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‘Gas for export now much more urgent’ New minister says Cyprus hopes to begin exports to Europe by 2018

By Peter Apps

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YPRUS, urgently needing revenues from its newly found natural gas reserves, hopes to begin exports by 2018 and will target sales at fellow European Union members, its energy minister said.

George Lakkotrypis also said gas could be sold in advance or used to help the government, which is now negotiating a multibillion-dollar bailout, to issue new debt on international markets in future.

US company Noble Energy and the Cypriot government announced in 2011 that they had discovered gas deposits of around 7-8 trillion cubic feet (200 billion cubic metres), 40 per cent of the EU’s annual demand.

Aphrodite, as the gas field is known, has more gas than Cyprus could use in over a century, so the government hopes to boost its revenues through exports to the European Union.

“It is important to us not just economically but also geostrategically,” Lakkotrypis told Reuters in an interview, referring to potential exploration partners.

“So EU member countries are obviously appealing.”

Experts believe Cyprus, an energy sector novice, could be sitting on hydrocarbons worth up to $400 billion.

Such revenues would be welcome to a government that is now negotiating a bailout from the European Union, International Mon-

etary Fund and the European Central Bank so it can recapitalise its banks, service debt and support government spending.

But as the gas reserves are still unproven pending an appraisal drilling this year, they have barely been taken into account by lenders discussing aid to the island.

A draft bailout deal calls for the establishment of a resource fund to manage revenue and place debt on a downward course, though the creation of such a fund could be years away.

Lakkotrypis, barely in office two weeks following last month’s election, said the financial crisis had made development of the gas fields for exports much more urgent.

The new government wished survey work had progressed faster to give Cyprus a stronger economic position and less need for a bailout.

“If it had been a year ahead, it would have made a real difference,” he said.

To monetise its deposits as fast as possible, the government was pushing Noble Energy to bring forward appraisal drilling to confirm its gas findings, Lakkotrypis said.

“It’s a pity we are under so much pressure. Every week counts,” he said.

Lakkotrypis said Cyprus was in the final months of deliberation over deals to run an onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant to process the gas for export by ship.

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ENTERING THE FINAL STRETCH TO BAILOUT DEAL

President Nicos Anastasiades said yesterday he was committed to implementing a bailout deal “up to the last iota”, as negotiations appeared to enter the final stretch. Anastasiades is in Brussels to attend the EU and eurozone summits after which an extraordinary session on Cyprus will take place this evening FULL STORY PAGE 5

Abusive twitter user apologises to maligned boxer on TV AN “embarrassed” British Twitter troll apologised live on television yesterday to a boxer he enraged so much that he put a “bounty” on his tormentor’s head and drove more than 60 miles to his street.

Curtis Woodhouse had been receiving abusive tweets from James O’Brien for up to eight months before he finally snapped when he was branded a “disgrace” after losing his English light-welterweight title on points last week.

The former Birmingham City footballer offered £1,000 to any of his followers who could give him the troll’s address, and received it within minutes.

He drove more than 60 miles from Hull

to Sheffield where he tweeted a photo of O’Brien’s street, saying “right Jimbob im here !!!!! someone tell me what number he lives at, or do I have to knock on every door #itsshowtime”.

At that point, Mr O’Brien (@jimmyob88) apologised.

Yesterday Woodhouse said he finally decided to act after seeing how worried his wife was about the abuse.

He told ITV Daybreak: “If you are in the public eye, I don’t think it’s right that you should be abused, your family should be abused, your children should be abused, I don’t think anyone has got the right to do that.

“I was sat on the sofa with the wife on Monday and the thing is she sometimes uses my account as well and she’s seen this abuse and it worries and scares her.

“We don’t know who this guy is and some of his threats, I don’t know if he’s being serious or not. I could see that she was worried and I thought enough is enough, I am going to put a stop to this right now.”

Woodhouse drew widespread support for his actions from the Twitter community, including from footballer and prolific tweeter Joey Barton.

O’Brien, who sat next to him on the show, said he realised he had “let everyone down” with his abuse.

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ON THIS DAY MARCH 15 1783 In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d’état never takes place.

1877 The first Test cricket match begins between England and Australia.

1916 President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the US-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.

1952 In Cilaos, Réunion, (the French island) 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record.

1990 Iraqi authorities execute The Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft in Baghdad bringing strong condemnation from Britain.

WHAT THE MAIL SAID 25 years ago, Thursday March 15, 1988 The new president of Cyprus George Vassiliou said yesterday that although Cyprus wanted peace with Turkey, it should be prepared to defend itself. Vassiliou was speaking to reporters after talks at the Greek defence ministry during a five-day official visit to Greece.

35 years ago, Friday March 15, 1978 The Cyprus government and House of Representatives yesterday condemned the Israeli attack on southern Lebanon as police took stringent precautions to protect the Israeli embassy in Nicosia against possible attacks by demonstrators.

45 years ago, Sunday March 15, 1968 A government spokesman yesterday declined to comment on reports that the first contacts between Greek and Turkish Cypriots have already taken place in London. Agon newspaper said yesterday that the Attorney General Tornaritis had met twice in London with Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash.

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Kitesurfing danger to wildlife Protection of eco-sensitive areas is not adequate, say island’s environmentalists

By Peter Stevenson THE lack of proper protection for some environmentally sensitive areas results in people taking advantage by using wetlands on the island for various water sport activities, conservationists said yesterday.

Greens MP Giorgos Perdikis has called on the government to invest in protecting and safeguarding Cyprus’ nature reserves. This comes after Larnaca Municipality received a number of complaints from residents near the Salt Lake that people were kitesurfing on the wetlands site.

“Plans are in place to solve the problem with the creation of an Environmental Information Centre next to the Salt Lake,” environmental officer at Larnaca municipality, Costas Kokkinos said.

“The plans have been approved, and everything is in place. Unfortunately due to the crisis we had our funding delayed but we are hopeful that construction will begin in 2014,” he said. Kokkinos said that park rangers would be put in place to ensure that people did not use the salt lakes for recreational purposes but would also be present to inform the public about the importance of the area.

“Larnaca municipality, the game fund, the forestry department and the police have all contributed in patrolling the area but it’s not enough as most government officials only work till 3pm and the police tend to be busy with other matters,” he added. Kokkinos believes there are not enough sign posts or warnings around the wetlands to warn people not to enter, a matter he plans on bringing up with newly-appointed Environment Commissioner, Ioanna Panayiotou.

Nicosia Kitesurfing Club released a statement yesterday, discouraging its members from using the salt lakes to practice their sport.

“Because Larnaca Salt Lake as well as other salt lakes and inland lakes in Cyprus are afforded protected status as environmental areas of significant importance due to their biodiversity, we encourage our friends and members to refrain from practicing kitesurfing in these areas,” the statement said.

“Our activities are harmful to the wildlife in the salt lakes and in addition, in the case of Larnaca Salt Lake, kite flying in areas adjacent to Larnaca airport creates significant risks to the safety of aircraft which take off and land from the nearby run-

Kitesurfers on Larnaca Salt Lake. Wetlands are for birds, say greens, not for water sports enthusiasts way,” the statement added.

The club asked its members to inform, educate and encourage others to refrain from abusing the wetlands across the island.

The announcement from the club was welcomed yesterday by BirdLife Cyprus as they believe such activities are simply not in keeping with the protected status of the Larnaca Salt Lake and pose a serious disturbance

risk to many of the bird species. The area is a designated Natura 2000 site, which is an ecological network of protected areas in the territory of the European Union.

“Larnaca Salt Lake is among the top two most important wetland sites on the island and Spyro’s pool, where the kitesurfing took place, is a key nesting site for many species,” BirdLife campaign manager, Martin

Hellicar said. “What is really frustrating is that there is no effective mechanism in place to ensure such activities are prevented; no sign-posting, no clear response system when such activities are detected. And this holds for most of our Natura 2000 sites across the island,” he added.

“We need to move from protection on paper to protection in practice as disturbance poses a serious threat

to wildlife, one that is often underestimated,” Hellicar concluded.

Larnaca Salt Lake was designated a Natura 2000 site for birds in 2005, as a site of importance for more than a dozen species, including flamingos, cranes, stilts and other waders.

It also regularly holds congregations of thousands of water-birds, especially in winter and spring.

Tanker spill off Karpas peninsula causes concern to greens

By Poly Pantelides ENVIRONMENTALISTS yesterday said marine life could have been harmed after a tanker supplying fuel oil to a terminal in the occupied village of Gastria in the Karpas peninsula spilled at least one tonne of petroleum in the area on Wednesday evening but only reported it yesterday.

Gastria, known as Kalecik in the north, lies north of Bogazi on Famagusta bay, a busy area with two existing fuel terminals and plans for a third. Environmentalists and locals are already vocal against building an oil terminal with storage capacity of one million cubic metres, further north near the village of Eptakomi, known in the north as Yedikonuk.

Green Action Group’s Dogan Sahir yesterday said that the oil spill in Gastria validated their opposition. The Green Party

did the same, marking their disagreement to the Eptakomi terminal plans “which will increase the dangers of repeating such accidents since supplying fuel to the area will be much more common place.”

Turkish Cypriot daily Havadis said the accident in Gastria was the result of negligence, but quoted authorities as saying the spillage was not big enough to cause any real damage to the environment. But Sahir told the Cyprus Mail that with oil spills spreading fast over kilometres, any damage to marine life was already done.

Part of the concern is the need to use solvents to deal with the spill despite their effect to wildlife – including migratory birds now in the area, Sahir said. But the oil company tried to deal with the problem overnight on Wednesday afternoon but only alerted the authorities the following day, he said. “Cases like that should be handled immediately, otherwise there is no chance to

solve (the problem),” Sahir said. “(Now), there is no chance to fix things,” he said. Another expert said that the technicians and experts on the scene reported that the situation was under control with barriers in place to control spread, and oil absorbent material being used in addition to the solvents.

“The big issue is actually that the area has a number of eastern Mediterranean countries bordering its seas, dumping waste, ships carrying petroleum, a lot of marine traffic and rubbish ending up on the shores,” the biologist and marine expert said on condition of anonymity. “In general there are many oil spills that are not being reported,” the expert said but also added that people should pick their battles.

“As I understand it, this is a minor problem, but when you blame people for even the minor things then when something big happens and there is a real issue they will just claim that you shout every time.”

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Home CYPRUS TODAY Abuse claim lodged against traffic cops THE INDEPENDENT Authority for the Investigation of Allegations and Complaints Against the Police will examine a case of alleged abuse against a member of the public by two members of the traffic police in Larnaca last Saturday.

The alleged abuse occurred during an alcohol check in the early hours of Saturday, March 9.

The authority said the complaint was handed in yesterday and will be examined next Wednesday.

The complaint made by the alleged victim who is a lawyer, is five pages long. It states that the alleged attack by police resulted in bodily harm. He also claims he was subjected to mockery, insults and torture.

The alleged victim’s lawyer referred to the illegal deprivation of his client’s freedom in a statement given to the police. “This is contrary to an article from the constitution and the European Convention on human rights,” the statement said.

He also mentioned that his client was subjected to inhuman, degrading and/or humiliating treatment while under arrest. “This is against the rights of those under arrest, and these rights were taken away by members of the police” it said. The lawyer also refers to offences against his client that have to do with “the abuse of power, bodily harm caused by abuse, the unfair abduction or kidnapping of a person, damage to his watch, and disciplinary offences against the police”.

Teenager remanded for burglary A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY was remanded in custody yesterday for six days by Larnaca District Court, suspected of eight burglaries in the Drosia area in Larnaca, police said. According to reports the latest burglary took place on March 8.

“On March 8, police received a report from a pensioner living in Larnaca that during that day someone had broken into her house and stolen watches and jewellery valued at around €20,000 and €520 in cash,” Larnaca police spokesman Christos Andreou said.

The 15-year-old from Larnaca was arrested after a tip off. “Originally the young boy denied the crimes he was accused of but later admitted to the burglary as well as another seven burglaries,” Andreou said.

According to Andreou the teen named another 15-year-old and a 17-year-old as his accomplices. Police also expect to obtain an arrest warrant for an adult who appears to be involved in the case. “The 15-year-old has been in trouble with the police before for similar crimes,” Andreou said.

Two arrested after firecracker haul DHEKELIA police arrested two men, aged 39 and 25 in Dasaki Achnas on Wednesday and confiscated 4,160 Turkish Torpil firecrackers.

Head of British Bases CID, Panicos Panayi said police received information that there were people in the Dasaki Achnas area who had a large amount of firecrackers in their possession. “Dhekelia court issued a search warrant on five premises and in one of them in the Dasaki Achnas area, 4,160 firecrackers were found, valued at more than €2,000,” Panayi said. “The 39-year-old owner and his 25year-old nephew, both from Dasaki Achnas were arrested,” he added.

The two were taken to Dhekelia court yesterday and were released on bail which was set at €800. The date of the case has been set for April 3. Panayi said the pair were also involved in other pending cases and during questioning told police that they were supplied the firecrackers by a Turkish Cypriot man. They did not mention whether they got them from the occupied areas or from the mixed village of Pyla.

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Former BoC boss wins €2m in compensation ‘Bank buckled under pressure from the provident fund committee, which had been threatened with lawsuits’

By Elias Hazou UNDER threat of litigation, the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) has awarded former CEO Andreas Eliades compensation to the tune of some €2 million.

The move comes after a majority decision of the bank board last Friday. No money has been disbursed yet; given that the bank has requested state assistance, the final say rests with regulatory authority, the Central Bank.

On resigning his post in July last year, Eliades demanded €3.5m in total. The €2m figure awarded last week is seen as a compromise.

It’s understood that Eliades had taken out a €1.9m loan from the bank; so his compensation covers the amount he owed plus a little extra.

Sources said the bank’s leadership were in two minds, but buckled under pressure from the provident fund committee, which in turn had been threatened with lawsuits by Eliades.

Some in the bank thought Eliades’ demands from the provident fund to be inflated.

Provident fund payouts are based on

the salary. In the past, Eliades had received a bonus – linked to bank profits – that far exceeded the limit set out in his contract. To overcome this restriction in the contract, a formula was devised so that part of the sum would be logged as salary and the rest as a bonus.

But the one-off arrangement had the side-effect of raising Eliades’ salary on paper, and thus also increasing his retirement benefits.

On leaving, Eliades asked for the full provident fund he felt he was entitled to, as per the previous arrangement.

Initially the bank was averse, and at that point Eliades sued each member of the provident fund committee individually.

Legal precedent in Cyprus has established that provident benefits must be paid irrespective of any other financial dispute between an employer and an employee.

Apparently faced with the prospect of being dragged to court, the bank’s provident fund committee urged the board not to contest Eliades on this point.

In Eliades’ case, his bonuses have had an impact on the compensation figure,

even if in a roundabout way. But some in the bank dispute the very bonuses paid out over the years to the former strongman.

It’s understood that during his stint as CEO, Eliades received around €1.8m in bonuses.

Sources close to the BoC said at least some of these bonuses were linked to posted bank profits which, in hindsight, were “artificial given what we now know about the last couple of years.”

It would be best for the BoC to have withheld compensation until ongoing probes into possible bank malpractice are completed, the sources said.

They were referring, among others, to an independent investigation conducted by Alvarez & Marsal, a US-based firm hired last August to identify how the island’s largest banks ended up needing billions of euros in bailout money.

The sources even suggested that, should these investigations find that certain people were responsible through actions or omissions – for the state of BoC today, the bank could ask these people to return their bonuses.

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Home Bondholders stage new protest at finance ministry A GROUP of non-institutional bondholders held a protest outside the finance ministry yesterday claiming that the current association of bank bondholders does not fully express their position.

The group stated that today’s possible bailout agreement at the Eurogroup would put an end to any hope of renegotiating the terms of their bonds, making hundreds of investors lose their money.

Spokesman for the non-institutional bondholders, Fotos Fotiades, said that banks had conned people out of their money in the biggest fraud committed in Cyprus.

“There are people who are in a tragic situation; there are people who have been paralysed in accidents who

put their money in these bonds and don’t have any food to eat,” he said. “I believe it is a first degree financial crime and those responsible should have taken responsibility for their actions in order to solve this problem,” he added.

Ahead of the Eurogroup meeting today, the non-institutional bondholders felt that the situation was very urgent and for that reason, they created a group so that the whole case can move swiftly forward, according to Fotiades.

“We asked the finance ministry to find out whether the amount of money needed to compensate our group was included in the new bailout deal agreement but we don’t

know if it has been included so or not,” he added.

Bondholders from all of the districts met at the ministry yesterday, with the permanent secretary, and with technocrats who dealt with the troika.

“If we assume that they tell us that the amount to compensate us has been put in the agreement then we will say thank you very much but if they tell us it hasn’t then we will proceed in taking stronger measures,” Fotiades said.

Asked why the non-institutional bondholders have broken off and formed their own group, Fotiades said that the association of bondholders has a relatively soft stance.

Co-ops ready to go with the flow on mergers

Entering the final stretch to bailout

THERE has been reaction in the co-operative movement over a decision for widespread mergers as part of the island’s bailout deal, it emerged yesterday.

International lenders and Cypriot authorities agreed last November that co-operatives must shrink in number – from 96 to 35 – mainly through mergers.

According to the chairman of the co-operative federation, there has been some reaction inside the movement over the prospect. But Andreas Mouskallis did not appear concerned.

“I think they will agree when the reasoning is explained,” he told state radio. “We are ready to present a merger plan at this moment.”

As part of November’s agreement, supervision of co-operative banks would be shifted to the central co-operative bank from the trade and industry ministry.

Anastasiades pledges to implement financial deal down to the ‘last iota’

By George Psyllides PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades said yesterday he was committed to implementing a bailout deal “up to the last iota”, as negotiations appeared to enter the final stretch.

Anastasiades, in Brussels to attend the EU and eurozone summits, reiterated that Cyprus was not asking for preferential treatment.

“I have assumed the post of president 15 days ago and I immediately started negotiations with the troika representatives,” Anastasiades told reporters. “We look forward to finding the best and fairest agreement.”

The Cypriot president said he was committed to implementing a bailout agreement “up to the very last iota,” adding that “what we look forward to is not preferential but fair treatment.”

Cyprus’ case was not going to be discussed during the summit although some talks were expected on the sidelines.

An extraordinary Eurogroup meeting will discuss the island’s bailout today.

“No, we will not speak about Cyprus because the troika has not yet finished its work,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

“That’s why it is important

that apart from the growth questions we look towards the finance ministers who will speak about Cyprus, we will not do that here. It’s completely impossible without a troika report.”

Cyprus needs funds from the eurozone to recapitalise its banks and to finance the government over the next three years.

Without help, it would slide into default, risking the eurozone’s credibility and threatening progress made last year in convincing investors that the bloc will not be overwhelmed by its debt problems.

Initial estimates on the size of the bailout have been some €17 billion, raising doubts whether the island would ever be able to pay back the money.

However, it has emerged that European officials were pushing for a lower bailout – closer to €10 billion Officials told Reuters late on Tuesday that Cyprus may be able to raise money from a levy on deposits and other taxes.

“We have a known problem in Cyprus – we have a financial sector which is relatively large in comparison with the Cypriot economy,” he said.

“Any aid we give must be aid towards self-reliance, we must address the causes,” German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was

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Anastasiades (left) with President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy quoted as saying by the Wall Street Journal.

Once the causes of the country’s problems are addressed, compromise on the manner, speed and time frame of aid will be easier, he said.

Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen emphasised the need for Cyprus’ debt to be sustainable.

“We have to find a solution which makes it very clear that Cyprus will end up with debt sustainability and that

we need the IMF there also,” he said yesterday. “The main issue is that the solution must be a kind which makes it very clear that Cyprus will end up with a debt-sustainable situation.”

One way of reducing the island’s bailout and the size of the banking sector, was getting rid of the Cypriot banks’ Greek operations.

Officials were yesterday negotiating with Greek authorities on how this could be achieved. Christophoros

Pissarides, chairman of the island’s national economic policy council appeared optimistic that a deal would be struck soon.

“The prospects are good,” he said.

The basic idea was to turn the operations over to Greece, which would recapitalise them through its own bailout.

Pissarides suggested that this would shave off some €2.0 billion from Cyprus’ assistance.

Central Bank governor urges quick action on Cyprus FAILURE to secure funding for Cyprus would present “a systemic risk” for the whole eurozone, Central Bank Governor Panicos Demetriades said yesterday.

In an interview with Reuters, although he would not be drawn on details as negotiations were at a delicate stage, Demetriades said that reigniting of debt crisis turbulence was the

biggest risk to the eurozone economy. “The periphery is the biggest risk (to recovery), and at the minute it is Cyprus,” the governor said, urging its European partners to conclude a bailout this month.

Demetriades said the currency bloc’s debtridden countries had done well in their quest toward balanced budgets, saying they were

approaching the end of that road and should now concentrate on structural economic reforms. “We have not gone through all the fiscal adjustment, although we are toward the end,” he said. “It is essential for governments to continue implementing structural reforms, to build further on the progress made in fiscal consolidation.”

The Central Bank of Cyprus will also have a role in the supervision.

Mouskallis said people should show self-restraint and put selfishness aside.

“We should all realise that our country is under siege because of our mistakes, but also because of the troika and our friends the Europeans,” the former AKEL MP said.

Mouskallis said the cooperative movement must be stronger in the coming years to help people going through austerity.

He said delays have been observed in the repayment of loans “but we will be on the side of the people and support them under any circumstances.”

It did appear however that the movement was benefitting from the problems faced by commercial banks and the flurry of negative reports in the past year.

“People have embraced the co-operative movement and raised its deposits by €861 million (in 2012),” Mouskallis said.

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Home Consumer rights not upheld THE STATUS of the Cypriot consumer has deteriorated, according to the Union of Consumers & Quality of Life, ahead of World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) today.

The theme this year which has been adopted by the UN and by Consumers International is ‘Consumer Justice Now’.

“Respecting peoples’ rights like the right for representation, the right to choose and the right for financial protection is either lacking or completely absent like the right for compensation,” a statement from the Union of Consumers & Quality of Life said.

“Consumers’ rights are not being respected and their interests are not being protected not only from the leading players in the market who are trying to maximise their prof-

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its but unfortunately from the state also,” it added.

The Union questioned how consumers could become active and conscientious when the laws which are in place to protect them are either ineffective or are not being upheld. “How can you convince consumers to become more active when they are being overwhelmed by overpricing of basic foods like bread, milk and water which is putting their quality of life and their children’s quality of life at risk,” the statement said.

The Union added that its role as an intermediary has been undermined by the government which has sought to protect the interests of certain lawyers, doctors and mechanics but not consumers.

Car arson A CAR worth €80,000, belonging to a 62-yearold was completely destroyed after it was torched on Wednesday in Pervolia.

A statement by Larnaca police officer Christos Andreou said that around 9pm a fire broke out in a car parked outside the owner’s home. “The scene was sealed off and today (Thursday) members of the police and the fire department began investigations which proved that the fire was a result of an arson attack. The owner of the car mentioned to police that he doesn’t suspect anyone. Police examinations are pointing to all directions,” he said.

Andreou said the car, worth €80,000, was insured.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PAPHOS IN FRONT OF:- R. Limnatitiou, H.D.J. Action No: 301/13 Between:1. Michael Anthony Wood (Passport No. JX513910) 2. Stephanie Elizabeth Wood (Passport No. QE50471)

from Kanada and now, Cyprus from Kanada and now, Cyprus and

1. Lucy Elisabeth Jobson (Passport No. 060148047) 2. Diane Todd (Passport No. 025981070) EX PARTE APPLICATION, dated 08.02.13 BY:-

from U.K. and now, Cyprus from U.K. and now, Cyprus 1. Michael Anthony Wood 2. Stephanie Elizabeth Wood

Plaintiffs-Claimants This application which was present in Court for hearing in the presence of Mr. Papallas on the behalf of Mantis & Athinodorou LLC, Lawyers for the plaintiffs-claimants, this Court since having read the application and the affidavit which accompanies it, ORDERS that is issued and by the present it is issued an order by which is permitted the service of a writ of summons of the with the above title and number case to the Defendants No.1 and No.2, by publication to an English newspaper which is circulated nationwide in Cyprus.

AND THIS COURT MOREOVER GIVES INSTRUCTIONS that the defendants no.1 and 2 respondents lodge appearance note within 30 days from the date of service of the writ of summons.

AND THIS COURT MOREOVER GIVES INSTRUCTIONS that if the defendants no. 1 and 2 neglect to lodge appearance within the above time limit, any other subsequent application in the above Action will be considered that it has been served, if it is placed on the notice board of the District Court of Paphos for a period of five (5) days.

Given on 20.02.13 Typed on 12.03.13 (Sign.) R. Limnatitou, H.D.J. True Copy Registrar STATEMENT OF CLAIM Fees Scale: €100,000. - €500,000.Details: 1. The plaintiffs are Canadian citizens and each of them holds a ½ share, of a six- bedroom house which was built on the immovable property with Registration No 0/14171, sheet plan 35/6353V01, plot no. 519, which is situated in Drouseia within Paphos District.

2. The defendants No.1 and No.2 are British nationals and according at the essential for the case time both defendants were living permanently in Cyprus.

3. Based on the contract of sale dated 27/05/2002 the plaintiffs No.1 and No.2 decided that they would sell and the defendants No.1 and No.2 would purchase from the Plaintiffs No.1 and No.2, each one them a ½ share, of the six -bedroom . stone built house which was built on the immovable property with Registration No 0/14171, Sheet plan 35/6353V01, plot no. 519, which is situated in Drouseia Village, of Paphos District, on the agreed price of €316.091.26 (More details about the meaning and the content of the contract of sale dated 27/05/02 the plaintiffs are reserved to present during the actionable process).

4. On the power the above mentioned contract of sale the payment mode of the price has been established as follows: (a) The price of €31.609.13 =(CP£18.500=) would be paid to Plaintiffs by the Defendants No.1 and No.2 through the agreement’s signature as a deposit. The particular deposit would not be returnable. (b) The price ‘of €142.241.06 =(CP£83.250) would be paid to the Plaintiffs by the Defendants No. 1 and No.2 on or including the 31/12/2002, with grace period of two weeks for any unexpected delay. (c) The sum of €142.241.06 =(CP£83.250) would be paid to the Plaintiffs by the Defendants No.1 and No. 2 on or including the 31/05/2003, with a grace period of two weeks for any unexpected delay.

5. The above mentioned contract of sale was lodged in The Land Registry of Paphos on the 17/06/2002 with specific performance number 1337/2002.

6. The defendants NO.1 and No.2 paid to the plaintiffs the sum of CP£18.500= with the signature of the above mentioned contract of sale dated 27/05/2002 and the Plaintiffs handed for occupation the issued property, to the full satisfaction defendants No.1 and No.2 on the day.

7. Nevertheless, since that time, the defendants No.1 and NO.2 did not proceed in any other payment even though they occupied the issued property, violating their promises which are derived from the signed contract of sale. In particular, the defendants No. 1 and No.2 refused and/or neglected and or/ refuse and or/neglect and or/ omit and/or otherwise to behave according to the agreed conditions and to promote the owed payments of a total sum of €284.482.13=(CP£166.500=) which had been determined by the contract of sale, i.e. they neglected to pay the sum of €142.241.06=(CP£83.250=) on the 31/12/2002 and the sum of €142.241.06=(CP£83.250) on the 31/05/2003 within the prescribed deadline and they still keep on owing the particular sums to the Plaintiffs.

8. It was a an essential clause of the contract of sale dated 27/05/2002 that in case that the defendants No.1 and No.2 delayed over 2 months of the date of the pre-determined final payment to pay the owed sums, then the plaintiffs No 1 and No.2 had the right and/or were able to demand from the defendants no.1 and No.2 interest rate of 9% in each sum due for payment.

9. The plaintiffs continuously disturbed the defendants No.1 and No.2 to behave and carry out their obligations on the power of the contract of sale dated 27/05/02, yet, the defendants No.1 and No.2 refused and/or neglected and/or omitted to behave according to the agreed conditions.

10. The defendants No. 1 and No.2 with a letter dated 04/03/2003 informed the plaintiffs that they would not proceed with the purchase of the residence in Drouseia. On and or including this date they provided they returned the occupation of the actionable house and the sum which had been granted as a deposit, i.e. the sum of £18.500, was kept by the Plaintiffs as a compensation, which was on the provisions of the contract of sale, dated 27/05/02. (More details about the meaning and the content of the letter dated 04/03/2003, the plaintiffs are reserved to present at the actionable process).

11. The plaintiffs considered the event as terminated until they discovered a few months ago, when they attempted to sale the property and discovered that the contract of sale dated 27/05/02 remains lodged in the Land Registry of Paphos. The Plaintiffs No.1. and No.3 did not proceed with the purchase, did not pay the whole price and moreover, they neglected to withdraw the contract from the Land Registry of Paphos.

12. The defendants No. 1 and No. 2 do not live in the actionable property, but they have bought another house in Limassol, in an address unknown to the plaintiffs and settled there.

13. As a consequence of refusal and/or denial and/or failure by the defendants no. 1 and no. 2 to comply with the agreed terms, the correct and/or justifiable and or/ lawful usage and or/enjoyment of the property is prevented from the Plaintiffs as well as the exercise of rights of ownership by the plaintiffs, while simultaneously, the plaintiffs lack the right to resale the property, since the contract of sale is lodged in the Land Registry of Paphos.

14.It is a claim by the plaintiffs No.1 and No.2 that they are allowed to terminate the contract of sale 1337/2002, dated 27/05/2002 and require the clearance of it and/or withdrawal and/ortherwise by the Land Registry of Paphos.

15. THEREFORE THE PLAINTIFFS CLAIM AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS NO. 1 AND NO. 2: A. Court declaration that the agreement and/or contract of sale dated 27/05/2002 has been terminated and for annulled and for otherwise because of the Plaintiffs No.1 and No.2 and/ or the agreement has to be cleared from the records of the Paphos Land Registry .

B. Court order which orders Defendants No.1 and No.2 and/or their representatives and/or their editors, to sign every essential document, application or declaration and to proceed to the necessary actions in front of the suitable authorities and/or the Office of the Land Registry of Paphos for the withdrawal and/or clearance from the contract of sale’s register dated 27/05/02 which is lodged on the property with registno 0/14171, Sheet plan 35/6353V01, Plot no.619, which is situated in Drouseia village, in Paphos District.

C. Court order which orders the Paphos Land Registry manager and/or suitable function staff to clear out the registration of the contract of sale, dated 27/05/02, from the records of the Registry in order to stop preventing the any way availability of the property with Registration no 0/14171, Sheet plan 35/6353V01, Plot no. 519, which is situated in Drouseia, in Paphos District.

D. General compensation as a refund from breach of contract and/or because of unjustifiable profit and/or above being mentioned.

E. Any other relief the Court would consider fair and justifiable under the circumstances.

F. The expenses of €1.326.00= additional grant expenses, additional V.A.T. (Register No. V.A.T. 10243882T).

MANTIS & ATHINODOROU LLC Penelope Athinodorou Mantis Elena Sotiriou Nicolas Mantis Eliza Kyriakou Michalis Mantis Lawyers for Plaintiffs No.1 and No.2

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Commerce Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis (left) with Noble Energy’s John Tomich on Tuesday

‘Gas exports more urgent than ever’ Range of options on how to raise cash (continued from front page) Lakkotrypis said the government hoped production could begin as soon as 2018. Once an appraisal confirms initial findings there was a range of options on how to use the reserves to raise cash, including advance sales, he said.

That would probably further anger the Turkish Cypriot breakaway state in the north.

The Turkish Cypriot side says Greek Cypriots did wrong by unilaterally striking deals with foreign firms and should at the very least share gas revenue with them. Greek Cypriots say that can only happen once the island is reunited.

Cyprus is not the only coun-

try in the region that is hoping to benefit from a gas bonanza.

Geologists believe the eastern Mediterranean could contain up to 122 trillion cubic feet (3.45 trillion cubic metres) of recoverable reserves, enough to cover EU gas demand for around seven years.

The biggest finds have so far been made in Israeli waters, where the Tamar and Leviathan gas fields will cover Israel’s gas demand for decades while generating huge export potential.

Because the Leviathan and Aphrodite gas fields lie in close proximity, the governments of Israel and Cyprus agreed on

joint exploration of some of the gas, making development more attractive for potential investors.

Earlier this year, Cyprus announced the results of some of the second round of bidding for offshore exploration blocks, bringing France’s Total, Italy’s Eni and South Korea’s KoGas into Cypriot energy exploration.

Cyprus’s second licensing round, in which it received 15 expressions of interest by 29 companies either on their own or in consortia for 9 offshore blocks, will be wrapped up by the end of May. So far five blocks have been awarded in the second round.

Framing the environmental debate of hydrocarbons ENERGY Sequel and Nireas Marine Research – a non-governmental organisation – have launched a debate on the environmental aspects of the oil and gas industry in Cyprus. People are invited to share their views through an online forum hosted at: www.energysequel.com\oilenvirodebate.

Energy Sequel is the first organisation in Cyprus to offer carbon footprint and labelling of products and services. It also provides advice to investors on renewable and oil and gas projects and water intelligence.

In a press release, Energy Sequel said striking a balance between the exploitation of hydrocarbon resources and the

preservation of the marine environment and sea life is vital to the long term sustainability of the regional ecosystem. In compliance with EU and Cypriot laws oil and gas companies active in the area are obliged to conduct environmental assessments before prospecting, exploring and exploiting hydrocarbon resources. Currently, little is known about the (marine) biology of the area.

Forging a healthy relationship between oil and gas operations and the general public calls for transparency, dedicated mechanisms for surveillance, monitoring and compliance, and environmentally conscious decision-makers, Energy Sequel said.

MEMBERS of the Paphos crime prevention squad together with members of police found and confiscated a computer, a printer, different kinds of coupons and some money from a betting shop operating without a licence in Paphos on Wednesday.

Various betting shops and other premises were searched in compliance with a search warrant to investigate the suspicion of illegal betting. Investigations at other premises found that no illegal practices were going on.

Child injured A 10-YEAR-OLD girl was slightly injured by hooligans on Wednesday night during the football match between AEK and Paralimni’s United Youth.

According to police, the violent acts began when AEK fans started throwing stones at a bus carrying Paralimni’s United Youth fans. The fans got off the bus and chased the AEK fans while throwing stones and pieces of iron at them.

The 10-year-old and her father gave a statement to the police. Her injuries were not critical.

Stolen bust A BRONZE bust of the national hero George Papverkiou from the EOKA 1955-1959 struggle has been stolen from the EOKA hero’s park on Hellados avenue in Paphos.

The bust was discovered missing by a member of the municipality staff on Wednesday afternoon.

Police suspect it was stolen by scrap metal thieves.

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Church and state will close decades-old land deal ‘soon’ The bulk of the land being handed over is in the north THE CHURCH will soon be transferring tracts of land to the state, bringing to a close a deal struck some 40 years ago.

The announcement was made yesterday following a meeting between Archbishop Chrysostomos and Interior Minister Socrates Hasikos.

A 1971 agreement between Archbishop Makarios – who was president at the time – and the government gave the state around 15,000 donums (1 donum is around 1,337 square metres) of land in return for the state paying part of rural priests’ wages.

Despite that deal, the land registry department did not give its consent to register this land to the state because it is “the legacy of the Greek Cypriot Orthodox community and should not be managed as state land.”

Around 70 per cent of the land in question is now in the Turkish-occupied areas, and the income from the remaining land is negligible compared to what the state pays.

A third of the land in the government-controlled areas is barren and unsuitable for agricultural purposes.

Since 1993, the land has been rented out to private citizens by the land regis-

try department through tenders. But the income received by the state compared to the subsidy paid to priests was negligible, according to the auditorgeneral.

Between 1983 and 2004, the state paid around €54.5 million in priests’ wages and received only some €536,000 from rent.

As the cost spiralled, in 1992 the cabinet approved disengaging the subsidy from the entry-level teachers’ wage since that was upgraded.

The land had technically always belonged to the state, however up until now no title deeds had been issued on it, Archbishop Chrysostomos told newsmen.

No transfer fees would be paid in the transfer, he added.

“We shall simply go there [to the land registry department] to sign the documents certifying that the title deeds are to be issued to the state, nothing more.”

Responding to questions, Chrysostomos said the latest evaluation of the land in question put its value at some €80 million.

“This is about one-quarter of the entire [Church] property…the majority of the land is unfortunately in the occupied territories, including coastal real estate with

Interior Minister Socrates Hasikos (left) with Archbishop Chrysostomos yesterday huge value,” the Church leader said.

For his part, Hasikos said the deal meant the land could now be counted as state assets, and it was up to the government how to make use of it.

The Church of Cyprus is the biggest landowner and has interests in various enterprises like hotels, beer, wine and water factories.

Finland targeted in Cyprus promotion

By Bejay Browne FINLAND is the latest destination to be targeted by the tourism industry in Cyprus with the aim of boosting visitor numbers this year.

The Finnish public will be offered a taste of Cyprus this weekend at two major stores in the capital Helsinki as well as the chance of winning two week-long breaks to the island.

Nassos Hadjigeorgiou, manager of the Paphos regional board of tourism said that for the first time they had joined forces with a Cypriot food company which is active in Finland, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO), and hoteliers.

“We are organising promotions of Paphos at two large supermarkets in Helsinki to promote Paphos as a destination as well as providing a gastronomic experience,” he said. According to Hadjigeorgiou, the Cypriot food company produces Cypriot and Greek products. Halloumi will be the star of the show this weekend.

Hadjigeorgiou said: “People will come to our information stands, taste the halloumi and at the same time be given information about Pa-

phos. This is the first time we have done such a promotion in Finland and we are expecting thousands of potential customers to pass by our stand.” Similar promotions are also planned for April 5-6 in two other large supermarkets in Finland.

The Finnish-based promotion team includes two members who live in Finland and are half Cypriot and half Finnish. “This is the time period that Finnish people are making up their minds where to go for a break and booking their holidays. We are hoping to boost sales considerably by staging these events this coming weekend,” said Hadjigeorgiou.

The Finnish public will also be invited to visit the Paphos regional board of tourism website and answer a question after which they will be offered the chance to win a week’s holiday in Paphos. “We have two packages to give away, each for two people. They include flights and a week’s accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis.” Hadjigeorgiou said they would also be doing radio competitions with Ryanair in the UK and in Germany. “We will shortly be expanding this to other countries as well,” he said.

Foreign ministry staff donate to needy children FOREIGN ministry staff gave €10,000 to the chairmen of the parent and guardian associations of five primary schools in Nicosia to cover the cost of food for needy children and their families.

Each school was given €2,100. The money was distributed to elementary schools in Ayios Dhomentios, Strovolos, Lakatamia, and Kaimakli.

“Members of the ministry could not remain apathetic to the problems that a vast amount of families are facing in Cyprus today. Many of these families have children in primary school and many of them are living below the level of poverty,” a statement said.

The parent and guardian associations and the school’s headmasters thanked the ministry staff.

(PIO)

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Cameron halts talks on press regulation

EUROPE TODAY ECHR backs insult man A FRENCH court violated a man’s freedom of expression when it convicted him of insulting Nicolas Sarkozy by turning the then-president’s own words against him, the European Court of Human Rights says.

During a 2008 visit by Sarkozy to western France, Herve Eon waved a placard that read - in its mildest translation - “Get lost, poor jerk.” That exact expression was used by the president himself months earlier while he was glad-handing a crowd.

Eon was convicted of insulting the president and received a suspended penalty of 30 euro (£26) in fines.

But the European court said yesterday the conviction violated his right to free expression and could have a chilling effect on satirical commentary.

The decision can be appealed against one last time before the court’s Grand Chamber.

Czech women abducted UNKNOWN attackers have kidnapped two Czech women travelling in western Pakistan, officials of both countries said yesterday.

The Czech Foreign Ministry said the two tourists - believed to be in their mid-twenties - were kidnapped on Wednesday after a van they were travelling in was stopped by assailants on the way from the border with Iran.

“The group took them out of the van together with their guard, who was later released,” spokeswoman Johana Grohova said.

The identity of the assailants was unknown, she said. No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping nor made any demand for ransom.

Acrobat falls A KENYAN acrobat is in hospital with serious injuries after falling through a safety net at a circus in Moscow.

An amateur video aired on Russian television showed 22-year-old Karo Christopher Kazungu crash through the net during the show on Wednesday night.

The Great Moscow State Circus said on its website yesterday that he was conscious when he was taken to hospital.

The RIA Novosti news agency quoted the director of the show as saying that Kazungu was diagnosed with a fracture of one vertebra.

Labour, Lib Dems dismayed at breakdown in discussions

By Andrew Woodcock, Joe Churcher and Theo Usherwood British writer, essayist and autistic savant Daniel Tammet poses yesterday, at the Palais de la Decouverte in Paris, as part of the first Pi Day in France, commemorating the

mathematical constant pi. Tammet holds the European record for reciting pi from memory to 22,514 digits in five hours and nine minutes on March 14, 2004 (AFP)

‘Strong signs God particle found’ PHYSICISTS who last summer triumphantly announced the discovery of a new particle but held back from saying what it was, declared yesterday there was now little doubt it was the long-sought Higgs boson.

Latest analysis of data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator, where the boson was spotted as a bump on a graph early in 2012, “strongly indicates” it is the Higgs, said CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research.

Physicists believe the boson and its linked energy field were vital in the formation of the universe after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago by bringing flying particles together to make stars, planets and eventually humans - giving mass to matter, in the scientific jargon.

The particle and the field, named for British physicist Peter Higgs who predicted their existence 50 years ago, are also the last major missing elements in what scientists call the Standard Model of how the cosmos works at the very basic level.

But the CERN statement stopped short of claiming a discovery - which would clear the way to Nobel prizes for scientists linked to the project - and floated the idea that this might be an exotic “super-Higgs” offering a key to new worlds of physics.

“It remains an open question whether this is the Higgs boson of the Standard Model ... or possibly the lightest of several bosons predicted in some theories that go beyond the Standard Model,” said CERN, a large complex on the edge of Geneva.

“Finding the answer to this question will take time.”

Although some CERN physicists privately expressed irritation at the continuing refusal to - as one said - “call a Higgs a Higgs”, others argued that this could only come when the evidence was all totally irrefutable.

If it is not what one CERN-watching blogger has dubbed a “common or garden Higgs” but something more complex, vistas into worlds of supersymmetry, string theory, multiple dimensions and even parallel universes could begin to unfold.

“To me it is clear that we are dealing with a Higgs boson, though we still have a long way to go to know what kind of Higgs boson it is,” said Joe Incandela, spokesman for CMS, one of the two independent CERN LHC monitoring teams.

“There is every possibility that it is a Higgs boson from a more complex model, such as supersymmetry (a theory which says every elementary particle has a so-far unseen heavier partner),” another CMS researcher, John Conway, told Reuters.

In recent months, rumours have flown that the particle might be some sort of superHiggs - “the link between our world and most of the matter in the universe” as predicted

by US physicist Sean Carroll in a new book.

But David Charlton, who speaks for the ATLAS team, said the latest analysis, presented yesterday to a conference in the Italian Alps, pointed to the particle fitting the Standard Model - which would exclude exotica.

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday pulled the plug on cross-party talks on a new system of regulation for the press.

Cameron has now called a vote in the House of Commons on Monday on Conservative proposals for a Royal Charter to underpin the new system.

Both Labour and Liberal Democrats voiced dismay at the break-down of discussions designed to establish crossparty consensus on the sensitive proposals in the Leveson report into phone-hacking.

It was unclear whether Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will tell his MPs to vote with Labour to defeat the Tory proposals.

In a hastily-arranged press conference in 10 Downing Street, Cameron announced that the cross-party talks had “concluded without agreement” after a conference call between himself, Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband yesterday morning.

He said the proposals for an independent body, established by Royal Charter, to oversee the system of press self-regulation would provide “the toughest regulation of the press that this country has ever seen”.

Newspapers would refuse to sign up to a new system which is underpinned by statute, as recommended by Lord Jus-

tice Leveson and advocated

by Labour, Lib Dems and the Hacked Off campaign group, he warned.

“The route I have set out is the fastest possible way to deliver the strong self-regulation body that Leveson proposed that can put in place millionpound fines, prominent apologises and get justice for victims in this country,” said the Prime Minister.

A senior Labour source said: “The Prime Minister’s decision is very disappointing.

“We still hope for an agreement. We still believe there can be an agreement. We urge the Prime Minister to reflect on his actions.”

And a senior Lib Dem source said that Mr Cameron had made the decision to pull the plug on cross-party talks “unilaterally” and the Liberal Democrats were now considering their next step.

“We were very surprised and disappointed,” said the source. “We thought we were making real progress and inching towards a deal, but the Prime Minister has unilaterally decided to pull the plug on cross-party talks.

“We are still prepared to work with politicians of all parties, including the Conservatives, who want to work with others to implement Leveson.”

Asked whether Lib Dems would vote with Labour against the Royal Charter proposals on Monday, the source said: “We are going to have to talk about it and see what we do. Nothing has been agreed in government.”

Armenia vote upheld British actor attacks Russian city ban ARMENIA’S Constitutional Court yesterday rejected claims by two unsuccessful presidential candidates that a February 18 vote was rigged, upholding the re-election of incumbent Serzh Sarksyan.

The main election body had said there were no violations during the vote that could have influenced its outcome, while international monitors said the ballot was an improvement on previous ones although lacked real competition.

Investors worry over signs of instability in the South Caucasus region, a key transit route for Caspian energy resources to Europe. Violence after the 2008 election that first brought Sarksyan in power killed 10 people.

This time around, Sarksyan won 58.6 per cent of votes, but his second-placed rival, opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian, asserted that he was the real winner and began a declared hunger strike on March 10.

“The decision is to uphold the federal Election Committee’s decision from February 25 on the results of the presidential elections from February 18,” said Constitutional Court President Gagik Harutyunyan. The decision cannot be appealed.

Hovannisian, who secured 37 per cent of the vote, has staged several peaceful protests in the capital Yerevan over the lost race and has called on Sarksyan to resign.

BRITISH actor Stephen Fry attacked Russia’s gay rights record yesterday and met the lawmaker behind St Petersburg’s ban on homosexual “propaganda”, the model for a proposed national law critics say could be used to discriminate against gay people.

Homosexuality, punished with jail terms in the Soviet Union, was decriminalised in Russia in 1993, but much of the gay community remains underground and prejudice runs deep.

Fry, a gay actor and comedian with five million followers on Twitter, was visiting Russia to film a documentary about gay people’s experiences around the world.

He spoke in St Petersburg to lawmaker Vitaly Milonov, the architect of a city law imposing

On the offensive: actor and comedian Stephen Fry fines for individuals and firms spreading what it calls “propaganda” that could “damage the health, moral and spiritual development” of children.

Fry said he had a tense debate with the lawmaker. “Mi-

lonov doesn’t seem to believe there are teenagers bullied and tormented for being gay, he thinks they make it up ...

He regards liberals as the destroyers of Europe,” he said on Twitter.

Milonov, who says Orthodox Christian values are the basis for the St Petersburg law, said he understood Europe had the right to choose its own values, but that “these gentlemen do not acknowledge the same right for us”.

The bill, passed last year by lawmakers in Russia’s second-largest city, has been denounced as “medieval” by some human rights activists.

They fear as it did not spell out what would amount to unlawful propaganda, it might be used to ban gay rights demonstrations.

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Francis seen as renewal hope

This handout picture released by the Vatican press office yesterday shows Pope Francis laying a wreath prior to praying at Rome’s Santa Maria Maggiore basilica (AFP)

New Pope keeps to humble ways Has already spoken with retired pontiff POPE Francis put his humility on display during his first day as pontiff, stopping by his hotel to pick up his luggage and praying like a pilgrim before a beloved shrine.

It was a decidedly different style for the papacy usually ensconced inside the frescoed halls of the Vatican. The former archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, made an early morning visit in a simple Vatican car to a Roman basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary and prayed before an icon of the Madonna.

He had told a crowd of some 100,000 people packed in rain-soaked St. Peter’s Square just after his election that he intended to pray to the Madonna “that she may watch over all of Rome”. He also told cardinals he would call on retired Pope Benedict XVI, but the Vatican said the visit wouldn’t take place for a few days.

Francis, the first Jesuit pope and first non-European since the Middle Ages, decided to call himself Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, the humble friar who dedicated his life to helping the poor.

The new pope, known for his work with the poor in

Buenos Aires’ slums, immediately charmed the crowd in St Peter’s, which roared when his name was announced and roared again when he emerged on the loggia of the basilica with a simple and familiar: “Brothers and sisters, good evening.”

Waving shyly, he said the cardinals’ job was to find a bishop of Rome. “It seems as if my brother cardinals went to find him from the end of the earth, but here we are.

Thank you for the welcome.”

The 76-year-old Bergoglio, said to have finished second when Pope Benedict XVI was elected in 2005, was chosen on just the fifth ballot to replace the first pontiff to resign in 600 years.

Francis urged the crowd to pray for Benedict and immediately after his election spoke by phone with the retired pope, who has been living at the papal retreat in Castel Gandolfo south of Rome. A meeting with Benedict would be significant because Benedict’s resignation has raised concerns about potential conflicts emerging from the peculiar situation of having a reigning pope and a retired one.

Benedict’s long-time aide, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, accompanied Francis to the visit yesterday at St Mary Major. In addition to being Benedict’s secretary, Msgr Gaenswein is also the prefect of the papal household and will be arranging the new pope’s schedule.

After the visit, Francis also stopped by a Vatican-owned residence in central Rome to pick up the luggage that he left behind before moving into the Vatican hotel for the conclave, according to witnesses.

News reports said he was driven in a simple car - not the papal car - and asked if he needed to pay the bill.

The main item on Francis’ agenda yesterday was an inaugural afternoon Mass in the Sistine Chapel, at which he urged the Catholic Church to stick to its roots and shun modern temptations, warning that it would become just “a compassionate NGO” if it forgot its true mission.

The Argentinian pope, addressing cardinals in the chapel where he was elected pontiff on Wednesday, said the Church should be more focused on the Gospels of Jesus Christ.

WORLD IN A TWITTER ABOUT NEW CHURCH LEADER ELECTION of a new pontiff may be a centuries-old process but it captured the imagination of the modern age - prompting seven million mentions on microblogging site Twitter.

While thousands took to the streets of Rome for the historic event, millions more trained their eyes on the Sistine Chapel from afar and flooded social networking sites with updates.

Interest on Twitter peaked at 130,000 posts every minute - more than 2,000 tweets a second - as Cardinal of Buenos Aires Jorge Mario Bergoglio was named the new pope.

His election became the subject of eight of the top 10 trending topics on Twitter at one point. Meanwhile, those who closely

monitored the papal Twitter account were rewarded Wednesday night with a posting minutes after Pope Francis appeared on the balcony facing St Peter’s Square.

“HABEMUS PAPAM FRANCISCUM” meaning “We have Pope Francis” - was the first tweet since his predecessor, Benedict XVI, stood down last month.

Claire Diaz-Ortiz, Twitter’s head of social innovation, said the world “came together” online to await Wednesday’s decision.

“As anticipation mounted about an announcement, we saw over seven million tweets about the papacy,” she said. “As people reacted to Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran’s announcement of the new pope, we saw more than 130,000 Tweets per minute.”

CATHOLICS in Africa and Asia yesterday greeted the election of Pope Francis from Argentina as a historic breakthrough that would pump the developing world’s vital energy into a struggling Church and amplify the voice of the planet’s poor.

While there was disappointment that Pope Benedict’s successor did not come from the African or Asian continents, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio’s Third World origins spurred hopes of a kindred spirit among Catholics from Manila to Maputo.

Argentina, in Latin America’s southern cone, is as far from Africa and Asia as Europe, the prime source of previous pontiffs. But these developing southern continents of the globe, where poverty still looms large, are now home to the world’s fastest growing Catholic communities.

African and Asian Catholics quickly identified with the new Pope’s chosen name, in honour of St. Francis of Assisi, the 12th-century saint who spurned wealth to pursue a life of poverty, as a sign of a fresh direction in the global Church.

“This will be the pope of the poor since he also comes from the far corners of the earth,” said Celso Dias, a 39-year-old law firm worker, as he stopped to pray at the whitewashed Santo Antonio da Polana Cathedral in the Mozambican

Pope of the poor: newlyelected Pontiff Francis capital Maputo.

On the outskirts of Nigeria’s commercial metropolis Lagos, Father Raymond Anoliefo, who runs a parish Church at Ibeju, said he was heartened to hear that Bergoglio had criticised the Argentine government for not doing enough to tackle poverty.

“The problems he has in his country are the same as ours: poverty, corruption,” he said. “It’s encouraging to have someone from the developing world. This is ‘our pope’.”

In the Philippines, where more than 80 per cent of the population are Catholic, Church leaders saw the selection of the first non-European pontiff in well over a millennium as a just recognition that the face of global Catholicism

was changing.

“Pope Francis will have a grasp of what the Church faces in the Third World, where people are poor and yet the faith is growing fast,” said Jose Palma, the Archbishop of Cebu, the largest archdiocese in the Philippines.

The selection of the cardinal from Argentina served to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s universal identity, the bishop of Benguela in Angola, Dom Eugenio Dal Corso, told reporters.

Palma saw Pope Francis’ appointment signalling “a renewal” for Catholicism, where morale among some faithful has been badly battered by a widespread child sex abuse scandal and infighting in the Vatican bureaucracy. Western congregations have dwindled.

Yet Catholic congregations in the teeming mega-cities of Africa and Asia, and also in their rural hinterlands, have been swelling, and many said they believed Pope Francis could channel this revitalising vigour back into the body of the Church.

African Catholics, who make up some 16 per cent of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics and are among its most conservative believers, said they hoped too that Pope Francis would champion the traditional Church teachings opposing same sex relationships, abortion, contraception and women priests.

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Questions over prison ‘suicide’

WORLD TODAY Xi completes rise to the top CHINA’S parliament formally elected heir-in-waiting Xi Jinping president yesterday, completing the country’s second orderly political succession since the Communist Party took power in 1949.

The largely rubber-stamp National People’s Congress chose Xi in a tightly scripted ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, putting the final seal of approval on a generational transition of power. Xi was appointed party and military chief - where real power lies - in November.

The 59-year-old was also elected head of the Central Military Commission, a parallel government post to the party’s top military position which he already holds, ensuring that he has full power over the party, state and armed forces.

There was virtually no opposition among the carefully selected legislators to Xi becoming president. Xi drew just one no vote and three abstentions from the almost 3,000 delegates.

Xi bowed deeply and shook hands with his predecessor Hu Jintao upon the announcement of the result, carried live on state television. Xi and Hu exchanged a few inaudible words.

Li Yuanchao was also elected vice president.

Ieng Sary dead IENG Sary, who was standing trial for crimes against humanity during his time as the Khmer Rouge’s foreign minister in Cambodia in the 1970s, died yesterday, the court said.

His death will dismay victims of the regime who fear those most responsible for their suffering will escape justice. An estimated 1.7 million people died during the ultra-maoist “killing fields” revolution of the Khmer Rouge and its leader, Pol Pot. A UN-backed tribunal was set up in Cambodia to try those responsible, but so far only one relatively low-level prison chief has been found guilty and jailed.

New debacle A CARNIVAL Cruise Lines ship with 5,600 passengers and crew was stuck at a Caribbean port with equipment trouble yesterday, a month after another Carnival vessel was disabled by a fire that trapped thousands of passengers at sea for days.

The incident is the latest black eye for an industry battered by problems ranging from norovirus outbreaks to the Costa Concordia accident in Italy in 2012 that killed 32 people.

India rape accused’s death leaves doubts

By Matthias Williams and Annie Banerji

Delhi Police personnel arrive in search of relatives of gang rape accused Ram Singh at his locked shanty in New Delhi on March 11, 2013 (AFP)

AUTHORITIES are scrambling to address how one of India’s most notorious prisoners, sharing a cell with three other inmates in the country’s most secure jail, was able to hang himself from an iron grille high above his head without anyone noticing.

At issue is this week’s apparent suicide of Ram Singh, the alleged ringleader in a case of gang rape and murder that horrified India last December.

Reuters was unable to ascertain the full details of what went on behind the walls of New Delhi’s Tihar Jail and in Singh’s cell. But a jail official and one former inmate said it was impossible to keep a constant watch on prisoners in the sprawling and overcrowded facility.

“Committing suicide is very easy there. It’s not a big deal at all,” the former inmate said. He added he was imprisoned for two-and-a-half months last year and kept in the same building as Singh.

The man, who did not want to be identified, said an informal system of prisoners keeping watch over each other had broken down. Few cells had electronic surveillance, while guards came by only every half an hour or so.

A spokesman for the jail, Sunil Gupta, said it was im-

possible to monitor the prisoners tightly enough to prevent suicides.

“It is easy and it’s not unusual for suicides to happen in jail,” Gupta said in an interview conducted inside Tihar.

Tihar authorities reported yesterday the suicide of a 30-year-old woman, who was found hanged in her cell.

The woman, who was in for kidnapping, was taken to a Delhi hospital where she was declared dead. Her two cell mates were not in the room at the time.

Singh and five others were accused of the gang rape in December of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a bus. She and a male companion, who was beaten unconscious, were thrown out of the bus, naked and bleeding, after the assault. The student later died of her injuries.

SYSTEM FAILURE Thousands of people held protest rallies for days, condemning the police for failing to prevent such crimes and demanding the death penalty for the assailants.

Singh’s death is seen as another failure of the system.

“You could not prevent the rape,” said Suhas Chakma, the director of the Asian Centre for Human Rights. “You cannot protect people outside, you cannot protect people inside the four walls of the

prisons. It indicates absolute failure of the rule of law and also the governance system.”

Some rights activists have raised fears that Singh’s death could undermine the trial of the other four adults, now under way. The final accused is a juvenile, who is being held and tried separately.

However, legal experts say the death will not affect the prosecution’s case.

Authorities in Tihar said Singh hanged himself early on Monday after he made a noose from the mat he slept on and hanged himself from a grille in the ceiling.

Singh’s father said he did not believe his son had committed suicide and suspected that he had been murdered. “He confessed about his mistake, then why would he commit suicide? He was prepared for any punishment the government would have given him,” Mange Lal Singh said.

Authorities have conducted a post mortem on Singh’s body and a medical officer who had direct knowledge of the findings said there were no other injuries other than those associated with asphyxiation.

Tihar has won a reputation as a model prison, with counselling, yoga classes and meditation rooms for inmates.

However, many ills linger. It remains India’s largest prison and more than 12,000 prisoners are packed into a facility meant for 6,250.

Rare Suu Kyi rancour over report MYANMAR Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi faced the wrath of hundreds of villagers yesterday angered by her defence of an independent report that backed expansion of a copper mine they say was built on illegallyseized land.

The country’s most high-profile lawmaker chaired a panel that concluded in a report on Tuesday that a deal agreed between a local joint venture and the former military government to build the Monywa copper mine should be honoured, with amendments made to compensate the public and minimise environmental damage.

“We don’t want Aung San Suu Kyi. We don’t want the copper project,” shouted some 300 demonstrators that had gathered in each of the three villages the opposition leader visited to try to justify the findings of the parliamentary commission.

Protests against the hugely popular longtime leader of the struggle against military rule are almost unheard of in Myanmar, where criticising the 67-year-old Suu Kyi is rare.

The daughter of independence hero Aung

San made a switch last year from activist to politician and found herself saddled with expectations and playing a tricky balancing act that caused some disappointment among the public and human rights groups.

She has been criticised for her reluctance to speak out about violence in Rakhine and Kachin states and for accepting party donations from tycoons considered cronies of the former military junta.

She also caused a stir when she expressed “fondness” for the military, which for more than 15 years kept her under house arrest and jailed and tortured hundreds of her allies.

A spokesman for the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, which re-elected Suu Kyi as its leader last week, said it had urged her not to visit the villages and was worried about her safety.

“It’s a pity most of those who protested had not known anything about the content of the report,” Nyan Win said.

The NLD had received information about “agitation and incitement with political motivation” during the protests, Nyan Win added, without elaborating.

Suu Kyi (R) speaks with a woman while visiting a village near the Chinese-backed copper mine project yesterday

‘Karzai’s anti-American statements a threat to US troops’ THE top US commander in Afghanistan warned his troops to be ready for violence because of a series of antiAmerican statements by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, NATO says.

In an email to battlefield commanders, General Joseph Dunford, said the remarks could spur more insider attacks, days after gunmen in Afghan uniforms killed two US special forces troops and a US contractor in two separate shootings.

“We’re at a rough point in the relation-

ship,” Gen Dunford said in the email, according to a senior US official.

Karzai’s office released a new statement yesterday explaining the president’s earlier remarks, after news of the email broke.

“My recent comments were meant to help reform, not destroy the relationship,” Karzai told an audience gathered for a televised talk show filmed at the Presidential Palace. “We want good relations and friendship with America, but the relationship must be between

two independent nations.”

Over the weekend, the Afghan leader accused the US of colluding with the Taliban on suicide attacks to keep the country unstable and give foreign forces an excuse to stay beyond their 2014 mandate. His remarks followed two suicide attacks that killed at least 19 Afghans on Saturday, coinciding with the first official visit by US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel.

Karzai also cautioned that the delay in handing over a US-run deten-

tion centre to Afghan control “could harm bilateral relations.” His remarks came after he and Gen Dunford met on Wednesday to discuss the issue but failed to resolve the impasse.

The prison transfer, originally slated for 2009, has been delayed due to disputes between the US and Afghan governments about whether all detainees should have the right to a trial and who will have the ultimate authority over the release of prisoners the US considers a threat.

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World Abbas hopes for a restart to peace talks

Israeli PM Netanyahu clinches coalition agreement

PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday he hoped peace talks with Israel would restart this year although the chances of a resumption seemed slim.

Abbas made his comments during a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said Russia would do all it could to promote peace in the region.

“We ... hope that substantive peace talks will start this year, although the hopes are probably not very high,” Abbas said through an interpreter at the start of talks at Putin’s state residence outside Moscow.

“We hope that in the end we will reach a political solution based on the twostate principle,” he said.

Peace talks broke down in 2010 over Palestinian objections to Israel expanding settlements on occupied land the Palestinians want for a state. Israel has called for a resumption of the talks without preconditions.

After meeting Putin, Abbas said: “We will need major efforts to resume serious and substantive process on the basis of the decisions approved by the international law and the Arab peace initiative.”

Russia, a member of the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators along with the United States, the United Nations and the European Union, has criticised the Israeli settlement expansion.

Unlike the United States, it supported the de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine in a UN General Assembly vote in November.

Putin pinned a state friendship medal on Abbas’ jacket yesterday and said “Russia’s relations with Palestine lie on a strong historical foundation”.

PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clinched deals for a coalition government yesterday reflecting a shift to the centre in Israel and a domestic agenda that has shunted peacemaking with Palestinians to the sidelines.

In control of 68 of parliament’s 120 seats, the rightwing leader’s new administration is expected to take office next week, just days before a visit by US President Barack Obama, his first to Israel since entering the White House.

“There is a government,” said Noga Katz, a spokeswoman for Netanyahu’s Likud party, citing agreements with the centrist Yesh Atid and far-right Jewish Home parties as well as with a smaller faction led by former foreign minister Tzipi Livni.

Netanyahu’s long-time partners, ultra-Orthodox parties effectively blackballed by Yesh Atid and Jewish Home over social benefits and military draft exemptions for religious Jews, will not be in the new coalition born of a January 22 parliamentary election.

The exclusion of the religious parties represents a dramatic political change for an increasingly inward-looking Israel after the surprisingly strong ballot box showings by Yesh Atid, led by former TV news anchor Yair Lapid, and Jewish Home, headed by high-tech millionaire Naftali Bennett.

Although Lapid has advocated a resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians stalled since 2010, his party’s second-place finish was a reflection of a renewed public focus on bread-andbutter issues such as the high cost of living.

A fighter from the Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra reacts as a picture is taken of him while their base is shelled in Raqqa province, eastern Syria, yesterday

EU to be pushed to end rebels arms ban

By John Irish FRANCE and Britain want an urgent European Union meeting, possibly this month, to persuade their allies to lift an embargo on supplying arms to the Syrian opposition, France’s foreign minister said yesterday.

The two countries accuse Syrian President Bashar alAssad of gambling on a military victory, and hope the threat of arming the rebels will force him into talks and a transition of power after a two-year-old conflict that is destabilising the region.

Following Britain’s line,

Fabius: France and Britain want urgent Syria meeting Laurent Fabius warned yestersday that Paris could break with the embargo, which in any case will lapse on May 31 unless all 27 EU states agree to renew it.

That could pave the way for arms supplies to rebels.

Speaking on France Info radio, Fabius said: “We have to go very fast. The Europeans are supposed to look at this question in several weeks, but we will ask, with the British, for that meeting to be brought forward.”

The arms ban is part of a package of EU sanctions on Syria that rolls over every three months. An extension agreed last month expires on May 31. Without unanimous agreement to renew or amend it, the embargo lapses, along with the sanctions.

“The aim is to have an accord between the 27 and we’ve seen that positions are moving,” a French diplomatic source said.

EU foreign ministers are

to meet next informally on March 22 in Ireland and formally a month later. Depending on events in Syria, Paris and London will push for an emergency meeting before then to decide on the embargo, the source said.

Asked on France Info whether France and Britain would arm the opposition if there was no agreement, Fabius said only that France was “a sovereign state” and that the two countries would jointly act “to lift the embargo”.

French sources say the aim is to have the option to arm the rebels and hope the EU will come to some form of compromise.

Deadly coordinated blasts in heart of Baghdad raise concerns over fragile security COORDINATED blasts killed at least 25 people in the heart of Baghdad yesterday near the heavily fortified Green Zone, where several Western embassies are located, police and medics said.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the explosions, but Sunni Muslim insurgents have been

redoubling their efforts to undermine Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government and foment inter-communal conflict this year.

The brazen attacks in broad daylight will fan concerns about Iraq’s fragile security, which has come under growing strain as the increasingly sectarian conflict in

the Justice Ministry and militants attacked the building, clashing with Iraqi security forces, who eventually regained control.

Among the dead were at least seven policemen and 15 civilians, police and medics said. Three militants were also killed. At least 50 people were wounded.

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Police said two car bombs exploded in the Alawi district, one of them near the Justice Ministry building, before a suicide car bomber blew himself up near an Interior Ministry office.

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Business ‘Greece making reform progress’

Concerns over the budget rules raised at EU summit

GREECE is doing well with reforms required to receive the next tranche of emergency loans but is not there yet, international lenders said yesterday.

Representatives of the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the European Central Bank were commenting after a visit to Athens. They said they would return to Greece in early April to continue their review.

“Significant progress has been made but a few issues remain outstanding,” the statement said. “As additional technical work will be necessary to settle these issues, the mission will take a short break to allow this work to be completed.”

Greece is getting its first review after lenders agreed to unlock almost 50 billion euros in aid in December, staving off bankruptcy and keeping it in the euro. In return, Athens passed a new round of austerity measures to prop up its finances.

At the end of the troika’s 10-day visit, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said he was confident that Athens would get a €2.8-billion (£2.42billion) aid tranche it is waiting on this month.

Kept afloat solely by foreign aid, Greece has received more than €200 billion in loans since May 2010 but questions remain about whether it can continue implementing the ambitious reform programme in the face of public anger.

In addition to unpopular wage cuts and tax rises it has already agreed, Athens also needs to sack “a large part” of 27,000 civil servants it must earmark for possible dismissal.

To secure the March tranche, Athens needs to present a detailed staffing plan spelling out which ministries the workers will come from and how many will be laid off.

Germany expected to insist on fiscal discipline

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FRENCH President Francois Hollande raised the prospect of a showdown with Germany at a European summit yesterday, calling for more room in budgets to help stimulate growth, a challenge to Berlin’s faith in tight fiscal controls.

Arriving at the two-day meeting, where discussion was to be focused on economic policy and the social fallout from three years of debt crisis, Hollande said it was essential that governments had enough budget flexibility to kick-start growth with spending.

That is unlikely to sit comfortably with Germany, which is concerned that any straying from the path of deficit cutting will increase the debt burden and stir financial market turmoil.

“We need flexibility if we want to ensure that growth is the priority,” Hollande told reporters, adding that while he was committed to gradual budget consolidation, that did not mean that there was no room for manoeuvre.

“It is precisely because of this commitment that there must be flexibility because the only priority right now, aside from the budgetary commitments, is growth ... Too much rigidity would mean too much unemployment,” he said, touching on one of the region’s most sensitive issues, with 27 mil-

French President Francois Hollande (C) chats with Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo (L) and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti during a roundtable meeting at the EU Headquarters yesterday in Brussels (AFP) lion unemployed.

Hollande said this week that France’s budget deficit this year would come in at 3.7 per cent of gross domestic product, missing the 3 per cent it had promised EU partners, due to a flat economy. That drew criticism from Germany’s central bank chief, who said French economic reforms seemed to have floundered.

A draft statement prepared for the summit appeared to offer some wiggle-room on budgets, saying there should be “an appropriate mix of expenditure and revenue measures, including short-term

targeted measures to boost growth” and create jobs.

But diplomats said that formula was not fully backed by Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and other northern countries worried about backsliding on budget goals.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel skirted the issue on arrival at the meeting, saying only that leaders would discuss “general conditions concerning budgets, growth and unemployment”.

But in Berlin on Wednesday, senior German officials trumpeted their finances as the “envy of the world” and said their structural deficit, which

factors out the economic cycle, would be eliminated by next year.

Diplomats said they did not expect any major policy shift at the summit, but Hollande may be preparing the ground for a more substantial assault against austerity, together with Spain and Italy, after German elections in September.

Between now and then France, Spain and Portugal may also be given more time by their EU peers to meet their deficit goals, as long as they stick to a debt-cutting trend.

While the worst of the debt

crisis may have passed, the conundrum leaders face is how to galvanise anaemic growth and create jobs for millions of unemployed without undermining budget discipline.

“Markets kill you if you lose fiscal credibility, and they also kill you if you don’t have any growth, so it’s quite a narrow path to tread,” said one EU diplomat, crystallising the debate between austerity and economic stimulus.

“The problem is, I don’t know where most eurozone countries would find the fiscal space to stimulate if they were allowed.”

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UBS drew fire yesterday as it announced it paid CEO Sergio Ermotti almost $9 million in 2012 and welcomed a new investment bank chief with a $26-million package, just as the Swiss bank is in the process of firing 10,000 staff.

Executive pay in Switzerland remains a heated issue five years after the near collapse of UBS, blamed by many on a big bonus culture driving bankers to take excessive risks.

“UBS has still not learnt from the mistakes of the past,” said Brigitta Moser-Harder, an outspoken retail shareholder of UBS who campaigned for strict controls on executive pay that were adopted in a Swiss referendum earlier this month.

Investment bank chief Andrea Orcel, who is overseeing a radical restructuring of that operation in which 2,000 jobs are expected to go, secured a package worth 25 million Swiss francs ($26.27 million), according to UBS’s annual report yesterday.

It comprises $6.364 million in deferred cash and deferred UBS shares worth 18.5 million francs ($19.44 million) at the grant date. The deferred cash and shares will vest in installments in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

The deal was designed to replace forfeited pay from his former employer, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, after he joined the Swiss bank in July 2012. Orcel’s regular salary for 2012 was not disclosed.

Moser-Harder told Reuters that Orcel’s payment was outrageous: “Not only did the investment bank contribute a loss in the billions, it is also being massively scaled back.”

The Swiss vote two weeks ago will give shareholders a binding vote on remuneration, ban big rewards for new and departing managers and impose possible jail sentences and fines for breaches of the new rules.

THE number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped for a third straight week last week, the latest indication the labour market recovery was gaining traction.

Other data yesterday showed a spike in the cost of gasoline pushed up producer prices last month, but a lack of broad price pressures gives the Federal Reserve scope to maintain its very easy monetary policy.

The claims report added to a range of data - from retail sales to manufacturing and employment - that have suggested a limited impact on the economy from higher taxes.

“The recent labour market data signal is at least steady, and potentially improving, job growth so far in 2013 despite the implementation of various forms of fiscal tightening,” said Daniel Silver, an economist at JPMorgan in New York.

Initial claims for state unem-

Jobseekers wait in line at a job fair in Melville, New York on July 19, 2012 ployment benefits dropped 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 332,000 last week, the Labour Department said.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected first-time applications for jobless aid to rise to 350,000.

The four-week moving average for new claims, a better

measure of labour market trends, fell to a five-year low, suggesting a firming in underlying labour market conditions.

While the signs of strength in the jobs market could intensify an already lively debate at the Fed on the future course of monetary policy, economists said the US central bank was unlikely to scale back its monetary stimulus.

Policymakers meet next week to assess the economy and are widely expected to keep purchasing $85 billion in bonds per month in an effort to spur even stronger economic growth. It has said it would keep up asset purchases until it saw a substantial improvement in the labour market outlook.

Employment growth has picked up in recent months, but that is more a reflection of a decrease in layoffs than a pick up in hiring. In February, nonfarm payrolls increased by a healthy 236,000.

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Opinion

MPs have always refused to set a good example FOR YEARS now we have been hearing about the need for politicians to publish capital statements as part of the process to introduce transparency to public life. Draft legislation has been prepared and been found wanting during discussions, with deputies always picking holes in it without ever coming up with alternative proposals. It is the same, negative approach used for proposals relating to the Cyprus problem, by which politicians cite all the reasons why they would fail.

One of the most often used arguments against the publication of a deputy’s capital statement was that it would constitute a violation of the right to privacy.

It is a disingenuous argument, considering that the information would not be made public, even though it should be.

In fact, releasing, personal assets and earnings should be a legal obligation of everyone who hold public office, be they permanent secretaries, ministers, commissioners or deputies. As these people enjoy a host of privileges because of their positions they should also have special obligations that do not apply to ordinary citizens.

The privacy argument was debunked by the Commissioner for the Protection of Personal Data Yiannos Danielides, on Wednesday, when he accused deputies of hypocrisy. In a written statement he said that the position of several deputies, that they “would publish their capital statement on the condition that others do so” was “a classic example of hypocritical populism.” Danielides concluded that “in reality they do not want to publish their capital statement,” and it is impossible to disagree with him.

Deputies, although they pay lip service to transparency and are supposedly opposed to corruption have always refused to set a good example. And we are not only talking about the submission of capital statements. They do not even declare an interest when a House committee discusses issues in which they may have a direct interest – many deputies are lawyers representing individuals, companies, unions or associations that would be affected by legislation being discussed.

But it would appear that deputies have a lot to hide. There is no other explanation for their refusal to publish a capital statement or to divulge their professional interests. As regards the latter, the voters have the right to be informed.

But if we seriously expect deputies to voluntarily introduce laws that would restrict their activities and make them more accountable to the public we are deluding ourselves. This will never happen. They will pay lip service to the need for transparency, rail against corruption but never pass the necessary legislation.

Only through public pressure could they eventually be forced to pass legislation, but we are not very hopeful.

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Francis: a moderate focused on the poor Newsmaker Alexander Lifschitz

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H E FIRST Latin American pope, Argentina’s Jorge Bergoglio is a theological conservative with a strong social conscience, known for his negotiating skills as well as a readiness to challenge powerful interests. He is a modest man from a middle class family who declined the archbishop’s luxurious residence to live in a simple apartment and travel by bus.

He was also the main candidate against Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in the 2005 conclave that elected the German to become Pope Benedict, backed by moderate cardinals looking for an alternative to the then Vatican doctrinal chief.

Described by his biographer as a balancing force, Bergoglio, 76, has monk-like habits, is media shy and deeply concerned about the social inequalities rife in his homeland and elsewhere in Latin America.

“He is absolutely capable of undertaking the necessary renovation without any leaps into the unknown. He would be a balancing force,” said Francesca Ambrogetti, who co-authored a biography of Bergoglio after carrying out a series of interviews with him over three years.

“He shares the view that the Church should have a missionary role, that gets out to meet people, that is active ... a Church that does not so much regulate the faith as promote and facilitate it,” she added.

“His lifestyle is sober and austere. That’s the way he lives.

He travels on the underground, the bus, when he goes to Rome he flies economy class.”

The former cardinal, the first Jesuit to become pope, was born into a middle-class family of seven, his father an Italian immigrant railway worker and his mother a housewife.

He is a solemn man, deeply attached to centuries-old Roman Catholic traditions as he showed by asking the crowd cheering his election to say the Our Father and Hail Mary prayers. He spends his weekend in solitude in his apartment outside Buenos Aires.

In his rare public appearances, Bergoglio spares no harsh words for politicians and Argentine society, and has had a tricky relationship with President Cristina Fernandez and her late husband and predecessor, Nestor Kirchner.

Bergoglio became a priest at 32, nearly a decade after losing a lung due to respiratory illness and quitting his chemistry studies. Despite his late start, he was leading the local Jesuit community within four years, holding the post of provincial of the Argentine Jesuits from 1973 to 1979.

After six years as provincial, he held several academic posts and pursued further study in Germany. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires in 1992 and archbishop

The first Jesuit to become pope, was born into a middle-class family in 1998. Bergoglio’s career success coincided with the bloody 1976-1983 military dictatorship, during which up to 30,000 suspected leftists were kidnapped and killed – which prompted sharp questions about his role.

The most well-known episode relates to the abduction of two Jesuits whom the military government secretly jailed for their work in poor neighbourhoods.

According to “The Silence,” a book written by journalist Horacio Verbitsky, Bergoglio withdrew his order’s protection of the two men after they refused to quit visiting the slums, which ultimately paved the way for their capture.

Verbitsky’s book is based on statements by Orlando Yorio, one of the kidnapped Jesuits, before he died of natural causes in 2000. Both of the abducted clergymen suffered five months of imprisonment.

“History condemns him. It shows him to be opposed to all innovation in the Church and above all, during the dictatorship, it shows he was very cosy with the military,” Fortunato Mallimacci, the former dean of social sciences at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, once said. His actions during this

period strained his relations with many brother Jesuits around the world, who tend to be more politically liberal.

Those who defend Bergoglio say there is no proof behind these claims and, on the contrary, they say the priest helped many dissidents escape during the military junta’s rule.

His brother bishops elected him president of the Argentine bishops conference for two terms from 2005 to 2011.

In the Vatican, far removed from the dictatorship’s grim legacy, this quiet priest is expected to lead the Church with an iron grip and a strong social conscience.

In 2010, he challenged the Argentine government when it backed a gay marriage bill.

“Let’s not be naive. This isn’t a simple political fight, it’s an attempt to destroy God’s plan,” he wrote in a letter days before the bill was approved

by Congress.

Bergoglio has been close to the conservative Italian religious movement Communion and Liberation, which had the backing of Popes John Paul and Benedict as a way to revitalise faith among young people. Milan Cardinal Angelo Scola, who was believed to have the most support going

‘His lifestyle is sober and austere. That’s the way he lives. He travels on the underground, the bus, when he goes to Rome he flies economy class’

into the conclave, is also close to the movement, but has taken some distance from it as it got mired in political scandals in Italy.

Bergoglio has addressed the group’s annual meeting in Rimini and presented the books of its founder, Rev Luigi Giussani, to readers in Argentina.

His support contrasted to the critical view that another Jesuit, former Milan archbishop Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, had of Communion and Liberation during his life.

Martini died last year, leaving behind a posthumous interview saying the Church was “200 years behind the times.”

Rev Gerard Fogarty, a Jesuit and Church historian at the University of Virginia, said he was “pretty sure I’d never see a Jesuit pope” and was surprised that Bergoglio had been chosen because of the criticism of his stand during the dictatorship.

The Jesuit order was founded in the 16th century to serve the pope in the Counter-Reformation and some members of the Society of Jesus, as the order is officially called, think no Jesuit should ever become pope.

In the 2005 conclave, Bergoglio emerged as the moderate rival candidate to the conservative Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who went on to become Pope Benedict. After that conclave, some commentators spoke of Benedict as “the last European pope” and said the Latin Americans had good chances to win the next time. According to reports in Italian media, Bergoglio impressed cardinals in the preconclave “general congregation” meetings where they discussed problems facing the Church.

Bergoglio, who speaks his native Spanish, Italian and German, was promptly mentioned as a possible head of an important Vatican department but he begged off, saying: “Please, I would die in the Curia.”

After the 2005 conclave, a cardinal apparently broke his vow of secrecy and told the Italian magazine Limes that Ratzinger got a solid 47 votes in the first round while Bergoglio got 10 and the rest were scattered among other names.

Votes began to switch in the second voting round the next morning, pushing Ratzinger’s count to 65 and Bergoglio’s to 35. Limes said the Argentinian was backed by several moderate German, US and Latin American cardinals.

The third round just before lunch went 72 for Ratzinger and 40 for Bergoglio, according to Limes, and the German cardinal clinched it on the fourth round that afternoon with 84 votes.

Bergoglio’s tally sank in the fourth round to 26, indicating some supporters had jumped on the Ratzinger bandwagon.

“Some apparently concluded this was the way the Holy Spirit was moving the election,” one cardinal said after the vote.

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Fox tries to lift television ratings of its fading ‘Idol’

Lay off young stars, says Jada Pinkett Smith

Microphone in Olympic torch-style journey

JADA Pinkett Smith says it’s wrong for people to “attack and criticise” young stars such as Justin Bieber on social media.

The actress’ 14-year-old son Jaden accompanied the ‘Baby’ singer on his controversial visit to London last week and Jada is stunned at the vitriol Justin and his peers like Rihanna, Taylor Swift and actress Quvenzhane Wallis have to tolerate online.

In an open letter on her Facebook page, she pondered: “How can we ask for our young stars to have a high level of responsibility if we are not demonstrating that same level of responsibility towards them?

“Do we feel as though we can say and do what we please without demonstrating any responsibility simply because they are famous?”

The 41-year-old star - who has two famous children, Jaden and 12-year-old Willow, with husband Will Smith - went on to address the ‘Never Say Never’ hitmaker’s troubled week in the UK capital, where he angered fans by being two hours late to the stage for one gig and got into a heated argument with a paparazzi photographer.

By Lisa Richwine THE microphone that singers on Fox television’s American Idol used for the live broadcast last night has travelled to Hollywood after an Olympic torch-style journey through 13 cities.

Producers hope the ‘Idol Across America’ relay will generate enthusiasm for the 12th season of the long-time TV ratings champ, which has seen viewership fall the past six seasons.

Last year, the show that launched the careers of Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson lost its eight-year-old title as the most-watched series on US television when it fell behind NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

Ratings slipped again when the show returned in January, with season-to-date viewership down roughly 20 per cent overall and in the 18 to 49 age group that advertisers most want, despite a revamped judges panel and new interactive features.

Among 18- to 49-year-olds, Idol ranks third this season behind Sunday Night Football and CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory. The Thursday broadcast comes in sixth, with ABC comedy Modern Family in fourth place and Monday night’s The Voice at No.5, according to ratings data provided by Fox.

Show host Ryan Seacrest (left) and judge Randy Jackson pose at the party for the American Idol finalists “You look at the declines and you get a little bit concerned when you see double-digit drops,” said Jason Maltby, who purchases commercial time for advertisers as the lead TV ad buyer at Mindshare.

“You wonder how much of it is due to personality changes and how much is due to how long it’s been on the air. Has it started to run it’s course?” he said.

To freshen the broadcast, Idol for the first time replaced three judges in one move, leaving only Randy Jackson, who has assessed the talent since

the show’s 2002 debut. Producers brought in judges from different musical styles - pop diva Mariah Carey, hip-hop star Nicki Minaj and country singer Keith Urban.

The show also created an online ‘super vote,’ where fans can cast 50 votes at once.

Viewers were encouraged to tweet #idolagree or #idoldisagree in response to the judges’ decisions in early rounds, with results appearing on-screen.

During its heyday in 2006 and 2007, Idol could pull in more than 30 million viewers for an episode. This season’s

Wednesday night shows average 16.5 million, according to Nielsen.

Even with eroding viewership, American Idol ranks in the top five shows each week, which so far has allayed any fears among its major advertisers, none of which has dropped their sponsorship.

“It’s still pulling in numbers that other networks can’t get on any night,” said Lauren Israel, vice president at media agency J3.

Minaj has earned rave reviews for candid and entertaining comments. Rolling

Stone writer Rob Sheffield called her “the best judge Idol has ever had.”

Fox executives still can pitch Idol’s relatively youthful audience to advertisers who seek out viewers below age 50. The median age of Idol viewers dropped by nearly four years to 45, a rare feat for a show on the air for more than a decade.

“It brings young and old, and it brings in females,” said Darcy Bowe, director at media agency Starcom USA. “It still has a high value to advertisers.”

‘Stud’ Sheeran flattered ‘Baby may have saved marriage’

by Taylor Swift rumours ED Sheeran has said he felt like a ‘stud’ after he was rumoured to be dating pop superstar Taylor Swift.

And the Brit-winning singer said he was delighted that even his friends believed he was capable of attracting the attentions of such a glamorous figure.

However Ed said they were merely friends and denied suggestions that there was any romance between them. He had recently been seen leaving her hotel room in the early hours, prompting speculation that they were an item, but he said there was an innocent explanation - they were merely playing songs to each other.

‘IT WAS STRICTLY THAT KIND OF THING’ In an interview for a New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ, Ed said: “I did go to her hotel, I did stay there ‘til four and I did leave in the same clothes - but I was playing her my new record. It was strictly that kind of thing.

Ed - whose friend Harry Styles from One Direction had a fling with Taylor - went on: “The thing that impressed me with the media is that because they wrote about it, my mates believed it.

“And my mates are texting me being like ‘is it true?’ so I said it wasn’t but the fact that people can believe it makes me feel like a bit of a stud, you know?

“I’ve got to be honest because one of my best friends did date her. I’m not that kind of guy. But the fact that people believed it impressed me a little bit.”

And he pointed out it would be foolhardy to date Taylor because they were due to tour together, adding: “Six months on the road with someone, that could get a bit awkward.”

The good old days: Demi Moore with Ashton Kutcher

DEMI Moore thinks a baby would have saved her marriage to Ashton Kutcher.

The 50-year-old actress who has daughters Rumer, Scout and Tallulah with ex-husband Bruce Willis - is still heartbroken over her split from the Two and a Half Men actor and is reportedly convinced having a child with the 35-year-old hunk would have stopped him from cheating.

A source told RadarOnline.com “Ashton wanted a child from day one, and Demi knew he would make an amazing father after seeing how great he was with her girls. Sadly though, time wasn’t on Demi’s side, and she was never able to fulfill his baby wish.

“Demi believes in her heart that if they had had a child together, there wouldn’t be a divorce going on right now. She thinks if there had been a baby at home Ashton wouldn’t have been out partying with friends, and he wouldn’t have had the chance to cheat on her.”

CONTINUALLY ATTACK She wrote: “Is it okay to continually attack and criticise a famous 19 year old who is simply trying to build a life, exercise his talents while figuring out what manhood and fame is all about as he carries the weight of supporting his family as well as providing the pay checks to others who depend on him to work so they can feed their families as well? Does that render being called a c*** by an adult male photographer as you try to return to your hotel after leaving the hospital? (sic)” The Hawthorne actress further criticised online abuse directed at the Oscar-nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild actress Quvenzhane, who was referred to as a “c***” on Twitter even though she is just nine.

Jada also had harsh words for those who troll pop stars Rihanna and Taylor, both of whom have been involved in high profile relationships.

She added: “Or what about our nine year old beautiful Oscar nominee who was referred to as a c*** as well? Or what about being a young woman in her early twenties, exploring the intricacies of love and power on the world stage?

And should we shame a young woman for displaying a sense of innocence as she navigates through the murky waters of love, heartbreak, and fame?

“Are these young people not allowed to be young, make mistakes, grow, and eventually transform a million times before our eyes?”

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Sleep loss ‘link to Alzheimer’s’ SLEEP loss can be an early warning sign of Alzheimer’s, new research suggests.

The findings, from a study of apparently healthy volunteers, point the way to new methods of detecting and monitoring the disease, say scientists.

Evidence indicates that the link between sleep and Alzheimer’s runs in two directions. Alterations in the brain caused by the disease may disrupt sleep, and poor sleep also promotes the changes.

Lead scientist Professor David Holtzmann, from Washington University School of Medicine in the US, said: “This link may provide us with an easily detectable sign of Alzheimer’s pathology.

“As we start to treat people who have markers of early

Alzheimer’s, changes in sleep in response to treatments may serve as an indicator of whether the new treatments are succeeding.”

Sleep problems are common among people with full-blown Alzheimer’s. The new research suggests they may also be a sign of early-developing disease and symptoms to come.

ferent in other important ways, researchers said.

The study, which appeared in Journal of the American Medical Association, included 17,000 mothers and their infants in Belarus. About half the babies were born at maternity hospitals that used a World Health Organizationdesigned initiative to promote breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding may not ward off child obesity

Seeing CPR may help coping

BREASTFEEDING does not seem to protect babies against becoming overweight or obese children, according to a European study that included more than 10,000 mothers and babies.

“It’s just a reality check that in itself, promoting breastfeeding, while a good thing that will have other health benefits, is unlikely to have any effects on stemming the obesity epidemic,” said lead author Richard Martin, from the University of Bristol, UK. Past research has suggested that babies who are breastfed are less likely to grow up to be obese children, but those studies compared mothers who chose whether or not to breastfeed, so they and their children could have been dif-

WHEN family members were allowed to watch emergency personnel try but fail to resuscitate a loved one, the relatives were less likely to have post-traumatic stress symptoms, anxiety or depression much later, according to a French study.

The researchers, who published their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine, also found that allowing the family to witness the rescue attempts did not increase stress on the health care workers, influence whether the victim survived or result in more lawsuits.

“Family presence during CPR was associated with positive results on psychological variables and did not interfere with medical efforts,” wrote the team, led by Patricia Jabre of Avicenne Hospital in Bobigny.

European women outlive their male counterparts

Exercise improves brain Overall health on the continent improves and life expectancy grows function

By Kate Kelland EUROPEANS can expect to live longer and their overall health has improved in recent years, but “unjust” health inequalities persist between men and women, East and West and rich and poor, the World Health Organisation said in a new report.

In an update on the 53 countries in its European region, the United Nations health body said its 900 million people were living longer and healthier lives, with average life expectancy increasing by five years since 1980 to reach 76 years in 2010.

This was mainly due to decreases in some causes of death, such as road accidents and maternal mortality, and to efforts to reduce some health risks and improve socioeconomic conditions in the region, which for the WHO stretches across the EU to central Asia.

“But there are persistent and widespread inequities in health across the region, which in some cases are worsening,” said Zsuzsanna Jakab, the WHO’s regional director for Europe.

“These are unnecessary and unjust and must be a priority for us to address collectively,” she said.

The WHO’s European health report, issued every three years, showed the leading health risk factors for Europeans today include tobacco and alcohol use, with alcohol accounting for an estimated 6.5 per cent of all deaths, and some 27 per cent of the adult population smoking.

So-called non-communicable, or chronic, diseases such as heart disease, and cancer account for 80 per cent of deaths, with cardiovascular diseases the cause of about 50 per cent of deaths and cancer accounting for around 20 per cent.

And while infectious diseases kill fewer people, some

“remain a concern” - particularly tuberculosis, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, the report said.

It also found that while life expectancy for women in the region reached an average of 80 years in 2010, for men it was only 72.5 years. And premature death rates, although falling overall, vary considerably across the region, with the highest rates in the eastern part and the lowest in western countries.

“The good news is that overall mortality from all causes is continuing to decline in the European region,” said Ritu Sadana, one of the co-authors of the report who presented its findings at a briefing in London. “But what’s very important... is that national averages continue to show a huge inequality across the region - particularly an eastwest divide.

“Inequalities really have become a hallmark of European health,” she added.

Cancer deaths, for example, while accounting for around 20 per cent of deaths in the region as whole, ranged from five per cent of deaths in some countries to more than 30 per cent in others.

“In fact cancer has replaced cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of premature deaths - that’s before the age of 65 - in 28 of the 53 countries,” Sadana said.

On the upside, Europe has the lowest child mortality rates in the world, at 7.9 per 1,000 live births, after a 54 per cent reduction in infant death rates between 1990 and 2010. Here again, though, rates “vary strikingly” between countries, the report said.

Maternal mortality, or death of women in childbirth, fell by 50 per cent after 1990, to 13.3 per 100,000 live births in 2010. And death from transport accidents fell by 50 per cent after 1990, related to a drop in road accidents, particularly those involving alcohol.

By John von Radowitz

The leading health risk factors for Europeans today include tobacco

Quitting smoking helps hearts, even with some weight gain PEOPLE who have quit smoking have a lower chance of suffering a heart attack or stroke than current smokers, even if they put on a few extra kilos in the process, according to an international study.

The long-term cardiovascular benefits of kicking the smoking habit have been wellestablished, but researchers whose report appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association said that it’s been unclear how the weight gain that often accompanies quitting fits into the picture.

“Weight gain is a real concern for smokers who want to quit and this might not only be an aesthetic one,” said Carole Clair, from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and Massachusetts General

Hospital in Boston.

“Overweight and obesity are risk factors for coronary heart disease, and it has been a concern that especially among people already at risk for (cardiovascular disease), weight gain following smoking cessation might cancel or at least decrease the benefits of smoking cessation,” she added.

Smokers’ heart rate and other body functions are revved up by nicotine, which may cause them to burn slightly more calories than nonsmokers - so when they quit, their metabolisms slow down. Recent quitters tend to compensate for nicotine withdrawal by snacking, according to Clair - hence the weight gain.

She and her colleagues analysed data from a long-term

study of 3,251 people who took health surveys every four years between 1984 and 2011. At the onset, just under one-third of those participants were smokers.

Over an average of 25 years, 631 of all participants suffered a heart attack or stroke, or developed heart failure or another type of cardiovascular disease.

Both people who said they’d quit smoking since their last check-in, and longer-term quitters, were about half as likely to have heart problems as those who were still using cigarettes.

Quitters gained an average of 2.7 to 3.6kg after kicking the habit, consistent with past research. But quit-related weight gain had no clear effect on cardiovascular health, the team wrote.

LIFELONG exercise can lead to improved brain function in later life, a study has shown.

People perform better in mental tests at the age of 50 if they have engaged in regular intense activity, such as playing sport, running, swimming or working out in the gym, since childhood.

More than 9,000 individuals took part in the research from the age of 11.

Interviews were conducted at regular age intervals to monitor levels of exercise.

Participants also undertook tests of memory, attention and learning.

Those who had exercised two to three times per month or more from the age of 11 scored higher in the tests than those who had not.

Study leader Dr Alex Dregan, from King’s College London, said: “As exercise represents a key component of lifestyle interventions to prevent cognitive decline, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer, public health interventions to promote lifelong exercise have the potential to reduce the personal and social burden associated with these conditions in late adult years.”

UK government guidelines say that adults aged 19 to 64 should exercise for at least 150 minutes per week.

“It’s widely acknowledged that a healthy body equals a healthy mind,” said Dr Dregan. “However, not everyone is willing or able to take part in the recommended 150 minutes of physical activity per week. For these people any level of physical activity may benefit their cognitive well-being in the long-term and this is something that needs to be explored further.

“Setting lower exercise targets at the beginning and gradually increasing their frequency and intensity could be a more effective method for improving levels of exercise within the wider population.”

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Identity thief

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by Andres Muschietti. (Horror, 100 mins.)

Identity Thief

Warm Bodies

The Last Stand

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Oz the Great and Powerful Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a travelling circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. At first he thinks he’s hit the jackpot: fame and fortune are his for the taking.

That all changes, however, when he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he’s the great wizard everyone’s been expecting as per the prophecy. Nonetheless, he’s all they’ve got – and, as their new king, he’s expected to save them from evil. He is after all, the great and powerful Oz. Also starring Zach Braff. Directed

by Sam Raimi. In 3D. (Adventure fantasy, 130 mins.)

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Mama A man, having shot his exwife, kidnaps his two young daughters (aged one and three), and wanders with the kids through the woods till they come to a dilapidated cabin.

Once inside, he prepares a double murder-suicide – but something emerges from the dark to snatch him away. Five years later, the girls, Victoria (Megan Charpentier) and Lilly (Isabelle Nelisse), now eight and six, have been discovered living on their own in the cabin.

Feral, and frightened of people, they’re eventually released into the custody of their uncle Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his goth rocker girlfriend Annabel (Jessica Chastain). But the girls don’t come on their own: they bring with them “Mama”, their ‘friend’ from the cabin. Directed Lincoln

R (Nicholas Hoult) is a zombie in a post-apocalyptic world where the few remaining humans shelter behind a wall in a ruined city. They include Julie (Teresa Palmer), part of a team sent into zombie territory to retrieve medical supplies. Zombies and humans clash and R kills Julie’s boyfriend Perry (Dave Franco), eating his brains and absorbing his memories of their relationship. Somehow, this jump-starts R’s transformation back to the land of the living. His heart begins to beat. He starts speaking words. And he protects Julie from the other zombies. In short, R is in love – but can it ever work out between a girl and a zombie? Also starring John Malkovich and Rob Corddry.

Directed by Jonathan Levine.

(Horror with romantic comedy elements, 98 mins.)

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Lincoln 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. Also starring Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones and David Strathairn. Directed by Steven Spielberg. (Historical drama, 150 mins.)

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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 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.

Also starring Famke Janssen and Peter Stormare. Directed by Tommy Wirkola. (Action fantasy, 88 mins.)

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Barbie in the Pink Shoes 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. Directed by Owen Hurley.

DUBBED INTO GREEK. (Kids’ cartoon, 75 mins.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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 spent 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.)

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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.)

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La vie d’une autre Marie (Juliette Binoche) is 40 years old, but wakes up one morning thinking she’s 25. She’s forgotten 15 years of her life. She wakes up believing herself at the beginning of a romance, which is in fact ending. She has four days to make the man of her life fall in love with her again. Also starring Mathieu Kassovitz and Aure Atika.

Directed by Sylvie Testud. In French, with Greek subtitles.

(Comedy-drama, 97 mins.)

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The Last Stand

Evagoras (Georges Corraface) is a poor villager living in Cyprus, just as Greece is about to become embroiled in WWII in 1940. He has made a vow to visit the shrine of St Andreas, far away from his own village, if his wife gives birth to their first son after several girls. Once the baby son arrives, Evagoras begins his long trek accompanied by his faithful donkey. Determined to complete his holy vow, Evagoras presses on resolutely, although there are several people bent on preventing him reaching his goal and fate seemingly conspires against him. Also starring Valeria Golino and Yiannis Voglis.

Directed by Andreas Pantzis in 2001. In Greek. (Drama, 153 mins.)

Directed by: Kim Jee-woon Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Eduardo Noriega US 2013, 107 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.

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THE PLOT Diabolical drug-cartel boss Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega) busts out of FBI custody and heads for the Mexican border. His plan is to cross over near the small town of Sommerton, and there’s only one man who can thwart him: the town’s pencil-pushing sheriff Ray Owens (Arnold Schwarzenegger), armed with nothing more than years of experience as an LA narcotics cop and a team of inexperienced sidekicks.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID Mixed: “And … he’s back. With The Last Stand, precisely one decade on from his last star vehicle (Terminator 3), Arnold Schwarzenegger is finally reset to Action Man mode. But with less swagger than you might expect. Rather than being triumphantly Arniecentric, large swathes of the movie are entirely Governor-free…

“It’s corny, lowbrow fun – High Noon rebooted in Hasta-La-VistaVision. But the first hour’s toggling between the villain’s Fa s t

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Five-ish vehicular machinations and events in Sommerton only highlights the yawniness of the latter. For a long time, Schwarzenegger’s stiff-necked sheriff Ray Owens saunters around saying things like, ‘Should be a quiet weekend’, and putting on reading glasses to signify that he’s old (in case you miss this, he also has the line ‘I’m old’) … Then, finally, The Last Stand bursts into a final stretch of jubilantly chaotic, cartoonishly violent edge-ofthe-border disorder, and everyone seems to wake up.”

Nick de Semlyen, Empire (UK) “So I just saw the latest Arnold Schwarzenegger movie The Last Stand, in which the 65-year-old one-time bodybuilding champ tries to stage yet another messy, jokey, meta-style comeback. This is a role very much in the mode of Clint Eastwood or Sylvester Stallone – in fact, I kept thinking that Eastwood must have made this film, sometime around 1997 – with Schwarzenegger playing a small-town Arizona sheriff forced to go mano a mano, under exceptionally unlikely circumstances, with an escaped Mexican drug lord. It’s one of those mixed-up Hollywood pictures that has too much going on: It tries to protect the action-hero status of its visibly enfeebled star, and it has Johnny Knoxville of Jackass in a moronic supporting role, and the story doesn’t make any sense…

“So to call this a good movie is really a stretch; it’s more like 38 per cent of a good movie. But it probably has just enough dumb fun and pointless violence and car chases to seem like a highly viable option for large numbers of people this weekend. Anyway, by this point Schwarzenegger is like an old friend who’s run a bit to seed, and who can resist that? If anything, his acting has gotten worse, which may have to do with whatever work he’s had done on that big Austrian rural rock formation he calls a face. He obviously isn’t quite the imposing physical specimen he used to be, has had some health problems and doesn’t look all that great. But you know exactly what you’re going to get with Arnold, which is asskicking, one-liners and a general lack of selfseriousness. Wherever and however he learned it, Schwarzenegger has always had a genial arrogance that audiences eat up: he’s gettin’ paid, he hopes we’re having fun, and he feels no need to pretend that it’s art.”

Andrew O’Hehir, Salon (US)

Identity Thief Directed by: Seth Gordon Starring: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, John Cho US 2013, 111 mins.

Showing from today at the K-Cineplex and K-Cineplex (Mall of Cyprus) in Nicosia, the Rio and K-Cineplex in

Identity thief Last Stand

Limassol, the K-Cineplex in Larnaca and the Rio in Paphos.

THE PLOT Sandy Patterson (Jason Bateman) travels from the Colorado home he shares with his wife Trish (Amanda Peet) and two daughters to Florida.

His goal is to track down the woman who stole his identity, trashed his credit rating, and cost him his job. She’s Diana (Melissa McCarthy), a fat, foul-mouthed cartoon creature who wallows in excess as she adds to Sandy’s debt – but, having confronted his nemesis, Sandy soon finds various events (including two mob enforcers and a bounty hunter) conspiring to force them on a road trip together.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID Mixed: “Once Sandy finds Diana, who’s nesting in a Florida house that looks as if it had been dipped in a vat of PeptoBismol, the movie enters more predicable territory. From her gut-churning pink home to the blue shadow plastered on her eyes, Sandy is a cornucopia of conventional bad taste. She’s a liar and a thief, but she’s also tacky, low-rent, vulgar, with a mouth and manners as loud as the floral prints she wears.

“She is, in other words, the unruly woman, the woman of glorious excess who, with her sharp, funny tongue and ex-

pansive physicality dominates the screen and her male costars, often by playing off an idea of femininity. Diana isn’t the brilliant, gender-bending presence that McCarthy inhabited so brilliantly in Bridesmaids, a movie that rejoiced in messy female behaviour. Even so, from the moment Diana comes on screen in Identity Thief, sugar-talking Sandy out of his information while she’s slurping a soda, Ms. McCarthy owns the movie…

“This frenzy doesn’t endure, though that is to be expected.

Real anarchy has no place in an entertainment like Identity Thief: order must be restored, the family reunited, the wild woman tamed. Diana will teach Sandy something, and he will teach her something in turn, and then everything will fit tidily, phonily together, or something like that. That said, as is the case with other unsatisfactory diversions, it is entirely possible to ignore the worst parts of this movie, to drift along during the lulls, slide over the half-baked jokes and just wait for Ms. McCarthy and Mr. Bateman to do their things.”

Manohla Dargis, New York Times (US) Anti: “Essentially, it’s almost two hours of McCarthy hurling herself at the camera. Imagine Planes, Trains & Automobiles smashing headlong into Midnight Run, with one major casualty: the screen-

play…

“Certainly, the leads have chemistry, and McCarthy’s comic mugging is, if nothing else, energetic.

“But the humour is so hamfisted and by-the-book that before long watching it starts to feel about as much fun as actually finding out that some big-haired nut in Florida has hijacked your life.

“A wasted opportunity: put the two leads in a movie that didn’t lazily rely on its high concept to do the work, and you’d really have something to laugh about.”

Ken McIntyre, Total Film (UK) “Identity Thief was probably designed to showcase McCarthy, but it doesn’t cast her in the best light. She may be a genuinely gifted comedienne: Her off-colour, free form outtakes at the end of This is 40 were funnier than anything in that movie. But here, McCarthy just finds a groove and hunkers down in it, grinding away…

“Bateman, who has the heart of a straight man and the timing of a comic, deserves better. And McCarthy, whether you love her, hate her, or straddle the fence, shouldn’t be stuck with this kind of crap, either. Watching Identity Thief will steal nearly two hours of your life that you’ll never get back. It takes far more than it gives.”

Stephanie Zacharek, Film. com (Internet)

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What’s on

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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 The Last Stand (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.40, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.40, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 11am, 1.20pm and 3.30pm Identity Thief (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.40, 7.55 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.40, 7.55 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11am, 1.10pm and 3.25pm Oz the Great and Powerful (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.30 and 8pm, weekends also at 3pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 5.30 and 8pm, weekends also at 11am and 3pm Mama (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 7.50 and 10.10pm Warm Bodies (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30 and 7.50pm, weekends also at 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.05pm Lincoln (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 7.15pm

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 10.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 10.30pm Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.20pm and 3.30pm Gangster Squad (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.15pm Love in the End (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 10.05pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.15pm and 3.20pm La vie d’une autre (in French, with Greek subtitles) Cine Studio, tonight, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 9pm, .

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

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

The Last Stand (15) Rio 2, weekdays 7.45pm, weekends and Green Monday 8pm; Rio 4 10pm, weekends and Green Monday also 5.30pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) 5.40, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also 3.30pm Oz the Great and Powerful (12) Rio 2, weekdays at 5.20pm, weekends and Green Monday at 3 and 5.30pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.30 and 8pm, weekends also at 3pm

A Good Day to Die Hard (15) Rio 6 at 10.10pm Love in the End (K) Rio 4 (in Greek) at 7.45pm, weekends also at 3.30pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 5 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3.20pm

LARNACA

Mama (15) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50 and 10.10pm

The Last Stand (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.40, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.30pm

Warm Bodies (12) Rio 5 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends and Green Monday also at 5.30pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.05pm

Identity Thief (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.40, 7.55 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm

Lincoln (12) Rio 6 at 7.30pm, weekends and Green Monday also at 4.30pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.15pm

LIMASSOL

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (15) Rio 2, weekdays at 10pm, weekends at 10.10pm; KCineplex (Screen 2) at 10.30pm

Identity Thief (12) Rio 3 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends and Green Monday also at 3.30 and 5.30pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.40, 7.55 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm

Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) Rio 1 (in Greek), weekends and Green Monday only at 3, 4.30 and 6pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3.30pm

Oz the Great and Powerful (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.30 and 8pm, weekends also at 3pm Mama (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50 and 10.10pm Warm Bodies (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30 and 7.50pm, weekends also at 3.20pm Lincoln (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.15pm

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 10.30pm Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3.30pm Gangster Squad (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.15pm Love in the End (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 10.05pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3.20pm To Tama (in Greek) Thursday at 8.30pm, presented by the Larnaca Cinema Society. Tel: 99-658831, 99-462903. www.lfcinema.org

PAPHOS The Last Stand (15) Rio 7, weekdays at 5.30, 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends and Green Monday at 6, 8 and 10pm Identity Thief (12) Rio 1 at 5.30, 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends and Green Monday also at 3.30pm

Oz the Great and Powerful (12) Rio 6 at 5.15, 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends and Green Monday also at 3pm Mama (15) Rio 5 at 5.30, 7.30 and 9.45pm Warm Bodies (12) Rio 3 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends and Green Monday at 4pm Lincoln (12) Rio 2 at 5, 7.30 and 10pm Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (15) Rio 4 at 7.30pm Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) Rio 7 (in Greek), weekends and Green Monday only at 3 and 4.30pm A Good Day to Die Hard (15) Rio 4 at 9.45pm Love in the End (K) Rio 4 (in Greek) at 5.45pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 4 (in Greek), weekends and Green Monday only at 3.30pm

listings Today Exhibition The Colour of Truth Group art exhibition from both communities about Missing Persons.

Opens March 15, 6.30pm until March 22. Goethe-Institut Mondays to Fridays: 11am-7 pm. Tel: 22-674607

Music Tale of the East Three Cypriot artists and musician from Greece, with tunes from the Levant, Constantinople and the coasts of North Africa. March 15. Kala Kathoumena, Nicosia. 9pm. €10. Tel: 22-664654

Theatre Woyzeck Multi-media performance one of the most performed and influential plays in contemporary German theatre. March 15. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. €15/10. In Greek with English songs and text fragments. Tel: 77-777745

Other Events Cyprus through the Transformation Mechanisms Open free lecture by Dr Christoforos Pissarides, Nobel Prize Winner (Economics). March 15. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia.

6pm. Tel: 22-778475. www.cima.ac.cy

Lemon Park Carnival Party Dress up and party with DJ Gabriel G. Featuring Harlem Shake moment.

March 15. Lemon Park, Nefelis, Latsia, Nicosia. 11pm. €10 (with 1 free drink). Tel: 96-783444/ 99-825083 Electronic Blackout Vol.II - The Carnival Edition Warehouse party with the best local DJs around.March 15. Warehouse In The Industrial Area Of Pallouriotissa.10pm.

15/25. Tel: 99-574788/99-324881/99513886. https://www.facebook.com/ ElectronicBlackout

Tomorrow Music Chamber Music Concert with Clarinet Quintet A very special programme with a Clarinet Quintet with a group of members of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. March 16. Pallas Theatre, Paphos Gate, Nicosia. 5pm.free. Tel: 22-463144 and www.cyso.org.cy Francesca da Rimini - The Met: Live in HD Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera of New York in high-definition.

March 16. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 6pm. €20/15. With Greek and English Subtitles Tel: 77-777745. www.rialto.com.cy

Tat-tnabar Concert with popular ethnic group, alongside Extreme Voices and a group of students from Phaneromeni High School. March 16. Youth Foundation, 37 Pandoras Street, Larnaca. 6pm. €5/2. All proceeds will go towards the programme Music for Children and Young People. Tel: 24-664622 The You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Tour The classic songs of Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand with Ross Neil, Tina Chester & Andrew Oliver. March 16. Yialos Restaurant, Pissouri. 7pm - Showtime 8.30pm. €20 inc. mini meze. Tel: 99-473141/99-832538

Dance Lamentu Performance presented by X-it Dancetheatre within the framework of the European Cultural Winter in Larnaca 2012-2013. March 16. Larnaca Municipal Theatre. 8.30pm. €20. Tel: 24-665795

Other Events St Patrick’s Night Celebration Top class entertainment and good Irish food. March 16. Phoenix Club, Paphos.7.30pm. €12/13. Book early as space is limited. Tel: 26272524/99-908241 International Rugby Watch the Cyprus international rugby team play Bulgaria. March 16. Pafiakos Stadium, Paphos. 2pm. €5 children under 12 free. Tel: 22- 449522

Nicosia Carnival Street Parade A musical ride through the streets of Nicosia, with some of the most well known Cypriot underground / alternative DJs, playing funk, soul, reggae and much more. March 16. Starting point Eleftheria Square ends at Phaneromeni Square. 4pm. Free. Families welcome. http://www.facebook.com/ events/496651863716072/

Karneval with P.Toile Berlin based DJ and producer behind the decks. March 16. Klubd, 36 Ammochostou Street, old Nicosia.

11.30pm. €15 including a drink. Tel: 22-104841

ACT Auditions Auditions for ACT’s summer production - the stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice. March 16. St Paul’s Church Hall, Byron Avenue, Nicosia.

2pm. Tel: 99-457882/99-609543

Other Events

St Paul’s Cathedral - Car Boot Sale Sell your unwanted items here in aid of St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral Funds. March 16. Cathedral Car Park, St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Byron Avenue, Nicosia. 2pm-5.30pm. Car Spaces € 13. Individual tables on request (€3 per table). Tel: 22466753/99-836405 Remembering History – a Case Study from Germany Public open seminar about coming to terms with a difficult past, accompanied by an art exhibition by Cypriot artists called The Colour of Truth from both communities about the Missing Persons-issue. March 16. The Home for Cooperation (Nicosia buffer zone opposite Ledra Palace hotel). 10am1.30pm. in English. Exhibition opens March 15, 6.30pm until March 22.

Goethe-Institut’s Gallery. Mondays to Fridays: 11am-7 pm. Tel: 22-674607

Ongoing Limassol Carnival Open-air parties, children’s parades and serenaders evenings culminating with the Grand Parade. March 7-17. Multiple locations in Limassol. www.cyprusevents.net/events/limassol-carnival-2013/

Theatre Kali-Kantzar & Co A pocket musical directed by Lea Maleni with music by Dimitris Zavros.

March 13-16. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia.

8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-864300 Baba au Rhum The Theatre Club of the University of Cyprus presents a comedy by the famous Greek writer’s duo Reppas-Papathanasiou. March 13-15. Conference Hall, University of Cyprus, Kallipoleos 75, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €5. In Greek. Tel: 96-273921/22-894000

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

Nursing Home the Cherubim Theatre Anemona celebrates ten years with comedy by Nearchos Ioannou. Until March 17. Anemona Theatre, 7 Archagelou Street, Latsia, Nicosia. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 8pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-573031 Shear Madness Popular Cypriot actor and director Loris Loizides returns with an adaptation of one of the longest-running non-musical plays in the world. Until March 17. Pantheon Art Cinema, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia. Every Saturday and Sunday at 8.30pm. €20.

In Greek. Tel: 70-001910/22-675787 God of Carnage Dionysos Theatre presents multi-award winning comedy by Yasmina Reza directed by George Mouaimis. Until March 17. Dionysos Theatre, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia. Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday 6.30pm.

In Greek. €20/15. Tel: 99-621845 Tone Clusters The Second Stage of ETHAL presents work of Joyce Carol Oates. Until March 24. Technohoros ETHAL, 76 Franklin Roosevelt Avenue, Limassol. Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sundays 6.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 25-877827

Exhibition U and I Solo exhibition by Irene Ioannou and Ulla Nicolaou. Until March 16. Peri Texnis, 92 Kalogera Street, Larnaca.

Tel: 99-725590

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Coming Up Other Events Into the winds JUST three days to go until Green Monday, a public holiday in Cyprus that sees crowds head into the great outdoors to eat lots of vegetables, play games and even enjoy a little dress up.

Even though Green Monday marks the beginning of the fifty day countdown to Easter and is the first day of the fasting period, it is not seen as a strictly religious event, but as an opportunity for friends and families to go out in the fields and celebrate the coming of spring. If you’re looking for something to do this Green Monday why not head down to Aphrodite Hills Resort in Paphos and celebrate this Cypriot holiday with a host of entertainment and activities for all.

Traditional Green Monday kite flying, a live dance show, mini Olympics, face painting, bouncy castles, pottery painting, children’s stalls and a family scavenger hunt are just a few of the many exciting events in which you and your family can partake. There’s a traditional Green Monday lunch buffet with live music to mark the beginning of this fasting period.

Throughout the year, the luxuri-

Tomorrow Music Second hand sounds WHAT do pots, pans, carrier bags, hoses and carrots have in common? They’re all recycled materials that are salvaged and crafted into percussion instruments in tomorrow’s Tat-tnabar concert at the Youth Foundation in Larnaca.

The musical pioneers of Tattnabar, led by Lefteris Moschovias, have incorporated unique hand-made instruments into a fast-paced eco-conscious percussion performance featuring original compositions. The ethnic group was founded in 2000 with the aim of breaking away from the usual musical trends by utilising anything but the usual musical in-

ous 5-star InterContinental Aphrodite Hills Resort Hotel continuously hosts an extensive variety of unique and value for money offers to celebrate numerous special occasions in style and Green Monday is no exception.

Make this year’s Green Monday celebrations a momentous and memorable occasion for you and your loved ones at Aphrodite Hills Resort. Alternatively, the Kontea Heritage Foundation is organising an event for Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots at the Carob Tree Peace Park in Kontea in the north, encouraging both communities to take part in activities of traditional dancing and games. Buses will be available from Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca and everyone is welcome, so be sure you don’t miss out.

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Aphrodite Hills Green Monday Full entertainments programme & children’s Corner and children’s themed activities (kite flying). March 18. Aphrodite Hills, Village square, shop courtyards, restaurant seating area, Paphos. 11am-4pm. Tel: 26828000/26-829000 Green Monday at the Peace Park Green Monday traditional celebration.

March 18. Carob Tree Peace Park in Kontea. 12 noon to 3pm. buses will be available from Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca. http://www.konteaheritage.com struments and taking inspiration from the musical history of Africa.

The team of seven talented professionals work in the fields of percussions, dance, theatre and music. Their music has been awarded the THOC (Cyprus Theatre Organisation) theatre award as Best music of the Year on two separate occasions – 2005/06 and 2006/07.

Tomorrow’s concert promises not only a beautifully performed soundscape but also a visual sculptural feast that marries musical ingenuity with environmental awareness. The concert will also feature Extreme Voices and a group of students from Phaneromeni High School.

All proceeds will go towards the programme Music for Children and Young People offered by the Youth Foundation, which was inspired by the famous musical programme El Systema in Venezuela.

The programme not only offers a musical educat education to children but also allows the th Foundation to practically contribute to the precontri vention of youth delinquency y in society.

It welcomes welcom children and young youn people from all social classes, offering c music lessons on a variety les of instruments, free of instr charge, charg to children who may m not have otherwise had the othe opportunity to study oppo music. mus Tat-tnabar Tat-tn Concert Conce with popular ethnic Extreme Voicggroup, gr o p, alongside ou al es and a ggroup of students from Phaneromeni High School. March Phanerom 37 Pandoras 16. Youth Foundation, Fo Street, (behind the new hospital) Larnaca.

6pm. €5/2. All proceeds proc will go towards the programme Music Mu for Children and young People. Tel: Tel 24-664622

The Expedition to the End of the World AS IS THE case every March, all eyes are on a northern port town in Greece as the 2013 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (TDF) officially kicks off today.

Now in its 15th year, the TDF has drawn a big following of movie buffs and filmmakers who make the annual trip to Greece for the rich crop of hard-hitting productions and interesting side events. Different festival sections are devoted to contemporary themes, historical subjects, personal stories and an increasing emphasis on supporting Greek film and filmmakers.

In addition, organisers have developed a tribute segment. Despite the financial difficulties, organisers have managed to bring together about 200 films from 45 countries as well as 58 local productions. Mixing a documentary market with a programme that includes a cross section of international films, TDF has developed a solid reputation as a showcase for non-fiction film, especially work from Greece and Cyprus.

Thousands of people from all walks of life descend upon Thessaloniki each year and, in so many words, supply simply cannot meet the demands of each and every festivalgoer.

Accordingly, TDF will do its own fair share of spreading the word, offering live streaming.

Looks like you don’t need to forge press passes or pay exorbitant prices for tickets to enjoy the festival because, for the third time in a row, there are several facets of the annual film event that you can enjoy right on your doorstep.

Once again, the Thessaloniki festival will be implementing an innovative programme in collaboration with the Electro-Acoustic and Television Systems Laboratory at the Polytechnic School of Thessaloniki’s Aristotle University.

Through this pioneering system student audiences and the general public have the opportunity to attend the festival without having to step on a plane. Film screenings, will ‘travel’ to Nicosia and four cities in Greece - Corfu, Patra, Heraklion and Rethymno - in collaboration with local universities through the use of streaming technology which will contribute to the promo-

tion and wide dissemination of the documentary genre.

The screenings will take place in the Tassos Papadopoulos hall at the University Nicosia from Monday until Friday, every night at 8.30pm and admission is free. Over five days film buffs can see up to six documentaries, beginning with the emotional and heartfelt documentary Blood Brother by director Steve Hoover. The character-driven documentary focuses on the director’s best friend and his mission to help children in India living with HIV and AIDS. The film picked up two of the most coveted awards at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

The Human Cargo by Daniele Vicari is a documentary that recounts, through extraordinary found footage, the most significant landing of Albanians on the Italian coast in history. The Vlora’s journey to Italy, with twenty thousand Albanians and their cargo of hope, was also the country’s first mass rejection.

Nikos Dayandas, who last year left Thessaloniki with the Film Critics’ Award for his film Sayome, returns with Little Land to tell the story of a disaffected young urban couple who decide to try their luck on the remote Aegean island of Icaria The final live streaming film to be screened is The Expedition to the End of the World. For three weeks, Danish filmmaker Daniel Dencik and his film crew drifted into unknown regions of the globe and mind - on an Arctic schooner heavily armed with art and science bound for the most spectacular nature of Northeast Greenland. The film documents land never before caught on camera thanks to the rapidly melting ice sheet previously covering that land.

15th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Live streaming of documentary screenings shown at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. March 18-22.

Tassos Papadopoulos Entrance University of Nicosia.

8.30pm. Tel: 22-431355 ext:124

By Ledha Socratous

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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.

11.00 11.30

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

12.00

07.00 08.00 17.00

Entehnos

18.00 18.50 19.00 19.10

Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies

18.45

Paizoume Kypriaka

19.30 21.00

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

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

20.00 21.15

22.30

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

23.00 23.30 23.45

07.50 08.40

Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Candid Camera

Local Sketch (rpt) News Repeats 23.30

09.30 10.25 11.15 12.10 13.00 13.20 14.00

2013 World Figure Skating Championships A Touch Of Frost: Mind Games

14.50 15.45 16.40 17.30 17.40

Top Gear

Erotas (rpt) Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Strivein Dia Tou Arravonos (rpt) Akros Oikogeneiakon (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 Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt)

MEGA 06.00 06.15 07.00 10.00 12.45 14.00 15.00 16.00

Repeats

18.40 19.30 20.20 21.30 22.15 00.00 00.05 00.30 01.40 02.30 03.20 04.40

Tin Patisa (rpt) Niose Me News Oneiropagida (rpt) Laikes Paraskeves News Sports News Vradi Me Ton Petro Kostopoulo Klemmeni Zoi (rpt) Angigma Zois (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Retire Nea Mera Proino Mou Enimerosi Tora Deka Lepta Kirigma Eheis Meson Yia Sena Local talk-show.

18.00 18.20

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

19.30

Oi Vasiliades Daily family comedy based on the Argentinian sitcomtelenovela Los Roldan.

20.20 21.15

News Klemmena Oneira

SIGMA 06.10 07.00 08.20 10.30 11.20 12.00 14.30 15.20 17.15 18.00 18.05 18.45

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

Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites News Aspra Balonia FILM: The Party A clerical mistake results in a bumbling film extra being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.

Comedy, starring Peter Sellers. 1968.

FILM: Escape To Victory As allied POWs prepare for a football game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team’s escape.

Sporting drama, starring Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone.

1981.

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

Two episodes of Greek drama series.

With News at 18.00.

Sixteenth season.

Episode 4: The presenters shop for second-hand convertibles, uncovering the pitfalls to look out for when buying a used car. Simon Pegg takes to the track in the Reasonably Priced Car, Jeremy Clarkson test-drives the Pagani Zonda R and former Formula 1 racer Eddie Irvine does a flying lap in the show’s trusty Suzuki Liana.

News Patates 8 Local satirical show, using comedy sketches and embarrassing TV clips to skewer local politicians.

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05.30 06.20 06.50 07.00

Inspector Jack Frost reopens an unsolved murder case when the remains of a 14year-old girl, who went missing 20 years previously, are discovered on a nearby housing development. Drama, starring David Jason.

2009.

Live cookery show.

19.20

NRG Zone Kids’ TV Kati Psinetai (rpt)

Unsuspecting people react to bizarre events.

Local cultural show.

16.00 18.00 18.15

ANTENNA

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

Apo Mera Se Mera Current affairs show.

15.30

CYBC 2

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

PLUS TV 06.45 07.20 08.30 09.05 10.00

Star News Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Ti Dina (rpt) Cookery show.

10.45 11.40 12.30 13.00 15.30 17.00

Mila (rpt) To Kleidi (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kids’ TV To Kleidi Greek comedy series.

17.50 19.40

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

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08.55 09.25 10.00 11.00 11.30 12.30 13.20 15.05 16.10 16.50 17.35 18.15

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News Sports Time O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: The Maid An American employee at a Paris bank falls for its female president and takes a second job as her maid just to be near her. Romantic comedy, with Martin Sheen. 1991.

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FILM: Bells Of Innocence Friends turn to their faith and an enigmatic rancher to defeat a demonic being who has townspeople under his power. Drama, starring Mike Norris. 2003.

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FILM: Gigli A mobster is ordered to kidnap a prosecutor’s younger brother - but events soon take a complicated turn.

Romantic comedy, starring Ben Affleck.

2003.

Kostakis & Yioi Local comedy series.

00.20 01.50 02.20

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.

19.15 19.50 20.05

Exelixeis Stin Showbiz FILM: St. Trinians St Trinian’s, a school for young ladies with its anarchic doctrine of free expression, brings together a motley crew of ungovernable girls who, using their wit and ingenuity, save the school from bankruptcy. Comedy, starring Rupert Everett. 2007.

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LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

Friends With Kids (Novacinema1, 19.10)

01:55 EastEnders 02:25 Doctors 02:55 Keeping Up Appearances 03:25 North and South 04:15 Gavin & Stacey 04:45 Dad’s Army 05:15 Beautiful People 05:45 Keeping Up Appearances 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 3rd & Bird 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Boogie Beebies 07:45 The Large Family 07:55 Balamory 08:15 3rd & Bird 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Boogie Beebies 09:00 The Large Family 09:10 Balamory 09:25 Keeping Up Appearances 09:55 Mastermind 10:25 The Weakest Link 11:10 EastEnders 11:40 Doctors 12:10 North and South 13:00 Gracie! 14:20 Mastermind 14:50 The Weakest Link 15:35 EastEnders 16:05 Doctors 16:35 North and South 17:25 Gavin & Stacey 17:55 Keeping Up Appearances 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:10 North and South 21:00 The Old Guys 21:30 The Stephen K Amos Show 22:00 The Invisible Leopard 22:50 Lead Balloon 23:20 Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show 23:45 Luther 00:40 Alan Carr: Chatty Man

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 20:30 How It’s Made 21:00 One Car Too Far 22:00 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 23:00 Werner Herzog’s Death Row 00:00 Ultimate Cops 01:00 Banged Up Abroad 01:55 One Car Too Far 02:50 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 03:50 Werner Herzog’s Death Row 04:50 Ultimate Cops 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Fitness: The Box 09:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 11:30 Snooker: Players Tour Championship Finals Ireland 13:00 Football: Uefa Champions League 13:30 Football: Uefa Europa League 14:00 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 15:15 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 16:30 Nordic Combined Skiing: World Cup Norway 17:15 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 19:30 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 20:30 Snooker: Players Tour Championship Finals Ireland 01:30 Figure Skating: World Championship

05:40 Desperate Housewives 06:25

Bones 07:10 Raising Hope 07:35 Scrubs 08:00 Grey’s Anatomy 08:50 Tough Love: Miami 09:40 Desperate Housewives 10:25 Bones 11:10 Raising Hope 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 Raising Hope 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 Raising Hope 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 Raising Hope 03:10 Scrubs 03:35 Surviving Suburbia 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 04:50 Tough Love: Miami

07:30 Hall Pass 09:30 Something’s Gotta Give 11:45 Parallax View, The 13:45 Finn On The Fly 15:30 Mumford 17:30 Skyline 19:30 Hollywood Buzz 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 80 Minutes 23:00 Green Hornet, The 01:05 Hustler TV 02:45 Heartbreaker 04:45 Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark 06:30 LTV Sports News

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 CocaCola Cup 2012-13 21:30 Liga Bbva 2012-13 23:30 Barclays Premier League Preview 00:00 Barclays Premier League Review 01:00 Nba 2012-13 03:30 2010 World’s Strongest Man 04:00 2011 Reebok Crossfit Games (Men’s) 04:30 La Liga Review 2012-13 05:30 Planet Speed 06:00 Grand American Series 2012

07:15 Privileged 08:00 Friends 08:30 Closer, The 09:15 Five Days 2 10:20 One Tree Hill 11:05 Borgias The 12:55 Harry’s Law 13:40 Privileged 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 Ncis: Los Angeles 23:15 Supernatural 00:05 Roommate, The 02:00 Poseidon 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

07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League

Basketball Big Ten Tournament #7: Teams Tba 05:30 Alfie 2004 Alfie 07:20 I Am Legend 09:00 Cine News 09:20 Rumor Has It... 11:00 Good Morning Vietnam 13:05 Mrs. Brown 14:55 Dead Poet’s Society 17:10 Action Zone 17:45 Barney’s Version 22:00 Transporter 2 23:40 S.W.A.T. 01:45 Never Let Me Go 03:30 Cine News

08:30 Wild Things 10:30 Dead Presidents 12:30 Passed Away 14:15 Ed Wood 16:30 Twilight 18:30 Friday After Next 20:00 Police Academy 22:00 Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows 00:10 Daring! TV 04:05 Hole, The (2009) 05:40 Faster

05:40 The Haunting 07:30 It’s Kind Of A Funny Story 09:10 Doctor Dolittle 10:35 Mad On Novacinema 13:05 Loufa Kai Parallagi: Sirines Sti Steria 17:00 A Thousand Words 18:35 Hollywood Buzz 19:10 Friends With Kids 21:00 Ncis 22:00 Anonymous 00:15 Colombiana 02:10 The Tomb 03:40 Margin Call

19:10 Love Crime 21:00 The Longest Yard 23:00 13 Assassins 01:10 Cine News 01:30 Donne Al Trop 03:15 Straw Dogs

19:10 Mpilompa 21:00 Courageous 23:15 London 00:55 The Romantics 02:35 Korkoro 04:25 Majority

15:30 European Tour Avantha Masters Rd. 2 18:00 Pre Game 18:45 Cup 2012-13: Apollon Vs Nea Salamina 20:45 Post Game 21:30 Snapshots Cyprus Football 22:00 Rip To The Tip 2011 Full Pull 22:30 The Moto: Inside The Outdoors Steel City National 23:00 Car Warriors 2 Chevelle 00:00 Mobil 1 The Grid 00:30 Big Ten Men’s

06:00 Only Hits 8:00 MTV GreekLips 9:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 10:00 MTV Plain Jane (Commissioned Version) 11:00 Pure Local 12:00 MTV VHI Pop up Video 12:30 MTV VHI Pop up Video 13:00 MTV Made 14:00 MTV Big Time Rush 14:30 MTV Victorious 15:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 16:00 MTV Crash Canyon 16:30 MTV Crash Canyon 17:00 MTV Pranked 17:30 MTV Pranked 18:00 MTV GreekLips 19:00 Only Hits 20:00 MTV Catfish 21:00 MTV Hitlist Hellas 22:00 MTV World Stage 23:00 McCafé Music Project 23:30 MTV Savage U 00:00 MTV Jersey Shore01:00 MTV Geordie Shore 2:00 Only Hits

07:00 The Girl And The General 08:40 Take Me Out To The Ball Game 10:15 Riffraff 11:50 Young Cassidy 13:40 The Pirate 15:20 Rio Bravo 17:45 A Streetcar Named Desire 20:00 All The Fine Young Cannibals 22:00 House Of Wax 23:25 The Gypsy Moths 01:10 Yolanda And The Thief 03:00 Young Cassidy 05:00 Take Me Out To The Ball Game

By Preston Wilder

80 Minutes (LTV, 21.00) Alex (Gabriel Mann) owes money; $15,000, to be precise. The guy he owes it to is angry. You think you can mess me around, he says - well guess what, you can’t.

“I want my money back, and I want it tonight! In 80 f***in’ minutes!”. Yes, but why 80 minutes? Why not say an hour, or two hours? Because the angry creditor has also injected our hero with a slow-acting poison, and he’s going to keel over in precisely ... 80 minutes.

Whoa, that’s harsh! “What would you do? Where would you go?” demands the trailer - but doesn’t show Gabriel doing very much (except driving his car really fast), confirming the suspicion that this lowbudget, German-made variation on the classic D.O.A.

is all concept and no execution. “Whilst watching this I felt I was the one slowly dying,” quips a Brit calling himself ‘Passive Zero’ at the Internet Movie Database, adding: “It also has the worst chase scene, after hitting a new Jaguar the main character is chased by a 50+ balding fat man”. Actually, balding fat men can be very fierce when provoked. Made in 2008.

13 Assassins (Novacinema3, 23.00) Say what you like about the Japanese, no-one makes better samurai movies. Akira Kurosawa made Seven Samurai (remade in Hollywood as The Magnificent Seven) - and it may be rash to assume that this one

is (almost) twice as good because it has 13 samurai instead of seven, but it is very good. The 13 warriors go on a suicide mission, their assignment being to kill an evil lord - a man who abuses the system, viewing everyone as “servants” whose lives are expendable, yet the system is indeed hierarchical, and samurai are indeed expected to pledge their lives to their master. The film’s Message is egalitarian, knocking down the whole rotten samurai edifice (note the title: not samurai but “assassins”) - but the Message is almost irrelevant when it’s all so wildly enjoyable, building to a breathtaking half-hour set-piece (the actual battle) that shows up Transformers for the shoddy action filmmaking that it is. In Japanese; made in 2010.

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

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1 Mother is slow pretending to be ill (11) 2 Start another binge (5) 3 Drawing an old engine (8) 4 He’s from over yonder (6) 5 Small article removed from moat (4) 6 First-former (7) 9 Attractive as a hook should be? (3-8) 12 Lay aside temporarily this in a clothes cupboard perhaps (8) 14 Covered walk by converted gaol (7) 17 Swampy and suitable for growing some marigolds? (6) 19 Material to cultivate around the west (5) 21 It is used in dressing wounds and some splinters (4)

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1 Storm be created by member of a gang (7) 7 Loud protest from one taking over? (6) 8 Boy included horse, a right slowcoach (7) 10 Like steak perhaps, full of interest (5) 11 Score one less (8) 13 Alternatively caught by one sea-monster (3) 14 Reversible deck (4) 15 African wasteland (4) 16 Regret being cruel at heart (3) 18 Touching the pact I arranged (8) 20 Man coming from Elgin (5) 22 Wails “Hi” discordantly in an African language (7) 23 Bird left inside will wince (6) 24 Christmas blazer (4-3)

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HOROSCOPE

CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Prolific; 6 Romp; 8 Glower; 9 Infirm; 10 Come and go; 13 Peat; 14 Due; 15 Role; 16 Afternoon; 19 Crimea; 20 Talcum; 21 Tear; 22 Larboard. Down – 2 Rely; 3 Lewd; 4 For good and all; 5 Crime reporter; 6 Refinery; 7 Marigold; 11 Perforce; 12 Streamer; 17 Clio; 18 Burr.

QUICK: Across – 1 Thickset; 6 Fact; 8 Pledge; 9 Ingest; 10 Agitating; 13 Knit; 14 ’Tis; 15 Navy; 16 Aboutface; 19 Stigma; 20 Novice; 21 Idle; 22 Describe.

Down – 2 Hold; 3 Code; 4 Sleight-of-hand; 5 Thirty seconds; 6 Fighting; 7 Casanova; 11 Unabated; 12 Struggle; 17 Aver; 18 Scab.

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

You may have found yourself heartily fed up with some of the undercurrents that have seemed to have affected your peace of mind recently. But by this time next week, you will have entered a much more progressive phase. Because of this, try not to let current anxieties become too rooted, especially today over finances or your self worth.

Just when you might be in the mood for some TLC, someone you might ordinarily count upon can seem more preoccupied with their own needs. This doesn’t mean to say that they won’t be available at some point today, but by then you may have decided to use the go-getting vibes of Mars, to go off and do something completely random.

Someone may not tell you straight out what their issue is, but you can sense them ever so slightly holding back from you today. You would probably prefer that they just told you, but then you yourself may have found it harder of late to express yourself, and it may even be you who is tongue tied today. Or might you mask how you really feel?

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

The Moon in your sign today is going to be confronted by Saturn on the other side of your solar horoscope. Because of this, someone may not seem quite as pleased to see you as usual, or you can feel more inhibited in your interpersonal relations. Then again, you may also discover the real reason why one person has seemed out of touch.

It may not be how you see yourself, but some have the perception that Virgo’s can be cutting and rather insensitive at times. To avoid creating this impression today, just stop yourself before you speak on a key matter. Whilst your take on a situation may be factually correct, this could be a case of not what you say but how you say it.

Your ruler Saturn is not to be underestimated, and today it is going to go face to face with the sensitive energies of the Moon. If you have plans to socialise, this could lose its appeal and you may decide not to go out after all. Then again, this influence may just concentrate your mind on the quality rather than the quantity of your friendships.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

You might not have been feeling totally invulnerable of late, but the Sun’s close alliance to Venus has given you added pizzazz, which may have engendered good things from life’s movers and shakers. However, you now become less bedazzled by recent praise and want to see things shaping up. Try not to become too concerned about any delay.

Even if briefly, you might find something that ordinarily provides some kind of comfort or pleasure in your life, loses its sparkle today. This is probably not going to be lasting, more that you have been finding life rather testing or exacting, and the usual treats may not work the same.

If so, be assured that you’re on the cusp of a time when you will regain your oomph.

A generational gap could be more obvious today. Although Aquarius people often co-exist with a more traditional and modern approach to life, today you can feel out of kilter.

Perhaps on this one issue you will realise you do in fact take a more conservative line. This doesn’t mean that you’re wrong, although someone can accuse you of this.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

It may be best not to take anyone for granted today. Perhaps you never do, but even so, a person who is usually good spirited may not be in the best of form, or perhaps you will feel less sociable. What you can do is think carefully about your next moves. The coming week is going to be very important for some major hopes of yours.

Do you see yourself as being blunt at times? Perhaps you don’t. However, it’s possible that someone may perceive you in this way today. This may surprise you somewhat, because with the Sun and Venus’s help, at times this week you have felt at your charming best. Yet with Saturn in reverse in your sign, all sorts of lessons can be meted out.

You might find yourself being disapproving to someone close over a financial matter, or it could be they are showing their ire. Then again, you may just encounter someone with very different values to your own. Some elements of our lives are universal, but on this occasion perhaps you or they are more unusual, and for once this could just jar.

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PASTA APPEAL. We need your help! Every day we feed our cats and dogs with a hearty meal of pasta. Please donate a bag of pasta to make a difference.

Please bring your donation to our clinic’s or charity shop in Limassol. Telephone 26946461 (Paphos), 97894005 (Polis), 25543304 (Limassol)

K.D.FLYSCREENS LTD. We manufacture top quality sliding screens, opening doors and roller systems. We also do repairs.

For a FREE QUOTE please contact Phone: 99119582 Website: www.kdfl yscreens.com

established client base for 7 years.

Willing to train if needs require.

Open to offers for a quick sale this includes training, equipment and transport. For more information please call: 96301768

OFFICE FURNITURE FOR SALE with 50% discount, price per unit:

Tel: 25 200 600, 99 316 582

PAPHIAKOS CHARITY SHOP (Limassol) open 7 days a week 9.00-13.00. Donations required of bric a brac, clothes, electrical goods, household goods, soft furnishings etc. Telephone Jackie 25543304

estimates and advice freely given.

Tala based Phone Terry 96407703

Limassol - tel: 25 761117 fax: 25 761141

Big Electric heater, Matestar, used 8-10 times €25

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Nicosia - tel: 22 818583 fax: 22 676385

Engomi 4 bedr., house ff €1200 without €1000 Acropolis 4 bedr.,house, c/h a/c only €850 Whole fl oor apart., Agios Andreas, Acropolis, Engomi from €1000 Photos www.markidesestates. com Markides 22- 378898 / 99464764 Reg.No. 487 E 16

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***************************** LUXURIOUS APARTMENT FOR RENT - A luxurious one floor apartment situated in central Nicosia in an area of exceptional Beauty at 3 Museum Street, is available to let.

It has been recently renovated and consists of four bedrooms, two bathrooms, big dining and sitting rooms, kitchen and a huge veranda. Approximate covered area 250 sqm. Tel: 99622370.

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

abbreviations bdrm c/h a/c s/pool f/f apt pm pw sw nw st rd p/s c/l swb r/cass e/w

bedroom central heating air conditioning swimming pool fully furnished apartment per month per week south west north west street road power steering central locking short wheel base radio cassette electric windows

Please note tel nos. that begin with: 22 = Nicosia 23 = Paralimni/Protaras 24 = Larnaca 25 = Limassol 26 = Paphos

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

3. 3 bedr detached house with extra room for office, 250sq.m, central heating independent, 4 a/c, big renovated kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting and dining room with parquet floor and fireplace, 1 bathroom, 2 shower, 3 wc, 2 covered parking, double glazed windows and shutters

FOR RENT 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment in Larnaca near new hospital. €400 per month including service charge and refuse collection Call 99358916

TO LET NICOSIA in bedrooms, big verandas surrounded by trees and bushes off 28th October street IN the central part of Makedonitissa – €1100 (H3MAK0004-R) (photos on the website) 4. 3 bedr luxury semi-detached house with character, 200sq.m, central heating, full ac, sitting and dining room with fireplace, big kitchen with cooker and oven, dishwasher and refrigerator, nice mature garden with flowers, trees and small garden with grass, covered parking, 3wc, 2 bathrooms in a quiet neighbourhood. Available middle of January. Agios Andreas - €1200 - H3AAD0001-R (photos on website).

5. 3 bedr luxury house, office space, attic room, with central heating, full a/c, separate kitchen, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, 2 verandas, in a quiet area – Lakatamia €680 (H4LAK009-R), (photos in the website).

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

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7. 4 bedr luxury detached house with big sitting and dining room with parquet floor, separate big kitchen with family room and all the electrical appliances, small garden with grass and bbq area,3wc, central heating, full a/c, covered parking, in a very quiet neighborhood – Archangelos €1200 (H4AR0017-R), (photos in the website).

8. 3 bedr +office space partially renovated detached ground floor house, 280sq.m, central heating with oil, full a/c, 3wc, separate tv room, big sitting and dining area, big verandas around the house, bbq area, covered parking, private yard near the parking.– Strovolos €1200 (H4ST10048-R), (photos in the website).

9. New modern luxury very good quality finished semi detached house built in 3 levels. Upstairs 1st level 3 bedrs all en suite+ laundry room, 2nd level big attic room which can be used for office space or bedroom. Ground floor with 2 sitting areas ,dining area and breakfast area, kitchen with all the electrical appliances, central heating, full a/c units. Basement with kitchen with cooker and oven,

TO LET NICOSIA dishwasher, microwave and 2 refrigerators, sitting room with fireplace, and 2 bedrooms with one bathroom. Outside private fenced garden with artificial grass, bbq area and covered veranda. The house has blinds and shutters on all windows, false ceiling with spot lights throughout house, pressure system, covered parking, satellite dish, central music and network system, storage room, very good double glazed windows.

Behind General flooring in the centre of Makedonitissa - €2000 (H4MAK0001-R), (photos on the website).

10. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, electrical appliances, small yard, bbq area, off Kostantinoupoleos street near French ambassador residence.- STROVOLOS €700 (H4ST10043-R), (photos in the website).

11. 4 bedr new luxury finished detached house with central heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, big kitchen with cooker oven, dishwasher and big family room, aluminium shutters in all the house, separate big sitting and dining room with parquet floor, 2 covered parking, alarm

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TO LET NICOSIA system, big covered patio, SWIMMING POOL, in a newly built area near Falcon school – Strovolos €2000 (photos in the website).

12. 3 bedrs luxury 2 storey, FULLY RENOVATED LISTED HOUSE with high ceilings in the centre of Nicosia, 260sq.m, 2 small attic rooms, big sitting room upstairs, big sitting room and dining area downstairs, wooden floor, kitchen with all the electrical appliances, 2 bathrooms(one en suite),3wc,CH independent, A/C, big garden – Nicosia Centre €1400 (H4NIC0002-R), (photos in the website).

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

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

14. 4 bedr very big luxury semi detached house 350sq.m, with big separate basement 80sq.m with 2 rooms, sitting room, kitchen and bathroom. Consists of big sitting and dining areas upstairs, big kitchen with big family room and breakfast area, big bedrooms, 3 showers, 1 bathroom, central heating, full a/c, black out blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking and patio with bbq in a very quiet neighbourhood close to Makarios football stadium.

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA CAN BE RENTED FURNISHED, PARTIALLY FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED - Makedonitissa €1500(H4MAK0032-R), (photos in the website) 15. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/shower, sitting room upstairs, attic room with shower and wc, office space/ maid’s room with shower and wc, central heating, full AC,450sq.m, big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with sitting area and fitted cooker and oven, 6wc, 2 covered parking, yard with tiles and SWIMMING POOL, bbq area in a very quiet neighbourhood near CYBC ( RIK) station and near a neighbourhood park – Platy Aglantzias €2500 (H4AGZ0005-R), (photos in the website) For many more properties with photos visit our website at w w w.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22422225/96 - 422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates.com

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TO LET NICOSIA and dining areas with family room with fire place, solid parquet floor all through, central heating independent, full a/c, all the bedrooms with en suite shower/bathroom, 4wc, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, blinds on all windows, big covered veranda, covered parking, big storage room, on a small 3 storey building in a quiet neighbourhood – Agios Andreas€1300 – A3AAD0005-R (photos on website).

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

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 heatingindependent, 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. 1 bedr new luxury apartment in a modern building(TSENTAS),with central heating ind, 2 a/c, cooker and oven, refrigerator and washing machine in the kitchen, parquet floor, NICELY FURNISHED big covered veranda, big sitting room off Kyriakou Matsi street, 1 km from the centre €460 (A1AOM0002-R), (photos in the website).

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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 €470 (A1DAS0009-R) (photos in the website)

8. 2 bedr spacious renovated apartment 100sq.m with separate big

TO LET NICOSIA 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 €500 (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 end of March – Acropolis €800 A2ACS0002-R (photos in the website) .

10. New luxury finished 1 bedr penthouse apartment with big verandah with nice view, in a small modern building,55sq.m,storage heaters,2 a/c, blinds on the windows, expensive electrical appliances(cooker, oven, extractor, refrigerator, washing machine, dryer),covered parking and storage room, off Kalippoleos street opposite Dessange Day Spa near the University – Lykavitos €420 (A1LYK0002-R), (photos in the website).

11. 3 bedrs luxury penthouse one floor apartment in a small building with 3 apartments,250sq.m plus big covered verandas, fire place, solid parquet floor,2 bathrooms,3 wc, cooker, oven, fridge, washing machine and dishwasher in the kitchen, CH independent, full a/c, big reception areas opening to the verandas, pressure system and 2 Pcovered with remote control entrance, walking distance to the centre very close to Debenhams €1300 (A3NIC0028-R), (photos in the website)

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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 €700 (A2LYK0024-R) (photos on the website)

bathroom, solid parquet floor all through, big sitting and dining areas with electric modern shutters opening to the veranda, fully equipped kitchen with expensive electrical appliances, 2 parking places (1 covered), in a very quiet neighbourhood ,near the Russian Embassy. AVAILABLE END OF MARCH –Engomi €1900 (A4ENG0005-R) (photos in 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 (A3ST10014-R) (photos on the website)

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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 and English school – Strovolos €800 (A3ST10013-R) (photos in the website) 16. New luxury finished 4 bed PENTHOUSE apartment in a small modern building, 186sq. m+90sq.m big veranda with nice view, separate floor heating, fully air conditioned, 4wc, 2 en suite bedrooms with shower,1

***************************** 2 BDRM flat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927.

LIMASSOL FOR RENT office of around 85m2, with partitions, kitchenette and parking in a peaceful, green yet central area at Helladion House(off.

302; 3rd floor), 5 Andrea Kalvou Str. For viewing, please call Ms. Jenny on 25-340987(3rd flloor of building; office hours). For further details, please call 25-521873 after 8:00pm.

FOR RENT IN IPSONAS near highway, first floor house, 3 bedrooms, C/H, A/C, fitted kitchen with all electrical appliances, and TV room.

Roof garden with extra kitchen, BBQ, pergola. Rent €600pm. Tel 99672925 UN-DETACHED HOUSE for rent in Apshiou village, 2 bedrooms, kitchen, sitting room, bathroom with solar water heater. A/C, satellite, 15mins to roundabout. €350.

Tel 25369219, work 10.30-17.30

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25542968 home 99773151 NEW BIG FURNISHED STUDIO, in Katraki building, 100 metres from the sea and Debenhams Olympia, in Neapoli area. Tel: €350,00 (including common expenses), Tel: 99406415 Andreas.

TO LET Large 4 bedroom unfurnished house in the village of Asomatos nr Akrotiri Limassol. Fully A/C & Heating (storage heaters). 5 wc’s, large kitchen/diner, lounge and sitting room. Large loft with own shower/ wc (suitable for office/playroom/ gym). Carport - prominent position in cul-de-sac - lots of parking. €850 pcm (negotiable). Available from April 2013. Tel. 99831431 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

***************************** FOR RENT 4 bedroom detached house situated in a quiet area of Erimi, with spacious, living area, kitchen, guest WC downstairs, and four bedrooms upstairs with en-suite master bedroom, and

bathroom. It has central heating, and air-condition. beautiful garden and parking. €800. 99675752 FOR RENT 4 bedroom detached house in Episkopi, on top of a hill with panoramic views of Curium Beach and garden all around (very private). It has a spacious living area, separate kitchen, utility room, guest WC downstairs and four bedrooms with bathroom upstairs. Central heating, air-conditioning, parking. €750. (negotiable) Tel: 99 675752 FOR RENT five bedroom villa for rent in Agios Sylas (7 minutes from town of Limassol) detached with beautiful panoramic mountain and sea views. It has large sitting dining area, separate kitchen, utility room, office, laundry shoot, four w/c, en-suite master bedroom with walk-in-wardrobe.

Small kitchen area upstairs between bedrooms, large bedroom balconies. Central heating, airconditioning, barbaque area. Also has a separate apartment below the house with small kitchen and shower with WC. A nice large gargen and covered parking. €1300.

99675752 TRADITIONAL VILLAGE STONE HOUSE IN APESHIA. Very quiet

STUDIOS FOR RENT Fully furnished renovated studios for rent at Dassoudi beach Limassol. They have air-condition, balcony and private parking area.

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Road to heritage school/Troodos.

2 bedrooms, office available top floor with veranda great view of mountains. Small courtyard with trees. Electric solar water. A/Ctoilet in main bedroom. Semi/ full furnished. Fitted kitchen with electrical appliances, fireplace.

Toilet/shower. €550pm negotiable. Tel 96891800.

GROUND FLOOR HOUSE, furnished renovated this year. Laminated parke floor, and big wardrobes in the 3 bedrooms. Rent €590.00 Tel 99497576 99886775

1. Superior Real Estate Larnaca.

3 bedroom detached unfurnished property set on a fantastic development in the village of Tersefanou. Available for immediate occupation. Ref. TLL973.

Tel 24815926 2. Superior Real Estate Larnaca.

2 bedroom fully furnished apartment, nr the Metro/American Academy Larnaca. Ref. TLL1654 Please call to arrange a viewing Tel. 24815926 3.

LARNACA FOR RENT fully furnished 1 bedroom flat near Larco hotel Larnaca.

Price €370. Tel 99202543 1 BEDROOM flat in Ermou Square area Larnaca - 2 bedroom flat in Phaneromenis area Larnaca.

Call 96693375

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LANDLORDS AVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY WITH US FOR FREE. Tel. 24815926 Email. info@superiorrealestatelarnaca.com

WEALTHY, RICH AFFLUENT & SUCCESSFUL ATTRACTIVE, BEAUTIFUL, GORGEOUS, SEXY A successful business minded lady who has a lot to offer, love, beauty and personality.

She is divorced without children, 55 yrs old, 165H, 53kg weight.

University educated. She worked as teacher of Philology in the University in Ukraine from where she comes. Twenty years ago she came to Cyprus, as a managing Director of an Offshore company. Financially she is excellent, she owns an apartment in Nicosia at the Hilton area, and she rents under permanent agreement a house in Larnaka by the sea where she spends her weekends. She has a Cyprus passport, speaks little Greek, Fluent English, and Russian. She feels younger and looks much younger, (35 yrs ) very attractive with high social education and she is interested in meeting a mature gentleman 54 to 60 for short relationship and marriage. ID O.L.G.A. Tel 99 314108, 70005150 email: singles@kronos2.net

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TO LET PAPHOS PAPHOS FOR RENT KATO PAPHOS spacious 2 bed F/F garden apartment.

Enclosed garden with 2 covered patios next to green area, cul-desac setting. AC, SAT TV, comm. pool. Superb location with private covered parking and entrance.

Quiet yet close to all amenities. €400 p/m. Contact 26 911540 or 99955302.

***************************** TOK’s – 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, Immaculate, very high spec top floor apartment, Luxury furnished with Flatscreen TV’s in living room and bedrooms, lift, pool, beautiful development, fantastic location €425 pm Lower Peyia – 4 bedroom, 4 bath-

TO LET PAPHOS room Modern Unfurnished Villa with beautiful sea views. Spacious villa with wood burner, utility room, white goods, storage area, alarm system, low maintenance manicured garden & private pool €1100 pm Lower Peyia – Good size detached 3 bedroom Villa in lovely residential no through road, separate kitchen, well maintained, large balcony, private pool and garden with sea views €750 pm Universal - 2 bedroom fully furnished ground floor apartment, a/c, large bedrooms, communal pool, o/s parking €350 Please contact us whatever your rental requirements as we have many other properties available.

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

***************************** LOW COST, long term 3 bedroom bungalow, Polis area, Gialia village, on 3 acres of property, large variety of fruit trees, extremely private with panoramic mountain and sea views, unfurnished, swimming pool, a/c and ďŹ replace, fence around the property â‚Ź550 per month ono – available from 1st of April For more info call: 99 442485

***************************** KISSONERGA - Beautiful Detached U/F 3 Bedroomed Villa, Large Pool, 2 Bedrooms Upstairs Master En-suite, Family Bathroom, modern Fitted Kitchen,

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Downstairs Bedroom with Ensuite Shower room, Low maintenance Garden, Large Terraces and Separate Storage Room â‚Ź600.

TALA - Modern 2 and 3 bedroom apartments U/F, P/F and F/F, some with communal pool, A/C, Separate Storage and own Parking â‚Ź325.

TREMITHOUSA - Traditional Spacious 3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom, and Large Mature enclosed Garden, Open Fireplace, Beautiful Fitted Kitchen, A/C, Wonderful Family Home â‚Ź400.

EMBA - Spacious 2 Bedroom Corner house ,U/F, Separate Downstairs Cloakroom, Balcony, no garden â‚Ź300.

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LECTION SERVICE 1. UNIVERSAL AREA â‚Ź450 spacious 2 bedroom townhouse situated in a great central location, not on a complex, with enclosed garden offering jacuzzi hot tub. Fully furnished with good furniture. Private drive for off street parking. website reference number: rtl_664. Also available 1, 2 & 3 bedroom modern apartments, please see our website for further information.

2. PEYIA â‚Ź550 modern detached 2 bedroom villa, situated on private road. Available unfurnished though includes central heating throughout, pressurised water & security alarm system. Modern ďŹ tted kitchen & bathrooms. Roof terrace with sea views & private pool. website reference number: rtl_447.

Also available modern detached 3 bedroom villa on this private road.

Website reference number: rtl_572 3. CORAL BAY ₏595 detached modern 3 bedroom villa, situated close to the restaurants & beach of Coral Bay. Entry to villa on top oor offering two double bedrooms & bathroom, leading down to an open plan living area & one further bedroom & family bathroom. Enclosed mature garden with private pool.

Available furnished with good furniture. Website reference number:

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Sport Murray unhappy with Berlocq’s grunting ANDY Murray accused Carlos Berlocq of gamesmanship after becoming frustrated by the Argentinian’s grunting during their fourth round clash at the BNP Paribas Open.

Murray won the match 7-6 (7/4) 6-4 to progress through to the quarter-finals in Indian Wells but the Scot was far from impressed by the conduct of his opponent.

After Berlocq had criticised Murray for taking too long between points, the world number three responded by complaining to the umpire about the noise the South American was making.

Speaking after the match, Murray suggested Berlocq had been deliber-

ately loud at key moments.

He told the BBC: “It was extremely, extremely loud, more than what I have experienced from any other player on the tour.

“It’s like sometimes silence and then it comes out of nowhere. It’s a bit of a shock.

“That’s what I don’t understand. To go from nothing to the loudest grunt you can do. It makes no sense.

“When I have been on the court or off it, it’s never been something I have found to be really that off-putting.

“But if it’s going to be suggested that I am using gamesmanship by taking too long, then you can’t be making noises like that on the court. I haven’t

experienced it like that before.”

Australian Open champion and top seed Novak Djokovic, who began his ‘evening’ match in the early hours of Thursday morning local time, advanced with a 6-0 7-6 victory over bigserving American Sam Querrey.

The Serb stormed through his opening set against local favourite Querrey in only 22 minutes before winning a closely contested second set 8-6 in the tiebreak.

“I started off the match incredibly well, having waited six hours on site to play my match,” Djokovic said.

“He played well in the second and it could have gone either way. I am really thrilled to go through.”

Quiet please! the US Open champion said he has never heard an opponent make so much noise before

Into the unknown as the F1 season starts in Melbourne

MARCOS Baghdatis was forced to retire in the first round of the Dallas Tennis Classic Challenger when trailing Dutchman Igor Sijsling 7-5, 3-1.

After resting for four days following an MRI scan last Friday that revealed ‘a right shoulder impingement syndrome’, the injury was obviously still an issue as it prevented the 27-year-old Cypriot from finishing the match against World No.72 Sijsling.

Baghdatis had received a wild card into the tournament and was the top seed at the event and this latest setback might force him to skip next week’s Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

Baghdatis’ best result in Miami was in 2006 when he reached the third round, while last season the World No.35 was defeated by Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

More than a glimmer of hope for Red Bull’s rivals

By Nick Mulvenney SEBASTIAN Vettel’s rivals, perhaps more in hope than expectation, are looking to this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix to usher in a season where the German and his Red Bull team have their three-year monopoly of Formula One titles broken.

There was similar talk of the gap to the dominant team narrowing last year but after the chaos of the early season with its seven different winners in the first seven races, Vettel and Red Bull emerged to claim their title hat-tricks.

On Sunday in Melbourne therefore, Vettel begins his quest to match Juan-Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher as the only drivers to have won four successive drivers’ titles in the first of the season’s 19 races.

Pre-season testing is not always a nailed-on guide to early season form but there was enough in Red Bull’s under-par display in Spain to offer more than a glimmer of hope to the other teams.

Vettel and team mate Mark Webber have admitted that testing was not as good as they would have liked, although there remains the possibility that the Red Bull team did not show their car’s full potential - or ‘sandbagged’ in the paddock vernacular.

None of the other leading teams - Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes and Lotus - put in the sort of performances in Jerez and Barcelona that

IN BRIEF Injured Baghdatis pulls out

Three-peat: Red Bull ace Sebastian Vettel is the man to beat, having won the last three championships would mark them out as potentially dominant, however.

Twice former champion Fernando Alonso, though, declared Ferrari to be in a “200 percent” better position than at the same stage last year when it took one of his best battling drives just to get his car into fifth place.

“I don’t think we will see one team dominate, but also I don’t expect seven winners in the first races, like last year,” said Alonso, who finished second in the championship last year.

“It will be very close and from our point of view, a good result this weekend would remove some of the stress.”

Last year, Jenson Button won his third race in Melbourne to kick off the cha-

otic start to the season and the 2009 world champion and his new team mate Sergio Perez will both again be looking to add to McLaren’s 11 wins inAustralia.

“I don’t think any team really knows or understands the competitive order,” said the 33-year-old Briton.

HARD TO PREDICT “It’s hard to accurately predict who’ll arrive in Australia with the best-sorted car. But that’s part of the game.”

Mexican Perez got his chance at McLaren after Lewis Hamilton’s departure for Mercedes, where the 2008 world champion has teamed up with Nico Rosberg.

The fifth former world champion on the grid is Kimi Raikkonen, who eased

seamlessly back into Formula One to finish third in the championship race with Lotus last year after two years out of the sport.

The often taciturn Finn has been upbeat in pre-season about the Lotus car, which he will again share this year with Frenchman Romain Grosjean.

“We had good speed last year, but not enough to win the championship,” Raikkonen said.

“If we can get just a little more from the car and keep our consistency, with some better results at the beginning of the year, then we should have a much better chance.”

Only 11 teams and 22 cars will line up this year after the demise of Spanish outfit HRT but there will be plenty of new blood on the

grid with five drivers making their debuts on Sunday.

In the last year of the V8 engines, the technical changes which often make the early part of the season more interesting have been kept to a minimum.

There have been changes to the tyres, which will require some getting used to, and the Albert Park street circuit will be as good an early test of their durability as any track.

If the teams at the front end of the grid are indeed as close as testing suggested, then driver performance could be the difference.

“I love the circuit,” said Hamilton. “It’s a street track with a really bumpy surface so you try and put as much downforce on the car as possible and it really puts the drivers to the test.”

Putin backs wrestling RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin said that wrestling should not be excluded from the Olympics, suggesting its ancient roots made it an integral part of the programme.

Last month, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a surprise recommendation to drop it from the Olympic programme in 2020, leaving wrestling to fight with seven other sports for one spot when the board meets in May. “The removal of traditional sports that have been central from the beginning and were in the programme of the Olympic Games in the times of Ancient Greece ... is unjustified,” Putin said.

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Sport Johnson gives vent to scrum frustrations

Compton backed to stick around after another ton

By Andy Newport

Batsmen make up for Dunedin collapse

By David Clough ENGLAND have every right to hope they have found a new opening partner of substance for their captain Alastair Cook after Nick Compton’s second Test century in five days.

Compton made exactly 100 yesterday - and shared in his second double-century stand in as many innings, alongside Jonathan Trott (121no) this time - as England reached 267 for two after being put in by New Zealand at the Basin Reserve.

The tourists therefore have the opportunity to take further advantage of a flagging attack, which bowled 170 second-innings overs in the stalemate in Dunedin, and pile the pressure on the Kiwis for the remainder of this second Test of three.

Trott certainly senses Compton, with whom he batted for four-and-a-half hours in a stand of 210, is made of the right stuff to be an ideal successor to Andrew Strauss at the top of the England order in this year of back-to-back Ashes.

“It’s a great start to his career,” he said.

“I hope he can go on and open the batting for a while with Alastair.

“That’s what we want.

Straussy managed to do

that for a long time, and they were both very successful.

“It’s crucial to team success, having a solid opening partnership who understand each other’s game.

“I think the top three as well need to get on and work well together.”

Trott and Compton certainly did so, with chanceless hundreds as the hardworked Kiwis went 63 overs without a wicket - having got Cook relatively cheaply.

It took Trott 12 Test innings, and a tough tour of his native South Africa, to reach three figures again after his Ashes-clinching hundred on debut at The Oval in 2009.

Compton has wasted no time adding to his first major breakthrough innings, another characteristically patient performance serving England especially well here.

There was no discernible change to his demeanour at the crease, and Trott is encouraged that Compton’s maiden hundred has bred confidence but diluted none of the opener’s determination.

“You can never go into a Test match relaxed - you are always quite nervous, especially at the start of your career,” said Trott, after his own ninth hundred at the highest level.

“It could be a last Test match...you never know.

“You don’t want to take things for granted - but I certainly think he will take a lot of confidence out of it, knowing he can score runs at this level.

“You are never really quite sure until you score your first hundred.

“Maybe he felt more confident, but I don’t think it’s a case of being relaxed.”

Trott, much like his captain Cook, is renowned for his powers of concentration and aversion to risk - and Compton has worked his way into Test cricket at the age of 29 with similar virtues.

“That is the art in cricket, finding the balance between intensity of wanting it too much or being a bit too relaxed,” added England’s number three.

“I think his balance at the moment is really good.

“He has a good work ethic, so he fits right into this team.

“That’s the way he is, very thoughtful on his game thinking about cricket and batting.

“He is quite intense, but I wouldn’t say over-intense.

“He has to find the right balance between switching on and off, when he’s facing the ball and at the nonstriker’s end.

“He’s done really well.”

England’s Nick Compton celebrates after hitting his second Test century in five days

Hot Heat join elite NBA club

The Miami Heat became only the fifth team in NBA history to win at least 20 straight games

MIAMI Heat star Dwyane Wade thought it was “great .. in the larger scheme of things” that his team struggled to beat the lowly Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night for their 20th straight victory.

“Right now we’re preparing for the playoffs,” Wade said after Miami rallied for a 9894 victory, “so this was good, because we will have these same moments again.”

LeBron James, who had 27 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, hit the goahead free throw with 1:12 left, and Wade added four of his 21 points in the closing seconds to lift Miami (4914).

The Heat became only the fifth team in NBA history to win at least 20 straight. The others were the 1971-72 Lakers (33), the 2007-08 Rockets (22), the 1970-71 Bucks (20) and the 1947-48/1948-49 Washington Capitols (20), whose streak spanned two seasons.

The Heat also ran their winning streak over Phila-

delphia to 14.

“We just don’t panic,” James said. “Our main goal is to win the game. It’s not to blow a team out. Whatever the case may be, we just want to play the game. Wherever the game takes us in 48 minutes, we’re ready for it.”

Thaddeus Young had 24 points and 15 rebounds for the Sixers (24-40), who lost for the sixth time in seven games and the 13th time in 15 tries. Jrue Holiday had 21 points and seven assists.

The Heat held an 80-70 lead with 8:56 left, but the Sixers scored 15 of the game’s next 17 points to go up 85-82 with 4:38 to play.

Miami stormed back to claim an 89-87 lead on Ray Allen’s 3-pointer. The Sixers tied it on Evan Turner’s basket, and after Chris Bosh dropped in a layup with 2:30 left, Holiday stormed down the lane and dunked on James to forge the night’s last tie, at 91-91.

James then began the game-ending 7-3 run by making his free throw. After

a Holiday turnover, James twice missed from pointblank range, but Wade was there for the tip-in with 29.4 seconds left. He added two free throws with 22.3 seconds to play, and after Wright’s 3-pointer cut the gap to 9694, James sank two more foul shots with 18 seconds left.

“Regardless of who you’re playing or what’s laid out in front of you, you focus on the task at hand, and the guys took that to heart,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.

“I’m sure the guys felt a little bit of fatigue going through there, but everybody has to deal with it.”

Turner finished with 15 points for the Sixers. Allen had 12 and Bosh 10 for Miami. Chris Andersen also scored 10 for the Heat.

“I couldn’t be more proud of the way our guys fought, kept battling and battling and battling,” Sixers coach Doug Collins said. “We had a lot of guys play very, very well. At the end, we just couldn’t come up with that one rebound.”

SCOTLAND will finally face opposition who are not out to “spook” referees at the scrum when they travel to France this weekend, according to caretaker coach Scott Johnson.

The frustrated Johnson - whose side take on Les Bleus in Paris tomorrow night - hinted that he believes the rest of their RBS 6 Nations opponents have “played games” with the officials during the set-piece contests.

Johnson’s comments come after the Dark Blues conceded 16 penalties during their 28-18 defeat to Wales at Murrayfield last Saturday.

Red Dragons full-back Leigh Halfpenny was able to kick 23 points for his side as a result of Scottish misdemeanours, with South African referee Craig Joubert especially pedantic about how the scrum battles were set-up.

He also suggested he has been unhappy with the way matches against England, Italy and Ireland were handled.

But Johnson says this weekend’s meeting at the Stade de France should see no repeat.

He told Press Association Sport: “Here we are, finally, getting to round five of the tournament - round five and we have finally got a team that wants to scrum.

We’ve finally got one.

“I can’t wait, bring it on. A quality opposition against a side who wants to be competitive at the scrum rather than try to spook referees and play games.

“We have refused to do that and consistently we get penalised. It’s the bane of my existence.”

Johnson has made two alterations to his starting line-up for the jaunt across the Channel, with debutant Grant Gilchrist of Edinburgh replacing injured lock Richie Gray, whose hopes of a place in the British and Irish Lions party that will travel to Australia this summer looking dashed by a hamstring injury.

The other change sees Perpignan’s Al Strokosch return in place of Rob Harley at flanker, but it is the inclusion of Gilchrist that most excites Johnson.

He said: “The loss of Richie has given us the opportunity to play a lad that we think is one for the future.”

While the Scots face the realistic prospect of finishing second in the table just 12 months on from their fivedefeat whitewash in Andy Robinson’s final Six Nations campaign, France need a home win to avoid their first Wooden Spoon since 1957 after picking up just a single point in four games so far.

The visitors have not triumphed in the French capital since 1999.

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Sport Continentwide Euro 2020 ‘will lack heart and soul’

By Karolos Grohmann

Leading from the front: Lions captain Danny Shittu (second right) headed the only goal of the sixth-round replay against Blackburn at Ewood Park

Millwall put final thoughts aside

By Dominic Farrell ASSISTANT manager Joe Gallen urged Millwall to focus on npower Championship survival after booking their place in the semi-finals of the FA Cup. Lions captain Danny Shittu headed the only goal of the sixth-round replay against Blackburn at Ewood Park to secure a Wembley encounter against Wigan.

Shittu marshalled a Millwall defence that shut out Rovers for the second time in four days and Gallen believes such solidity can act as a foundation for moving more than five points away from the relegation zone.

“We’re delighted to win, I know it means we get through to the semi-final but we won 1-0 and we haven’t been winning many games,” he said.

“We didn’t concede, which is a good start because

Lions roar to FA Cup semi date with Wigan our league form is not very good.

“The back four, with Jack Smith in front of them and goalkeeper David Forde - if you look at those six, I thought that in these two games they were pretty outstanding.

“One of the biggest things with getting through to Wembley is the motivation for the players who want to be in that team - they’re going to have to perform in the league games “Our league form is pretty alarming. We’re sliding down the table fast and everyone below us keeps winning.

“On 44 points we need at least three more wins, maybe four more wins to secure our status in the Championship which is always the big aim at Millwall.”

Shittu, who added to a

The 20-year-old Brazilian has impressed his Liverpool team mates since joining from Inter Milan in January

fourth-round goal against Aston Villa, claimed manof-the-match honours as he did on Sunday.

Gallen was full of praise for his endeavours, but revealed fitness concerns over the 32-year-old powerhouse prevent him from being used as a regular set-piece battering ram.

“He’s been exceptional this year,” Gallen added.

“Sometimes we’re a bit worried about his fitness and worried about his body a little bit.

“Getting him up for corners - we haven’t been getting him up all the time, but once you do get him up then obviously he’s a threat because that’s his second goal from a corner in this competition.”

A sparse crowd of 8,635 - the lowest FA Cup quar-

ter-final attendance in recent memory and 100 fewer than the number at Chesterfield’s last-eight clash against Wrexham in 1997 - could not inspire a Blackburn fightback.

Leon Best’s 63rd-minute attempt, brilliantly cleared off the line by Shane Lowry, marked a rare moment of inspiration and Rovers manager Michael Appleton conceded morale was through the floor at full-time.

“You can probably imagine the atmosphere in the dressing room after the game, he said. “It’s the type of situation that, as a manager, you don’t forget.

“To loose how we did lose, to a set-play, probably makes it even harder to take.

“We huffed and puffed, the lads gave us absolutely eve-

rything to be fair.

“I had to make a lot of changes again due to injuries, which was hard, but I can’t ask any more of them.

“From an effort point of view, there’s nothing more that any of the players could have given me.

“From a quality point of view, yes we could have been better.”

Blackburn’s form sheet since their fifth-round upset of Arsenal reads played seven, lost five, drawn two and they could head into Sunday’s east Lancashire derby against Burnley three points above the drop zone.

A second consecutive relegation for the 1995 Premier League champions is an unthinkable prospect and Appleton believes a huge change in attitude is required among his squad.

“We’ve got 10 massive games now,” he added.

“There’s an opportunity to change the whole mentality of the football club.”

PLANS to stage the 2020 European championships across the entire continent instead of just one country will result in the tournament losing its identity and soul, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said yesterday.

Euro 2020 will be held in 13 cities across the continent and the semi-finals and final will be played in the same stadium, European football’s governing body UEFA said in January.

“A tournament should be played in one country. That is how you create identity and euphoria,” said Blatter, the head of world football’s governing body.

“They have fragmented the 2020 tournament. So it is not a European championship any more. It has to have a different name,” he told German kicker magazine. “I do not know what name.”

“Such a Euro lacks heart and soul,” said Blatter.

UEFA said that 12 cities would be awarded a package of three group games plus one knockout-stage game, either from the round-of-16 or quarter-finals.

A special 13th package would be awarded, consisting of the two semi-finals and final with UEFA eager to split the costs for the bigger tournament and celebrate its 60th anniversary across Europe.

The Swiss sports administrator also said he planned to end his stint at the top in 2015 if FIFA was strong and stable.

Blatter took over the top job in 1998.

“I want to push through the FIFA reforms at our congress in Mauritius in May, then we go to Brazil for the World Cup in 2014 and after that everything is open.”

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Gerrard eats up magic moments

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By Carl Markham

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JANUARY signing Philippe Coutinho’s “moments of magical brilliance” have given Liverpool just the lift they needed, according to captain Steven Gerrard.

The 20-year-old Brazil international has played just 202 minutes since his £8.5 million arrival from Inter Milan but his impact has already been significant.

He has scored once, had two assists and looked one of the side’s brightest players in recent matches and although he has yet to complete a full 90 minutes, having been substituted in his three starts, Gerrard has no fears the youngster will be unable to handle the pace of the Premier League.

“He’s got moments of magical brilliance,” said the Reds captain of Coutinho, who is already on his fourth professional club having left Vasco da Gama for Italy in 2010 and also spent six months on loan at Espanyol.

BEST OF HIM “I think you’ll see the best of him next season when he gets a full preseason under his belt and gets used to the speed of the game.

“What he has shown for 55 or 60 minutes is that he’s a top player and he belongs in a Liverpool shirt.

“If we can get that for 90 minutes from him next season then he’s going to be a great asset for us.”

Team-mate Jose En-

rique is another similarly impressed by Coutinho’s start to his Anfield career.

“The numbers speak for themselves: in four games he has two assists and one goal so I hope he will continue like this scoring goals and making assists,” said the left-back, who combined well with the Brazilian in the buildup to Liverpool’s first goal against Tottenham last weekend.

“He is the type of a player, as a big team, you have to have.

“He can create from nothing in a one versus one. He is playing really well right now and he is the type of player we need.

“Defenders are important but you need people who can score goals and we have now.”

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Bayern shaken by wake-up call

Gunners boss says first leg mistakes cost his side

By Karolos Grohmann

By Justin Palmer ARSENAL will end an eighth consecutive season without silverware after their Champions League exit by Bayern Munich on Wednesday, leaving manager Arsene Wenger to rue a home first-leg defeat after his side almost pulled off an improbable comeback.

The Premier League side, trophyless since their 2005 FA Cup triumph, were written off after a 3-1 defeat in London by the slick Bavarians.

But rather than roll over in Germany, Arsenal stunned nervy Bayern with Olivier Giroud’s early goal at their Allianz Arena fortress and after Laurent Koscielny headed a second with four minutes left, Bayern were forced to cling on to reach the last eight.

“I believe we were very, very close,” Wenger told Sky Sports.

“The spirit and the performance was there and we had a great go. The overall defensive performance was very good. They defended very very well and we lost some balls offensively in situations.

“It was frustrating sometimes but I put that down to

The pain game: Arsenal react after the final whistle in Munich, where they came up just short of an improbable comeback the fact that they defended well and when we got the second goal, you could see that if we had put some more balls in the box we would have scored another goal.”

No team in the Champions League has recovered to qualify after losing the first leg at home by a two-goal margin and Arsenal were knocked out in the last 16 for the third season in a row.

Wenger pointed to Bayern’s late third goal at The Emirates last month, scored in the 77th minute by Mario Mandzukic, as the hammer

blow.

“The regrets we have of course is from the first leg when you think that we conceded a cheap goal. Had we lost 2-1 at home you see how important that goal was,” he said.

Arsenal were without influential Jack Wilshere, Lukas Podolski and Bacary Sagna and keeper Wojciech Szczesny was rested, but Wenger took pride from his side’s display in defeating last season’s beaten finalists.

“I know these players. I have said many times they have a

fantastic attitude and spirit and we have the quality. But unfortunately we have to go out of the Champions League and it hurts very much.”

Arsenal almost pulled off a huge comeback in the Champions League round of 16 last season, losing to AC Milan 4-0 in the first leg and narrowly going out after winning the return 3-0.

“We have a bit of the same regrets we had last year in the last 16 - first game nerves and afterwards, we have no choice and show how good we are,” added Wenger. “This

is a 180 minute game.”

Arsenal now face a battle to secure Champions League football next season by finishing in the Premier League top four. With 10 games left, they sit in fifth place, five points behind Chelsea in fourth.

“I’m confident that we will give absolutely everything to be back next season and keep the basis of this team,” Wenger said.

“You could see that the young players that played are doing very well, let’s finish well this season.”

Pellegrini lauds players for staying focused on football

By Iain Rogers

Champions League debutants Malaga have reached the quarter-finals despite off-field financial difficulties

MALAGA coach Manuel Pellegrini praised his players for keeping their focus through a turbulent period for the Qatari-owned club after they eliminated Porto on Wednesday to advance to the Champions League last eight on their debut in the competition.

Malaga’s long-suffering fans have endured a rollercoaster ride since Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani, a member of the Qatar royal family, bought the Costa del Sol club in 2010 after they narrowly avoided relegation.

Hefty investment in players and the hiring of former Real Madrid and Villarreal coach Pellegrini yielded a top-four finish last term and a place in Europe’s elite club competition.

However, things apparently began to unravel over the

summer and while rumours Al Thani was looking to bail out went unanswered top players like Santi Cazorla were sold off to raise cash.

There appeared to be a power vacuum, with local officials keeping the club running as much in the dark as players, coaching staff, fans and journalists.

Al Thani’s lieutenant eventually announced Malaga were undergoing an “internal restructuring” to bring them into line with UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules.

Outstanding debts to players, staff and other clubs began to be settled and a measure of calm returned.

A 1-0 home win over the seven-time European Cup winners will live long in the memory of those who were at the Rosaleda.

Their dream run appeared to be coming to an end after 2004 winners Porto beat them 1-0 in last month’s last

16 first leg in Portugal.

But inspired by highly-rated playmaker Isco and playing with a man extra, Malaga stormed back on Wednesday to win 2-0 on the night and advance 2-1 on aggregate.

“The atmosphere in the stadium was incredible and the fans deserved a victory like this,” Pellegrini said.

“It has been an unusual year,” added the Chilean when questioned about Malaga’s financial difficulties.

“The team deserves a lot of credit for what they have done both in the domestic league and the Champions League.

“They maintained their focus on the sporting side and had the capacity to get to grips with all the other problems.

“Then there was a positive atmosphere coming from a desire to help the club and the players deserve huge praise for that.”

BAYERN Munich players received a stern warning from club boss Uli Hoeness yesterday to heed the rude wake-up call after they were roundly beaten 2-0 by Arsenal in the Champions League but managed to scrape through to the last eight.

The Bavarians, runaway leaders in the Bundesliga and favourites to lift the German Cup, played arguably their worst game of the season in front of a home crowd and toyed with elimination as the Gunners unsuccessfully tried to overturn the 3-1 deficit from the first leg in London.

“We have been playing disastrous football in the last three weeks,” Hoeness told reporters. “If the team draws the right conclusions from this game then it is still five minutes to 12. But we will not be able to win anything in theChampions League playing like that.”

“If we keep on playing like we did against Arsenal then we will not beat anyone.”

At first glance Hoeness’ anger may look out of place for a team challenging for three trophies, having conceded just 10 goals in 25 Bundesliga games and having carved out a huge 20point lead at the top with only one league defeat.

But a closer look at their Champions League performance this season reveals they have been far less effective there.

As opposed to the Bundesliga, Bayern have kept only one clean sheet in the Champions League so far while also losing twice as many matches than in the league.

While the Champions League is obviously a tougher competition, the Bavarians have had a relatively easy ride in the group stage.

They faced teams such as BATE Borisov - to whom they lost - and Lille, neither a European heavyweight.

Wednesday’s game was also the first of 37 matches in all competitions where Bayern failed to score.

“We must be glad to have made it through and now we need to be careful,” said Hoeness. “For me this was a well-timed warning shot.”

Bayern are desperate for titles after two seasons playing second fiddle behind champions Borussia Dortmund in Germany.

Last year’s bitter Champions League final defeat against Chelsea has also left its scars, with the Bavarians eager to rectify it by reaching their third final in four seasons.

“It is very good that we suffered this setback in our otherwise sunshine world,” said midfielder Thomas Mueller. “This game raised a lot of questions in our safe, little world.”

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Adebayor earns Spurs quarter-finals spot Inter Milan 4 Tottenham 1 Aggregate 4-4, Tottenham win on the away goals rule, after extra time EMMANUEL Adebayor answered the racist taunts of Inter Milan fans by scoring a killer away goal on a night that so nearly ended in humiliation for Tottenham.

Tottenham crushed Inter 3-0 in the first leg, but the Italian giants completely outclassed Andre VillasBoas’ shellshocked side last night in the first 90 minutes.

In fact, for periods during the game, Spurs were outnumbered in midfield

and in the first half paid for committing men forward as gaps opened up behind a reshuffled defence Antonio Cassano put Inter ahead after 20 minutes and Rodrigo Palacio made it 2-0 after the break before William Gallas stabbed the ball into his own net to level the tie at 3-3 on aggregate.

NAIL-BITING FINISH Inter laid siege to the Spurs goal in the hunt for a killer fourth, but the visitors held on and Adebayor scored against the run of play in the first period of extra-time.

The 2,000 travelling fans erupted in ecstasy, but they were back to biting their finger nails again in the 110th minute when Ricardo Alvarez nod-

ded home from Cassano’s cross to make it 4-4 on aggregate.

But with the away goal secured, Tottenham remained on course to go through and, despite late attempts from the home side, Villas-Boas’ team managed to hold on to enter the hat for the quarter-finals.

The match action was a thrilling advert for the often-derided competition, but the night was tarnished by racist abuse from the home fans towards Adebayor.

The Togo striker, who has suffered racist abuse in the past, was the target of monkey chanting.

UEFA will surely come under pressure to punish Inter, whose fans also waved inflatable bananas at Mario Balotelli in last month’s Milan derby.

Tarnished night: Tottenham’s Adebayor (R), who scored in the first period of extra time, suffered racist taunts

Mighty Moufflons target the world record against Bulgaria Cyprus rugby team on 17-match winning streak

By Alexander McCowan

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HE Cyprus national rugby team will equal Lithuania’s world record of 18 straight wins if they beat Bulgaria tomorrow in Paphos.

It has taken Cyprus five years to reach the stage of not having lost a single divisional game against countries that have played rugby for decades with a much greater pool of players and certainly more governmental financial assistance.

The Moufflons - their ‘nom de guerre’ - receive an annual grant of little more than the monthly wage of a footballer on the island to fund four away internationals for a squad of thirty. However, the chances of losing to Bulgaria, a country of nearly eight million, is very slim.

When the sides met in May last year, Cyprus hammered Bulgaria 94-3, which added to their previous encounter, when they ran in a ‘meager’ 55 points against a response of 8, giving a grand total of 149-11.

It is these winning margins that distinguish Cyprus from their rivals. In their 2011-12 campaign they played eight, won eight (with eight bonus points) and accumulated

Pumped up: the Moufflons will equal Lithuania’s world record of 18 straight wins if they beat Bulgaria tomorrow in Paphos 474 points while conceding only 51 giving an average of close to 60 points per game.

Promoted into a new European division, Cyprus have continued where they left off by beating Austria 54-20 and Slovenia 49-8 with a weakened side.

No other European team racks up the scores like the Moufflons: their style is to keep up a constant barrage of free-flowing attacking

rugby coupled with an ironclad defense.

A recent analysis by Paul Shanks, the national coach, revealed that he calls on a pool of little more than sixty registered players, which is even more remarkable, when matched against the tens of thousands available to his competitors.

It is speculated by the rugby cognoscenti that Cyprus will progress though their

current division as they did the last one by winning every game to give them a total of 24 consecutive wins, setting a new world record that will take some beating.

After Bulgaria, Cyprus play Hungary and then embark on the return games.

“The world record is a sideshow, it is always the game at hand that we must concentrate on,” said Shanks.

“While I recognise that

breaking the record has brought the country to prominence in the rugby world, I don’t want the players to lose track of our purpose, which is to beat Bulgaria. My information is that we will meet a much improved and determined side than before and all our focus will be on that fact.”

Cyprus haven’t played a competitive game since December and team manager

Theo Lenos recognized that there may be some rustiness.

“It has been a long layoff with only some ‘A’ team games, but nevertheless, our players have kept themselves match-fit through regular club activity, and, with that little extra discipline we expect from our internationals, they will be a credit to the country. I anticipate some strong opposition but am confident of the result.”

When the players assembled for training they were in for a surprise as the figure standing beside Shanks was none other than Eddie O’Sullivan, the former Irish and American national coach who has agreed to be the Director of Rugby for the Moufflons.

This amazing scoop was brought about by the efforts of the Federation secretary, Andreas Iounnou, and the dynamic president, Laurence Vasiliades, who said: “Andreas put this proposition regarding Eddie O’Sullivan to me, which at first seemed too good to be true, but it’s not, and here he is.

“Eddie is deeply committed to supporting emerging rugby nations and has volunteered to work alongside our coaching staff to prepare us for our World-Cup play-offs and watch over our progress.”

O’Sullivan was Ireland’s most successful coach of recent years and prepared the USA for the 2011 World Cup.