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‘Cyprus will get back on its feet’ New President promises better times ahead but warns there is no magic bullet By Elias Hazou
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HE SEVENTH President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades pledged yesterday to do all he could to put a near-bankrupt country back on its feet and to restore a sense of national pride. “The circumstances we face are no doubt extremely tough…but we shall get back on our feet,” the new President said in his confirmation speech shortly after taking the oath of allegiance to the Constitution. With the confirmation address broadcast live from the House, Anastasiades sounded a note of caution that tackling the nation’s economic woes would be no simple task: “There are no easy or immediate solutions,” he said, warning it would take time for corrective measures to have an impact on everyday life. Much of his speech expectedly focused on the upcoming talks with Cyprus’ international lenders and the obstacles so far to concluding a bailout deal. Anastasiades pledged to wage negotiations with the troika with a view to agreeing on a figure for the national debt that would make it sustainable.
And in a message targeted at listeners both at home and abroad, he promised the government would never consent to a haircut on bank deposits, as mooted by certain quarters in the EU and the press. “I want to be absolutely clear. Absolutely no reference to a haircut on public debt or deposits will be tolerated. Such an issue isn’t even up for discussion,” Anastasiades said. “We do not ask for special treatment, only for fair treatment,” he noted. Anastasiades next outlined his policy for the next five years, pledging to stamp out corruption in public life and reduce the red tape that often stifles entrepreneurial initiative. He alluded to a batch of some 50 bills which his team had prepared preelection, and which Anastasiades intends to bring to parliament this month. Among others, the bills purport to introduce criminal liability for state officials, expedite the delivery of justice by the courts and introduce e-government. Combined, these new laws would help restore the public’s shattered faith in political life, he said. On relations with the outside world, the President
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The outgoing first couple (on the left) greet their incumbent counterparts on the steps of the presidential palace last night for the official handover ceremony (Christos Theodorides)
Guam will airdrop poisoned mice to fight tree snakes DECLARING war against invasive brown tree snakes infesting the Pacific U.S. territory of Guam, wildlife officials plan this spring to bomb the island with dead baby mice stuffed with a common pain-killing medicine that is poisonous to the reptiles. Brown tree snakes, believed to have been inadvertently carried to Guam around the end of World War Two aboard US military vessels, have become major pests blamed for wiping out native bird populations on the island. Wildlife officials have worried for years that the snakes, which have no natural predators on Guam, could one day reach other Pacific islands, especially Hawaii, nearly 4,000 miles to the east,
raising further environmental havoc. “Guam is a very unique situation,” said William Pitt, a wildlife biologist at the US Agriculture Department’s National Wildlife Research Centre in Hawaii. “There is no other place in the world that has a snake issue like Guam.” The project is set to begin in March or April with dead newborn mice being dropped by helicopter over jungle areas where the snakes are most heavily concentrated. One initial target will be the vicinity of Andersen Air Force Base, which is surrounded by dense vegetation and is seen as a potential starting point for snakes that might end up as stowaways aboard departing aircraft.
Stuffed into the mouth of each infant mouse will be acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and other over-the-counter pain-relief medications, which is toxic to snakes “and not a lot of other animals”, Pitt said. In an attempt to keep the baited mice off the ground, each tiny rodent will be attached to a strand of ribbon between pieces of cardboard designed to drop in a loop and catch in the canopy of trees, he said. The goal of the aerial assault, which will eventually involve the dropping of some 2,000 mice in all, is not to eradicate but to curtail and control the brown tree snake population on the island, Pitt said.
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An artillery battle erupted at a Palestinian refugee camp yesterday in the worst camps war fighting reported since thousands of Syrian troops moved into Muslim west Beirut to halt militia violence. A Palestinian spokesman said the shelling of Bourj al-Barajineh camp in the south of the Lebanese capital lasted half an hour.
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1950 Nuclear scientist Klaus Fuchs is sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for espionage.
36 years ago, Tuesday March 1, 1977 1973 Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
This year will be crucial for Cyprus and will show whether the problem is heading for an early solution or whether a long struggle lies ahead, House President Spyros Kyprianou said at a weekend speech at Lymbia village. “We must be ready for both eventualities… But development depends on the response of the other side”, said Kyprianou.
1974 Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
2006 English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
46 years ago, Wednesday March 1, 1967 A Hamburg court today delivered what could be a knockout blow in Anna Anderson’s 34-year legal fight for recognition as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, youngest daughter of the last Russian Tsar. Presiding Judge Dr Edgar Petersen said Frau Anderson had failed to prove her claim, which would have made her heir to the fortune of Tsar Nicholas II.
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Troika could be back in Cyprus as soon as next week REPRESENTATIVES from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund could return to Cyprus to work on a bailout deal next week, a senior eurozone official was quoted as saying yesterday. Briefing the press ahead of a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels next Monday, the official said a bailout deal for Cyprus could be reached in late March.
“I do strongly believe that we will be in a position to come to a conclusion by the end of March,” the official said. Talks have dragged on for seven months since the island requested financial assistance. Referring to the delay, the official said that a deal had not been reached due to the previous government’s lack of will. The same official said Cyprus and its prospective creditors were still “far apart” on
concerns that the island facilitates money laundering and needs to beef up its regulatory framework. There were no immediate or medium-term concerns about the country running out of cash, he said. But Cyprus needs to repay a €1.42 billion bond maturing on June 3 and might not be able to without foreign assistance. Euroarea finance ministers aren’t expected to reach any decisions Monday, although the
Shiarly: we made two big mistakes
CYPRUS TODAY BoC unable to announce 2012 results THE BANK of Cyprus said yesterday that it could not announce its 2012 full-year results within the time frame prescribed by the law, given that the results of a due diligence to assess the bank’s capital needs are still pending. Until the review is finalised and communicated to the bank, any announcement of preliminary financial results may lead to confusion among investors, Bank of Cyprus said. The island’s largest lender was one of two Cypriot banks that sought state aid last year. A steering committee comprising Cypriot authorities and international lenders appointed a consultancy to conduct a review of banking system needs. That review will be included in the calculation of any overall bailout for Cyprus. Bank of Cyprus said that it had repeatedly told the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance that it disagreed with the assumptions and methodology of the due diligence. The bank’s announcement coincided with the February 28 deadline for publishing preliminary results for 2012. Delays on posting financial results are prohibited by legislation governing transparency and market manipulation; an extension can only be granted by the minister of finance via a decree.
Too much solidarity towards Greece, and public deficits By Stefanos Evripidou OUTGOING FINANCE Minister Vassos Shiarly yesterday offered some hindsight on how Cyprus ended up on the brink of bankruptcy, highlighting consecutive budget deficits and the unconditional support for a Greek debt haircut as the country’s “big mistakes”. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC yesterday morning, Shiarly said: “Certainly, you don’t reach a situation like this without mistakes having been made. If one sought to find the big mistakes committed for us to arrive where we are, they are essentially two: The excessive zeal to show solidarity beyond our capabilities to another eurozone country. We should have put some conditions down, and examined how much our pockets could take. “The other (mistake) is that for consecutive years now we have created excessive public deficits, that have accumulated and reached the point where we can no longer take them,” said Shiarly. Asked whether the govern-
ment failed to see the risk in agreeing to an EU-sanctioned debt write-down of Greek sovereign debt which saddled banks with losses equalling about 25 per cent of Cyprus’ gross domestic product, the outgoing minister said there were many reasons why Cyprus is in the situation it’s in, adding, “What’s important now is to acknowledge you cannot show solidarity beyond your means, that is the message, how and why it happened, is another issue”. Since President Demetris Christofias agreed along with the rest of the EU leaders to the Greek write-down, the island’s economy has seen a rapid deterioration which could see it receiving up to €17.5 billion in aid, almost equal to its economic output. Asked about the responsibility of the banks, Shiarly said: “And there too, if you go further back, you see the excessive expansion (of the banks) particularly in Greece, where the problem started, which created the need for a (Greek) haircut. The banks’ expansion in the Greek economy and their overexposure to Greek bonds,
Cypriot request would be on the agenda. “It is still too early for any decisions, given that no matter how experienced the new Finance Minister is, he will not be ready,” the official said. But discussions at Monday’s Eurogroup meeting would yield a clearer picture, he added. He went on to say the EU appreciated the fact that Cyprus was already implementing the measures agreed in a draft agreement with cutbacks in the 2013 budget.
Outgoing Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly which the Cyprurs government had to write-off in an EU-wide effort to save Greece from bankruptcy “to a large extent introduced the disaster we are now called to face”, said Shiarly, who hands over the reins of the finance ministry to Michalis Sarris today. The outgoing minister expressed belief that a loan agreement with the troika would be completed by the end of March, along with Russian approval for extension of the repayment of a €2.5 billion loan to beyond 2016. Responding, AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou yesterday argued that when the decision was taken to approve a Greek debt write-down, “nobody at all, not even AKEL, told the president not to accept the haircut or to put down conditions first”. He added: “At the
time, we all thought it right to accept the haircut, nobody said otherwise.” Kyprianou argued that people only realised it shouldn’t have happened in May 2011, after the decision was taken not to renew the term of the then Central Bank (CB) governor Athanasios Orphanides. “Suddenly, following statements made by the governor, there began an unrelenting and united criticism from the opposition against the president. Meanwhile, CB governor Panicos Demetriades yesterday met with Nobel Prize laureate Christopher Pissarides, head of the newly-set up National Economic Policy Council, to discuss the economy, financial sector and ongoing discussions with the troika.
Hellenic Bank posts €21.9m loss HELLENIC Bank posted a 2012 loss of €21.9 million, compared with a loss of €99.5 million in 2011, and said it was facing a growing downturn at home from nonperforming loans. The bank, in which the Church of Cyprus is a major shareholder, said yesterday it had increased its provisions on loan impairment 14 per cent, and recorded a 45 per cent increase in net non-performing loans, it said. Hellenic is the third-largest Cypriot commercial bank, and the only one of the three which has not sought state aid for exposure to a writedown in Greek government bond values in 2011 and early 2012.
New board members at BoC THE BOARD of Directors of Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd, at a meeting yesterday, appointed Constantinos Damtsas, businessman and Constantinos Herodotou, former Executive Director of UBS Investment Bank, London, as non-executive and independent members of the Board of Directors. The appointments will take effect on the approval by the Central Bank.
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‘We will get back Anastasiades assures Turkish Cypriots that his intention (continued from front page) reiterated his government’s intention to apply for membership of the NATO-affiliated Partnership for Peace. He said Cyprus would seek to bolster relations with Israel but also with Arab nations, as well as with the United States and China. The objectives of his foreign policy would be three-pronged: solving the Cyprus problem, making the most of the island’s natural gas reserves, and turning the island into a
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business and investment hub.“I assure our Turkish Cypriot compatriots that my intention is to work to solve the Cyprus problem as soon as possible,” said Anastasiades, appealing to the Turkish Cypriots to join him. Reunification efforts would be based on the 1977 and 1979 high-level agreements and the July 8, 2006 agreement, he said. Anastasiades said a meeting of party leaders would be held soon to discuss ways of beefing up the
National Council.Any decision taken there that was backed by parties representing at least 75 per cent of the electorate would be binding on the President, he said. Among the crowd inside the packed House was former President Glafcos Clerides, listening intently to the speech, as well as Anastasiades’ elderly mother. Attendees had to walk the red carpet lined by media on their way into the House. The proceedings over,
Anastasiades’ predecessor Demetris Christofias departed first for the Presidential Palace to prepare for the hand-over ceremony. Christofias and wife Elsi greeted the Anastasiades couple on the steps of the Palace at 6pm sharp, posing for the obligatory photos. Anastasiades’ grandson Andis was also there for the historic occasion, though the dapper redhaired youngster seemed slightly overwhelmed by
New first lady Andri Anastasiades (sitting) with her daughters at the House yesterday
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on our feet’ is to work to solve the Cyprus problem the flashing cameras even though he appeared in almost every shot, inside and outside the palace. Newsmen were then allowed a brief moment inside the President’s office where the two couples had a courtesy chat. With Anastasiades sitting in the presidential chair, Christofias looked a bit out of place sitting in the spot reserved for his visitors over the past five years. Looking relaxed and smiling however, pointed to the long presidential desk, cracking a joke
with Anastasiades: “That’s where I sit. I hope it’s not as hot a seat as it was for me.” Minutes later, Christofias and his spouse were walking out of the Presidential Palace for the last time, as the new occupants waved them goodbye. Asked for his farewell message, Christofias said: “The Cypriot people have my love and respect. I have made my choices, but the people rule. From there on, history shall judge us all.” But the former President took exception when
a reporter asked whether he would apologise for the Mari incident of July 2011 now that he was out of office. “This is not the time to raise such matters. I am sorry to say, but it shows a lack of respect,” Christofias told the journalist who posed the question. Anastasiades swept to power in a runoff ballot last Sunday, gaining 57.48 per cent of the popular vote, in what was seen as an emphatic thumbs-down to the previous administration.
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Many hours spent around rubbish dumps and dams By Poly Pantelides THOUGH surprised that he is no longer the environment commissioner despite his hard work, Charalambos Theopemptou said yesterday that he would continue being an active environmentalist, petitioning ministers and maintaining his blog to raise awareness and share information with people. President Nicos Anastasiades has appointed as environment commissioner the head of the Green Party, Ioanna Panayiotou, who will replace Theopemptou with a stronger mandate. The appointment has come with promises that the job will be institutionalised and strengthened by the creation of an environment council to promote green development and oversee funds relating to environmental issues across various departments. Theopemptou said that parliament had previously halted efforts to set up an environment council, which he said was a redundant idea now in any case as EU rules provide that all departments need to hold public consultations with stakeholders before taking any relevant action where the environment is concerned. So a mechanism is in place to do the council’s job, he said. However what is needed is implementation of EU law, Theopemptou said. Theopemptou was first appointed environment commissioner by former President Tassos Papadopoulos and then reappointed by Demetris Christofias in 2008.
Outgoing environment commissioner Charalambos Theopemptou will be missed
Theopemptou has worked tirelessly with limited resources to help the environment Working alone, with just one secretary assigned to him, he set up a blog and got connected on Facebook and Twitter. “You can’t get by without (the internet) if you’re by yourself,” he said. In his six years in office, Theopemptou roamed the country, doing 40 to 50 presentations a year, visiting schools and villages to raise
awareness on a number of issues. He also had to sieve through some 250 emails a day, all the while trying to set up policies and initiate change. “I started dealing with issues one by one. It’s not a job that you sit there and wait,” he told Sigma TV, which yesterday paid tribute to him and the work he
has done. “My car spent many hours at rubbish dumps, dams, crevasses, the beach, everywhere,” he said. Being environment commissioner is not a desk job and you need to be out, verifying claims, learning from people and raising awareness, he added. Tributes have been pouring
in for Theopemptou, many congratulating and thanking him, and others critical of the decision to “replace a very successful environment commissioner”. Theopemptou himself admitted to being surprised at the decision and expressed his disappointment. “I thought I had put in enough work to justify my re-appointment. But the decision has been taken,” he said. Next in line is a return to lecturing, and Theopemptou said that he is due to have a meeting to discuss his future at the Technological University of Cyprus (TEPAK) in Limassol. During his time in office, Theopemptou helped change the state tenders’ procedure, forcing companies to prove they recycled in order to qualify for bidding. This increased the number of companies which registered with recycling company Green Dot. He also actively pushed to stop the compulsory printing of annual reports by public companies listed at the stock market, and helped make bikes and cycle paths more common, among many other endeavours. He said there was still much to be done in Cyprus. The legislation on environmental impact studies is “very lax” and the state spends million on electricity and heating bills for buildings that can “with minimal cost” become much more efficient, Theopemptou said. “But you won’t get rid of me,” he added. “I’ll still be around; it’s not about whether you are a commissioner, it’s about the good of the country.”
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THE 35-YEAR-OLD aunt of 18-month-yearold Stavros Styllis, the toddler who she is accused of abducting two weeks ago in Limassol, is still not co-operating with the police and has been remanded for a further five days by Limassol District Court, police said yesterday. Speaking in court, the chief prosecutor said 61 statements had been taken while another 33 remained. Also results from CCTV footage from the area of the kidnapping have yet to be fully studied. The defendant’s lawyer did not object to the request for a further five-day remand. Police are continuing their investigations to find the 35-year-old’s alleged accomplice who supposedly left the child at the cem-
etery in Ypsonas where he was eventually found. Limassol CID chief Ioannis Soteriades said that within the next few days the case file would be given to the attorney-general, who will advise police how to deal with it. The 35-year-old was the focus of investigations since the first day, as according to the father of little Stavros, she had been the only person he had had differences with since 2003, when she had married his brother. The 35-year-old’s car was spotted on closed circuit security camera footage, matching the time of the abduction, parked outside the toddler’s granny’s house where he was playing. Police arrested the aunt on February 20 after the boy’s DNA was found in her car.
The nearest Petrolina station is… in your mobile phone A NEW application for Android and iPhone mobile phone users has been developed by Cypriot oil company Petrolina, through which users can easily locate the nearest PetrolinaAGIP petrol station, from wherever they are. The application is called ‘Petrolina’ and is available for free through Google Play Store for Androids and Apple’s AppStore. The application for Android phones even directs users to the petrol station of their choice through Google Maps. Petrolina’s PR manager, Georgia Lefkariti, said: “The Company will continue to invest in new technologies, continuing its development course, driven by respect towards consumers.” She added, “Petrolina’s main goal is to offer advanced products and services, responsibly and consistently”.
CYPRUS TODAY Man electrocuted DEMETRIS Christodoulides, a 54-year-old animal-feed distribution company employee died after being electrocuted on Tuesday, police said yesterday. According to reports, Christodoulides was filling a silo at a chicken farm in Peristerona, when his truck, which was carrying the feed he was putting in the silo, touched electric cables. He had reportedly raised the truck’s carriage to help him fill the silo, resulting in him being electrocuted. Christodoulides was taken to Nicosia General Hospital where doctors confirmed his death. A post-mortem carried out yesterday confirmed that Christodoulides was electrocuted. Police spokesman Andreas Angelides, said: “The police will await the outcome of the labour inspection department and will then forward the file to the investigator,” he said.
Nurses attacked TWO men, aged 36 and 25, father and son-in-law, were arrested on Tuesday night for beating up nursing staff at Limassol General Hospital. The two were protesting after the 25-year-old’s 18-year-old wife was delayed in being taken to have surgery. “The two men had a disagreement with two members of the nursing staff who were working that night and struck them, forcing police to intervene,” Limassol CID chief Ioannis Soteriades said. The nurses received first aid and were released. The two men were arrested, written-up and released. They will appear in court at a later date facing charges of causing actual bodily harm, publicly insulting someone and threatening violence.
No carnival THE LARNACA Municipality has cancelled this year’s carnival party in the coastal town, choosing instead to give the money to the local authority’s community market set up to help the poor and needy. In a written statement, the Larnaca Municipality said in response to the difficulties of the time, it has decided to cancel the carnival parade and use the allocated budget to add to the supplies of the community market, which provides a lifeline to needy families in the area. While expressing a desire to continue cultural traditions and celebrations, the local authority highlighted the “need to collect more goods to provide practical support and help to our fellow human beings, whose applications for support exceed one thousand”.
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Almost €3m in unpaid fines collected at island’s airports Around 8,000 warrants settled from the 155,000 that are still pending By Stefanos Evripidou POLICE ARE looking at ways to expand the methods used to “encourage” citizens to pay their debts to the state, following the successful and ongoing campaign targeting debtors at the island’s airports. Police spokesman Andreas Angelides highlighted that the decision to target those who haven’t paid fines by stopping them at airports has led to a deluge of offers from offenders seeking to pay their outstanding debts. Since the new campaign started on January 7, 2013, police have collected €2,750,000 to settle 8,000 warrants from the 155,000odd still pending. The vast majority of these debts were paid off by people wishing to remove the warrants from their names before travelling out of the country, said Angelides. Police have refrained from a draconian application of the law, preferring instead to notify travellers of any outstanding debts so that they may settle them rather than actually preventing them from leaving the country. This soft touch approach appears to have worked, resulting in police now examining other ways in which the police can encourage people to pay outstanding debts. According to the spokesman, police are studying new ways of collecting owed payments, in collaboration with the accountant-general. “To start with, there is a lot of paperwork involved in the payment of warrants so we want to simplify the process and make it less bureaucratic,” said Angelides, adding, “at the
same time we want to introduce the option for people to be able to make payments online”. Police are also considering expanding the level of control and monitoring of unpaid warrants, by providing other departments with access to the digitalised database of pending warrants. Already, the traffic police are implementing a pilot programme in the Nicosia district where motorists stopped by police have their names checked against the list. Though police do not insist that the motorists pay those debts, it provides a way to remind them of that debt, noted Angelides.
ACCESS Another option being examined is to give certain government services offered to citizens to have access to the database so that when someone goes to renew their hunting licence or driving licence for example, their name is put through the database to see if they owe the state any money, before issuing the relevant licence. “Basically, we want to sensitise people to the issue, make them aware of pending warrants so that they themselves choose to sort it out, like many people did when we introduced the campaign at the airports,” said Angelides. He noted that police simply did not have the manpower or time to chase up every pending warrant, and so preferred instead to instil in debtors a sense of civic consciousness. According to reports, the 155,000-plus outstanding payment warrants concern people from every sector of society, including public figures and members of the force itself. The public - including
The new system of nabbing fine dodgers on their way in or out of the country seems to be paying off politicians, lawyers, state officials and other prominent individuals as well as companies- collectively owe the state over €132 million, in connection with payment warrants issued by courts for overdue traffic fines, social insurance and taxes, among others. Dozens of members of parliament also owe the state money, but are immune from prosecution for offences committed during their term that are punishable by fewer than five years’ imprisonment. DISY MP Andreas Pitsillides amassed just over €1,000 in traffic fines between 2008 and 2011 and when caught last year said he had forgotten to pay because he was busy. Former DISY MP Andreas Themistocleous even got traffic fines worth €900 pardoned by the attorneygeneral last year. Lawmakers have refused to change the constitution to lift their immunity, claiming that they need to challenge as appropriate.
Young Cypriot tenor invited to sing by Domingo A YOUNG Cypriot tenor has been invited by the worldfamous Spanish tenor and conductor Placido Domingo to sing in this year’s Europa Nostra awards in Athens. On the initiative of EU Education and Culture Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, the pupil Giorgos Ioannou had an audition with Domingo in Vienna last week. According to a press release, after the audition and following a phone call between Domingo and Vassiliou, the Cypriot EU commissioner met with Ioannou and his mother in Nicosia on Wednesday to pass on
the “positive words and advice” of the Spanish great. She also informed the young Cypriot tenor that Domingo has invited him to sing at the EU’s awards ceremony for cultural heritage known as the Europa Nostra awards which will take place this June in Athens. The awards ceremony rewards the best projects undertaken to preserve cultural heritage in Europe and is held each year in a different EU country, in the presence of the EU Commissioner and the Spanish tenor in his capacity as President of Europa Nostra.
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Britain Great train robber dead at 81
Death blaze accused ‘rehearsed’
THE mastermind of the Great Train Robbery of 1963 and “perfect gentleman” Bruce Reynolds has died aged 81 - just months before the 50th anniversary of the famous heist hailed as one of the most audacious crimes of the century. Reynolds died in his sleep yesterday morning after a period of ill-health in which he was looked after by his son, Nick. Confirming his father’s death, Reynolds said: “He hadn’t been well for a few days and I was looking after him ... I really can’t talk at the moment. I can confirm that he has passed away and he died in his sleep.” Reynolds was the main man in the gang that made off with more than £2.5 million - equivalent to £40 million today - when they held up the Royal Mail travelling post office which ran between Glasgow and London. Family friend John Schoonraad said he always found Reynolds to be the “perfect gentleman” and a “philosophical, gentle person”. Schoonraad said Reynolds had been ill for a number of days and had had a “chest complaint”. He said: “He was a very nice man. I know in the past he was a bit notorious, well, really notorious, for the Great Train Robbery.” Despite Reynolds’ much talked-about criminal past, Schoonraad said he was a changed man and no longer believed in crime. “He said to me ‘crime doesn’t pay’. He’s done his time, and he turned into a very nice man. I’ve always known him to be a real gentleman.”
THE parents and a man accused of killing six children in a house fire took part in a “rehearsal” of the fatal blaze weeks before, a court has heard. Husband and wife Mick and Mairead Philpott and friend Paul Mosley are alleged to have acted out how they would save the youngsters from the property once the fire took hold. All three are accused of the manslaughter of the six children in the fire that engulfed the Philpott family home in Victory Road, Allenton in Derby, in the early hours of May 11 last year. Giving evidence to their trial at Nottingham Crown Court, Melissa John, the girlfriend of Mosley’s nephew, said he told her after he had been arrested and bailed by police in connection with the fire that the three of them had practised the fire. She told the court: “He said ‘What if I was to tell you that we actually rehearsed this six weeks ago?’” Prosecutor Richard Latham QC asked her what the plan had been once the fire had started, and Ms John said: “Mick and Mairead were to be inside the house and Paul was to kick in the back door.” Latham asked her: “What were Mick and Mairead to do?” “Run out on to the front and scream for help.” “What was Paul to do?” Latham asked. “To save the children from the back bedroom,” she replied. She told the jury of five women and seven men that Mosley said Philpott had been “going on about wanting a bigger house”. The court also heard Mrs Philpott, 31, had written in a suicide note that “next time she will take the children with her”, and part of the plan had been for her to take the blame for the fire.
The most common reason for migrating to Britain remains study
UK’s net migration has fallen by a third By Jamie Grierson NET migration into Britain has fallen by a third, according to fresh figures released yesterday as the number of immigrants arriving in the country dropped “significantly”. A net flow of 163,000 migrants came to the UK in the year to June 2012, down from 247,000 in the previous year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. The decline was driven by a drop in the number of immigrants coming to Britain, which fell from 589,000 to 515,000, while the number of migrants leaving the country
Net flow of 163,000 came to UK in the year to June 2012 rose from 342,000 to 352,000. Prime Minister David Cameron and Home Secretary Theresa May want to reduce net migration from non-EU countries to less than 100,000 before the next election in 2015. There was a “significant” decrease in the number of immigrants arriving from New Commonwealth countries, which includes African countries such as Botswana, Kenya and Malawi and Indian subcontinent countries
such as Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, Some 117,000 immigrants from New Commonwealth countries arrived in the UK in the year to June, down 30 per cent or 51,000 from 168,000 in the previous year. A total of 62,000 immigrants arrived from countries which joined the EU in 2004, including Poland, the Czech Republic and Lithuania, down 27 per cent or 24,000 from the previous year. The most common reason
given for migrating to Britain remains study, the ONS said, with 197,000 foreign students arriving in the period, down 17 per cent or 42,000 from 239,000 in the previous year. The number of visas issued fell 10 per cent or 57,106 to 507,701 in the year ending December 2012 - the lowest 12-monthly total since comparable data was first published in 2005. Within the figures, this included 209,804 visas issued for the purpose of study, a fall of 20 per cent. And 173,000 people migrated to the UK for work, which was down 10 per cent from 194,000 in the previous year.
Scandal-hit NHS Foundation Trust faces possibility of being put into administration
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HEALTH officials are consulting on whether or not to put the scandalhit Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust into administration. Regulator Monitor said it was considering the move in order to “safeguard services” for local patients. If the move goes ahead, the trust will be the first foundation trust
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marker of excellence in the health service - to face the same fate. The trust was at the centre of a public inquiry into the “disaster” at Stafford Hospital where hundreds of patients may have died needlessly after they were “routinely neglected”. The Francis Report highlighted the
“appalling and unnecessary suffering of hundreds of people” between 2005 and 2009. Monitor, the watchdog which regulates foundation trusts, said it was consulting the Health Secretary and key organisations about the prospective appointment of trust special administrators.
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judges clear Benedict pledges to UN former Yugoslav obey his successor army chief Perisic Leaves Vatican to stay temporarily at papal summer villa By Philip Pullella POPE Benedict left the Vatican yesterday after pledging unconditional obedience to whoever succeeds him to guide the Roman Catholic Church at one of the most crisis-ridden periods in its 2,000-year history. The first pope in six centuries to step down, Benedict flew off in a white Italian air force helicopter for the papal summer villa south of the capital where he took up temporary residence. As the helicopter took off, he sent his last message on Twitter: “Thank you for your love and support. May you always experience the joy that comes from putting Christ at the centre of your lives”. Bells rang out from St Peter’s Basilica and churches all over Rome as the helicopter circled Vatican City and flew over the Colosseum and other landmarks to give the pontiff one last view of the city where he is also bishop. “As you know, today is different to previous ones,” he told an emotional, cheering crowd holding balloons and banners after he arrived in the small town of Castel Gandolfo. “I will only be the supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church until 8pm and then no longer. I will simply be a pilgrim who is starting the last phase of his pilgrimage on this earth.” He then turned and went inside the villa, never to be seen again as pope. “I wanted to see him for the last time. I hope his successor
Pope Benedict XVI seen during his last meeting with cardinals at the Vatican yesterday
follows in his footsteps. I feel very moved to be here,” said Giuseppe Ercolino, a 19-yearold student from a nearby town. In an emotional farewell to cardinals yesterday morning in the Vatican’s frescoed Sala Clementina, Benedict appeared to send a strong message to the top echelons of the Church as well as the faithful to remain united behind his successor, whoever he is. “I will continue to be close to you in prayer, especially in the next few days, so that you are fully accepting of the action of the Holy Spirit in the election of the new pope,” he said. “May the Lord show you what he wants. Among
you there is the future pope, to whom I today declare my unconditional reverence and obedience.” The pledge, made ahead of the closed-doors conclave where cardinals will elect his successor, was significant because for the first time in history, there will be a reigning pope and a former pope living side by side in the Vatican. Some Church scholars worry that if the next pope undoes some of Benedict’s policies while his predecessor is still alive, Benedict could act as a lightning rod for conservatives and polarise the 1.2 billion-member Church. Before boarding the helicopter, Pope Benedict said goodbye to monsignors,
Horse DNA found at Polish storage facilities POLISH authorities found evidence of horse DNA in beef stored at three storage facilities after several countries pointed to Poland as one of the sources of tainted meat that has shaken the European food industry. Poland’s General Veterinary Inspectorate said in a statement issued late on Wednesday that it had found three tainted samples from 121 tested, with 80 more to be examined. A spokeswoman for the Polish arm of furniture giant IKEA said yesterday that the company stopped buying meatballs from its Polish supplier on concerns they could contain horsemeat. “Our Polish supplier informed us that there are some concerns,” said Karolina Horoszczak, adding that the supplier had asked IKEA to stop using its products in its restaurants. “These are preemptive actions and
we are still waiting for test results,” Horoszczak added. Officials in Ireland, Britain, Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic have reported that products such as burgers and lasagne containing horsemeat originated from facilities that were located in Poland. Polish officials had previously said they found no signs of horse meat at all abattoirs tested. A European scandal erupted last month when tests in Ireland revealed some beef products contained horse meat, triggering recalls of ready-made meals in several countries and damaging confidence in Europe’s vast and complex food industry. Poland exports 330,000 tonnes of beef products annually, or more than threequarters of its total production, mainly to other European Union members.
Slovenia mandates new PM to halt national decline SLOVENIA dismissed its conservative-led government on Wednesday and offered a centre-left finance expert the task of halting the Alpine country’s fall from postcommunist star to eurozone bailout candidate. The 90-seat parliament voted 55-33 to dismiss Prime Minister Janez Jansa’s ruling coalition after just a year of trying to navigate through
the ex-Yugoslav republic’s worst economic and political crisis in 22 years of independence. The baton passed to opposition Positive Slovenia leader Alenka Bratusek, who will become the country’s first female prime minister if she manages to build a coalition around a platform to stabilise its finances and avoid going cap-in-hand to the European
Union. “Today marks a watershed moment for Slovenia,” 42-year-old Bratusek told reporters after the vote. A member of the EU since 2004, the country of 2 million people has gone from economic trailblazer for the rest of eastern Europe when it joined the eurozone in 2007 to the latest ailing member of the 17-nation currency bloc.
nuns, Vatican staff and Swiss guards in the San Damaso courtyard of the Holy See’s apostolic palace. Many of his staff had tears in their eyes as the helicopter left.
THE former head of the Yugoslav army was acquitted yesterday of charges of aiding and abetting atrocities committed in Bosnia and Croatia during the 1990s, in a ruling that was condemned by victims but welcomed by Serb officials. United Nations war crimes judges said Momcilo Perisic had provided legitimate military support to the ethnic Serb Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) forces in Bosnia, but ruled he had not ordered them to commit war crimes. “While Mr Perisic may have known of VRS crimes, the Yugoslav Army aid he facilitated was directed towards the VRS’s general war effort rather than VRS crimes,” said Theodor Meron, president of the appeals chamber at the tribunal in The Hague. A stern-faced Perisic, 68, showed no emotion as Meron read out the acquittal and ordered his immediate release. Rebel Serbs fought to carve out an ethnically Serb state in Bosnia between 1992 and 1995 after its Muslims and Croats voted for independence from Serbian-led federal Yugoslavia. Judges said Perisic also was
Perisic’s immediate release was ordered following his acquittal by UN judges innocent of ordering Serbian forces to shell the Croatian capital Zagreb. Serb forces committed some of the gravest crimes in post-war European history during Yugoslavia’s breakup, including the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, and the siege of Sarajevo in which more than 10,000 civilians died. The acquittal means the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has not convicted a single Belgrade official for involvement in crimes in Bosnia and Croatia, which claimed tens of thousands of lives.
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Deadly rioting after Bangladesh death sentence
WORLD TODAY Teen pleads innocence AN Indian teenager pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges that he took part in the gang rape and murder of a trainee physiotherapist in New Delhi, a juvenile justice official said. Police say the youth and five men on December 16 lured the 23-year-old woman and her male friend on to a bus where they repeatedly raped her and beat her with a metal bar before tossing the bleeding couple on to a road. The woman died of internal injuries two weeks later in Singapore in a case that sparked violent protests and turned a global spotlight on the treatment of women in India. The 17-year-old defendant has been charged with the same 13 offences as his co-accused, including rape, murder and robbery, by the juvenile court. His trial begins next week.
At least 30 killed in protests after tribunal condemns Islamist party leader to death By Anis Ahmed
Argentina in New York court ARGENTINA squared off with a group of US hedge funds in a court case that has the potential to unravel its deals over the past decade to emerge from a 100-billiondollar (£66bn) pile of bad national debt. The high-stakes legal fight in New York, which revolves around Argentina’s refusal to pay anything to a small group of hold-out creditors owed about 1.3 billion dollars (£860m), appeared to be reaching a sort of brink as lawyers representing banks, bondholders, and the republic appeared before the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals. Argentina’s American lawyer, Jonathan Blackman, sheepishly issued what amounted to a challenge to the court’s authority. He said that if the judges issued a ruling that did not go Argentina’s way, the country would simply refuse to comply.
Devil Ray catch GAZA fishermen have caught more than 200 Devil Rays over the past two days, a rare haul that was proudly displayed on the beach before being carried off to market on donkey carts. “It is a godsend,” fisherman Abu Mahmoud al-Issi said yesterday, the second day running that fishing boats operating from the Palestinian enclave had caught dozens of the giant ray, that are similar to Manta rays. One of the fish weighed 700 kg (1,540 lb), locals said.
A policeman uses a baton on an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh’s biggest Islamist party, during a clash at Jatrabari in Dhaka yesterday
A BANGLADESHI Islamist party leader was sentenced to death yesterday over abuses carried out during the country’s independence war, triggering riots that killed at least 30 people. Delwar Hossain Sayedee, 73, vice-president of the Jamaate-Islami party, was found guilty by Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal of mass killing, rape, arson, looting and forcing minority Hindus to convert to Islam during the 1971 war of separation from Pakistan, lawyers and tribunal officials said. After he was convicted and sentenced, police clashed with activists from Sayedee’s party and violence raged in more than a dozen areas around the country, police, witnesses and media reports said. At least three policemen were among the dead and around 300 were wounded, they added. Protesters, who said the verdict was politically motivated, set fire to a Hindu temple and several houses in southern Noakhali region, reporters said. In the southeastern region of Cox’s Bazar, they at-
tacked a police camp, killing one. Two policemen were killed when Islamists stormed a police station at Sundarganj in northern Gaibandha district, police said. “We have been virtually besieged. It’s a horrible situation,” station officer Manzur Rahman told Reuters.
VIOLENCE FEARS Members of the religious party - known simply as Jamaat - called for a national strike on Sunday and Monday, raising fears of more violence. Sayedee was the third senior party member convicted by the tribunal. In the capital, authorities deployed extra police and paramilitary soldiers. Thousands of people in the capital’s Shahbag square, who support the tribunal and have been protesting for weeks to demand the highest penalty for war criminals, burst into cheers as the sentence was announced. Sayedee looked defiant but remained calm in the dock as judges read out the verdict, witnesses said. “I didn’t commit any crime and the judges are not giving the verdict from the core of their heart,” Saye-
dee told the tribunal, said reporters at the hearing. State prosecutor Haider Ali told reporters he was happy with the verdict which he said “appropriately demonstrated justice”. Defence attorney Abdur Razzak said the sentence was politically motivated. “He is a victim of sheer injustice. We will appeal,” he said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set up the tribunal in 2010 to investigate abuses during the war that claimed about 3 million lives. Thousands of women were raped during the conflict. The tribunal has been criticised by rights groups for failing to adhere to international standards. Human Rights Watch said lawyers, witnesses and investigators reported they had been threatened. Critics say the tribunal is being used by the prime minister as an instrument against her opponents in the two biggest opposition parties, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Jamaat-eIslami. Begum Khaleda Zia, Hasina’s arch rival and leader of the BNP, has called the tribunal a farce. Hasina’s party has denied allegations of bias.
Thailand agrees to peace talks THAILAND’S government will hold formal peace talks with a major Muslim rebel group for the first time next month, marking a breakthrough in efforts to end a worsening conflict in the country’s south that has claimed over 5,000 lives since 2004. Senior Thai officials and members of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) group signed the agreement for the talks in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. However, there was no immediate word whether it would be accompanied by a ceasefire, following an upsurge in violence in southern Thailand, near the border with Malaysia, in recent months. Initial talks between the two sides with a senior Malaysian official as mediator would begin in two weeks, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement following a meeting with his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra in Kuala Lumpur. It was just the start of a “long process,” Najib said, adding that peace would bring prosperity to both sides of the border. “Let us hope that all parties will respect the process,” Najib said. A Malaysian official said the initial meeting
would aim to establish terms of reference for the talks and that the BRN had been chosen because it was the dominant rebel group. Successive Thai governments and the military have made contact with various rebel groups and are believed to have held secret talks, but they have never had open discussions. The talks follow a shift in Thailand’s stance last year when it acknowledged the conflict’s “political nature” for the first time after years of relying on military action that has steadily alienated majority Muslims in the southern provinces. “This is a major milestone,” said Anthony Davis, a Thai-based analyst at security consulting firm IHS-Jane’s. “This is not just business as usual. This confers a level of legitimacy on the armed opposition in southern Thailand, from which realistically there is no going back.” Past efforts to end the conflict have led nowhere and the legitimacy of the new process could be thrown into doubt if some rebel factions respond with more attacks in coming weeks.
People on motorcycles pass a soldier at a checkpoint in the troubled southern Thai province of Yala yesterday
Manning pleads guilty to misusing classified data in WikiLeaks case The U.S. Army private accused of providing diplomatic cables and other secret documents to the WikiLeaks website pleaded guilty yesterday to misusing classified material, but denied the most serious charge in the case, aiding the enemy. Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, entered the pleas prior to his court martial, which is set to begin on June 3, in a case that centres on the biggest leak of government
secrets in US history. “I believe that if the general public... had access to the information... this could spark a domestic debate as to the role of the military and foreign policy in general,” Manning, dressed in full military uniform, testified calmly. Manning pleaded not guilty to the most serious charge, aiding the enemy, through his attorney. Manning, who has been jailed at Quantico Ma-
rine Base in Virginia for more than 1,000 days, could face life imprisonment if convicted of that charge. He pleaded guilty to a series of 10 lesser charges that he misused classified information at the hearing before military judge Colonel Denise Lind. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for those charges. Manning admitted to unauthorised possession and willful communication of information from military da-
tabases, including the Combined Information Data Network Exchange Iraq and Combined Information Data Network Exchange Afghanistan. He also admitted to misuse of documents from the US Southern Command pertaining to Guantanamo Bay, a memo from an unnamed intelligence agency, and records from a military operation in Farah province in Afghanistan.
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Man dragged by SA police dies SOUTH African police were caught on video dragging a man hundreds of metres from the back of a pick-up truck, hours before he died in custody, drawing a storm of protest against a force accused of routine brutality. The 27-year-old Mozambican taxi driver, Mido Macia, was found dead in detention with signs of head injuries and internal bleeding, according to an initial post mortem report released by the country’s police watchdog. The incident, videotaped on Tuesday and broadcast nationwide yesterday, was condemned by President Jacob Zuma and opposition politicians. “The visuals of the incident are horrific, disturbing and unacceptable. No human being should be treated in that manner”, said Zuma in a statement that described the incident as “the tragic death of a man in the hands of the police”. Police told media they detained Macia after he parked illegally, creating a traffic jam, and then resisted arrest. The video clearly shows the man scuffling with police, who subdue him. He is then bound to the back of the pick-up by his arms before the vehicle drives off in front of scores of witnesses in the east Johannesburg area of Daveyton. Police commissioner Riah Phiyega said she
Free Syrian Army fighters carry their weapons and deploy after seizing control of the regime’s 80th Brigade’s base near Aleppo International Airport on February 23, 2013
US will not give Syria rebels arms Kerry: contribution to be medical, food aid By Arshad Mohammed and Khaled Yacoub Oweis THE United States will send non-lethal aid directly to Syrian rebels for the first time, Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday, disappointing opponents of President Bashar al-Assad who are clamouring for Western weapons. But in a change of emphasis, the mainly Western and Arab “Friends of Syria” group meeting in Rome “underlined the need to change the balance of power on the ground”. A final communique said participants would “coordinate their efforts closely so as to best empower the Syrian people and support the Supreme Military Command of the (rebel) Free Syrian Army in its efforts to help them exercise self-defence”. More than 70,000 Syrians have been killed in a fierce conflict that began with peaceful anti-Assad protests nearly two years ago. Some 860,000 have fled abroad and several million are displaced within the country or need humanitarian assistance. Kerry, after the talks in Rome, said Washington would more than double its aid to the Syrian civilian opposition, giving it an extra $60 million to help provide food, sanitation and medical care
Kerry said the US would double its aid to Syria’s civilian opposition to devastated communities. The United States would now “extend food and medical supplies to the opposition, including to the Syrian opposition’s Supreme Military (Council)”, Kerry said. In their communique, the “Friends of Syria” pledged more political and material support to the Syrian National Coalition, a fractious Cairobased group that has struggled to gain traction inside Syria, especially among disparate rebel forces. Riad Seif, a coalition leader,
said before the Rome meeting that the opposition would demand “qualitative military support”. The continued US refusal to send weapons may compound the frustration that prompted the coalition to say last week it would shun the Rome talks. It attended only under US pressure. Many in the coalition say Western reluctance to arm rebels only plays into the hands of Islamist militants now widely seen as the most effective forces in the struggle to topple Assad. However, a European diplomat held out the possibility of Western military support, saying the coalition and its Western and Arab backers would meet in Istanbul next week to discuss military and humanitarian support to the insurgents. Kerry’s offer of medical aid and Meals Ready to Eat (MREs), the US army’s basic ration, fell far short of rebel demands for sophisticated anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to help turn the tables against Assad’s mostly Russian-supplied forces. It also stopped short of providing other forms of non-lethal assistance such as bullet-proof vests, armoured personnel vehicles and military training to the insurgents.
EU to allow some non-lethal aid for Syrian opposition THE European Union said it amended sanctions on Syria yesterday to permit the supply of armoured vehicles, non-lethal military equipment and technical aid to the Syrian opposition, provided they were intended to protect civilians. The measure, adopted by EU governments, extends EU sanctions on Syria until June 1 and responds to pressure from Britain and
others to ease the EU arms embargo to help opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. The amended sanctions, approved a day before existing sanctions expire, follow weeks of tough negotiations between EU states that backed easing the arms embargo to help rebels and other EU countries worried that allowing more weapons into Syria could fuel violence.
was looking into the “alleged brutal treatment” by officers “in a very serious light and it is strongly condemned”. Her force has been caught up in a series of scandals in recent months. The lead detective in the murder case against Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was removed from the investigation last week when it emerged he was facing seven attempted murder charges for allegedly opening fire on a minibus full of passengers.. Police shot dead 34 striking workers at a platinum mine in August last year - the deadliest security incident since apartheid ended in 1994. The video footage and the man’s death raised fresh concerns about police brutality in a country where more than 1,200 people a year die while in custody. The incident dominated the agenda on talk shows and social media through the day. “How much longer must South Africans live in fear of the very people who are supposed to protect them?” the opposition Democratic Alliance said in a statement. The government’s police watchdog investigated 1,276 cases of people dying in police custody in 2011. There were 30 police convicted of criminal acts for killing those in custody during the period, it said.
Libya PM denies Gaddafi premier in critical state LIBYA’S prime minister dismissed yesterday reports that Muammar Gaddafi’s former premier was in a critical condition after bring tortured in prison. Al Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi was extradited from Tunisia in June, making him the first senior Gaddafi official to be returned for trial under
Libya’s new leadership. He went on trial in November charged with corruption and ordering mass rape during the 2011 conflict that toppled Gaddafi and is being held in a Tripoli prison. On Tuesday, his Tunisian lawyer, Mabrouk Khorchi, said Mahmoudi was in critical condition and “risks dying”
after being tortured in jail. “Al-Mahmoudi is in good health, and is being treated humanely,” Libya’s present Prime Minister Ali Zeidan told a news conference. “The Mahmoudi trial is in the hands of the Libyan judicial system. The court will decide if he is guilty or innocent.”
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Business ‘UK govt. closer to selling its stake in RBS’
IAG will press on with Iberia revamp
ROYAL Bank of Scotland reported stronger underlying profits yesterday, potentially opening the way for the British government to start selling its 82 per cent stake and for payment of a dividend. The bank was rescued in a 45.5-billion-pound ($68.9 billion) bailout during the 2008 financial crisis and Britain is now looking at ways to sell off its holding as RBS starts to return to financial health. “The light at the end of the tunnel is coming closer,” Chief Executive Stephen Hester said. “Our job is to deliver a company that is doing its job well and that other investors will want to invest in.” He said the clean-up of the bank should be much more evident into 2014. RBS said it planned to sell part of its US business Citizens in the next two years and would likely float a batch of 315 UK branches it has struggled to offload. Like rival Barclays, RBS has been shrinking its investment banking arm. The bank said it would further reduce the “scale and scope” of this business to focus on core domestic customers. RBS said about 302 million pounds had been cut from staff bonuses, clawed back from past awards or to be cut from future payments to account for behaviour related to the rigging of interest rates, for which the bank was fined $612 million. It paid 607 million pounds in bonuses for 2012, down 23 per cent from 2011. RBS made an operating profit of 3.5 billion pounds ($5.2 billion) last year, up from 1.8 billion the year before and the highest since its bailout in 2008.
INTERNATIONAL Airlines Group said it would press ahead with slashing 3,800 jobs as part of its restructure of struggling Spanish unit Iberia after the group posted a full-year operating loss. IAG, Europe’s fourth-biggest airline group by market value and owner of British Airways, yesterday reported a 2012 operating loss of 613 million euros ($804 million), including restructuring costs at Iberia, compared to the 444-million-euro profit it posted a year earlier. The results were hit by a 6.1-billion-euro fuel bill, 20.4 per cent higher than in 2011, and a 351-million-euro operating loss at Iberia. Iberia, Europe’s biggest carrier to Latin America, has been battling competition from low-cost airlines and high-speed trains, labour disputes and Spain’s deep economic crisis and bleeding cash as revenue fails to cover high operating costs. IAG said it would move on with plans to cut jobs at Iberia as part of a restructuring plan to return the loss-making airline to growth. IAG also plans to cut capacity by 15 per cent this year, mainly at Iberia, by focusing on profitable routes and reducing its fleet by 25 aircraft. Shares in IAG, which have risen 20 per cent in 2013, reacted positively to the news and were 5 per cent up at 233.1 pence at 0957 GMT, valuing the group at around 4.4 billion pounds. BA, meanwhile, delivered an operating profit of 347 million euros, boosted by growth in business and firstclass traffic, especially on transatlantic routes. “British Airways is seeing the benefit of permanent structural change and Iberia needs to adapt to survive,” IAG Chief Executive Willie Walsh told reporters. Walsh said its 2013 performance hinged on the outcome of the Iberia restructuring, and associated costs. Subject to these, IAG said it expects to report an operating result close to the 485-million-euro profit it delivered in 2011.
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An Indian vendor sells socks at a market in the old quarters of New Delhi yesterday. India’s government proposed a 16-per cent jump in pre-election spending targeted at voters in rural areas, while also pledging to shrink the
gaping public deficit. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, in presenting the 2013/2014 budget, acknowledged the economy was in a “trough” and that he had been required to cut expenditure in the current financial year (AFP)
EU seals deal to cap bankers’ bonuses Stringent ceiling on bonuses likely to hit London hardest By John O’Donnell and Claire Davenport BANKERS in Europe face a cap on bonuses as early as next year, following agreement in Brussels yesterday to introduce what would be the world’s strictest pay curbs, in a move politicians hope will address public anger at financial-sector greed. The provisional agreement, announced by diplomats and officials after late-night talks between EU country representatives and the bloc’s parliament, means bankers face an automatic bonus cap set at a par with their salaries. That can be raised to twice their pay packet only if a majority of the bank’s shareholders vote in favour. The rules will apply to all banks - American, Asian, Russian or European - based in Europe, and to units of European banks located abroad, so a Deutsche Bank employee working in New York or Tokyo would be subject to the same limits. Equally, a Goldman Sachs banker in London, Frank-
furt or anywhere else in the European Union would be covered.
‘NO EXCEPTIONS’ “There will be no exceptions,” said Othmar Karas, the Austrian lawmaker who helped negotiate the deal. “It goes for all banks inside and outside the European Union and for all foreign banks inside the European Union.” The cap has been somewhat softened by provisions for adjusting the value of long-term non-cash payments to bankers, so that more bonuses can be paid out over time without breaking through the new ceiling. The limit on bankers’ pay, which is set to enter EU law as part of a wider overhaul of capital rules aimed at making banks more stable, will be popular on a continent struggling to emerge from the ruins of the 2008 financial crisis. But it represents a setback for the British government, which had long argued against such absolute limits. The City of London, the region’s financial capital with 144,000 bank-
ing staff and many more in related jobs, will be hit hardest. “The United Kingdom is not happy,” said one lawmaker, speaking privately. Ireland, which holds the rotating EU presidency and helped negotiate the deal, will now present it to EU countries. Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said he would ask his peers to back it at an EU ministers’ meeting on March 5 in Brussels.
‘RESERVATIONS’ The backing of a majority of EU states is needed for the deal to be finalised, so Britain would not be able to block it alone. One member of the European Parliament privately signalled that the deal could yet change, pointing to the “reservations” of some EU countries. Other measures in the package, including moves to force banks to declare all core assets, remain unresolved. Yesterday’s agreement will also require banks to outline profits and other details of their operations on a country-bycountry basis, and they face
a 2019 deadline to raise their core capital levels. The change in the law is set to be introduced as part of a wider body of legislation, known as Basel III, which demands that banks set aside roughly three times more capital and build up cash buffers to cover the risk of unpaid loans. Some experts have criticised the EU for failing to stick to all the provisions set out in the Basel III agreement, which was drawn up by regulators after the financial crash. A ceiling on bonuses, the only one of its kind globally, is perhaps the most radical aspect of the new rules, and runs the risk of establishing an uneven global playing field that could put European banks at a disadvantage in attracting staff. Udo Bullmann, a German member of parliament, said the deal was “revolution in a sector that didn’t have rules any more”. But many think the reforms will do little to lower pay in finance, where headhunters say some annual packages in London approach 5 million pounds ($7.6 million).
London mayor says EU cap favours NY, Singapore LONDON Mayor Boris Johnson lashed out at a European Union cap on bankers’ bonuses yesterday, warning the move will shunt banking business away from the City of London and towards Zurich, Singapore and New York. Bankers in Europe face a cap on bonuses as early as next year, following
a provisional agreement in Brussels to introduce what would be the world’s strictest pay curbs. “People will wonder why we stay in the EU if it persists in such transparently self-defeating policies,” Johnson said. “Brussels cannot control the global market for banking talent, Brussels cannot set pay for bankers
around the world.” “The most this measure can hope to achieve is a boost for Zurich and Singapore and New York at the expense of a struggling EU,” he said. “This is possibly the most deluded measure to come from Europe since Diocletian tried to fix the price of groceries across the Roman empire.”
Iberia has been battling lowcost competition, labour disputes, Spain’s economic crisis and high operating costs
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Anastasiades needs to tread carefully in the coming month NICOS ANASTASIADES enters the presidential palace office and assumes his new responsibilities today. No president has ever before walked into such a chaotic mess, knowing that the future of the country depends solely on the decisions he would take in his first 30 days in office. A bad decision or show of poor judgment over the next 30 days could cause irreparable damage, putting the country in free-fall and destroying all prospects of economic recovery in the foreseeable future. President Anastasiades knows that the problems are not of his making, but now he is in charge of the country it is his responsibility to tackle them. The suffocating time-frame has already been imposed, leaving him very little time for strategic thinking or room for tactical manoeuvres. The Eurogroup meets on Monday to discuss the bailout while the finance ministers of France and Germany jointly stated last Monday that a memorandum of understanding had to be signed by the end of March. Anastasiades’ new finance minister, Michalis Sarris, made it very clear on Wednesday that there was no scope for re-negotiating the conditions of the bailout, explaining that only small details could be subject to change. Avoiding privatisations, an Anastasiades election pledge, was described by Sarris as very difficult as these had been linked to debt sustainability which is the key issue. If the debt is deemed unsustainable privatisations would be the least of our worries, because the EU and the ECB have not given up on the idea of a bail-in of bank depositors, a move that would condemn the Cyprus economy to a quick death. The only way of avoiding such a catastrophe would be sustainable debt, which depends exclusively on the final re-capitalisation figure for the banks. If the inflated figure at which PIMCO arrived, because of the arbitrary assumptions it made and the methodology it used is revised drastically downwards the debt could become sustainable and there would be no case for the disastrous hair-cut of bank deposits. But it would require great political skill and convincing economic arguments to persuade the Eurogroup that the banks require much smaller financial assistance, especially after the communist government’s unrelenting efforts to destroy the banking sector. This is the type of pressure that Anastasiades will be under as soon as he sits in the presidential chair today. We sincerely hope he will be successful in finalising a bailout based on a sustainable debt as this would be a big boost to his presidency and to the prospects for an economic recovery.
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Managerial skills win over charisma in Cuba Comment Marc Frank
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HEN Cuban President Raul Castro named former engineering professor and long-time Communist Party insider Miguel Diaz-Canel as his first vice president and potential successor on Sunday, he chose managerial skills over flair. Diaz-Canel, 52, is the youngest non-military man to come so close to the pinnacle of power in Cuba since the Castro brothers took power in 1959. He was appointed first vice president on Sunday at a meeting of the National Assembly where Castro also announced he would step down in 2018 at the end of his second five-year term as president. Diaz-Canel would step into the presidency if Raul Castro could not complete his term. He rose through the ruling Communist Party’s ranks including key posts outside the capital and enjoys some name recognition at home, though is far less well known abroad. While he has only two years of routine military service under his belt, Diaz-Canel’s ascent through the provincial ranks has earned him strong ties with the military, connections that other upand-coming figures who fell by the wayside in past reshuffles have lacked. “This is a major change in Cuba, not just generational,” said Arturo Lopez-Levy, an analyst at the University of Denver who used to work for the Cuban interior ministry on intelligence issues and US relations. “The promotion of Diaz-Canel should be seen as part of an institutional change in the way the Cuban elite is promoted.” Before joining the government in Havana, Diaz-Canel held top Communist Party posts in two important provinces, Villa Clara and Holguin, centers of the booming tourism industry as well as new private-sector activity, both key elements of an economic reform process being pushed by Raul Castro. That experience makes Diaz-Canel well-equiped to help Castro advance those reforms, designed to make the economy more efficient and bring in more foreign currency, without loosening the Communist Party’s political control. “He has ties to the provincial tsars of the party. Those leaders are very important,” said Lopez-Levy. “They don’t appear in the international media, but they are a very strong power in the island. They are kings in their own provinces.” In Cuba, there is no political campaigning, so proven loyalty and strong connections inside the party and the military are more valuable than
Diaz-Canel would step into the presidency if Raul Castro could not complete his term a media-savvy style. “I am not used to making frequent appearances in public, except at times when it is required,” Raul Castro said in his first public statement after taking over for his ailing brother Fidel in 2006. “Moreover, I have always been discreet, that is my way, and let me clarify that I plan to continue that way.” Discreet would be an understatement in describing Diaz-Canel’s public persona as he worked his way up through the Communist Party over 30 years, even as other young cadres rose and fell. Like Raul Castro, he is considered a methodical speaker and lacks the charisma of Fidel Castro. Diaz-Canel has so far not made any public comments since his appointment on Sunday. He was brought to Havana in 2009 to become minister of higher education and then a vice president of the Council of Ministers. He arrived soon after a number of high-flying Fidel Castro protégés who lacked Diaz-Canel’s party-level managerial experience, most
notably former secretary of the Council of Ministers Carlos Lage and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque, were fired by Raul Castro. A Communist Party source said Diaz-Canel was viewed within the ranks as “sincere, incorruptible, a staunch communist, a nationalist loyal to the Castros’ revolutionary vision.” Despite being known as an effective manager, he also has a reputation for negotiating the fine line between Raul Castro’s reform agenda and the sometimes more dogmatic doctrine of provincial party members resistant to change. “Diaz-Canel, while a loyalist of the old style, is young, reformist when reform is called for, a known entity without ever being singled out or even thought of as a threat to Fidel or Raul,” said Hal Klepak, professor of history and strategy at the Royal Military College of Canada. Klepak, who wrote a book on the Cuban military under Raul Castro, pointed out the president is well known for picking the best man for
‘Diaz-Canel, while a loyalist of the old style, is young, reformist when reform is called for, a known entity without ever being singled out or even thought of as a threat to Fidel or Raul’
a job. “He is just the sort of man that Raul, looking for continuity and institutionalization of the revolution, can count on, but anxious like Raul to modernize that government.” Fidel Castro, who removed himself from power in 2008 due to ill health, made a rare appearance at the National Assembly meeting on Sunday where Diaz-Canel’s appointment was made, appearing to add his seal of approval to the choice. Diaz-Canel appears in fine shape for his age, with a full head of salt and pepper hair, which he used to wear long, with a chiseled face, square chin and muscular frame. Lopez-Levy recalled meeting him in the 1990s, describing him as “an articulate, flexible guy,” with a reputation for being tolerant of homosexuals at a time when the Communist Party was still mistrustful of the gay community. John McAuliff, director of the New York-based Fund for Reconciliation and Development who specializes in university level exchanges with Cuba, also met Diaz-Canel at an education conference last year and described him as intelligent and engaging. “Diaz-Canel stopped by and was very friendly. The keynote speech he gave at the conference could have been made by any serious international educator in the United States,” he said. “I joked with him ... that I could post it without attribution and no one would guess it was by the Cuban minister. He said I should,” McAuliff added.
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Rolling Stones hoping to play Glastonbury festival
Green Day’s Armstrong comes clean on drink, drugs
Pick up two prizes at the NME Music Awards
By Piya Sinha-Roy
By Mike Collett-White THE Rolling Stones picked up two prizes at the NME Music Awards in London on Wednesday, and guitarist Ronnie Wood said the band hoped to play at Britain’s Glastonbury music festival in June. The Stones won for best live act and best film, and Wood was on hand to accept a pair of irreverent ‘middle finger’ statuettes. The Stones returned to the stage in late 2012 to celebrate 50 years in business, and their sell-out mini-tour of ondon and the United States was a hit with critics and fans. Wood told Reuters Television he wanted to do more live shows, including playing Glastonbury. “Keep your eye out because you know I want to do some more (live shows) and I know that the boys do too,” he said. Asked about rumours the Stones could play at Glastonbury, one of the biggest European music festivals, for the first time in their long career, Wood replied: “I want to do it badly, but I’ve no idea yet ... but I am just looking forward to ... I know we’re the best live, so I just hope we get it,” he said.
Ronnie Wood poses with the awards for Best Music Film and Music Moment of the Year at the NME awards The line-up for the June 2630 Glastonbury festival has not yet been announced. The veteran British rock group - comprising Wood, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts - is one of four acts to be nominated four times for the annual NME awards, organised by NME music magazine. As part of its golden jubilee celebrations, the band collaborated on the documentary film Crossfire Hurricane recalling its meteoric rise to fame.
Justin Timberlake works with Mumford on Coen film music
“Thanks #NMEAwards from me and the boys @RollingStones,” Wood tweeted from the event, where he also took to the stage and performed How Soon is Now with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, who was handed the ‘Godlike Genius Award’. “You can’t imitate Johnny Marr,” said ex-Oasis guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher in a video message played at the awards ceremony. “He’s in a class of his own. He makes the very difficult look easy.” The other multiple winner
on the night was Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine. She won best solo artist, despite collaborating with other musicians on her music, and best dance-floor anthem for Sweet Nothing. “I really didn’t expect to get this again, especially because it’s debatable whether I’m a solo artist,” Welch said after her first honour. “Thanks to my band - it really is a collaborative thing.” Other major awards included best British album, which went to The Maccabees for
Singer Bobby Brown jailed
By Piya Sinha-Roy JUSTIN Timberlake has brought his movie and music work together by teaming up with singer Marcus Mumford from Grammy-winning folk band Mumford & Sons on the soundtrack for an upcoming Coen brothers film. Timberlake, 32, said in a British radio interview that he and Mumford worked with veteran T-Bone Burnett and folk band The Punch Brothers on the soundtrack for Inside Llewyn Davis, a film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan. Mulligan married Mumford in April 2012. “We all kind of worked on the music together and I don’t know any other world where we would get the opportunity to collaborate like that, but it was so much fun. So not only will it be a great movie, but the music to it will be fantastic,” Timberlake told Capital FM radio station. The film, co-starring Timberlake, John Goodman and Garrett Hedlund, follows a singer-songwriter exploring the folk music scene in 1960s New York. It is expected to be released later this year. The singer, who first gained fame in the 1990s as lead vocalist of the boy band ‘N Sync, stepped away from music five years ago to focus on films such as The Social Network and Friends With Benefits. But last month he released lead single Suit & Tie ahead of his album The 20/20 Experience out on March 19. Timberlake is also starring in upcoming crime drama Runner, Runner, alongside Ben Affleck and Gemma Arterton. Mumford & Sons won two Grammy Awards earlier in February, including Album of the Year for Babel.
Given to the Wild, best track to the Foals for Inhaler, best new band to Palma Violets and best British band to Biffy Clyro. The opening ceremony of the London Olympics in July, directed by filmmaker Danny Boyle, was awarded music moment of the year and US President Barack Obama was named NME’s ‘Hero of the Year’. More than 10 million votes were cast to decide the winners, the highest number to date.
Brown and Houston divorced in 2007 after 15 years of what Houston described as a drug- and alcohol-fuelled marriage
SINGER Bobby Brown, the ex-husband of the late Whitney Houston, was sentenced to 55 days in jail after admitting to driving drunk last year. Brown pleaded no contest, an admission of guilt under California law, to driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license in October in a Los Angeles suburb. Police said they stopped Brown after seeing him driving erratically, and that he failed a field sobriety test. It was his second arrest for drunken driving in 2012. He was also sentenced to four years probation, ordered to install an ignition interlock device and to attend an alcohol counselling program. Brown and Houston divorced in 2007 after 15 years of what Houston later described as a drug- and alcohol-fuelled marriage. Houston drowned accidentally in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub on February 11, 2012, from the effects of heart disease and cocaine.
GREEN Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said alcohol and prescription drug abuse forced him into rehab last year after sessions when he would black out and have no memory of what he had done. “I couldn’t predict where I was going to end up at the end of the night,” Armstrong, 41, the lead vocalist and songwriter for the California punk rock band told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview. “I’d wake up in a strange house on a couch. I wouldn’t remember how. It was a complete blackout,” he said, opening up about years of addiction to drink and prescription drugs. Green Day cancelled their fall tour last year and postponed other dates after Armstrong entered treatment for what was described at the time only as “substance abuse.” Armstrong said he decided finally to seek help after an onstage rant at the IHeartRadio music festival in Las Vegas in September 2012, where he angrily smashed his guitar after being told the band needed to wrap up their time on stage. Referring to the Las Vegas incident, Armstrong said “I remember tiny things.” “The next morning, I woke up. I asked (my wife) Adrienne, “How bad was it?” She said, “It’s bad.” I called my manager. He said, “You’re getting on a plane, going back to Oakland and going into rehab immediately,” the singer told the magazine in an advance excerpt released yesterday. The band said in December that it would return to the road in March and Armstrong thanked fans for their support. Green Day, formed in the late 1980s, has sold more than 65 million records worldwide, won five Grammys and produced hit albums such as 1994’s Dookie, and 2004’s American Idiot. They are due to kick off their tour in Chicago on March 28. Armstrong’s full interview with Rolling Stone will be available on US newsstands today.
Billie Joe Armstrong says he checked into rehab
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‘Carebot’ could boost elderly care A ‘CAREBOT’ which can remind elderly people to take medication and exercise, and even tell them jokes, has been created by a researcher at the University of Salford in England. The machine is designed to supplement the intensive care required by care home residents and help perform routine tasks. Robot P37 S65 is the brainchild of University of Salford researcher Antonio Espingardeiro, who is looking for investment to conduct field trials and perfect the idea before a full product launch. His robot can be programmed with many routine health interventions designed for people with dementia, such as speech therapy and object recognition exercises. Through face recognition it can also remember the preferences and requirements of each patient, as programmed by a human worker.
Based on his earlier studies in care homes, the researcher believes his robot can improve quality of life for the elderly by promoting exercise, playing games and acting as a videolink to family and loved ones. It will also support carers by following them around with meals and alerting them to emergencies and regular appointments.
Poor sleep also altered chromatin - the DNA and protein “packaging” that plays an important role in gene regulation.
Lack of sleep can lead to stress
A MEDITERRANEAN diet high in olive oil, nuts, fish and fresh fruits and vegetables may help prevent heart disease and strokes, according to a large study from Spain. Past research suggested people who eat this type of diet have healthier hearts, but those studies couldn’t rule out that other health or lifestyle differences had made the difference. But for the new trial, written up in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers randomly assigned study volunteers at risk of heart disease to a Mediterranean or standard low-fat diet for five years, allowing the team to single out the effect of diet in particular. People in the study on Mediterranean diets, though, were 28 to 30 per cent less likely to develop cardiovascular disease than those on the general low-fat diet, the researchers said. It’s the blend of Mediterranean diet components, and not one particular ingredient, that promotes heart health, according to the researchers.
ONE WEEK of poor sleep can disrupt hundreds of genes linked to stress, immunity and inflammation, research has shown. The discovery could explain why lack of sleep is so bad for the health. Sleep deficiency is associated with a host of conditions including obesity, heart disease and mental impairment. But scientists are still trying to understand the molecular mechanisms involved. For the new study, researchers examined gene activity in 26 sleep-deprived volunteers. They found that insufficient sleep had an impact on more than 700 genes. Some had their activity dampened, while others became extra-active. Those affected included genes associated with the circadian night and day ‘body clock’ cycle, metabolism, and immune and stress responses.
More proof Mediterranean diet can ward off heart disease
Gay couples in America report poor health levels
Too many Americans still drink too much
Black women living together are the most disadvantaged
ON ANY given day in the United States, 18 per cent of men and 11 per cent of women drink more alcohol than federal guidelines recommend, according to a study that also found that eight per cent of men and three per cent of women are full-fledged “heavy drinkers.” That means the great majority of Americans stay within the advised limit of two drinks a day for men and one for women, according to the study that appeared in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. “And in fact, most adults don’t drink at all on any given day,” said lead author Patricia Guenther, a nutritionist at the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. “But the fact remains that it is a significant public health problem that many people do drink to excess.” Guenther said that members of the committee that drafted the current USDA guidelines on alcohol consumption wanted to know how many adults exceeded the limits. She and her colleagues collected data from a nationally representative survey on health and nutrition, which included about 5,400 adults over age 21. Among other things, each was asked how much alcohol they drank the previous day. The researchers found that 64 per cent of men and 79 per cent of women said they drank no alcohol at all that day, and another 18 per cent of men and 10 per cent of women drank within the recommended amounts. Nine per cent of men said they had three to four drinks the day before and eight per cent of women said they drank two to three alcoholic beverages, the researchers said.
Experts recognise that obesity has many causes
By Patricia Reaney GAY and lesbian couples living together report poorer health than straight married couples, US researchers have said, speculating that legalising same-sex marriage could reduce the disparities. Studies have shown that married couples enjoy better health than people who are single, divorced or separated. When Dr Hui Liu, an assistant professor of sociology at Michigan State University, and her team studied the health of gay and straight couples, they found marriage made a difference. “When we controlled for socioeconomic status, the odds of reporting poor or fair health were about 61 per cent higher for same-sex cohabiting men than for men in heterosexual marriage, and the odds of reporting poor to fair health were about 46 per cent higher for same-sex cohabiting women than for women in heterosexual marriages,” Liu said. Although the researchers did not study the impact of legalising gay marriage, Liu said it is plausible that if gay unions were sanctioned by law it could improve health by reducing stress and discrimination and providing health benefits enjoyed by married couples. “If marriage can promote health, it is reasonable for us to expect that if same-sex couples had the advantage of legalised marriage their
A gay couple at a protest in France: gay people living together report lower health levels than heterosexual counterparts health may be boosted,” Liu added in an interview. Nine U.S. states and Washington, D.C., have legalized same-sex marriage, assuring gay couples the benefits of a legalized union. The researchers compared the health of 1,659 gay couples living together and a similar number of married heterosexuals. They pooled data from 1997 to 2009 Na-
tional Health Interview Surveys in which people across the country were asked to rate their overall health as excellent, very good, good, fair or poor. The study, which is published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, showed that black women living together as a couple were the most disadvantaged. They reported worse
health than any other nonmarried black women. Liu and her co-authors, Corinne Reczek an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Cincinnati, and Dustin Brown, a post-graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin, suggest that the discrimination and stress that gay couples experience could contribute to their
poorer health. “Legalising same-sex marriage could also provide other advantages often associated with heterosexual marriage - such as partner health insurance benefits and the ability to file joint tax returns - that may directly or indirectly influence the health of individuals in same-sex unions,” Liu added.
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Gangster Squad In the post-war Los Angeles of 1949, Brooklyn-born ex-boxer turned crime boss Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs as many rackets as he can command under his ruthless control. He does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police, judges and politicians who are on his payroll. Determined to crush Cohen, police chief Bill Parker (Nick Nolte) commissions Sgt. John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) – a decorated commando from the US Army – to set up a small, secret crew of LAPD officers. Led by O’Mara and Sgt. Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), the small team set about breaking up Cohen’s illegal operations. Also starring Emma Stone, Robert Patrick and Anthony Mackie. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. (Crime action, 113 mins.) Our rating:
Playing for Keeps George (Gerard Butler) is a former football (a.k.a. ‘soccer’) star who’s fallen on hard times. He’s hoping to become a sports commentator on TV – but meanwhile visits his ex-wife Stacie (Jessica Biel) and starts coaching his 9-year-old son’s soccer team as a way to get his life together. Alas, his attempts to become an adult are met with challenges from the attractive soccer moms who pursue him at every turn, including Denise (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who’s herself a former sportscaster. Also starring Dennis Quaid and Uma Thurman. Directed by Gabriele Muccino. (Romantic comedy, 105 mins.) Our rating:
A Good Day to Die Hard Irreverent, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) finds himself on foreign soil for the first time after travelling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack (Jai Courtney) – unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes. Also starring Sebastian Koch. Directed by John Moore. Includes some dialogue in
Russian, with Greek subtitles. (Action, 97 mins.) Our rating:
Love in the End Three love stories intersect. A girl on a cruise with her family falls in love with the ship’s lieutenant, and has to make a dramatic decision when they reach Istanbul. A boy, secretly in love with his best friend, finally manages to express his feelings through a fake Facebook profile – till she finds out the truth! And two strangers spend a night together in Thessaloniki, falling in love, but when they part ways, the girl’s mobile phone is stolen, along with the boy’s number. Starring Tzortzina Liosi, Leonidas Kalfagiannis and Katerina Geronikolou. Directed by Vasilis Kehagias. IN GREEK. (Drama, 90 mins.) Our rating: N/A
Argo As the 1979 Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, six of the American embassy staff escape the mob attacking the compound and find shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador in Tehran. Another 52 Americans are taken hostage. CIA ‘exfiltration’ specialist Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) concocts a risky plan to free the six living in daily danger of discovery. He plans to fly in posing as the producer of a Hollywood sci-fi movie, ‘Argo’, and – with the six consular staff posing as his location scouting team, using false papers – lead them out on a flight to safety and freedom. It’s a crazy plan; but will it work? Based on a true story. Also starring Alan Arkin and John Goodman. Directed by Affleck. (Dramatic thriller, 120 mins.) Our rating:
The Impossible A family of five is caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the chaos and mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time, the Thailand tsunami on Boxing Day 2004. Maria (Naomi Watts) is swept away and struggles to survive with her eldest son, teenage Lucas (Tom Holland). Somewhere in the chaos – or perhaps already dead – are her husband Henry (Ewan McGregor) and her two smaller sons, Simon and Thomas. Based on a true story. Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona. (Drama, 114 mins.) Our rating:
Anna Karenina In late-19th-century St. Petersburg, the vivacious Anna (Keira Knightley), wife of respected politician Karenin (Jude Law), embarks on a torrid affair with a handsome Russian cavalry officer, Count Vronsky (Aaron TaylorJohnson). Her husband is initially understanding, asking
Ratings Key Unforgettable Unmissable Recommendable Watchable Regrettable Abominable only that Anna end the affair – but Anna is unable to stop, her mad love sending her on a path to self-destruction. Also starring Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald and Domhnall Gleeson. Directed by Joe Wright. NOTE THAT SOME SCREENINGS ARE DUBBED INTO RUSSIAN. (Drama, 129 mins.) Our rating:
Sammy’s Great Escape Sammy and Ray, a pair of leatherback turtles, are captured by a poacher and shipped off to a spectacular aquarium show in Dubai. The kingpin of the place, Big D the seahorse, enlists them in his plans for a great escape – but, with their new friends Jimbo the bug-eyed blob fish and Lulu the snippy lobster, Annabel the sweet octopus and a whole family of penguins, Sammy and Ray hatch breakout plans of their own. That is when little Ricky and Ella arrive, determined to break in to rescue them. Directed by Vincent Kesteloot and Ben Stassen. DUBBED INTO GREEK. (Kids’ cartoon, 92 mins.) Our rating: N/A
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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:
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 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:
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Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne Marlin, a clownfish, is (Emmanuelle Riva) devastated when his wife and are in their eighties. 399 or so of their children are They are wiped out by a barracuda, and cultivated, becomes over-protective of retired his sole surviving son Nemo. music 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 Lincoln with a school of jellyfish and a ride
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:
Intouchables Philippe (Francois Cluzet), a rich Parisian quadriplegic, is interviewing for a live-in carer when street-smart, unemployed Driss (Omar Sy) turns up. All he wants is a signature to show that he’s been looking for work, so he can be eligible for
benefits – but Philippe hires him for a trial period, and keeps him on even after learning of his conviction for robbery. Philippe, who was disabled after a paragliding accident, is a widower with a spoiled teenage daughter, while Driss has problems dealing with his younger brother Adama who’s keeping bad company. Driss and Philippe develop a relationship that changes both their lives. Directed by Eric Tolenado. In French, with Greek subtitles. (Comedy-drama, 112 mins.) Our rating:
Le Prenom Vincent (Patrick Bruel) is about to become a father. At a meeting with childhood friends he announces the name of his future son, whom he plans to call Adolphe in honour of a literary character of the XIX Century – but everyone else can only think about Adolf Hitler. The scandalous name sparks a discussion, which reveals unpleasant secrets from the collective past of the group. Also starring Valerie Benguigui and Charles Berling. Directed by Alexandre De La Patelliere and Matthieu Delaporte. In French, with Greek subtitles. (Comedy, 109 mins.) Our rating: N/A
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NEW FILMS Lincoln Directed by: Steven Spielberg Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones US 2012, 150 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.
THE PLOT In 1865, over the final four months of his second term as President of the USA, Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) focuses his energies not just on ending the devastating Civil War, but something even bigger – the fight to pass the 13th Amendment, permanently abolishing slavery. Lincoln is a man of paradoxes: funny and solemn, a playful storyteller and fierce power-broker, a shrewd commander and a vulnerable father. But in his nation’s darkest hour, when the times demand the very best of people, he reaches from within himself for something powerful and everlasting.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAID Pro: “Lincoln, which Spielberg has directed from a lyrical, ingeniously structured screenplay by Tony Kushner, is one of the most authentic biographical dramas I’ve ever seen. But that doesn’t mean it’s a stiff-jointed history lesson. The movie is grand and immersive. It plugs us into the final months of Lincoln’s presidency with a purity that makes us feel transported as though by time machine… “Lincoln brilliantly dramatizes the delicacy of politics, along with the raw brutality of it. All that’s pushing the amendment forward is Abe Lincoln’s will, his ability to do anything – even flirt with impeachable deceptions – to fulfil his vision of justice. And that’s why he spends the movie alone in spirit. When he bangs his hand on the table, roaring at his lobbyists to procure him the votes he needs because he’s ‘clothed in immense power’, we’re seeing the birth of the presidency as we know it – a force that can shape the consciousness of the world. Lincoln is a stirring paradox, a dream of history as it might truly have happened.” Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly (US) “This, then, is a song to democracy at its most valuable: the biography of a political moment. Spielberg demands your concentration, but his film is not a slog; it is compelling, full of beauty, and overflowing with personality. “Thought has been placed into every line and shot, a fluid marriage of image and word where the camera speaks and the language springs to life. Much has been made of how restrained Spielberg is in his direction, but that belies the elaborate framing and the coffee-dark richness of de-
sign; how the light comes thickened with dust and tobacco smoke as if it somehow has substance. And the drawing of strident performances from the massive supporting cast… “As unexpected as it is intelligent, thanks to virtuoso work from Spielberg and Kushner, Lincoln is landmark filmmaking, while Day-Lewis is so authentic he pulls off that stovepipe.” Ian Nathan, Empire (UK) Anti: “Okay. So Lincoln, Steven Spielberg’s bloated $50-million history lesson about Abraham Lincoln’s final days in office as he attempted, by hook or crook, to abolish slavery, is noble, civic-minded, exhaustingly researched, immaculately detailed, crowded with a parade of cameos by good actors who look like Smith Brothers cough-drop models, and noteworthy for another critic-proof performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. It is all of those things. But Lincoln is also a colossal bore. It is so pedantic, slow-moving, sanitised and sentimental that I kept pinching myself to stay awake – which, like the film itself, didn’t always work.” Rex Reed, New York Observer (US)
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Directed by: Tommy Wirkola Starring: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen US 2013, 88 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.
THE PLOT Once upon a time, as children, they were in deadly danger from a witch – but Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and his sister Gretel (Gemma Arterton) have grown up to be bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world. As the fabled Blood Moon approaches, the siblings encounter a new form of evil that might hold a secret to their past.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAID Anti: “Watching Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is much like watching a shiny hammer hit a shiny nail over and over and over again. There’s something vaguely satisfying about the impact, and it throws up a few pretty sparks from time to time, but there’s nothing unexpected in the encounter between the two surfaces, and the repetition gets dull. The grim heroes don’t have a nuance or more than a hint of emotion between them, and the same goes for the film around them. Plot developments are ladled out in such a perfunctory way, it’s almost possible to hear the hammer shrug apathetically in midswing… “If the fights were exciting, the special effects were exceptional, the editing were tight and propulsive, or there were any particular sense of build or momentum to any of this, the lack of characterisation or development might be excusable. And if it were risibly over-the-top, it might at least be entertaining. But writerdirector Tommy Wirkola has instead produced a movie so blandly methodical and dedicated to hitting the required marks that it can’t stop for thought or fun. It isn’t a movie so much as a mechanical process.”
Barbie in the Pink Shoes
may have come up with some cruel, weird material in their day, but they’d never condone actor abuse like this.” Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice (US)
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Tasha Robinson, The A.V. Club (US) “The point, maybe, is that we’re supposed to take great pleasure in watching these nasty old gals being fried to death or blown to smithereens with a medieval Gatling gun. But there’s actually no pleasure at all to be had in this Hansel & Gretel … The violence here is cartoonishly bloody without being exhilarating. The plot is as misshapen as a mutant gingerbread boy. And, at least as it was shown at the multiplex where I saw it, the picture has a dank, murky look, as if it had been left under a pile of
mulch to marinate for a decade or two… “Renner trundles through Hansel & Gretel looking glum and constipated, as if he were just praying for the whole thing to be over quickly. At this point, he may be wishing he could get another role like the one Kathryn Bigelow gave him in The Hurt Locker, as a hotdogging Iraq War explosives expert. Renner has a tough little mug, like a modern Dead End Kid, and Bigelow knew just how to use him: He was terrific as a perpetually angry Lost Boy. Here, he’s just lost, and there’s no trail of breadcrumbs to save him. The Brothers Grimm
Directed by: Owen Hurley Dubbed into Greek. US 2012, 75 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.
THE PLOT Barbie is Kristyn, a ballerina with big dreams. When she tries on a pair of sparkling pink shoes, she and her best friend Hailey are whisked away to a fantastical ballet world where Kristyn discovers she must dance in her favourite ballets in order to defeat an evil Snow Queen.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAID No reviews available.
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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 Lincoln (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7 and 10.05pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 7 and 10.05pm Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.20pm Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.20pm and 3.30pm Gangster Squad (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.15pm
Love in the End (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in Greek) at 5.30, 8 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) (in Greek) at 5.30, 8 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 11.10am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm Argo (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 7.45pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.15pm and 3.20pm Intouchables (in French, with Greek subtitles) 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
CINEMA WEBSITES: K-Cineplex: http://kcineplex.com, Friends of the Cinema Society: http://www.ofk.org.cy
LIMASSOL Lincoln (12) Rio 3 at 7.40 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7 and 10.05pm Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (N/A) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10pm; Rio 2, weekends only at 4.20pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.20pm Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) Rio 1 (in Greek), weekends only at 3, 4.30 and 6pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3.30pm Gangster Squad (18) Rio 5 at 10pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.15pm Playing for Keeps (K) Rio 5 at 7.45pm, weekends also at 3.30 and 5.30pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm
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A Good Day to Die Hard (15) Rio 4 at 7.45 and 10pm; KCineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30 and 8pm, weekends also at 3.30pm Love in the End (K) Rio 2 (in Greek), weekdays at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends at 6.15, 8 and 10pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in Greek) at 5.30, 8 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.25pm Argo (12) Rio 6 at 10.10pm, weekends at 3.45 and 6pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45pm The Impossible (12) Rio 6 at 8pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 4 (in Greek), weekends only at 2.30, 4.15 and 6pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.20pm Finding Nemo 3D (K) Rio 2 (in Greek), weekends only at 2.30pm Le Prenom (in French, with Greek subtitles) Rio 5, Monday at 8.30pm, presented by the Limassol Cine Club. www.cinelesxi.org
Playing for Keeps (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 10.15pm
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A Good Day to Die Hard (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 5.30 and 8pm, weekends also at 11.10am, 1.20pm and 3.30pm
Lincoln (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7 and 10.05pm
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.20pm Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3.30pm Gangster Squad (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.15pm
PAPHOS Lincoln (12) Rio 5 at 5, 7.30 and 10pm Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (N/A) Rio 1 at 5.45, 7.30 and 9.45pm Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) Rio 7 (in Greek) at 6pm, weekends only at 3 and 4.30pm Gangster Squad (18) Rio 4 at 9.45pm
Playing for Keeps (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm
Playing for Keeps (K) Rio 4 at 5.30 and 7.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm
A Good Day to Die Hard (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.30pm
A Good Day to Die Hard (15) Rio 7 at 7.30 and 9.45pm
Love in the End (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in Greek) at 5.30, 8 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.25pm Argo (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.20pm Amour (in French, with Greek subtitles) Thursday at 8.30pm, presented by the Larnaca Cinema Society. Tel: 99-658831, 99-462903. www.lfcinema.org
Love in the End (K) Rio 6 (in Greek) at 5.45, 7.30 and 9.45pm Argo (12) Rio 2 at 7.30pm, weekends at 5pm The Impossible (12) Rio 3 at 5.15, 7.30 and 9.45pm Anna Karenina (K) Rio 2 at 9.45pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 3 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30pm Finding Nemo 3D (K) Rio 1 (in Greek), weekends only at 4pm
listings Today Exhibition New York Between the Lines Photo exhibition by Christina Drakos. Opens March 1, 7.30pm until March 31. Library Cafe Bar, 1 Themidos Street, Limassol. All proceeds from this exhibition will be given to Sagapo Children’s Foundation. Tel: 25-361362 ...The Other Shore Solo painting exhibition by Marina Emphietzi-Harris. Opens March 1, 8pm until March 13. Thiseas Art Gallery, 9 Thiseos Street, Agia Zonis, Limassol. Tel: 99-674243/96-335889 U and I Exhibition of artwork in oil, acrylic, print and glass paint by Irene Ioannou and Ulla Nicolaou. March 1, 7.30pm until March 16. Peri Texnis, 92 Kalogera Street, Larnaca. Tel: 99-725590
Music Blond:ish Female London based DJ duo play their house grooves in Cyprus for first time. March 1. RED Music Stage, 15 Dionysou, old Nicosia. 9pm. Tel: 22-767711
Ms Dynamite Live The UK’s number one songstress is touching down in the island capital for an exclusive performance. March 1. Nuovo Club, Stasinou 11, Nicosia. 8pm. €20 - open bar/30 on the door. Ticket Hotline: 99-983388/96-879576 Music and Humour Concert by the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, a tribute to Carnival. Soloist: Tassos Apostolou (baritone) conductor: Alkis Baltas. March 1. Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €12/7. Tel: 22-313010 Matan Porat - Piano Recital Concert with Israeli composer/pianist Matan Porat. March 1. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Street, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €20/15. Tel: 22-663871/70009304. Email: info@pharosartsfoundation.org. www.pharosartsfoundation.org. www.pharostickets.org Swinging Music Night Evening in aid of Cancer patients Support Group with entertainment by Michael Antoniou and Melanie Ballard singing the hits of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennet etc, also includes raffle and an auction. March 1. PizzaExpress, Kato Paphos. Three course hot buffet will be served from 7.30pm. The entertainment will commence around 8.45pm. €20 each of which €5 goes to the charity. Seats are limited book early. Tel: 99-854375/26-273717
Theatre The Dispute The Main Stage of THOC presents tragic comedy by Pierre de Marivaux. March 1 until March 31. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday 6.30pm. In Greek. The performances on March 30 and 31 will be with Greek and English surtitles. €12/10. Tel: 77772717
Tomorrow Exhibition Deep Connection Solo painting exhibition by George Heracleous. Opens March 2, 7.30pm until March 12. Gallery Technis Dromena, 53 Arch. Kyprianou, Nicosia. MondayFriday: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22-496398
Other Events
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Barking Mad Carnival Party Fundraising carnival party organised by the Nicosia Dog Shelter. March 1. Navarino Restaurant, Ayios Andreas, Nicosia. Prize awarded for the best costume. 8.30pm. Prize draw for winning ticket. €20 includes buffet dinner, dessert, local wine/beer/soft drinks. Tel: 99-447482/99-868512
Parsifal - The Met: Live in HD Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera of New York in high-definition. March 2. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 7pm. €20/15. With Greek and English Subtitles Tel: 77-777745
Japanese Nights A unique opportunity to taste a Japanese Fusion dinner in an exotic atmosphere. March 1-9. Fontana Restaurant, Hilton Cyprus. 8pm. €30 per person. Tel: 22-377777
Imam Baildi Retro Greek band play their brand of 40s, 50s and 60s music. March 2. Ammos Beach Bar, Makenzy Beach, Larnaca. 11pm. Tel: 24-828844
Theatre The Snow Queen Interactive theatre production of fairy tale for children aged 5 and above. March 2 & 30. Casteliotissa Hall, old Nicosia. 10.30am & 12.30. €5. In Greek. Tel: 99429638 eidekanou@gmail.com
Other Events Cycling 4 Cooperation Join AHDR’s free, guided bicycle tour and explore old Nicosia like never before. March 2. The tour will start & end at the Home for Cooperation (H4C) in the UN buffer zone opposite Ledra Palace. 2pm5pm. In English. Minimum age 11, bring ID. Reservations are necessary, please register your participation: cycling4c@ ahdr.info or call 22-445740
Ongoing Theatre Oscar The New Stage of THOC presents tender play based on the novel by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Until March 9. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Wednesday through Saturday at 8.30pm. In Greek. €12/10. Tel: 77-772717 Isadora Duncan Satiriko Theatro presents play by Thanasis Theologis based on the life of the famous dancer. Until March 10. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6.30pm. In Greek. €15/10. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609
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Nursing Home the Cherubim Comedy by Nearchos Ioannou. Until March 17. Anemona Theater, 7 Archagelou Street, Latsia, Nicosia. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 8pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-573031
Exhibitions Lush Art in Austere Times Works at affordable prices. Until March 1. Is Not Gallery, 11 Odysseus, Chrysaliniotissa, Nicosia. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. Tel: 22-343670 Antreas Moyseos Solo photography exhibition. Until March 1. Dinos Art Café, 62-66 Irinis Street, Limassol. Monday-Saturday: 10.30am to midnight and Sunday: 4pm to midnight. Tel: 25-762030 Past & Present Group etching, printing and poster exhibition. Until March 2. Opus 39 Gallery, 21 Kimonos Street, Nicosia. Monday: 5pm-8pm. Tuesday-Friday: 10.30am12.30pm and 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22-424983 Tourists who Shoot Solo photography exhibition and the book launch by Theopisti StylianouLambert. Until March 2. Argo Gallery, 64E D. Akrita Avenue, Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10am-1pm. Tel: 22-754009. www.argogallery.org
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Pharos screenings go marching on NAMED for the Roman God of war, it’s fitting that March sees a combative vein emerging in the series of film screenings at The Shoe Factory. From McLuhan’s struggles with the digital age to Pilger’s investigation of the media’s role in wartime, this latest film series from the Pharos Trust should be welcomed with open arms. Beginning with the 2002 film McLuhan’s Wake and ending with director Travis Klose’s Arakimentari, the last seven screenings focus on mankind’s inherent destructive – and creative – tendencies. esce t Taking Poe’s turbulent work ‘Descent ntral metaInto the Maelstrom’ as its central es on the th h phor, McLuhan’s Wake focuses titular Marshall McLuhan, a Cambridge o by by 1 962 96 2 graduate and intellectual who 1962 e of had been deemed an “oracle phithe electric age”. The biographical documentary investigatess an’s the enduring truth of McLuhan’s ng infamous assertions regarding cathe future of digital communication and media, illustrating hiss notions concerning the relad tionship between humans and technology. Opening with a e haunting animation sequence of Poe’s sailor fighting the vortex, the 94 minutes of film rare used to good effect: interviews, television footage and ous narration blend in this ambitious attempt to clarify McLuhan’s complex ideas. Including an indepth exploration of his Lawss of Media, McLuhan’s Wake goess ng a long way towards explaining why Wired magazine named e the this middle-aged conservative “patron saint of the internet”. meAn exploration of a different ‘meraces dia’, The War You Don’t See traces d indethe history of embedded and pendent reporting, from the carar in nage of World War I to the war
Coming Up Other Events Public meets artist THE alliteratively-named Know Now Project is a group exhibition comprising work from a number of talented artists on the theme of how modern technology affects art. Taking place at the Vladimiros Kafkaridis Cultural Centre from Sunday to the following Sunday, the project aims at bridging the divide between the public and the artist. In the words of Gauguin: “Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public” and it is this confusion that the Know Now project aspires to overcome, reviving and creating interest through the work of its members. A number of events will take place as part of the exhibition, and attendees will be able to view not just the finished works but also
Afghanistan. In this compelling work of investigative journalism, award-winning director John Pilger documents the corruptive influence of media propaganda across many of the great conflicts of the last century, turning his gritty gaze on cover-ups from the front line to the highest echelons of power. Touted as a film-maker who “explores where others dare not go”, Pilger is scathing in his exposure of credulous and submissive reporting. The War You Don’t See covers the half-truths and lies of omission that surround the eapo s o ass des ‘weapons of mass destruction’ scandal, assuring the director’ ’s reputati ion as an incisive tor’s reputation and rare critic of W Western econ ec onom omic ic and and d mi m i economic military power. Compulsory vviewing for correspon correspondents, The War You D Don’t See comes ac across as both a wa warn rnin in call to the warning Fourth E Estate and wake-u call for a wake-up th those h wh h too readily who accept th the media’s vers ve rsio ion no version of current events. Continui the topic Continuing of conflict, ic March 20 sees the screening of o War, directThe Fog of ed in 2003 by Errol Morris. Widely acclaimed a for his work The Th Thin Blue Line – which overturned the wrongfu wrongful conviction of a man wh who’d spent 12 years in ja jail – The Fog of War is a stu study of the moral compl complexities of war and those wh who wage it. Morris’ featu feature-length interview with Robert S Mcwh served as Namara - who US Secretary of Defence
the process of creation. With everything from motion graphics to sculpture on offer, the project runs the gamut of the artistic spectrum and will include several lectures on subjects as diverse as literature and health. Opening with a tribute to the inspirational author and artist Niki Marangou – whose recent and untimely death has deeply saddened the artistic community – the exhibition promises to raise awareness and challenge perceptions. The opening night will also include a musical performance from Alex Panayi alongside Electra Fotiadou. Additionally, the artists will be available throughout the event to interact with you, hold tours and receive your feedback and questions in person, or via guest books. Regardless of one’s personal relationship with art, there’s something for everyone to appreciate in the diversity of talent on offer in the Know Now project. The Know Now Project Group exhibition posing the question: how does modern technology affect art today?
Above: The War You Don’t See and (inset) The Fog of War
in the early days of the Vietnam War - is a candid review of the events of the past, and well worth its 95-minute running time. From McLuhan’s futuristic predictions to McNamara’s historical musings, The Pharos Trust has provided a rare feast of thought-provoking works. Challenge your perceptions and improve your knowledge; as time Marches on, the series is drawing to a close. Allow yourself the privilege of seeing at least one of these last few films. Screenings at the Shoe Factory An extraordinary selection of rare eclectic films. Until March 29. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Str, Nicosia. 8pm. Free. Films shown in original language with English subtitles where applicable. For more information: www. pharosartsfoundation.org
By Alix Norman
Upcoming Film Schedule Monday, March 4: McLuhan’s Wake Wednesday, March 6: The War You Don’t See Wednesday, March 13: Edward James: Builder of Dreams Wednesday, 20 March 20: The Fog of War Monday, March 25: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Wednesday, March 27: In Shifting Sands: The Untold Story Of Weapons Inspections in Iraq Friday, March 29: Arakimentari
Through a series of events. Opens March 3, 6pm until March 10. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 5pm-9pm. Saturday-Sunday: 9.30am- 1pm & 5pm-11pm. Tel: 99-840804. www. knownowart.com
On The Scene Other Events A taste of Japanese Fusion JAPANESE cuisine is a big hit among culinary enthusiasts in Cyprus, especially the young and the health conscious. A couple of years ago Japanese cuisine was very accessible in the capital with a number of restaurants serving this gastronomy delight, but many have been casualties of the financial crisis which has engulfed the nation leaving our dining options limited. So, when Hilton Cyprus announces that it will be hosting Japanese
Nights at the Fontana Restaurant, in cooperation with Akakiko Restaurant and Blue Island Company, it’s no wonder that food lovers are chomping at the bit for a unique opportunity to taste a Japanese Fusion dinner in an exotic atmosphere.
Hilton Cyprus’ food-themed nights have proved very popular over the years offering the public a chance to sample authentic cuisine from all corners of the world, from Austria to India and Poland to Italy. This week the focus is Japanese cuisine with the chefs of Akakiko Restaurant joining the Hilton Cyprus team to prepare a mouth-watering buffet dinner. The Japanese Nights will be available daily, from today until next Saturday. Less is more is a motto that commonly applies in Japanese cooking. Japanese food is a treat to the eye as well as the palate. Meals are beautifully presented and only the finest and freshest ingredients are used. Japanese food contains few spices; instead chefs concentrate on bringing out the natural taste of the individual ingredients in a dish. Japanese Nights A unique opportunity to taste a Japanese Fusion dinner in an exotic atmosphere. March 1-9. Fontana Restaurant, Hilton Cyprus. 8pm. €30 per person. Tel: 22-377777
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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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Apo Mera Se Mera Current affairs show.
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Local cultural show.
Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies
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Paizoume Kypriaka
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Live cookery show.
Moiraia Fengaria Local drama series inspired by Maro Kranidioti’s book ‘Otan i Moira Apofasizei’.
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Tete A Tete Tasos Tryfonos interviews Greek celebrities from the world of showbiz.
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32nd European Athletics Indoor Championships News In English News In Turkish FILM: Joe Maddison’s War
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Erotas (rpt) Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Strivein Dia Tou Arravonos (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) Deliyianneio Parthenagogeio (rpt) Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Lefta Sto Lepto Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt) Local smash-hit comedy series, with village setting. Interrupted by News at 18.00.
Top Gear Sixteenth season. Episode 2: The presenters square off against their Australian counterparts in an automotive version of the Ashes, with challenges including rallying, drifting and a double-decker car race. Jeremy Clarkson also test-drives the Ferrari 599 GTO, and another celebrity gets behind the wheel of the Reasonably Priced Car.
Local satirical show, using comedy sketches and embarrassing TV clips to skewer local politicians.
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A Newcastle shipyard worker joins the Home Guard after the breakup of his marriage. Alan Plater’s Second World War drama, starring Kevin Whately and Robson Green. 2010.
Local game show, asking questions having to do with Cypriot dialect.
19.20
NRG Zone Kids’ TV Euromaxx Kati Psinetai (rpt)
Live from Gothenburg, Sweden.
Entehnos
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ANTENNA
Greek version of the show where contestants try to outdo each other by throwing the perfect dinner party, which is then judged on its merits by their rivals.
Kaftis Piperies (rpt) Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) Local comedy series, which happens to be the longest-running show on TV.
12.00
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Tin Patisa (rpt) Niose Me News Oneiropagida (rpt) Laikes Paraskeves News Sports News Vradi Me Ton Petro Kostopoulo Klemmeni Zoi (rpt) Erotas Kleftis (rpt) News Deal (rpt)
MEGA 06.00 06.30 07.00 10.00
Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Retire (rpt) Nea Mera Proino Mou Lifestyle programme features entertainment, music and more. Hosted by real-life couple Giorgos Liagas & Fay Skorda.
12.45 14.00 15.00 16.00
Enimerosi Tora Deka Lepta Kirigma Eheis Meson Yia Sena
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News Master Chef
Local talk-show.
Greek reality competition show where amateur chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges.
19.20
Oi Vasiliades New daily family comedy based on the Argentinian sitcomtelenovela Los Roldan, replacing I Zoi tis allis.
20.20 21.15
News Klemmena Oneira
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Mousiko Kouti - Live
Greek drama series. Greek game show.
00.00 00.10 01.00 03.00 04.20
News Gimnoi Angeloi (rpt)
SIGMA 06.10 07.00 08.20 10.20 11.20 12.00 14.30
Vourata Geitonoi (rpt) Protoselido Eleni Mila Mou (rpt) Vasiliki (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Efta Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites (rpt)
PLUS TV 07.20 08.35 09.05 10.15 11.45
Cooking show, with helpful tips on eating well and nutrition.
Local drama series.
15.20 17.10 18.00 18.05 18.40 19.30
Magazino Siga Min To’ Xeres News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Anna Paola Efta Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites
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News Aspra Balonia FILM: Platoon
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Local drama series.
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Yia Sena (rpt) Enimerosi Tora (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)
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News Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) Mono Mia Fora (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) Ta Hrisopsara (rpt) Eleni (rpt)
Mila Discussions about various issues based on a woman’s life (men, relationships, sex, etc.). Hosted by Tatiana Stefanidou.
Oliver Stone’s drama, starring Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe and Tom Berenger. 1986. See Pick Of The Day.
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Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kid’s TV To Kleidi Fotis Maria Live Entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, health, fashion and lifestyle.
Local drama series.
20.20 21.20 22.20
Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of Mila (rpt) Nistikoi Praktores (rpt)
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Exelixeis Stin Showbiz FILM: He’s Just Not That Into You Interlocking stories of unrequited love, lust and infidelity. Romantic comedy, starring Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson, Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Connelly. 2009.
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CAPITAL 06.45 08.20 08.50 09.25 10.00 11.00 11.30 12.30 13.25 15.10 16.00 16.40 17.30 18.15
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: The Third Wheel While on a date with a co-worker, a young man hits a homeless man with his car. Romantic comedy, starring Ben Affleck 2002.
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FILM: Sex & Lies In Sin City A romance between a nightclub stripper and a dissolute casino mogul ends in tragedy when he dies of a drug overdose. Fact-based crime drama, starring Matthew Modine. 2008.
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FILM: Team Riders Action thriller, starring Stephen Dorff. 2002.
We Bought a Zoo (Novacinema1, 12.15)
01:10 The Weakest Link 01:55 EastEnders 02:25 Doctors 02:55 Keeping Up Appearances 03:25 Last Man Standing 04:15 Gavin & Stacey 04:45 The Stephen K Amos Show 05:15 Beautiful People 05:45 Keeping Up Appearances 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Little Robots 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Bobinogs 07:45 The Large Family 07:55 Balamory 08:15 Little Robots 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Bobinogs 09:00 The Large Family 09:10 Balamory 09:30 Keeping Up Appearances 10:00 Mastermind 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:40 Doctors 12:10 New Tricks 13:00 Last Man Standing 13:50 Gavin & Stacey 14:20 Mastermind 14:50 The Weakest Link 15:35 EastEnders 16:05 Doctors 16:35 New Tricks 17:25 Gavin & Stacey 17:55 Keeping Up Appearances 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:10 New Tricks 21:00 The Old Guys 21:30 The Stephen K Amos Show 22:00 Last Man Standing 22:50 Rock & Chips 00:20 Luther
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 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 23:00 Superhuman Showdown 00:00 Ultimate Cops 01:00 Banged Up Abroad 01:55 World’s Toughest Jobs 02:50 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 03:50 Superhuman Showdown 04:50 Ultimate Cops 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’
09:30 All Sports: Watts 09:45 Luge: World Cup Russia 10:15 Athletics: Pole Vault Masters Meeting, Ukraine 10:45 Athletics: Greene Light 11:00 Athletics: European Indoor Championships Sweden 14:15 Cross-Country Skiing: World Championship 16:00 Ski Jumping: World Championship 16:15 Biathlon: World Cup Norway 17:45 Athletics: European Indoor Championships Sweden 21:00 Snooker: Haikou World Open 23:30 Ski Jumping: World Championship 00:00 Equestrian: Hong Kong Masters 01:00 Athletics: Pole Vault Masters Meeting Ukraine 01:30 Biathlon: World Cup Norway
05:40 Desperate Housewives 06:25 Bones 07:10 Melissa & Joey 07:35 Scrubs 08:00 Grey’s Anatomy 08:50 Tough Love: Miami 09:40 Desperate Housewives 10:25 Bones 11:10 Melissa & Joey 11:35 Scrubs 12:00 Happy Endings 12:25 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 12:50 Glee 13:40 Grey’s Anatomy 14:30 Tough Love: Miami 15:20 Desperate Housewives 16:05 Bones 16:50 Melissa & Joey 17:15 Scrubs 17:40 Grey’s Anatomy 18:30 Tough Love: Miami 19:20 Desperate Housewives 20:10 Bones 21:00 Happy Endings 21:25 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 21:50 Glee 22:40 Melissa & Joey 23:05 Scrubs 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 Melissa & Joey 03:10 Scrubs 03:35 Surviving Suburbia 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 04:50 Tough Love: Miami
07:30 New York Stories 09:45 Arthur (2011) 11:40 Miracle 14:00 Arthur 3: The War Of The Two Worlds 15:45 Eye Of The Dolphin 17:30 In The Valley Of Elah 19:30 Hollywood Buzz 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Faces In The Crowd 23:00 Last Night 00:40 Hustler TV 02:45 Mystery, Alaska 04:45 Flypaper 06:30 LTV Sports
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07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 La Liga Show 2012-13 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 Barclays Premier League Preview 00:00 Barclays Premier League Review 01:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 03:00 Nba 2012-13 05:30 2010 World’s Strongest Man 06:00 La Liga Review 2012-13
07:15 Two And A Half Men 08:00 Friends 08:30 Closer, The 09:15 Five Days 2 10:20 Chuck 11:05 Borgias The 13:00 Harry’s Law 14:00 Two And A Half Men 14:25 Closer, The 15:10 Five Days 2 16:15 Big Bang Theory The 16:40 According To Jim
17:25 Mentalist The 18:10 Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 19:00 Harry’s Law 19:45 Gossip Girl 20:30 Friends 21:00 Fringe 22:30 C.S.I. Miami 23:15 Bones 00:05 Beautiful (2009) 01:45 Distinguished Gentleman, The 03:45 Big Bang Theory The 04:10 According To Jim 04:55 Mentalist The 05:40 Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 06:30 Harry’s Law
07:30 King Solomon’s Mines 09:15 Love In The Time Of Cholera 11:45 What Women Want 14:00 Evita 16:30 Practical Magic 18:30 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore 20:00 Red (2010) 22:00 Kardia 00:05 Daring! TV 03:50 Burlesque 06:00 Five Days One Summer
06:10 Chronicle 07:40 War Horse 10:10 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 12:15 We Bought A Zoo 14:25 Hollywood Buzz 15:00 Larry Crown 16:45 Mad On Novacinema 19:20
Lower Learning 21:00 NCIS 22:00 Happy Few 23:50 Drive 01:35 Operation: Endgame 04:45 Extreme Measures
Big Ten Women’s Basketball Wildcard TBA
07:15 Uranya 08:55 Cine News 09:40 Pal Joey 11:30 No Reservations 13:15 Cine News 15:30 To Tango Ton Christougennon 17:20 Action Zone 17:55 John Carter 20:10 Bounce 22:00 The Bourne Identity 00:05 The Debt 02:05 The Client 04:05 30 Minutes Or Less
06:00 Only Hits 08:00 MTV GreekLips 09:00 MTV Disaster Date 10:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 11:00 Pure Local 12:00 MTV VHI Pop up Video 13:00 MTV Made 14:00 MTV Big Time Rush 14:30 MTV Victorious 15:00 MTV Daria 16:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 17:00 McCafé Music Project 17:30 MTV Pimp My Ride 18:00 MTV GreekLips 19:00 Only Hits 20:00 MTV Mission Lydia 20:30 MTV Everyday Girls 21:00 MTV True Life 22:00 MTV Teen Mom 4 23:00 MTV The Pauly D project 0:00 MTV Jersey Shore 1:00 Only Hits
19:10 Scorpion King 3: Battle For Redemption 21:00 Seeking Justice 23:00 The Ward 00:35 Cine News 01:30 Bordel De Luxe 03:05 The Big Bang 04:45 Priest
19:10 The Smurfs 21:00 Love And Other Impossible Pursuits 22:50 White Material 00:40 The Portrait Of A Lady 03:05 Hud 04:55 Chalet Girl
16:00 European Tour Tshwane Open Rd. 2 18:00 Pre Game 18:45 Championship 2012-13: Aep Vs Apollon 20:45 Post Game 21:30 Snapshots Cyprus Football 21:54
07:00 The Cabin In The Cotton 08:30 Challenge To Lassie 09:45 Texas Carnival 11:00 The Glass Bottom Boat 12:50 The Barretts Of Wimpole Street 14:35 Ben-Hur 18:10 Green Mansions 20:05 Travels With My Aunt 22:00 Splendor In The Grass 23:45 The Glass Bottom Boat 01:30 Butterfield 8 03:20 The Barretts Of Wimpole Street 05:05 Texas Carnival
By Preston Wilder
Faces in the Crowd (LTV, 21.00) Milla Jovovich has a problem: she’s witnessed a serial killer slashing one of his victims (as you do) but then hit her head immediately afterwards, leaving her with a rare condition called prosopagnosia or ‘face blindness’. “Every time you look at someone’s face, it’s as if you’ve never seen them before,” explains a doctor. “Even someone close to you. Even your own reflection”. Even the killer who’s stalking our Milla, determined to get rid of any loose ends - except she doesn’t recognise his face (or any face), meaning he could be anybody. A premise reminiscent of Blink from the 90s, where the heroine had a delayed reaction to what she was seeing - and that one was
pretty scary but horror fans have been lukewarm on this straight-to-video offering. “I was so excited about this and I really, really wanted to love this movie, but I couldn’t,” says one Maynard Morrissey (who describes himself as “a weird but nice horror-geek from Austria”) on a site called ‘Horror Movie Diary’. Non-weird nonAustrians may feel differently. Made in 2011.
Platoon (Sigma, 22.20) A seminal 80s film, for a number of reasons: for being the first American movie to ‘tell it like it is’ with respect to the war in Vietnam (written and directed by a real-life Vietnam vet, Oliver Stone), for winning four Oscars including Best Picture, for showcasing
well-known stars at the dawn of their careers - hello, Johnny Depp! hello, Charlie Sheen! - above all for being a big hit while also being brutal and not pulling punches. Some of that gets lost in the cleaned-up ‘TV version’ which we sometimes get in Cyprus (hopefully Sigma are showing the unexpurgated cut, f-words and all) - but there’s still terrific power in the tale of raw recruit Sheen, plunged into the grisly hell of ’Nam and torn between two rival officers, savage Sgt. Barnes (Tom Berenger) who commits atrocities and saintly Sgt. Elias (Willem Dafoe) who tries to stay civilised even in the midst of chaos. Was it really like this? Did America win the Vietnam war? Is Charlie Sheen a nutter? Yes, no and yes, respectively. Made in 1986.
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CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Abracadabra; 9 Lined; 10 Alabama; 11 Cast off; 13 Avail; 14 Fan; 15 Apart; 16 Apt; 17 Rasta; 19 Toccata; 21 Showman; 23 Baize; 24 Cleanliness. Down – 2 Benison; 3 Audio; 4 Ada; 5 Adamant; 6 Reata; 7 Black Forest; 8 Ballot-paper; 12 Feast; 15 Anaemia; 16 Ananias; 18 Spoil; 20 Cabin; 22 Nil.
QUICK: Across – 1 Blackmailed; 9 Lived; 10 Colossi; 11 Cabaret; 13 India; 14 Rye; 15 Pupil; 16 Tup; 17 Cameo; 19 Paprika; 21 Torpedo; 23 Rhine; 24 Ceaselessly. Down – 2 Lovable; 3 Cedar; 4 Mac; 5 Illwill; 6 Eased; 7 Electricity; 8 Disappeared; 12 Top up; 15 Profess; 16 Trivial; 18 Merge; 20 Paris; 22 Owl.
ARIES March 21 - April 20
LEO July 23 - August 22
SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21
Whereas Neptune was the planet that dominated last month, now it is the turn of Uranus, which is located in your sign of course, but will be joined at various times by Mars, Venus and then the Sun. All this points towards a time of restlessness, switchbacks and surprises. Yet in the month’s first half, don’t let self doubts or anxieties hold you back.
If you have felt hemmed in the last year or so, it really wouldn’t be a surprise. The Uranus/Pluto square has seen you battling with a desire to break out, and one that resists letting people down. Now, if one situation really has reached a point of no return, you may decide to go for it. This can see you much more risk taking all through the month.
A good day to get cracking on any domestic issue. Okay, you may not personally be a fan of doing the chores, or then you may be, but getting on top of this basic area of life can actually give you a great deal of satisfaction. You may also find yourself talking to a family member and learning something different about the heritage of your clan.
TAURUS April 21 - May 21
VIRGO August 23 - September 23
CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20
Your ruler Venus remains bound to Neptune as the new month begins. This could lead to some genuinely magical exchanges in friendships, or someone may inspire you, and then turn out to crush your hopes as you realise, that they were all talk. This reminds me of Rudyard Kipling’s concepts of the twin imposters of triumph or disaster. Try to keep an even keel.
Your ruler Mercury starts this month as it ended the last one, in retreat. This can see you retracing your steps with certain people. So, if there have been any crossed wires, this gives you the chance to try and sort things out. Yet someone has to make the first move, and that may need to be you. The Sun and Saturn are in fine positions, if you choose your words well.
If you set something up today concerning your future, there is a good chance that it will hang about for some time to come. You are the sticker of the zodiac, for when you really believe in a cause, role or job, you will really commit yourself to it long term. Your patience and application are often superb, and around now they can be awesome.
GEMINI May 22 - June 21
LIBRA September 24 - October 23
AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19
You might find your gaze drawn to someone rather fascinating at some point today. You may see them as you go about your daily business, at work, travelling or even at the gym. Something about this individual may seem so captivating that it can be hard to concentrate on what’s what. Yet do try to shake yourself, something needs your total concentration.
If you really put the effort in, something which needs reorganising or your total focus, can greatly benefit. The more practical this might be, the better. A complete domestic sort out, paring down debts or embracing a strict diet, can gain from this. All this can help you to feel more decisive and more in control of your everyday structures.
Your co-ruler Saturn doesn’t have the best of reputations, but it is the glue which holds much of the good things we do together. Today, it is forging a very solid angle to the Sun in Pisces. The chances are that any changes you make to refinancing loans, paying off old debts or getting more disciplined about your outgoings, can make you feel more secure.
CANCER June 22 - July 22
SCORPIO October 24 - November 22
PISCES February 20 - March 20
Your career is set to come into focus this month Cancer, and you may have some big decisions to make. Yet with Mercury twisting backwards for the first two weeks, it might be difficult to get the hard and fast information you need to make firm decisions. What is true, is that some surprises are in store, but you may be the person springing them.
Saturn may well cause you some issues in the next two years, as it moves through your sign, but today it provides a really super angle to the Sun, which suggests that anything that is well thought through, that you start now, has a good chance of success. However, with Mercury still rewinding, don’t leave any little details to chance. Be meticulous.
You can find a great balance between planning and executing your ideas today. Sometimes when we have bright ideas, we drive forwards without properly researching the options. This is unlikely to be so today, when you can balance your energies exceptionally well. Anything to do with higher education or improving fitness, are also well placed.
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PROPERTY TO LET NICOSIA TO LET 1 bedroom upper floor house, large veranda near restaurant Periyiali in Acropolis 5 Aeantos Street €370 call 99680208 NEW LUXURIOUS spacious (130m²), 2 bedrs flat, 2 balconies, 2 WC, indep. CH, solar system, A/C, granite floors, shutters, Italian kitchen and appliances, storeroom, covered parking in small quiet building (4 flats) in Ay. Dhometios 1.5km form Alfa-Mega Engomi. €590 p.m. Same building very large ONE bedr flat (75m²) with similar amenities €480 p.m. TEL:99 544141 FLATS/HOUSES FOR RENT Ag. Andreas studio €290, Kennedy €300, 1bdrm Str/ los €400, Makarios av. €500, 2 bdrm European University furnished top floor €600 Ag. Dometios ground floor + garden €450, Lycavitos furnished €530, Ag. Paylos rear house newly built €450, 3bdrm M/ssa ground floor €700, Archangelos detached with pool €1,200, 4bdrm Kosta Theodorou new house €1,100, Ag. Andreas g/f €900, Ag. Omologites colonial traditional house pool €2,500. 21 property Finder Ltd. 99474839, 99646822, A.M.627 A.A.108/E APARTMENT FOR RENT by owner: 3 bedroom, 2 and ½ bathroom super luxury apartment 196 sqm all electrical appliances, 2 large covered parking places in a beautiful residential area at the most convenient location in Nicosia, in Dasouplois area behind Aretaieio Private Hospital. Call 99629213 TO LET fully furnished upper house in Ayios Dometios. 3 bedrooms, 2 wc 2 sitting rooms, 2 verandas, a/c in rooms. €480pm. Call 99628100 ***************************** LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 4 bedr luxury detached house built in 3/4 of a plot, office space, central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining area, separate big kitchen with family room and all the electrical appliances, blinds and curtains on all windows, aluminium shutters, big garden with grass, 3 wc, covered parking, in a quiet area – Strovolos €1000 (H4ST10051-R), (photos in the website) 2. 3 bedr luxury terraced house, 210sq.m,central heating, full a/c, marble floor in the sitting areas and solid parquet floor
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with fireplace, big kitchen with cooker and oven, dishwasher and refrigerator, nice mature garden with flowers, trees and small garden with grass, covered parking, 3wc, 2 bathrooms in a quiet neighbourhood. Available middle of January. Agios Andreas €1200 - H3AAD0001-R (photos on website). 5. 3 bedr luxury detached house, 200sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 3wc, blinds and curtains, open plan kitchen with cooker, oven and dishwasher, veranda with bbq, good size garden, covered parking, storage room, alarm system, in a quiet area – Archangellos €1100 (photos in the website). 6. 3 bedr + attic room with shower and wc luxury detached house with central heating, a/c, fireplace, modern kitchen open plan with expensive electrical appliances, blinds, garden with grass, over flow swimming pool, covered parking in a
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2. 1 bedr spacious fully luxury renovated apartment,60sq.m, big sitting and dining room, big bedroom, fully newly modern furnished with LCD TV 32’, covered veranda, covered parking, storage heaters, full a/c, near Cyta, Laiki and Hellenic Bank headquarters – Dasoupolis €550 (photos in the website). 3. 2 bedr penthouse apartment, 100sq.m + 80sq.m veranda with flowers and bbq, big sitting and dining room with big 60” TV, storage heaters, full a/v, 2 wc, en suite bathroom/ jacuzzi, roman blinds, cooker, oven, microwave, washing machine and refrigerator in the kitchen, covered parking, near Metro supermarket – Aglantzia €600 (photos in the website). 4. 2 bedr luxury ground floor apartment with central heating-independent, full a/c, structure cabling internet and satellite network, FULLY MODERN EXPENSIVE FURNISHED, with 46”LCD TV, covered parking, double glazed windows, aluminium shutters, on Pericleous street near Klimataria traffic lights – Strovolos €650 (A2ST10054-R) (photos in the website) 5. 4 bedr new spacious luxury finished floor apartment with floor heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds on all windows, very big 50sq.m covered veranda, fireplace, covered parking and big over
floor heated covered swimming pool on the ground floor, on a small 3 storey building in a quiet neighbourhood near a playground and near Ippokration private hospital – Engomi €1500 (A4ENG0003-R) (photos in the website) 6. 2 bedr new luxury apartment, modern nicely furnished, storage heaters, 2 a/c, 100sq.m, big covered verandah with nice view, covered parking off Digenis Akritas street near Debenhams shop, walking distance to the centre. PRICE INCLUDES COMMON EXPENSES. – Lykavitos €450 (A1LYK0020-R) (photos in the website) 7. 1 bedr cozy luxury apartment,60sq.m,parquet floor, nicely furnished ,all fitted electrical appliances (cooker, oven, microwave, washing machine, dishwasher, fridge), roman blinds, provisions for home cinema, big covered verandah, storage heaters, 2 a/c ,covered parking in Dasoupolis near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital. – Dasoupoli €500 (A1DAS0009-R) (photos in the website) 8. 2 bedr spacious renovated apartment 100sq.m with separate big kitchen, air condition for hot and cold in all the rooms, covered veranda, nicely newly fully furnished , off Kyriakou Matsi street very close to the centre on foot– Agioi Omologites €550 (A2AOM0003-R) (photos in the website)
9. New top quality 2 bedr apartment, 93sq.m+20sq.m veranda, on a small modern building with 6 flats only. Central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 2wc, fully fitted kitchen with all the electrical appliances, water pressure system roller blinds and shutters on windows, big sitting and dining room, big bedrooms, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet neighbourhood near Akropolis park. AVAILABLE middle of February – Acropolis €800 A2ACS0002-R (photos in the website) . 10. 2 bedr luxury spacious apartment, 85sq.m, big sitting room, big fully equipped kitchen, nicely modern furnished, storage heaters, full a/c, big bedrooms, covered veranda with nice view, covered parking, off Prodromou street. – Engomi €600 (A2ENG0017-R)(photos in the website) 11. 2 bedr luxury spacious apartment on a small modern building with central heating independent (with petrol), full a/c, solid parquet floor, big bedrooms, big sitting room with open plan kitchen, big covered veranda, FULLY MODERN FURNISHED, covered parking off Makarios Avenue in a quiet area near the centre - Nicosia €800 (A2NIC0030-R) (photos in the website) 12. 2 bedr new modern luxury finished apartment with parquet floor, central heating
independent, 2 a/c, modern kitchen with all fitted expensive electrical appliances, blinds on the windows, big covered veranda, FULLY NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking in a quiet neighbourhood off Kallipoleos Street - Lykavitos €650 (A2LYK0024-R) (photos on the website) 13. 3 bedr luxury penthouse apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, big sitting and dining room with fireplace, separate kitchen, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, big covered and uncovered veranda, covered parking, in Strovolos near the Municipal building - €650 (A4ENG0003-R) (photos on the website) 14. 3 bedr spacious luxury finished apartment 150sq. m+30sq.m covered veranda, central heating independent with petrol, full wall a/c units, solid parquet floor, expensive electrical appliances in the kitchen, 3wc, curtains and blinds on windows, 3 COVERED PARKING, storage room, near Pizza Hut in Strovolos €1100 (photos in the website). 15. 3 bedrs luxury penthouse,165sq.m+80sq.m verandah with bbq, central heating ind, full AC, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, solid parquet floor all the flat, big kitchen with dining area, fully MODERN FURNISHED, covered parking off Athalassa Avenue near Stephanis Electrinics
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LIMASSOL NEAR ELIAS BEACH HOTEL, like new, 2 bed f/f bright apart. 5 mins to beach, solarH/W, A/C, TV, W/M, M/Wave etc. No common expenses. Both inland and sea views. Small quiet building. Just painted. Cozy. Long let. Tel 99474573. FOR RENT 1,2,3,4,5 bedroom houses, flats and villas furnished or unfurnished and in some cases with swimming pool in all areas of Limassol town, Erimi, Episkopi, Kolossi, Ypsonas, Souni, Kivides, Agios Tihonas, Pyrkos, Pareklisia, Trahoni, Zakaki and Yermasoyia Tel: 99675752
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Bathrooms, Large living/ Dinning area, Kitchen, Large Verandas. Central Heating & A/C, Large beautiful Garden, Panoramic Sea & Mountain views. Suitable for Retired People, Long Lease, Unfurnished, Tel. 99490953, 26815534 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 KILI – PAPHOS, 3 bedroom villa, with swimming pool and garden, unfurnished, gas central heating, large verandas, lovely mountain views, very quiet and tranquil area, €475 per month o.n.o. Call : 99479006 KISSONERGA, ST KONONAS AREA, 3 bedroom apartment, with elevator, private car park, a/c, stove, humidifier, private roof garden with barbeque, beautiful sea and mountain views, unfurnished, €380 o.no, please call: 99553741 ***************************** LOW COST, long term 3 bedroom bungalow, Polis area, Gialia village, on 3 acres of
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Sport Youngs: England ready for Italy Lancaster’s men look to keep Grand Slam alive By Simon Peach BEN Youngs promises England will not take victory against Italy for granted as they look to keep their Grand Slam dreams alive. Having impressively overcome Scotland, Ireland and France, Stuart Lancaster’s side are on course for a 13th Grand Slam crown. The trip to Wales on the final day looks set to be the main stumbling block, with England expected to roll over Italy when they come to Twickenham on March 10. One bookmaker has the Italians as far out as 43/1 to win, although last year’s Six Nations clash highlighted the problems the Azzurri can cause. Leicester scrum-half Youngs started that game in Rome, where England had to come from nine points behind before securing a 19-15 victory. “There is France and their other biggest game is England,” he said of the Italians. “They would like nothing better than to come and ruin the party at Twickenham. I know what they will be saying in their camp. “It is another challenge and everything seems to be new this season in terms of
England scrum-half Ben Youngs (kicking ball) has promised that his side will not take victory for granted us lot learning. Now the expectation is on us and it has not been since this group got together. “I definitely think we have got the right people around us and the right squad to be able to deal with that expectation and make sure we approach it like any other game. “Everyone is realising
this is where we want to be heading in terms of standards. “The World Cup in 2015 is the goal and this is where we need to go and where we need to be, and either you work hard and we are all in it together or you get left behind.” One of the most noticeable improvements has been
England’s ability to push on in the final quarter. Asked if he thinks England are the fittest squad in the championship, Youngs said: “Yeah, I do. “You can feel the momentum of a game. That is why we look to play a high-tempo game, we feel a lot of teams will blow out and we can push on in the last 15 to
20 minutes. “Psychologically, when you see a team fatigued, hunched over, it is a huge emotional boost, knowing how you are also feeling. “As a squad we have said no matter how tired you are, you don’t show it. It does have a knock-on effect within your side and also for the opposition.”
Hot Curry throws up season-high 54 in loss to Knicks By Ben Everill
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry’s heroics were still not enough to beat New York
GOLDEN State guard Stephen Curry scored a NBA season-high 54 points but only earned praise and not a win as the New York Knicks prevailed 109-105 against the Warriors at Madison Square Garden. Curry’s career-best mark saw him land 18 of 28 shots from the field, 11 of 13 from the three-point arc and all seven free throw attempts. “I felt good all night,” Curry told reporters. “I obviously played the whole game so I was trying to keep my legs underneath me on the offensive end and stick to the game plan on the defensive end. “Once I started to see that three ball going down in transition and all sorts of spots over the floor, I knew it was going to be a good night.” Curry also added six rebounds and seven assists on a hot night but the Warriors dropped to 33-25 as Carme-
lo Anthony notched up 35 points to move the Knicks to 34-20. “Beautiful to watch,” Knicks coach Mike Woodson said of Curry’s night. “We closed out. We made the defensive stops that we had to make coming down the stretch ... but boy, you got to tip your hat, Curry’s pretty good tonight.” The Warriors were without the suspended David Lee leaving Carl Landry as the next best scorer with just 15 points. Elsewhere, Kevin Durant landed a triple double as the Oklahoma City Thunder recorded a 119-74 blowout victory over the outclassed New Orleans Hornets. The Thunder improved to 42-15 with the win, keeping their hold on the second best record in the Western Conference as they try to chase down the leading San Antonio Spurs, who lost 105-101 in overtime to Phoenix to drop to 45-14. Russell Westbrook was
the main destroyer for the Thunder with 29 points while Durant contributed 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. “I’m happy with the way we competed,” Thunder coach Scott Brooks told reporters. “I thought our defensive effort was outstanding for 48 minutes, we passed the ball very well and our overall effort was good. We utilised Russell and KD in different areas of the floor.” Serge Ibaka also added 18 points for the home side while Ryan Anderson top scored for the Hornets with 14 points as New Orleans dropped to 20-39. The Hornets’ cause not helped by the absence of Anthony Davis and Eric Gordon, not that coach Monty Williams was looking for excuses. “You lose a game like that and you certainly don’t feel good about it and yet it’s part of our growth,” Williams said.
IN BRIEF Djokovic sets up Del Potro clash NOVAK Djokovic extended his winning streak to 16 matches after routing Andreas Seppi 6-0 6-3 yesterday to set up a semi-final duel with former US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro at the Dubai Championships. The Serb will go into today’s encounter with a 7-2 winning record against Del Potro and has been victorious in their last three matches, but the Argentine did beat Djokovic to claim an Olympic bronze in London last year. “Del Potro is a fantastic player, he’s very powerful and has a great serve,” Djokovic said in a courtside interview. Earlier, Del Potro’s thunderous serving helped him overwhelm German qualifier Daniel Brands 6-4 6-2. “If I am ready and I’m very solid with my forehands and serve it’s going to be a very big chance for me against Djokovic,” Del Potro said. Third seed Tomas Berdych meanwhile continued his imperious form, swatting aside wildcard Dmitry Tursunov 6-3 6-2. The Czech, ranked sixth in the world, has yet to drop a set in Dubai and will play Roger Federer in the semis after the Swiss thrashed Nikolay Davydenko 6-2 6-2 in the last match of the day.
Bolt to run 200 in Paris SIX-TIME Olympic champion Usain Bolt will race over 200 metres at the Paris Golden League meeting on July 6 as part of his buildup for the Moscow world athletics championships in the following month. The Jamaican worldrecord holder will compete against France’s European 100 metres champion Christophe Lemaitre in the final race of the evening. Lemaitre finished third in the 2011 Daegu world championships 200 metres which was won by Bolt. Bolt, 26, who became the only man to win the 100-200 metres double at successive Olympics during last year’s London Games, will compete in a 150 metres race on Brazil’s Copacabana beach on March 31. His only other confirmed race this year is over 200 metres at Oslo’s Bislett Games on June 13.
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Sport Broad encouraged despite testing return
Still adjusting, McIlroy resumes battle with Woods
By David Clough
World No.1 plays down concerns over clubs By Simon Evans WORLD number one Rory McIlroy will be keen to dispel any doubts about the impact of his equipment change in this week’s Honda Classic where he comes up against a field featuring Tiger Woods. McIlroy is the defending champion at the PGA National course after a victory last year that sent him to the top of the world rankings for the first time. Since that win, where the Northern Irishman held off a late charge from Tiger Woods, McIlroy has claimed three more victories, including the PGA Championship. But last month, the 23year-old switched his club brand from Titleist to Nike in a lucrative deal reported to be worth as much as $250 million over 10 years. Former world number one Nick Faldo called the change in club manufacturers “dangerous” and the concerns have hardly been eased given the two-time major winner’s slow start to the year. McIlroy has played just three professional rounds in three months, missing the cut in the Abu Dhabi Championship last month and suffering a first-round exit in the WGC-Accenture World Match Play Championship last week in Arizona. While there is plenty of speculation about how tricky he might be finding the ad-
justment to new clubs, McIlroy certainly is not feeling the pressure yet. “It’s fine, I knew coming into it was going to be a bit of a process and I knew there was going to be comments if it didn’t happen for me right way,” he told reporters. “I’m only two tournaments into the season. I’ve still got 20 to go. So it’s not like I’m in any rush; it’s not like I’m pushing for answers or I’m looking for answers. Everything’s there. It’s just a matter of putting it all together.” McIlroy is not, of course, the first top player to have to adjust to the feel of new clubs after a commercial move, as Woods himself noted. “I went through equipment changes over the years, but as I said, it’s over the years,” said Woods. “There have been a lot of players who have done wholesale changes with sponsorships. I think Ernie (Els) has played for every company there is out there. There are a few guys who have done that and they have had a lot of success, and there are a lot of stories where they have not done well and been off the tour soon. “Rory, understandably, he’s going through the process. We talked about it a little bit. It is a process. The good news is about today’s equipment, we have so many different ways of testing it and tracking it and getting numbers, which back in the days
... that wasn’t the case.” Woods will be looking to recover from his own first round exit in Arizona to Charles Howell III, although he is not too worried about a loss in the matchplay format. “Generally if you’re missing a cut, you’re probably not playing that well. I actually played well, and only played one day,” said Woods. “He made a couple more birdies, and that’s just the nature of the business in that format.” McIlroy says he is still in “an adjustment period” but said he is more concerned with his swing than the feel of new clubs. “I would like to get back to where I was say the middle of last year,” said McIlroy. “Because if you put my swing now up the way I was swinging it last year, it’s chalk and cheese. So that’s the real thing that I’m working on.” The Honda Classic has grown in stature in recent years, largely thanks to the participation of McIlroy and Woods as part of a strong field. World number five Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa and his compatriot, British Open champion Ernie Els, are among the contenders along with English pair Justin Rose and Lee Westwood. Young Americans Keegan Bradley and Rickie Fowler and Australian Geoff Ogilvy will also be looking to make their mark.
The young Northern Irishman says he is not worried about his relatively poor form since switching to Nike
McLaren expecting tight battle By Alan Baldwin
McLaren are hoping Jenson Button will step up to the plate following Lewis Hamilton’s departure to Mercedes
MCLAREN went into Formula One’s final pre-season test in Barcelona yesterday with plenty of new parts to try out and untroubled by anything they have seen so far from their championship rivals. Team managing director Jonathan Neale said the first two tests in Jerez and Barcelona this month had thrown up no unpleasant surprises. “Our car appears normal, we’ve had no major issues. The drivers report that the handling is good. Sergio (Perez) is getting to learn to drive a McLaren, which has slightly different characteristics to what he’s been used to. “I don’t think we’ve seen anybody yet do a lap time that we felt we couldn’t have done if we’d changed the fuel load,” added Neale, whose team won seven races last year but finished third overall. Eight different drivers have been quickest on each of the eight days of testing so far with four teams - Ferrari, Lotus, McLaren and Mercedes - top of the timesheets. The surprise has been that champions Red Bull have yet to be fastest but times mean little in testing where teams are using different settings and running on different fuel loads according to their plans.
“To be honest. I think most of us are out there just trying to make sure that the car that we’ve got is rational, behaves like the simulation and to give a chance for the drivers to get a feel for it,” said Neale. “But the track temperatures have been so cold and the tyres have grained up really quickly so you’ve probably got one or two laps where the tyres are in the sweet spot and then you are graining and after that it’s very difficult.” Neale said there was a lot of speculation about where the teams were relative to each other in performance terms. “I think most teams will be taking the preMelbourne spec to this next test, we’ve got quite a large package of bits and pieces going,” he said. “But, a bit like the beginning of last season, nobody stands out as being head and shoulders above everybody else at the moment and nobody appears to be hanging off the back either.” The season starts in Australia on March 17, with McLaren the only team in the top four to have a changed line-up now that Mexican Perez has joined Jenson Button as replacement for 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton, now at Mercedes. Last season was marked by seven different winners in the opening seven races before teams got to grips with the new Pirelli tyres.
STUART Broad had to work very hard for meagre rewards yesterday, but was nonetheless encouraged that he is on track for a Test return next week. Broad took just one wicket - his first of the winter in first-class cricket, after his troubles in India - as a New Zealand XI replied to England’s 426 all out with 224 for six. On the other hand, he got through 15 overs without significant discomfort from the chronic heel injury which compromised his performances before Christmas. Broad has played only limited-overs cricket, before this four-day warm-up match at the Queenstown Events Centre ground, since being dropped for the third Test in Kolkata and then having to fly home early while his team-mates were completing a historic series victory in Nagpur in December. Hamish Rutherford (90) underlined his credentials as a Test opener - he is in line for a debut in Dunedin - with the major contribution for the hosts on day two of four, after Ian Bell (158) added to his overnight century. Broad then bowled four spells as he and his fellow seamers laboured long and hard before two late wickets in six balls gave England a spring in their step. “The heel injury is still around. It’s going to be around for quite a while,” said Broad. “I do need to manage that. It still gets a bit tender towards the back-end of spells but that’s to be expected. “I didn’t feel it too much today, and I hope it will pull up pretty well tomorrow.” He was heartened to have proved to himself and others that he can carry the workload England will need from him if, as expected, he is named as their third seamer next week. “I’ll sleep well,” he said. “It always takes a bit of getting used to but I got through the spells pretty well; it’s an encouraging sign. “The build-up throughout this tour has been really good for me, starting with Twenty20 cricket, going into the one-day format - and now we have pretty much four back-to-back games. “So the workload is going to be tough. But you just need to manage that well, and I feel like I’m doing that at the moment. “That’s why you play these games. You want time in the field; you want to be able to bowl back-to-back spells, but also you want to win the games.” England drew a blank with the new ball before lunch, but Broad’s eventual figures of one for 35 read well in comparison with those of his fellow frontline seamers Graham Onions and Chris Woakes.
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Sport
Bayern are back on top after snapping Dortmund curse
Atletico set up King’s Cup final with Real
Cup win sees the Bavarians restore the old order
By Mark Elkington
By Karolos Grohmann FOR more than two years Bayern Munich had their long-standing dominance in Germany questioned as Borussia Dortmund ruled the roost, but the 1-0 German Cup win over their rivals on Wednesday restored the old order. The Bavarians advanced to the German Cup last four after eliminating holders Dortmund, who had also won back-to-back league titles in 2011 and 2012, with a sparkling performance. They are now odds-on favourites to claim the domestic cup as well as a first Bundesliga title since 2010 having carved out a 17-point lead over second-placed Dortmund. Bayern are also enjoying a sensational season in Europe and are all but through to the Champions League quarter-finals after their 3-1 first leg win at Arsenal earlier this month. “My team deserves a great compliment because it showed that it is not only capable of playing beautiful
The wait is over: Bayern Munich had lost five in a row to Borussia Dortmund before Wednesday’s win football at the moment but that it can also fight,” coach Jupp Heynckes said. Bayern’s performance so far this season may have pointed towards a win on Wednesday but they have endured a dismal record against their opponents, failing to beat Dortmund in any of their last six encounter and losing five in a row. With the ‘Dortmund curse’ finally snapped, Bayern
bosses breathed a sigh of relief. “The issue about supremacy in Germany has now been cleared. I had asked myself how I will survive this game,”Bayern president Uli Hoeness confessed. “But it worked out fine because the team played very well. We have now taken a big step to be back at the very top in Germany.” Hoeness admitted the
competition with Dortmund in recent seasons had also helped Bayern improve. “I have no problem with Dortmund and they are doing superb work,” he told reporters. “Borussia lifted us to a new level and we saw the results on Wednesday when we played perfect football at times.” Bayern this season have bounced back remarkably well after a bitter Champi-
ons League final defeat last year in Munich and losing out to Dortmund in the German title race. “We want to win titles,” said Arjen Robben, who scored the winner and is eager to re-establish himself as an automatic starter after playing mostly as a substitute of late. “We are strong and stable and the organisation within the team is perfect.”
Ibrahimovic double helps PSG beat Marseille again
Can I play you every week? Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored five goals in three matches against Marseille this season
ZLATAN Ibrahimovic scored two more goals against Marseille to help Paris St Germain qualify for the French Cup last eight with a 2-0 home victory on Wednesday. The Swede, who had sealed PSG’s 2-0 home league victory in added time on Sunday, opened the scoring in the 30th minute and made it two from the penalty spot in the 63rd. Ibrahimovic has scored five goals in three matches played against Marseille this season, having already found the net twice in the league game at the southern side. PSG eased through with David Beckham putting in a solid 86-minute performance in his first start in a deep midfield position and receiving his first booking after a late clash with substitute Jordan Ayew. The former England captain completed the most passes in the first half, including a couple of clinical crosses, three days after his 15-minute debut at the Parc des Princes. “He made a very good performance. He made good passes as usual, he was well
positioned on the pitch alongside Blaise Matuidi. He was very solid,” PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti said. PSG will visit Evian Thonon Gaillard in the quarter-finals which will involve seven Ligue 1 clubs after Lorient, Girondins Bordeaux and Nancy all qualified on Wednesday. In Paris, the game was nothing like Sunday’s Ligue 1 match in which Marseille dominated possession and had the best chances. “We played much better than we did on Sunday. It was a different game. Marseille were more defensive thus it was easier for us to have the ball. We were stronger, more aggressive and we controlled the game,” Ancelotti said. Marseille coach Elie Baup, who expressed bitter regrets after his team had delivered a strong showing on Sunday, this time thought PSG was better. “It’s two losses on the same score... It’s the price to pay here,” he said. “Football is all about the result, so we have to congratulate PSG for their perform-
ances in these two games.” With Beckham doing a good job in building and directing the play, PSG continued piling the pressure on Steve Mandanda’s goal and Ibrahimovic saw his powerful attempt parried away by the goalkeeper only a minute before breaking the deadlock. The Swede ran onto a superb Clement Chantome pass and resisted Lucas Mendes’ challenge to slip the ball between Mandanda’s legs. Marseille did not manage to threaten goalkeeper Nicolas Douchez until a 51st-minute Andre-Pierre Gignac longrange effort was saved. PSG immediately reacted and pushed hard for a second goal. Gignac blocked a Mamadou Sakho header following a Beckham corner in the 62nd, two minutes before Jeremy Morel fouled Ibrahimovic in the box. The Swede converted the penalty to secure PSG’s third victory of the season over Marseille after Sunday’s league win and their League Cup last-16 triumph in October.
ATLETICO Madrid set up a King’s Cup final with city rivals Real after Diego Costa and Radamel Falcao scored in a 2-2 second leg draw at Sevilla on Wednesday, to progress 4-3 on aggregate. Costa, who had scored both Atletico goals from the penalty spot in the first leg, put the visitors in charge after carving an opening for himself in the sixth minute and firing low into the far corner. His seventh goal in the Cup made him the competition’s leading scorer this season, one ahead of Real’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Sevilla striker Alvaro Negredo. The Brazilian striker then broke away down the left and crossed low for Colombia’s Falcao, who darted in front of his marker to score in the 29th. Roared on by a noisy home crowd, Sevilla’s most dangerous player Jesus Navas breathed life back in to the tie with a curling shot that went in off the far post just before the break. Sevilla, who beat Atletico 2-0 in the 2010 Cup final, pressed hard in the second half but did not find a way past Thibaut Courtois again until Ivan Rakitic scored in time added on. By then, Sevilla had lost their cool with Gary Medel being sent off 14 minutes from time, and Geoffrey Kondogbia was red-carded at the end, both for fouls on Costa. Nine-time Cup winners Atletico will meet their neighbours Real in the May 18 final after Jose Mourinho’s men swept past holders Barcelona on Tuesday to secure a 4-2 aggregate victory. “To reach a final is very important for Atletico,” Falcao told Spanish television. “We went in search of a result from the beginning. We knew they would come at us and leave spaces. We made the most of it and took our chances. On the incidents with Costa, Falcao added: “The end of the game was ugly. These things happen in games with a lot to play for, but we leave it out there on the pitch.” Costa, 24, has muscled his way into Atletico’s starting team this year with some outstanding performances in recent weeks. He was a constant thorn in the side for Sevilla with his driving runs, his power in the air, and his ability to get under the skin of his opponents. The fiery Medel saw red after picking up two yellow cards in the same incident, the second for appearing to kick Costa while he was on the ground. Kondogbia received a straight red after he committed a foul on the Brazilian and then stamped on him between his legs. “We know Costa is provocative but we fell for it,” Negredo told Spanish television.
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APOEL keep title race alive as Anorthosis hammer Ayia Napa By Nemanja Bjedov
Touch of a master: pictures have surfaced online, which depict the former striker in a pose as he controlled the ball in mid-air against Newcastle in 2003
Arsenal honour Bergkamp Dutch superstar set to have statue outside the Emirates By Jim van Wijk ARSENAL will honour former striker Dennis Bergkamp with a statue outside their Emirates Stadium home, the club have confirmed. Bronze statues of former manager Herbert Chapman, double-winning captain Tony Adams and record goalscorer Thierry Henry are already in place around the ground at Ashburton Grove, where Arsenal moved from Highbury in 2006. Images of a cast for Bergkamp were leaked online, and the club later issued a statement on their website confirming the plans. Holland international Bergkamp scored 120 goals for the Gunners, before retiring in 2006, helping spearhead Arsene Wenger’s team to unprecedented domestic success as part of the Invincibles’ unbeaten Premier League season of 2003-04.
Bergkamp said: “First of all, I am honoured that this is going to happen. It makes me very proud. Everyone knows that I love Arsenal and that I had a fantastic time at the club. “For me and my family it was an important period in our lives. Next to that the people were great, the team was amazing and we had a lot of success over the years. “I will do everything I can to be there when it will be unveiled. It will definitely be a special moment for me which I don’t want to miss.” Arsenal are to confirm at a later date the timing of the statue’s placement. Chief executive Ivan Gazidis said: “It will be a fitting tribute to Dennis’ huge contribution to the club that a statue will be on display outside Emirates Stadium in the near future. “Dennis’ quality and style of play will never be forgotten. He is a true legend of Arsenal and it’s great to think that
so many Arsenal supporters and visitors to Emirates Stadium will be able to enjoy this tribute to such a great player for years to come.” Gazidis suggested the announcement had been brought forward in light of pictures surfacing online, which depicted the striker in a pose as he controlled the ball in mid-air against Newcastle in 2003. He added: “Dennis and everybody at Arsenal are slightly disappointed that some images have been leaked of the statue in its development, but this will not detract from the excitement we have for the statue’s unveiling in the coming months.” Manager Arsene Wenger meanwhile feels Spain international Nacho Monreal will soon develop into as potent an attacking threat down the flank as he is reliable at the back. The 27-year-old arrived at the Emirates on January transfer deadline day in an
£8.5 million deal from Malaga, which so far looks a more than sound investment. The defender, standing in for injured England left-back Kieran Gibbs, produced solid displays in his first taste of Barclays Premier League action against Stoke and at Sunderland, before showing glimpses of his forward ability when his run and cross set up a late winner for Santi Cazorla against Aston Villa. Wenger is confident with time, Monreal will provide another outlet to the Gunners’ many attacking options. “The first thing you want from your defenders is to defend well, so we cannot reproach him for that. You will see the other aspects of his game more when his confidence has settled,” Wenger said in the March edition of the official Arsenal magazine. “He is good in the air for a guy of his size, has a quick leap and has looked good.”
Rangers keep titles but fined by commission By Alison Wildey
Happier days: Rangers have suffered a fall from grace
FORMER Scottish champions Rangers will not be stripped of any of their titles after being investigated for undisclosed payments from 2000 to 2011, the Scottish Premier League (SPL) said yesterday. However, the company (Oldco) that formerly ran the Glasgow club and went into liquidation last year has been fined 250 thousand pounds. The investigation by an independent commission looked into an offshore employee benefits trust (EBT) operated by Rangers that was used to make payments to players and staff in the form of tax-free loans. “Those side-letter arrangements were required to be disclosed under the Rules of the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football Association as forming part of the players’ financial entitlement and as
agreements providing for payments to be received by the players,” the commission’s ruling said. “Oldco through its senior management decided that such side-letter arrangements should not be disclosed to the football authorities.” The commission, however, found that Rangers did not gain an unfair competitive advantage from the arrangement. “Nor did the non-disclosure have the effect that any of the registered players were ineligible to play, and for this and other reasons no sporting sanction or penalty should be imposed upon Rangers FC,” it said. Rangers, who won the SPL title five times while the EBT was running, have had to relaunch from the fourth tier of the Scottish game after collapsing with huge debts. They are 20 points clear at the top of the Third Division.
APOEL kept the title race in Cyprus very much alive by beating Ethnikos Achnas 1-0, while leaders Anorthosis hammered Ayia Napa 5-1 to preserve their three-point lead at the top of the standings with four more rounds of matches remaining before the playoffs. “We played one of the best first halves this season, but we could not score goals despite creating quality opportunities. In the second half we continued to play in the same way and once we scored, that opened the floodgates,” said Anorthosis coach Ronny Levy. “I am very pleased with the speed of our play.” After a goalless first half at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca, Anorthosis netted five second half goals, including two penalties and one deep into injury time, to secure the victory. “Our goal is to win every match, but we also want to play good football. We can change our formation as we need to, but it is not the system that brings victories. It is all down to players and how they perform on the pitch,” Levy added. January addition, Israeli striker Dudu Biton, scored his third goal in as many matches to give APOEL an
important 1-0 victory over Ethnikos Achnas at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia. “It was a difficult match. In the first half Ethnikos did not allow us too much space and our performance was mediocre at best. After the interval we went with two strikers and this helped us score quickly. Although we had some really good chances to increase our lead, we failed to do so and they had a great chance late on to draw level. I am satisfied only with the result since we can definitely play better than we did,” APOEL coach Ivan Jovanovic said. Elsewhere, on Tuesday afternoon, Apollon topped AEP away from home 1-0, while Omonia beat Alki 4-2 in Larnaca. After AEL could only manage a 2-2 draw against AEK on Wednesday at the Tsirion Stadium in Limassol, Toni Savevski’s men overtook the defending champions and now find themselves in the fourth and final championship playoffs spot, with 41 points. AEL also have 41 points in fifth, but have an inferior head-tohead record against the Nicosia giants. AEK remained in third place with 48 points. Enosis Neon Paralimni and Nea Salamina played out a goalless stalemate, while Doxa Katokopia and Olympiakos Nicosia had to settle for a 1-1 draw and a share of the points.
Israeli striker Dudu Biton scored his third goal in as many matches to give APOEL a vital 1-0 win
Cyprus Standings Team 1 Anorthosis 2 APOEL 3 AEK 4 Omonia 5 AEL 6 Apollon 7 Paralimni 8 Doxa 9 Nea Salamina 10 Olympiakos 11 Ethnikos 12 Alki 13 Ayia Napa 14 AEP Paphos
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Sport Man United sense Ronaldo ready to make sensational return to Old Trafford SIR Alex Ferguson has called him ‘unbuyable’ and the Manchester United manager must have watched Cristiano Ronaldo destroy Barcelona in the Camp Nou on Tuesday night with a mixture of admiration and trepidation. Ferguson knows only too well he must find a way to stop the Real Madrid forward at Old Trafford next week if his team are to progress to the quarterfinals of the Champions League. But, as United prepare for Ronaldo’s first return since an £80 million move to Madrid almost four years ago, the intriguing prospect of a more permanent return for the Portugal forward is on the agenda. Many might think it implausible. Ferguson says he doubts it can happen, although he made similar noises about Robin van Persie. But there is growing belief around the club that a deal for Ronaldo is not as fanciful as it sounds. According to the Daily Mail, United have already launched what amounts to a feasibility study to see if they could finance the biggest player purchase in their history - one Ferguson estimates would run into ‘hundreds of millions’. After watching Ronaldo score twice against Barca on Tuesday to take his total for Madrid to 185 goals in 183 games, the United boss knows he is one of the few players who would be worth it. Ferguson left the door open to a return when asked about Ronaldo in December, saying: “You never know. He may want to go to another club at some point and I’d hope he would want to come here. “I’d love to see that but it’s
fanciful thinking really. First of all, there’s how much it would take to get him from Real and, secondly, I don’t think there’s any chance they would want to sell him.” If - and it remains a significant if - Ronaldo leaves the Bernabeu before his contract runs out in 2015, United believe it would come down to a straight choice between them and Paris Saint-Germain and he would pick Old Trafford. Manchester City cannot be discounted but United have first option to buy under the terms of his transfer to Madrid in 2009 and most of that world record fee remains unspent. They could expect to pay around £60m to buy Ronaldo back because, although he has taken his game to new heights in Spain, he is now 28 and has just over two years left on his contract in Madrid. His wages would take that well beyond the £100m mark but United are fully aware of the commercial value of a player who was transformed from a raw teenage talent into World Player of the Year during his six years in Manchester. Incoming Old Trafford chief Ed Woodward is said to favour a high-impact signing that would have commercial benefits around the world, and United could even look to their expanding portfolio of global sponsors to help fund the deal. United’s plans are still in their early stages but Real are aware of the interest from Old Trafford. Any deal, of course, would depend on Ronaldo saying he wants to leave Madrid and that remains unclear. He has spoken of feeling unloved in Spain and Real’s refusal to match his contract demands while Lionel Messi has signed lucrative terms at Barcelona has not helped.
Re-United: Sir Alex Ferguson and Cristiano Ronaldo embrace after their Champions League first leg tie at the Bernabeu
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RANTING RAFA IN ASTONISHING OUTBURST AFTER CHELSEA’S FA CUP WIN
Rough for Rafa: Chelsea manager Benitez looks exasperated as the pressure finally gets to him
Angry Benitez lashes out at fans and board By Justin Palmer
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N a bitter outburst at the fans who have barracked him relentlessly and an angry swipe at the club’s board for only appointing him ‘interim’ manager, Rafael Benitez said he will leave Chelsea at the end of the season. The Spaniard, his cheeks puffed and flushed, hit out in his news conference on Wednesday night following FA Cup holders Chelsea’s 2-0 win at second tier Middlesbrough that secured a quarter-final clash with Manchester United. Abused and jeered from the moment he walked out at Stamford Bridge for his first game in charge in November after replacing the popular Roberto Di Matteo, Benitez let his anger spill out in the unlikely settings of the Riverside Stadium. “I have been in charge in football for 26 years, won the Champions League, the Club World Cup, the FA Cup, the Italian Super Cup, the Spanish league twice - nine trophies - all the trophies you can win at club level,” Benitez began. Warming to his task, he added: “A group of fans, they are not making any favour to the team and they are singing and wasting time preparing banners. “It’s because someone made a mistake. They put
my title interim manager and I will leave at the end of the season so they do not need to waste time with me, they have to concentrate on supporting the team.” His comments are unlikely to be appreciated by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and with the Russian billionaire not known for his tolerance of dissent, it remains to be seen if Benitez - appointed until the end of the season - will still be in charge when Chelsea play at United in the Cup on March 10. Benitez has dished up a mixed bag of results since Di Matteo paid the price for the Champions League holders’ disappointing defence of their title - bowing out at the group stage, the first holders to do so. Many fans still chant Di Matteo’s name at games and have made it quite clear that Benitez would never be accepted because of his time in charge of Liverpool and the enmity that stemmed from the run-ins he had with former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. “They are not doing any favours to their club, to the rest of the club and the players,” Benitez said. “If we cannot achieve what we expect to achieve that is to be in the top four and be in the Champions League next season I will leave, they will stay in the Europa League and they will have to
take responsibility. “They do not create a good atmosphere at Stamford Bridge. They have to realise they are making a big mistake.” Benitez in recent weeks has had to deny media reports of bust-ups with his players, the latest coming on Tuesday when he acknowledged that captain John Terry had shown his frustration after Sunday’s 2-0 league defeat at Manchester City. On Wednesday night, Benitez said: “I am the manager and I will be managing the team. I like to manage players and no names so I will pick my team and I will make decisions and at the end of the season I will leave anyway because I am interim.” Benitez made eight changes from the side that lost at City as second-half goals from Ramires and Victor Moses earned a comfortable, if unconvincing, fifth round win over Boro. According to an Evening Standard ‘exclusive’ yesterday, Benitez will be in charge for tomorrow’s game against West Brom but Chelsea are considering replacing him with Avram Grant until the end of the season before bringing Mourinho back as manager in the summer. The newspaper said the Blues are growing increasingly confident of reappointing the ‘Special One’ as they weigh up their second
change at the top this season. Chelsea yesterday insisted it is ‘business as usual’ and that they view his comments as aimed more towards the fans rather than at the board. Benitez took training yesterday, with Grant in line to take temporary charge, even though he was far from popular with Chelsea fans after succeeding Mourinho in September 2007.
Relentless abuse: Benitez wasn’t wanted from day one