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Cyprus angry over ‘troika distortion’ Summary paper on ‘dirty money’ drew inferences that did not exist CBC says

By George Psyllides

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YPRUS yesterday accused the troika of distorting information in a document purportedly summarising the island’s status vis a vis anti-money laundering (AML) measures by “drawing inferences” where none existed in the original reports.

The original four-page summary, based on audits by the Council of Europe’s money-laundering watchdog Moneyval and by private auditors Deloitte, had been drawn up by international lenders prior to a Eurogoup meeting on May 13 to approve the first tranche of the island’s €10 billion bailout programme.

Yesterday the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) said the summary did not give a synopsis of the main findings “but rather a description of the perceived weaknesses of the system, drawing inferences where none exist in the original reports.”

“The lack of consultation with the authors of the reports and the failure to refer to any of the positive aspects mentioned therein, has resulted in erroneous and distorted conclusions in the media, especially the international press,” the CBC said in a statement.

“A summary of the reports cannot be considered balanced if it omits to mention that they reveal a number of strengths both in the Cypriot AML

framework and in the effective implementation of customer due diligence by Cypriot banks.”

The CBC said the authorities were in the process of providing a detailed response to the troika as well as to the Eurogroup.

An independent audit of Cyprus’ implementation of AML measures was set as a precondition for an international bailout.

Cyprus initially resisted the idea, arguing it had already been cleared in a prior assessment by Moneyval.

The government later backed down and agreed to a fresh review, one by Moneyval and a parallel one by private auditor Deloitte.

The summary said that between 2008 and 2010, Cypriot banks reported not a single suspicious transaction under antimoney laundering regulations, and flagged only one in 2011 and “a few” in 2012.

This despite Deloitte’s forensic analysis of sample customer transactions during its short investigation, identifying 29 potentially suspicious transactions during the last 12 months, none of which were reported by the Cypriot banks.

However, the summary had failed to mention that the 29 potentially suspicious cases had been identified in an analysis of some 590,000 transactions, the CBC said in its statement.

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President Nicos Anastasiades (left) with European Commission President José Manuel Barroso at their joint news conference in Brussels yesterday. Barroso said all available resources would be mobilised to help Cyprus STORY PAGE 5

Remains of Richard III found in an untidy grave THE remains of King Richard III, which were discovered under a city car park, were found in a hastily dug, untidy grave, researchers have revealed.

Academics from the University of Leicester said the bones of the last Plantagenet king were placed in an odd position and the torso crammed in.

He was casually placed in a badly-prepared grave, suggesting gravediggers were in a hurry to bury him or had little respect for the murdered king. The lozenge-shaped grave was too short to contain the body conventionally, and there is evidence to suggest his hands might have been tied when he was buried.

Researchers said someone is likely to have stood in the grave to receive the body, suggested by the fact the body is on one side rather than placed centrally.

The findings were revealed as University of Leicester archaeologists published the first peer-reviewed paper on the university-led archaeological Search for Richard III in the journal Antiquity.

It comes after the announcement in February that archaeologists had discovered the monarch’s remains.

It followed a three-week dig started in August at what was once the medieval Grey Friars church in Leicester - now a Leicester City Council car park.

There were no signs of a shroud or coffin in Richard III’s grave, in stark contrast to other medieval graves found in the town which were the correct length and were dug neatly with vertical sides, academics said. This is in keeping with accounts from the medieval historian Polydore Vergil, who said Richard III was buried “without any pomp or solemn funeral”.

The academic paper by the University of Leicester Archaeological Services, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, and Department of Genetics, is called “The king in the car park: new light on the death and burial of Richard III in the Grey Friars church, Leicester, in 1485”.

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ON THIS DAY MAY 24

WHAT THE MAIL SAID

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35 years ago, Friday May 24, 1978

The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.

President Kyprianou rebuffed an American attempt to revive the Cyprus intercommunal talks and criticised the US for trying to mislead world opinion over Turkish Cypriot proposals which he said were totally unacceptable.

“There is no question of convening the intercommunal talks”, Kyprianou said.

1956 The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland

45 years ago, Sunday May 24, 1968 1989 A jury at the High Court in London awards £600,000 damages to Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, against the satirical magazine Private Eye.

Greek and Turkish Cypriot Representatives have had their first direct contact in Nicosia in an attempt to break the deadlock over the question of venue for formal peace talks. The President of the House of Representatives Clerides and Turkish Cypriot negotiator Denktash met at the house of Osorio-Tafall, U-Thant’s special envoy in the island.

1994 Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.

2001 Mountain climbing: 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.

55 years ago, Monday May 24, 1958 In an atmosphere of mounting island wide tension, two more Greek Cypriots were killed last night, one shot, the other beaten to death. The first victim, Andreas Elia Sakkas of Pera, was officially described as a prominent leftwinger. He was killed in the coffee shop of his village. The second killing happened in Vorosha and the dead body was found not far from the place where two British soldiers were murdered earlier this month.

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Home Woman stabbed in the back in Ledra Street shop

Cyprus angry over ‘troika distortions on dirty money’ CBC: some weaknesses are identified in the reports, but the general picture is not negative (continued from front page) Among the positive aspects the CBC listed as being absent from the troika summary was the fact that Deloitte also said Cyprus had a stricter legal framework beyond normal EU standards.

“In the audit for compliance with the CDD (customer due diligence) requirements of the Cyprus legal framework, it is worthy of note that these requirements are more detailed, and to a certain extent prescriptive, than in many other jurisdictions, including other EU Member States that similarly have implemented the requirements of the Third Money Laundering Directive,” the CBC quoted Deloitte as saying.

Cyprus also had a solid level of compliance on CDD across the sector and displayed strong compliance in the identification of customers, it said.

“For international business, most customers are corporate entities and supporting documentation is obtained to confirm the identification of the customer, the directors and the owners. Although

some of these structures are complex and can involve legal entities in two or more jurisdictions, there was a consistency in the responses of the banks that they are required to, and do in practice, identify all relevant parties through all layers of these structures.

“The assessors did not come upon any examples to suggest lack of understanding or weak compliance on this aspect.”

In its statement, the CBC said there was no reference to or indication of systemic deficiencies and in contrast to the summary, the reports “indicate that the standard building blocks are in place, the AML preventive measures and procedures in banks are generally sound, and, generally, the banks have a high level of compliance with the statutory and regulatory requirements, which in some areas are more demanding than EU and international requirements.

“Some weaknesses are identified in the reports, but the general picture

portrayed is not negative, something that is not reflected in the summary paper” “AML is a challenge for all the international community. There is no perfect system that can guarantee the complete elimination of money laundering risk, as shown in the evaluations of the AML framework of countries in the relevant Moneyval and FATF reports. In addition, it should be stressed that no benchmarking of the Cyprus AML audit results was carried out, as this was a unique, focused and exceptional evaluation procedure not carried out in other countries,” the CBC said.

Echoing the CBC, a statement from the finance ministry said the nature and depth of the assessments done on Cyprus were “unique and have never been carried out in any other jurisdiction”.

“The outcome of the assessments by the two institutions indicates a solid level of compliance across the sector,” the ministry said.

A police officer collecting evidence at the scene of the stabbing yesterday afternoon

POLICE are investigating the attempted murder of a 39year-old Georgian woman in a shop in Ledra Street yesterday.

The woman, who was stabbed in the back was taken to Nicosia General Hospital and operated on. Her condition is considered critical.

According to a police spokesman a Kurdish man entered the shop she works in, at around 3.30pm, argued with her and allegedly stabbed her in the back.

Witnesses at the scene told the Mail the woman, who was alone in the shop at the time, came out with blood dripping from her back and stumbled into the middle of the road, as her assailant ran off.

“We had to take five scarves from my store to stop the bleeding,” a shop owner Alexandros Kozas, said. Reports claim the Kurdish man had been involved in a heated argument with the victim’s brother days earlier and had been punched in the face, leaving him with several broken teeth.

According to Kozas, the suspect had visited the woman, who is believed to be of Armenian descent, on Wednesday demanding money to repair his broken teeth but had been turned away.

Yesterday, he returned to the store, allegedly with a knife and plunged it into the woman’s back after she again refused to give him money.

“They argued and when she refused to give him any money, he stabbed her in the back and ran off,” Kozas said. Police are still searching for the Kurdish man, who they said has had run-ins with the law before.

Efforts to keep provident fund haircuts as low as possible THE government will try to limit the losses of provident fund members to around 25 per cent of the amount they would have received before an EU decision to resolve one bank and raid deposits in the island’s biggest, the finance minister said yesterday.

Workers’ provident funds have been affected by a Eurogroup decision to resolve Laiki, the island’s second-biggest, and recapitalise Bank of Cyprus by raiding customers’ de-

posits. The decision was part of a €10 billion bailout agreement with international lenders. In a letter to the House President, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said that an amount will be given from the bailout to compensate provident funds with deposits in Laiki, which is being wound down.

The aim is to keep their losses on the same level with those deposited in the Bank of Cyprus, which will undergo a so-called haircut

whose rate has not been finalised yet.

Under the conditions of the bailout, uninsured deposits of over €100,000 could be cut by 60 per cent to finance the lender’s recapitalisation. Depositors will receive equity in exchange for their loss.

The state will also provide additional compensation to those eligible, paid when they retired or in the event of death or total disability, the minister said. “The objec-

tive of the above actions is to limit the loss for affected members to 25 per cent of the amount each member would have received,” Georgiades said.

Participation in the programme would be mandatory for provident funds in Laiki while those in the BoC would have a choice.

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Home Green light expected from cabinet for net metering

By Elias Hazou THE CABINET IS today likely to green-light a governmentfunded programme subsidising net-metering for residences – a policy aimed at generating savings from electricity consumption, a big drain on households’ disposable income.

Commerce minister Giorgos Lakkoktrypis will be issuing a decree to credit the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) fund with at least some €5m. The fund’s budget will be submitted to parliament for approval at a later date.

The cash will be used to subsidise - to the tune of around 50 per cent - the installation of small photovoltaic (PV) systems in households.

The grants will be given based on income criteria, with eligible households selected from a list of financially vulnerable groups that has been drawn up by the ministries of commerce and labour and the energy regulator. Net metering is an electricity policy for consumers who own (generally small) renewable energy facilities, such as wind, solar power or home fuel cells.

“Net,” in this context, is used in the sense of meaning “what remains after deductions” — in this case, the deduction of any energy outflows from metered energy inflows.

Under net metering, a system owner receives retail credit for at least a portion of the electricity they generate.

The programme is intended to cater to some 2,000 households with PV systems of a maximum output of 3 kilowatts, for a combined output of 6 megawatts. The cost of installing a typical PV system of up to 3kW is anywhere from €4,500 to €5,000. The

‘On the energy map’ Official recognition as a possible conduit for natural gas

CYPRUS TODAY Christofias releases his financials FORMER President Demetris Christofias yesterday published his family’s accounts in a bid, as he said, to put paid to malicious rumours that members of his family are ultra-rich and that they transferred millions out of the country.

The accounts, prepared by Kyprianides, Nicolaou & Associates Chartered Accountants, compare the revenues and expenditures, as well as the assets and liabilities, of Christofias and his wife Elsi on December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2012 – roughly the period spanning Christofias’ presidency.

On December 31, 2012 the property of the couple was worth a total of €341,901, compared to €315,704 on December 31, 2007. By the end of 2012, however, they owed €200,000, bringing their net worth down to €141,901.

The couple transferred to their son their residential apartment worth €484,980, and spent some €18,000 on their son’s studies. They also gifted €230,000 in cash to their two daughters.

Their total combined earnings during the period in question amounted to €914,336, and expenses to €1,088, 139.

Christofias’ net income (salary minus taxes and contributions to AKEL) at the end of 2012 came to €764,658 for the five years he was president. His spouse’s net earnings in the same period totalled €149,677. Christofias’ wife earns an income as a member of AKEL’s Central Committee. In 2010 Christofias collected a little over €46,000 from his provident fund, and in 2012 cashed in a life insurance policy getting some €12,000.

By Elias Hazou THE GOVERNMENT yesterday made much of the inclusion of a hypothetical gas pipeline from Cyprus to Greece as part of broader EU efforts for energy independence and security.

During the European Council held earlier this week, President of the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso delivered a presentation depicting a subsea pipeline running from Cyprus to Greece through Crete.

The pipeline was featured on a map of the proposed Southern Corridor, which includes the Nabucco-West and TransAnatolian Pipeline as conduits bringing Azeri gas to the European continent.

Barroso noted that during the Council’s discussion on energy matters he stressed the importance of hydrocarbon reserves in the Levantine Basin and Cyprus’ prospect of becoming a regional energy hub.

Even if theoretical, it was the first official recognition of Cyprus as a possible conduit for gas to Europe, leading the government spokesman here to assert that “Cyprus is now on the energy map.”

Most experts in the field agree that a mooted pipeline from the island to Greece would be hugely impractical and costly – if at all feasible – due to the long distances and the geology of the sea bed.

But mere mention of a pipeline connecting south-east Mediterranean gas reserves

PVs will be connected to the grid of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC), and the ‘credit’ per household will be calculated every two months. Electricity consumption is offset by the electricity generated by PV system into the grid, with the household being billed for the difference. In addition to bringing down the electric bill, a positive side-effect is the lower consumption bracket and hence lower rates for electricity usage.

Both this scheme and a subsequent one – covering some 3,000 more households, though without a subsidy – have the blessing of the energy regulator. Under a law passed last year, disbursements from the RES fund must have the approval of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA). CERA chairman George Shammas said the electricity grid should easily be able to accommodate an extra 6MW, and did not foresee any technical issues.

Discussing gas at the House Commerce Committee to Europe via Greece, and not through Turkey, is significant in a political context.

Cyprus’ official position so far has been against piping its potential gas reserves (and perhaps those of neighbouring countries) to Europe via Turkey.

The issue has broader political ramifications that touch on efforts to resolve the decades-long conflict on the island. Some argue that piping Cypriot gas to Turkey would be a win-win for both sides.

Turkey, which does not recognize the Republic of Cyprus, says the island’s hydrocarbon reserves belong to both communities and that Greek Cypriots cannot be allowed to exploit them unilaterally.

But a great deal of confusion was caused here due to Anastasiades’ erroneous use of the term “southern corridor” during a press conference after the European Council.

Anastasiades was at the time

not speaking of a pipeline, but rather of ship transport routes for the export of Mediterranean gas reserves using an LNG plant in Cyprus as a hub.

His “southern corridor” comments were later reproduced by the media here.

The matter was cleared up yesterday at a session of the House Commerce Committee

by Charles Ellinas, chairman of the Cyprus National Hydrocarbons Company (CNHC).

Ellinas explained to MPs that when one wants to describe LNG ship transport routes from Cyprus, one should preferably use the term “southeast Mediterranean corridor” to avoid confusion with the “Southern Corridor,” which refers to the Nabucco-West and Trans-Anatolian Pipeline.

As Ellinas later told the Mail, efforts by Nicosia to get the EU to recognise this “southeast Mediterranean corridor” are far more important to Cyprus than an Israel-Cyprus-

(Christos Theodorides) Greece pipeline, which for the time being is “only an idea, for the long term.”

Also yesterday, commerce minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis told MPs he hoped Cyprus and US firm Noble Energy – which has a concession on offshore block 12 – would “soon” conclude a memorandum of understanding for developing an LNG plant on the island.

The MoU’s purpose would be to set up a joint venture between the CNHC and Noble. The joint venture would be a special-purpose vehicle seeking out investors for the LNG facility.

It would relate to the construction of a single train at Vassilikos – the proposed site for an LNG terminal – for the processing of natural gas believed to lie within Block 12. More trains could subsequently be added to the plant in the event of further gas discoveries in Cypriot waters.

Kolakides withdraws on BoC MICHALIS Kolakides yesterday withdrew his interest for the CEO position at the Bank of Cyprus because of a disagreement over the duration of the contract, reports said.

Kolakides had been selected by the BoC board on Wednesday but the final say on his appointment belonged to the Central Bank (CBC).

Reports said Kolakides had asked for a medium term contract while the CBC said it could not offer anything beyond the few months it will take until the first general assembly of the lender’s new shareholders.

The CBC could appoint Christos Christou, who was runner-up in the selection process. Christou had formerly worked for the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development.

In March, the Eurogroup decided to resolve Cyprus’ second biggest bank Laiki and transfer part of its assets to BoC while financing BoC’s recapitalisation by taking a chunk of uninsured deposits – over €100,000.

The affected depositors will receive equity in exchange and will decide on the lender’s new leadership after the restructure is complete in a couple of months or so allowing BoC to come out of administration.

So far 37.5 per cent of uninsured deposits in BoC have been converted to equity, whereas an additional 22.5 per cent remains frozen until the conclusion of an independent valuation of the bank’s balance sheet after absorbing the ‘good’ Laiki.

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Home DISY deputy tables Barroso promises that all resources would be made available simple healthcare solution

‘EU will mobilise for Cyprus’

RULING DISY tabled a proposal to the House Health Committee yesterday which would provide healthcare for all through a levy on wages.

The proposal would mean all those currently registered with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) would be able to receive free healthcare from both private and government employed doctors.

Speaking after the committee meeting, MP Nicos Nouris, who handed over the plan, explained that funds would be raised by charging employers and employees both 0.4 per cent on their income, excluding civil servants who were due to start contributing 1.5 per cent of their income to healthcare under the deal with Cyprus’s international lenders.

With the DISY proposal, parents would also have to contribute 0.4 per cent for each child or dependent in their care. Nouris added that from these charges, the amount of €59 million would be raised, which should cover the costs for first-rate healthcare for all.

The continuing financial crisis, long waiting lists and the delay in implementation of the National Health Scheme (NHS) require measures to be taken to provide everyone with quality healthcare, Nouris said.

The HIO would be responsible for the plan which would come into operation within the next six months. Residents would then only need to register with the HIO and would be entitled to free healthcare from a doctor of their choice.

The plan would not bring any disagreement from the troika, Nouris said, as there would be no expenditure on behalf of the government.

Doctors would receive payment directly from HIO’s funds.

Speaking after the Committee meeting, Health Minister, Petros Petrides who was present, told reporters that it was a proposal which reflected the public’s current state of anguish.

“We accept that it is a proposal which must be discussed extensively so the Committee can review any amendments as soon as possible,” Petrides said.

Head of the Committee Costas Constantinou labelled Nouris’ proposal as very useful.

“The ministry of health will be able to thoroughly study the proposal and submit any recommendations,” Constantinou said. “We expect the Ministry to adopt these helpful opinions and suggestions within a short time,” he added.

DIKO MP, Athena Kyriakidou and EDEK MP, Roula Mavronicola both hailed the idea while AKEL MP Stella Misiaouli stated that any plan would need to be included in the NHS.

ALL available EU resources will be mobilised as quickly and as effectively as possible in order to help Cyprus, European President José Manuel Barroso said yesterday.

Barroso was speaking at a joint press briefing with President Nicos Anastasiades following a meeting they had in Brussels.

The discussion, he said, focused on the very important challenges Cyprus faces. He further expressed his gratitude on Cyprus’ strong European commitment.

Cyprus is, and stays, firmly anchored in the European Union, he said, pledging that the EU is “determined to stand by Cyprus and Cypriots in these extremely difficult times”.

Anastasiades thanked Barroso for his interest and support and for his decision to establish a technical assistance support group in Cyprus so that the country’s economy could be revived and the necessary reforms implemented.

He assured that Cyprus would continue to deliver on its commitments and at the same time take the necessary measures for the recovery of the economy.

“It is important that our partners have recognised the sincere efforts of my government and the people of Cyprus,” he said.

In his statements Barroso also referred to the progress made on energy and taxation issues at the European Council on Wednesday, noting that “it is of course important for the economy of Cyprus”. He further spoke of the adjustment programme agreed in

Having a little quiet chat on the side. Barroso March for Cyprus calling it “the key vehicle for a new departure for the Cypriot economy”.

“The situation in Cyprus proved that delays are very costly and those who suffer most from this are of course the citizens,” said Barroso.

“For that it is essential not to waste more time”.

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Barroso praised Cyprus for the agreement on the adjustment programme. “This is a very good sign which allows us to look ahead to the future with confidence,” he said.

He warned however that recovery would “necessarily take time”. The dedicated support group would work with the Cypriot authorities

to ensure that funding was channeled “where it is most effective” said Barroso. “It will also provide Cyprus with technical expertise to support the achievement of the adjustment programme objectives,” he said.

Referring to the Cyprus issue, Barroso said that during the meeting with Anastasia-

des he had reiterated the importance to move forward in order to reach a settlement.

“I have also assured President Anastasiades of my full support to the process and of my availability to upgrade and reinforce this support from the European Union, should the two parties request it”, he added.

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Home Concern over packs of stray dogs roaming near Green Line

By Peter Stevenson PACKS OF stray dogs are causing problems for both the residents and authorities in the capital but especially in municipalities bordering the buffer-zone.

Ayios Dhometios, with municipality limits beginning at the Grammar School and ending at the central prisons, has one of the biggest problems in the Nicosia district with stray dogs, according to its Mayor, Costas Petrou. Commenting on a recent letter published in daily Phileleftheros from a resident of his municipality, complaining about a pack of stray dogs which killed one of her cats, Petrou said the matter was being investigated.

“Municipality health services visited the lady’s home but unfortunately she was not home so we could not fully investigate the incident,” he said. “We spoke to one of her neighbours but

unfortunately he could not shed any light on the incident which allegedly took place at around 3am on Tuesday while he was asleep,” he added.

Petrou explained that the house the woman lives in is not close to the buffer zone, where most stray dog sightings happen, and that she has two dogs and several cats.

“Whether the strays were attracted to her dogs is a matter we will have to look into,” he said.

With the fee to microchip and register dogs being between €20 and €50, many residents have not gone ahead with it, making the municipality’s job of returning stray dogs to their owners even harder, according to Petrou.

“Once a dog is picked up by Municipality health services it is taken to a special shelter until we can either find its owner or it is passed on to the Nicosia Dog Shelter which will deal with the dog,” he said. “If a dog has a microchip then he can be returned swiftly to his owner but in cases where dogs

have not been chipped, if we don’t find the owner within a week the animal is handed over to another shelter,” he added.

During municipality working hours there are patrols carried out by health service workers but that is not sufficient to cover the problem, and residents are asked to contact police if they see any strays when the municipality is not operating.

“We are trying our best to combat the problem but there is nothing to stop dogs from crossing the Green Line throughout the municipality,” Petrou said. “If there was barbed-wire or something blocking dogs from coming across the border then we wouldn’t have such a big problem,” he added.

The Mayor told the Mail that he has contacted the UN to help with the problem, and despite carrying out their own patrols in the buffer-zone, the problem has not decreased.

Four new artificial reefs by next year

Murder trial postponed due to court workload

Projects protect marine life and draw in tourists

By Maria Gregoriou ARTIFICIAL reefs complete with sunken ships are to be created to enrich marine life and the underwater environment, manage fishing resources while also attracting locals and tourist to dive or snorkel.

“The first artificial reef was completed in 2009 in the Amathounta sea area and we are continuing the project with the creation of reefs in sea areas of Famagusta, Limassol and Paphos,” an official from the department said.

The official said such reefs are usually placed 35 to 40 metres from shore to protect sea life and must be in areas not prone to strong waves.

“Technical studies have been run to see where the reefs are to be placed and how to prepare and clean the ships. When the project

is complete the ecosystem will be upgraded, divers will be attracted to the reefs, marine research can be conducted, and public awareness will be raised about protecting marine life,” said the official.

The project is being financed to a great extent by the EU fisheries programme which has been running from 2007 and will continue to 2013. Funding for the first reef was supported by the programme. Contributions to the project will be made by the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) and the Cyprus association of divers.

The budget has been set at €294,500 for the reef in Limassol, and €214,500 for Paphos.

The Famagusta project will be set in Ayia Napa and Paralimni and both reefs have a separate estimated budget of €214,500.

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The Laboe is earmarked for sinking off Kato Paphos as part of the new reef ed in 2013. “We expect that all reefs will be created and ready by the end of 2013 or the start of 2014,” the official said.

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The wreck’s top sits at 15m below the water while the maximum depth is 42m, attracting both novices and advanced divers.

THE TRIAL of the 62-yearold former policeman, Nicos Iordanous, who is accused of the premeditated murder of his 56-year-old wife Stavroulla has been postponed until September 17.

The defendant allegedly shot his wife in the head with a shotgun at their flat in Aradippou on December 10 of last year.

The Criminal Court, chaired yesterday by Haris Poyadjis in Larnaca revealed that due to its heavy workload with the Mari Naval Base disaster case and the Ayia Napa multiple murder trial the case would have to be postponed.

The hearings for the case will take place on September 17, 18 and 26 and the court decided the defendant would remain in custody at the central prisons.

The incident took place on December 10 of last year at around 10pm when Larnaca CID received reports that a gunshot had been heard at a flat in Aradippou with an unconscious person at the scene.

Officers discovered Stavroulla Iordanous’ body on the couch in the living room. Police had reported she had been bleeding from a big wound at the back of her head and from her mouth.

A shotgun was found on the floor while her husband had apparently passed out by the apartment’s entrance. Her death was confirmed at the scene while a post-mortem carried out by state-pathologists Sophocles Sophocleous and Nicolas Charalambous confirmed her death had been caused by a gun shot to the head.

Iordanous had originally claimed his wife had shot herself, but police said the crime scene and in particular the positioning of the gun did not point to suicide.

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Artist’s widow opens his studio for the last time

Amnesty says detention ‘routine’ in Cyprus

By Poly Pantelides AUTHORITIES continue locking up in poor conditions those migrants who enter the island illegally or whose asylum application is rejected, without considering any alternatives, Amnesty International has said.

In its annual 2013 report looking back on the state of human rights in 2012, Amnesty International said in Cyprus, “irregular migrants, rejected asylum-seekers and certain categories of asylum-seekers were detained for prolonged periods.”

“Detention appeared routine with no alternative measures being considered,” the report said.

People were locked up in “poor conditions in unsuitable facilities, such as short-stay police cells and two wings of Nicosia Central Prison,” Amnesty International said.

Earlier this year however, the purpose-built detention facility in Menoyia capable of holding 276 people was finally up and running.

Nonetheless, inmates complained this March they were prohibited from using mobile phones while some of them claimed they were beaten and pepper sprayed by police, which authorities denied.

Amnesty international’s report said it seemed “arbitrary, unnecessary and unlawful,” to detain people for immigration purposes even when they could not be deported. For example, Syrian nationals could not be sent back during their country’s internal armed conflict but were nonetheless held for “several months”.

One Iranian man whose asylum application was rejected, was held for 14 months as there was no realistic prospect for his deportation, the report said.

Majid Eazadi was repeatedly detained for deportation purposes between 2008 and 2011 despite the Ombudswoman’s repeated letters expressing concern. Eventually, the Supreme Court ordered his release in November, however Amnesty International said that Supreme Court judgements – ordering the release of individuals kept longer than the lawful six months in most cases – were not always respected.

“Upon their release, those individuals were immediately re-detained on the same grounds as before.”

Delegates for Amnesty International – an independent body funded by membership and donation but accepting no help from governments – visited Cyprus in June and October last year.

Works by prolific artist David Lester can be viewed this weekend only in Peyia

By Bejay Browne

Artist David Lester died from cancer last October

Cyprus and Russia deepen defence ties CYPRUS and Russia have agreed to deepen co-operation in defence matters, as Moscow requests facilities for Russian Navy vessels.

Defence Minster Fotis Fotiou yesterday met his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu in Moscow, extending him an invitation for an official visit to the island in 2013.

Shoigu has accepted the invitation.

According to an official announcement, the meeting between the two Ministers was “constructive and productive”. The two sides agreed to update a Defence Co-operation Agreement and sign another agreement to facilitate Russian citizens in the case of emergency evacuation.

Fotiou said Nicosia was ready to respond positively to Moscow’s request concerning the presence of its navy vessels in the region.

Three Russian warships were docked in Cyprus over the weekend. They were part of Russia’s Mediterranean task force.

THE wife of a well known Paphos artist is opening up her late husband’s studio to the public for the last time.

Prolific artist David Lester died at 65 in October 2012, and his wife, Cathy, will open his studio to the public for the last time this month, to give people an opportunity to view his latest work and to purchase their favourites pieces.

Lester took part in a number of exhibitions in Cyprus including the Kyklos gallery and En Plo. He is also the author of a published autobiography, Wishful thinking.

David Lester’s distinctive and modern style saw him use a number of mediums for his paintings including watercolours and oils.

He is best known for his abstract and semi abstract oil paintings which use bold and vibrant colours.

Cyprus’ dramatic mountains and coastline ignited the artist’s imagination and often feature in Lester’s work.

His paintings have made their way into collections across Europe.

Although Lester spent most of his working life

in the education sector in the UK - before moving to Cyprus with his wife, he was the head teacher of a school in Cambridgeshire painting was always something which held a fascination for the artist.

“David was mostly a self taught artist, although he attended a number of courses on the subject during his life, he liked to paint as he saw things,” said Cathy.

Painting and art appreciation were David’s passions, along with jazz music.”

OPEN STUDIOS In the UK, he had exhibited at Bedford art gallery and at Newnham College, Langham Gallery and the Round Church Studios.

Lester died at the Friends hospice in Paphos in October last year after a lengthy illness.

The Paphos based artist was also one of the founding members of the successful Open Studios, which saw many artists open up their studios to the public for a few weeks every year.

Cathy said she would love to see his paintings go to caring homes so she is opening up his studio

for the last time tomorrow and Sunday from 11am to 5pm. There are 70 paintings up for grabs, along with copies of Lester’s autobiography.

Watercolours, framed and glazed are priced from €40 - €60, Oils, depending on size and framing from €100 - €400 and the book at €5.

A percentage of the proceeds from the studio open day will go towards helping the Friends Hospice.

“The hospice was wonderful and I wanted to be able to give something back to them,” said Cathy.

The Hospice has recently been forced to scale down its operation due to the deepening economic crisis.

The walls of the couples Peyia home are covered with the artist’s paintings and Cathy will keep these as they are.

A few other works have been earmarked for the couples friends and family.

“David always had difficulty in parting with his paintings as he wanted them to go to people who really appreciated them and not just to go with someone’s colour scheme,” said his wife.

Telephone Cathy Lester for further information at 99 345 948

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Ukraine premier placates media

EUROPE TODAY Riots continue GROUPS of youths have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police officers in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital.

The disorder was sparked by a fatal police shooting on May 13. At least 30 cars were set ablaze across western and southern Stockholm early yesterday, police spokesman Kjell Lindgren said.

Firefighters said they had “never before seen so many fires raging at the same time”. Rioting youths also burnt down a restaurant in Skogas, south of Stockholm.

Lindgren says a 16-year-old girl was briefly detained on suspicion of preparing an arson attack, but was later sent home to her parents.

The unrest began on Sunday in response to the shooting in which police killed a 69-year-old knifewielding man in the northwestern suburb of Husby.

Czech manhunt POLICE are searching for an American man suspected of killing four members of a family in the Czech Republic’s second-largest city Brno, police said yesterday.

Police spokeswoman Petra Vedrova said the suspect, Kevin Dahlgren, may be armed and dangerous. Police had taken measures to stop him from leaving the country and were in contact with neighbouring states.

The victims were a family, but Vedrova declined to give any further details.

Oil ban rethink THE European Commission has decided to tear up new rules on how restaurants should serve olive oil less than a week after unveiling them, following widespread ridicule and accusations of unwanted interference.

Last week, the Commission said restaurants would be banned from serving oil to diners in refillable glass jugs or dipping bowls from next year. Instead, to protect consumers from fraud, restaurants would have to use sealed, non-refillable bottles that must be disposed of when empty.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director Christine Lagarde (L) arrives at the Court of Justice in Paris yesterday.

Lagarde was questioned in court by French magistrates

yesterday over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy (EPA)

Largest Bulgaria party clears way for new govt.

By Angel Krasimirov BULGARIA’S largest party GERB declined yesterday to try to form a new government, opening the way for the rival Socialists to put together a technocrat administration and end a political impasse.

Seeking to break a deadlock that could undermine the European Union’s poorest economy, President Rosen Plevneliev immediately passed the baton to the Socialists, whose proposed government could be voted on next week.

The centre-right GERB won most seats in a May 12 election, but cannot command a majority, as other

Socialists proposing cabinet headed by former finmin parties are shunning it after its resignation during protests against low living standards in February.

With every fifth Bulgarian living under the poverty line and unemployment at an eight-year high, the country needs a working government to draft a 2014 budget and negotiate EU funds to 2021 key to reviving the economy and creating new jobs.

“Every day, every hour is important for Bulgaria to have a government, so please allow me to return the mandate now, so that you can continue

with your consultations,” a subdued GERB leader Boiko Borisov told Bulgaria’s president, local media reported.

The Socialists are proposing a cabinet of experts headed by Plamen Oresharski, a former finance minister in a Socialist government who is not a party member. It would aim to ease public anger and the concerns of investors.

“We are well aware that people have no patience, that their disappointment is so deep that the government will not have a spare day in which it will not have

to prove it is working on their problems,” Socialist leader Sergei Stanishev told reporters.

With allies from the ethnic Turkish MRF, the Socialists are one seat short of a majority but analysts say the proposal is likely to win parliamentary backing with support from or abstentions by individual MPs from the nationalist Attack.

The divisions in parliament had prompted concerns that Bulgarians might have to return to the polls, so the prospect of a working government will bring some reassurance of stability.

But short of a majority, the proposed cabinet will struggle to push through serious reforms and could easily collapse.

UKRAINIAN Prime Minister Mykola Azarov backed down yesterday from his order to revoke the official accreditation of a dozen local reporters after they displayed slogans at a cabinet meeting to protest against an attack on two colleagues.

The dour 65-year-old reacted sharply on Wednesday when the reporters displayed slogans demanding an investigation into the beating of two reporters at a political rally last Saturday.

Azarov, who has headed the government since President Viktor Yanukovich came to power in February 2010, told aides to strip the journalists of their reporting rights so that they could no longer cover government meetings.

But yesterday Azarov met the same journalists and adopted a softer tone. “You are welcome to attend cabinet meetings and I hope that this incident will be the last one,” he told them, according to a video released by the government.

Azarov’s initial reaction prompted criticism not only from opposition politicians and other journalists, who staged a fresh protest next to his office yesterday, but also from within the ruling Party of the Regions.

Hanna Herman, a parliament deputy from the Regions, described his words as “emotional” on Wednesday.

Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko, who also attended the meeting with the journalists yesterday, said police were investigating Saturday’s beating of two reporters who were covering clashes between supporters and opponents of Yanukovich in Kiev while police allegedly did nothing.

Singer and Edith Piaf songwriter Georges Moustaki dies aged 79 FRENCH singer and songwriter Georges Moustaki, beloved in France for his songs celebrating liberty and collaborations with Edith Piaf, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 79.

The Greek-born singer grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, and arrived in Paris in 1951,

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He was introduced to Edith Piaf in the late 1950s and started to write songs for the Parisian star, the most famous of which was “Milord” about a lower-class

girl who falls in love with an upper-class British traveller.

Developing a reputation as a singer in his own right in the mid-1960s, the hirsute and heavily-bearded Moustaki achieved fame with songs including the immigrant ballad “Le Meteque” and “Ma Liberte”, a hymn to the

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Mother of two confronted Woolwich pair

Police close a road in Saxilby, Lincolnshire leading to a house raided in connection with the attack in Woolwich

A MOTHER confronted the Woolwich attackers, asking them to hand over their weapons and warning them: “It is only you versus many people, you are going to lose”.

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, 48, told the Daily Telegraph that one of the attackers said to her that they “want to start a war in London tonight”.

The mother of two, a Cub Scout leader from Cornwall, added: “Being a Cub leader I have my first aid so when I saw this guy on the floor I thought it was an accident - then I saw the guy was dead and I could not feel any pulse.

“And then when I went up there was this black guy with a revolver and a kitchen knife, he had what looked like butcher’s tools and he had a little axe, to cut the bones, and two large knives, and he said,

‘Move off the body’.

“So I thought, ‘OK, I don’t know what is going on here’, and he was covered with blood. I thought I had better start talking to him before he starts attacking somebody else. I thought these people usually have a message so I said, ‘What do you want?’

“I asked him if he did it and he said yes, and I said, ‘Why?’ And he said because he has killed Muslim people in Muslim countries, he said he was a British solider and I said, ‘Really?’ And he said, ‘I killed him because he killed Muslims and I am fed up with people killing Muslims in Afghanistan, they have nothing to do there’.”

Loyau-Kennett said that the attacker seemed to be “in full control of his decisions and ready to do everything he

wanted to do”.

She added: “I said, ‘Right now it is only you versus many people, you are going to lose, what would you like to do?’ and he said, ‘I would like to stay and fight’.”

Other eyewitnesses described seeing the “crazed” Woolwich attackers “hacking” at their victim and posing for pictures before charging at police wielding meat cleavers.

One onlooker, identified as James, told LBC radio that, after the killing, the duo then stood around, waving knives and a gun, asking people nearby to take pictures of them “as if they wanted to be on TV or something”.

“In my opinion, they were waiting for the police to arrive - to be shot by the police. That’s the only thing I can think,” he said.

Four held over soldier’s murder Attack revives fears of ‘lone wolves’ who have no direct contact with terror groups

By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden BRITISH police arrested two more people on Thursday in a hunt for accomplices of two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries.

The two suspected killers, now under guard in hospitals, had been known to security services before Wednesday’s daylight attack, security sources said.

Another man and a woman, both aged 29, were detained on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

One of the assailants, filmed calmly justifying the killing as he stood by the body holding a knife and meat cleaver in bloodied hands, was named by acquaintances as 28-year-old Londoner Michael Adebolajo - a British-born convert to Islam.

So frenzied was the attack, some witnesses thought they were trying to behead and disembowel the victim, who was named as a 25-year-old Afghan war veteran working

as an army recruiter.

The attack, just a month after the Boston Marathon bombing and the first Islamist killing in Britain since local suicide bombers killed 52 people in London in 2005, revived fears of “lone wolves” who may have had no direct contact with al Qaeda.

Adebolajo and the other man, who may have been born abroad and later naturalised as British, were shot by police at the scene. Officers on the case raided six homes on Thursday.

‘ATTACK ON BRITAIN’ Prime Minister David Cameron held an emergency meeting of his intelligence chiefs to assess the response to what he called a “terrorist” attack; it was the first deadly strike in mainland Britain since local Islamists killed dozens in London in 2005.

“We will never give in to terror or terrorism in any of its forms,” Cameron said outside his Downing Street office.

“This was not just an attack on Britain and on the British way of life, it was also a betrayal of Islam and

of the Muslim communities who give so much to our country.”

US President Barack Obama condemned it “in the strongest terms”, adding in a statement: “The United States stands resolute with the United Kingdom, our ally and friend, against violent extremism and terror.”

A source close to the investigation told Reuters that both attackers were known to Britain’s MI5 internal security service.

Adebolajo had handed out radical Islamist pamphlets but neither was considered a serious threat, a government source said.

Another source close to the inquiry said the local backgrounds of the suspects in a multicultural metropolis nearly 40 per cent of Londoners were born abroad - and the simplicity of the attack made prevention difficult: Anjem Choudary, one of Britain’s most recognised Islamist clerics, told Reuters Adebolajo, was known to fellow Muslims as Mujahid - a name meaning “fighter”: “He used to attend a few demonstrations and activities that we used to have in the past.”

Undated handout photo of Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers who was named yesterday as the soldier hacked to death in Woolwich He added that he had not seen him for about two years: “He was peaceful, unassuming and I don’t think there’s any reason to think he would do anything violent,” Choudary said.

The two men used a car to run down Drummer Lee Rigby outside Woolwich Barracks in southeast London and then attacked him with a meat cleaver and knives, witnesses said. The pair told shocked bystanders they acted in revenge for British wars in Muslim countries.

Rigby, who had a two-yearold son, was not in uniform.

The bandsman was working locally as an army recruiter.

A dramatic clip filmed by an onlooker showed one of the men, identified as Adebolajo, his hands covered

in blood and speaking in a local accent apologising for taking his action in front of women but justifying it on religious grounds: “We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you. The only reason we have done this is because Muslims are dying every day,” he said. “This British soldier is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”

The attack revived fears of “lone wolves”. These may have had no direct contact with al Qaeda but are inspired by radical preachers and by Islamist militant Web sites, some of which urge people to attack Western targets with whatever means they have.

Images of the blood-soaked suspect were splashed across

the front pages of newspapers; so too were links to his clearly spoken, matter-offact video statement, made as the pair chatted calmly to bystanders before police arrived many minutes later.

In Nigeria, with a mixed Christian-Muslim population and where the authorities are battling an Islamist insurgency, a government source said there was no evidence the Woolwich suspects were linked to groups in west Africa.

British investigators are looking at information that at least one of the suspects may have had an interest in joining Somalia-based Islamist rebel group al Shabaab which is allied to al Qaeda, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

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World WORLD TODAY ‘Rafsanjani hits back over ban’ FORMER Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has strongly criticised the policies of the country’s ruling clerical establishment, days after a constitutional watchdog banned him from running in the June 14 elections.

“I think it is not possible to run the country worse than this,” pro-reform website Jaheshnews.ir quoted him as saying in reaction to his disqualification on Tuesday by the hard-line Guardian Council.

Rafsanjani has not made any direct public statements since the decision. The quote was not carried on his official website, and the report could not independently verified. Rafsanjani, a centrist, had revitalised reformist hopes. His campaign manager says he will not protest over the disqualification.

Niger killings ISLAMIST suicide bombers struck a barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger yesterday, officials said, killing 20 people and wounding dozens in attacks that showed armed unrest spreading across West Africa.

In Agadez, the largest town in northern Niger, at least 20 soldiers were killed and 16 injured when suicide bombers attacked a barracks at dawn, Defence Minister Mahamadou Karidjo told state radio. Three Islamists were also killed.

After a fierce gunbattle, security forces returned the town to calm but one attacker was still holding soldiers hostage, military sources and local officials said. Further north in Arlit, at least 14 civilians were injured and two Islamists killed in a car bomb attack at the Somair uranium mine operated by run by French nuclear group Areva, the minister said.

Hairy moment It’s not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 180kg tiger needed help from vets when he could not cough up a footballsized fur lump by himself.

The 17-year-old tiger named Ty underwent surgery at a veterinary centre in the Tampa Bay community of Clearwater, Florida, where doctors said they safely removed the 1.8kg obstruction from his stomach.

The tiger, cared for by Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation in Florida, was brought to vets after not eating for nearly two weeks. Doctors said they detected the hairball using a scope with a camera.

Romero beatification discussed THE president of El Salvador met Pope Francis yesterday to urge his fellow Latin American to put Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered by a right-wing death squad in 1980, on the road to Roman Catholic sainthood.

The sainthood process for Romero was effectively stalled under former popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI because they saw him as too close to Liberation Theology, a radical movement which emphasised helping the poor and opposing injustice.

President Mauricio Funes said before leaving for Rome the main purpose of his visit was to appeal to the pope to move forward with Romero’s beatification, the penultimate step before sainthood.

Romero, the Archbishop of San Salvador, was shot dead on March 24, 1980, as he celebrated mass in a hospital chapel.

The murder was one of the most shocking of the conflict between a series of US-backed governments and leftist rebels in which thousands of people were killed by right-wing and military death squads.

No one was ever brought to justice for the murder although former army major Roberto D’Aubisson, who died in 1992, is generally believed to have been behind it.

Previous right-wing Salvadorean governments frowned on the possibility that Romero, an icon for Latin American liberation movements, could become a saint. But the leftist

Funes made a state apology for the assassination on the 30th anniversary in 2010.

Yesterday, Funes gave Pope Francis an ornate reliquary holding a piece of the vestment Romero was wearing when he was shot. The reliquary, with the fragment of the blood-stained garment, read: “Oscar Romero, spiritual guide of Salvador”.

A Vatican statement said the pope and Funes spoke at length about Romero and “the importance of his witness for the entire nation”.

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the main postulator, or promoter, of Romero’s sainthood cause, said last month Pope Francis had told him he had decided to unblock the process.

Romero’s murder was one of the most shocking of the conflict between a series of US-backed El Salvador governments and leftist rebels

‘N. Korea willing to restart talks on advice from China’ Pyongyang envoy on high-level Beijing visit

By Ben Blanchard and Sui-Lee Wee NORTH Korea is willing to take China’s advice and enter into talks, Chinese state television cited an envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as saying, following weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula after the North’s latest nuclear test.

However, that prospect seems unlikely as North Korea has repeatedly said it will not abandon nuclear weapons while the United States insists North Korea must take meaningful steps on denuclearisation before there can be talks.

The visit to Beijing by Choe Ryong-hae, a top North Korean military officer, is the most high-level contact between North Korea and China in about six months.

Ties have been hurt between the two supposed allies by the North’s third nuclear test in February, despite China’s disapproval, and by China agreeing to UN sanctions on the North in response and starting to put a squeeze on North Korean banks.

China was also alarmed by

Choe Ryong-hae (left, shaking hands), said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had sent him to China ‘to improve, consolidate and develop’ ties between the two states North Korea’s threats this year to wage nuclear war on South Korea and the United States in retaliation for the sanctions, fearing any conflict would inevitable have disastrous consequences for China.

Choe told Liu Yunshan, the Chinese Communist Party’s fifth-ranked leader, that Kim

had sent him to China “to improve, consolidate and develop ties between China and North Korea”.

Choe was accompanied by a high-powered delegation on a trip that appeared to be a bid by North Korea to mend frayed relations with its most important economic and diplomatic backer.

“North Korea lauds China’s enormous efforts to maintain peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and push for a return to talks and consultations for the problems of the Korean peninsula, and is willing to accept China’s suggestion to have talks with all parties,” Choe told the Chinese official, according to China’s

state broadcaster CCTV. Liu, who is also China’s propaganda tsar, told the North Korean envoy that “peace and stability on the Korean peninsula accords with the interests of all countries in the region”.

“We hope that all sides uphold the aim of denuclearising the Korean peninsula, maintain peace and stability and the using of dialogue and consultation to resolve problems, take practical steps to ameliorate the tense situation ... to restart six party talks as soon as possible and work hard for long-lasting peace and stability in northeast Asia and on the Korean peninsula.”

China has repeatedly urged North Korea to return to the so-called six party talks process, aimed at denuclearisation.

The US and its allies believe the North violated a 2005 aidfor-denuclearisation deal by conducting a nuclear test in 2006 and pursuing a uranium enrichment programme that would give it a second path to a nuclear weapon in addition to its plutonium-based programme.

Six-party aid-for-disarmament talks, involving the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, Russia and host China, collapsed in 2008 when the North walked away from the deal.

Repeated attempts by China to get North Korea to embark upon Chinese-style economic reforms and shift attention away from the military and bellicose actions have made little apparent progress.

Japanese octogenarian becomes oldest to reach Everest summit

80-year-old Miura reached the peak for the third time

EIGHTY-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest.

Miura, who also conquered the 29,035ft peak when he was 70 and 75, reached the summit at 9.05am local time yesterday, according to his support team in Tokyo. Miura called them from the summit to report the news.

Nepalese mountaineering official Gyanendra Shrestha, at Everest base camp, confirmed that Miura had reached the summit, making him the

oldest person to do so.

The previous age record holder was Nepal’s Min Bahadur Sherchan, who accomplished the feat at 76 in 2008.

Sherchan, now 81, was preparing for his own attempt on the summit next week.

Miura and his son Gota called the support team from the summit to report the news.

Public broadcaster NHK showed footage of Miura’s daughter Emili talking with them via speaker phone in Tokyo, clapping when her brother told her

they had reached the top.

“This is the world’s best feeling,” Miura said. “I’m also totally exhausted.”

The climbers planned to stay around the summit for about half an hour, take photos and then start to descend, Miura’s Tokyo office said.

On his expedition’s website, Miura explained his attempt to scale Everest at such an advanced age, saying: “It is to challenge (my) own ultimate limit. It is to honour the great Mother Nature.”

He said a successful climb would raise the bar for what is possible.

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Obama limits drone strikes, offers steps on Guantanamo Gives major policy speech after fortnight of scandals

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland PRESIDENT Barack Obama outlined plans yesterday to limit the use of US drone strikes against extremists abroad and took steps aimed at breaking a deadlock on closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison.

In a major foreign policy speech after two weeks of fending off domestic scandals, Obama limited the scope of what his predecessor, George W. Bush, had called a global war on terror after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

“Our nation is still threatened by terrorists,” Obama said at Washington’s National Defence University. “We must recognise however, that the threat has shifted and evolved from the one that came to our shores on 9/11.”

Faced with criticism about the morality of using unmanned aerial vehicles to wage war in distant lands, Obama said the United States will only use drone strikes when a threat is imminent, a nuanced change from the previous policy of launching strikes against a significant threat.

“To say a military tactic is legal, or even effective, is not to say it is wise or moral in every instance,” Obama said.

US President Barack Obama presents his administration’s counter-terrorism policy at the National Defence University at Fort McNair in Washington yesterday Under a new presidential guidance signed on Wednesday, Obama said the Defence Department will take the lead in launching drones, as opposed to the current practice of the CIA taking charge.

Any drone strike will only be launched when a terrorism suspect cannot be captured. The United States will respect state sovereignty and will limit strikes to al Qaeda or associated targets, he said.

“And before any strike is taken, there must be nearcertainty that no civilians will be killed or injured - the highest standard we can set,” said Obama.

The use by the United States of armed drone aircraft to attack extremists has increased tensions with countries such as Pakistan and drawn criti-

cism from human rights activists. Obama acted in line with a promise to be more open about the issue.

Obama has faced pressure from both supporters and opponents to allow greater scrutiny of the secretive decision-making process guiding drone use. He said earlier this year he wanted to be more open about the issue.

His policy shift came after the Obama administration acknowledged on Wednesday that four Americans abroad had been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in counter-terrorism operations in Yemen and Pakistan, including militant cleric Anwar alAwlaki.

Obama defended those operations, saying when a US citizen goes abroad to wage war against the United

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But in recognition of a debate within Congress about whether strikes could be launched within the United States, Obama said it would not be constitutional to do so.

Meanwhile, faced with congressional opposition, Obama has been frustrated by his inability to carry out a 2008 campaign pledge to close the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A hunger strike by 103 of the 166 detainees has put pressure on him to take action.

“There is no justification beyond politics for Congress to prevent us from closing a facility that should never have been opened,” Obama said.

While he cannot close it on his own, he did announce some steps aimed at getting some prisoners out. He lifted a moratorium on detainee transfers to Yemen out of respect for that country’s reforming government.

He called on Congress to lift restrictions on the transfer of terrorism suspects from Guantanamo and directed the Defence Department to identify a site to hold military tribunals for Guantanamo detainees.

“Where appropriate, we will bring terrorists to justice in our courts and military justice system,” he said.

He said he would pick a senior US envoy to handle detainee transfers, a position that has been vacant since January.

‘Congo has best chance for peace’ EASTERN Congo has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday.

Fighting that erupted on Monday near Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest city, has killed at least 20 people and ended an uneasy six-month calm between the army and fighters from the M23 rebel group.

“We have the best chance in many years to bring peace, stability and development to this country and this region,” Ban said on a visit to Goma with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. A day earlier, the bank announced it would provide $1 billion to help finance health and education services, hydro-electric projects and cross-border trade aimed at fostering development and peace in the conflict-ridden Great Lakes region.

Ban has said the money is contingent on countries in the region honouring a peace deal brokered by the United Nations in February to try to end two decades of conflict in eastern Congo.

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Business Support for limits on trade talks

Wall St drops on stimulus plan unease, China data

EUROPEAN Union lawmakers voted yesterday to limit the scope of a proposed freetrade deal between Europe and the United States, backing French demands to leave out culture and potentially irritating Washington.

The European Parliament, which can veto EU trade accords, voted 460 in favour and 105 against with 28 abstentions to limit Brussels’ room for manoeuvre in talks on a deal that would encompass almost half the world’s economic output.

“It is crucial not to consider culture as a pure commodity,” said Helga Truepel, a member of the parliament from the German Greens party.

Although non-binding, the parliament’s vote provides support for French demands to exclude the cultural sector from a deal. It will likely establish the parameters of the EU’s negotiating mandate, which will be finalised on June 14.

EU-US negotiations are expected to start in July and to take two years.

Washington and Brussels say the broadest deal possible is the best way to unleash billions of dollars in new business, and EU trade chief Karel De Gucht told lawmakers in the parliament on Wednesday that he needs flexibility to win US concessions.

US lawmakers say they will not support a deal unless it tears down barriers that have long blocked US exports. One US official said the talks risked “death by a thousand cuts” if a policy of tit-for-tat exemptions were to take over.

France’s Trade Minister Nicole Bricq welcomed the European Parliament’s vote, but said she wanted to see public procurement for defence contracts exempted too, something De Gucht wants to include in the talks.

Eurozone econ likely to contract again in Q2

By Chuck Mikolajczak U.S. stocks dropped yesterday, with the S&P 500 on pace for its first backto-back daily drop in a month amid investor concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve’s stimulus may be scaled back sooner than hoped and after weak data in China.

The S&P 500 had posted its biggest decline in three weeks on Wednesday after minutes from the latest US Federal Reserve meeting showed some officials were open to tapering large-scale asset purchases as early as at the June meeting.

The minutes came in the wake of comments earlier in the session by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who said the Fed could scale back the pace of its bond purchases at one of the “next few meetings” if the economic recovery looked set to maintain forward momentum.

Adding to selling pressure, China’s flash HSBC Purchasing Managers’ Index for May fell to 49.6, slipping under the 50-point level which indicates expansion for the first time since October.

That raised concerns the recovery in the world’s second-largest economy has stalled and a sharper downturn may be on the horizon.

Job seekers stand in line to meet with prospective employers at a career fair in New York City, in this October 24, 2012 file photo. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped 23,000 to a seasonally adjusted 340,000 “We are kind of in a situation where all news is bad news in a way when the Fed starts to talk,” said Peter Jankovskis, co-chief investment officer at OakBrook Investments LLC in Lisle, Illinois.

“They are pretty well maxed out ... so you are kind of here waiting on the end game.”

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But US manufacturing slowed for a second straight month in May, as the Markit Purchasing Managers Index fell to a seven-month low of 51.9 in May from 52.1 the previous month.

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Separately, data in Europe showed that while the downturn across eurozone businesses eased slightly in May, the bloc’s economy is likely to contract again in the second quarter.

In a bright spot, the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped 23,000 to a seasonally ad-

The benchmark S&P index has jumped 15 per cent since the start of the year, boosted by slowly improving US economic data and stimulus measures by central banks around the globe.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 84.71 points, or 0.55 per cent, to 15,222.46.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index dropped 12.64 points, or 0.76 per cent, to 1,642.71.

The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 20.71 points, or 0.60 per cent, to 3,442.59.

Selling was broad, with each of the 10 major S&P sectors in negative territory. Decliners on the New York Stock Exchange outpaced advancers by more than five to one, while the ratio on the Nasdaq was three to one.

Housing data showed sales increased to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000 units in April, above expectations of a 425,000-unit rate, and prices climbed to record high levels in a sign the housing market recovery remains on track. Still, the PHLX housing sector index shed 0.2 per cent.

Hewlett-Packard Co jumped 11.6 per cent to $23.70 as one of only two Dow components in positive territory after the computer maker raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations.

Ralph Lauren Corp shares lost 2.8 per cent to $182.82 after the fashion company reported sales below its own projections.

Hormel Foods Corp reported a lower quarterly profit due to costs related to its Skippy acquisition and higher grain costs and lower turkey meat prices at its Jennie-O Turkey stores.

Shares in the maker of Spam canned ham fell 1.2 per cent to $41.88.

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Yesterday’s data showed British consumer spending ticked up only 0.1 per cent on the quarter, its weakest rise since the third quarter of 2011

BRITAIN’S better-than-expected economic growth in the first quarter turns out to have been boosted by a rise in inventories, while consumer spending was weak and investment fell, raising questions whether the nascent recovery will last.

Britain avoided falling back into recession when official data, first released in April, showed its economy grew 0.3 per cent between January and March from the previous quarter.

The Office for National Statistics confirmed the headline number yesterday and said growth was 0.6 per cent higher than a year earlier, also in line with the preliminary figure.

Economists expressed disappointment at the weak underlying picture of the economy from the new details.

“The breakdown of the data is rather disappointing and not that supportive to hopes that the economy is establishing a firmer footing,” said Howard Archer, economist at IHS Global Insight.

“There were declines in investment and exports, which hardly points to an economy rebalancing. Meanwhile, government spending was flat as spending cuts likely increasingly impacted.”

Britain’s government has fended off calls to spend more to boost growth three years into its drive to close one of the European Union’s biggest budget deficits.

On Wednesday, the International Monetary

Fund welcomed some signs this year that the economy is slowly healing, but stressed it remained weak and called on the government to spend more now on investment to speed up the recovery.

Yesterday’s data showed consumer spending ticked up only 0.1 per cent on the quarter, its weakest rise since the third quarter of 2011, although it remained one of the economy’s main engines.

The biggest contribution to GDP growth came from an increase in inventories as companies’ stocks piled up in a likely sign of weak demand.

Stock-building added 0.4 percentage points to growth on a measure that aligns GDP output data with the more limited expenditure data available so far. On an unaligned basis, inventories added 0.2 percentage points to growth.

“There is still a significant part of the inventories move that might reflect an unwanted build-up of stocks that will be a downside to growth going forward,” said David Tinsley, an economist at BNP Paribas.

A 0.8 per cent fall in exports outweighed a 0.5 per cent drop in imports, so that net trade dragged on the economy. Britain is struggling to rebalance its output towards goods exports after it was punished during the financial crisis by its reliance on sectors such as banking.

Business investment shrank 0.4 per cent.

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Giving more ammunition to opponents of a settlement THE DINNER for President Anastasiades and Dervis Eroglu that would be hosted by the UN Secretary-General’s special representative Alexander Downer will go ahead as planned even though the date has reportedly been switched to May 30. It will supposedly maintain its social character, as Anastasiades had demanded in the letter he sent to Ban Kimoon last Friday.

In his letter the president complained that Downer had tried to turn the dinner into a political event despite having given assurances to the contrary. He felt that Downer’s associates “had leaked to unauthorised individuals inaccurate information, with the result of the undermining of our credibility and the creation of the mistaken impression about the resumption of the peace talks.”

There has been no official explanation about the inaccurate information that was leaked. A press report claimed the straw that broke the camel’s back was the UN’s request to be informed whether the Greek Cypriot negotiator would attend the dinner despite knowing that Anastasiades had no intention of appointing one at this time. Perhaps we are unaware of the intricacies of dinner diplomacy, but for the layman this seemed like the proverbial storm in a tea-cup.

Perhaps there were other goings-on that were not specified in the letter, but even if there were, they could not justify the kneejerk reaction and brash tone of the letter.

The strange thing was that Anastasiades had always enjoyed a very good relationship with Downer, meeting regularly with him and never participating in the concerted attacks on the Australian by all other parties and leaders.

Did he feel obliged to adopt a more confrontational approach now he was president, or was he trying to keep his rejectionist alliance partners happy?

His angry reaction may have had something to do with the revelations that he was in possession of a 77-page UN document, listing the convergences and divergences of the talks, about which he had kept the National Council in the dark. Perhaps he thought that sending an angry letter was the best way to shift public attention away from this omission, which the opposition parties took exception to. This would also explain why he made his letter public on the very same day he sent it, probably before anyone at the UN headquarters had read it.

Making the letter public gave the impression he was playing to the gallery rather than voicing legitimate concerns. If he had concerns these should have been conveyed to Ban in a confidential letter. By going public, he sparked another bout of Downer-bashing by the political parties and calls for the Australian’s replacement. While this will not happen, after the four years of work Downer and his team had put into the peace efforts, all the president’s letter achieved was to give more ammunition to the campaign of opponents of a settlement.

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Prosperity without political changes Comment David Rohde

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N MOSCOW, they are “non-Soviet Russians.”

In New Delhi, they are a “political Goliath” that may soon awake. In Beijing and São Paolo, they are lawyers and other professionals who complain about glacial government bureaucracies and endemic graft.

Prosperity is spreading in many emerging market nations, but political change is not.

Economic liberalisation has sparked vast economic changes in the BRIC nations - China, India, Russia and Brazil. A middle class that was once made up of government servants is now dominated by private-sector employees.

At the same time, government institutions that once provided the basics of life - education, healthcare and employment - are crumbling.

Frustrated members of the middle class are demanding change, but traditional power holders, from Russia’s Vladimir Putin to India’s large political parties, remain entrenched.

For middle-class Russians, economic power has not brought political power.

“They want modernisation,” a Russian analyst who asked not to be named, said in a recent interview in Moscow.

“They want to be respected by the outside world.”

The dynamic in each country is different, but Moscow’s middle class is one example.

Employed by private companies and financially self-sufficient, they are the winners of economic globalization.

From software engineers to interior designers, they prefer international brands and travelling in Europe, and are closely connected to global events and culture through the Web. Disappointed with stateprovided healthcare and education, they are launching their own organisations to fill the gap. Maria Lipman, a scholar in residence at the Carnegie Centre Moscow, described the group as “achievers” who “believe in charity, just like their counterparts in Europe.”

“I like to describe them as non-Soviet Russians,” she added. “They do not share the traditional Russian mentality of state paternalism.”

Last year, tens of thousands of members of Moscow’s middle class took to the streets to protest Putin’s disputed reelection. The protesters themselves were surprised by the size of the turnout, according to Lipman and the Russian analyst who asked not to be named.

“Suddenly, they woke up to politics,” she said.

But a crucial dynamic limited their effectiveness.

Protests in Moscow last year Moscow’s middle-class protesters viewed engaging in traditional politics as debasing. Choosing leaders, compromising with other groups and slowly building an opposition movement were seen as corrupting.

“Politics, by definition, is long-term,” said Lipman.

“You have to make coalitions with people who you might detest. To this crowd, this was absolutely not acceptable.”

The movement’s divisions and a crackdown by Putin diluted its strength. Whether Putin can retain power past the end of his term in 2016 is unclear, but many members of Moscow’s middle class are increasingly focused on leaving Russia - not changing it.

“The reason they are contemplating getting out is

this utter lack of protection,” said the analyst. “’I’m fine now, but if I’ve got some conflict with the authorities I’ll be thrown in jail.’ The judicial system is politicised and corrupt.”

India’s growing middle class has also shown signs of a political awakening. Last year, hundreds of thousands of members of the country’s burgeoning middle class ended a decade of apathy and protested corruption for the first time.

So far they appear to have largely failed to break the hold of the dominant political parties, which primarily serve India’s ultra-rich and rural poor. Nationwide elections scheduled for 2014 will show if India’s middle class can gain more political clout.

‘The biggest threat to entrenched power holders remains an organised, disciplined and politically potent opposition. Russian and Chinese leaders have been ruthless in keeping one from taking shape’

In Brazil, explosive growth in the urban middle class has largely failed to break the hold of entrenched political parties that are widely regarded as corrupt. Middleclass Brazilians applaud the efforts of President Dilma Rousseff to reform the government but still question whether she can succeed.

In an interview in São Paolo last fall, Denis Dias, a lawyer for an energy company and the first person in his family to go to college, said Brazilians pay tax rates that rival those of Western Europe but do not receive commensurate services.

“People are getting really disappointed,” he said, “because it doesn’t achieve results.”

At an IKEA store in Beijing 18 months ago, members of China’s middle class expressed frustration as well.

In separate interviews, a banker, an accountant and an interior designer complained about spiralling housing prices, inequality and government corruption.

They also criticised the government’s blocking of Facebook, Twitter, You Tube and other websites.

A 37-year-old software developer for Ali Baba, China’s equivalent of Amazon, was the most negative. Despite being enormously successful in China, he said he was applying for a Canadian visa because pollution and poor schools were harming his 18month-old son.

“They teach children to tell lies,” said the man, who asked not to be named.

“They teach bad values.”

This middle-class activism may be spreading. Last week in Pakistan’s national elections, anger at corruption and poor government services brought 40 million new voters to the polls and produced a record 60 per cent turnout.

Protest movements are electrifying, but the biggest threat to entrenched power holders remains an organised, disciplined and politically potent opposition.

Russian and Chinese leaders have been ruthless in keeping one from taking shape.

Indian and Brazilian politicians use more subtle means to maintain their hold on power.

Until members of the new BRIC middle classes embrace the ugly, but necessary, world of politics, however, Putin and the other entrenched elites will have little to fear.

David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own. Rohde is a columnist for Reuters, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a former reporter for The New York Times. His latest book, Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East, was published in April

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Pitbull speaks out on music, Jennifer Lopez and new movie Rapper has become a staple in the pop music field

TV bosses have finally confirmed that Sharon Osbourne will return to The X Factor judging panel to replace Tulisa Contostavlos.

She will join Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger - who have all signed up - on the ITV series when it comes to back to screens later this year.

Sharon, last on the show as a judge six years ago, had been widely expected to return after it emerged she had been in negotiation with programme chiefs.

She said she “couldn’t be happier” about her comeback.

The line-up announcement means show boss Simon Cowell will be absent for a third year. His departure coincided with a ratings tumble for the show which was last year regularly beaten by BBC One rival Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday nights.

Sharon is reported to have been offered more than £1 million for her return to the panel. Viewers last year saw her briefly make an appearance on the show at the judges’ houses stage of the contest.

By Zorianna Kit RAPPER Pitbull has taken his blend of American pop music fused with Latin beats from the clubs of Miami to international pop charts, but he now is crossing into film with his first acting role as an animated character in the upcoming movie, Epic.

Pitbull, whose real name is Armando Perez, has become a staple in the pop music field with lively dance-floor tracks including recent chart hits Feel This Moment with Christina Aguilera and Live it Up with Jennifer Lopez.

The rapper, 32, plays street-smart frog Bufo in Epic, due to be released today and which explores a secret universe where the natural world is battling evil forces.

Pitbull talked to Reuters about his film debut, working with Lopez and the origins of his numerous nicknames.

Q: What do you make of this whole animation world you got a chance to work in?

A: Before I didn’t understand what it meant to put a voice to animation and see it come to life. But I’m always game for trying new things. I love how those artists could see my voice on the character before it was

Sharon Osbourne returns to X Factor panel

Pitbull has collaborated on three singles with Jennifer Lopez, who he described as a kind of mentor even drawn up.

Q: Your stage moniker ‘Pitbull’ is named after a dog that tends to get a lot of bad press unfortunately.

A: Pitbulls are misunderstood and that’s the same thing with me when I first came into the music business. Being Cuban-American made me politically incorrect. My whole life was trying to make people understand that we all come from the same place. It’s the same with the dog. The pitbull is a very loyal, very loving dog that doesn’t understand the concept of losing. I believe in fighting hard

for what you believe in and never giving up.

Q: What were some of the pivotal moments in your career that really changed things for you?

A: The record that took it global was I Know You Want Me (in 2009). Before that, I lived in the clubs and in the streets as far as my music.

But that song took it to the next level. Give Me Everything (in 2011) was a turning point. This record coming out (on May 28) called Outta Nowhere will be another turning point I think.

Q: How so?

A: It’s a different side of

me. It’s going to show everything that we’ve been speaking about here - motivation, believing in yourself, not giving up. With this record, I wanted to come out of nowhere, which is why the name is perfect.

Q: Live It Up is your third collaboration with Jennifer Lopez, following On The Floor and Dance Again.

What’s your partnership like?

A: Jennifer is a hard worker, very professional, gorgeous and she’s a walking empire. Anytime I’m around her, I’m watching, learning, studying. It’s a natural com-

bination, like a student and teacher. I’m a student all day. I think it would be an honour for Jennifer to watch me grow and say, ‘That kid did learn.’

Q: With all your recent success, do you feel like you’ve gotten the respect you deserve? Do you feel more relaxed now and less needing to prove yourself?

A: No, I’m never relaxed.

I think complacency is a cousin of death. As far as respect, whether they do or don’t, to each his own. But I do tell you this much, this is just the beginning. I promise you, it’s just the beginning.

Music box invitations sent Chris Brown gets a new puppy for Kim’s baby shower MUSIC box invitations have been sent out for Kim Kardashian’s baby shower.

The 32-year-old reality star - who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Kanye West - is having a lavish bash thrown in her honour on June 2 ahead of her due date in July and gossip website TMZ has got hold of one of the unique invites.

The white music box plays a ‘lullaby’ version of rapper Kanye’s track Hey Mama as a plastic ballerina - which bears a resemblance to the famous beauty - dances.

The invitations have been “given with love by Kris Jenner, Shelli Azoff, Kourtney Kardashian (and) Khloe KardashianOdom” and guests must RSVP by May 28 - four days before the event.

The family have chosen a ‘Garden Chic’ theme for the bash.

Kim is reportedly set to join Kanye on his European tour later this year after she gives birth and the TV personality admits she feels totally prepared for motherhood after taking tips from her own mother Kris.

She recently said: “My mom is a strong and ambitious career woman that despite her busy schedule and the millions of things she has going on, she still manages to put family first and continues to look out for us every day.

“Motherhood is a gift and I know after watching my mom do it, it’s not easy especially when trying to balance a career.

I can’t wait to follow in her footsteps and make her proud like I am of her.”

The singer splashed out on an English bulldog puppy as he recovers from his split with former girlfriend Rihanna

CHRIS Brown has splashed out on a new puppy to keep him company.

The newly-single singer who recently split from his on/off girlfriend Rihanna, who he is still on probation for beating in 2009 - is being comforted by his new 13-week old English bulldog puppy.

A source told HollyScoop. com that the R&B star’s new pet pooch is currently called Chief but he wants to give the dog a new name.

The 24-year-old singer, who has previously owned a pitbull, got the dog from Los Angeles-based breeders Shrinkabulls, which has helped a number of high profile stars including Cher Lloyd, Joe Jonas and Randy Jackson adopt bulldog puppies in the past.

Chris was spotted getting close to his model ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas over the weekend.

‘COULDN’T BE HAPPIER’ Sharon said: “I couldn’t be happier about coming back for the 10th anniversary of X Factor. I can’t wait to give Gary Barlow a big hug, sit next to the gorgeous Nicole, and of course throw water on dear Louis. Yay!” Simon said: “Three words I never thought I’d say welcome back Sharon.”

Auditions for the next series begin early next month so the panellists had to be in place by then.

In change to the audition process this year, the hopeful acts will face the judges close-up in an intimate audition room. If they get though that stage they will then have to perform once again in an arena to prove they can also impress an audience before they can go through to the next stage.

The auditions in front of judges begin on June 4 in Glasgow, and the arena stage of the process will begin in July.

Sharon was last on the show as a judge six years ago

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Health

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Fish oil ‘may lower diabetes risk’ FISH oil capsules might help in the fight against diabetes, according to new research.

A study has shown that the widely-used supplements, also known as omega 3 fatty acids, give a modest boost to levels of a hormone known as adiponectin in the bloodstream.

The hormone helps the body regulate glucose and control inflammation.

Long-term studies have also shown higher levels of adiponectin are associated with lower risks of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

Research accepted for publication in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism analysed the findings from 14 clinical trials.

The results showed that the effect of fish oil on adiponectin levels differed “substantially” across the trials,

suggesting that the supplements could have a stronger influence on some populations and a weaker effect on others, according to the authors.

Eating iodine in pregnancy leads to cleverer kids

Calcium can help women live longer

PREGNANT women and those planning to have children should ensure adequate iodine intake, according to the authors of a new report.

Lack of iodine, for which good dietary sources are milk, dairy products and fish, can lead to reduced mental development in their children, the study found.

Iodine is essential for producing the hormones made by the thyroid gland, which have a direct effect on foetal brain development.

The researchers measured the iodine concentration in urine samples taken in the first trimester from 1,040 pregnant women, classifying 67 per cent as being iodine deficient.

Mental development of their children was assessed by measuring child IQ at age eight, and reading ability at nine.

Adjusting the results for external factors likely to affect these scores the researchers found that children of women in the iodine-deficient group were significantly more likely to have low scores of verbal IQ, reading accuracy and reading comprehension. The lower the mother’s concentration of iodine, the lower were the average scores for IQ and reading ability in the children.

TAKING a moderate dose of calcium supplement every day can help women live longer, a study has found.

Up to 1,000mg of calcium consumed daily in supplement form is associated with a longer lifespan in women, according to the findings of research into the health of more than 9,000 people in Canada between 1995 and 2007.

Although the data showed women who took calcium supplements had a lower mortality risk, there was no statistical benefit for men, according to the research.

Higher amounts of calcium were potentially linked to longer lifespans in women, regardless of the source - dairy foods, non-dairy foods or supplements - the study, accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, found.

The findings come after past studies have linked calcium supplements, taken by millions of elderly people and post-menopausal women to prevent bone thinning, to heart disease risk.

When it comes to a deadly virus, what is in a name?

Artificial light is ‘disrupting our sleep’

Virus that was discovered only last year has had at least five names

ELECTRIC lights, including those illuminating laptop computers, smartphones and tablets, often play a key role in causing people to sleep badly, a leading expert has said.

Artificial lights disrupt the body’s natural rhythm, affect chemicals in the brain and drive people to use stimulants like caffeine to stay awake longer, according to Harvard academic Professor Charles Czeisler.

Writing in the journal Nature, the professor of sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School called for research to help develop “behavioural and technical” ways of counteracting the ill effects of artificial light on modern sleeping patterns.

The decline in the number of hours slept per night is affecting public health, including a greater risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression and stroke in adults and concentration problems in children, he said.

While all electric light affected “circadian rhythms” the natural body clock - and sleep, night-time exposure to LED lights like those in phones and computers was “typically more disruptive” than standard electric light bulbs, he said.

“There are many reasons why people get insufficient sleep in our 24/7 society, from early starts at work or school, or long commutes, to caffeine-rich food and drink,” he wrote.

“But the precipitating factor is an often unappreciated, technological breakthrough: the electric light.

“Without it, few people would use caffeine to stay awake at night. And light affects our circadian rhythms more powerfully than any drug.”

Between 1950 and 2000, the average person in the UK increased their use of artificial light sources by four times, with a parallel rise in sleep deficiency, Prof Czeisler said.

By Kate Kelland FOR A pathogen with such a short history, the mysterious new virus killing people in the Middle East and Europe has already had an amazing array of names.

It first surfaced last year as “human betacoronavirus 2c EMC”, but the suffixes “2c England-Qatar, “2C JordanN3”, “England 1” have also appeared and many scientists have resorted to “novel coronavirus” - new crownshaped virus - instead.

While the World Health Organisation (WHO) says the virus and the severe infections and deaths it has caused are “alarming” and need to be tracked, none of its names is especially helpful.

“A virus is only ‘novel’ until the next one comes around,” Raoul de Groot, head of the Coronavirus Study Group (CSG), said of the catchiest of the titles it has acquired so far.

So with the death toll from the 42 cases identified at 21 and expected to rise - de Groot’s group has come up with a new name: “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome” or MERS, since all the cases have had a direct or indirect connection to the region.

The CSG, which published the name in the Journal of Virology last week, said it had been endorsed by the Saudi, Dutch and British scientists who discovered it, the WHO’s European office and the Saudi health ministry.

But naming deadly new viruses is fraught with sensitivity, and the signs are this matter has yet to settle.

Human disease is littered with examples of fractious, sometimes furious rows over what emerging pathogens are called.

Some 30 years ago, when the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, was discov-

A microbiologist examines viruses ered, it was named “GRID”, or “gay-related immune deficiency”, helping to spread the slur “the gay plague”.

It was not until it became clear the sexually transmitted virus was also infecting heterosexuals and haemophiliacs, that GRID was replaced with the more accurate HIV. More recently, the scientific “H1N1” was the name that stuck for the pandemic flu strain that swept the world in 2009/2010 after earlier suggestions proved too sensitive.

An Israeli health minister objected to “swine flu” on religious grounds and “Mexican flu” caused offence to a

nation.

When scientists called a “superbug” enzyme that makes bacteria resistant to almost all known antibiotics “New Delhi metallo beta lactamase”, or NDM-1, the Indian health ministry called it “malicious propaganda” to put India in the name.

“Clearly, naming viruses and diseases after ethnicity, religion, gender and lifestyle is potentially stigmatising and offensive, and thus unacceptable,” de Groot said.

“All parties involved were acutely aware of sensitivities around geographic naming and the issue has been weighed very carefully,” he said.

The MERS decision involved Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Centre in the Netherlands, Maria Zambon of the UK Health Protection Agency and Ali Mohamed Zaki, an Egyptian microbiologist working at the Dr Soliman Fakeeh Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, among others.

All of them played key roles in discovering the new virus.

According to a source close to the discussions, who declined to be identified due to sensitivities surrounding the issue, one suggestion was to name the virus after Zaki as a tribute to his work; he lost his job after going public with

his findings.

It is early days, but so far, MERS has not caught on, despite the WHO’s European branch saying “the WHO and other committee members strongly urge the use of this name in scientific and other communications”.

A “disease outbreak update” issued from the WHO’s global headquarters in Geneva on Wednesday referred to the “novel coronavirus” or “nCoV” throughout. MERS did not get a mention.

A WHO spokesman said he was unable to comment on the discrepancy but added that from now on “we are going to be using the new name in all our updates”.

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The Expatriate Ben Logan (Aaron Eckhart) is an ex-CIA agent and single father living in Belgium.

Supposedly hired by the Halgate Group as a security expert, Logan arrives at work one day to find the operation gone with no trace remaining; even his emails from the company have been deleted. With his sulky teenage daughter Amy (Liana Liberato) by his side, he digs deeper and finds the bodies of all his coworkers, all illegal immigrants, at a Brussels morgue.

Meanwhile, representatives of the US government and European private interests search for both him and a stolen document that incriminates Halgate. Also starring Olga Kurylenko.

Directed by Philipp Stolzl.

(Action thriller, 100 mins.)

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Stolen Will Montgomery (Nicolas Cage) is a master thief who gets double-crossed in a heist gone awry and sent to prison for eight years. Upon his release he’s ready to leave his criminal past behind and try to rebuild a relationship with his estranged daughter Allison – but the FBI and his old cohorts believe that he’s hidden the $10 million loot from the heist, so his old partner Vincent (Josh Lucas) kidnaps Allison and demands the entire $10 million as ransom. Montgomery only has one day to get the ransom – but, much to the disbelief of the FBI, he doesn’t actually have the money. Instead, he teams up with his old partner in crime, the sexy and smart Riley (Malin Akerman), to pull off one more heist and get his daughter back alive before it’s too late. Also starring Danny Huston. Directed by Simon West. (Action thriller, 96 mins.)

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friends are being hunted by a demon. Directed by Fede Alvarez. (Ultra-violent horror, 91 mins.)

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The Host The world has been invaded by a species of alien parasite that enters a body through a slit in the neck and eradicates the host’s personality. Humans are now an endangered The Virgin Spring

(Sci-fi drama, 125 mins.)

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Iron Man 3 Brash but brilliant industrialist Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr), a.k.a. Iron Man, is up against The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), a terrorist whose reach knows no bounds.

When the ruthless supervillain destroys his world, Stark vows revenge, using his arsenal of gadgets and remote-controlled suits – but he soon finds out that things aren’t entirely as they seem. Also starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce and Rebecca Hall. Directed by Shane Black. In 3D. (Comicbook action comedy, 130 mins.)

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Scary Movie 5 Happily-married couple Dan (Simon Rex) and Jody (Ashley Tisdale) begin to notice some bizarre activity once they take custody of their two nieces and baby nephew. When the chaos expands into Jody’s job as a ballet dancer and Dan’s career as an Ape researcher, however, they realize that their family is being stalked by a nefarious demon. Together, with the advice of certified experts and the aid of numerous cameras, they must figure out how to get rid of it before it’s too late.

Also starring Erica Ash, Terry Crews, and Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan as themselves.

Directed by Malcolm D. Lee. (Comedy, 86 mins.)

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Evil Dead Five young people head off to a dilapidated cabin in the woods.

They’re staging an intervention designed to get Mia (Jane Levy) off the drugs that have consumed her life. Her four supporters are her estranged brother David (Shiloh Fernandez), his girlfriend Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore), registered nurse Olivia (Jessica Lucas) and bookish Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci). In the cabin’s dim, dank basement, they discover a bunch of dead cats and the Necronomicon, a book made from human skin that contains dark magic spells.

Eric, in an act of extreme stupidity, starts reading things from the Necronomicon out loud – and suddenly the five

species, with almost all of Earth’s population having been converted except a few small clusters of rebels. One of these dissidents, Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan), is captured by a ‘Seeker’ (Diane Kruger) when attempting to distract the aliens from finding her brother. Melanie becomes the host for an alien named Wanderer and the two struggle for control of her mind. When the Seeker threatens to remove Wanderer from Melanie’s body, she escapes and goes in search of the rebels, who are led by her uncle, Jeb (William Hurt); when she finds them, however, she is not given a friendly welcome. Also starring Max Irons and Frances Fisher.

Directed by Andrew Niccol.

When the White House (Secret Service Code: ‘Olympus’) is captured by a North Korean terrorist mastermind (Rick Yune) and the President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning’s inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster. Also starring Dylan McDermott and Morgan Freeman. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. (Action, 120 mins.)

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a lifetime. Travelling across a spectacular landscape, they meet a young man named Guy (Ryan Reynolds) and discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures.

Directed by Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders. (Kids’ cartoon, 98 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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dead girl’s rich parents – who, discovering the truth about their lodgers, exact a chilling revenge. Starring Max Von Sydow and Birgitta Valberg.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1960. In Swedish, no details of subtitles supplied. (Drama, 89 mins.)

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The Virgin Spring In 14th century Sweden, a young woman is brutally raped and murdered by goat herders after her half sister has invoked a pagan curse.

By a bizarre twist of fate, the murderers ask for food and shelter from the

The Croods The cave-dwelling Croods are a prehistoric family who live largely in the dark. The family consists of father Grug (voiced

by Nicolas Cage), mother Ugga (Catherine Keener), son Thunk (Clark Duke), daughter Eep (Emma Stone) and Gran (Cloris Leachman) – but one day their cave is destroyed by an earthquake, forcing them to embark on the journey of

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NEW FILMS Fast & Furious 6 Directed by: Justin Lin Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Luke Evans US 2013, 130 mins.

Now showing at the KCineplex and K-Cineplex (Mall of Cyprus) in Nicosia, the Rio and K-Cineplex in Limassol, the K-Cineplex in Larnaca and the Rio in Paphos.

THE PLOT Ever since Dom (Vin Diesel) and Brian (Paul Walker) pulled off the Rio heist that left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe.

Meanwhile, Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) has been tracking an organisation of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Luke Evans) is aided by a ruthless secondin-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Michelle Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID Pro: “Vin Diesel could be his own oversize action toy – slab-like, solid and smooth, stripped of all cranial, facial or underarm hair – or the mammoth statue of a god erected by primitive tribes.

Dwayne Johnson is that deity but even more imposing, and a marvel when he springs into liquid motion.

Called the Samoan Thor, he is the irresistible force to Diesel’s immovable object; and when they fight a gang of enemies, or each other, the heavens

seem ready to explode with their practised wrath…

“Are Toretto and Hobbs [Diesel and Johnson’s characters] human? Not really, by the standards of traditional movies, which demand behavioural nuance and emotional compromise and men fretting. Are the guys superhuman? Sure; the F&F films are big-screen comic books without the Marvel mythology. But above all, Dom and Hobs are post-human. Fast Five heralded the New Hollywood’s exaltation of sensational action over subtle character. Fast and Furious 6 revs everything up, purifies and improves it. The fourth F&F movie to be directed

by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan, Furious 6 is even cooler and more aerodynamically delirious than its predecessor, if such a thing is even theoretically possible.”

Richard Corliss, TIME (US) Pro/Mixed: “Despite the return of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in 2009, the Fast & Furious franchise seemed dead in the driveway until the nitro injection of 2011’s Fast 5 retooled the concept as a heist thriller and dropped The Rock on proceedings. The result was an absurd glory, meaning that Furious 6, to all intents and purposes, has to be ‘Fast 5: Pt. 2’. Expectations are high, and since we know you like your dessert first, it’s a joy to confirm that it boasts all the jaw-dropping vehicular lunacy you might require, plus a couple of seriously bruising fist fights (an all-female wrestle-off in the London Underground, and six characters having three separate punch-ups in an enclosed space on a plane).

Michelle Rodriguez is back, and Gina Carano has arrived.

“But there are plenty of goddamn veggies. Gone is Fast 5’s element of surprise, much of which was down to The Rock’s lawman Luke Hobbs. Part of the problem this time is that he isn’t an antagonist. With Hobbs and Diesel’s Toretto fighting sideby-side, that previous frisson of forbidden bromance is diluted…

“London, crushingly, is another disappointment. It’s cool to see familiar locations torn up, but the streets feel too cramped to support F&F action … An organised street-racing scene feels tacked on for the sake of acknowledging

the franchise’s roots, and it’s always dark. It’s a relief when the film shifts up to a spacious, sunny Spanish freeway that can support the destructive tank, truck and muscle car madness. The astonishing-but-unremarked collateral death toll is a small price to pay. It arrives late, but the carmageddon still delivers.

“No film that includes a Vin Diesel flying head-butt could remotely be called a writeoff, and Furious 6, like its predecessors, is a big screen no-brainer that’s objectively terrible but undeniably pleasurable. A reversal from Fast 5, it’s still a gear above all the other sequels. And an end-credits teaser promises much for the future.”

Owen Williams, Empire (UK) Mixed/Anti: “There’s an amusing disclaimer in the credits for Fast & Furious 6, along the lines that the stunts in the film are dangerous and shouldn’t be tried at home. Even the most fanatical petrol-head might struggle to recreate the bit where Vin Diesel shoots out through the nose-cone of a burning cargo plane, so the advice can only prompt guffaws.

“In its way, though, this absurdity demonstrates just how far the series has come – from The Fast and The Furious, a $38m-budgeted, definite-article-encumbered 2001 B movie about devilmay-care street racers, to a bulky, galumphing, preposterously outsized all-action franchise with the steroid quotient of the average wrestling convention.

“There’s an impressive commitment to male-pattern baldness among the key cast – not only do Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson square off again like sizzling 6ft bratwursts, but an end-credits kicker reveals yet another follically-untroubled action star is to be added to the mix next time. Hair is for girls.

Well, girls and Paul Walker.

“Justin Lin has now directed four of these, and has a flair for digital showmanship which comes alive twice in lavish set-pieces – first on a suspended stretch of highway in the Canary Islands, then on that plane, which gathers speed for 15 minutes, on what has to be the world’s longest runway, while about a dozen good guys try to stop it in their hot-rods.

“Before, after, and between these sequences, even by the paltry standard of previous scripts, it’s slow-witted and won’t shut up. We’re mistaken for caring about this crew as ‘family’, when their only function for any sentient audience is the crazy driving.

Jordana Brewster, as Walker’s stay-at-home partner (who, it’s thoroughly easy to forget, is also Diesel’s sister), might as well be wearing a placard saying, ‘Third act hostage, or why am I even here?’.”

Tim Robey, The Telegraph (UK)

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

NICOSIA Fast & Furious 6 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 5pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5, 7.45 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 2.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Expatriate (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) and K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Scary Movie 5 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 8 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.35, 8 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Stolen (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 8pm, weekends also at 5.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 8pm. Tel: 77778383 Evil Dead (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 8 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.15pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

The Host (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 10.15pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Iron Man 3 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 5 and 7.45pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 2.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Olympus Has Fallen (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7.45 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 7.45pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 The Croods (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in English) and (Screen 5) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek) and (Screen 5) (in English) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.15pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Spanish Film Festival (tonight: Black Bread) (in Spanish, with Greek subtitles) Cine Studio at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96-420491, www. ofk.org.cy

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

LIMASSOL Fast & Furious 6 (12) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 5pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 The Expatriate (12) Rio 5 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 5.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 10.30pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Scary Movie 5 (15) Rio 4 at 7.45 and 10pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 8 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Stolen (12) Rio 3 at 7.45 and 10pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Evil Dead (18) Rio 6 at 10.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.15pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 The Host (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Olympus Has Fallen (18) Rio 6 8pm, weekends also 5.30pm.

Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) 7.45pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Iron Man 3 (12) Rio 2 (in 3D) at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5pm, and (in 2D) at 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5pm. Tel: 77778383 The Croods (K) Rio 3 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 5.15pm; Rio 4 (in Greek, in 2D), weekends only at 5.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) and (Screen 5) (in English), weekends only at 5.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Virgin Spring (in Swedish, no details of subtitles supplied) ‘Ston Dromo’ Coffee Shop (Genethliou Mitella 34), Monday at 8.30pm. Free entrance. Tel: 99-477333

LARNACA Fast & Furious 6 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 5pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Expatriate (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Scary Movie 5 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 8 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Stolen (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 8pm, weekends also at 5.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Evil Dead (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Host (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Iron Man 3 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Olympus Has Fallen (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7.45 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Croods (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in English) and (Screen 5) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

PAPHOS Fast & Furious 6 (12) Rio 1 at 7.30 and 10pm, Friday and weekends also at 5pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Expatriate (12) Rio 2 at 7.30 and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Scary Movie 5 (15) Rio 7 at 7.30 and 9.45pm; Rio 5, Friday and weekends at 5.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 Stolen (12) Rio 4 at 7.30 and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Evil Dead (18) Rio 3 at 7.30 and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Iron Man 3 (12) Rio 1 (in 3D) at 7.30 and 9.50pm, Friday and weekends also at 5pm. Tel: 26-207000 Olympus Has Fallen (18) Rio 5 at 7.30 and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Croods (K) Rio 4 (in English, in 3D) and Rio 7 (in Greek, in 3D), Friday and weekends at 5.15pm, weekends also at 3.15pm. Tel: 26-207000 Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 3 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30 and 5.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

listings Today Music Red Moon Concert by the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Ensemble under the direction of maestro Roland Melia and featuring mezzo-soprano Katie Economidou as soloist. May 24. Pallas Theatre, Paphos Gate, Nicosia. 8pm. Free. Tel: 22 463144, www.cyso.org.cy Bright Days and Romantic Nights in the Mediterranean Cyprus Symphony Orchestra concert with works inspired from the history, myths, and characteristic rhythms of Cyprus, Spain and Italy. May 24.

Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. €12/7. Tel: 77-777745 International Pharos Chamber Music Festival Festival including eight concerts with over 15 world renowned artists in three different venues in Cyprus. May 24. Piano Recital by Israeli pianist Elisha Abas.

The Shoe Factory, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €10. Tel: 22-663871/70-009304. www. pharosartsfoundation.org

Theatre Flying ship Moscow musical theatre Experiment present a musical for children and their parents based on the cult of a Soviet animated film. May 24.

Russian Cultural Centre, 16 Alassias Street, Nicosia For children 3 years and up. 6.30pm. €10. Tel: 96-302770

Other Events An Evening for Niki An event dedicated to award-winning author and artist Niki Marangou, with video screening, presentation of her new poetry, book presentation, music and more. May 24. Famagusta Gate, in Nicosia. 7.30pm Second Children Festival of Culture In aid of families in need, the festival will include, children choirs, theatre performances, film screenings, workshop on engraving and much more.

May 24-26. Evagoras Lanitis Centre, Vassilis Street (Medieval Castle) Limassol. Tel: 25-357855 Ice Cream Week Celebrate the arrival of summer with unique taste sensations. May 24 until June 2. Colors Café, Four Seasons Hotel, Limassol. 9am-1am. Tel: 25-858000

Tomorrow Music Barrie Rowe Big Band Echoes of Swing performing The Great American Songbook. The 18 piece Big Band from the UK featuring singer Alice Zawadzki, with local musicians and acclaimed Paralimni vocalist Simon Barter. May 25. Paralimni Municipal Amphitheatre. 8pm. €10. In aid of: Cyprus Alzheimers Association, Famagusta Branch and Cyprus Anti Cancer Charity, Famagusta Branch. Tel: 99-172179. tickets: www.tickethour. com.cy, www.andrewoliver9.co.uk

The Warrior’s Tale Chamber opera by composer Sotiris Kasparides presented in different classical music styles. May 25. Casteliotissa Hall, old Nicosia. 8.30pm. €10/5. Tel: 22-800970/99-564405

Theatre Troika? Game… Over!

A Cypriot comedy by Vassilis Konstantinou. May 25. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, Aglantzia, Nicosia. On Saturdays and Sundays at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-312940 The Tale of Tsar Saltan Moscow musical theatre Experiment present opera by Nikolai RimskyKorsakov. May 25. Agios Athanasios Municipal Theatre, 42 Stavraetou tou Machera Street, Limassol. 12midday.

For children 6 years and up. €10. Tel: 25-724135/ 96-302770 The Tale of Tsar Saltan Moscow musical theatre Experiment present opera by Nikolai RimskyKorsakov. May 25. Skala Theatre, Larnaca. 6pm. For children 6 years and up. €10. Tel: 24-652800/ 96-302770 Incognito Small story-confessions accompanied by music. May 25-June 1. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou Street, Nicosia. May 25 at 8.30pm, on specific days at 9pm. In Greek. €12/6. Tel: 22-864300 My Romantic History Neos Kosmos Theatre presents awardwinning comedy by D.C. Jackson. May 25-26. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. €15/10. In Greek. Tel: 77-777745

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The Kamares Festival Over 40 stands, charity games, tennis tournament and entertainment for adults and children. May 25. Kamares Club near Tala. 10am-5pm. Refreshments available throughout the day.

Free Entry. Tel: 99-387311 or contact mail@in-any-event.biz

Playing Doctor Theatro Skala presents contemporary American comedy by William Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. Until May 26.

Skala Theatre, 15 Kyriakou Matsi Street, Larnaca. Saturdays 8.30pm and Sunday 6.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 24-652800

The Thrillionaire Revolution How to protect yourself from the financial and create wealth in any economy with self-made multi-millionaire Nik Halik & special guests. May 25-26.

Hilton Park Hotel, Nicosia. €69 limited early bird special. Tel: 70-008087. info@thrillionairerevolutioncyprus.com www.thrillionairerevolutioncyprus.com

Ongoing Other Events Berlin – Alexanderplatz Remastered Screening of 14-episode mini-series

by Rainer Warner Fassbinder. May 8 until June 6. Hall of the GoetheInstitut Cyprus in Nicosia. Every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7pm. In German with Greek subtitles.

Free. Tel: 22-674606 Memory Bring Me Back Tonight…

Tribute to famous Greek poet Constantine Cavafy with dramatised readings of his poetry accompanied by music. May 21-30. Foyer of Theatro Ena, 4 Athinas Avenue, Nicosia. Every Tuesday and Thursday at 8.30pm. €10 including the first wine. Tel: 22-348203

Centuries Away from Alaska Dionysos Theatre presents play by Akis Dimou, directed by Tonia Misiali.

Until May 26. Dionysos Theatre, 29 Diagorou Street. On Fridays and Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sundays at 6.30pm. In Greek. €15. Tel: 99621845/22-818999 Dear Mr. Strindberg The Theatre Group Solo for Three present play based on the work of August Strindberg Miss Julie. Until May 28. Melina Merkouri Hall, Athina Avenue, Nicosia. Every Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday at 8.30pm. €10/5. Net proceeds will be given to charity. In Greek. Tel: 22-797650 Gethsemane A play about British public life by David Hare. Until May 31. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. On specific days at 8.30pm and on Sundays at 6pm. In Greek. €12/6. Tel: 77-772717/22-864300 Educating Rita Theatro Dentro presents stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell. Until June 8. Theatro Dentro, 1 Digenis Akritas Avenue, Nicosia.

On Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 9pm. In Greek. Tel: 99-520835/99-384606

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

Sovrakaless Play based on the book by Terrence McNally and the film The Full Monty.

Until June 9. WhereHaus 612, 5 Michael Kousoulide, Pallouriotissa Industrial Area, Nicosia. On Specific days at 8.30pm. In Greek. €15/12.

Tel: 70-000612

Exhibitions Bread and Roses An exhibition of art by graduating students of the Cyprus College of Art 2013. Until May 25. Cornaro Institute, 23 Mehmet Ali Street, Larnaca. Open daily: 10am-5 pm. Tel: 24-25 4042 (S)HE Solo sculpture/structure exhibition by Meletios Meletiou. Until May 29. Thiseas Art Gallery, 9 Thiseas, Ayios Zoni, Limassol. Tel: 99-674243/96-335889 Woman in Art Solo painting exhibition by Giorgos Kotsonis. Until May 31. Peter’s Gallery, 31 Ioanni Polemi Street, Limassol. 10am-1pm & 4pm-7pm.

Tel: 99-679242 A Matter of Choice Solo art exhibition by Lefteris Olymprios. Until May 30. Gallery Gloria, 3 Zinonos Sozou Street, Nicosia.

Monday-Friday: 10.30pm-12.45pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30pm12.45pm. Tel: 22-760286 Cluster A generative audiovisual performance

by Kurt Hentschlager. Until May 31.

The Office, 32 Kleanthis Christofides Street, Nicosia. Tel: 99-848495

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This Weekend May Fayre Learn a little about the past

Learn how to save the planet AS THE world becomes smaller it becomes even easier for us to mess it up but for us also to learn about how to protect it. The Fifth Ecological Festival on Sunday will teach you how to be more environmentally friendly, how to recycle throw-away objects into useful ones, which will also help save a few bucks. So why not learn how to save the planet while also saving up for a rainy day.

During the festival under the slogan ‘I have a say in the environment I live in’ you can draw on sea shells or banners and take part in a treasure hunt of knowledge to get the chance to win ecological prizes. The centre for studies and research will be there to give lessons on how to turn used cooking oil into petrol, in a very simple and easy way. Then you can smile next time you pass by a petrol station instead of cringing at the increasing prices.

Bring along your old Tshirts for Frederick university students to transform them into a bag, also get to see the method so you can do it at home. Professors of the university will make learning fun and also very colourful by teaching those present how to do face painting with organic paint. Grown-ups can learn the method and children can

begin to learn how to better protect and treat the environment.

Along with your old Tshirts, also put in your recycled bag milk cartons, containers for baby foods, such as farine lacte, plastic yogurt pots, plastic water or milk bottles, old buttons and ribbons, or any other decorative materials that you may have lying about the home and Waste Management from the environmental department will teach you how to make unique and original pots. You won’t have to go all the way to a home centre or a nursery to buy a pot to plant your flowers in, instead you will be killing two birds with one stone.

You will be helping save the environment by also making it even more beautiful to look at.

The non-for-profit environmental organisasion Textile Recyling will also lend a hand in teaching us how to create different items from old clothes. Members of Zorbas bakery will guide us through making bread so we can have it and eat it.

Children will also showcase their environmentally friendly creations to encourage us adults to take part and show us that it is only child’s play.

If you would rather spend your weekend out and about and

bonding with nature, a number of bicycle riders will be cycling on a pre-defined route in an effort to promote using a bicycle to get around instead of a car.

This is the fifth time that the festival has been run, proving its success.

Visit the event and be part of the ecological population so we can all live in a greener, healthier world.

The event is supported by Environment Commissioner, Ioanna Panayiotou who will also be attending the event and it is sponsored by OPAP Cyprus, the environmental department, Lakatamia schools, and Kypros and Zina Kyprianou Ltd. The Fifth Ecological Festival A festival run by Lakatamia municipality with lessons about how recycle old materials and object to create something useful. May 26. Linear Pedhieos Park, opposite the Thoi stadium. Entrance fee is essentials to be given to the Lakatamia community market, such as, sugar, coffee, flour or cereal. 6pm until 8pm. Tel: 22-364081. mariak@lakatamia.org.cy The bicycle run will run from Saturday at 5.40pm at the parking lot of Zorbas bakery, on the Palachori road and will end on Sunday at 6pm at the Linear Pedhieos Park.

By Maria Gregoriou

TAKE some time out from modernity on Sunday and visit Potamia May Fair, where the whole family can take a little part of tradition away with them.

The Potamia community has organised this fair to celebrate the efforts of past and present residents in rejuvenating the local history and heritage of the village.

Looking to the future with an eye on preserving the past, the event will give participants the opportunity to hear about the plans and see where an abandoned house will be transformed into a museum.

On the agenda is traditional food, just like grandma used to make, traditional games for adults and children, traditional songs sung by elementary school children, traditional dancing by the Dance for Peace group, and a photo exhibition. The kids can also jump on trampolines and play with farm animals.

A guided tour of the village will also be given, including a tour of where the museum

Festival Make a day of it at Kamares festival THE Kamares Festival promises to make Saturday busy with a tennis tournament, entertainment for everyone and singing by Pippa Langhorne, while also raising as much money as possible for charity.

There will be over 50 arts and crafts stands where you can buy some really unique items for the home or other artsy objects which will surely come in handy as a present.

You will also get the chance to take part in charity games and entertainment for adults and children alike. A tennis tournament will be running throughout the day for players of all abilities. Cool down or just enjoy the taste of some free wine tasting as well. Refreshments will be available, free of charge, throughout the day.

Start your day with aqua aerobics and then watch a Jazzercise, a dance and fitness class, demonstration.

At around 1pm listen to Britain’s Got Talent star Pippa Langhorne. The festival then

and library is to be constructed.

The fair is part of the Potamia heritage project, which is aimed at creating a shared community space where different events can take place celebrating the multicultural heritage of the village and internet access will be provided.

According to Greek Cypriot President of the community council, Panayiotis Yiatrou, “Potamia has a lot to teach people and it can provide many historical examples to explain how its people managed to avoid clashes and hostilities throughout the centuries.”

Potamia is a quiet village, hidden away from the main roads and motorways and surrounded by farmlands and hills. It has a population of about 450 people and is located in the south-east of the Nicosia district, next to the UN buffer zone.

This event is supported by UNDP Action for Cooperation and Trust through USAID funds.

Potamia May Fair Event Celebrating the efforts of Potamia residents in rejuvenating the local history and heritage of the village. The Fair will include traditional foods, drinks, dance and music performances and a guided village tour. May 26. Potamia Village Centre, Nicosia. 10.30-2.30pm. www. potamiaheritage.com

continues with Morris dancing and a dancersize demonstration where you will find out how dancing can be one of the best forms of exercise.

Events organisers In Any Event said: “the Kamares Festival is always very popular and a great day out for everyone as there is so much to see and do. It’s a real community event in a superb setting and attracts about one thousand visitors over the day. Many families come for the entire day as the facilities and entertainment is so good and the wide selection of crafts on sale means there is something for everyone. The event will be supporting local charities including the Cancer Patients Support Group, Friends Hospice, Archangel Michael’s Hospice, The Margarita Liasidou Foundation and is sponsored by Uniseal and 2bbeautiful.”

The Kamares Festival Over 50 stands, charity games, tennis tournament and entertainment for adults and children. May 25. Kamares Club near Tala. 10am-5pm. Refreshments available throughout the day.

Free Entry. Tel: 99-387311 or contact mail@in-any-event.biz

For a full listing of the day’s events, see facing page

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Top Gear Seventeenth season.

Episode 6: Jeremy Clarkson and James May set out for the seaside in electric cars the Nissan Leaf and the Peugeot iOn, stopping off in Lincoln along the way. Louis Walsh gets behind the wheel of the Reasonably Priced Car, Richard Hammond meets an extraordinary rally team and the new Lamborghini Aventador is taken out on the track.

FILM: The Firm

Series on Internet entrepreneurship.

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A reenactment of the last day of King Henri IV of France before his murder by the fanatical catholic Ravaillac.

Historical drama, starring Arnaud Bedouët.

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After the murder of two of his colleagues, a law graduate discovers the company that has head-hunted him is controlled by the Mafia. Thriller, starring Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. 1993. With News at 23.30.

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Discovery documentary series looking at the making of the greatest structures and machines ever created.

Paizoume Kypriaka

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

Kids’ TV Euromaxx Kati Psinetai (rpt) Amateur chefs each stage a dinner party to find who will be crowned the winning host.

Second season of local game show, asking questions having to do with Cypriot dialect.

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Klemmena Oneira (rpt) Proino Mou Enimerosi Tora Eheis Meson Yia Sena News Dr Cook Sto Para Pente News Klemmena Oneira Piso Sto Spiti FILM: Impact Point

News Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles The series picks up two years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor hiding from the government. Sarah decides they need a change of scenery and in doing so they expose themselves to an FBI Agent and Skynet’s army of Terminators.

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by Sakis Rouvas.

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A pro beach volleyball star, faces challenges everyday, fierce competitors, the press, but nothing can prepare her for the biggest challenge yet. Thriller, starring Brian Austin Green. 2008.

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Kid’s TV Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Ti Dina (rpt) Mila (rpt) Ayio Eihame (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kids’ TV Ayio Eihame

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Fotis Maria Live Entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, health, fashion, lifestyle issues and more.

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Exelixeis Stin Showbiz FILM: Proof A woman withdraws from the world after the death of her academic father, afraid that she will follow his descent into dementia. Drama, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins. 2007.

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News Sports Time O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: Only You A woman is told by a clairvoyant that she will marry a man with a certain name - and is shocked to receive a phone call from the very man years later. Comedy, starring Marisa Tomei. 1994.

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

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Sto Mati Tou Kiklona (rpt) Ston Asterismos Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Kalitera En Ginetai Akti Oneiron Milagros Kids’ TV Best Off Live@4 Kalitera En Ginetai Top Models Akti Oneiron Sto Mati Tou Kiklona

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FILM: Confidence A conman who foolishly swindles a crime lord’s accountant is forced to pull an elaborate fraud to settle his debt. Thriller, starring Edward Burns. 2003.

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FILM: Mercenary For Justice A soldier for hire is forced by rogue CIA agents to break into a notorious African prison and free an arms dealer’s son.

Action thriller, starring Steven Seagal. 2006.

Tower Heist (Novacinema1, 23.55)

01:15 Love Life 02:05 The Weakest Link 02:50 EastEnders 03:20 Doctors 03:50 The World of Stonehenge 04:40 Watson & Oliver 05:10 Getting On 05:45 My Family 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Penelope K, By The Way 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Teletubbies 07:55 Balamory 08:15 Penelope K, By The Way 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Teletubbies 09:10 Balamory 09:30 My Family 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 The World of Stonehenge 13:05 Hustle 13:55 My Family 14:25 Michael Palin’s New Europe 15:15 Keeping Up Appearances 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors 16:45 The Weakest Link 17:30 The World of Stonehenge 18:25 Doctor Who 19:10 Walk on the Wild Side 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Casualty 21:00 My Family 21:30 2 Point 4 Children 22:00 The World of Stonehenge 22:50 Lead Balloon 23:20 Watson & Oliver 23:50 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:35 Bedlam

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lis 10:15 Extreme Engineering 11:05 Deadliest Catch 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 Alps From Above 13:05 Prehistoric 13:50 Cafe Racer 14:35 Ultimate Journeys 15:25 Trashopolis 16:10 Mythbusters 17:00 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman 17:50 Meteorite Men 18:40 Cafe Racer 19:05 Cafe Racer 19:30 Ultimate Journeys 20:20 How The Universe Works 21:10 Trashopolis 22:00 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman 22:50 Meteorite Men 23:40 Deadliest Catch 00:30 How The Universe Works 01:15 Mythbusters 02:05 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman 02:50 Meteorite Men 03:40 Cafe Racer 04:30 Trashopolis 05:20 Ultimate Journeys 06:10 How The Universe Works

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07:15 Paranormal Activity 09:00 Primal Fear 11:15 Remember Me 13:30 Ghost Writer 15:45 Homeless: The Motel Kids Of Orange County 17:00 Oh, God! You Devil 18:45 Flypaper 20:15 Dennis The Menace 22:00 Sleepless In Seattle 00:05 Daring! Tv 03:50 Lucky One 05:40 L’ Etoile Du Soldat

05:50 Once Fallen 07:25 Penelope 09:10 $5 A Day 10:50 Mad On Novacinema 11:20 Fast Five 13:30 Deadly Hope 15:00 The

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05:45 Straight Story 07:20 Cine News 08:05 Big Miracle 09:55 Born Yesterday 11:40 The Iron Lady 13:25 Runaway Jury 15:35 Jane Eyre 17:40 Action Zone 18:20 Transporter 2 19:55 The Devil’s Own 1 21:50 Films And Stars At The Festival Cannes 2013 22:00 Drive 23:50 2 The Raven 01:40 Kill Bill: Vol.1 K15 03:30 Demeni Kokkini Klosti

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16:30 European Tour BMW PGA Championship LIVE 20:00 PRE GAME (E) 20:20 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012-13: APOLLON VS AEL (E) 22:20 POST GAME (E) 22:45 STIGMIOTIPA KYPRIAKOU PODOSFEROU 23:00 MLB: Minnesota Twins At Detroit Tigers

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by Night 10:20 Honeymoon Machine 11:50 Arena 13:10 Roberta 15:00 Ivanhoe 16:45 Raintree County 19:25 Forbidden Planet 21:00 Prodigal 22:50 Eye of the Devil 00:20 Prodigal 02:10 Eye of the Devil 03:45 Scarecrow

By Preston Wilder

Drive (Novacinema2, 22.00) Style is everything in this moody crime movie, and you should probably watch something else if you’re not even a little bit stirred during the first 10 minutes, when a car chase gives way to a discreet fadeto-black then the pounding thrum of ‘Nightcall’ by Kavinsky coming up over the opening credits (I got chills up and down my spine when I watched it in the cinema). Ryan Gosling is the man in the car chase, our hero, a laconic getaway driver who sticks his neck out for nobody but is nonetheless a good guy, a “real human being” like it says in the song; he fancies nextdoor neighbour Carey Mulligan and vice versa, but then Carey’s husband - fresh out of jail - gets involved

Drive

with some shady characters, including avuncular gangster Albert Brooks, and Ryan swings into action.

A hard-boiled thriller (the violence is shocking), a slow-burning series of pregnant moments - but also a battle of Blue vs. Red, the artful visuals tinged with those colours as Ryan alternates between Good and Evil. You see what I mean about style. Made in 2011.

Sleepless in Seattle (LTV3, 22.00) Seattle was the coolest place on Earth in the early 90s (remember grunge? remember Frasier?), and a fitting backdrop for this much-loved romantic blockbuster, the first pairing of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Tom is Sleepless, a widower still grieving over his late wife.

Meg is Helpless, falling in love with Tom’s voice when he goes on the air on Christmas Eve to talk about his pain with a radio shrink - except that she’s 3000 miles away, and engaged to a dull fiancé. Nine-yearold Ross Malinger is Reckless, engineering a meeting between his dad (that’s Tom) and winsome Meg in a bold attempt to find himself a new mother. The film itself is Harmless, mushy, old-fashioned and generally fun, borrowing its finale atop the Empire State Building from 50s tearjerker An Affair to Remember. Tom is Mr. Nice Guy, Meg is a doll though you’ll know what she meant when she joked (years later) “I have been known to cause diabetes”. Also with Bill Pullman (as the fiancé) and Seattle (as itself); made in 1993.

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CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Nightdress; 8 Sot; 9 Triumphal; 10 Quince; 11 Three; 13 Choice; 15 Lashed; 17 Pupil; 18 Affray; 21 Referenda; 22 Dry; 23 Stonehenge. Down – 1 Nosy; 2 Get out of puff; 3 Titan; 4 Raised; 5 Sumatra; 6 Churchwarden; 7 Already; 12 Sceptre; 14 Culprit; 16 Cannon; 19 Flash; 20 Tyre.

QUICK: Across – 1 Cogitation; 8 Lav; 9 Penitence; 10 Compel; 11 Clown; 13 Greasy; 15 Sloped; 17 Lower; 18 Reform; 21 Sarcastic; 22 Bib; 23 Regardless. Down – 1 Cold; 2 Give one’s word; 3 Tip up; 4 Tingle; 5 Optical; 6 Incomparable; 7 Kennedy; 12 Ageless; 14 Surface; 16 Gretna; 19 Faced; 20 Ibis.

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

Between now and the middle of next week, the Sun squares with Neptune. This can cause some suspicion, or at least a lack of clarity. Although this can be a time of some lovely bubbly exchanges, try not to get too sucked in by appearances. Similarly, try not to read too much into some basically innocent remarks. Keep your wits about you.

The Moon goes face to face with Mars. This is not a long lasting aspect or influence, but something related to a career, emotional or family issue may prove hard to balance.

What you can do, is try to deflect any strains by looking to tap into your social world. If this has become stilted, a good time to reach out and reconnect.

You might feel briefly unsettled today. Try not to let this spoil what are otherwise very promising possibilities, especially around interacting with other people. You can find yourself cultivating some very good new friendships, or enjoying the exchanges you have with those folk you already know. You may even have a flirty exchange.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

You might find yourself seduced by a fine piece of merchandise, or even the silky words of someone you encounter. This influence is in place for some while, so if you do find yourself enduring some form of craving, try to set yourself some reasonable boundaries. If you don’t, you may end up regretting going for it rather too much.

Learning to take greater responsibility for what we think and say is probably a lifelong process, but for you with Saturn edging you through this sector for the next two years, you may find that some of your attitudes and utterances can come sharply into focus. Yet, if you choose what you say carefully, you could impress someone today.

Your affections may be blunted today, even if for a short period. If you are not currently dating, you may just feel a bit below par when it comes to your normal self. Yet, this can push you to do something virtuous, and this is one of those times when if you do, there can be some unexpected but pleasant consequences that unfold.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

Your creativity can really flow at this time, and there is the potential to create something special before the month is out. Very rarely have you had such a beneficial set of influences to support you, but as ever in astrology, things are rarely without complication. Here, good ideas need to be backed up by a clear idea of how to apply them.

Do you splash out or rein in? Temptation may call today, so be ready for this. Yet if you do spend money, invest it in things which help to give you a new perspective. Books, DVD’s and aids linked to learning, travel, understanding a new language or a holiday, can all resonate. You may even speculate to accumulate.

You might have to contend with people today who put demands on you, just at a time when you are feeling at your sparkiest best. Keep the faith Aquarius, because hopefully this will not be a long lasting bind, and the chances are you have got some plans cooking away for an upbeat and entertaining weekend. Your sense of fun can be high.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Your imagination can be both an asset and a challenge at this time. You may think this sounds contradictory, but in terms of an appreciation for stories, film, art, spirituality and even enjoying your dreams, this can be a very special time. What may be less helpful is if you let more negative emotions and subjectivity take root.

You might find yourself feeling a bit tongue tied today, or being completely the opposite, quite assertive. Your sex appeal is very high. This can elevate your confidence, but also see you less content in an on-going tie. This can be one of those days when external possibilities seem tempting. But is the grass always greener?

Beautifying your home or garden can appeal to you. If your abode or outside space are already just as you want, you may decide to spend some time in your environs enjoying what it is that you have created. Some very positive news about your family life, or a deeply held affection, can emerge before the end of this month.

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Ayia Napa Monday 97798043 Larnaca Tuesday (Polish spk) 96616589 Thursday 24645523 / 99259264 Limassol Tuesday / Wednesday / Friday / Saturday 25368265 / 99559322 Nicosia Sunday 99013596 Paphos Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday 99916331 / 99399240 Details of meetings are available on www.aa-europe.net

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PETS **************************** LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVING HOME; Beautiful and healthy 11 year old white female cross Labrador.

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VICTOR Male Jack Russell cross around 2 years old. Very dynamic little dog, best suited to homes with older children, active families and ones with a well fenced yard for him to run and let-off steam. He is dominant with other dogs, males and females alike. Victor is very entertaining and needs an owner who is patient and with a good sense of humour. With guidance and training this dog will adjust well to a new home nd a structured lifestyle. **************************** PUG PUPPY FOR SALE. Please be sure that you can take care of the puppy and then contact me. Price €400. For information please call Tel: 99490424, Nicosia, Cyprus. ****************************

RAOUL The gentle giant!!!! A beautiful male black large strong dog. Gentle, nice character, amazing with kids, people, cats and other dogs. He is an inside dog and trained. He will make a perfect family dog. ***************************

PERSONAL ***************************** GERMAN MAN, 50 years, searching for a nice women.

Mobil:00491736590562 ****************************

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1. Industrial freezer – CORECO Height 200cm, width 68cm, depth 58cm 2. Electrolux Freezer, model EUC3109X, width-595mm, height-1800mm, depth623mm, freezing capacity-24kg/24hours, energy class A 3.

CONVOTHERM OVEN model-OBG 6.10Combi Oven-Steamer with Gas Steam Generator Extra: Stand with stainless steel shelving, extractor fan, water supply system and gas installation connections, PLUS CHAFING TRAYS & THERMO BOXES, ALL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AT REDUCED PRICES. PLEASE CALL: 99622678 ****************************

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JULIE Young female (probably a hound – lab cross) only around a year old. A friendly, loving and playful dog. This is a medium sized but heavy-built, strong dog best suited to families with older children.

*************************** HONEY is a 3 month old pincher/terrier mix. She is very small sized and very sweet and playful. Honey is looking for a loving family to be hers forever! She will remain small sized so she is ideal for a family with an apartment! For adoptions call

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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 BRAND NEW 1 BEDROOM apartment (55sqm), good condition, panoramic view, fully furnished, electric appliances, a/c, storage heater, solar system, covered parking,storage room. On third floor of Kalipoleos avenue. For information call 99663999 ***************************** TO LET 1 bedroom upper floor house, large veranda near restaurant Periyiali in Acropolis 5 Aeantos Street €300 call 99680208 ***************************** LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 3 bedr luxury fully renovated semi detached house with storage heaters, full a/c, 2wc, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining area with semi open plan kitchen, FULLY NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, big garden with grass and big covered patio with bbq, in a very quiet area in a dead end opposite Orfanides supermarket – Strovolos €800 (H3ST10014-R), (photos in the website).

TO LET NICOSIA 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 €850 (photos in the website).

3. 4 bedr new luxury detached house build in a big plot of land, central heating, full a/c, 2 bedrs with en suite shower, 4 wc, bathroom with jacuzzi, big open space sitting and dining areas, 330sq.m, big swimming pool 5x10, big garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area, roller blinds and curtains on all the windows, electrical appliances in kitchen, covered parking, in a quiet neighborhood off Tseriou Avenue. AVAILABLE IN JUNE – Strovolos €1500 (H4ST10024-R), (photos in the website).

2. 3 bedr luxury terraced house,

4. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house,230sq.m,big sitting and

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TO LET NICOSIA dining area with solid parquet floor, big kitchen with cooker and oven,3wc,2 bathrooms, curtains on all windows, small garden, patio, central heating, full A/C, covered parking in a dead and near French Ambassador house- Strovolos €950 (H4ST10012-R) (photos in the website) 5. 4 bedr+ very big attic room separated in 2 rooms +separate room for the maid in the basement luxury fully renovated detached house with big sitting and dining room with fire place, big kitchen with electrical appliances sitting room and breakfast area, 3 bathrooms, floor heating independent with grass, a/c units, garden with grass and covered patio, in a quiet area near the International fair in the central part of Makedonitissa - €1500 Negotiable –(H4MAK0018-R) (photos in the website) 6. 3 bedr + attic room with shower and wc luxury detached house with central heating, a/c,

TO LET NICOSIA fireplace, modern kitchen open plan with expensive electrical appliances, blinds, garden with grass, over flow swimming pool, covered parking in a quiet area. – Makedonitissa €1500 (H4MAK0023-R), (photos on the website).

7. 4 bedr luxury detached house with 2 big extra rooms on the attic with shower and wc, central heating, air condition units, 360sq.m, solid parquet floor all the house except the kitchen, big sitting and dining areas with fire place, big separate kitchen with family room and breakfast area, big mature garden with grass and swimming pool, covered parking, in a quiet neighborhood close to Alfa Mega supermarket – Dasoupoli €2000 - Available middle of June (H4DAS0001-R) (photos in the website) 8. 3 bedr +office space luxury detached house with storage heaters, full a/c, 3 wc, 260 m², big kitchen with big family room opening to a big garden with grass, electrical appli-

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TO LET NICOSIA ances, covered parking, in a very quiet neighborhood in a dead end - Makedonitissa €2000 (H4MAK0034-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, dishwasher, microwave and 2 refrigerators, sitting room with fireplace, and 2 bedrooms with one bathroom. Outside private fenced garden with artificial

TO LET NICOSIA 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 - €1900 (H4MAK0001-R), (photos on the website).

10. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, 450sq.m, central heating, full a/c, office space, separate maid’s room, big kitchen with sitting room and fire place and all the electrical appliances, all the sitting areas viewing the garden with grass, blinds on all windows downstairs, very big bedrooms with parquet floor,

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA main bedroom with jacuzzi,2 covered parking’s near Alpha Mega supermarket and English School. – Strovolos €2200 (H4ST10001-R) (photos in the website) 11. 4 bedr + big attic room luxury detached house with central heating, full a/c, 3wc, 260sq.m, big sitting and dining room, big kitchen with family room, big covered patio on the back with bbq area, covered parking, FULLY NICELY FURNISHED, BEHIND Apoel training field- Archangelos €1500 (H4AR0018-R), (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 sit-

TO LET NICOSIA ting 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. 4 bedrs luxury renovated detached house built in 3 plots of land,550sq.m aprox, central heating, full a/c, all the bedrooms with en suite shower/ bathroom, extra room upstairs for sitting room/office space/ bedroom, solid parquet floor in bedrooms, big kitchen with granite and all the electrical appliances, maid’s room, big sitting areas with fire place and internal yard, big swimming pool 6 x 12,big mature gar-

TO LET NICOSIA den with grass and big trees surrounding the house giving privacy, in a very quiet neighborhood near Acropolis park.

Available in August €5500 – (H4DAS0006-R) (photos in the website) 14.4 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 www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ES-

TO LET NICOSIA

TO LET NICOSIA headquarters – Dasoupolis €490 (A1DAS0004-R) (photos in the website).

TATES LTD 22-422225/96422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates.com ***************************** LUXURY FLATS:

1. 3 bedr luxury finished spacious floor apartment with very big sitting and dining areas with family room with fire place, solid parquet floor all 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€1100 – 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

KIOSK FOR SALE 20.000 EUROS (OVNO) PAPHOS PRICE INCLUDES ALL STOCK AND EQUIPMENT FOOD, DRINKS, CHILLED PRODUCTS, PET FOODS, CIGARETTES FROZEN PRODUCTS, HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS, TOILETRIES. FREEZERS, CHILLER CABINET, ELECTRONIC TILL SYSTEM, SHELVING ETC INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD E-MAIL – midnight011963@gmail.com

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1 bedr spacious apartment,60sq.m, storage heater, 1 a/c, big sitting and dining room, NICELY FURNISHED , near Europa hotel and 5 minutes Walk from European University – Engomi €380 (A1ENG0001-R), (photos in the website).

4. 2 bedr FULLY RENOVATED spacious apartment with laminate parquet floor, a/c for hot and cold in all the rooms, big sitting and dining room, separate kitchen, big bedrooms, FULLY NICELY FURNISHED, covered veranda with nice view, near the American Embassy - €450 (A2ENG0018-R) 5. 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting and dining room, storage heaters, 2 a/c, cooker, oven, dishwasher, washing machine/dryer, refrigerator in the kitchen, 2 wc, 1 bathroom, blinds, big covered veranda, storage room, parking, big common SWIMMING pool. Price includes common expenses – Latsia €420(A1LAT0004-R), (photos in the website).

TO LET NICOSIA 6. 2 bedr spacious renovated apartment 100sq.m with separate big kitchen, air condition for hot and cold in all the rooms, covered veranda, nicely newly fully furnished , off Kyriakou Matsi street very close to the centre on foot – Agioi Omologites €450 (A2AOM0003-R), (photos in the website).

7. 2 bedr new luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, big sitting and dining room, separate kitchen with cooker and oven, blinds on all windows, covered veranda, solar heater, pressure system, covered parking, storage room, on a small building in a quiet neighborhood next to a playground, near Central offices of Cyta and Laiki Head quarters – Dasoupoli €500 (A2DAS0018-R), (photos in the website).

8. 2 bedr new modern luxury apartment with separate central heating, full a/c, 2bathrooms(one en suite), blinds on all windows, electrical appliances in the kitchen, big sitting & dining room, big covered veranda, covered parking near Alpha Mega – Engomi €500. (A2ENG0014-R),

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA (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. – Acropolis €700 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 €400 (A1LYK0002-R), (photos in the website).

11. 2 bedr luxury apartment with a/c for hot and cold, separate kitchen, big covered veranda, FULLY NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking, near the Ministry of Education – Acropolis €550 (A2ACS0036-R), (photos in the website) 12. 2 bedr new luxury apartment,7 years old,89sq.m,central heating independent, 3 A/C, 2 bathrooms, 2 wc, cooker and oven in the kitchen, blinds, covered verandah, covered parking and storage room in a quiet area opposite Akropolis Park – €500(A2ACS0038-R), (photos in the website.

13. New luxury finished 3 bedr penthouse (floor apartment) on the 5th floor,165sq.m+ big verandas(one bigger with bbq), solid parquet floor all the flat,3wc,2 bathrooms, central

TO LET NICOSIA heating ind, full a/c, big separate Italian kitchen with electrical appliances and dining area, big sitting room, covered parking and storage room off Makarios Avenue walking distance to the centre €850 (A3NIC0030-R), (photos in the website).

14. 2 bedr brand new nicely finished ground floor apartment with economic a/c for hot and cold, FULLY NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, covered veranda, covered parking, on a small 2 storey building off Kennedy Avenue near the centre. No extra common expenses – Nicosia Centre €500 (A2NIC0032-R), (photos in the website).

15. 3 bedr luxury penthouse apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2 wc, big sitting and dining room with fire place, separate kitchen, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, big covered and uncovered veranda, covered parking, in Strovolos near the Municipal building €575 (A3ST10014-R), (photos in the website).

16. 3 bedr luxury apartment, 150sq.m + very big verandah, nicely modern furnished storage heaters,3ac,2 bathrooms,2wc,parquet floor in the bedrooms, big sitting and dining room with open plan kitchen, covered parking, off Makarios Avenue behind Hilton hotel – Nicosia Centre €700 (A3NIC0017-R), (photos in the website) For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates.com

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LIMASSOL ***************************** FURNISHED, spacious and welllit 3 bedroom apartment for rent in Mesa Geitonia, Limassol. A/C, TV, fridge, couches, dining room table and beds. 1 bathroom with bath and shower and two separate toilets.

Carport. €650 per month. Call 99541101 ***************************** TO LET Hebrew homes, by Limassol twin towers, Kosher or Free, 3 monthly let. Call 035799036312. ***************************** TRADITIONAL VILLAGE STONE HOUSE IN APESHIA. Very quiet village, 20mins from Limassol. Road to heritage school/Troodos. 2 bedrooms, office available top floor with veranda great view of mountains. Small courtyard with trees. Electric solar water. A/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

***************************** LOVELY SOUTH FACING furnished apt, first floor, four balconies, sea views. Good area, Pyla Beach 2 kms, 3 double bedrooms, A/C, flyscreens, ceiling fans. Lounge, free internet access, B flat screen cable TV. B Kitchen, all modcons €575 euros pcm. Photos Tel: 99935294 or 99935263. ***************************** TO LET SEAFRONT STUDIO, fully furnished, sleeps 2 adults, all amenities including satellite, common pool and tennis court, basement parking, spacious verandas. Rent €1000 pm incl utilities. Available 1st June 2013. Better rate for full season or year booking. Tel 99657055 ***************************** TO LET SEAFRONT 2 BEDROOM FLAT, modern fully furnished, easily sleeps 4 adults, all amenities including satellite, common pool and tennis court, basement parking, spacious verandah.

Rent €2000 pm incl utilities.

Available 1st June 2013. Better rate for full season or year booking. Tel 99657055 ***************************** FOR RENT fully furnished 1 bedroom flat near Larco Hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel 99202543

Call 99554988 & 99100292

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

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***************************** 1. CORAL BAY, 1 bedroom fully furnished apartment walking distance to the sea. Communal pool, parking, amazing sea views. € 450 PTR 116

2. TSADA, modern 3 bedrooms unfurnished detached villa in a cul de sac. One bedroom downstairs, low maintenance garden, private pool. € 600 PTR 110 3.

TRACHYPEDOULA, stunning 3 bedroom stone house only 30 minute drive from Paphos town and above humidity. Property which is suitable for retired families but not only.

All bedrooms en suite, modern furnished. A wonderful family home in a rural location! Must be seen to be appreciated!

Book a viewing, no obligation, it’s free! € 500 PTR 115

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Separate kitchen, spacious bedrooms, master en suite, c/ h, a/c, shutters, fly screens.

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS call. ***************************** 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, €550 ono, please call: 99771532 – no agents **************************** LETIMBOU- Stunning 2 Bedroom Traditional Stone House that’s been completely Modernized to a very high standard although all the Original Features remain, Beamed ceilings, Under Floor Heating Flagstone floors, 2 en-suites with power showers, Large Enclosed Courtyard, Double Glazed Windows with Shutters, Open Fireplace €350

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TREMITHOUSA - Superb Detached 3 Bedroom Villa with Large Pool, F/F to a very High Standard, Mater En-Suite, Family Bathroom with Jacuzzi, Beautifully Fitted Kitchen, Utility, Separate Shower room, Spectacular Mountain and Sea views, Quite Cul-De- Sac location €700

URGENTLY WANTED – 3 Bedroom U/F Detached Villas 600/700

KISSONERGA - Beautiful Detached U/F 3 Bedroomed Villa ,Large Pool,2 Bedrooms Upstairs Master En-suite ,Family Bathroom, modern Fitted Kitchen ,Downstairs Bedroom with En-suite Shower room, Low maintenance Garden, Large Terraces and Separate Storage Room €600

***************************** FOR RENT a selection of 1 to 5 bedroom houses & apartments F/F & U/F Universal, Peyia, Tomb of the Kings, Tsada, Timi, Kato Paphos & Kissonerga Landlord & Owners please call 99329357 Or please view at our website www.cyprussands.com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus

KALEPIA - Fabulas Detached 3 Bedroom F/F OR U/F Villa, 2

En-suites, Great Views, Large Pool, Gated Driveway, Garage €600

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TO LET PAPHOS MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. MESOGI €500 we are delighted to offer this beautifully restored traditional stone village house set in a picturesque courtyard with stone built barbeque & covered verandah. this spacious character home offers a modern fitted kitchen, separate dining room & separate living room with modern gas fire, guest wc. Gas central heating throughout. 2 bedrooms both

TO LET PAPHOS with ensuite bathrooms & walkin wardrobe. Plus an additional room perfect for an office or 3rd bedroom. This property is full of charm & unique detail and well worth taking a look. website reference number: RTL_687 2. KONIA €600 this fantastic price includes pool cleaning & gardening. Modern detached 3 bedroom villa, master with ensuite. Real fire to living area for those winter months. Good sized storage room & guest wc.

Available unfurnished though includes, a/c throughout, blackout blinds, pressurised water system, flyscreens & shutters.

Situated on a corner plot with large beautifully landscaped garden, offering a lovely private pool, mature plants & fruit

TO LET PAPHOS trees. Gated entrance & covered off street parking. website reference number: RTL_685 3. KAMARES TALA €750 a spacious 3 bedroom bungalow, master with ensuite. Living area with real fire place for those winter months. Separate utility room. Good sized low maintenance garden with private pool offering breathtaking panoramic sea views.

Large outdoor storage room. covered car port. Available furnished with good furniture.

Situated in a quiet residential area with free membership to the Kamares club. website reference number: RTL_471 4. SECRET VALLEY €750 spacious modern detached 3 bedroom villa situated on a corner

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In Kokkinotrimithia, 15km from Nicosia in a good area, (in the centre, opposite Maragos bakery, 41/2 acres or 7 plot with 90% building factor.

Semi-detached house in Archangelos area split level on a hill, no houses in front, 3 big bedrooms, 2 big bathrooms and TV room big lounge & dining area, fireplace, fitted kitchen, 40 sq.m. store room, C/H, A/C, solar.

For more information please call 99673286, 99918830.

For information call: 99496541

CHURCHES GRACE CHURCH, LARNACA 8 Ayiou Neofytou St Sundays 10 a.m.

Also Midweek Meetings Details: Colin 24530700 HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH, PAPHOS GATE, NICOSIA Sunday Masses: Saturdays 6.30 pm, Sundays 8.00am, 9.30am & 6.30pm Weekday Masses: 6.30 pm Monday to Friday Tel: 22662132 Email: holcross@logos.cy.net

LARNAKA COMMUNITY CHURCH APHRODITE STREET, LARNAKA 10.00 AM MORNING SERVICE and SUNDAY SCHOOL For more details ring Fred 24365152

International EVANGELICAL CHURCH (Reformed) Limassol 352 St. Andrew’s Street (1½ blocks from Starbucks/Fat Boy) Sunday worship 10:30am Wednesday Bible Discussion 7pm For info: 99384742 ALL ARE WELCOME

St Helena’s Anglican Church, Larnaca St Helena’s Court, Grigoris Afx Sunday Service: Holy Communion 9.30 am

NICOSIA CHRISTIAN CENTRE 10 PINDOU STR, ENGOMI, NICOSIA, TEL. 22464375 SERVICES: SUNDAY 10AM, WEDNESDAY 8PM

Family oriented evangelical church Contemporary Christian Worship Sunday 10am (Holy Communion - 1st Sunday of the month) Sunday School (Juniors and Teens) Outreach and Evangelism Bible Studies

Tel. 99 293489, 99 279960 Email: immanuel.church.nicosia@gmail.com Website: www.immanuelchurchnicosia.org

ALL WELCOME Tel:24651327 office@sainthelenas.com

THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST ANDREW AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST MESA GEITONIA, LIMASSOL The Orthodox Liturgy in English served fortnightly on Saturdays at 9.00 am. We also hold a Discussion Group every Thursday evening at 7.30 pm For information please call Fr. Christopher Klitou Mobile: 99957144 Fax: 25710318 You can email us at: klitoux@logos.cy.net or visit our website: www.christopherklitou.com

THE REFORMED CHURCH OF LIMASSOL Clear exposition of the Bible in the presence of God, and relevant to our lives.

Our Sunday services start at 10:30 am sharp, and the Wednesday Bible discussion at 7 pm.

International Evangelical Church (Reformed) is located at 352 St. Andrew’s Street. 1½ blocks from Starbucks / Fat Boy, and 1 block from the Municipal Gardens, Zoo. For further information call Steve at 99384742, or email: iee.limassol@gmail.com All are welcome!

PROPHETIC CALL-OUT Grieved by preachers living in sin ? Pastors collaborating with idolaters?

Bored with just being a spectator?

In Prophecy there is no ‘us and them: Everyone contributes (1 Cor 14:26) 10am start 9/2/2013 God willing, Meet: Entrance Palaiopafos, Kouklia Instruments/shofars welcome

Open Door Baptist Church

St Barnabas’ Anglican Church 153 Leontiou A Street Limassol www.stbarnabas-cyprus.com Telephone: 25362713 - All welcome ALL SAINTS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH (ENGLISH) Sunday Divine Liturgy 8-10am. Followed by Fellowship hour (coffee) Services are now being held at the underground Chapel of All Saints of Cyprus at St. Panteleimonos Church Makedonitissa Archangelos (Engomi) For more info please contact Fr. Joseph Coleman Tel. 99938924

THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AGIOS ARSENIOS, LIMASSOL (near Tsirion Stadium) The Orthodox Liturgy in English Saturday, 4 February at 8:30 am For information please contact: Father M. Spanou at 99 – 401365 (msspanou@googlemail.com)

9 Larnakos Street Katholiki Area Limassol Sundays: 9:45, 11:00 AM, 1:30 PM Wednesdays: 7:30 PM 25 751193 or 99 758729 www.cbm-odbc.org

GRACE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH Invites you to COME AND EXPERIEBNCE THE LOVE OF GOD WITH US Int. Christian Business Fellowship Meeting Centre Sundays: 10.00am Sunday School 11.00 am Main Service (Dine with us centre services) Wednesdays: Prayer meeting 6pm Address: To Arsinois Str., 1010 Nicosia (Next to Western Union Office to KISA) Contact: 99988900 or 97667932. \VISITORS ESPECIALLY WELCOME!!!

The Anglican Church of Paphos Ayia Kyriaki (St. Paul by the Pillar) Sunday 8.15am Holy Eucharist 6.00pm Sung Eucharist th 4 Sunday 6.00pm Choral Evensong Wednesday 9.00am Holy Eucharist 3rd Wednesday (BCP) St. Stephen’s, Tala st rd 1 & 3 Sunday 11.00 am Holy Eucharist 2nd & 4th Sunday 11.00am Morning Worship St. Luke’s, Prodromi 1st & 5th Sunday 9.30am Morning Worship 2nd , 3rd & 4th Sunday 9.30am Holy Eucharist 1st & 3rd Wednesday 9.30am Holy Eucharist 1st Sunday 6.00 p.m. Peace & Wholeness with Holy Eucharist 4th Sunday every quarter 9.30 am Holy Eucharist from BPC Church Office: 26-953044 Fax: 26-952486 Email: anglicancofp@cytanet.com.cy for directions to each church

DEUTSCHE GOTTESDIENSTE IN ZYPERN Nikosia: Am 1. und 3. Samstag im Monat in der St. Paul’s Cathedral um 18 Uhr Limassol: Am 2. Sonntag im Monat im Gemeindehaus in Germasogeia um 11 Uhr Am 4. Sonntag im Monat in der St. Barnabaskirche um 18 Uhr Paphos: Am 2. Samstag in der Kirche an der Paulussaeule um 16 Uhr Agia Napa: Am 4. Sonntag im Monat im Hof des Klosters um 9.30 Uhr Näheres Informationen durch Pfarrer Dr. Herold, Tel 25-317092 oder im Internet www.ev-kirche-zypern.de

St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral Byron Avenue, Nicosia, 22 445221/22 677897 www.st-pauls-nicosia.com

Sunday 0930 : Holy Communion Sunday School in the hall 1800 : Evening Prayer Monday/Tuesday/Thursday 0830: Morning Prayer Wednesday 1030 : Holy Communion First Monday of each month 1930 : Guild of St Raphael Parish Office : Mon-Fri : 0900 – 1100 Saturday 1000-1200

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS plot in a peaceful residential area. Offering large private pool with a low maintaince enclosed garden with sea views.

Off street parking. Fully furnished with modern furniture and includes gas central heating throughout. Modern fitted kitchen with granite worktops.

One bedroom on ground floor with bathroom. Pets allowed at owners discretion. Viewings highly recommended. website reference number: RTL_561 5. KAMARES TALA €850 a stunning 4 bedroom 3 bathroom detached villa in this peaceful sought after residential area.

Beautifully furnished with modern furniture. gas central heating throughout plus real fire for those winter months. Low maintenance landscaped garden with private pool offering the most beautiful sea views.

Only 15 minutes drive to the International School of Paphos & includes free membership to the Kamares club. website refence number: RTL_686 6. LOWER PEYIA €900 price includes pool cleaning, gardening, water and community tax bills. This 4 bedroom detached bungalow all with ensuite bathrooms, offers spacious accommodation of 200 sq meters.

Available unfurnished. Situated in a quiet residential area. A lovely enclosed garden with fruit trees, a gazebo & private infinity pool with sea views. website reference number: RTL_683

TO LET PAPHOS 7. SEA CAVES €1,200 price includes pool cleaning & gardening. Situated in this sought after residential area we offer this suburb 3 bedroom detached villa set in stunning landscaped gardens on a 1200 sq meter plot, offering a private kidney shaped swimming pool with sea views. Separate kitchen and spacious living area with conservatory. Master bedroom with ensuite. Downstairs guest wc. Available furnished or part furnished with classic furniture.

Large garage/storage area and covered car port. website reference number: RTL_684 8. AGIA MARINOUDA €2,500 luxury modern 4 bedroom villa with additional office plus maids quarters and separate annex for guests. This amazing property offers an ultra modern fitted kitchen, sitting room & living room. Beautifully presented with modern furniture. Includes gas central heating. Entrance with electric gates leading to a spacious landscaped garden with private pool & entertainment area. Situated close to the elea golf course with sea and country side views. Viewings highly recommended. website reference number: rtl_681 Tel: 97790883 Tel: 99133422 office: 26271858 visit our website for many more properties www.mrrent-paphos.net email: info@mrrent-paphos. net **************************** FLOWRON PROPERTY RENT-

TO LET PAPHOS ALS : Offering a full range of property services, the company you can TRUST. Melanos 2 bedroom fully furnished top floor apartment with exceptionally large veranda and amazing views. Sitting/dining area, kitchen and guest WC. Family bathroom.

Outside veranda.

Covered parking and communal pool.

Includes communal fees. REF 1147 Amount €300 SPECIAL OFFER Lower Peyia 3 bedroom furnished older style villa in a small cul-de-sac. 3 bedrooms upstairs, family bathroom. Sitting room, spacious kitchen downstairs in a quiet location.

Private pool and BBQ area.

REF 1242 Amount €600 Timi 4 bedroom furnished large house on outskirts of Timi Village in its own private grounds surrounded by fruit trees. Very nice standard and lots of living space. Large quality kitchen. 3 large bedrooms upstairs, master with ensuite, family bathroom. Additional room used as office and upstairs loft. REF 1049 Amount €650 Armou 4 bedroom modern villa offered unfurnished. Woodburner and airconditioning throughout. Dowstairs is large living room, large kitchen, dining area and guest cloakroom.

Upstairs 4 bedrooms, Family bathroom. Private pool and great sea/mountain views.

REF 1001 Amount €900 Secret Valley 4 bedroom large

TO LET PAPHOS unfurnished villa in nice residential road. Private pool, gated, covered parking. Downstairs bedroom, sitting room, kitchen. Upstairs 3 bedrooms all with ensuite shower rooms.

REF 1241 Amount €900 Peyia 3 bedroom villa, unfurnished. Bedrooms all with fitted wardrobes and family bathroom. Airconditioning, flyscreens, fans and sat TV. Sitting/dining area, kitchen with white goods and guest cloakroom. Outside private pool with shaded offstreet parking and great mountain and seaviews. REF 1214 Amount €550

TO LET PAPHOS FROM YOU, WE WELCOME ALL PROPERTIES FROM STUDIOS VILLAS **************************** PEYIA – 3 bedroom villa with modern quality furniture and finishes. Central heating, sky, alarm, infinity pool and stunning sea and mountain views €700 per month, call: 99389426

FOR SALE PAPHOS 1 bedroom apartment on top floor. Large veranda, lounge, kitchen, bathroom, covered parking, communal pool, fully furnished, all white goods, TV. A/C, fans. Secure entrance, Near shops, banks bus route.

Beach 3 minute walk. Full TITLE DEEDS €55,000 tel: 99716390

**************************** BRAND NEW APT, opposite Poseidonio Gym, near Carrefour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from €340 p.m. Tel 99403261

***************************** EXO-VRISI – 2 bed townhouse in quiet cul-de-sac. Panoramic sea views, car port, a/c, ceiling fans, tastefully furnished, plus all white goods, €105.000 o.n.o with title deeds Call : 26954147/ 99137828

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Tala 3 bedroom part-furnished modern villa with quality interior Italian kitchen, central heating, private pool and great seaviews in peaceful residential location. REF 988 Amount €750

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Sea Caves 5 bedroom modern, fully furnished luxury villa in centre of Sea Caves/Coral Bay property with central heating double garage and downstairs bedroom. Outside – large grounds with private pool and beautiful seaviews.

REF 9999b Amount €1,800

***************************** FOR SALE upper floor house 210 sq.m built on 301 sq. m land, Lapatsa area, Pereous 1a. 4 bedrooms with attic room (not finished), c/h ,4 a/c, aluminium doors & window, covered parking and storage room. Price €310.000 pm call 22431095 99330632.

Please call for a free viewing on 26600450 – 97616070 many more properties including commercial lettings on our website at www.flowron. com – Your Vision is our Mission LANDLORDS FLOWRON PROPERTY RENTALS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR

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***************************** 2 BDRM APPARTMENT in Paralimni fully furnished walking distance to local beaches cash price €49,000 no offers for further details contact Peter 99142734 *****************************

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

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Sport IN BRIEF ‘King’ James saves Miami in Wu running IOC last-gasp drama over Indiana forpresidency

Defending NBA champs pushed to the limit

By Simon Evans LEBRON James scored the game-winning points in the dying embers of overtime as the Miami Heat held off a determined Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a thrilling Eastern Conference Finals opener.

If broadcasters were concerned that another easy series win for Miami would further damage ratings, they got the perfect antidote with the Pacers pushing the Heat all the way and raising the prospect of a tight best-ofseven set.

It was scrappy and foul-ridden at times in the first half and neither side were able to dominate at any stage.

“Any time it seemed like a team was about to pull away, the other team came back,” said Dwyane Wade of Miami, who have lost just one game in the playoffs so far.

“We can expect this for seven games.”

Replicating a finish like this one, however, might be too much to ask for.

Indiana’s Paul George, whose turnover looked to have handed Miami the win in regulation, made amends in spectacular style by sinking a huge three-pointer from deep with just 0.7 seconds left on the clock to force

LeBron James beat the buzzer to win a thrilling overtime battle with the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals overtime.

Then, with Miami two points ahead and 2.2 seconds on the clock of the first extra period, George was fouled

by Wade as he attempted a three-point shot and kept his cool to sink all three free throws to put Indiana ahead by a point.

The foul was Wade’s sixth, removing him from the game but he was soon back on the court celebrating.

With Miami’s last throw of the dice, Shane Battier passed to ‘King’ James, who drove the lane on his way to a comfortable lay-up that fell a fraction ahead of the buzzer and sent the Heat crowd into a frenzy.

Pacers fans were left wondering why centre Roy Hibbert, expert in protecting the basket, was not on the court for the final crucial plays.

Coach Frank Vogel had been torn about the best way to defend the Heat but clearly regretted leaving Hibbert on the bench.

“It is the dilemma that they present,” he said. “Obviously the way it worked out it would have been better to have Roy in the game, but you don’t know ... I would say we will probably have him in next time.”

James top-scored for Mi-

ami with 30 points on 12-of24 shooting with 10 rebounds and 10 assists as he completed his ninth post-season triple-double, tying the great Wilt Chamberlain for the fifth most in post-season history.

“No matter how much you watch the game or how much you have played it - you get amazed by spectacular talent,” said Wade.

“He continues to amaze the world of basketball”.

‘Devastated’ Ahern to appeal ban

Eddie Ahern will appeal the 10-year disqualification imposed on him following the conclusion of a corruption hearing

JOCKEY Eddie Ahern will appeal the 10-year disqualification imposed on him by the British Horseracing Authority following the conclusion of a corruption hearing.

Ahern, 35, was found guilty of conspiring to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice in relation to the laying of five horses between September 2010 and February 2011.

More significantly, he was also found in breach of intentionally failing to ensure Judgethemoment was ridden on its merits at Lingfield in January 2011, and of passing information for reward.

Ahern’s solicitor Christopher Stewart-Moore said his client intends to appeal both the BHA disciplinary panel’s findings and the severity of the suspension.

Stewart-Moore said in a statement issued to Press

Association Sport: “Eddie Ahern is absolutely devastated by the BHA Panel’s findings.

“He did not breach the rules of racing as found by the panel or at all and he will be appealing both the findings as well as the very harsh penalties imposed on him.”

Former West Brom footballer Neil Clement has been disqualified from the sport for 15 years and three months.

He was also fined £3,000.

Clement faced charges relating to the five races Ahern rode in and also the laying of Hindu Kush, which he then owned, when that horse finished last of six at Kempton in February 2011.

The 34-year-old was found guilty of conspiring to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice, of placing a lay bet on Hindu Kush and of

a failure to provide phone records.

The most serious breach against Ahern was his failure to ride Judgethemoment on its merits.

The Jane Chapple-Hyam trained gelding finished last of seven runners in a twomile handicap, having been well clear at the halfway stage.

Ahern’s explanation for the ride was that he misjudged the pace and did not realise he was so far ahead.

The BHA disciplinary panel said it “could not accept that a jockey of Ahern’s experience, especially on the allweather at Lingfield, could have made an error of such an extent”.

County Tipperary-born Ahern has been used by a number of top trainers, including Sir Henry Cecil.

TAIWAN’S world boxing chief (AIBA) President Ching-kuo Wu announced his intention to run for International Olympic Committee president yesterday, saying the Olympic movement should be bigger than just the Games.

IOC Executive Board member Wu is the fourth IOC member following Germany’s Thomas Bach and Singaporean Ng Ser Miang, both IOC vice presidents, and Puerto Rico’s Richard Carrion to decide to run for the post.

The election is set for September 10 at the IOC session in Buenos Aires.

Jacques Rogge, who succeeded Juan Antonio Samaranch in 2001, sees his two-term presidency come to a mandatory end in September.

“The thought and concept to develop the IOC and Olympic movement beyond the realisation of the Olympism is the core principle of my candidature,” he told reporters in Taipei.

“The IOC and the Olympic Games have much more power to positively impact society than any other organisation and project in this world,” said Wu. Several more candidates could emerge, with Swiss sports administrator Denis Oswald and former Olympic pole vault champion Sergei Bubka seen as possible contenders.

The deadline for candidacies is June 10.

Evans leads BMC at Tour AUSTRALIAN Cadel Evans will get the nod ahead of American Tejay van Garderen as BMC Racing’s number one rider at the Tour de France, team president Jim Ochowicz said.

Evans, the first Australian to win the Tour in 2011, was blown away by Briton Bradley Wiggins last year and finished seventh behind van Garderen, who took fifth place and was the best young rider on the Tour.

The 36-year-old Evans, however, has recovered well and is in second spot overall in the ongoing Giro d’Italia, which proves his worth, Ochowicz said “Evans’ Giro performance solidifies that - you have to have the confidence and he does,” Ochowicz told Fairfax Media.

“This is a great performance here.

“Tejay is a great young athlete coming up and he is learning from Cadel.”

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Sport McIlroy slumps after late Wentworth collapse

England eye win before attention turns to Ashes

By Tony Jimenez

Kiwis have proved to be tough opponents

By Justin Palmer BUOYED by Stuart Broad’s match-winning burst at Lord’s, England will look to seal a series win over New Zealand in the second and final Test starting at Headingley today before turning their attention to Australia in July.

Broad’s seven-wicket haul in the second innings of the first Test bowled England to a 170-run victory as New Zealand were skittled for just 68 having matched the hosts for three days on a slow and difficult batting pitch.

Conditions at Headingley should be more favourable to run-scoring if the sun is shining, but can be equally unpredictable and favour seam and swing with Broad, James Anderson and New Zealand’s Tim Southee, fresh from his 10-wicket haul at Lord’s, ready to exploit any cloud cover.

England have named an unchanged squad with batsman Ian Bell having recovered from a bout of tonsillitis.

Foremost in captain Alastair Cook and coach Andy Flower’s mind will be deciding whether to keep faith with inconsistent paceman Steven Finn or bring in fit-again Tim Bresnan on his home ground.

Finn, despite taking four wickets in the first innings at Lord’s, bowled too short and

minutes after England had completed victory was back out practising on an adjacent pitch.

“He probably isn’t bowling as well as he could, but he’s getting wickets,” said England bowling coach David Saker.”

Bresnan, who underwent elbow surgery in February, has not played a Test since December last year but his inclusion would strengthen England’s lower order.

England have not won a Test at Headingley since beating West Indies in May, 2007. Since then they have lost to and drawn with South Africa, and were beaten in Leeds by the Australians in 2009.

New Zealand will be without wicketkeeper BJ Watling who has failed to recover from a knee injury sustained in the first test.

Captain Brendon McCullum will take over behind the stumps with Martin Guptill coming into the side to bat at six.

Former captain Daniel Vettori is in line to play his first Test for 10 months, subject to a fitness assessment, after spinner Bruce Martin was ruled out of the rest of the tour with a calf injury.

Vettori, New Zealand’s second-highest wicket taker with 360 wickets, has been struggling with a long-term Achilles injury and was originally included in the one-day

squad but not in the Test side.

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson was left to reflect on a “missed opportunity” at Lord’s in a match that was decided, he said, by an “hour of madness”.

“Now that we’ve had some time to reflect, it’s crucial we focus on what went well for all but an hour of that match,” he wrote on his tour blog.

“For me it was the missed opportunity element that hurt the most. For three-anda-half Tests against the second best team in the world we had competed. At times at Lord’s it felt like we were even dictating terms.”

Hesson said the Black Caps were “too timid with the bat” and his message to his side for Headingley was a simple one.

“We need to be sharper and more decisive as a batting group,” he said.

Teams (from): England - Alastair Cook (captain), Nick Compton, Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Matt Prior,Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Steven Finn, James Anderson.

New Zealand - Peter Fulton, Hamish Rutherford, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Dean Brownlie, Martin Guptil,Brendon McCullum (captain), Daniel Vettori, Tim Southee, Doug Bracewell, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult.

Stuart Broad’s seven-wicket haul in the second innings of the first Test bowled England to a 170-run victory as New Zealand were skittled for just 68 at Lord’s

Leicester seek farewell gift to loyal servants at Twickenham

By Mitch Phillips

Captain and former Ireland fullback Geordan Murphy, a 16-year-servant of Leicester, will retire after the game

LEICESTER run out at Twickenham for a remarkable ninth successive English rugby Premiership final tomorrow where local Midlands rivals Northampton will attempt to prevent them finishing as champions for a record 10th time.

It will be an emotional day for many involved with England’s most dominant club, marking as it does the departure of several stalwart players and staff members and seen by some as the end of an era.

There is also a sense of frustration after Leicester have lost five of those previous eight finals, including the last two.

Northampton will be hoping to extend that streak. After finishing fourth in the regular season standings they beat table-topping Saracens in the semi-final and are seeking their first title.

This is the 13th edition of the end-of-season Twickenham finale, and few involved in the game any longer bemoan the format that replaced the traditional system of the team finishing top of the league being named champions.

Certainly Leicester, who lose the bulk of their first team squad for swathes of the season due to international callups, like the current format as, having lost only one league game since the end of February, they finished like a train to secure second in the standings.

Captain and former Ireland fullback Geordan Murphy, a veteran of the first playoff in 2001 and a 16-year-servant of Leicester, will retire from playing after Saturday’s clash to join the club’s coaching staff.

Prop Martin Castrogiovanni is also leaving after seven crowd-pleasing years, centre Danny Hipkiss has been forced to retire through injury, assistant coach Matt O’Connor is heading to Lein-

ster and a number of other squad players are leaving.

“For those guys it will be their last appearance from a playing point or coaching point of view but we’ve just got to focus on the game,” director of rugby Richard Cockerill said.

For all Cockerill’s wary talk, however, Leicester start strong favourites and have come out on top in the teams’ last seven meetings, including a 36-8 thrashing in March.

Courtney Lawes, who knows many of the Leicester team very well through his England duties, was, however, upbeat.

“It’s a one-off game though and I certainly see that if we come out and play to our full potential that it will be very close.”

Any neutrals in the 82,000 crowd and watching on TV will hope that “close” doesn’t mean a repeat of the first of the teams’ previous 227 meetings back in 1880, when 133 years of rivalry began with a 0-0 draw.

WORLD number two Rory McIlroy was blown off course by unseasonally cold weather at Wentworth yesterday, bogeying five of the last six holes to sink to a two-over 74 in the PGA Championship first round.

The 24-year-old Northern Irishman made an encouraging start to the European Tour’s flagship event and was three-under after 12 holes but a series of late blunders meant he walked off the 18th green a frustrated youngster.

“It was one of those rounds I let slip through my fingers,” McIlroy told reporters after finishing eight strokes adrift of clubhouse leader James Kingston of South Africa.

“It could have been something good and I could have been near the top of the leaderboard but instead I am where I am.”

McIlroy said the chilly eightdegree temperatures and winds gusting up to 20mph combined to make it a tough day for scoring at the long 7,302-yard West Course on the outskirts of London.

“The thing that gets me is the cold and I was wearing mittens all day,” he added after finishing with bogey sixes at the 17th and 18th.

“Your body just doesn’t feel the way it usually does and we are so used to playing in warm conditions these days. This is a little bit of a change,” said McIlroy who plays a lot of his golf in the United States.

McIlroy, still waiting for his first victory of 2013 after winning the orders of merit on both sides of the Atlantic last year, limped home in 41 strokes.

“I didn’t really miss a shot for the first 12 holes and I feel that just now I’m not getting as much out of my rounds as I should do,” he said.

Playing partner and close friend Graeme McDowell was equally unhappy with his matching 74, a round capped by a double-bogey seven at the 18th after he found water.

“I don’t play this course well,” said the Northern Irishman. “It needs to be sort of fiery for me to have a chance.

McDowell said the harsh British winter had softened up the putting surfaces.

“My ball-striking wasn’t bad and I putted all right but let’s be honest the greens are slow,” he explained.

“It’s a standard Wentworth performance for me unfortunately. It’s not really my happiest hunting ground,” said McDowell who won last week’s World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria.

“I only made one birdie today and that’s not really good enough. I feel a bit beaten up right now.”

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Sport Berlin and Warsaw to stage European finals in 2015

By Mike Collett

Apollon players show off the Cyprus Coca Cola Cup after their 2-1 extra time win over Limassol rivals AEL in the final

Apollon revel in Cup success

By Nemanja Bjedov APOLLON coach Christakis Christoforou was delighted after his team won their seventh Cyprus Coca Cola Cup on Wednesday night with a 2-1 extra-time victory over city rivals and 2012 league champions AEL. “I would like to thank the club’s administration for having faith in me as an inexperienced coach. We worked hard and deserve this trophy. It was most definitely a team effort and everyone should be congratulated,” said Christoforou who is a former AEL player and who even played against Apol-

‘We worked hard and deserve this trophy’ lon the last time the two sides met in the final back in 1987.

“I told our president that I would prefer AEK in the semi-finals as at that time we were not tactically ready to face either AEL or Omonia and luckily the draw was good to us.

“Between the semis and the final we had almost a month to get some things right and we managed to do so,” he added.

“As you know my position is temporary. We are trying to build a club that is self

sustainable. If the board wants me to keep my technical advisor position I will do that, if they want me to remain in the coaching position I would need to talk to them.”

Slovenian referee Damir Skomina, who will be the fourth official in tomorrow’s UEFA Champions League final, was officiating the match, with media saying his only major mistake was awarding a penalty to Apollon in the second period of extra time when there was no obvious contact between

Fotios Papoulis and AEL defender Edwin Ouon.

“The referee in my opinion was not biased. There were some mistakes, but the spectators left the stadium in the end without the usual complaints that they come up with when we have a local referee,” concluded Christoforou.

According to state broadcaster CyBC, police did a sweep of the stadium’s premises ahead of the match and found hundreds of torches, fireworks and firecrackers in the section

designated for Apollon fans, some even hidden inside the metallic sinks in the toilets.

“We did well and were unfortunate not to win. However, the sport of football itself was the biggest winner on the night. It was a very good match and I would like to wish the best of luck to Apollon in their European campaign,” said AEL president Andreas Sophocleous.

“It is great for the city of Limassol that we have a continuity of European representation and I would like to invite all the fans to respect each other and to help our city and its citizens march from victory to victory,” he added.

Milan ultras want Allegri to stay on as coach amid speculation

By Brian Homewood

Massimiliano Allegri’s work has been praised by fans

AC Milan’s influential ultras want Massimiliano Allegri to remain as coach amid widespread speculation that club president Silvio Berlusconi plans to fire him.

The Curva Sud fan group issued a statement praising Allegri for his handling of a young squad last season, when Milan recovered from a poor start to finish third in Serie A and qualify for next season’s Champions League playoff.

“Today, we find ourselves with a project which has only just started and which will soon be dismantled by presidential choice,” said the statement on the group’s website.

The fans were especially critical of reports that former

Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf, who has no coaching experience and is playing with Botafogo in Brazil, could be brought in as a replacement.

“We can well understand, but not agree, that whoever invests can decide to change coach just for personal reasons,” they said.

“But if it’s really part of a plan we must at least start again by putting the team into the hands of an experienced trainer,” the fan group added.

“We hope that there will be respect for Milan as an institution and its fans, with a choice which is not just related to a particular moment, but with the continuation of a project which we decided to support to the end one year ago.”

The fans said they recog-

nised that Allegri was having to rebuild the team after club management slashed the wage bill and held a firesale of top players the previous summer in a bid to cut costs.

“The championship started with great difficulty and Allegri’s Milan appeared destined for the abyss. Aware that criticism would be detrimental to the atmosphere in the team, we decided to support Milan at the most difficult moment.

“Our choice paid off. We created a sort of tacit agreement between the ultras, the coach and the team, that we would all row in the same direction... we began to reap the rewards with the performances of Stephan El Shaaraway and careful management of players from coach Allegri, who we recognise has been carrying this project.”

BERLIN will stage the Champions League final for the first time in 2015 and Warsaw will be the venue for the Europa League final, UEFA said yesterday.

“Two beautiful venues for our finals for 2015,” UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino told a news conference.

The timing could not have been better as far as Germany is concerned with an all-German Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund set for Wembley tomorrow.

The 2015 match, at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, will be the first European final in the German capital which hosted the Olympic Games in 1936 and the 2006 World Cup final.

“I had expressed our wish during the 2012 final in Munich to Michel Platini that we would like to pretty soon host again such a global event,” German Football Federation (DFB) President Wolfgang Niersbach said in a statement.

“It is a recognition of our abilities as organisers and hosts that this will now happen so soon. I thank UEFA for the trust and promise a superb football celebration in Berlin.”

Two German cities have previously been used as the venues for the Champions League final with Munich hosting it three times in 1993, 1997 and 2012 and Gelsenkirchen staging the 2004 final.

Dortmund and Hamburg have hosted the UEFA Cup, now the Europa League, final since it was switched to a singlematch final in 1998.

Poland, which co-hosted Euro 2012 with Ukraine, has never staged a major European final, but Warsaw’s refurbished National Stadium staged the opening match of last year’s European Championship between Poland and Greece.

It also hosted the semifinal in which Italy beat Germany 2-1.

“For the Champions League final there are few stadiums that can host it, but there are more alternatives for the Europa League,” Infantino said.

“But we have decided to go back to Warsaw with excellent memories of Euro 2012 and because it is a fantastic, modern efficient venue in a wonderful city in the centre of Europe.”

UEFA last year awarded the 2014 Champions League final to Lisbon and the Europa League final to Turin.

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No anti-IRA songs at Wembley against Ireland, says Hodgson

Boss who beats Fergie in longevity stakes retires

‘It is important to talk about respect’

By Sonia Oxley

By James Olley ROY Hodgson says England supporters risk damaging the reputation of fans across the country if they sing anti-IRA songs at next week’s friendly against the Republic of Ireland. Wednesday’s match at Wembley will be the first meeting between the sides since February 1995, when a pre-planned riot by England fans prompted the abandonment of a fixture at Lansdowne Road after 27 minutes.

The chant of ‘No Surrender (to the IRA)’ has been heard at several England matches this season and the Football Association are mindful of any politically charged singing at a fixture arranged to celebrate the organisation’s 150th anniversary year.

Although FIFA declared the FA had no case to answer over claims of ‘bonfire’ chants by England supporters aimed at Rio and Anton Ferdinand during March’s World Cup qualifier in Montenegro, there is unease at the possibility of another unsavoury incident that could result in a range of possible punishments.

The Metropolitan Police cannot arrest anyone singing ‘No Surrender’ as it is not a criminal offence but Article 3 of the FIFA statues states: “Discrimination of any kind against a country,

Hear me loud and clear: England manager Roy Hodgson says England supporters risk damaging the reputation of fans across the country if they sing anti-IRA songs at next week’s friendly private person or group of people on account of ethnic origin, gender, language, religion, politics or any other reason is strictly prohibited and punishable by suspension or expulsion.” Sanctions range from a fine of 30,000 Swiss francs (£20,352) to the offending country being forced to play a match behind closed doors.

In a bid to avoid the controversy, every ticket holder will receive an email from Hodgson next Tuesday with the England boss also penning a personal plea in the programme notes. In them, Hodgson says: “As we welcome our Irish neighbours and look to Scotland returning to Wembley in August for the first time in 13

years, it is important to talk about respect.

“In my time as England manager the support this team has received at home and abroad has been nothing short of fantastic. I have been taken aback by the sheer scale of passion shown. “Long before I came into the job I knew that the behaviour and reputation of England fans has developed into something we all should be very proud of.

“World Cups in South Africa and Germany in the last decade are shining examples of this. “So I hope everyone who follows England understands that position has been built by many fans over a long period and sadly it can be undone very

quickly by a minority.

“As much as we all want to win, respect for the game and for our opponents is paramount. I strongly urge everyone to show each other respect and not to chant songs that could be regarded as insulting to others particularly from a religious or political perspective.”

Hodgson’s preparations have been compromised by end-of-season tours involving players from Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester City but despite England’s double header - they play Brazil in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday week - coming at the end of a long domestic season, the 65-year-old stressed the importance of the chance to work with his

players.

“These fixtures are part of the FA’s 150th anniversary celebrations and some have used the word ‘friendly’ to describe them,” he said.

“However, there is no such thing - these are crucial preparation matches for the qualification games. The players share this attitude with me. Every time you step out for your country you face competition and expectation: from the fans who care passionately, from your team-mates, from your family and friends and from within yourself.

“We have one or two younger faces involved and it’s important for me to assess them during this gettogether.”

Zabaleta is excited by Pellegrini

By Andy Hampson

Pablo Zabaleta thinks Man City will thrive if Manuel Pellegrini is appointed as their new manager

PABLO Zabaleta believes Manuel Pellegrini could be a great manager for Manchester City.

The City defender has long known of Pellegrini’s reputation having been a junior at Argentinian club San Lorenzo when the Chilean was first-team boss.

Pellegrini is widely expected to be named as replacement for the sacked Roberto Mancini at the Etihad Stadium after it was confirmed he is to leave Malaga at the end of the Spanish season.

Zabaleta, 28, speaking in New York on City’s postseason tour, said: “I have never worked under Pellegrini before, when he was at San Lorenzo I was in the second team.

“I don’t know him as a per-

son but he did well at Real Madrid, Villarreal and Malaga.

“We will see if Pellegrini signs for Manchester City.

“His way to play football is great. Somebody told me he is a great manager so we will wait to see what happens.

“Hopefully if he comes to City he can just carry on with his football.”

Pellegrini potentially moved a step closer to City when Malaga announced he would leave La Rosaleda after their final two Primera Division games.

The 59-year-old did have two years remaining on his contract but he and the club both cited ‘sporting reasons’ for his departure.

Pellegrini oversaw unprecedented success at Villarreal by guiding them to a Champions League semi-final in 2006 and second place in La Liga in 2008.

He then had a single season in charge at Real Madrid before taking over at Malaga, whom he steered to the last eight of the Champions League this year.

Pellegrini’s European record would be an attraction to City, who conspicuously failed to achieve on that stage under Mancini.

Zabaleta believes he would also bring a positive style of play to the club. He said: “What I saw with Malaga, whenever they played they played to win.”

Zabaleta also knows there will be an onus on the players to respond to the new man.

He said: “Whoever is the manager, players need to work hard.

“When a new manager comes in you need to show you want to keep your place in the team and I am sure we will do in the pre-season.”

ENGLAND’S longest-serving football manager is retiring aged 71 after overseeing several trophy-laden decades at the club he loves - but he is not called Alex Ferguson.

Just days after the footballing world watched Ferguson call time on his managerial career, Jimmy Davies will step aside from his post at amateur club Waterloo Dock after a 50-year stint that makes the former Manchester United boss’ 26 years look short.

Davies has a lot in common with the highly successful Ferguson even though the worlds of a non-league Liverpool-based club and the serial Premier League champions are poles apart.

“We like to win,” Davies told Reuters in an interview.

“We come from similar backgrounds, he was a shop steward in the Glasgow shipyard, I was a shop steward on Liverpool docks.

“We are quite a successful side .. at the last count we had won 72 trophies ... But he probably doesn’t have to go home and wash football kits like I have to do.”

Like Ferguson, who is staying on as a director at United, Davies will not be quietly leaving the club he set up in 1963 with a group of friends he worked with on the docks.

“I keep telling myself I’m going to be a passive supporter but how passive I don’t know,” he said. “I’m just going to have to restrain myself. I’m going to still carry on going to the matches .. I don’t think my wife will be too pleased about that.”

Davies originally started out as a player before being gently nudged into a more suitable role.

“After about six games it was clear my footballing ability was sadly lacking,” said Davies, whose record as England’s longest-serving manager is recognised by the FA. “They said you’d be better suited as the manger, I think they were trying to be kind to me.”

The club sits a stone’s throw away from Anfield, with the stands visible from its Edinburgh Park ground, and Liverpool fan Davies takes some inspiration from the great Bill Shankly who led his club to three league titles and two FA Cups “Second is nowhere,” is the mantra Davies has borrowed from Shankly, which puts into perspective what he thinks about Waterloo Dock’s runners-up finish in the league this season.

They did win the league cup this term, though, and reached the semi-finals in two other cups.

Asked about the best and worst bits of his time at the club which will come to an end on Tuesday in their final game against Red Rum, he replied: “The low point is when we get beat.”

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Sport Good defending is simple answer to Robben riddle

By Mitch Phillips AN internet search for ‘Arjen Robben cuts inside’ produces more than two million items, one of them a recent tweet declaring: ‘That was the 10,000th time Robben has cut inside and shot with his left foot - so predictable’.

Yet, when the Bayern Munich winger bears down the right in tomorow’s Champions League final, Borussia Dortmund’s defenders, if they follow in the misdirected footsteps of so many before them, will still, inexplicably, allow the Dutchman to switch the ball on to his favoured left foot and turn a usually benign situation into a potentially critical one.

Robben’s right foot was once described as being “made of chocolate” by compatriot Johan Cruyff and is still so ineffective that any Sunday league full back, let alone the cream of the world’s defenders, would know to focus their entire strategy on forcing him to use it.

The number of times he hits the byline and successfully crosses with his right foot is roughly comparable to the 29-year-old’s total active hair follicles - not many while statistics produced by Prozone show that almost 80 per cent of his shots are with his left.

Yet, time and time again, having feinted to go outside, Robben is somehow given the space to cut in. Too often the end result is that the ball sails into the top tier behind the goal but, as he has matured, the manoeuvre now more often leads to a dangerous pass or a fierce, left-footed, attempt on goal.

If the world’s television watchers have managed to identify this familiar routine, then clearly leading coaches and players are aware of it too. So why is he still so often allowed to venture into the one place he wants to go instead of being ushered down a generally blind alley?

He has quick feet, wonderful control and critically explosive speed over the first two or three metres so that even when defenders are expecting the move they are sometimes unable to counter it, but there is very little deception about what he does.

The process leaves many experienced observers shaking their heads in frustration every time his all-too-familiar ‘trick’ comes off.

“If the defender is doing his job properly of course you can stop him cutting inside but they have to really concentrate because he is so quick and clever,” former England manager Terry Venables told Reuters.

Paolo Maldini, one of the best left backs to grace the game, said the problem was part of a general falling away in the quality of defending.

“I believe that great defenders are so rare now. Every great team in Europe is good attacking but very bad defensively, including the great teams in the Champions League,” the former Italy and AC Milan stalwart told Reuters.

“The mentality is attack, attack and so that is why maybe the fullbacks are so focused on attacking. The knowledge of the people who teach you how to defend is not so high and you are now seeing the results.”

Maybe, having suffered from yet another injury and a subsequent long-term absence from Bayern’s first team, Robben is just taking full advantage of being back in the frame and the worst of his diving, histrionics and selfish choices might be behind him.

His performance will certainly be central to Bayern’s prospects, when the man marking him will be Marcel Schmelzer.

If the German international has done his homework and manages to keep Robben glued to his chocolate side then it could well be a sweet night for Dortmund.

Bayern Munich’s flying winger Arjen Robben will pose a real danger to Borussia Dortmund

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TIGHT AND TREACHEROUS STREETS COULD PLAY INTO MERCEDES HANDS

Eye-catching: Lewis Hamilton’s new crash helmet features caricatures of himself, pop star girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger and pet dog Roscoe driving in front of a Monaco backdrop

Hopeful Hamilton has best chance in Monaco

By Alan Baldwin

W

ORDS and hats may have to be eaten along with the usual canapes and caviar if Lewis Hamilton wins the glamour race of the Formula One season in Monaco this weekend.

The sceptics who doubted McLaren’s 2008 world champion would stand on top of the podium this season after his move to Mercedes face a moment of truth with Hamilton’s team arriving in the Mediterranean principality on the back of three pole positions in a row.

Mercedes have faded in races so far, unable to control their car’s insatiable appetite for tyres on a Sunday afternoon, but Monaco’s tight and treacherous streets are kinder on the compounds.

Hamilton, a winner in what is now his home in 2008, loves the historic circuit that winds up through Casino square and blasts down through the echoing tunnel and out along the harbourside and the ranks of swaying super-yachts.

Champions Red Bull have won the jackpot for the past three years, with Australian Mark Webber triumphant in 2012 after also winning in 2010, but Mercedes’ qualifying form threatens their run of success.

“Mercedes will arrive as favourites for Monaco,” said Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso after he won his home race in Spain earlier this month.

“They’ve been on pole position for the last three races, they were on pole last year with Michael Schumacher’s lap, so it would be a surprise if they weren’t on pole position in Monaco,” the Spaniard added.

“And it’s more difficult to overtake in Monaco, so maybe they can keep good positions for longer.”

Hamilton’s team mate Nico Rosberg will be just as much of a threat, with the German - who grew up in Monaco with the circuit part of his daily journey to school - chasing a hat-trick of poles after Bahrain and Spain.

Red Bull’s triple champion Sebastian Vettel leads the standings after five races, four points ahead of Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen and 17 clear of Alonso in third place.

The tyres should be less of a problem than in Spain, where four pitstops were the norm and a shocked Hamilton sank from second on the grid to 12th at the chequered flag, although debris damage will still be a concern.

Suppliers Pirelli, who have brought their softest tyres to the race, expect drivers to have to make no more than two visits to the pits.

Hamilton left Spain too

stunned to focus on Monaco but a sponsor trip to the United States and a visit to Le Mans to watch the French MotoGP race last weekend are sure to have revived his spirits.

Monaco is the date on the calendar he has been looking forward to more than most. He has watched the preparations for the race, with the barriers and grandstands going up, with barely concealed excitement.

“I was running around and I was thinking - because obviously Michael put it on pole - that it (last year’s car) must have been pretty good in Monaco,” he told reporters. “So I really hope that’s the same this year.”

Although Schumacher, a five time winner in Monaco, was fastest in qualifying last year, the German did not start on pole because he had a five-place penalty carried over from Spain where he had caused a collision.

Webber did, and made the advantage stick with Rosberg a close second after starting alongside the Australian.

Just like last year, the Red Bull driver arrives in Monaco hungry for his first win of the year - a situation he would have already resolved had Vettel not defied team orders in Malaysia.

“It’s always been a good track for me,” said Webber, who can be expected to dive

into the swimming pool on his team’s quayside ‘floaterhome” - the imposing hospitality unit erected on pontoons next to the paddock - if he wins again.

“It’s still a daunting place, a very challenging venue.

I’m not saying you are on holiday there but when I’m out there, I don’t know what makes me feel as comfortable as I do.”

Alonso and Vettel are the only drivers to have won twice this year, with Raikkonen the other winner, and the Spaniard can become the first to win at Monaco for three different teams having triumphed previously for Renault and McLaren.

Raikkonen, the 2007 world champion who now has 22 consecutive scoring finishes to his credit and is closing in on Schumacher’s record of 24, can take the overall lead if events go his way.

The race also offers a chance for Williams, three times winners in Monaco, to score their first point of a so far dismal season with Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado very much at home on the steel-fenced streets.