

nis: Australian Open, Melbourne 16:45 Football: African Cup Of Nations South Africa 19:00 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 20:00 Football: African Cup Of Nations South Africa 22:00 Figure Skating: European Championship Croatia 23:00 Tennis: Game, Set And Mats 23:30 Tennis: Australian Open, Melbourne 00:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 01:45 Motorsports: Gta Race To Dubai 02:00 Tennis: Game, Set And Mats

05:40 Desperate Housewives 06:25 Castle 07:10 Modern Family 07:35 Last Man Standing 08:00 Body Of Proof 08:50 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover 09:40 Desperate Housewives 10:25 Bones 11:10 Modern Fam-

ily 11:35 Last Man Standing 12:00 Happy Endings 12:25 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 12:50 Glee 13:40 Body Of Proof 14:30 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover 15:20 Desperate Housewives 16:05 Bones 16:50 Modern Family 17:15 Last Man Standing 17:40 Body Of Proof 18:30 Who Do You Think You Are 19:20 Desperate Housewives 20:10 Bones 21:00 Happy Endings 21:25 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 21:50 Glee 22:40 Modern Family 23:05 Last Man Standing 23:30 Happy Endings 23:55 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 00:20 Glee 01:10 Bones 02:00 Desperate Housewives 02:45 Modern Family 03:10 Last Man Standing 03:35 Cougar Town 04:00 Body Of Proof 04:50 Who Do You Think You Are

07:00 Pawn Stars 07:30 Storage Wars 08:00 Mud Men 09:00 Pawn Stars 09:30 American Restoration 10:00 Pawn Stars 10:30 Storage Wars 11:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 12:00 American Restoration 13:00 Ancient Aliens 14:00 Pawn Stars 14:30 American Restoration 15:00 Mud Men 16:00 American Restoration 17:00 Ancient Aliens 18:00 Pawn Stars 18:30 American Restoration 19:00 Mud Men 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:30 Storage Wars 21:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 22:00 Hitler’s Island

Madness 23:00 High Hitler 00:00 Pawn Stars 00:30 Storage Wars 01:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 02:00 Hitler’s Island Madness 03:00 High Hitler 04:00 Mud Men 05:00 Pawn Stars 05:30 American Restoration 06:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East

07:30 Mother Night 09:30 Things That Hang From Trees 11:10 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 12:45 Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants 2, The 14:45 Search For El Dorado, The (Part 1) 16:25 Search For El Dorado, The (Part 2) 18:00 Black Beauty 19:30 Hollywood Buzz 20:00 Ltv Sports News 21:00 Beautiful (2009) 23:00 Stone 00:50 Hustler Tv 02:30 Lesbian Vampire Killers 04:15 What Women Want 06:30 Ltv Sports News

07:00 Chowder I 07:25 Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack, The 07:50 Tom & Jerry Show, The 08:15 Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!

I 08:40 Loonatics Unleashed I 09:05 Superman: The Animated Series Ii 09:30 Superman: The Animated Series Ii 09:55 Looney Tunes Show, The 10:20 Tak & The Power Of Juju 10:45 Fanboy & Chum Chum 11:10 X’s, The 11:35 Ni Hao, KaiLan 12:00 Dora The Explorer 12:25 Spongebob Squarepants 12:50 Spongebob Squarepants 13:15 Mighty B!, The 13:40 My Life As A Teenage Robot 14:05 Hey Arnold! 14:30 Icarly 14:55 Icarly 15:20 Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! I 15:45 Justice League Unlimited I 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes Ii 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 Geisco Pba Team Shootout 17:30 Planet Speed 18:00 Barclays Premier League World 18:30 Nba Action 19:00 La Liga World 19:30 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 21:30 A’ Division Cyprus Soccer Championship 2012-13 23:30 Volvo Ocean Race 00:00 La Liga Show 2012-13 00:30 Atp World Tour Uncovered 01:00 Barclays Premier League Review 02:00 La Liga Review 201213 03:00 Nba 2012-13 05:30 Volvo Ocean Race 06:00 Volvo Ocean Race

07:15 Two And A Half Men 08:00 Friends 08:35 Closer, The 09:20 Harry’s Law 10:05 Chuck 10:50 2 Broke Girls 11:15 Bones 12:50 Supernatural 13:35 Two And A Half Men 14:25 Closer, The 15:15 Harry’s Law 16:05 Big Bang Theory, The 16:30 According To Jim 17:15 Mentalist, The 18:00 Top Boy 19:00 Supernatural 19:45 Gossip Girl 20:30 Friends 22:30 C.S.I. New York 23:15 Strike Back 00:10 Runaways, The 02:00 Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale 03:45 Big Bang Theory, The 04:10 According To Jim 04:55 Mentalist, The 05:40 Top Boy 06:30 Supernatural

07:45 St. Trinian’s Ii: The Legend Of Fritton’s Gold 09:35 Run 11:15 Facing Ali 13:15 Bound By Honor 16:15 That Darn Cat 17:50 Them! 19:30 Action Zone 20:00 Simon Birch 22:00 Insidious 00:05 Daring! TV 04:05 Fighter 06:15 Thx 1138

05:30 Lower Learning 07:05 The Bone Collector 09:05 Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure 10:35 Mad On Novacinema 11:10 Beginners 12:55 Water For Elephants 15:00 Serendipity 16:35 One For The Money 18:15 Hollywood Buzz 18:50 Mao’s Last Dancer 21:00 Ncis 22:00 X-Men: First Class 00:20 Black Swan 02:10 Cine News 02:40 The Transporter 04:15 Conan The Barbarian

07:00 Cine News 07:50 Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life 09:55 Winnie The Pooh 11:05 Cat Ballou 12:45 12 Dates Of Christmas 14:15 Johnny English Reborn 16:00 Management 17:35 Action Zone 20:00 Gran Torino 22:00 One Day 23:55 Colombiana 01:50 Machine Gun Preacher 04:00 Cine News 04:55 The Chamber

19:15 Salvation Boulevard 21:00 Shanghai 23:00 Choose 00:30 Cine News 01:30 Adult Zone 03:10 Sniper Reloaded 04:45 The Rite

19:10 Penelope 21:00 Casino Jack 00:35 Footloose 02:30 The Names Of Love 04:15 In Love And War

07:00 Somebody Up There Likes Me 08:50 Sunday in New York 10:35 Hot Millions 12:20 Casablanca 14:00 Grand Prix 16:45 Boys’ Night Out 18:35 Hearts Of The West 20:20 Welcome To Hard Times 22:00 Star Is Born 00:15 Shaft 02:00 Silk Stockings 03:55 Two Weeks In Another Town 05:40 Edge of the City

By Preston Wilder

Gran Torino (Novacinema2, 20.00) If you haven’t seen any Clint Eastwood films, then for god’s sake don’t start with this one; it’s truly bad (or at least sloppy) as a film, but Clint’s Clint-ness carries the day, indeed it couldn’t even exist with any other actor. He plays Walt Kowalski, a septuagenarian Korean War vet and something of a grumpy old man: among the things he hates are horoscopes (“What a load of shit!”), people standing on his lawn, people who call him by his first name without being asked, navelrings on teenage girls, white-boy wiggas pretending to be ghetto, young priests, church-going - and of course “swamp rats”, one of his colourful names for his Hmong (i.e. Vietnamese) neighbours. One of those

neighbours, a teenage boy, tries to steal Walt’s Gran Torino (that’s a car) as part of a gang initiation, forcing Walt to become more involved with the family and its problems. You might say they bond, and you might call the film a plea for racial tolerance - but those mealy-mouthed words don’t apply to His Clint-ness. Real fans know what I’m talking about. Made in 2008.

Beautiful (LTV, 21.00) Sunshine Hills is beautiful, an idyllic suburban community - but Sunshine Hills is gripped by fear, the hidden spectre of girls being abducted by a mysterious psycho. Danny is 14, a lonely boy with no friends - at least till Suzy, the slightly older (and madly sexy) girl

next door inveigles him in a plan to solve the mystery. How obscure is this Australian thriller? So obscure that it’s available to watch on YouTube, a sure sign of a film that’s fallen through the cracks - but of course there’s no reason why it can’t be entertaining, just because it was shot in Adelaide and stars no-one you’ve ever heard of (actually that’s not true; it does star Peta Wilson, from La Femme Nikita). “If you want a fast-moving, keep-you-guessing thriller, don’t look here,” says a fair-minded fan at the Internet Movie Database. “You’ll be disappointed. But if you want to see a nicely shot, atmospheric tale that slowly spins out of control, this is well worth your time”. Check it out - or just watch a bit on YouTube. Made in 2009.

Beautiful

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, January 25, 2013

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2294 1

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

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1 Became groovy and played an instrument? (6) 4 Commander in the grip of a passionate desire finds an insect! (6) 7 Going from one side to the other in the French game (8) 8 Girl back in North America (4) 9 Apparently this is where the polish goes (2,3,7) 13 Street abounding in conflict (6) 14 Plant 150 too many (6) 15 Defeat narrowly Philippa by the station (3,2,3,4) 18 Painter’s work that is conclusive (4) 19 Studio used for factory dance (8) 20 Pal will finish after half a day (6) 21 Catch parent out (6)

1 Fool about with single sheet of paper (5) 2 Unabridged, like a book not having its leaves trimmed (5) 3 Thus steed damaged the protective cloth (9) 4 Dishonest disposition (3) 5 Mistakenly clout a pan with the melon (9) 6 Wildly foolish being without taste perhaps (9) 10 On which a ﬁver is printed? (9) 11 Only one strand coming from the wig? (9) 12 Animal giving you a run for your money (9) 16 Some brotherliness is not the same (5) 17 Put about – surgery needed to raise the level (3,2) 19 Right leaving hospital room with a bundle of notes (3)

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PREVIOUS DAY’S SOLUTIONS

Answers to crossword 2293

HOROSCOPE

CRYPTIC: Across – 3 Sports day; 7 Think; 8 Abominate; 9 Ought; 10 Direct; 13 Literati; 15 Saddened; 17 Goggle; 20 Remus; 21 Affection; 22 Elsie; 23 Frittered. Down – 1 Strolling; 2 Fidgeting; 3 Skater; 4 Remedied; 5 Sonar; 6 Aztec; 11 Economise; 12 Tradesmen; 14 Absentee; 16 Darned; 18 Offer; 19 Guest.

QUICK: Across – 3 Vestibule; 7 Horde; 8 Redbreast; 9 Thumb; 10 Gambol; 13 Waddling; 15 Einstein; 17 Hugged; 20 Fudge; 21 Steamboat; 22 Ernie; 23 Blanketed. Down – 1 Whitewash; 2 Grounding; 3 Verbal; 4 Toboggan; 5 Bream; 6 Lasso; 11 Beheading; 12 Laundered; 14 Inedible; 16 Sifted; 18 Until; 19 Grain.

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

Some work/life balance issues may have come up in quite a strong way yesterday. Fortunately, now you can use one of the best of all planetary angles, between the Sun and Jupiter to look at things in a more progressive way. If there are issues to be overcome, this can help to strengthen your resolution that everything can turn out okay in the end.

Whilst you can forge a better understanding in personal relationships at this time, equally this can be true around friendships or causes. You don’t necessarily bond that easily with others, but a uniquely beneﬁcial planetary alliance can bring about a less guarded side of your nature, and once you open up, you may be delighted at how well things evolve.

Someone you have been jesting with recently can have a twinkle in their eye if they see you. Then again, it can be you who is enjoying the repartee going back and forth. Generally, you enjoy people who are larger than life, good fun and bright company, and someone you encounter now could turn out to be good luck for you in a number of ways.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

Whatever your circumstances, you can just feel more hopeful that things can improve. Your glass can seem very much half full, rather than half empty. That said, the current planetary inﬂuences are not just about perceptions, and a genuine slice of luck could fall for you between now and the middle of next week. Time to speculate to accumulate?

Even if you have long been striving for a job, and your prospects have seemed particularly limited; a window of planetary opportunity exists between now and early next week. Seize this to be as proactive as possible. Try to be imaginative in your approach. Look to present yourself in the way your rivals wouldn’t. It could just create an opening.

Because of your natural gift for managing situations well, something which looks unpromising to other people could take your fancy. This may be something you buy from an antique fair, bric-a-brac stall or charity store, but you may be able to give this item “the treatment” in a way which revives it, and may even see you sell it on at a proﬁt.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

Links with people overseas can strengthen. If you know anyone who is currently doing a world tour or gap year from college, their tales can really seriously whet your appetite and get you thinking about the prospects for yourself. But any slice of life which seems more exotic, unusual and diverse can be exactly the thing to get you really buzzing.

Look to be progressive in any area of life which can, potentially, bring you joy. We live in cynical times, but every now and then a celestial inﬂuence comes along which does offer real potential for something better. Precisely this can inﬂuence your situation now. You may even feel bolder and braver in your love life, and ask someone out on a date.

Push yourself Aquarius. If you have talents that you hold dear but have never had the conﬁdence to promote, this is a fantastic time to show faith and demonstrate just what a one off you are. At your best you are a trend setter and this is precisely how you can attract good fortune and fresh possibilities. Go shock and awe, you can captivate.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Continue to be open to what other people say around your financial situation. Investments and legacies could benefit from the wisdom of someone well-schooled in these life areas, or from a professional advisor. More spiritually, you may discover a new approach which you find to be particularly inspirational, and helps you to grow emotionally.

The property market may not be as certain as it once was, but if you are interested in doing well, you may see opportunities where others can’t. If you are looking to rent, a really nice home may be waiting for you, simply because you are in the right place at the right time. Put the feelers out. A change of fortune is entirely possible just now.

Surprise revelations can actually prove fortunate. This may come from checking on the value of your property, investments, or savings plans, or from a family member who can help you in an unusual way, freeing up capital to see you achieve your goals, but perhaps taking some equity in a new home of yours or a business. Be open minded to this.

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classified contents Employment Opportunities pg 22 Employment Miscellaneous 22 Pets 22 Lessons 22 Health & Fitness 22 Personal 22 Services 22 For Sale Miscellaneous -For Sale Land/ Property Business 22 For Sale Motor vehicles 22 Wanted 22 To Let Nicosia 22 To Let Limassol 25 To Let Larnaca 25 To Let Paphos 25 To Let Protaras, Ayia Napa, Paralimni -For Sale Nicosia -For Sale Limassol 26 For Sale Larnaca 26 For Sale Paphos 26 For Sale Ayia Napa -For Sale Famagusta Protaras 26 For Sale Athens -Property& Home Services display ads --

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA 2 BEDROOM flat, fully furnished. Fully A/C, small block, 3rd floor. Covered parking. Central heating. Near Hilton hotel off Makarios Avenue. €480pm. Tel 99444336 FLATS/HOUSES for rent 1 bdrm in Aglantzia near the new university semi-furnished €430, 1 bdrm with furniture in Engomi €280, 1 bdrm in Akropoli near Philips college €450, 2 bdrm €550, Strovolos brand new 3 bdrm €650, Penthouse 3 bdrm roof-garden €850, detached house Aglantzia 2 bdrm big yard €450, detached house Pallouriotissa 3 bdrm €550. STAVRINOS REAL ESTATE AGENCE A.M. 497 A A 166/E Tel: 99666703 email: yemo@cytanet.com.cy STROVOLOS 4 bdrm., house, c/h, a/c from €1000 now €800, Mak/ ssa f/f house, pool, 4 bdrm., 4wc, 2 shower €1700, Kornos villa, pool, mature garden €4000 (2) penthouse luxury Acropolis 1 bdrm, f/f, centre €450. For info www.markidesestates.com Markides 22378898, 99464764, Reg. No. 487, E16 FLATS/HOUSES FOR RENT studio Acropolis €300, 1bdrm P/ ssa €450, Aglantzia €350, Str/ los €350, Acropolis €350 2bdrm Lycavito furnished €530, Acropolis €550, Ag. Dometios €500, 3bdrm Nikis av. €550 Str/los G/F €660, Tymbos independent €800, Ag. Omologites colonial listed building swimming pool maids room €2,500. PROPERTY FINDER LTD. 99474839 99646822 A.M.627 A.A.108/E STUDIO flat in Pallouriotissa (next to McDonald) furnished €280. For info call 99606984.

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****************************** MODERN 2 BDRM, first floor flat in attractive building in Anthoupolis, very quiet area between the Grammar School and the European University, also very convenient for Pascal and Highgate Schools and the University of Nicosia. Large front veranda, all appliances, modern fittings, light and bright. Furnished or unfurnished €550p.m. Call 99900177. 2 ROOMS €125 each, near McDonald’s Engomi only Philippine girls. Call 99663927. FOR RENT 3 B/R apartment fully furnished close to Central Bank. 3 W.C., fully air-conditioned extra storeroom, owned covered parking. Excellent condition. Information: Tel. 99621554 3 BEDROOMS flat on second floor in a block of six flats, in a nice position at Strovolos area, fully a/c, c/h, covered parking place for one car, recently painted. Rent €650pm. (furnished if required). Tel: 97773358. ****************************** LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 5 bedrs detached house, 550sq.m, built in 2 big plots of land, big garden with grass, big swimming pool with extra fence for children and big covered patio with bbq area, big reception

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3. 2 bedr fully renovated semi detached house 120 sq. m, a/c for

TO LET NICOSIA hot and cold, small yard, FULLY FURNSIHED or not, double glazed windows with aluminum shutters, in a quiet area off Nikis behind Burger King - ACROPOLIS €600 (H2ACS0001-R), (photos in the website). 4. 3 bedr luxury semi-detached house with character, 200sq.m, central heating, full ac, sitting and dining room with ﬁre place, 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 neighborhood. Available middle of January. Agios Andreas - €1200 - H3AAD0001-R (photos in website). 5. 3 bedr luxury detached house, 200sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 3wc, blinds and curtains, open plan kitchen with cooker, oven and dishwasher, veranda with bbq, good size garden, covered

TO LET NICOSIA parking, storage room, alarm system, in a quiet area – Archangellos €1100 (photos in the website). 6. 3 bedr+big attic room with shower and wc luxury new house, 210sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 4wc, blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, small garden, covered parking near Alpha Mega supermarket - STROVOLOS €1100 (H4ST10007-R), (photos in the website). 7. 3 bedr detached ground ﬂoor house with separate maid’s room, with very big garden with grass(200sq.m) and covered patio with bbq and bar, central heating, full a/c, 180sq.m, FULLY FURNISHED or NOT, 2 covered parking, storage room, in a very quiet neighborhood opposite Acropolis park - Acropolis - €1000 - H3ACS0004-R (photos in website). 8. 4 bedr very big luxury semi de-

TO LET NICOSIA tached house 350sq.m, with big separate basement 80sq.m with 2 rooms, sitting room, kitchen and bathroom. Consists of big sitting and dining areas upstairs, big kitchen with big family room and breakfast area, big bedrooms, 3 showers, 1 bathroom, central heating, full a/c, black out blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking and patio with bbq in a very quiet neighbourhood close to Makarios foorball stadium. Available END of February - Makedonitissa €1500. 9. 4 bedr new luxury detached house build in a big plot of land, central heating, full a/c, 2 bedrs with en suite shower, 4 wc, bathroom with jacuzzi, big open space sitting and dining areas, 330sq.m, big swimming pool 5x10, big garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area, roller blinds and curtains on all the windows, electrical appliances in kitchen, covered park-

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA ing, in a quiet neighbourhood off Tseriou avenue. AVAILABLE end of February –Strovolos €1800 (photos in the website). 10. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, electrical appliances, small yard, bbq area, off Kostantinoupoleos street near French ambassador residence.- STROVOLOS €700 (H4ST10043-R), (photos in the website). 11. 4 bedr new luxury ﬁnished detached house with central heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, big kitchen with cooker oven, dishwasher and big family room, aluminum shutters in all the house, separate big sitting and dining room with parquet ﬂoor, 2 covered parking, alarm system, big covered patio, SWIMMING POOL, in a newly built area near Falcon school – Strovolos €2000 (photos in the website). 12. 4 bedr luxury detached house, 350sq.m,central heating, full ac, big garden with fruit trees, grass and swimming pool 6 X 12,2 covered parking, electrical appliances in the kitchen, 4 years old in a very quiet area 25 min from the centre – DEYTERA -

TO LET NICOSIA €2000 – H4DEF0001-R (photos in website). 13. 3 bedr ground ﬂoor house with big separate 80sq,m room with shower and wc for multi use, central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, 2 shower,1 bathroom, fully furnished, small garden, bbq area, parking, on a small building in a very quiet area near Agios Vasilios church. Strovolos - €900 - H4ST10028-R (photos in website). 14. 4 bedr new luxury ﬁnished top quality detached house, 290sq.m, central heating, full a/c, master bedroom with en suite shower/jacuzzi, guest bedroom with shower, main bathroom with jacuzzi, 4w , fully expensive furnished with LCD televisions (all furniture and appliances cost 100,000 EURO), kitchen with very expensive electrical appliances and family room, garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area,2 covered parkings, alarm system, pressure system, in a nice quiet neighbourhood Strovolos €2000 (photos in the website). For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LAND-

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***************************** LUXURY FLATS: 1. 3 bedr luxury finished spacious floor apartment with very big sitting and dining areas with family room with fire place, solid parquet floor all throught, central heating independent, full a/c, all the bedrooms with en suite shower/bathroom, 4wc, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, blinds on all windows, big covered veranda, covered parking, big storage room, on a small 3 storey building in a quiet neighborhood – Agios Andreas€ 1300 – A3AAD0005-R (photos in website). 2. 1 bedr spacious fully luxury renovated apartment,60sq.m, big sitting and dining room, big bedroom, fully newly modern furnished with LCD TV 32’, covered veranda, covered parking, storage heaters, full a/c, near Cyta, Laiki and Hellenic Bank headquarters – Dasoupolis €550 (photos in the website). 3. 2 bedr penthouse apartment,100sq.m + 80sq.m veranda with flowers and bbq, big sitting and dining room with big

TO LET NICOSIA 60” TV, storage heaters, full a/v, 2 wc, en suite bathroom/jacuzzi, roman blinds, cooker, oven, microwave, washing machine and refrigerator in the kitchen, covered parking, near Metro supermarket – Aglantzia €600 (photos in the website). 4. A1DAS0010-R, 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting and dining room, big bathroom, big bedroom with shutters, covered veranda, storage heaters, 2a/c, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking in a quiet area in a small modern building near Acropolis Park. Dasoupolis €400 (photos in website). 5. 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 neighborhood off Kallipoleos street – Lykavitos €650 (photos in the website). 6. 2 bedr luxury finished apartment on a small building with 4 flats only, central heating with petrol independent, full a/c, 2 bedrooms with en suite bathroom/shower, separate guest wc, NICELY MOD-

TO LET NICOSIA ERN EXPENSIVE FURNISHED, big covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, in a very quiet neighbourhood very close to Junior school and the park – Agioi Omologites €800 (photos in the website). 7.

4 bedr luxury floor apartment,250sq.m, office, maid’s room, central heating ind, full hidden wall unit a/c,2 showers, 1 bathroom, 3wc, parquet floor, big kitchen with cooker and oven, bbq on the veranda in the kitchen, big sitting area, roller blinds on all the windows, alarm system, big veranda on a small building off Athalasas avenue near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital – Dasoupolis - € 1100 - A4DAS0002-R (photos in website).

8. A1ACS0007- R, 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with 2 a/c for hot and cold, electrical appliances in the kitchen, big bedroom, covered veranda, blinds, covered parking, in a quiet area near Acropolis park. NICELY FURNISHED. Acropolis €450 (photos in website). 9. New top quality 2 bedr apartment, 93sq.m+20sq.m veranda, on a small modern building with 6 ﬂats only. Central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 2wc, fully ﬁtted kitchen with all the electrical appliances, water pressure system roller blinds and shutters on windows, big sitting and dining room, big bedrooms, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet neibourhood near Akropolis park. AVAILABLE middle of February – Acropolis €850 (photos in the website). 10. 2 bedr luxury apartment with 3 a/c for hot and cold, big covered veranda, covered parking and storage room, NICELY FURNISHED, near Acropoli park behind Tseriotis showroom – ACROPOLIS - €450 –

TO LET NICOSIA A2ACS0033-R (photos in website). 11. 3 bedr luxury spacious ground floor apartment with separate entrance, big verandas and garden, big sitting and dining room, central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, very big master bedroom, electrical appliances in the kitchen, aluminum shutters on windows, parquet laminate floor all the flat, covered parking, storage room, in a very quiet neighbourhood in a dead end street, off Athalasas Avenue behind Stephanis near English School €650 (A3ST10030-R), (photos in the website). 12. 2 bedr luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds, big covered veranda, in a small 2 storey building in a quiet area behind Tymvos – MAKEDONITISSA - € 500 – A2MAK0008-R (photos in website). 13. 3 bedr luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, parquet floor, big sitting and dining area, big covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, blinds, shutters in the bedrooms, big kitchen with all expensive electrical appliances, off Makarios avenue near the centre – Nicosia Centre- € 800 – A3NIC0025-R (photos in 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). 15. 2 bedrs new luxury apartment, sitting room open plan with kitchen which includes cooker, oven,

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA refrigerator and washing machine, 2 wc, central heating, full AC, blinds on the windows, very big covered verandas, covered parking and storage room in a dead end off Athalassas avenue near Laiki popular bank and Hellenic bank headquarters. - DASOUPOLI €500 (A2DAS0006-R), (photos in the website). 16. 3 bedr new luxury ground floor apartment, with separate big TV room or guest room, 225sq.m, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances and breakfast area, 4 bathrooms, 4 wc, 2 bedrs with en suite bathroom, floor heating independent, full a/c, blinds on all the windows, marble and parquet floor, big veranda with bbq, small garden, closed 2 covered parking with remote control, in a very quiet area very close to Junior school and 50 metres from the park. FULLY NICELY FURNISHED – Agioi Omologites €1200 (photos in the website). For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates.com

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***************************** 1. Superior Real Estate Larnaca. Town centre, fully furnished one bedroom apartment available for immediate occupation. Ref. TLL341. Tel 24815926 2. Superior Real Estate Larnaca. Stunning two bedroom fully furnished apartment in Oroklini. Ref. TLL1574 Please call to arrange a viewing Tel. 24815926 3. www.SuperiorRealEstateLarnaca.com – LARGE RANGE OF RENTAL PROPERTIES. From studio apartments to 5 bedroom villas for rent, all properties have detailed descriptions, professional photographs. Interactive Virtual/Video Tours. Please visit our website. www.SuperiorRealEstateLarnaca.com 4. www.SuperiorRealEstateLarnaca.com. License No. 419. LANDLORDS AVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY WITH US FOR FREE. Tel. 24815926 Email. info@superiorrealestatelarnaca.com ***************************** 2 BDRM ground ﬂoor semi-furnished in Larnaca, Dhekelia road opposite Marine club 30 metre from the beach €400. Stavrinos Real Estate R.B. 497 L/N 166/E Phone: 99666703 email yemo@ cytanet.com.cy

2 BEDROOM NICOLADES SEA VIEW CITY BLOCK, a/c’s in all rooms, private parking, sea view, walking distance to everything, can be used for ofﬁce or residential. €750, minimum 12 months contract. 99320077 Larnaca FOR RENT 2 bed, 2 bath, new built apartment, in a quiet scenic location In Alethriko, Larnaca 5 min. to Larnaka, 5 min. to the beach Fully furnished, A/C, communal pool, under covered parking, Long term rent, €350.00 per month For more info pls call 99639378

***************************** FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom ﬂat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel: 99202543

PAPHOS UNIVERSAL – lovely 3 bed detached house – f/f 1 x ensuite, a/c, close to shops and all amenities, situated in quiet location – 400 euros. For more information call - 9977 4314 PEYIA, luxury villa, 3 double bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, fully or part furnished, private pool, quiet location, paved garden area, sea and mountain views. Sky satellite, euro 650 ono, please call : 99771532 – no agents FOR LONG TERM RENT: 2 bedroom modern apartment, recently renovated-fully furnished, Chloraka- Melanos, quiet neighbourhood, communal pool, 2 covered parking space, security burglar bars throughout,2 balcony. Sea view, central to shops. Com-

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TO LET PAPHOS munal fees included. 380.00eur/ month. Call Maria 99 371 874 € 380 /MNTH UNIVERSAL AREA A 2-bed house, beautiful location, in cul-de-sac, 10 years old, 90 sq. mts, furnished. Open-plan lounge/kitchen, front car-port, garden, 2-ﬂoors, 2 W.CS/bath and part air-conditioned. Call 99632388.’ ONLY €225/MONTH! Two bedroom unfurnished, freshly renovated ﬂat in Geroskipou. Spacious, plus many extras: large backyard for bbq/entertaining and new pergola, private covered parking, storage area, covered verandah, a/c, new curtains, quiet complex. Close to Geroskipou square and short walk to beach. Probably best rental bargain on the market! Please call: 26-910322, 99347502.

***************************** PAPHOS RENTALS SECTION TREMITHOUSA - Very sought after Village location, Modern 2Bedroom Townhouse, F/F to a high standard, Lovely Communal Pool, set within a very small complex, Quiet Location, Uninterrupted, Sea views, parking, Early viewing highly recommended, 400 Euros PAPHOS - Very large 3 Bedroom Apt, Fully Furnished to a very high standard, Would suit 3 Professionals sharing, Within close proximity to Hospital and Court, Central Heating, 2 Bathrooms, Laundry, 350 Euros. TALA - Luxurious 3/4 Bedroom Villas, F/F to a very high standard,2

TO LET PAPHOS bathrooms,2 en-suites, own swimming pools, landscaped Gardens with Spectacular Sea views, 700 Euros. EMPA - Immaculate, Spacious 2 Bedroom, U/F, Corner House, Large kitchen, Patio, Quiet location, Must be seen, 300 Euros URGENTLY WANTED – Bungalows 2/3 Bedrooms MORE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 99862922

***************************** MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. UNIVERSAL AREA €400 spacious 2 bedroom 2 bathroom ground ﬂoor apartment, master with ensuite. Situated on small, peaceful complex with communal pool. Fully furnished with modern furniture including plasma TV & satellite. Allocated off street parking. Good-sized enclosed patio with barbeque. website reference number: RTL_645 2. PEYIA €450 brand new modern 2 bedroom townhouse situated on a quiet complex. Master with ensuite, family bathroom & downstairs guest wc. Fully furnished with modern furniture including ﬂy screens & plasma TV. Enclosed rear garden. Private undercover parking & storage

TO LET PAPHOS space. Pets allowed at owners’ discretion. website reference number: RTL_658 3. ANARITA €500 modern detached 3 bedroom villa, master with ensuite shower room, family bathroom & downstairs guest wc. Modern ﬁtted kitchen with appliances if required. Enclosed garden with private pool. Available unfurnished. Pets allowed at owners’ discretion. website reference number: RTL_659 4. KISSONERGA €550 modern detached 3 bedroom villa situated in a quiet residential area. Master bedroom with ensuite, separate kitchen, downstairs guest wc. Enclosed garden offering private pool & off street parking. Available unfurnished though can include kitchen appliances. Pets allowed

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS at owners’ discretion. website reference number: rtl_501 5. TALA €725 modern 3 bedroom detached villa located in a peaceful residential area between Tala & Kamaras offering sea & mountain views. Separate kitchen with top brand appliances inc dishwasher. Includes central heating, flyscreens & sky satellite. Private pool & enclosed garden with storage. Available unfurnished or furnished. website reference number: RTL_566 6. CHLORAKA €750 modern detached 4 bedroom 3 bathroom villa with ground floor bedroom & bathroom. Beautifully furnished with good quality modern furniture includes sky satellite, fly screens & feature fireplace with modern gas fire. Private pool offering views of the sea. Off street parking. Situated within walking distance of bus routes & shops. website reference number: RTL_611 7. MESOGI €800 modern detached 4 bedroom villa, master with ensuite, family bathroom & downstairs guest wc. Available unfurnished with gas central heating. Enclosed garden with private pool offering sea views. Pets allowed at owners’ discretion. 8. TALA €900 a charming detached 4 bedroom villa with character, situated on a corner plot in a quiet residential area with breathtaking sea views. Spacious living

TO LET PAPHOS rooms with central heating & real ﬁreplace. Separate kitchen & dining room. Good-sized garden offering private pool and stonebuilt barbeque area. Undercover parking. Available fully furnished. website reference number: RTL_638 Tel: 97790883 ofﬁce: 26271858 visit our website for many more properties www.mrrent-paphos.net email: info@mrrentpaphos.net

***************************** EMBA, 3 bedroom detached house, with attached separate one bedroom apartment, large garden, mountain and sea views, unfurnished, €600 p/m o.n.o – agents welcome, call : 99683379 ***************************** LONG TERM RENTALS 1. Geroskipou A large 2 bed apartment with large balcony facing the sea, fully furnished, covered parking, a/c €345 pcm 2. Tala 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Stunning sea views, large balcony, well kept gardens, communal pool, and quiet area. €350 pcm 3. Peyia Large 3 or 4 bed detached villas, secluded position, large private pool, a/c, and parking. Unfurnished or furnished. Very nice, well worth seeing. €650pcm & €750pcm 4. Kato Paphos Furnished 1 bedroom apartment, a/c, private

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parking, well kept garden, communal swimming pool, large balcony with sea view. From €300 pcm REDUCED THIS IS JUST A SMALL SELECTION OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND MANY MORE PLEASE CALL EITHER 96 545 174 OR E-MAIL ON info@unique-consultancy.eu LANDLORDS; WE NEED YOUR PROPERTIES NOW. PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.

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AYIA MARINOUDA A 3 bedroom villa with an additional loft room conversion with en suite. Property has a downstairs bedroom, sitting/dining area, separate utility area with granite work tops, 2 bedrooms on the top level master en suite. Central heating, AC, ﬂy screens, private pool, enclosed and fenced garden. Ref: 1199 950 Euros SECRET VALLEY 3 bed Bungalow furnished to a very modern standard, fully furnished, 3 bedrooms, master en-suite in 2 of the bedrooms, private pool, easy maintenance gardens, nice valley view’s. Ref: 1017 800 Euros CHLORAKA 4 bedroom large villa with quality ﬁttings , furnished to a very high standard, downstairs bedroom, 3 upstairs, en suites, bathroom, private pool, decking, fantastic sea views , near to Tombs of the Kings Ref: 806 850 Euros

APHRODITE HILLS - Villa share at this amazing resort? Now available for discerning people, luxury double rooms, each with own en suite and heating unit and plus of large lounge/dining/kitchen area, external patios, gardens and swimming pool. Fully furnished and equipped €800pm plus share of running expenses, min period 6 months or yearly contract renewal. To enquire (or view from January 2013) ring 99178141. A chance not to be missed!

***************************** KILI – PAPHOS, 3 bedroom villa, with swimming pool and garden, unfurnished, gas central heating, large verandas, lovely mountain views, very quiet and tranquil area, €500 per month o.n.o. Call: 99479006 PAPHOS / PEYIA VILLA, villa for rent in Peyia, 4 bedroom, 4 bathrooms, large sitting-dining area, fully airconditioned and heated, unfurnished, panoramic views, large parking, low rent contact: 99490953, 26815534 ***************************** FOR RENT A selection of 1 to 5 bedroom houses & apartments F/F & U/F Universal, Peyia, Tomb of the Kings, Tsada, Timi, Chlorakas & Kato Paphos Landlord & Owners please call 99329357 Or please view at are website www.cyprussands. com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus ***************************** FLOWRON PROPERTY RENTALS: Offering a full range of property services, the company you can TRUST. KISSONERGRA 4 bed furnished villa in a lovely location of Emba. Very private grounds, completely on its own , closed garage, kitchen, downstairs bedroom, 3 upstairs, private pool, garden. Ref: Kissonergra 825 Euros

SECRET VALLEY 2 bed villas furnished or unfurnished with private pool, downstairs bedroom, kitchen , sitting/dining area, guest wc, upstairs large master bedroom with en suite bath, large veranda. Nice location with sea views and off street parking: Ref: 1198 450 Euros PEGEIA 4 bed villa unfurnished, 2 downstairs bedroom, large sitting/dining area, Italian kitchen with white goods, 2 bedrooms upstairs with outside large veranda. Property is of a high standard with central heating, full AC, off street parking, private pool, stunning views, quiet location. Ref: 765 900 Euros TSADA Large 5 bedroom villa furnished, top quality fixtures and furniture’s, fire place, central heating, AC, downstairs bedroom, kitchen, utility room, 4 bedrooms upstairs, large living areas, closed garage, private pool, peaceful location, near to the Tsada golf area. Ref: 955 1400 Euros Upper Paphos 3 bedroom upper house offered furnished, large rooms, fire place, AC, in residential area, nice location, walking distance to shops. Ref: 1197 350 Euros Please call for a free viewing on Office 26600450 Mobile: 97614070 many more properties on our website at www.flowron.com Your Vision is our Mission LANDLORDS IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT, PLEASE CALL US!!!!!!

***************************** PEYIA – 3 bedroom villa with modern quality furniture and ﬁnishes. Central heating, sky, alarm, inﬁnity pool and stunnning sea and mountain views €700 per month, call: 99389426 ***************************** BRAND NEW APT, opposite Poseidonio Gym, near Carrefour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from

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***************************** RENTAL POINT - PAPHOS PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!! 1. MESA CHORIO – 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished ground floor apartment set on an elevated position on this prestigious development. Open plan living area. Good sized kitchen. 2 double, bedrooms, master with en-suite shower room. Family bathroom. Large patio areas with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views. Covered parking and security gates.. Comm swimming pool. €425.00 or near offer 2 EMBA 3 bed 2 bath unfurnished villa in handy location close to the shopping areas. Property also has separate 1 bed apartment on the lower level. Large open plan living area and dining area. Fully fitted dining/kitchen with appliances . Guest WC. 3 double bedrooms one with en-suite. Family bathroom. Separate 1 bed apartment on lower level. Perfect for dual living. Small garden & and parking. €550.00 a month. 3. GIOLOU – 5 bed unfurnished villa consisting of 3 bed, 2 bath main house (bungalow) with self contained 2 bed apartment with own entrance. Main house, open plan living area, beamed ceilings with feature fireplace. Dining space and kitchen. 3 bedrooms, master with en-suite and family bathroom. Covered balcony with sea and rural views, swimming pool and garden areas. Lower level apartment reached via the main house or separate entrance. Large open plan living area, kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms. €850.00 per month 4. TALA – 3 bed 3 bath quality furnished villa. Set in enclosed gardens the villa consists of open plan living area with dining space. Fully fitted kitchen with all appliances, door to rear garden. Storage room. Ground floor bed room with adjacent shower. Stairs to two double bedrooms both ensuite, one with Jacuzzi tub. Small seating area with adjacent balcony. Pool and off street parking. Lnadscaped gardens €750.00 per month or close offers only 5. TRIMITHOUSA – 4 bed, 3.5 bath unfurnished villa set in quiet location. Open plan living area. Fully fitted kitchen. Ground floor bedroom with en-suite shower. Guest WC. Stairs to 3 more bedrooms, one with en-suite and family bathroom. Garden areas, large terraces and feature BBQ area and pergola. Private pool, garage. Never

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been occupied. Available 1 Feb. €725.00 per month OVNO. 6. UNIVERSAL AREA – 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, Enclosed garden area. Comm pool and parking. €375.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Universal starting at €250per month. 7. LOWER PEYIA – 3 bed, 2.5 bath part furnished villa situated in quiet cul du sac. Open plan living and dining area with doors out the to pool and garden.. Very large breakfast fitted kitchen. Doors out to garden and pool. Separate guest WC. Stairs to 3 double bedrooms. Master bedroom very large with en-suite shower. Family bathroom. Private pool, gardens, shutters. €550.00 per month or close offers only. 8. STROUMBI – 3 bed 2.5 bath large unfurnished villa in quiet village area. Spacious open plan living area with feature fireplace and dining space Good sized fitted kitchen and breakfast area. Guest WC with storage area.3 double bedrooms. Master with en-suite bathroom. Family bathroom. Enclosed gardens, pool and off street parking. Realistically priced €550.00 per month. OVNO FOR FULL LISTINGS OF APARTMENTS/TOWNHOUSES AND VILLA PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/OWNERS PLEASE CALL. PLEASE CALL 97648440 or email:- inforentals@aol.com

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PROPERTY FOR SALE LARNACA FOR SALE house 180 sq m, 3 bedrooms in Kornos village. €240,000. Tel: 99651913, 99527094

LIMASSOL FOR SALE €250,000 3 bedroom bungalow for sale in Agios Silas, Ysponas. Large plot with swimming pool and parking for 3/4 cars. Two shower rooms and two kitchens. Contact owner on 25391235 or 99103624

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***************************** UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN LOFOS/ TALA, 2 three bedroom detached villas on large plot. House 1 with studio ﬂat & pool. Both open plan with A/C, provision for C/H, BBQ, pergolas, gardens, private drives, sea/ mountain views, SEPARATE DEEDS. Available together or separately. Tel: 96718163/ 96366419 Price: €399,000 & €299,000

PROTARAS FOR SALE special offer, €79, 000 ﬁrst ﬂoor apartment in Protaras, fully furnished with 2 bedrooms and a swimming pool. Walking distance to the beach of Ayia Triada and all amenities. Tel: 97 608941.

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Advertiser FOR PAPHIAKOS ANIMAL WELFARE SOS HELPLINE, 24 HOUR MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICE - CALL 99655581 CONTACT DETAILS FOR PAPHIAKOS. Paphiakos & C.C.P. Animal Welfare Education/Information Centre, No. 12 Dedalos Building, 8049 Kato Paphos PO Box 61272 8132 Kato Paphos Web. www.cyprusanimalwelfare.com www.facebook/paphiakos Email info@cyprusanimalwelfare.com Larnaca Emergency Service - The contact point for animal emergencies in Larnaca is Maria at the Paphiakos Animal Welfare Charity Shop, telephone 24623494 or 99325897 STOP, SHOP AND GIVE TO THE ANIMALS! ALL DONATIONS ARE WELCOME AT OUR CHARITY SHOPS! PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. ANIMAL WELFARE Registered Charity No 1529 Contact our shops and we can take your clutter The Charity Shops are located at: Shop No.1 Agapinoros Street, Kato Paphos Tel 26910325 Shop No.2 Ap Pavlou Avenue, Kato Paphos Tel 26942894 Shop No.3 Gr. Afxentiou Avensia Court 3 Larnaca 24623494 Shop No.4 9 Ayiou Ioanni Street 3061 Limassol 25561695 Peyia Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 26622828 Polis Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 99223572 Book Exchange Shop Trimithousa 99771763 Our shops are always happy to receive your unwanted goods! NOW YOU CAN HELP BY COLLECTING YOUR ALUMINIUM CANS AND HANDING THEM IN AT ANY PAPHIAKOS CHARITY SHOP OR THE CLINIC. SAVE AN ANIMAL AND SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT!! PAPHIAKOS CAR BOOT SALE EVERY SATURDAY at the Ambassador Restaurant and outside in the grounds at Paphiakos. Free parking. Sellers from 7am, buyers from 8am. For information & bookings please call MIKE on 96702600. FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR PAPHIAKOS CHARITY NO. 1529 WORLD ANIMAL DAY. On Thursday October 4th Paphiakos will be micro chipping pets for only €20 including all the paperwork. For further information telephone 26953496. To celebrate World Animal Day on Thursday October 4th Paphiakos will be offering free spaying/neutering for all feral and unwanted animals as they do throughout the year. Contact 26953496 for further details. PAPHIAKOS SHELTER OPEN DAY The Open Day will be held on Sunday October 7th between 10am and 3pm. It will be a Family Fun Day out with a lot of different activities. There is car parking, toilets and refreshments on site so enjoy and join in the celebration of animals and what they bring to our lives. Entrance is €2 CHARITY HAIR CUT. On Thursday 4th October 09.30-17.30 without an appointment Andri at Atlantic Bay Hotel (2nd Floor) will be charging €5 for a haircut with all proceeds going to Paphiakos. Telephone Suzanne on 99151996 or Andri on 99604783. PAPHIAKOS CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. Saturday November 24th 9am – 3pm at the Crazy Spoon Restaurant. For further details contact 99151996. Stalls, Santa’s Grotto, Donkey Rides, Pirate Pat and many more.

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Sport IN BRIEF Olympic stadium to host GP LONDON’S Olympic Stadium will play host to its ﬁrst sporting event since the Games on the anniversary of the opening ceremony, it was announced yesterday. The London Grand Prix athletics meeting, part of the elite Diamond League series, is to be moved from its usual home at Crystal Palace and will take place on July 27, a year to the day after the Olympics began in spectacular fashion. Mo Farah, who won gold medals in the 10,000 metres and 5,000m at the Olympics, said: “The atmosphere was electric during the Games, I’ll never forget it, so it’s great that the British fans, and athletes, will get to experience that again so soon after the Games.”

Mickelson apologises PHIL Mickelson has described his “insensitive” public comments about his tax concerns as “dumb”, and on a par with the lasthole gaffe that cost him the chance to win the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. The four-times major champion hinted after last week’s Humana Challenge he was mulling “drastic changes” because of soaring federal and state tax rates but has since said he should have kept his thoughts to himself. “This reminds me a lot of Winged Foot in 2006, where I hit a drive way left off the tents,” Mickelson said on the eve of this week’s Farmers Insurance Open. “So this happened to be way right, but way off the tents. You know, I’ve made some dumb, dumb mistakes, and, obviously, talking about this stuff was one of them.”

Bresnan out of New Zealand tour line-up

Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat drives against Aaron Gray #34 of the Toronto Raptors

Raptors unable to halt blistering leaders Heat NBA South-East Division leaders the Miami Heat beat the Toronto Raptors 123-116 after overtime on Wednesday. The game reached the end of regulation time locked at 109-109 but the Heat pulled away in the extra period, Dwyane Wade scoring eight points in a run of 13 without replay to ﬁnish with 35 for the night. LeBron James added a triple-double of 31 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds as the Heat remained 4.5 games clear of the Atlanta Hawks, who beat the Charlotte Bobcats 104-92 as Josh Smith led the way with 30 points and 13 rebounds. The Brooklyn Nets moved within half a game of the New York Knicks at the Atlantic Division summit with a 91-83

Miami side pull away in extra period, remain clear of Hawks win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Brook Lopez top-scored with 22 points as the Nets backed up Monday night’s victory over the Knicks to close the gap. The South-West Division’s leading pair, the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies, both won to pull clear of the Houston Rockets, who were beaten by the Denver Nuggets. The Spurs beat the New Orleans Hornets 106-102, with Tiago Splitter scoring 25 points and Tony Parker

24. Meanwhile, reports in America suggest this will be the Hornets’ last season under that name before they become the New Orleans Pelicans from next season. Memphis were resounding 106-93 winners over the struggling Los Angeles Lakers despite 29 points from Kobe Bryant, while James Harden’s 23-point haul was in vain as Houston went down 105-95 at the Toyota Centre. Ty Lawson scored 21 for the Nuggets as they closed on North-West Division leaders the Oklahoma City Thunder,

who lost 104-99 to the Golden State Warriors. Stephen Curry top-scored with 31 points while David Lee had a double-double of 22 points and 12 rebounds. Elsewhere in the North-West Division there were wins for the Utah Jazz, 92-88 against the Washington Wizards, and the Portland Trail Blazers, who downed Central Division leaders the Indiana Pacers 100-80. The Chicago Bulls closed on Indiana with an 85-82 success against the Detroit Pistons, Jimmy Butler top-scoring with 18 points while Nate Robinson at one point scored nine successive points. In the night’s other game, Luis Scola’s 21 points led the Phoenix Suns to a 106-96 win over the Sacramento Kings.

Wales need ‘extra-special performance’ to defend title ROB Howley believes defending champions Wales will require “an extraspecial performance” if they want to launch their RBS 6 Nations title defence in winning fashion. Wales kick off the tournament against Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday week. It is a reverse of last year’s opener that Wales won at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. That success proved the springboard for an unbeaten Six Nations season as Wales landed their third Grand Slam in eight seasons. And interim head coach Howley knows Wales will need to hit the heights again in the quest for a successful start. “The one thing when we’ve played Ire-

land is they have been titanic struggles, fantastic games,” he said. “The players seem to bring the best out of each other. It is a mouthwatering prospect the opening game. “Thankfully, the last couple of occasions we have come out on the right side of the scoreboard. Other times, we haven’t. “To come away with a win would be extra special, and we will need an extra-special performance against a very good side. “That ﬁrst game is a huge one. In terms of favourites and underdogs, having been involved in the Six Nations as a coach and player, each game is in isolation. “As far as we are concerned we are look-

ing at that ﬁrst game against Ireland at the Millennium Stadium.” Captain Sam Warburton, meanwhile, believes Wales’ loss of a winning formula is “easily recoverable” as they prepare to defend the Six Nations crown. Wales have not beaten another Testplaying country since defeating France in last season’s tournament ﬁnale. A run of seven successive defeats included four losses against Australia by a combined total of 13 points, while double Grand Slam-winning coach Warren Gatland will also not be at the Six Nations helm prior to leading the British and Irish Lions tour down under later this year.

Wales skipper Warburton

TIM Bresnan has been ruled out of the tour of New Zealand due to an ongoing elbow problem, while Craig Kieswetter found himself axed from the one-day squad. National selector Geoff Miller yesterday announced a 15-man Test squad for the three-match series, as well as making alterations to the previously announced limited-overs party. Bresnan, who has been struggling with his right elbow for some time and underwent an operation at the end of 2011, has been replaced in all three formats by Warwickshire’s Chris Woakes, who is uncapped at Test level. Bresnan will be assessed by specialists before any decision is made on his long-term availability, but Miller is hopeful that the Yorkshireman will be back to full fitness in time for a summer programme that sees England host both the Ashes and the Champions Trophy. Kieswetter, meanwhile, looks set for a lengthy spell in the wildnerness. Until Wednesday’s match in Mohali, the Somerset man had played each of England’s last 34 one-day internationals, but county colleague Jos Buttler and the returning Jonny Bairstow are both ahead in the pecking order. Kieswetter was named in the original ODI squad for New Zealand but has been stood down having been low on confidence and runs in India. England also added two players to the 50-over squad, with Joe Root and the uncapped James Harris joining the group. Root had initially been assigned the captaincy of the second string England Lions for their tour of Australia but his performances across the formats in India have made an irresistible case for inclusion among the seniors. Explaining the decision to send Bresnan for futher medical advice despite the seamer playing all four games of the current series, Miller said: “Tim had got a little issue with his elbow, which he has had for a while “He’s had a problem and he felt that playing through it could alleviate that problem, but that hasn’t been the case. “He needs it looked at because it’s not right at the moment. This was an opportunity for him to go back and get it sorted. “He’ll have a look with the specialists and see what’s needed. “It’s not necessarily an operation at this stage and we feel he’ll be absolutely fine; our medical staff say he’ll be fine for the summer.”

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Australian Open

Li routs Sharapova, eyes second Slam title

Li crushed second seed Sharapova 6-2 6-2, overpowering the Russian in a breathtaking display of power hitting

CHINA’S Li Na sent a wayward Maria Sharapova crashing out of the Australian Open semi-finals yesterday and says there will be no repeat of her capitulation to Kim Clijsters in the 2011 Melbourne Park final. Li crushed second seed Sharapova 6-2 6-2 at Rod Laver Arena, overpowering the in-form Russian in a breathtaking display of power hitting to set up her second title shot at Melbourne Park against defending champion Victoria Azarenka. Two years ago, Li was in the box seat to beat Clijsters after taking the first set, but crumbled under the pressure and took her frustrations out on Chinese fans. “(In) 2011, (the) first time to the grand slam final, I was a little bit shocked because I didn’t know what I should do,” Li told reporters. “But this time I’ve got more experience, so I think I should be better.” The stinging loss to Clijsters spurred Li to win her sole major title at Roland Garros a few months later, but the 30-yearold Chinese had endured more than 18 months in the grand slam wilderness until her stunning revival in Melbourne. Much of Li’s struggles have been between the ears, struggling to deal with

the heightened expectations from her home country of 1.3 billion people, but few nerves were on display as the sixth seed demolished Sharapova in one hour and 33 minutes in 34 Celsius (93F) heat. Sharapova had charged into the semifinal like a freight train, conceding only nine games in the tournament and bullying weaker opponents. But Li then quickly broke Sharapova three times to wrap up the first set, then weathered a fierce challenge on her own serve in the second before coolly closing out the second match-point when the Russian found the net. Four-times grand slam champion Sharapova finished with 17 winners and 32 unforced errors, and with her tactic of attacking Li’s forehand failing to come off, threw frustrated glances at her Swedish coach Thomas Hogstedt, former mentor to Li. “I think she played a really great match. She was certainly much more aggressive than I was, dictating the play. I was always on the defence,” Sharapova told reporters. “There’s no reason why she can’t win (the title).” Keeping Sharapova pinned to the baseline and jumping on her second serve,

Li raced to a 4-1 lead courtesy of an imperious backhand down the line on the third break-point of the game. She then marched on to raise three set points, closing it out in style by blasting a crosscourt forehand that kissed the line. Sharapova went for broke and was awarded a breakpoint at 1-0, but the Chinese showed nerves of steel, saving it with a cross-court forehand winner that grazed the line. Li pressed again at 2-2, with Sharapova conceding a second break point in the game with her ﬁfth double-fault and then smacking a backhand long to fall behind 3-2. Li ripped three huge serves to stave off a breakpoint in the following game, enjoying a rush of conﬁdence that she rode to victory. Within two hours of victory, Li’s success had generated 14 million hits on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like microblogging platform. “Li Na, you were so good today you’re easily going to take the crown,” wrote one Weibo user. Li’s 2011 French Open triumph was watched by a television audience of 116 million in China, a domestic record for a sporting event that year.

Ferrer is humbled by better version of himself

No final fairytale for Stephens as Azarenka through Defending champion under fire for taking injury time-out, claims breathing difficulty By Greg Stutchbury VICTORIA Azarenka brought Sloane Stephens’s Melbourne Park fairytale to an end yesterday, setting up an Australian Open final against Li Na, but the defending champion came under fire for taking an injury time-out just as her nerves appeared to desert her. Azarenka looked to have injured her left knee early in the second set of her 6-1 6-4 victory over the American teenager, but did not seek medical treatment until she blew five match points while serving for the match at 5-3. The world number one used the medical timeout to have a rib and knee injury checked, though in a courtside interview after her win she made no mention of the injuries and said her frayed nerves had almost prompted “the choke of the year”. At her post-match media conference Azarenka was bombarded with questions about the incident as reporters asked if she had exploited the injury timeout rules to help settle her nerves. Former US player Pam Shriver also attacked Azarenka on her Twitter page, calling the injury a “charade” and that the rule should now be changed.

Stephens said the delay had no impact on the outcome of the match “I’m telling you what happened right now honestly, that my back was bothering me,” Azarenka said. “It took me too long of a time to call the trainer, which was my mistake. “I took it to the point where I couldn’t breathe, which was causing from my back problem, and I couldn’t really ﬁgure out what was going on on the court. “When the trainer told me that was the rib that was blocking that, my back, that’s what happened.” The 2012 Australian Open

champion said her on-court comments could be attributed to misunderstanding the question in the heat of having won the match. The rib injury was also affecting her breathing, which was “freaking her out” and the panic she experienced was to do with that, rather blowing the match points. “I was really panicking, not because I couldn’t convert my match point. That’s not the case,” she said. “I’m experienced enough to go over those emotions. But when you cannot breathe, when something’s really blocking you, the stress, that was the stress I was talking about. “I just couldn’t realise what was going on with me.” Until the point when she received treatment, Azarenka had been coasting against the 19-year-old Stephens. Hailed as the future of American women’s tennis, Stephens caused the biggest upset of the tournament less than 24 hours earlier by beating 15-times grand slam winner Serena Williams. The conﬁdent teen, however, appeared nervous and Azarenka attacked her serve, breaking her seven times and winning the important points of the match from the baseline. After she slid and twisted

Under fire: world number one Azarenka was bombarded with questions as to whether she had exploited the injury time-out rules to help settle her nerves her knee early in the second set, Azarenka’s frustrations increased when the 29th ranked Stephens saved five match points with the Belarusian serving at 5-3. The 23-year-old world number one, however, took her time-out and forced Stephens to wait for almost 10 minutes while her back was re-adjusted, which stopped her rib from pushing on her diaphragm. The delay seemed to settle Azarenka and she sealed her place in the final on Stephens’s next service game, and sixth match

point, when the American’s backhand sailed over the baseline. Stephens said the delay had no impact on the outcome of the match. “When you take a medical break or time-out, obviously it’s for a reason. Just a normal, routine break, medical timeout,” Stephens said. “It’s happened before. I’ve had in the last match, the match before, medical breaks, go to the bathroom, the whole showdown. “It was just something else, but it didn’t affect anything, I don’t think.”

DAVID Ferrer is used to being called a brick wall, not having his head rammed into one. The fifth-seeded Spaniard tried everything he could to unsettle world number one Novak Djokovic in their Australian Open semi-final yesterday but was ruthlessly dismissed 6-2 6-2 6-1. “I didn’t have any chance to win tonight, nothing else to say,” Ferrer said. “He was better than me in all the moments.” Renowned as one of the fastest players on the Tour, Ferrer hustled and harried but to no avail; Djokovic was better in every department of the game. Bigger, faster, stronger and perhaps even fitter, when Ferrer looked at Djokovic across the net he would have seen a more developed version of himself. “I never lost like this, 6-2 6-2 6-1,” he said. “It’s been a good three weeks for me, to be in the semi-finals. “Of course I am not happy with my tennis tonight, but I would prefer to play worse in the semi-finals than in the first round.” Ferrer will move above Rafael Nadal to become world number four on Monday but if ever there was an example of how big a gulf there is between the current top four and the rest, Djokovic provided it. Unable to wear him down, Ferrer resorted to trying to hit through him, a tactic that was never going to work, with 32 unforced errors spraying off his racket in just one hour, 29 minutes of play. With Djokovic in ruthless mood, he simply had no hope and a fourth chance to reach his first grand slam final went begging. “They (the top players) are better than me. What can I do?”

Friday, January 25, 2013 CYPRUS MAIL

Sport

AEL and Anorthosis advance into national cup quarter-finals By Nemanja Bjedov AN early goal and 2-0 first leg advantage were not enough for APOEL to secure their spot in the last eight of the national football cup, as they suffered a 3-1 defeat to AEL at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia on Wednesday afternoon. “Based on how we played we should not have conceded three goals. This season whenever we need to make one step forward, we take two steps back,” APOEL’s coach Ivan Jovanovic said, visibly disappointed with his team’s elimination. Aldo Adorno opened the proceedings only two minutes into the match, but Patrick Vouho levelled the score 10 minutes later from the penalty spot, after Michael Klukowski brought down Luciano Bebe. “Obviously our fans are frustrated with the result as they are not used to these kinds of results. These are difficult days for our club; I take responsibility for our bad form,” Jovanovic said. “The players gave everything they had in my opinion, and I have no complaints about their effort. “We need to respond properly to this situation and do everything we can to improve until the end of the championship.” Jorge Monteiro made it 2-1 for the visitors five minutes before the interval, with a long-range

effort that beat Dionisis Chiotis off the post. Chiotis was then unlucky when, in the 64th minute, Vouho made it 3-1 for AEL, as his shot hit the post and then hit the nets off the goalkeeper’s back. However, the Ivory Coast international did not have much time to celebrate as he was shown his second yellow card of the match four minutes later, after an unnecessary foul on Gustavo Manduca in the middle of the pitch. AEL coach Jorge Costa was nonetheless delighted with his team’s unlikely feat, saying: “I am very proud of my players. We had a difficult task since we had lost at home. After the first leg I would say that the chances to advance were 75 per cent-25 per cent in their favour. We changed our game plan this time out and we did a really good job.” After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, Alki and Anorthosis played out another match with the identical result and the current league leaders needed Giannis Okkas’ extra time goal in order to progress. “It’s important that we achieved our goal and advanced in the cup against a very difficult opponent,” said Anorthosis coach Ronny Levy. “Now we will focus on the league match against Omonia.” Elsewhere, Apollon defeated Nea Salamina 1-0 away from home, in their national cup Round of 16 first-leg encounter.

Advance halted: APOEL suffered a 3-1 loss to AEL

Pieters, making his return to action after nine months out, was furious over his red card midway through the second half of PSV’s 3-1 home defeat against lowly PEC Zwolle and “lost self-control” - according to his club - by punching a window on his way to the dressing room

PSV’s Lens sticks up for team-mate Pieters PSV EINDHOVEN forward Jeremain Lens has defended team-mate Erik Pieters after the left-back injured his arm punching a window following his dismissal last weekend. Pieters, making his return to action after nine months out, was furious over his red card midway through the second half of PSV’s 3-1 home defeat against lowly PEC Zwolle and “lost self-control” - according to his club - on his way to the dressing room. A PSV statement earlier this week conﬁrmed the 24-yearold smashed the glass window and suffered damage to several areas of his underarm. He has since undergone surgery, with the club set to assess over the coming weeks how long he will take to recover. “I’m more shocked by the way the media has reacted to this,” Lens told De Telegraaf. “The boy showed a bit of emotion and that’s part of football.

Pieters unduly punished for a bit of emotion - Lens “We can now not even bother talking to a referee. “Erik was back playing after a long rehabilitation, he got a red card and we were losing the match. I understand that he was a bit emotional, though his reaction was inexcusable.” Pieters held a press conference in Eindhoven on Monday to publicly apologise to his team-mates, but Lens insisted: “For me, Erik does not have to say sorry to us. “He has been punished enough by the people around our team. It’s just annoying that he will again be out of action for some time.” PSV will look to return to winning ways in the Eredivisie with victory at Heracles

Almelo tomorrow. Dick Advocaat’s side surrendered top spot last weekend on the back of their surprise loss, although FC Twente were unable to fully capitalise - they only moved one point clear as they were held to a 0-0 home draw by RKC Waalwijk. Champions Ajax were the big winners last weekend, thumping Feyenoord 3-0 in the Klassieker at the Amsterdam ArenA to move level on points with PSV. Steve McClaren’s Twente visit Rotterdam on Sunday to take on fourth-placed Feyenoord, while Ajax travel to ﬁfth-spotted Vitesse Arnhem. The weekend’s action kicks off tonight, when AZ Alkmaar visit VVV-Venlo.

AZ’s 4-1 win over Vitesse last weekend lifted them to 11th and six points clear of second-bottom VVV, but coach Gertjan Verbeek wants more from his side. Verbeek said at his prematch press conference: “The gap between us and VVV is not so large, so the win is important for both teams.” PEC will look to build on their shock win over PSV with another three points at home to Heerenveen tomorrow. The teams head into the weekend locked together on 18 points from 19 games only outside the drop zone by one point. In other matches tomorrow, ADO Den Haag face relegation-threatened Roda JC and RKC Waalwijk take on struggling NAC Breda. Also on Sunday, sixth-placed FC Utrecht tackle bottomplaced Willem II and Europa League hopefuls NEC Nijmegen host FC Groningen.

Klopp: we must improve our home form Real president denies rumours of Mourinho rift BORUSSIA Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp says that his side must improve on their home form, starting with the visit of Nurnberg tonight. The defending Bundesliga champions have picked up just 14 points in front of their own fans this season, which considering they have played eight matches at the Westfalenstadion is one reason they find themselves 12 points adrift of league leaders Bayern Munich, who have gained 23 points at home this season. “It’s a very odd number,” said Klopp. “Fourteen points - you would think we had only played five games, but we haven’t. “So our task is to make sure it is hard for them to find answers. We made a start against

Bremen, but no more than that.” Klopp has told the fans to prepare for the sub-zero temperatures expected tonight, although he hope his side’s performance will warm them. “They should wrap up warm, and we’ll do the rest,” he added. Klopp would not reveal whether Nuri Sahin will be given his first start since arriving on loan from Real Madrid, but he is an option after appearing for five minutes against Bremen. Nurnberg will arrive in confident mood after a draw with Hamburg last weekend, and particularly after holding Dortmund to a draw earlier this season.

REAL Madrid president Florentino Perez angrily denied a report in Marca sports daily yesterday that said there was a rift between coach Jose Mourinho and club captains Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos. In an unusual move for the construction magnate, Perez called a news conference at the Bernabeu stadium to address the report, which he said was “simply a lie” and “designed to destabilise the club”. Marca said, without naming the source of their information, that Casillas and Ramos had threatened to leave along with several team mates unless Mourinho was dismissed. The alleged ultimatum was given at a meal with Perez and director general Jose Angel

Sanchez this week, according to the paper. “As you can see I have changed my normal practice of not commenting on the club’s dayto-day affairs,” a grim-faced Perez told reporters. “It is completely false that at the meal with the captains we had on Tuesday any kind of ultimatum was given regarding the coach or anything of the kind,” he added. “As is normal for the month of January, we had a meal including the two captains, the director general and myself with the sole aim of agreeing the bonuses for the various competitions we are contesting this season. “I believe that there are ethical limits that have to be respected, also for those who do not support our project.”

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, January 25, 2013

Sport

Blues face fresh controversy with Hazard incident

Llorente’s snub to North London rivals

Midfielder sent off for kicking ball boy as Chelsea eliminated from Capital One Cup By Andrew Gwilym CHELSEA’S season was hit by yet another high-profile controversy Wednesday night after midfielder Eden Hazard was sent off for kicking a ball boy at Swansea. The incident overshadowed the goalless draw in the second leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final at the Liberty Stadium, which saw Swansea progress to the first major final in their history thanks to a 2-0 aggregate win. It happened just over 10 minutes from time when Hazard lost patience as the ball boy, who Press Association Sport understands to be Charlie Morgan - the son of Swansea director Martin refused to hand over the ball after it had gone out of play for a goal-kick. The ball boy fell to the ground as Hazard attempted to get the ball from him, with the Blues player then trying to kick it from under him but appearing to instead make contact with the prostrate youngster. Several Chelsea players went to tend to the ball boy, who was left holding his ribs, before referee Chris Foy produced a red card. The ball boy was then led away down the tunnel, but

is unhurt. Hazard will not face police action over the incident after 17-year-old Morgan and his father elected not to press charges, but the Belgian will face an anxious wait to see what punishment the FA may choose to add on top of his automatic three-match ban. And Hazard’s unsavoury actions are the last thing Chelsea need in a season already including the John Terry racism scandal, the Mark Clattenburg affair and the unpopular sacking of Roberto Di Matteo. The £32million signing issued an apology through Chelsea TV after the match, claiming he felt he had kicked the ball rather than the ball boy, and spoke to Morgan after the teenager was invited to the Chelsea dressing room. He said: “The boy put his whole body onto the ball and I was just trying to kick the ball and I think I kicked the ball and not the boy. I apologise. “The ball boy came in the changing room and we had a quick chat and I apologised and the boy apologised as well, and it is over. Sorry.” Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez said that Hazard’s actions would be dealt with

internally by the club, but reacted angrily when he was accused of attempting to condone Hazard’s actions after accusing the ball boy of time-wasting. “I do not know what you expect from me,” he said. “Do you think we are not disappointed with the situation, that we do not regret what happened? Do you think they have not apologised? They have done it so what can we do now? Do you want to change things? We cannot. “The player spoke to the boy and he said sorry because it was a mistake. We know it was a mistake but we talked with the player and the boy so what do you expect?” Swansea manager Michael Laudrup highlighted the red card as the moment he knew his side would meet Bradford at Wembley. He said: “They lost the belief they could do it after the red card. You could see when he was sent off that they were finished. After the red card, I saw the reaction from both teams and knew that was it. “To be in a final for the first time is fantastic. If you add that we have beaten the European champions over two legs then it is incredible.”

Chelsea’s Belgium midﬁelder Eden Hazard (R) is sent off by referee Chris Foy (C) after an incident involving a ball boy during the English League Cup semi-ﬁnal second leg football match between Swansea City and Chelsea

Arsenal’s Podolski eyes repeat display to secure a top-four spot

Wenger’s side bounced back from successive League defeats by City and Chelsea, with goals from Podolski, Cazorla and Walcott and a brace from Giroud (above)

LUKAS Podolski yesterday claimed Arsenal can overhaul Tottenham to finish in the top four. The Gunners thrashed West Ham 5-1 at Emirates Stadium Wednesday night to cut the deficit to fourth-placed Tottenham to four points. Arsene Wenger’s side bounced back from successive League defeats by Manchester City and Chelsea, with goals from Podolski, Olivier Giroud (two), Santi Cazorla and Theo Walcott after Jack Collison’s early strike. Arsenal are sixth, a point behind Everton, and Podolski insists they must reproduce Wednesday night’s form more often if they are to secure Champions League qualification for the 16th consecutive season. “There is enough time to get back in the top four,” said the Germany international. “We have 15 games and a lot of points to play for. “We need more of these games and then we are back in the first four. “We must believe in our game and our players. We have great players and after the two games against Manchester City and Chelsea, the atmosphere was not so good. “But yesterday we won 5-1 and we look to the next game in the FA Cup on Saturday (at Brighton).

“It was one game and we have three points which is important, but we have 15 games more to play. It is not about saying, ‘today Arsenal are back’, because we need more of these games and more of these points. Then I think we are back in the top four.” Despite Podolski’s impressive display, Wenger substituted the 27-year-old for the 20th time in 21 League starts. He has completed 90 minutes only once — against Reading last month — but insists he has no issue with being taken off so frequently. “Ask the boss why (it happens) — I don’t know,” said Podolski. “When you are a footballer, you will not always play 90 minutes. “Sometimes you are not happy but this is not important for me. I do it well — I ﬁght for Arsenal, for the club and team and this for me is important. (It is not a ﬁtness issue), no. “We have a lot of great players. The coaches don’t change the full-back or centreback — you change always the positions in the front who create something. You have great players and it is not a problem when I am substituted.” Thomas Vermaelen is a doubt for Saturday’s FA Cup tie at Brighton with an ankle injury.

ATHLETIC Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente has agreed to join Juventus on a four-year contract at the end of the season. The 27-year-old Spain international, who was a target for both Arsenal and Tottenham, will move to Juve as a free agent on July 1st. A statement on juventus. com read: “Juventus can confirm that Spanish international striker Fernando Llorente will join the club on July 1, 2013. “The 27-year-old has agreed terms on a four-year deal and will move to Turin when his Athletic Bilbao contract expires at the end of the current season.” In November, Llorente announced his decision to leave the club where he has spent nine seasons since graduating from the academy. Amid reported interest from a host of Barclays Premier League clubs, including Arsenal and Tottenham, Serie A champions Juventus publicly entered talks with Llorente at the start of January. Llorente has made 334 appearances for Athletic, scoring 104 goals in all competitions, with his best return coming during the 2011-12 campaign when his 29 goals helped the Basque outfit to the Copa del Rey and Europa League finals. His prolific record at San Mames has also earned Llorente international recognition. He has scored seven goals in 21 appearances for Spain and was included in the squads that won the 2010 World Cup and 2012 European Championship. Llorente has been used sparingly by Athletic coach Marcelo Bielsa since declaring his intention to leave, but his lack of activity has not dissuaded Juve, who currently lead the Serie A table by five points in their bid to retain the title. Despite their dominance, Bianconeri boss Antonio Conte has struggled to forge an effective strikeforce from a pool of Mirko Vucinic, Fabio Quagliarella, Sebastian Giovinco and Alessandro Matri, with onloan Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner failing to make an impact due to injury.

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Sport Murray’s quest faces looming Federer challenge By Nick Mulvenney ANDY Murray’s bid to become the first man in the open era to back up his maiden grand slam triumph with the title at the next major comes up against the considerable obstacle of Roger Federer in today’s Australian Open semi-final. While the US Open champion has a 10-9 lead over Federer in their career meetings, he has never beaten the world number two in one of the four biggest tournaments in tennis. The British third seed has never faced Federer before the final of a grand slam, either, and lost in the finals of the 2008 US Open, 2010 Australian Open and 2012 Wimbledon Championships to the Swiss master. Victory over Federer in a best-of-five-sets match at Wimbledon in the final of the London Olympics last year will have given Murray confidence he can break his grand slam duck against the Swiss today. “I feel probably a little bit calmer maybe than usual,” the 25-year-old said on Wednesday. “But I still have an understanding of how difficult it is to win these events. With the players that are still left in the tournament, it’s going to be a very tough, tough few days if I want to do that.” Novak Djokovic, who will be awaiting the winner of the match in Sunday’s final after beating David Ferrer yesterday, is chasing a third successive Australian Open title. Federer’s quest, if there is such a thing for a man who already has 17 grand slam titles under his belt, is to become the first man in the open era to win five Melbourne titles. The Swiss came through a

tough five-set examination from Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach the semi-finals and is relishing the opportunity of testing himself against Murray again. “I always enjoyed the matchups with him because it gets to be very tactical,” said the 31-year-old. “He would make you doubt and play very different to the rest of the guys. “I kind of always enjoyed that - when it’s just not every point’s the same. We used to mix it up against each other.” Federer thinks Murray’s game has altered since Ivan Lendl took over as his coach, which could change the nature of their encounters. “It’s changed a bit because he’s playing more offensively so the rallies aren’t as long and gruelling as they used to be,” he said. In contrast to Federer’s tough match against Tsonga on Wednesday, Murray has not faced much of a test so far this year at Melbourne Park. “I think you have to trust yourself that when you are tested you’re going to play better tennis. You never know for sure,” the Briton said. “But I’ve done a good job so far in this tournament. I can’t be disappointed about being in the semis of a slam without dropping a set. That would be silly.” Federer said he would rather be in Murray’s shoes as he heads into his 10th straight semi-final at Melbourne Park, but said there was also an upside to tougher encounters. “That also gives you confidence when you have to go through those matches,” he said. “The physical stamina was there, the focus was there till the very end. So it does give you a lot of confidence moving forward from here.”

The Swiss maestro is relishing the opportunity of testing himself against Murray again

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SERB THROUGH TO HIS THIRD SUCCESSIVE MELBOURNE PARK FINAL Djokovic made it appear he was playing a 400th-ranked player rather than a man who won seven titles in 2012 and had been to four previous grand slam semi-ﬁnals

Flawless Djokovic demolishes Ferrer By Greg Stutchbury

laying near perfect tennis, Novak Djokovic sent an emphatic warning to Roger Federer and Andy Murray by destroying fourth seed David Ferrer 6-2 6-2 6-1 in the Australian Open semi-finals yesterday. Murray and Federer meet today, and although they will be concentrating on each other, they must surely have been impressed by the clinical demolition of Ferrer by the two-times defending champion at Melbourne Park. “I was aware of David’s qualities. I wanted to be aggressive on the court and this was definitely one of the best matches of my career,” said the 25-year-old Djokovic who is seeking to become the first man in the professional era to win three successive Australian Open titles. “It can only do positive things to my confidence. Definitely at this stage of a tournament, playing semi-finals against the world number four, somebody that I have respect for, great competitor, and being able to perform as well as I did, it’s incredible,” the Serb added. “I have a great feeling about myself on the court at this moment. Now I have two days off

Ferrer will rise to fourth in the world after the tournament

before the finals which gives me enough time to get ready and recover.” The world number one was in no mood to allow Ferrer the opportunity to come back from a two-set deficit as the Spaniard did against compatriot Nicolas Almagro in the quarter-finals, and he stamped his authority on the match early. He seized the initiative after the fourth game when he began to attack Ferrer’s serve and work him around the court. The Serb ramped up his own service game and reeled off his next three to love before wrapping up the first set in a quickfire 29 minutes. Djokovic’s serve was utterly

dominant, winning more than 90 per cent of his ﬁrst serve points and almost 80 per cent of his second, conceding only seven points on serve in the entire match and not having to face a single break point. He converted all seven of his own break opportunities. The second set was just as emphatic, with few in Rod Laver Arena able to draw breath as Djokovic extended his run of holding service games to love to ﬁve with a barrage of winners. The third set continued in the same vein with Ferrer under pressure on his serve and Djokovic running riot when he had the ball in hand. His dominance was highlighted in the fourth game of

the third set when he broke Ferrer to love. “You need to focus on every point and even though I was two sets up I didn’t want to give him any points,” Djokovic added of his mental toughness. Ferrer will rise to fourth in the world after the tournament, but the 30-year-old said beforehand that he was only going that high due to a longterm injury to compatriot Rafa Nadal and that there was still a gap between himself and the ‘Big Four’ of Djokovic, Federer, Murray and Nadal. Djokovic underlined that statement in emphatic fashion, making it appear that he was playing a 400th-ranked player rather than a man who won seven titles in 2012 and had been to four previous grand slam semi-ﬁnals. “He play very, very good,” Ferrer said before adding he felt it was the best he had seen the Serb play. “I didn’t have any chance to win tonight. “He was better (than me) in all the moments.”