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President lashes out over bailout Anastasiades: Cyprus a guinea pig to test new economic theory By Poly Pantelides CYPRUS has been an unwilling guinea-pig for a possible policy of enforcing a haircut on banks’ deposits, President Nicos Anastasiades told his European Union partners yesterday. He was speaking at the Nicosia-based conference of EU parliament speakers in the presence of members of the European Parliament, which comprises of voted representatives from all 27 member states. “Cyprus was treated as an experimental guinea–pig for testing the economic theory of enforcing a haircut on bank deposits and the consequent repercussions which were to follow,” Anastasiades said yesterday, on the ﬁrst day of a two-day conference. Anastasiades conceded there was “reckless management by the banks affected” and lax supervision of the banking system, but he said that Cyprus’ treatment took place “irrespective” of those facts. He summed up the aftermath of a decision to raid deposits made during a meeting of the eurozone’s ﬁnance ministers on a Cyprus bailout as an unjust decision made by more powerful EUpartners, a dig at paymaster Germany whose policy dominated the March 16 Eurogroup decision to impose an unprecedented haircut across all deposits - even the insured ones - across all Cyprus-based banks. As Plato said, “‘Do not ex-

pect justice where might is right,” Anastasiades said. Although Cyprus’ parliament rejected the first bailout proposal, Cyprus was later to agree to a bailout that impacted uninsured depositors - mostly Cypriots - in the island’s major banks whose deposits are subject to significant haircuts. But Anastasiades said that he had extensive meetings with his EU counterparts and high-level EU officials to convey “a clear message: Cyprus is not asking for a special treatment, but expects a just and fair treatment, based on the same terms and conditions applied to all other EU countries”. The message was that Cyprus was a partner in need, requesting solidarity but that “fundamental EU principle was not respected”, Anastasiades said. “On the contrary, decisions reached beforehand by the interested parties were coercively imposed. “I sincerely hope that this precedent in relation to Cyprus is not going to be applied elsewhere in Europe,” Anastasiades said. “Although, as is well known, the main raison d’être of a precedent is that it can serve the purpose of establishing norms and guidelines to be repeatedly and universally applied.” Anastasiades’ statement is bound to resonate with some of his EU partners. High-level officials have been quick to state that the terms of Cyprus’ bailout was

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Head of the European Parliament Martin Schulz with President Nicos Anastasiades yesterday. Schulz said his visit to Cyprus had brought home to him how people need hope and activity in the wake of the bailout (PIO)

Britain’s darkest secrets revealed to man’s best friend A NEW study in the UK has revealed that 65 per cent of dog owners are more likely to tell their innermost secrets to their pet instead of their partner. In total, three quarters of dog owners share their personal secrets with their pet ahead of or instead of a family member, friend or loved one a study by Churchill Pet Insurance found. Almost nine in 10 dog owners (87 per cent) has at some point shared a personal secret with their pet. Secrets relating to the often tricky subject of personal relationships are the top subject for sharing, with almost

half (49 per cent) admitting to talking solely to their dog on the subject. The second most popular subject to talk about is health (24 per cent), followed by ﬁnance/money (14 per cent) and work worries (13 per cent).

NON-JUDGEMENTAL NATURE When asked why they told their secrets to their pet dog instead of a person, 50 per cent cited the non judgemental nature of the animal, stating that their pet “will love me whatever”. This was closely followed by “(my dog)

will listen and not judge” (49 per cent). One pet owner revealed, “My dog, Kooks, was there when I found out I was pregnant (twice). When I went into labour and the contractions began he worried just as much as us”. K9 Magazine editor Ryan O’Meara comments, “It’s no great surprise that so many Briton’s turn to their pets as a shoulder to cry on or an ear to confess to. “They don’t judge, they don’t tell tales and they seem to always be ready with the right response. “Further evidence as to why man’s best friend earned his title.”

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ON THIS DAY APRIL 23 1961

33 years ago Friday April 23, 1980

During the Algerian War of Independence, three French Generals stage the Algiers putsch, a failed coup attempt to take control of Algeria.

The Cyprus government yesterday made formal representations to the British government about the statements in Cyprus by British deputy Foreign Secretary Sir Ian Gilmour, and the House of Representatives unanimously expressed its condemnation of his remarks. Sir Ian had said there could be no comparison between the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the Turkish action in Cyprus.

1968 First decimal coins appear in Britain - the 5p and 10p pieces which replace the 1 shilling and 2 shilling coins.

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In America, Scientists announce the discovery of HTLV-3 virus – which is later renamed HIV.

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Greek Deputy Premier Stylianos Pattakos said in Athens today that the government could deprive Greeks of their passports for security reasons, despite court verdicts to the contrary. Pattakos was commenting on a ruling by the supreme court which annulled a decision issued by his ministry refusing a passport to a former university professor, George Vlahos.

The killer of Martin Luther King, James Earl Ray, dies in hospital.

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Police last night were investigating three cases in which nearly 5,000 copies of the Greek Cypriot daily newspaper Ethniki were seized by unknown persons and destroyed yesterday morning. The ﬁrst case occurred about 4.30am when two masked and armed men held up a delivery van in Ledra Street, Nicosia.

The trial of Jane Andrews, a former personal assistant to the Duchess of York, for the murder of her boy friend begins at the Old Bailey in London. Andrews is subsequently found guilty and sentenced to life.

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Teen changes plea to guilty in soldier stabbing case IN A dramatic change of plea, a British teenager has pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter over the stabbing death of a 19-year-old British soldier at a nightclub in Ayia Napa. Mohammed Abdulkadir Osman, 19, admitted killing Private David Lee Collins from Manchester during a confrontation in the early hours of November 4 last year. Osman, along with two other British teenagers were arrested shortly afterwards and charged

with manslaughter. Last week it was revealed that dialogue between prosecution and defence lawyers to set out the terms of a plea bargain had been on-going for over a month. The bargaining saw charges against the other two suspects dropped. The two men, who cannot be identiﬁed for legal reasons, put themselves at the scene of the crime but insisted they played no part in the violence. Osman’s defence will now

present mitigating circumstances. The sentencing is set for May 15. A day after being arrested, Osman, who is of Somali origin admitted stabbing Collins. But the tourist insisted he had acted in self-defence when he and his friends were allegedly attacked by a group of off-duty soldiers. Osman claimed he waved a knife solely to intimidate them. But one of the soldiers had “jumped on to the blade”. Collins was stationed at Dhekelia

garrison with the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, part of British army reserve forces for Afghanistan. Manslaughter carries a maximum life sentence in Cyprus. An autopsy concluded Collins died from a “ruptured heart caused by a sharp instrument”. Police said a switchblade was recovered at the scene of the crime and 11 similar knives were found in the trio’s hotel room along with a sizeable quantity of cannabis and a knuckleduster.

EAC: power bill cut will hit operations Demand for electricity is down 17 per cent By George Psyllides THE electricity company (EAC) warned yesterday that its operation could be jeopardised by dwindling revenues this year due to a reduction in demand and cuts in electricity bills. EAC chairman Charalambos Tsouris told lawmakers that a €37 million surplus forecasted for 2013 would not cover the losses in revenue caused by the recession that was expected to deepen. The EAC had expected €1.95 billion in revenues this year. However, demand for electricity was down 17 per cent, Tsouris said, which translated into a net loss of €40 million for the EAC. The company’s revenues will also be affected by a recent cut in bills, which it could not really afford. “The EAC’s ﬁnances cannot justify it in any way,” Tsouris said, adding that the company had responded to the government’s request to cut the price by 5.0 per cent in light of the ﬁnancial hard-

EAC chairman Charalambos Tsouris said he was concerned over the loss in revenue for the electricity authority ship experienced by many of the island’s residents. The energy regulator said the reduction will be temporary and will be reviewed every two months. That reduction is expected to cost the EAC some €4.0 million. The EAC is expected to save some €11 million a year after the energy regulator

cut the price of buying power from renewable sources while it is expected to make savings from its payroll. Tsouris however, warned that it would not be enough. “The savings will not cover the losses, resulting in a signiﬁcant reduction of the €37 million surplus, to the point where it jeopardises the

continuation of the EAC’s operation,” Tsouris said. To alleviate the problem, the company has asked the government to pay around €24 million it owed the EAC for the temporary lease of generators after a munitions explosion incapacitated the island’s main power station, and look into the possibility of reducing VAT on electricity. It has also asked the government to scrap port fees, subsidise the EAC’s farming policy, and secure debts stemming from power consumption - primarily those concerning bankrupt individuals and companies. House Finance Committee chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos warned that the EAC’s real loss in revenues could be much worse and wondered whether there was a plan ‘B’. “In other words, the authority has not only become non-proﬁtable, but also non-viable, unless certain things change,” Papadopoulos said. He said measures should be put in place to ﬁnd the necessary cash so that the EAC continued its operation unhindered. The necessary political will must be displayed, Papadopoulos said, to avoid repeats of previous mistakes such as Cyprus Airways which is now on the brink of bankruptcy, charter airline Eurocypria, which went bust in 2010, and other semi-state organisations.

Osman admitted buying the weapons at a shop in Ayia Napa but said they were to take home as gifts for friends, police said. The fatal confrontation happened near Ayia Napa’s central square - an area long out of bounds to all British forces personnel between 5pm and 10am because of previous incidents. The main square has been off limits for soldiers since 1994 after three servicemen were convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a Danish tour guide.

Private schools and charities no longer exempt from haircut By George Psyllides AUTHORITIES have reduced the number of exemptions from a deposit haircut at the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) and the old Laiki Bank in a bid to cut the losses of uninsured depositors. Uninsured deposits in BoC currently face a 37.5 per cent cut although an additional 22.5 per cent, or part thereof, which remained frozen, could also suffer the same fate. Depositors will receive equity in exchange for their loss. Authorities had initially exempted various entities at both banks from the haircut but have been forced to rethink after it became obvious that it would increase the losses on depositors. Several previously exempted categories will now incur a 27.5 per cent loss on their deposits over €100,000.

INSURANCE These include charities licensed by the ﬁnance ministry, and private schools registered with the education ministry. Insurance companies are also no longer exempt, and they will be hit with a 27.5 per cent hair cut on all deposits as they are bound by different legislation. “The objective was not to burden uninsured BoC depositors further,” Central Bank (CBC) spokeswoman Aliki Stylianou said yester-

day. Exemptions remain in place for the central government, including local authorities and public schools, banks, credit card clearing organisations and repo transactions, a CBC statement said. However, it will take a couple of more months before the ﬁnal rate of the haircut is known. “I do not believe we will have anything speciﬁc to say concerning the percentage before June 30,” the CBC spokeswoman said. “All sides’ efforts are to limit the rate that affects uninsured deposits.” In return for €10 billion in international aid, Cyprus’ banking sector has been left in tatters by a raid on deposits over 100,000 euros, known as a “bail-in”. The Eurogroup decision also provided for the resolution of the island secondbiggest bank, Laiki. Universal Life, one of the biggest insurance companies, said the haircut will have little effect on its investment funds. The losses will not exceed 0.1 per cent, the company said, adding that it will cover the cost through its own capital. “Through the effective dispersion of the investment risks, Universal Life has succeeded in protecting its investment funds and policyholders from the effects of the uncertainty and the economic crisis that hit Cyprus,” the company said.

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Sufi mystic celebrates 93rd birthday TURKISH CYPRIOT Suﬁ mystic Sheikh Nazim Kibrisli celebrated his 93rd birthday in Lefka in the north on Sunday. According to Turkish Cypriot paper Havadis, he celebrated with his family and followers from Cyprus and abroad at his dergah (religious commune), attracting many to the normally quiet village of Lefka in the foothills of the Troodos mountains.

FOLLOWERS Nazim leads the Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Islamic order that boasts hundreds of thousands of followers worldwide. He claims to be the direct descendent of the 11th century Sufi saint Abdul Qadir Jilani and 13th century mystical poet Jalauddin Rumi. Last February, doctors were reportedly called to the commune, after an embolism in one of his lungs caused the Sheikh breathing difficulties. Despite his international appeal, Nazim has been widely shunned by the staunchly secular Turkish Cypriot community. Since the 1950s he has been barred from preaching in mosques in Cyprus. However, to his international audience he is revered as a saint. It is unclear who will succeed him as leader of the Naqshbandi order.

Despite the fall in numbers, 821,000 Britons still visited Cyprus last year

CTO hopes to shrink drop in British tourists Cyprus most popular with those aged 45 and over By Stefanos Evripidou BRITISH arrivals to Cyprus were down by around 12 per cent last year, according to data collected by the British National Statistics Ofﬁce. Total visitors from Britain to Cyprus last year amounted to 821,000, down from 934,000 in 2011, having a total of 9.4 million overnight stays in the country and spending £558 million (€652 million). The ﬁgure puts Cyprus as the 11th most popular destination for Britons in Europe, while Spain, France and Ireland held the top three positions. The number of British visitors to Greece in 2012 came to 1,824,000, making Greece the 8th most popular European destination. Cyprus was slightly more popular among British males last year, with 425,000 visiting the sunny island of Aphrodite, compared with 396,000 women. The island proved most popular among the 45-54 age group

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(representing 180,000 visitors) and 55-64 age group (156,000). From the total number of visitors from Britain, 722,000 chose Cyprus as a holiday destination, counting in total for 8.3 million overnight stays in tourist accommodation, and spending £513 million (€599m). More than half, 401,000 visitors, spent their holidays taking advantage of all-inclusive tourist packages. The average stay for British visitors was 12 nights, spending on average £59 (€69) a day, or £680 (€794) in total. From the remainder, 16,000 visited the country for professional reasons, spending over 118,000 nights and £10m (€12m), Another 77,000 came to visit friends or relatives, spending 937,000 nights in total and £25m (€29m), and 5,000 came for various other reasons, spending £9m (€11m). Visits from Cyprus to Britain came to 111,000 last year, with Cypriot visitors racking up 1.43m overnight

stays while spending a total of £94m (€110m). The average stay in Britain came to 13 nights a visitor who spent on average £66 (€77) a day. Meanwhile, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) director general Marios Hannides yesterday said he expected to see an overall increase in tourist arrivals in 2013, despite predicting a further drop in British arrivals this year by around three to four per cent. In statements to the Cyprus News Agency, Hannides said so far, no cancellations have been made on tourist packages during the last month as a result of the economic crisis in Cyprus. “We had no problem with cancellations. No cancellations have been made and our prediction is that we will have more tourists in Cyprus this year, compared to last year,” he said. Hannides noted that lowcost carrier EasyJet has already recorded an increase of 14,000 passengers from Britain to Cyprus for the summer period.

While arrivals from the British market dropped in 2012 by 10-12 per cent, the CTO expects this to be contained to around three to four per cent this year. Last year’s ﬁgures when compared to previous years also showed that the Russian market marked the biggest increase in tourist arrivals to Cyprus, said the CTO director. On government plans to issue a licence for casinos, Hannides said in the next few days, the CTO will invite a company to update the existing study on the operation of casinos in Cyprus. “This study will put a ﬁgure on the number of casinos that will be licensed in Cyprus,” he said, adding that the decision foresees the establishment of resort casinos. Finally, Hannides said the CTO awaits an answer from the Ministry of Communication and Works on the request for a decrease in landing charges at Hermes Airports at Larnaca and Paphos.

A 23-YEAR-OLD woman was injured after a homemade bomb was set off at the main entrance to the house where she and her 29-year-old husband live. The explosion occurred at 1.30am yesterday in Limassol, while the husband and wife were sitting in the living room of the house, resulting in the 23-year-old suffering head and hand injuries. According to police, the powerful explosion was the result of an improvised explosive device placed at the front door of the house. The 23-year-old was rushed to Limassol hospital where she was kept in for treatment on a small head wound and examined following complaints of hand pains

Reduced water supply in Larnaca THE LARNACA Water Board yesterday announced that water supply from government projects to the board will be reduced from today until Thursday due to planned works by the Water Development Department on the southern pipeline. According to an announcement, the Board will make every effort to maintain continuous ﬂows of water to its customers though they are warned to be particularly cautious in their consumption to avoid the need for water cuts

Bakery robbed A MAN robbed a bakery at knifepoint in the early hours of yesterday morning, making off with €150 in cash. The man, with his face covered, walked into the bakery in Nicosia at 2.40am and threatened the employee with a knife. After taking the €150, he ran off. Police arrived on the scene soon after. to collect any possible evidence.

Significant increase in public debt CYPRUS’ public debt showed a significant increase in 2012, according to data released yesterday by Eurostat. Government debt amounted in 2012 to €15.350bn or 85.8 per cent of GDP. In 2011 the public debt was €12.778bn or 71.1 per cent of GDP, making it the second largest annual increase in eurozone debt after that of Spain. Most countries overshot the Maastricht public debt limit of 60 per cent of GDP last year, with Greece, Italy, Portugal and Ireland being the foremost culprits. Germany posted a debt ratio of 81.9 per cent. Cyprus was also among 11 countries that failed to meet the Maastricht deficit ceiling of 3.0 per cent, posting a deficit of €1.127bn or 6.3 per cent of GDP. In 2012 the island’s total GDP stood at €17.887bn, compared with €17.979bn recorded in 2011. Revenues last year increased slightly to 40.0 per cent of GDP from 39.7 per cent in 2011. Public spending reached 46.3 per cent of GDP, while in

2011 it had fluctuated at 46 per cent of GDP. In its scenario from February, the European Commission had estimated a slightly lower eurozone deficit of 3.5 per cent for 2012 before France overshot its target by 0.3 points. Despite mounting criticism against austerity, the EU’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn defended the strategy at the weekend IMF summit. “We remain convinced that there is no viable alternative to consolidation, as its absence could lead to even more negative consequences,” Rehn argued. Still, austerity should be conducted “in a growth-friendly manner”, he said. “This means that the speed of consolidation has to be differentiated across countries according to their fiscal space.” The Commission’s projections for eurozone debt foresee a further rise this year to 95.1 per cent of GDP and next year to 95.2 per cent.

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Work schemes to focus on tourism and graduates The ministry hopes to get jobs for up to 6,000 unemployed in the hotel industry By Poly Pantelides UP TO 8,000 unemployed people could ďŹ nd a job via three government schemes aiming to â&#x20AC;&#x153;aggressivelyâ&#x20AC;? reduce the jobless rate, the labour minister said yesterday. Most of them are due to be employed by hotels choosing to participate in a subsidised wage scheme for long-term residents, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou told the House Labour Committee. She was brieďŹ ng deputies on her ministryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in economy-supporting measures announced last Friday by President Nicos Anastasiades. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our latest data show that there are about 60,000 registered unemployed people in Cyprus,â&#x20AC;? Emilianidou said. She said that the ministry was using existing budgets as part of an overall plan to â&#x20AC;&#x153;aggressively reduce unemploymentâ&#x20AC;?. The legal framework is already in place, and the labour ministry plans to streamline the measures as soon as possible, Emilianidou said. The ministry hopes to get jobs for 6,000 jobless people in the hotel industry. Anyone who has been a permanent resident of Cyprus for ďŹ ve consecutive years is eligible to apply. The government will subsidise 40 per cent of gross salaries for the duration of eight months as long as a hotel hires said worker for a year, and will pay 30 per cent of the salary for ďŹ ve months for any worker who gets hired for a total of seven months, Emilianidou said. Shareholders in the employing company and ďŹ rst- and second-degree relatives are excluded as are any hotels that ďŹ red people after Friday, when Anastasiades an-

nounced the measure, Emilianidou said. Another scheme relates to subsidising for 8 months a total of 65 per cent of the gross salary of about 1,000 unemployed willing to work part-time or else from home. Employers will be required to pay salaries in full for an additional two months. The scheme is an expansion of an existing one for women and the elderly, Emilianidou said. Finally, about 1,000 university graduates will be able to gain work experience in their ďŹ eld for six months in the private or state sector. They will get a monthly allowance of â&#x201A;Ź500, and will get travel expenses and social insurance covered. Employers are not obliged to pay any additional wages. On average, 80 per cent of the â&#x201A;Ź27 million set aside for the three measures hails from EU funds, although this may vary depending on how much funding each separate project ends up getting, a labour ministry ofďŹ cial said. Most of the money some â&#x201A;Ź20 million - has been set aside for the tourist industry. Meanwhile, the government is introducing a strike system for the unemployed, who will no longer be eligible to unemployment beneďŹ ts if they turn down two consecutive job offers relevant to their skills, Emilianidou said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Allowances should not act as a disincentive to ďŹ nding employment,â&#x20AC;? she said. Emilianidou said that the government was also mulling over measures to target illegal and undeclared employment. And asylum seekers should expect to get lower allowances and coupons in lieu of some ďŹ nancial beneďŹ ts, Emilianidou said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cyprus must stop being a migrantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; haven,â&#x20AC;? Emilianidou said, echoing Anastasiadesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; statement from last week.

The numbers of unemployed now stand at around 60,000 people

Unions complain of non-Cypriot hiring bias UNIONS said yesterday hotel owners were hiring workers from elsewhere in the European Union, accusing them of failing to take care of their own. As the government is launching measures to encourage hotels to hire residents in Cyprus, hotels are hiring â&#x20AC;&#x153;Europeans,â&#x20AC;? union SEKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Miltos Miltiadou said referring to non-Cypriot EU citizens. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an uncontrolled number of Europeans,â&#x20AC;? he said adding that he knew of at least one Paphos-based hotel that had recently hired 30 nonCypriots. Under European Union laws, citizens of any EU member-state may ďŹ nd employment elsewhere in the bloc. But as unemployment continues rising in Cyprus, the government has introduced a scheme to alleviate problems

in the tourist industry. Although the scheme is theoretically neutral to Cypriots and other EU countriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; natives, only permanent residents in Cyprus for ďŹ ve consecutive years qualify for the government measure - a move which limits inclusion for nonCypriots. And President Nicos Anastasiades previously appealed to hotel owners to hire unemployed Cypriots in the sector. Unions were not yesterday satisďŹ ed enough was done to exclude other EU-citizens, complaining that checks would be difďŹ cult and hotels found it more proďŹ table â&#x20AC;&#x153;to hire Europeans,â&#x20AC;? PEOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lefteris Georgiades said. The head of the hotelsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; association Haris Loizides said that already many hotels were cancelling â&#x20AC;&#x153;signiďŹ cant agreementsâ&#x20AC;? to hire other EU workers.

Paralimni community market forced to expand A NEW community market was opened in the Famagusta district on Sunday to replace the old one which had become too small for the growing needs of the public. The new building, located behind the Ayios Giorgos Square in Paralimni, was opened by the Bishop of Constantia Vasilios and Paralimni mayor Theodoros

Pyrillis, and was donated to the church by the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, Anastasis Pyrillis in honour of two of his children, Adamos and Chrystalla, who died. Vasilios said that at least 500 families resort to the Bishopric to secure their basic supplies. He said that ten pupils in every school do not have the money to buy a sandwich and a drink,

adding that the Bishopric provides that amount to each school to help the children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He who shows mercy to the poor acts as if he is providing a loan to God, only the loan we give to God is secured. It is not like the bad loans unfortunately given by the banks which led us to this situation,â&#x20AC;? said the bishop.

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Cyprus was a guinea pig to test new bailout theory ‘In the short term people need hope and activity’ (Continued from front page) a one-off, but suspicion continues to grow that future bailouts may follow similar lines. Slovenia is believed to be next in line to need a bailout, and there are already other EU memberstates in ﬁnancial trouble, such as Italy and Spain. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday in Berlin that eurozone members must be prepared to cede control over some policy areas in order to overcome the debt crisis. “We need to be ready to accept that Europe has the last word in certain areas. Otherwise, we won’t be able to continue to build Europe,” Merkel said at a Deutsche Bank event. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk who was also present at the event said that it would be “dangerous” if the impression was given that Germany was imposing its own economic model, which Merkel denied. And the European Council’s head, Herman Van Rompuy, said in Brussels that Cyprus had demonstrated the need “to break the vicious circle between sovereigns and banks that has haunted us since the beginning of the crisis.” “We are working on this next phase already, with Commission proposals for a single resolution mechanism. We can’t afford to

Parliamentary heads from EU countries attending the conference in Nicosia yesterday have a half-built system,” he said. “Single supervision and single resolution go together, you can’t have one without the other. We can build both within our current treaty. Which is good, since we do not have the luxury of time,” Rompuy said. “The broader work towards a genuine Economic and Monetary Union must continue,” he said at the Brussels Think Tank Dialogue. But Anastasiades yesterday called for the princi-

ple of solidarity to be safeguarded for all “irrespective of their size and economic strength”. He said that inter-parliamentary co-operation between national legislatures and the European parliament could lessen “the EU’s democratic deﬁcit”. Following the decision to raid deposits in the island’s two biggest banks - resolving the one and restructuring the other in the process - the government was now “wholly devoted to alleviate, to the greatest extent possible” the impact for those

affected, the economy and the banking system, Anastasiades said. Head of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, who attended the Nicosia conference, said he would do what he could to help Cyprus and try to ﬁnd a way to help small and mediumsized enterprises. He said that he would propose a European Investment Bank programme to fund smaller businesses “This is a difﬁcult situation but there are solutions,” he said. What is urgently needed is

(Christos Theodorides) to relaunch economic activity, Shulz said. “We can debate the restructuring of the banking system and about long term projects but in the short term people need hope and activity,” he added. “I just walked in Makarios Avenue and the biggest problem is that people have no trust in their own future,” Schulz said, referring to the Nicosia street which was once the capital’s main shopping centre. In recent years, many of the shops have been forced to close down.

Omirou lashes out at ‘malicious’ decision HOUSE President Yiannakis Omirou denounced yesterday the “malicious and slanderous aggression” against Cyprus’ fiscal and financial system in the period leading up to the Eurogroup decision on a bailout programme for Cyprus. Addressing the opening of the Conference of Speakers of EU Parliaments that is being held at the Filoxenia Conference Centre in Nicosia, Omirou criticised his European colleagues yesterday for failing to show solidarity with Cyprus. “Unilateral policies, pursued by the troika, in the name of recovery and sustainability of European economies, run counter to the very strategy of Europe 2020 while the monolithic austerity measures imposed further deepen recession,” he said. “The vicious circle of recession leads to continuous increases in debt, economic and financial paralysis and, above all, to a perspective with no future.” He said Cyprus was experiencing the dramatic consequences of the economic crisis due largely to the European Council’s decision of October 2011 for a write down on Greek debt but which made no provision for the heavily exposed Cypriot banks. Omirou added that the unprecedented decision of the Eurogroup for a haircut on deposits in Cyprus constitutes a flagrant violation of the inalienable human right to property and is deemed to have a negative multiplying impact on the entire EU, as it tramples upon the human rights of all European citizens.

Short shrift for study claiming that Cypriots are richer than Germans By Maria Gregoriou A EUROPEAN report on household assets and liabilities in various countries, which shows Cypriots as the second-wealthiest among 15 euro area countries between 2008 and 2011, has been knocked by economists. The Eurosystem household ﬁnance and consumption survey (HFCS) carried out by the European Central Bank (ECB) covers more than 62,000 households across the 15 countries. The sample sizes in each country were between 340 and 15,000 households. The survey was carried out between the end of 2008 and the middle of 2011 and was published this week. The survey shows that Luxemburg’s households were the wealthiest with an average of €397,800 net wealth in 2010. Cypriot households came next with €266,900. In the middle of the spectrum were Italian households with €173,000 and French households with €115,800. Slovakian and German households were last with €61,200 and €51,400 re-

spectively. In terms of household liabilities, the survey showed the Dutch as having the highest average value of mortgage debt of €89,100, just in front of Luxembourg with €73,400 and Cyprus with €60,200. The last countries on the list were Germany with €12,600, Slovenia with €4,300 and Slovakia with €3,200. In response to the survey, an article by Jose Javier Olivas, an LSE fellow and editor at Euro Crisis in the Press and Stefan Bauchowitz, a researcher at the department of international development at the LSE said: “At the height of the Cyprus bailout crisis, the German Central Bank, the Bundesbank, has introduced into the public discourse the notion that Southern Europeans are richer than Germans. In the current context this manoeuvre is rather reckless as it fuels some already signiﬁcant and growing discords.” They said the study is not suitable to establish meaningful cross-national comparisons and that the comparison of household wealth “amounts to a comparison of apples

and oranges.” “The survey uses wealth to compare countries and this is a terrible way as in economics we do not use wealth to compare people, we use income. Wealth has to do with how you spend your life, what the government does or does not offer you and how easy it is to borrow money,” Cypriot economist Alex Apostolides said. “Even if what they survey is true, it only proves that Germans prefer to spend their money while Cypriots prefer to save and buy assets. It is within our culture to buy a house and not rent,” he added. “Cypriots accumulate assets so that in the event of a tragedy, they can have something to sell or use as collateral.” To view the Euro Crisis in the article to http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/ Press eurocrisispress/2013/04/07/selective-truthsand- spanish-riches -the -bundesbanks study-on-household-wealth-2/. To view the Financial Times article go to http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/04/10/1454022/ whos-the-eurozones-poorest-really/

Cypriots are far more likely than Germans to own a house, but it’s no gauge of wealth

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Crisis probe will ‘criminalise’ politics: AKEL New bills will regulate MPs and presidents By Elias Hazou AN INQUIRY probing the causes behind the economic debacle is but a thinly-disguised political witch hunt, opposition AKEL charged yesterday. Party leader Andros Kyprianou hinted the committee of inquiry is in reality a vehicle for the DISY government to lay the blame on the previous AKEL administration. Arguing that the panel’s mandate is too broad and vague, Kyprianou voiced concern that it would end up criminalising politics. “One should not be prosecuted for their political positions or views,” he said. “Should they open this Pandora’s Box, then it will become possible for any previous government to be persecuted by the next government for its political decisions,” added Kyprianou. This, he cautioned, would prove “disastrous” for political life in Cyprus. The AKEL chief was reacting to remarks by the justice minister, who earlier said that politicians must not be immune to prosecution. The minister had also revealed that a number of bills are in the pipeline regulating the responsibility of members of parliament and of the president. Through his actions and statements, the justice minister was seeking to manipulate the ongoing inquiry, Kyprianou said. That being said, he hastened to add, neither politicians nor state ofﬁcials should enjoy total immunity. Later in the day, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou denied the government has the committee of inquiry on a leash. The European Party accused AKEL in turn

of seeking to put political pressure on the inquiry. “Through pre-emptive tactics, AKEL intends to limit the scope of the investigation,” party spokesman Michalis Giorgallas said. “It’s clear that AKEL is worried that the investigation shall show up the huge responsibilities of the Christofias administration for the sorry state of the economy. Talk of criminalising political life is nothing more than a pretext,” Giorgallas added. The committee began its hearings earlier this month. Critics point to an inherent weakness, in that the probe’s findings are not binding. However, material gathered through testimony and documents could subsequently be used as a tool by the attorney-general to initiate legal proceedings. The three-man panel is called to look into all acts, omissions, events, conditions, or a combination thereof, which led to the current state of the economy, the banking system as a whole and of each individual bank, as well as the events and decisions made on the basis of which specific actions or omissions led to the current state of the economy. It will investigate issues ranging from the withdrawal of HSBC bank from Laiki (Popular) Bank back in 2006, the purchase of Greek bonds by Cypriot banks, the period before the decision of an EU Summit for the restructuring of the Greek public debt, the commissioning of US investment consultancy firm Pimco to carry out a due diligence review in the Cypriot banking sector, as well as the conditions under which the Central Bank of Cyprus agreed to the provision of Emergency Liquidity Assistance by the European Central Bank to the Cypriot banks.

Full steam ahead for Vasilikos energy centre and LNG plant By Elias Hazou PRELIMINARY designs for an energy centre at Vasilikos are nearing completion, an energy official has said. Solon Kasinis, executive director with the Cyprus National Hydrocarbons Company (CNHC), told the state broadcaster that studies on the centre’s technical specifications should be ready by next month. The government is meanwhile looking for a strategic investor to undertake construction of the energy centre. Once the technical designs are done, Kasinis said, authorities will invite expressions of interest for the project and at the same time begin probing potential long-term buyers for Cypriot gas. The jewel in the crown of the planned energy centre will be a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant which will initially utilise natural gas from Cyprus’ fields and later perhaps from other eastern Mediterranean reserves to produce LNG for export to Europe and possibly to other international markets via LNG carriers. One option for Cyprus - once its gas reserves are proved - might be to put up any sales contracts as collateral to secure loans for financing the LNG plant.

Kasinis said US firm Noble Energy as well as Italy’s ENI and French oil giants Total have been sounded out on co-financing the LNG plant. The three companies have drilling concessions on offshore prospects in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone. The decision to construct the energy centre that will also house a fuel terminal was taken in 2004 with the basic plan completed two years later. In 2003 the government decided to close a fuel refinery located in Dhekelia, which according to the trade minister at the time, would act as a fuel import terminal until a new energy centre at Vasilikos was completed by 2008. The government’s pledge at the time was to move the terminal by 2010. Apart from the old refinery installation, the area is also home to storage tanks belonging to fuel companies. These would also have to move. A private company, VTT, is already constructing a terminal at Vasilikos, which is expected to be completed in the first half of 2014. Energy and trade minister George Lakkotrypis said recently that Cyprus wants to sign a letter of intent with Israel’s Delek Group and Noble Energy for the construction of the multibillion-euro LNG facility.

Summer opening hours for banks from May 1 The Banks’ Association yesterday announced that the summer timetable for banks will start from May 1 until September 30 this year. During this period banks will be open, assuming no further radical developments in the

banking sector, from Monday to Friday from 8.15am to 1.30pm. Strict implementation of this timetable is necessary for the smooth functioning of the banking sector’s operations, said the statement.

Inquiry could open a Pandora’s Box: AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou

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Search for missing April called off

The search for missing schoolgirl April Jones has been ofﬁcially called off, police said yesterday

THE search for missing schoolgirl April Jones has been officially called off, police said yesterday. The five-year old was last seen playing on her bike on Machynlleth’s Bryn-y-Gog estate, where she lived, on the evening of October 1 last year. Her disappearance sparked an outpouring of support for April’s parents, with hundreds of people joining the search for their daughter and offering assistance. Dyfed Powys Police yesterday announced that the exhaustive search operation had drawn to a close. Less than a week after she vanished, detectives charged 47-year-old local man Mark Bridger with child abduction, perverting the course of justice and murder. He is due to stand trial next week at Mold Crown Court. Although officers had given up hope of finding the youngster alive, specialist teams continued to search the sprawling countryside close around her home-

town. But last week, April’s parents Coral and Paul were delivered the heartbreaking news that they may never get to say goodbye to their little girl. A Dyfed-Powys Police spokesman said: “Since the beginning of October specialist officers from Dyfed-Powys Police along with other forces from across the UK have been searching the area in and around Machynlleth for five-year-old April Jones. “The search areas identified during the course of the investigation were completed on Friday April 19. “In addition, a reactive team of specialist officers are available to respond to any new information that is received.” Police began their hunt for April on October 1, amid reports that she was seen getting into a mystery vehicle near her home. Her disappearance prompted one of the biggest search operations in British police history and saw specialist teams

from the length and breadth of the country pitch in to help. As well as combing some of the inhospitable rural terrain around Machynlleth, police divers used the latest in sonar equipment around the River Dovey area. Just over four days after April was last seen alive, Detective Superintendent Reg Bevan then appeared before the media to admit that he was now leading a murder investigation. However, despite officers’ worst fears over the youngster’s well-being they ploughed on with their search. Since last year, there have been 17 search teams working on a weekly basis. The operation covered an area of 60 kilometres square, including more than 300 “specific search areas”. The terrain officers encountered included mountains, gorges, streams and waterfalls. Dyfed Powys had promised to carry on the hunt until “all viable lines of inquiry were complete”.

News Corp to receive $139m in settlement

Fallen ex energy secretary could face £100k legal bill

NEWS Corp will receive $139 million worth of insurance proceeds in a rare cash settlement that resolves a lawsuit by shareholders alleging the board failed to investigate the company’s phone hacking scandal. The $139 million, which will be paid by the liability insurance for the board members, is the largest cash settlement in such a derivative case, according to one of the plaintiff’s attorneys. In a derivative lawsuit, shareholders seek to step into the shoes of the company and hold board members and ofﬁcers responsible for harm caused to the corporation. The cases often settle for changes to corporate governance, and as is the case with News Corp, any payment goes to the company, with shareholders beneﬁting indirectly. The original lawsuit, brought by plaintiffs including the labor union-owned Amalgamated Bank and the New Orleans Employees’ Retirement System, accused the board of refusing to investigate alleged phone hacking because the directors were more interested in protecting the interests of the Murdoch family. Rupert Murdoch, who is chairman and CEO of News Corp, controls the company. His sons, Lachlan and James, sit on the News Corp board. Since the breadth of the phone-hacking and bribery scandal in Great Britain came to light in 2009, scores of News Corp employees have been arrested and one of its most popular tabloids News of the World was shuttered. The lawsuit also alleged that Murdoch used News Corp funds for political donations to advance his conservative political agenda, which the plaintiffs said showed the board lacked independence and could run afoul of election laws. As part of the deal, News Corp said it would adopt enhanced corporate governance procedures - including a policy to disclose to its shareholders political contributions made directly by the company.

Huhne’s legal team has offered £25,000 By Ellen Branagh and Margaret Davis DISGRACED former energy secretary Chris Huhne is facing a claim for more than £100,000 in prosecution costs, a court heard yesterday. A judge is yet to decide how much the ex-politician should pay for his points-swapping case, but a costs hearing at Southwark Crown Court yesterday heard his legal team has offered £25,000. Huhne, who is serving an eight-month prison sentence for perverting the course of justice, appeared at yesterday’s hearing from prison, supported in the public gallery, by his father and partner Carina Trimingham. He and his former wife Vicky Pryce were both jailed last month after it emerged that she had taken speeding points on his behalf a decade earlier. Prosecutors are claiming a total of £108,541.15 from Huhne, who pleaded guilty in February after months of pro-

Chris Huhne and former wife Vicky Pryce were both jailed last month after it emerged that she had taken speeding points on his behalf a decade earlier tracted attempts to get the case against him thrown out. Yesterday the court heard that Huhne’s legal team has offered to pay £25,000 towards the case. Prosecutor Andrew Edis QC said that the six-ﬁgure claim

was “just and reasonable”. He told the court: “All of this occurred because Huhne decided to do everything he could to try and get away with what he had done and gave in only at the last minute when defeat was inevitable.

“This was essentially predominantly caused by Mr Huhne’s decision to make two applications - ﬁrst to apply to dismiss on the grounds of insufﬁciency of evidence and secondly to apply to stay the proceedings as an abuse

of process.” He said an “enormous amount of work” was done by the Crown Prosecution Service, counsel, and the police because of Huhne’s assertions. Huhne’s barrister John Kelsey-Fry QC said it was “simply unjust and unreasonable” to expect Huhne to pay what he described as “every single possible penny that anybody could think of”. “In our view, a reasonable, indeed arguably generous, but reasonable ﬁgure which we would have been prepared to offer had the door not been closed on the day of sentence, would be £25,000.” The CPS is seeking a total of £48,695.56 from Pryce, 60, the court heard, who was found guilty after a re-trial. Her legal team are in the process of agreeing how much the economist, who did not attend court yesterday, should be liable to pay. The amounts could increase slightly to include the cost of yesterday’s hearing. Mr Justice Sweeney is expected to make a ruling in the case next week. Huhne and Pryce are expected to be released from prison next month, after serving around two months of their eight-month sentences. Pryce’s solicitor Robert Brown said they expected her to be released on an electronic tag some time in mid-May, although no speciﬁc date has been set.

Prime Minister and Met chief honour murdered teen Lawrence PRIME Minister David Cameron and Britain’s most senior police ofﬁcer were among the guests yesterday at a memorial service for murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence. The 18-year-old died when he was attacked by a gang of racists as he waited for a bus in Eltham, south east London on April 22, 1993. Yesterday, 20 years to the day since his death, his mother Doreen was joined by friends, relatives and supporters of the charitable trust that she set up in her son’s name at St Martin-in-the-Fields church near Trafalgar Square in central London.

She told the congregation: “I’ve always tried to look forward and to focus on the positive since Stephen’s murder, and looked to see how I can make the lives of others better. “The pain of losing someone never goes away, you just learn to live with it at cost.” A number of other senior political ﬁgures including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Labour leader Ed Miliband and Home Secretary Theresa May were present too. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe also attended the service, the theme of which was “build-

ing for the future”. It took 19 years for any of the aspiring architect’s killers to be brought to justice - David Norris and Gary Dobson were jailed early last year, but the remaining three or four have never been convicted. Cameron told BBC News yesterday: “A change obviously has taken place since that dreadful murder 20 years ago, a change in policing. “But perhaps as important is the change in culture, of just not accepting racism in our country. “We have made huge steps forward on that front, but there is always more that needs to be done.”

An undated handout photo of Stephen Lawrence

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Europe EUROPE TODAY Shooting threat DOZENS of schools in the Netherlands were closed yesterday and thousands of students stayed at home after an anonymous poster on social media threatened a shooting spree, police said. Police have detained a former student of the British School in the Netherlands in Leiden on suspicion of making the threat, national broadcaster NOS said. The poster said he or she intended to “shoot my Dutch teacher and as many students as I can” in a school in Leiden. “The municipality, police and public prosecutors take the case very seriously. It was decided to close all (local) schools above elementary level,” a police statement said. The posting also showed a picture of a pistol. Ofﬁcials in Leiden and at the British School could not be reached for comment.

Russia killing A MAN shot dead six people, including two schoolgirls, after robbing a hunting shop in the western Russian city of Belgorod yesterday, local ofﬁcials said. Police said their main suspect was a former convict in his thirties, adding the attacker had ﬂed in a car. Amateur footage posted online showed corpses lying covered on the pavement of the city’s main street, indicating that he had shot at least some of his victims as he escaped.

Tough address ITALIAN President Giorgio Napolitano, in a tough address to the country’s squabbling political parties, said yesterday they must agree to form a government without delay. In his inaugural address to parliament after an unprecedented presidential re-election, the 87-year-old head of state repeatedly attacked the parties for their endless conﬂict and failure to reach agreement since an election in February. He told the MPs only a broad coalition was possible in the current circumstances and they must swiftly form an administration capable of winning conﬁdence votes in both houses of parliament.

‘EU should open membership talks with Serbia’ Talks could spur Serbia reform, lure investors By Justyna Pawlak THE European Union should start membership talks with Serbia, the bloc’s executive arm recommended yesterday, the last big hurdle the former pariah state had to pass before the EU’s 27 governments rule on opening the negotiations in June. Accession talks with Serbia could begin within the year, providing Belgrade makes progress with an historic accord struck last week to resolve relations with its former province of Kosovo. The process would help drive reform in the largest country to emerge from federal Yugoslavia, luring investors to its ailing economy. EU governments will rule on the European Commission recommendation in late June, a few days before the bloc takes in Croatia, Serbia’s

neighbour and foe during the wars that led to the collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

KEY CONDITION MET In its recommendation, the European Commission said Belgrade had met a key condition of visible and sustainable improvement in relations with Kosovo, which broke away from Serbia in a war in 1999 and declared independence with Western backing in 2008. Racing to clinch accession talks, Serbia last week agreed to cede its last foothold in Kosovo, in a pact aimed at ending the ethnic partition of the young country between its Albanian majority and a pocket of some 50,000 Serbs in the north. The north Kosovo Serbs have threatened to resist integration with the rest of Kosovo, in a region bristling with weapons and deep animosity.

‘Euro members must be ready to cede sovereignty’ GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday that eurozone members must be prepared to cede control over certain policy domains to European institutions if the bloc is truly to overcome its debt crisis and win back foreign investors. Speaking at an event hosted by Deutsche Bank in Berlin alongside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Merkel also defended her approach to the crisis against critics who argue she has put too much emphasis on austerity, saying Europe must find a way to deliver both growth and solid finances. The comments came two months before European leaders are due to gather in Brussels to discuss moving towards a so-called “fiscal union”. Expectations are low, in part because an easing of the crisis has reduced pressure on leaders to produce a big leap forward in integration, but also due to differences between Germany and its partners, notably France, over the next steps. “We seem to find common solutions when we are staring over the abyss,” Merkel said. “But as soon as the pressure

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk eases, people say they want to go their own way. “We need to be ready to accept that Europe has the last word in certain areas. Otherwise we won’t be able to continue to build Europe,” she added. Tusk said it would be “dangerous” if other countries in Europe felt Germany was imposing its own economic model across the entire bloc. But Merkel denied that, saying Europe was made up of different cultures and economies with different strengths. The key she said, was for Europe to orient itself towards best practices.

Abducted gangland boss daughter freed THE 11-year-old daughter of a convicted Bulgarian gangland boss has been freed, seven weeks after being kidnapped on the way to school in the ﬁrst abduction in the Balkan country since 2009, police said yesterday. Six years after joining the European Union, Bulgaria’s justice system remains under special monitoring by Brussels, which has repeatedly criticised Soﬁa for failing to im-

pose the rule of law and crack down on corruption and organised crime. Lara - the daughter of Evelin Banev, who is serving a jail sentence for laundering proﬁts from drug deals - was left near a police station in central Soﬁa late on Sunday and was in good health, police said in a statement. They declined to give a reason for release, though local media reported that a ransom of 500,000 euros ($654,000) had been paid to kidnappers.

Some 5,000 Serbs protested in the divided Kosovo town of Mitrovica on Monday. But Western diplomats still want to see progress on the issue before June. “Implementation will not be entirely easy, but I think the Rubicon has been crossed,” said Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, a former United Nations and EU envoy in the region. “There is no way back,” he said. Serbia’s refusal to come to terms with the loss of its southern province has held back domestic reform, fuelled instability and slowed investment in arguably the most promising economy in the former Yugoslavia. Last week’s deal represents a sharp reversal of ofﬁcial Serbian policy, as the coalition government seeks the economic boost of closer EU ties. The Serbian government endorsed the plan yesterday

People wave ﬂags during a protest against the accord on the normalisation of relations between Serbia and Kosovo, yesterday in Belgrade (AFP) morning, following Kosovo’s parliament late on Sunday. Serbs considers Kosovo the cradle of their nation and Orthodox Christian faith, but Belgrade lost control over the territory in 1999, when NATO carried out 11 weeks of air strikes to halt the killing and expulsion of Albanian civilians by Serbian forces waging a counter-insurgency campaign. Kosovo has been recognised

by more than 90 countries, including the United States and 22 of the EU’s 27 members. Serbia says it will never recognise Kosovo as sovereign, but last week agreed to cede its fragile control over the north Kosovo Serbs to the Kosovo authorities in Pristina, in exchange for limited autonomous powers. Serbia also pledged not to obstruct Kosovo’s path to eventual EU membership.

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India child rape case sees second man arrested INDIAN police arrested a second man yesterday in connection with the rape and torture of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, but that was not enough to halt protests at perceived police incompetence and corruption. Neighbours say the child was abducted last week in an alley outside her home in a cramped lower middle-class neighbourhood and kept captive by two men in the basement of the same building. They say they found her two days later after hearing her cries. A video showing a senior police officer slapping a young woman protester has fuelled outrage, along with an allegation by the family that the officers offered them a 2,000 rupee ($37) bribe to hush up the case - delaying the search for the girl by several hours. In his first news conference about the rape, Delhi police chief Neeraj Kumar resisted growing demands for his resignation. He said he had suspended the policeman caught on camera, along with two senior officers at the police station in question. He also offered to take the entire staff of the police station to the hospital for an ID parade in relation to the bribe allegations.

He defended his record, saying rape was hard to prevent because it was commonly committed by family members. “Is it humanly possible for a policeman to prevent a case like this in which a neighbour lures a girl who is playing to his room and commits a crime?” he said. “Is it possible to prevent it?” The ﬁve-year-old girl’s name has not been revealed, but media have nicknamed her “Gudiya”, or doll. She has undergone surgery and was in stable condition yesterday, a doctor at the hospital where she is being treated told reporters. The public anger echoes the response to the gang rape of a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist on a bus on December. 16. She later died of her injuries. That attack brought thousands on to the streets in protest and put the issue of gender violence ﬁrmly on the national political agenda a year before elections. Protests have been smaller this time and spearheaded by the populist Aam Aadmi Party. Demonstrators, who scaled barricades near parliament yesterday, say they are angry authorities failed to prevent the attack.

Local residents search through rubble at their destroyed house near Longmen village yesterday after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Lushan, Sichuan Province on Saturday.

Hurt Boston suspect charged in hospital By Scott Malone

Supporters of India’s BJP opposition party shout slogans during a protest outside parliament in New Delhi yesterday

Canada thwarts plot to blow up US-Canada rail line CANADIAN security forces thwarted a plot to blow up a rail line between Canada and the United States, police and intelligence agencies said. US security and law enforcement sources also said the suspects had sought to attack the railroad between Toronto and New York City. Later yesterday Canadian police said they had charged two residents with an al Qaeda-linked plot to “carry out a terrorist attack” against a passenger train. The Royal Canadian Mountain Police named the two accused as Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser, from the Montreal and Toronto areas respectively “While the RCMP believed that these individuals had the capacity and intent to carry out these criminal acts, there was no imminent threat to the general public, rail employees, train passengers or infrastructure,” the police said in a statement. Canadian media said the two men had been arrested after raids in Toronto and Montreal, Canada’s two biggest cities. The police statement, said various Canadian security forces had conducted joint operations in the two cities. A US law enforcement source told Reuters the alleged plot was not linked with last week’s Boston Marathon bombings. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said the operations were conducted with the US Department of Homeland Security and the FBI. The arrests follow not only the Boston bombings but revelations that Canadians took part in an attack by militants on a gas plant in Algeria in January.

Clogged roads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers as they battled to ﬁnd survivors of the powerful quake in southwest China that has left at least 188 dead (AFP)

FEDERAL prosecutors charged badly wounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in his hospital bed yesterday with using a weapon of mass destruction, a charge that could result in the death penalty, ofﬁcials said. A court spokesman said a magistrate judge was present when Tsarnaev was charged at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, where Tsarnaev was listed in serious condition. “Although our investigation is ongoing, yesterday’s charges bring a successful end to a tragic week for the city of Boston, and for our country,” US Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement. Tsarnaev, 19, was also charged with malicious destruction of property resulting in death. Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen college student suspected of carrying out the attacks with his older brother, was unable to speak after he was captured with throat injuries sustained during shootouts with police. The fact that he was charged indicated the previously se-

Federal charges could result in the death penalty dated defendant was communicative because the magistrate judge would have to be satisﬁed he was aware of the proceedings. Police previously declined to comment on media reports he was communicating with authorities in writing. “There have been widely published reports that he is (communicating silently). I wouldn’t dispute that, but I don’t have any speciﬁc information on that myself,” Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis told CNN. “We’re very anxious to talk to him and the investigators will be doing that as soon as possible.” Around the time the announcement of charges was made, White House spokesman Jay Carney ruled out treating Tsarnaev, a naturalized US citizen, as an enemy combatant in the legal process. “We will prosecute this terrorist through our civilian system of justice. Under US law, United States citizens cannot

be tried in military commissions,” Carnet told a news briefing. Police captured Tsarnaev on Friday night to cap a violent week of blasts, shootouts, lockdowns and one of the largest manhunts in US history. His older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died after a gunfight with police early Friday morning. The city of Boston crawled back to normal yesterday, a week after twin bombs exploded at the crowded finish line of the city’s famous marathon road race, killing three people and wounding 176. Ten of the injured lost limbs. The crime scene around the blasts was still closed but was expected to reopen within a day or two. Signs declaring “Boston Strong” hung about the city. Memorial services were set yesterday for two of those killed in the bombings: Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager, and Chinese graduate student

Lingzi Lu. An eight-year-old boy, Martin Richard, was also killed. The city also planned to pause at 2.50pm (1850 GMT) to mark the moment a week ago when the two bombs made of pressure cookers and packed with nails and ball bearings tore through the crowd watching runners complete the Boston Marathon. In the days that followed, investigators examining thousands of images from surveillance video, media coverage and spectators taking pictures were able to pick out two men as suspects, later identiﬁed as the Tsarnaev brothers. On Tuesday, the day after the attack, the younger Tsarnaev was working out in the gym at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, listening to music on his iPod, when he struck up a conversation with fellow sophomore Zach Bettencourt. Bettencourt said he and Tsarnaev chatted about the bombings. “It’s crazy this is happening now,” Bettencourt recalled Tsarnaev telling him. “This (these bombings) is so easy to do. These tragedies happen all the time in Afghanistan and Iraq.”

Rod cooling halted by rats at crippled Japan nuclear plant Fukushima JAPAN’S crippled Fukushima nuclear plant halted cooling of a spent fuel pool at the site yesterday to remove two dead rats, the third time cooling equipment has gone ofﬂine in ﬁve weeks because of rodents.

Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) said it halted cooling of the No. 2 unit pool, which stores spent uranium fuel rods at the Fukushima Daiichi site, for a few hours to remove the rats and install a net to stop fur-

ther such intrusions. Last month, Tepco lost power to cool fuel rods for 29 hours, an outage blamed on a rat that had shorted a switchboard. Two weeks later, workers trying to install a net tripped the system again.

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Damascus suburb toll likely up to 500

Taliban capture helicopter party

AT least 109 people have been documented as killed and up to 400 more are likely to have died in an almost week-long offensive by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar alAssad on a rebellious Damascus suburb, opposition activists said. If the accounts are confirmed, the killings in the mainly Sunni Muslim suburb of Jdeidet al-Fadel would amount to one of bloodiest episodes of the two-year-old uprising against Assad. Many of the dead were civilians, the activists said. Syrian state media gave no death toll but confirmed the army had been fighting in Jdeidet al-Fadel. It said it had saved the town from what it described as criminal terrorist groups, killing and wounding an undisclosed number of them. On Sunday activists said at least 85 people had been killed and the toll might reach 250, but with the army beginning to pull back they said more accounts were emerging which suggest the final figure could be even higher. The activists, speaking from the area, 10 km (six miles) southwest of Damascus, said residents had buried some victims in the early stages of the five-day attack by elite forces and pro-Assad militias. More bodies are now being found burnt or summarily executed in buildings and streets. They said rebel brigades who numbered around 300 fighters withdrew two days ago, leaving Assad’s forces in total control. The working-class district is one of several Sunni Muslim towns surrounding the capital that have been at the forefront of the uprising.

THE Taliban said it had captured a group of foreigners on board a helicopter that came down in a volatile region of Afghanistan, though there were widely differing accounts of the nationalities of the passengers. The helicopter had to make an emergency landing in the eastern Logar province late on Sunday because of bad weather, a member of staff from its owner Khorasan Cargo Airlines said on condition of anonymity. “Mujahideen immediately surrounded the chopper, detained (the) foreigners aboard and completely destroyed the helicopter ... by setting it alight,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in an emailed statement yesterday. He said nine Americans wearing military uniforms and two translators were inside, though statements about security incidents from the militant group often prove to be inaccurate. Foreign officials gave a different account, saying most if not all of the passengers on the Russian-made Mi-8 helicopter were Turkish and at least one of the pilots was Russian. Turkey’s foreign ministry said the aircraft was carrying eight Turks and two pilots, a Russian and an Afghan. “We believe they are in good health and Turkish officials are in contact with Afghan officials over the issue,” said Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Levent Gumrukcu. Russia’s foreign ministry said the second pilot was from Kyrgyzstan and an Afghan was among the passengers.

Syrian rebels seen on the outskirts of Damascus

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel (right) and his Israeli counterpart Moshe Yaalon (left) look out of the window during a helicopter tour of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights yesterday

UN in talks about nuke negotiations with Iran By Yeganeh Torbati, Fredrik Dahl, Stephanie Nebehay and Zahra Hosseinian THE UN nuclear agency is talking with Iran to set a date for discussions on resuming an investigation there, it said yesterday, as Washington stressed the importance of diplomacy in ending a standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which wants to restart a longstalled inquiry into suspected atomic bomb research, issued a brief statement after Iranian media reported that talks were set for May 21. The IAEA has been trying for more than a year to coax Iran into granting IAEA ofﬁcials the access they want. Western diplomats accuse Iran of stonewalling and some say the IAEA may soon need to get tougher with the Islamic Republic. Asked about the Iranian media reports, IAEA spokeswoman Gill Tudor said in an

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Israel hints at patience with Iran, US stresses diplomacy email: “I can conﬁrm we are discussing possible dates of a meeting with Iran.” Iran’s Mehr and ISNA news agencies initially reported that the meeting would be held on May 21, but ISNA later quoted an unnamed ofﬁcial as saying this was only a “preliminary agreement” and that the date could be moved by one or two days. The IAEA-Iran talks are separate from, but have an important bearing on, diplomatic negotiations between Tehran and six world powers aimed at a broad settlement to the decade-old dispute and reduce the risk of a new Middle East war. Western powers suspect Iran is trying to develop the capability to produce nuclear weapons under the guise of a declared civilian atomic energy programme. Iran denies this, saying it seeks only

electricity and medical applications from uranium enrichment. But its refusal to curb sensitive nuclear activity with both civilian and military applications and its lack of openness with IAEA inspectors have drawn UN and Western sanctions. Israel, widely believed to be the only nuclear-armed power in the Middle East, has long hinted at possible air strikes to deny Iran any means to make an atomic bomb. But the Jewish state suggested yesterday it would be patient before taking any military action against Iran’s nuclear sites, saying during a visit by US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel there was still time for other options. Thomas Countryman, US assistant secretary for international security and nonproliferation, told reporters

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in Geneva that the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran was “a threat to the entire region and an impetus for greater proliferation,” but he stressed the value of diplomacy. “The fact is that it is concerted international diplomatic action with the full range of diplomatic tools, including strong economic sanctions, that have brought Iran to the negotiating table,” Countryman told a news conference. “They have not yet succeeded in getting Iran to negotiate seriously on the world’s concerns, but they have brought us to the table.” Some analysts and diplomats say Iran’s leadership may be unwilling or unable to make important decisions in nuclear negotiations before its presidential election in June. If the Iran-IAEA meeting were to take place, it would be the 10th between the two sides since early 2012, so far without a deal that would enable the UN watchdog to gain access to sites, documents and ofﬁcials for the inquiry.

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Business Boeing’s 787s set to fly in a week

Support for UK’s FTT challenge

BOEING began installing reinforced lithium-ion batteries on five grounded 787 jets in Japan yesterday, starting a process that should make the first commercial Dreamliners ready to fly again in about a week. Boeing’s Dreamliners have been grounded since regulators in the United States and elsewhere ordered all 50 planes out of the skies in midJanuary after batteries on two of them overheated. US regulators approved a new battery design on Friday. The grounding has cost Boeing an estimated $600 million, halted deliveries and forced some airlines to lease alternative aircraft. Several airlines have said they will seek compensation from Boeing, potentially adding to the plane maker’s losses. The first five jets to receive the new strengthened battery system all belong to All Nippon Airways, the airline that launched the first commercial Dreamliner service. “Our first priority is to get the existing fleet back into the air,” Larry Loftis, vice president and general manager of the 787 programme, told European reporters. Ten teams of some 30 engineers have each been dispatched by Boeing worldwide to install the stronger battery casing and other systems designed to prevent a repeat of the meltdowns that led to the first US fleet grounding in 34 years. The plan approved by the Federal Aviation Administration calls for Boeing to encase the lithium-ion batteries in a steel box, install new battery chargers, and add a duct to vent gases directly outside the aircraft in the event of overheating. European authorities are expected to follow suit in approving the battery design, a spokesman for Europe’s aviation safety body said.

LUXEMBOURG will support Britain’s legal challenge to Europe’s proposed Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), the country’s finance minister, Luc Frieden, said yesterday. As Europe’s largest financial centre, London has the most to lose if finance firms move their trading operations to parts of the world free from such taxes. “We are very sympathetic to the stance of the UK ... We will certainly bring our support to the case that has been started in the European Court of Justice,” Frieden said during a question and answer session at the City Week banking conference. The British government last week filed a deadline day challenge to the tax at the European Court of Justice. A successful legal case against the tax would hinder its application outside those countries that sign up to it and could significantly cut the amount of revenue it brings in. As the biggest trading centre in the EU, Britain would probably end up collecting much of the tax even though it won’t be applying it. Germany has argued that banks, hedge funds and high-frequency traders should pay for a financial crisis that began in mid-2007 and exposed sovereign debt problems that forced eurozone countries to bail out peers such as Portugal and Greece. Frieden told Reuters shortly after he made the comments that Luxembourg was now looking at whether to formally add its signature to the UK’s challenge, rather than just voice support. “This is something that I have to examine. We are now in a political process and then I have to look into the details,” he said. Speaking at the same conference, Thomas Donohue, head of the US Chamber of Commerce, also stressed his country’s objections to the plans. “We will not allow the FTT to happen and we are going to be very careful how compensation is capped, regulated and dealt with like price control,” he said.

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Airplanes of German airline Lufthansa stand at the airport in Dusseldorf, yesterday. Lufthansa was virtually grounded on Monday by a second strike in a month over pay. The

carrier scrapped 1,700 ﬂights, leaving only about 30 operating, after all-day stoppages at Germany’s biggest airports, including Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg and Berlin.

European stocks lifted by Italy political hopes FTSEurofirst 300 up 0.8 pct, Euro STOXX 50 up 0.7 pct By Blaise Robinson ITALY’S blue-chip shares led European stocks higher yesterday, heartened by signs of progress in breaking a long political stalemate after a week of broad market losses on concerns over global economic growth. At 1022 GMT, the FTSEuroﬁrst 300 index of top European shares was up 0.8 per cent at 1,162.16 points, reversing a portion of the 2.4 per cent loss suffered last week. Milan’s FTSE MIB index surged 1.9 per cent after the re-election of Italy’s president after a broad agreement among political groups, raising the prospect of an end to two months of political stalemate following an inconclusive election. The news also lowered 10year Italian bond yields to their lowest in nearly three months of 4.09 per cent. “This political deal should open the door for a government of national unity, which will help win time, at least. Italian bond yields are hitting multi-month lows and the country’s normalisation process seems to be back on track,” said Gilles Guibout, who manages the AXA WF Framlington Eurozone Fund. Banco Popolare surged 4.1 per cent and UniCredit gained 2 per cent. French banks, which have signiﬁcant exposure to Italy, also featured among the top gainers, with Société Generale up 2.3

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (R) welcomes the president of the Italian parliament, Laura Boldrini to the Quirinale Palace in Rome on April 20, 2013 (AFP) per cent and BNP Paribas up 1.5 per cent. Despite the day’s rally, Milan’s FTSE MIB is still down 1.3 per cent so far this year, compared with the FTSEuroﬁrst 300 index’s 2.5 per cent gain over the same period. “A lot of investors have been playing Southern European markets by using index trackers and exchange-traded funds, throwing out the baby with the bath water when the political stress rose,” AXA IM’s Guibout said. “This overall distrust from investors for Italian shares has created big opportunities for stock pickers like us, with world leaders such as Tenaris and Prysmian trading are very low valuation ratios despite good earnings

and margins.” According to Thomson Reuters Datastream, Italian stocks trade at 9.5 times their 12-month forward earnings, well below a 20-year average of 16.2 times and below the broad STOXX Europe 600’s price-to-earnings ratio of 11.8. Despite the signs of progress in Italy, a raft of mixed earnings from European companies weighed on sentiment yesterday, with Philips losing 3 per cent after posting forecast-beating earnings but warning that it still sees a weak ﬁrst half. Out of the 8 per cent of the STOXX Europe 600 companies that have reported ﬁrstquarter results so far, about 57 per cent of them have met

or beaten analysts’ forecasts according to Thomson Reuters StarMine Data. The earnings season in the United States has got off to a stronger start, with 72 per cent of companies meeting or beating expectations so far. Around Europe, UK’s FTSE 100 index was up 0.7 per cent, Germany’s DAX index up 0.7 per cent, and France’s CAC 40 up 0.5 per cent, while the eurozone’s blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index was up 0.7 per cent at 2,593.88 points. “This is a classic technical rebound after the indexes tested strong support levels last week,” Aurel BGC chartist Gerard Sagnier said, who sees the highs hit on April 11 as the next resistance level for indexes. “The market should bounce back within a tight range now, so it’s better to stay neutral, although I think that a further drop would bring buying opportunities for the medium-long term,” he said. Last week’s sharp selloff in European equities was reflected in investment flows, with Europe equity funds recording their seventh straight week of outflows, according to EPFR Global. Investors pulled over $400 million out of Germany equity funds alone, while net redemptions for all Europe equity funds since the beginning of March rose past the $6-billion level. It was a sharp contrast with US equity funds, which attracted fresh money for the seventh week running.

London has the most to lose if ﬁnance ﬁrms move trading operations to countries free from such taxes

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Opinion

What the country needs now is a vision for a new economic model THE GOVERNMENT’S measures aimed at kick-starting the economy will do nothing of the sort. President Anastasiades’ presentation on the measures on Friday night could, at best, have been described as a valiant attempt to show that the government was determined to tackle a desperate situation and, at worse, an exercise in wishful thinking. It is difficult to criticise the government for trying to be decisive and pro-active, but it is even more difficult to believe that its measures, which have the state as the driver of the economy, would have any positive effect. In fact the state subsidies aimed at restricting unemployment are very similar to those adopted unsuccessfully by the previous government that would have also been proud of the decision to hire 300 graduates of military academies for the unproductive National Guard. The painful truth is that there is very little the government could do to kickstart the economy, when the state has no money and, more critically, the banks are illiquid and only able to function under strict capital controls. How can businesses operate and keep paying their existing employees when there is no healthy banking system to support them? How can businesses operate when the island’s biggest bank gives them access to only 10 per cent of their uninsured deposits? Under these conditions, the government measures to facilitate land development, such as the prompt issuing of building permits and the raising of building coefficients, can only be viewed as a joke, considering the banks will be unable and unwilling to fund such projects, given the uncertainty surrounding the property market and the ailing construction sector. Even plans for attracting foreign investment seem fanciful, given the state of the banking sector and uncertainty looming over the country. We cannot fault the government for attempting to make something out of an impossible situation, but there was nothing in the raft of measures announced by the president last Friday, with the exception of the decision to open casinos, to give us even a slight glimmer of hope. What the country needs are new business ideas, a vision for a new economic model that lays aside land development and financial services, the old economic model. Now, we need a new plan. Green development may create a few hundred jobs, if it can be funded, but we need to start thinking more long term and on a bigger scale. A longer-term plan would not ease the current situation, but neither would most of the measures announced on Friday. It would, however, give the country a focus and a target to work toward at a time when everything appears pointless and futile.

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American Muslims’ dread after attack Analysis David Rohde

ouisville, Kentucky last Friday morning, four Pakistani-American doctors dressed in business suits and medical scrubs sat in one of this city’s most popular breakfast spots and fretted. At an adjacent table, a middle-aged woman grew visibly nervous when their native land was mentioned. One of the doctors, a 47-year-old cardiologist, was despondent. “We were all praying this wouldn’t happen,” he told me. “No matter what you do in your community, that’s the label that is attached.” Another doctor worried that years of outreach efforts by the city’s 10,000-strong Muslim community, a mix of Bosnians, Somalis and Iraqis, would be lost. On Thursday, he sent a letter to the local newspaper condemning the Boston attack “no matter who committed it.” When news broke Friday that the two suspects were Chechen Muslims, his family grew nervous. “Five minutes ago my mom called from Copenhagen to see if I was ok,” the 41-yearold geriatrician said. “It rattles all of us.” Clearly, Bostonians have and will suffer the most from the marathon bombings. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people “sheltered in place” in and around Boston Friday. The injured now face months, if not years, of arduous recuperation. And the families of the dead will never recover. It is by no means equivalent but the attack also impacts the United States’ roughly 2.5 million Muslims. As television screens displayed the words “the terrorist next door” on Friday, a sense of dread spread among Muslim community leaders here. “When this happens,” the cardiologist said, “it just gets tough.” Twelve years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, some see it almost as a cliché to say all Muslims should not be blamed for the actions of a radical few. But it is vital that understandably anxious Americans adhere to that principal. Whatever their motivations, the Tsarnaev brothers are not representative of Muslims in the United States - or the world. In the days and weeks ahead, Americans will learn chilling details about the Tsarnaev brothers. Links to groups outside the United States may be revealed. Their years in the America will be dissected. The immigration policies that allowed their families to emigrate will likely be criticised. But it is important not to exaggerate their impact. Days of chaos have unfolded in

A mother holds the hands of her son as they attend an interfaith worship service at a memorial for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston on Sunday Boston but the attacks have not paralysed the country. Four deaths and 176 injuries are heart rending but they are a tiny fraction of the 3,000 who perished on September 11. The attack’s primary legacy is fear. The actions of two young men will focus an enormous amount of suspicion on Chechens and Muslims across the nation. Based on initial reports, the Tsarnaevs’ story is chilling. Two brothers, one an aspiring boxer and the other a high school wrestling captain, were seemingly transformed overnight into soulless killing machines. I suspect, though, that the process took years. In 2008, the Taliban kidnapped two Afghan colleagues and myself after inviting us to an interview. Held captive in the tribal areas of

Pakistan for seven months, we found that Arab, Afghan and Pakistani militants had created a sophisticated system of schools, training camps and indoctrination videos that slowly severed young men’s bonds with their families. The only relationship that mattered, recruits were told, was their relationship to God. The only cause that mattered, clerics preached, was stopping a vast - and nonexistent - Christian-Jewish-Hindu conspiracy to obliterate Islam from the face of the earth. For six weeks, I lived with a suicide bomber who was convinced that American forces were forcibly converting Afghan Muslims to Christianity. Neckties, he insisted, were secret symbols of Christianity. Deeming them unclean,

‘As television screens displayed the words “the terrorist next door” on Friday, a sense of dread spread among Muslim community leaders here’

he burned newspapers with photographs of women without veils. No matter how long I spent talking with him, I could not alter his attitudes. Radicalism gave him a cause, a community and an identity. Louisville’s Muslim leaders embrace an entirely different interpretation of Islam. Tolerant, worldly and passionately committed to education, they accuse Saudi Arabia of spreading an intolerant Wahhabist interpretation of Islam that distorts their faith and endangers their lives. The cardiologist, who asked not to be named, said he does not fear attacks in America. Rather, he fears for the safety of his family in Pakistan. Last year, Sunni Wahhabist militants in Pakistan killed 400 Shias, who they consider heretics, particularly doctors. One victim was a close friend of the cardiologist and a fellow physician. Jihadists sprayed the man’s car with bullets, killing him and his 11 year-old son. “My brother is a doctor over there,” the cardiologist said. “They target all the high-end professionals.” Mohammad Babar, the Pakistani-American geriatrician, was happy to be quoted by name. Only his grandmother remains in Pakistan. He said the United States was a “safe haven” where he can practice and spread a moderate form of Islam without fearing assassination. In the wake of the Boston attack, he vowed to redouble his efforts. “We are doing a bad job of reaching out to young people,” he said. “Extremists are doing a great job.” Tensions exist in Louisville. Residents of a neighbouring county recently rejected an effort to create the area’s ﬁrst Muslim cemetery. And clearly not every member of the Muslim community here is as broadminded as Babar. Since moving to Louisville in 1995, the peripatetic community activist has joined the local Rotary club, formed a close relationship with the mayor and set up meetings between Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders. Next week, he is holding an interfaith “open house” at his mosque. Next month, he is helping co-ordinate a visit by the Dalai Lama. “We need to let people know,” Babar said. “We need to let our communities know what we think.” The problem, he argued, was radicalism. “In the whole world,” Babar said, “the far right is getting stronger.” He is right. The enemy is not Islam. It is extremism. David Rohde is a columnist for Reuters, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and a former reporter for The New York Times. His forthcoming book, Beyond War: Reimagining American Inﬂuence in a New Middle East will be published this month.

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Showbiz Edward Norton secretly married Post-apocalyptic thriller wipes out competition with $38 million last year

Tom Cruise takes back box office with Oblivion By Lisa Richwine and Andrea Burzynski TOM Cruise's post-apocalyptic thriller Oblivion wiped out the box office competition, racking up $38.2 million in weekend ticket sales during its US and Canadian debut. The debut of Oblivion knocked baseball movie 42 (below right) into second place. The drama about Jackie Robinson, the first black player in the Major Leagues, earned $18 million from Friday through Sunday after leading the charts a week ago. In third place, animated Stone Age comedy The Croods earned $9.5 million during its fifth weekend in theatres, according to studio estimates. Global sales for the Dreamworks Animation production were estimated at $429.4 million through Sunday, according to distributor Twentieth Century Fox International. Oblivion, a story set in 2077 about the last humans on Earth, opened a week earlier to strong results in overseas markets. The North American (US and Canadian) results exceeded pre-weekend forecasts for debut sales in the lowto mid-$30 million range, and earned Cruise his biggest opening since the Mission Impossible films. In Oblivion, Cruise plays a man who repairs the drones that monitor the nearly empty Earth while its last human inhabitants search for a new home. Morgan Freeman co-stars. Nikki Rocco, president for domestic distribution at Universal Studios, said that

Tom Cruise poses at the world premiere of Oblivion, a story set in 2077 about the last humans on Earth. The movie knocked baseball drama 42 about Jackie Robinson, the first black player in the Major Leagues, into second-place Universal was "very happy" with the opening, and credited the marketing team as well as the timing of the film's release for its strong results. Universal Studios is a unit of Comcast Corp. Combined with international receipts, the movie's global sales stood at $150.2 million Sunday. The movie cost about $120 million to produce. No other movies were released nationwide over the weekend. Rounding out the top five, horror spoof Scary Movie

5 grossed $6.3 million, and action sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation took in $5.8 million. Overall, movie ticket sales for 2013 reached $2.76 billion, running 11.2 percent behind the same point last year, according to the box ofﬁce division of Hollywood.com. The summer blockbuster season, when studios release their big-budget, effects-ﬁlled action movies and sequels, kicks off May 3 with Iron Man 3 from Walt Disney Co's Marvel studio.

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Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon arrested for disorderly conduct By Brendan O’Brien

Reese Witherspoon and husband James Toth

OSCAR-WINNING actress Reese Witherspoon was arrested in Atlanta for alleged disorderly conduct after her husband, talent agent James Toth, was stopped by police on suspicion of drunken driving, online Hollywood magazine Variety reported on Sunday. Witherspoon, 37, was arrested early on Friday after she quarreled with ofﬁcers who had taken Toth, 42, into custody during a trafﬁc stop of the couple on Peachtree Street, Variety said, citing an Atlanta police report. Toth, who was behind the wheel, was pulled over when he crossed a double line on the road, Variety said, citing the police re-

THE Moonrise Kingdom actor tied the knot with Shauna Robertson - who he got engaged to in 2011 after six years of dating - some time in 2012, though no further information about the nuptials is available, Us Weekly magazine reports. The news comes shortly after it emerged the couple became parents to a baby boy last month. A source said: "Ed and Shauna are thrilled and excited for parenthood." The 43-year-old actor and his film producer wife have not spoken out about the pregnancy and it was only confirmed in early March that Shauna was expecting. However, friends revealed the actor was eagerly preparing for his first child, saying: "Ed is really excited for fatherhood. He helped pick out a stroller for the baby!" Before dating Shauna, who has worked with Judd Apatow on movies including The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, Edward dated Courtney Love and Salma Hayek. He and Shauna co-founded fundraising site CrowdRise, which uses crowdsourcing and incentives to encourage people to raise money for charity. Edward recently started working on Birdman with Emma Stone, Zach Galifianakis and his The Painted Veil co-star Naomi Watts.

port. Appearing dishevelled and smelling of alcohol, he then failed a blood-alcohol breath test administered at the scene, according to the report. Witherspoon was warned to stay inside the vehicle, but after her husband's arrest, she got out of the automobile and said, "she was a 'US citizen' and that she had the right to 'stand on American ground,'" according to Variety. Witherspoon herself was then arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct. The magazine, citing the arresting police ofﬁcer's account in the report, said: "Mrs. Witherspoon asked, 'Do you know my name?' I answered, 'No, I don't need to know your name.' I then added, 'right now.' Mrs. Witherspoon stated, 'You're

about to find out who I am.'" The report cited by Variety further quoted Witherspoon as telling the officer, "You're going to be on national news." The couple were released from custody at about 3:30 a.m. on Friday, and were scheduled to appear in court yesterday, but sources told Variety that their attorney is expected to request a later date. The couple married in 2011 and have a son together. Witherspoon has two children from her first husband, actor Ryan Phillippe. Witherspoon won an Oscar for her work in the 2005 film about country music star Johnny Cash, Walk the Line, in which she played his wife, June Carter Cash.

JENNIFER Lopez will guest star on lesbian drama The Fosters. The American Idol judge is producing the show for ABC – which features a samesex couple and their family – and although they have ruled out an appearance by Jennifer in the first episode, she is keen to take part later in the season. Jake T. Austin, who plays a foster son to the couple, told E! News: "She was maybe thinking about doing a cameo in the pilot, but there was some apprehension in deciding how early they wanted to feature someone like her into the show. "So she'll definitely come on but at this point we just don't know when." Jake is excited about the show, which features Teri Polo and Sherri Saum as the lesbian couple, because he feels it is “very timely”. He explained: "It's very current, it's very timely and it's something that's needed, especially on a platform like ABC. The thing is it's a family show and it's relatable. It's not targeting any specific demographic. We're just trying to tell a story and to appeal to a mixed crowd."

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Environment

Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown By Alister Doyle SCIENTISTS are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and deﬁes a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions. Often focused on century-long trends, most climate models failed to predict that the temperature rise would slow, starting around 2000. Scientists are now intent on ﬁguring out the causes and determining whether

the respite will be brief or a more lasting phenomenon. Getting this right is essential for the short and long-term planning of governments and businesses ranging from energy to construction, from agriculture to insurance. Many scientists say they expect a revival of warming in coming years. Theories for the pause include that deep oceans have taken up more heat with the result that the surface is cooler than expected, that industrial pollution in Asia or clouds are blocking the

sun, or that greenhouse gases trap less heat than previously believed. The change may be a result of an observed decline in heat-trapping water vapour in the high atmosphere, for unknown reasons. It could be a combination of factors or some as yet unknown natural variations, scientists say. Weak economic growth and the pause in warming are undermining governments’ willingness to make a rapid billion-dollar shift from fossil fuels. Almost 200 governments have agreed to work

out a plan by the end of 2015 to combat global warming. “The climate system is not quite so simple as people thought,” said Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish statistician and author of The Skeptical Environmentalist who estimates that moderate warming will be beneﬁcial for crop growth and human health. Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius ﬁrst showed in the 1890s how man-made carbon dioxide, from coal for instance, traps heat in the atmosphere. Many of the exact effects are still unknown.

Greenhouse gas emissions have hit repeated record highs with annual growth of about three per cent in most of the decade to 2010, partly powered by rises in China and India. World emissions were 75 per cent higher in 2010 than in 1970, UN data show. A rapid rise in global temperatures in the 1980s and 1990s when clean air laws in developed nations cut pollution and made sunshine stronger at the earth’s surface - made for a compelling argument that human emissions were to blame.

Cool roofs and global warming Making flat roofs light rather than dark colours could reduce cooling needs in the summer By John Kemp CONVERTING the world’s roofs from dark colours to reflective white would cancel the warming effect of 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide each year for the lifetime of the roof, according to former California Energy Commissioner Arthur Rosenfeld. The reduction in warming would be equivalent to taking half the world’s cars off the road for 20 years, Rosenfeld wrote in a recent commentary for the International Energy Agency. The former physics professor is closely associated with the introduction of new efficiency standards for buildings and appliances such as refrigerators which have headed off the need to build dozens of power plants in California and the rest of the United States since the late 1970s. Now Rosenfeld is promoting the Global Cool Cities Alliance, which advocates low cost ways to increase the solar reflectance of buildings and pavements to cool buildings, reduce air conditioning load and mitigate the effects of climate change. The alliance has already signed up Chicago, New York and Singapore among its members. NYC CoolRoofs claims that replacing roofing or applying reflective coatings can reduce internal building temperatures, making buildings more comfortable during the hot summer months. It can also cut the urban heat island effect, which makes cities up to 5 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than surrounding areas, and can reduce carbon emissions, cut

power consumption and extend the lifespan of rooﬁng materials and air-conditioning equipment. The simplest cool roofs are white or another light colour. But in many countries, darker roofs are preferred for aesthetic reasons, which is why early cool-roof initiatives focused on ﬂat or low-sloped roofs not visible from the ground. Steeply sloping roofs, typically favoured for domestic dwellings, were often exempted from early cool-roof requirements. Suppliers of building materials have responded, however, by developing a range of “cool dark” roofs in traditional colours from black, blue and green to terracotta.

CHEAPER While cool dark materials do not perform as well as a white roof, they can still cut the heating effect substantially compared with conventional roofing materials of exactly the same colour, according to the US Department of Energy. In most cases, cool roofing materials cost no more than their conventional counterparts. Advocates say they may actually prove cheaper in the long run because they heat up less, which could extend the lifespan of the materials before they need replacing, though this remains unproven for now. Standard roofing materials in dark colours such as black and grey absorb 80 per cent or more of the incoming energy from the sun. As a result the surface temperature of a standard black roof can

be much hotter than the surrounding air. Some of that heat is lost into the building, raising the internal temperature and requiring additional air-conditioning to compensate. White roofing materials, by contrast, reflect 90 per cent or more of the incoming solar energy, so the roof may be only a few degrees higher than the surrounding air. On a clear day, 80 per cent of the reflected energy will pass into space without warming the atmosphere or returning to Earth. Cool roofs work in much the same way as the albedo effect, in which polar ice and snow reflect sunlight back into space. The European Parliament’s decision last week to reject proposals to prop up carbon prices by backloading the auction of new emissions allowances indicates the politics of climate change and energy conservation may be changing as policymakers become more concerned about costs and the impact on competitiveness. Recent evidence the planet may be warming more slowly than earlier climate models predicted could also reopen the debate in the months ahead about the costs and benefits of taking action on climate change. But the move towards cooler roofing demonstrates how deeply entrenched measures to cut energy consumption and emissions have become in the policymaking process, regardless of the high-level debate over carbon markets, taxes and global temperatures. Increased energy efficiency

Steeply sloping roofs tend to be favoured for domestic dwellings requirements have been written into building codes and appliance efﬁciency standards across the United States and much of Europe for everything from roofs to light bulbs, refrigerators, water heaters, televisions and com-

puter equipment. Vehicle efﬁciency standards and requirements to curb emissions from power plants have all been enacted or are in the rule-making process. Even without further intervention, these energy ef-

ﬁciency and emissions cuts will continue to roll out in the years ahead as the stock of old appliances and buildings gradually turns over and is replaced with more efﬁcient versions that comply with updated codes.

Coal and cattle lead business damage caused to nature COAL-ﬁred power generation in Asia and cattle ranching in South America are the most damaging businesses for nature with hidden costs that exceed the value of their production, a UN-backed report has said. Global output of basic goods from cement to wheat caused damage totalling $7.3 trillion a year if pollution, water, greenhouse gases and waste were priced to reﬂect

long-term impacts, it said in a guide for businesses and investors. The study, by a business coalition for The Economics of Ecosystems and Bodiversity (TEEB), said there were wide uncertainties in the prices. The coalition’s backers include the United Nations, World Bank, businesses and conservation groups. “The numbers in this report underline the urgency but

also the opportunities for all economies in transitioning to a green economy,” Achim Steiner, head of the UN Environment Programme, said. Coal-ﬁred power generation in Asia, led by China, had estimated revenues of $443 billion a year but caused $452 billion in damage to nature, largely because greenhouse gases caused climate change and pollution harmed people’s health.

Cattle ranching in South America, especially in cleared parts of the Amazon forest, ranked second with damage estimated at $353 billion, largely because of stress on water supplies and deforestation that far exceeded revenues of $16.6 billion. Coal-ﬁred power in North America was third in the ranking on damage to “natural capital”, ahead of wheat

and rice farming in Southern Asia, it said. “We are trying to focus the minds of businesses and investors onto natural capital” to encourage better practices, Dorothy Maxwell, director of the TEEB for Business Coalition, said. “We are not asking anyone to close down.” Maxwell said there was a widening corporate focus on nature. Companies such as

Unilever, Nestle or Pepsico, for instance, were paying more attention to agricultural supply chains. German sportswear group Puma was the first major firm to do an environmental profit and loss account, estimating it caused €145 million in damage to nature in 2010. The cost is not added to the sales price of products and is meant as a guide to consumers.

CYPRUS MAIL Tue

Reportage Central bankers cast no script Boring no longer: European Central Bank President Mario Draghi

The Fed keeps trying to shift the world’s biggest economy into higher gear

They have something governments desperately lack: money. In fact, like Imogen Poots as Raymond’s daughter Debbie modern-day alchemists, they can and are creating it in unprecedented amounts report Tomasz Janowski and Paul Carrel

T IS YOUR ﬁrst day as the new US Federal Reserve chief: the main interest rate is 4.50 per cent, the economy is overheating and the task is to keep inﬂation and unemployment low. Once in a while there is a curve ball - an oil crisis or a dollar spike - and if you move rates up or down appropriately you will be reappointed. Central banking was never as straightforward as Fed Chairman, an online game created by the San Francisco Fed over a decade ago for high school and college students. But playing it could make Ben Bernanke and his global counterparts long for simpler times.

A 3D shootout game would now be closer to reality as they reluctantly fill the policy void left by hamstrung governments, at risk of overreaching and experimenting with measures that may have unpredictable consequences. “There was a time, not too long ago, when central banking was considered to be a rather boring and unexciting occupation,” European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said last week. “Some thought that monetary policy could effectively be placed on auto-pilot. I can confidently say that this time has passed.” There has been no respite since the 2008 global financial crisis. Top central banks have slashed rates to zero,

Straightforward: Fed Chairman, an online game

pumped in vast amounts of cash, helped orchestrate bailouts and ﬁred their “big bazookas”: buying trillions of dollars of government bonds to calm markets and spur lending and growth. Whatever they do never seems to be enough for governments saddled with high debt and markets still ﬁghting the hangover from the debt-fuelled binge that preceded the crisis. But here is the paradox: humbled, constantly pressured by politicians and having lost much of the respect accorded to former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues in their heyday, central bankers are more important than ever. They are expected to pre-

serve financial stability and engineer economic recovery that political leaders by and large have been unable to produce. That is a radical departure from the 20th century model, where central banks focused on curbing inflation and protecting the value of their currencies. “Monetary policymakers have become not only the lenders of last resort, but the policymakers of last resort,” said Barry Eichengreen, a University of California professor and expert on the international monetary and financial system. In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is looking to the central bank to end deflation, British Finance Minister George Osborne hopes new Bank of England head Mark Carney can succeed where he has failed and revive the economy. Last month it was the ECB that threatened to cut off funding to Cyprus if it did not agree a bailout plan. When short-sellers breathe down distressed governments’ necks every time they hold a debt auction, unelected central bankers can act

quickly enough: no lobbying, trade-offs or parliamentary votes required. They also have something governments desperately lack: money. In fact, like modern-day alchemists, they can and are creating it in unprecedented amounts. Following the crisis there is a broad agreement that low inﬂation is not enough for economic success. Financial stability is also essential but there is no consensus on what role central banks should play in achieving that. Central bankers hark back to simpler times but critics say many of today’s woes are due to complacency in the good times. “There is this nostalgia among central bankers about the good old days of the 1990s and early 2000s when you just set interest rates and all was very straightforward, but that was a delusional paradise,” says Adam Posen, a US economist who served on the Bank of England’s policy council in 2009-2012 and now heads the Peterson Institute, a Washington think-tank. The crisis shattered the the-

ory of “Great Moderation”, that solid growth could go hand-in-hand with low inﬂation and bull markets if central banks focussed on price stability. Today, economists and central bankers see two mistakes: giving policy too much credit for what was in part an effect of China’s rise as a lowcost manufacturing power-

The crisis shatte ‘Great Moderation’ could go hand-i inflation and bull banks focussed o house, and underestimating risks brought by sweeping deregulation. After the crisis new risks for central bankers have emerged. One is that out of a sense

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of duty - or caving in to pressure from politicians, investors and the public - central banks will end up promising more than they can deliver. “A worry is that monetary policy would be pressured to do still more because not enough action has been taken in other areas,” Jaime Caruana, chief of the Bank of International Settlements, said at

red the theory of ’, that solid growth n-hand with low markets if central on price stability the bank’s annual conference last June. “As the beneﬁts of extraordinary monetary easing shrink and become less certain, the risks of expanding central bank balance sheets

are likely to grow. Such hazards may materialise in ways that are not completely clear today.” Policymakers could also repeat the mistake of the Great Moderation and confuse broad and permanent structural changes in the world economy with problems that occur at different stages of the economic cycle. Just as the “China effect” on inflation in the 1990s was underestimated, today the demographic and structural factors eroding rich nations’ economic health are problems that central banks cannot fix. “I think there is a little bit of desperation and thrashing around to find some way of getting a better economic picture,” said Andrew Sentance, who served on the Bank of England’s policy council in 2006-2011. “Lots of the reasons for under-performance have nothing to do with monetary policy, and this is the new normal for Western economies in general.” Part of that “new normal” could be the average 2 per

cent economic growth the United States has seen since the crisis, he said. Yet the Fed keeps trying to shift the world’s biggest economy into higher gear, having pumped over $3 trillion into it, equivalent to about a fifth of US annual economic output, and continuing to buy government bonds and mortgagebacked securities. Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said back in 2000 that it was the bank’s ambition to be boring. He and his peers at the Fed, the ECB and the BOJ have been anything but. Canada’s central bank boss Carney, 48, who in July will succeed King to become the first foreigner to run the BoE in its 319-year history, aims to restore a measure of “boring”. He told UK lawmakers: “I want my exit to be less newsworthy than my entrance.” However, some worry that with monetary stimulus affecting currencies and fund flows, central banks will in fact end up in an “arms race.” Earlier this month, Japan’s new central bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda delivered spectacularly on his pledge to do “whatever it takes” to beat deflation with a $1.4 trillion stimulus plan that accelerated the yen’s slide to fouryear lows. The BOJ pioneered the policy of “quantitative easing” a decade ago, when it switched to targeting the amount of funds pumped into the economy rather than short-term borrowing rates. But later it lost faith in its effectiveness and only under Kuroda has it fully embraced the Fed’s thinking that the risk of doing too little is greater than of

High hopes: the Bank of England’s Mark Carney

doing too much. Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy wants Europe to look at changing the ECB’s powers to give it instruments other authorities are using. “The danger that we drown in money is small compared to the danger that we slide deeper into crisis and that it gets harder to get out,” said Marcel Fratzscher, former head of research at the ECB and now head of Germany’s DIW economic institute. But nowhere is unease about expanding the role of central banks greater than in Germany, home to the ﬁercely independent Bundesbank. Germans worry that relying on central banks minting cash creates a dangerous illu-

sion that there are pain-free fixes to problems of largely political, social or demographic nature. Another fear is that by venturing beyond their core responsibility of keeping prices in check, central banks risk compromising the credibility needed to fulfil that mandate. While the spotlight is on central banks in the largest economies, most of the world’s monetary institutions have not reached the limits of conventional interest rate policies. Some, like Poland’s central bank boss, are sceptical of the new tools. “Ultra-low rates or quantitative easing policy... it all leads to significant economic

imbalances,” Marek Belka said last week after holding rates at 3.25 per cent. “That’s why there’s a willingness to run monetary policy in a conventional way.” With Abe and Kuroda experimenting to try and pull Japan out of its deflation trap, an elder statesman of policymaking has also warned against getting carried away again with expectations of what central banks can do. “They think they can use deliberate fluctuations in the inflation rate to manage the economy,” said Paul Volcker, 85, who led the Fed’s charge to end high inflation in the 1970s. “But the central bank is not an all-powerful tool.”

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 CYPRUS MAIL

What’s on

films

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

Times are subject to change, so check first with cinemas before you head out

Telephone no: K-Cineplex: 7777-8383 Rio Limassol: 25871410 Rio Paphos: 26-207000

NICOSIA Broken City (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.35, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 11.15am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm The Croods (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.20pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English) at 7.50pm, weekends also at 5.20pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) (in Greek) at 5.20pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in English) at 5.20 and 7.50pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.20pm Oblivion (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 5.25, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 3pm

Beautiful Creatures (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.15pm Pitch Perfect (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 7.50pm G.I. Joe: Retaliation (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 10.15pm

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

(tonight at 10pm: Night of Silence) Zena Palace. All films with Greek and English subtitles. www. cyprusfilmdays.org

LIMASSOL Broken City (15) Rio 3 at 7.45pm. K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 5.35pm

Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.25pm

The Croods (K) Rio 2 (in 3D, in Greek) at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5.15pm; Rio 4 (in 2D, in Greek) at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5.15pm; Rio 4 (in 2D, in English) at 10pm; Rio 5 (in 2D, in English), weekends only at 5.15pm. K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.20pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English) at 7.50pm, weekends also at 5.20pm

Cyprus Film Days (tonight at 6pm: Jubilee) (tonight at 8pm: In the House)

Oblivion (12) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 5pm. K-Cineplex

Zarafa (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm

(Screen 2) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm

and 10.10pm, weekends also at 5.35pm

Silver Linings Playbook (12) Rio 5 at 7.45 and 10pm. KCineplex (Screen 4) at 7.45 and 10.15pm

The Croods (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.20pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English) at 7.50pm, weekends also at 5.20pm

Zero Dark Thirty (15) Rio 3 at 10pm. K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.10pm Beautiful Creatures (12) Rio 6 at 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.30pm Pitch Perfect (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50pm

Silver Linings Playbook (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7.45 and 10.15pm

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (12) Rio 2 at 10pm. K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm

Zero Dark Thirty (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.15 and 10.10pm

Zarafa (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm

Beautiful Creatures (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.15pm

Oz the Great and Powerful (12) Rio 3, weekends only at 5.20pm Cyprus Film Days (tonight at 6pm: The Great Rock’n Roll Swindle) (tonight at 8pm: The Queen) (tonight at 10pm: War Witch) Rialto Theatre. All films with Greek and English subtitles. www.cyprusfilmdays.org

Silver Linings Playbook (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7.45 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 7.45 and 10.15pm Zero Dark Thirty (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.15 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.10pm

Oblivion (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm

LARNACA Broken City (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.50

Pitch Perfect (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50pm G.I. Joe: Retaliation (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm Zarafa (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.25pm

PAPHOS Broken City (15) Rio 5 at 5.15, 7.30 and 9.45pm The Croods (K) Rio 1 (in 3D, in Greek) at 5.15 and 7.30pm, weekends also at 3pm; Rio 1 (in 3D, in English) at 9.45pm; Rio 6 (in 3D, in English) at 5.15 and 7.30pm, weekends also at 3pm Oblivion (12) Rio 7 at 5.15, 7.30 and 9.45pm Silver Linings Playbook (12) Rio 3 at 5.15, 7.30 and 9.45pm Zero Dark Thirty (15) Rio 2 at 9.45pm Beautiful Creatures (12) Rio 2 at 5.15 and 7.30pm Pitch Perfect (12) Rio 6 at 9.45pm G.I. Joe: Retaliation (12) Rio 4 at 5.30, 7.30 and 9.45pm Oz the Great and Powerful (12) Rio 7, weekends only at 3pm Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) Rio 4 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 3 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30pm

Beautiful Creatures

listings Today

Tomorrow

Music

Exhibition

Bach Cantatas A concert with Bach Cantatas by the Camerata Crucianorum under the direction of Johannes Lang on the organ, featuring soprano Helene Lang and baritone Torsten Meyer. April 23. Castelliotissa Hall, old Nicosia. 8.30pm. €10. Tel. 70-009304/22663871. www.pharostickets.org

Suicide Daughters of Atlas Sotiris Giannakou presents seven of his own poems illustrated by seven different artists. Opens April 24, 7.30pm until April 30. Morfi Gallery, 84 Agkyras Street, Limassol. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm. Tuesday-Friday: 5pm-8pm.Tel: 25378733. www.morfi.org

Theatre Gethsemane A play about British public life by David Hare. April 23. Markidio Theatre, Paphos. 8.30pm. In Greek with English surtitles. €12/6. Tel: 77-772717 Pasatempo New theatre group Attraversiamo, presents a show that consists of a compilation of scenes from Greek cinema from the 60s and 70s, blended together with dancing and singing. April 23. B Municipal Market (Theatro Ena), Limassol. 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 97-895323

The World of Cyprus Exhibition of monumental work consisting of 11 panels by famous Cypriot artist Adamantios Diamantis, which return home after over 30 years of absence. Opens April 24, 11.30am until October 6. The Leventis Municipal Museum, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Tuesday-Sunday: 10am-4 .30pm. Wednesday: 10am-10pm. Tel: 22-661475

Music Mendelssohn: Double Concerto Pianist Johannes Lang will team up with the exciting young violinist Julian Fahrner, and the Camerata Crucianorum, to present Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Ensemble in D minor. April 24. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Street, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €15/10. Tel: 70009304. www.pharostickets.org

Limassol Solidarity A big charity concert with artists from Greece and Cyprus which aims to collect food, medicine and other essential items to be distributed to people in need. April 24. Enaerios parking place, Limassol. 5pm-midnight The Deep River of Music The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra will present a programme devoted to music of the African-Americans and the indigenous Indians of America. April 24. Markideion Theatre, Paphos. 8.30pm. Tel: 26-932571 J.Kriste, Master of Disguise Popular local band perform songs from their new album, selections from the previous album and some covers. April 24. Savino Live, 1 Watkins Street, Larnaca. 9pm. €7. Tel: 24-620861/99-860304

Ongoing Theatre In Motion The Black Box Theatre Group presents play by George Kleanthous. Until April 26. Old Vinegar House, 34 Genethliou Mitella Street, Limassol. Wednesday through Friday at 8.30pm. €10. Tel: 99-790819/99-349719 Tom, Dick and Harry Satiriko Theatro presents comedy by Ray and Michael Cooney. Until April 28. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre,

11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. On Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sundays at 6.30pm. €15/10. Tel: 22-312940/ 22-421609 In the Land of Peter Pan The Puppet Group of Satiriko Theatre presents work by James Barry. Until April 28. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. Every Sunday at 10.30am. In Greek. €10. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609 Kai Mi Heirotera Theatro Lexi presents comedy by Giorgos Tsiakkas which satirises Europe and Cyprus today. Until May 1. Latsia Municipal Theatre, 57 Yiannos Kranidiotis Avenue, Nicosia. On Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sundays at 6.30pm. €15. In Greek. Tel: 22-878688 Gone With the Jobless A comedy performance by Marinos Hatzivasiliou who, together with other actors from the popular TV programme Patates, present a hilarious show with g humour and laughter. Until May 5. Diachroniki Music Stage, 2 Yianni Koromia Street, Kaimakli, Nicosia. Every Sunday at 9pm. €15. In Greek. Tel: 99-783455 A Steady Rain The theatre group D-tale presents two-character melodrama by Keith Huff. Until May 16. WhereHaus 612, 5 Michael Kousoulide, Pallouriotissa Industrial Area, Nicosia. On Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8.30pm. €12/15. Tel: 99-535625

The Dispute The Main Stage of THOC presents tragic comedy by Pierre de Marivaux. Until May 17. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday 6pm. In Greek. €12/10. Tel: 77-772717 Playing Doctor Theatro Skala presents the contemporary American comedy by William Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. Until May 26. Skala Theatre, 15 Kyriakou Matsi Street, Larnaca. On Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 24-652800 Egg Salad A new children’s play, in a new theatre presented by Aiora. Until May 26. Aiora Theatre, 4 Trion Ierarchon Street (Carrefour Volos Street), Limassol. Every Saturday at 4pm and Sunday at 11am & 4pm. Adults €7/Children €5. In Greek. Tel: 99-668843 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. Performances on April 17-19 will be with Greek and English subtitles. €12/6. Tel: 77-772717/22-864300 Centuries away from Alaska Dionysos Theatre presents play by Akis Dimou, directed by Tonia Misiali. Until June 2. Dionysos Theatre, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia. On Fridays and Saturdays at 8.30pm

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€15. Tel: 99-621845/22-818999 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

Exhibition Norwegian Architecture Three exhibitions highlighting recent achievements in Norwegian architecture: Contemporary Norwegian Architecture #7, The Oslo Opera House by Snøhetta and Palimpsest – Norway by Claudio Santambrogio. Until April 26. The Department of Architecture, University of Nicosia, 31 Michael Giorgalla ,Str., Engomi Industrial Zone, Nicosia. Open daily: 9am-6pm.Tel: 22-842600/601 email: info.arc.@unic.ac.cy Christos Michlis Solo painting exhibition. Until April 26. Rouan Gallery, 28 Dodekanisou, Limassol. Monday-Saturday: 10.30am-1pm and 4.30pm-7.30pm. Tel: 25-350845 Costas Economou Solo painting exhibition. Until April 26. EKATE building, 11 Paeonos, Nicosia. Opening hours: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22-466426

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This Week Music Rolling in the deep Born out of the spiritual anguish of slavery, African-American spirituals are an important part of the American cultural heritage, and are now recognised globally as anthems to liberty. Together these songs run the gamut from pleas for freedom to praise for God’s mercy and visions of a better life in heaven. And each stands as a witness to the deepest aspirations of the human soul. This week, the latest concert series by the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra “The Deep River of Music” features stirring performances of traditional AfricanAmerican spirituals interpreted by mezzo-soprano Marita Paparizou. The Orchestra will be conducted by its Artistic Director/ Chief Conductor Alkis Baltas. The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra will present a programme with Symphony no. 9, op. 95, known as “The New World” Symphony and the American Suite op. 98b (Cyprus premiere) by the Czech composer Antonín Dvorák and Negro Spirituals orchestratd by V yS y a (Cyp s ed Vicky Stylianou (Cyprus premiere). The programme is devoted

On The Scene Other Events “Not to dare is to lose oneself” This year marks 200 years since philosopher, theologian and writer Søren Kierkegaard was born. The anniversary will be celebrated with a series of activities dedicated to the famous Dane across the world and the Danish Embassy in Cyprus will also honour Kierkegaard’s bicentenary, with a lecture at the University of Nicosia on Thursday. The lecture is arranged in co-operation with the Jean Monet Chair. The speaker is Wenche Marit Quist, Member of the Board of The Danish Søren Kierkegaard Society and Head of Research and Education Policy at the Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists. Even though he only lived until the age of 42, Søren Kierkegaard managed to leave a signiﬁcant and lasting legacy thanks to his still oftenquoted works. He is considered to be the father of Existentialism and

to music of the African-Americans and the indigenous Indians of America, through a selection of orchestrated Negro Spirituals, songs of spiritual / religious content created by the Afro-American slaves, and through two of the greatest orchestral works by Dvorák. Universally renowned at the end of the 19th century as one of the supreme composers of his generation, as well as the greatest champion of his native Czech music, Dvorák received an invitation in 1891 to lead the National Conservatory in New York and guide America’s composers in discovering their own musical language. With the help of the African American singer and composer Harry T. Burleigh, whose arrangements and performances of Negro spirituals Dvorák lovingly absorbed, the Czech master became fluent in the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic traits of American folk styles. The first evening concert will take place tomorrow at Markideion Theatre, Paphos followed by a concert on Friday at Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia. Before the concert at the Strovolos Municipal Theatre, a short 20-minute film about the music of the Afro-Americans will be shown at the theatre entrance hall. The film will be in English g with English subtitles. The Deep River of Music The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra will present a programme devoted to music of the African-Americans and the indigenous Indians of America. April 24. Markideion Theatre, Paphos. 8.30pm. Tel: 26-932571 April 26. Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia. Before the concert, a short 20-minute film about the music of the Afro-Americans will be shown at the theatre entrance hall. 7.45pm. In English with English subtitles. Tel: 22-313010

the source of modern man’s great existential dilemmas. Kierkegaard questioned established dogma on the nature of the existence of the individual in society, something that should be of interest to local audiences amidst changing times. The upcoming lecture illustrates that Kierkegaard’s understanding of the individual in itself bears a close and unbreakable connection with people and society at large. Not least because of this Kierkegaard has become an important voice in our efforts to understand how we as individuals in a modern society develop, by relating to something or someone different than ourselves. To Become Oneself inn the Midst aard on of Others – Kierkegaard al in the Modern Individual Society The Danish Embassy in niCyprus marks the annianversary of famous Danish philosopher with a ty lecture at the University ation of Nicosia in co-operation with the Jean Monnett Chair. mphitheApril 25. UNESCO Amphitheosia. atre University of Nicosia. sh. 4.30pm. Free in English. Tel: 22-841500

A homecoming for female artists

Works of three female artists taking part in the workshop: (from left) Katerina Attalidou, Series Untranslated Passaf, 2005; Melita Couta Untitled, 2012; and Maria Loizidou, GPS/Memoscapes

Women have come a long way in the art world, and this Friday Phytorio is hosting a workshop entitled Visual Narratives of Homeland in Women Artists’ Practices, which seeks to question their emerging place in wider society. While there are exceptions to the maledominated art world – Frida Kahlo or Georgia O’Keefe for example – female art has been seen as secondary or has gone unrecognised altogether. Before the 20th Century, patriarchy in the art system prevailed and female artists struggled to gain recognition. Often they were discouraged from painting. They were forbidden to enter the arts guilds or arts academies and their art dismissed as “women’s crafts”, (needlework, textile arts, etc.) Those rare women trained by their fathers or brothers often saw those same family members take credit for the women’s paintings. Just like female authors had to publish under a man’s name (i.e. George Eliot); women artists often signed their masterpieces with a masculine pseudonym. Something of a sea change emerged in the 1950s and 1960s; in particular a rise in women’s liberation movements was accompanied by an increase in feminist art. Female artists with their unique status in society and different sensibilities created lots of artwork that reﬂected e their artistic worth and their preoccup cupations. The upcoming workshop seeks to explore the dia dialogues that might be caused by the comp plex dynamics between women’s art practice es and the concepts of ‘homeland’, citizensship, belonging and identity in Cyprus. In some countries, women rise to the top of th the culture industry ladder, less frequently than their male counterparts; however, this doe does not appear to be the case in Cyprus. Lo Local female artists are ﬁnding their voice

and are gaining international exposure. In the last few decades, there has been a signiﬁcant growth in the visibility (locally and globally) of women artists from Cyprus who have produced art which questions and challenges both their social position and their multifaceted histories. The workshop will focus on the breadth and complexity of themes and issues addressed by women artists, with a particular emphasis on history, culture, patriarchy, citizenship, belonging and identity (both collective and/or personal experience). The workshop is funded by Arts & Humanities Research Council, UK. This event is presented in collaboration with the International Network Project Home/Land: Women, Citizenship, Photographies, School of the Arts, Loughborough University. The public are invited to attend the artists’ discussion of their practices and experiences and join the dialogue on the inter-connection between homeland and the individual art practices. The panel discussion will be moderated by Dr Maria Photiou, art historian and project coordinator and invited artists include: Melita Couta, Katerina Attalidou and Maria Loizidou. The language of the workshop is English and attendance is free and open to all. Visual Narratives of Homeland in Women Artists’ Practices Workshop with female artists exploring issues of homeland and identity. April 26. Phytorio, Association of Visual Artists, 2 Nehru str. Nicosia Municipal Garden, (next to the Parliament House and opposite the old Nicosia Hospital). 6pm-9pm. The language of the workshop is English. Attendance is free and open to all. Tel: 99-314384/22-681088. vartcy@gmail.com

By Ledha Socratous

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CYPRUS MAIL Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Television CYBC 1 06.45 08.15

Proti Enimerosi Kali Sas Mera

CYBC 2 08.00 17.00

Early morning entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, fashion, lifestyle issues and more.

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

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Apo Mera Se Mera Current affairs show.

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Entehnos Local cultural show.

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Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies Paizoume Kypriaka Local game show, asking questions having to do with the Cypriot dialect.

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News Vimata Stin Ammo Local period drama, based on true events.

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Friends (rpt) American comedy about the lives and loves of six New Yorkers.

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Eponymos News Repeats

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

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NRG Zone FILM: The Manchurian Candidate

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Brothers & Sisters (rpt) Fourth season of American drama series. ‘A Valued Family’. Holly reveals Dennis York’s offer to David as she tries to make a decision about her shares in Ojai. Rebecca enlists Nora’s help to make brownies for Valentine’s Day, but the baking is interrupted when she experiences severe pains, while Kitty hires a pushy campaign manager to help raise her political proﬁle.

Moiraia Fengaria

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Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Megastructures

Thriller remake, starring Denzel Washington and Liev Schreiber. 2003. See Pick Of The Day.

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

20.00 21.15

Kids’ TV Kati Psinetai (rpt) Show where contestants try to outdo each other by throwing the perfect dinner party, which is then judged on its merits by their rivals.

Kaftes Piperies (rpt) Cookery show.

ANTENNA

More Repeats Euronews

Erotas (rpt) Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Ellas To Megaleio Sou (rpt) Vodka Portokali (rpt) Fila To Vatraho Sou (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Pansellinos (rpt) Tis Agapis Mahairia (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) Ta Koritsia Tou Baba (rpt) Oneiropagida (rpt) Lefta Sto Lepto Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt)

MEGA 06.00 06.30 07.00 08.00

Greek competitive cooking reality show, open to amateur and home chefs.

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Aiyia Fuxia(rpt) Niose Me News Vals Me 12 Theous Grey’s Anatomy US medical drama.

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Enopion Tou Laou News Sports News Radio Arvila Greek parody show.

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Horis Oria (rpt) Angigma Psihis (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

Klemmena Oneira (rpt) Proino Mou Enimerosi Tora Eheis Meson Yia Sena News Erastis Ditikon Proastion (rpt) Sto Para Pente News Klemmena Oneira Oi Vasiliades The Vampire Diaries First season of supernatural drama. ‘162 Candles’. While celebrating his birthday, Stefan receives a surprise visit from Lexi, one of his oldest vampire friends - who also ﬁnds time to give Elena some unsolicited relationship advice. Sheriff Forbes is pleased when Damon offers to join her hunt, unaware he is the one she is searching for.

With News at 18.00.

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Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Retire Epomeni Mera (rpt) Master Chef (rpt)

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SIGMA 07.00 08.20 10.00 10.50 12.00 14.30 15.20 17.10 18.00 18.05 18.40

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

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Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites News Aspra Balonia (rpt) Al Tsantiri News Best Of

PLUS TV 06.45 07.20 08.30 09.00 10.00 10.45 11.40 12.30 13.00 15.30 17.00 17.50 19.40

Popular tear-jerking talk-show.

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A highly successful live satirical comedy show that features Lakis Lazopoulos giving ‘his version’ of the news.

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News Dekati Entoli (rpt) Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) Mono Mia Fora (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) Ta Hrisopsara (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

Classic Cartoons Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Ti Dina (rpt) Mila (rpt) Berdema (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kids’ TV Berdema Fotis - Maria Live Mila Exelixeis Sti Showbiz FILM: What Just Happened? A Hollywood producer tries to keep the peace on a movie set, while also struggling with his own family’s problems. Comedy drama, starring Robert De Niro and Catherine Keener. 2008.

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CAPITAL 06. 45 Kids’ TV 09.05 Kalitera En Ginetai (rpt) 09.35 Akti Oneiron (rpt) 10.00 Ston Asterismo Tis Imeras 11.00 Kouzina Me Apopsi 11.30 Capital Sports (rpt) 12.30 Milagros 13.20 Kids’ TV 14.25 Telemarketing 15.30 Top Models 16.20 Kalitera En Ginetai 16.55 Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis 17.45 Akti Oneiron 18.15 Sto Mati Tou Kiklona 19.15 News 19.50 Sports News 20.05 Igeia & Zoi 21.00 FILM: Boat Trip Two friends decide to go on a cruise to boost their ﬂagging love lives, only to discover all the other passengers are single gay men. Comedy, with Cuba Gooding Jr. 2003.

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A scientist goes on the run with time-travel technology, but his use of the device threatens to destroy the world. Sci-ﬁ thriller, with Jason Priestley. 2007.

Ta Kopelia Local comedy series.

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LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

News ‘Til Death Yia Sena (rpt) Enimerosi Tora Proino Mou (rpt)

FILM: Termination Point

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FILM: Inside Out An agoraphobic arranges his life so he never has to leave his home, until a ﬁnancial crisis forces him to face his problems. Drama, starring Elliott Gould. 1986.

Hereafter (LTV, 21.00)

01:10 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 01:40 Ideal 02:10 The Weakest Link 03:00 Only Fools and Horses 03:30 My Family 04:00 EastEnders 04:30 Doctors 05:00 Ideal 05:30 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 06:00 Only Fools and Horses 06:30 My Family 07:00 Garth And Bev 07:10 Tweenies 07:30 The Green Balloon Club 07:55 Me Too! 08:15 Garth And Bev 08:25 Tweenies 08:45 The Green Balloon Club 09:10 Me Too! 09:30 My Family 10:00 Only Fools and Horses 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 Lark Rise To Candleford 13:05 Waking The Dead 13:55 My Family 14:25 Mutual Friends 15:15 Only Fools and Horses 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors 16:45 The Weakest Link 17:30 Lark Rise To Candleford 18:20 Waking The Dead 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:15 The Weakest Link 21:00 My Family 21:30 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 22:00 Lark Rise To Candleford 22:50 As Time Goes By 23:20 Rev. 23:50 Silk 00:40 After You’ve Gone

07:00 Sunrise Earth 07:55 Sons Of Guns 08:40 Prophets Of Science Fiction 09:30 Prehistoric 10:15 Science Of The Movies 11:05 Deadliest Catch 11:50 Time Warp 12:15 Mega World

13:05 Extreme Engineering 13:50 Cafe Racer 14:35 Wild Fisherman: Mozambique 15:25 Prehistoric 16:10 Mythbusters 17:00 River Monsters 17:50 Rodeo 18:40 Cafe Racer 19:30 Wild Fisherman: Norway 20:20 Science Of The Movies 21:10 Prehistoric 22:00 River Monsters 22:50 Rodeo 23:40 Deadliest Catch 00:30 Science Of The Movies 01:15 Mythbusters 02:05 River Monsters 02:50 Rodeo 03:40 Cafe Racer 04:30 Prehistoric 05:20 Wild Fisherman: Norway 06:10 Science Of The Movies

09:30 Fitness: The Box 09:45 Football: Eurogoals 10:30 Snooker: World Championship Un. Kingdom 15:00 Cycling: Italy 16:30 Snooker: World Championship Un. Kingdom 20:15 Football: Eurogoals 21:00 Snooker: World Championship Un. Kingdom 01:00 Boxing: Bigger’s Better Heavy Weight Contest 02:15 Motorsports: The Grid

05:40 Desperate Housewives 7 06:25 Bones 07:10 Raising Hope 07:35 Scrubs 9 08:00 Grey’s Anatomy 8 08:50 Donna Hay: Fast, Fresh, Simple 09:40 Desperate Housewives 7 10:25 Bones 11:10 Raising Hope 2

11:35 Scrubs 9 12:00 Modern Family 4 12:25 New Girl 2 12:50 Jane By Design 13:40 Grey’s Anatomy 8 14:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 7 15:20 Desperate Housewives 7 16:05 Bones 16:50 Raising Hope 2 17:15 Friends With Benefits 17:40 Grey’s Anatomy 8 18:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 7 19:20 Desperate Housewives 7 20:10 Bones 21:00 Modern Family 4 21:25 New Girl 2 21:50 Jane By Design 22:40 Raising Hope 2 23:05 Friends With Benefits 23:30 Modern Family 4 23:55 New Girl 2 00:20 Jane By Design 01:10 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 7 02:00 Desperate Housewives 7 02:45 Raising Hope 2 03:10 Friends With Benefits 03:35 Surviving Suburbia 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 8 04:50 Make It Or Break It 4

07:30 Action Zone (E) 08:00 Insigniﬁcant Harvey N 09:30 Mystic River 12:00 Dangerous Attraction 13:30 Action Zone (E) 14:00 Free Willy 16:00 World According To Garp 18:30 Trouble With Dee Dee 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Hereafter 23:15 Magic Men 00:50 Hustler TV 02:30 Eva 04:30 Book Of Eli 06:30 LTV Sports News (E)

07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super

Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 Nba Action 17:30 Barclays Premier League World 18:00 Liga Bbva 201213 20:00 Uca/Uda College Cheerleading Championships 21:00 La Liga Review 2012-13 22:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 00:00 Auto Auction Shows 00:30 Planet Speed 01:00 Toyota Australian Football International 2012 02:00 2011 World’s Strongest Man 03:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 05:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

07:15 One Tree Hill 08:00 Two And A Half Men 08:30 C.S.I. New York 10:00 2 Broke Girls 10:45 Two And A Half Men 11:15 Hawaii Five-0 12:45 Gossip Girl 13:30 One Tree Hill 14:15 C.S.I. New York 16:00 Friends 16:25 Privileged 17:10 Top Boy 18:05 Luck 19:00 Gossip Girl 19:45 2 Broke Girls 20:30 Big Bang Theory 21:00 Mentalist 21:45 C.S.I. Miami 22:30 Closer 23:15 Fringe 00:05 Fork In The Road 01:45 Bitch Slap 03:30 Friends 03:55 Privileged 04:40 Top Boy 05:35 Luck 06:30 Gossip Girl

07:30 Jeremiah Johnson 09:30 Riding Tornado 11:30 Dance Flick 13:00 Mechanic 15:00 Live Wire 16:45 Ma Part Du Gateau (My Piece Of The Pie) 18:45 Beautiful (2009) 20:30 Penthouse 22:00 All The President’s Men

CER CHAMPIONSHIP 22:00 NHL: Chicago Blackhawks At Vancouver Canucks

00:20 Daring! TV 04:05 Red State 05:45 General’s Daughter

05:35 Sacriﬁce 07:15 Home Alone 09:00 Jack And Jill 10:35 The Avengers 13:00 Footloose 17:05 Adikos Kosmos 19:05 Hollywood 1 On 1 19:40 Moneyball 22:00 Game Of Thrones 23:10 The Skin I Live In 01:20 Cine News 03:40 Love To Kill

05:00 Margaret 07:30 High Crimes 09:25 Cine News 09:55 Super 8 11:50 Two For The Road 13:40 The Longest Yard 15:35 We Bought A Zoo 17:40 Hollywood Buzz 18:15 Bob & Carol, Ted & Alice 22:00 Shallow Hal 00:00 Coriolanus 02:05 Passion Play 03:40 Hostel

18:20 There Will Be Blood 21:00 The Illusioninist 23:50 Sniper Reloaded

01:30 Adult Zone

Tuesday 23 April 2013 19:20 My Super Ex-Girlfriend 21:00 The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn 22:55 Win Win 00:45 The Woman Who Dreamed Of A Man

01:00 Golf Central International 02:00 MLB: New York Yankees At Tampa Bay Rays 05:00 NHL: Chicago Blackhawks At Vancouver Canucks 07:30 Morning Drive 08:30 Top 10 - Fred Couples Highlights 09:00 Golf Central International 10:00 The Golf Fix 10:30 NHL: Chicago Blackhawks At Vancouver Canucks 13:00rag Race High 13:30 My Ride Rules 14:00 Pinks All Out Montgomery 15:00 Sea Master 15:30 MLB Player Poll 16:00 MLB: New York Yankees At Tampa Bay Rays 18:00 PRE GAME(E) 18:45 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012-13: AEP VS OMONOIA (E) 20:45 POST GAME (E) 21:30 A DIVISION CYPRUS SOC-

06:00 Only Hits 8:00 MTV GreekLips 9:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 10:00 MTV Plain Jane (Commissioned Version) 11:00 Pure Local 12:00 MTV VHI Pop up Video 12:30 MTV VHI Pop up Video 13:00 MTV Made 14:00 MTV Big Time Rush 14:30 MTV Victorious 15:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 16:00 MTV Crash Canyon 16:30 MTV Crash Canyon 17:00 MTV Pranked 17:30 MTV Pranked 18:00 MTV GreekLips 19:00 Only Hits 20:00 MTV The Hard Times Of RJ Berger 20:30 MTV The Hard Times Of RJ Berger 21:00 MTV Underemployed 22:00 MTV Catﬁsh 23:00 MTV The Inbetweeners 23:30 MTV The Inbetweeners 00:00 MTV Jersey Shore 01:00 Only Hits

07:00 The Roaring Twenties 08:50 Hell Divers 10:45 Postman’s Knock 12:10 How the West Was Won 14:45 The Bad and the Beautiful 16:45 Doctor Zhivago 20:00 A Streetcar Named Desire 22:00 Our Mother’s House 23:50 The Gypsy Moths 01:45 The Roaring Twenties 03:30 Ivanhoe 05:20 On the Town

By Preston Wilder

The Penthouse (LTV3, 20.30) How can a film starring ‘Rider Strong’ and ‘Corey Large’ not be a porn movie? No idea - but apparently it’s a comedy, Mr. Strong and Mr. Large (those are actually their real names) being two of three slacker buddies who inhabit the penthouse, “the ultimate bachelor pad” that was Mr. Large’s reward for winning a reality show. Things go swimmingly, with the usual wild parties and half-naked chicks - at least till Mr. Large’s sister (played by April Scott, not a good porn-star name) arrives on the scene and Mr. Strong falls in love with her; that’s the plot in a nutshell, tricked out with juvenile shenanigans for the teenage crowd plus a smallish role for Kaley Cuoco from The Big Bang Theory. “This

The Penthouse

movie looked promising on the DVD cover,” admits a Danish viewer at the Internet Movie Database, “but now that the movie is done I find myself sitting here with a somewhat empty feeling that goes ‘Was that it?’”. Just like every porn movie ever made, then. Also known as ‘Erica, Kieran and Lexi’; made in 2010.

The Manchurian Candidate (CyBC2, 21.00) I’ll try not to talk about The Manchurian Candidate, a cool sardonic black joke that’s one of the greatest American films of the 1960s - and talk instead about The Manchurian Candidate, this rather choppy 00s remake transplanting the plot from the Korean War

to the first Gulf War. That was where sergeant Liev Schreiber saved his comrades and became a hero, later parlaying that heroism into a political career - and meanwhile Denzel Washington, one of those wartime buddies, is plagued by nightmares of what happened (or didn’t happen) in Kuwait. The plot is outlandish (it involves brains being washed) but the film is nakedly political, made at a time when a post-9/11 ‘culture of fear’ was everywhere - and it’s well-made though the tone tends to waver, from satire to melodrama via paranoid thriller. Manchuria’s now the name of a corporation, and Meryl Streep plays the scary, steely mother once played by Angela Lansbury: “I will do whatever is necessary to protect America...” Made in 2004.

CYPRUS MAIL Tuesday, April 23, 2013

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2372 1

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

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1 Centurion’s skill? (11) 2 Used as a chair material (5) 3 Point of punctuation (4,4) 4 Bigger beer, that’s about right (6) 5 Make a woolly garment crease (4) 6 Get a new vehicle ﬁrst on this point – it’s a favourable position (7) 9 Window-screen collapsed while one’s eyes were covered (11) 12 One with time to serve (8) 14 In the hut, mother’s shattered (7) 17 Resinous substance, balm’s a curiosity (6) 19 Offered for rent when I leave the loo (2,3) 21 Thanks Kelvin for a piece of work (4)

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1 Self-conscious dwarf (7) 7 Voluminous plant? (6) 8 One talking later perhaps about the race (7) 10 Add to endless chat (5) 11 Attend to a priest (8) 13 & 14 Variety of noughts coming from a riﬂe perhaps (7) 15 Wild bear on Scottish hillside (4) 16 Presumed to include the lot (3) 18 High-pitched river battle (8) 20 Added photo in place (5) 22 Sorted one out (7) 23 Japanese entertainer on stage I shamelessly included (6) 24 New timer ’e’d deserved (7)

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Answers to crossword 2371

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CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Backhand; 6 Give; 8 Grille; 9 Egoism; 10 Brainwave; 13 Gall; 14 Out; 15 Rhum; 16 Alchemist; 19 Thebes; 20 Asleep; 21 Colt; 22 Creature. Down – 2 Aire; 3 Kelp; 4 An ear for music; 5 Died intestate; 6 Glow-worm; 7 Vesuvius; 11 Ballyhoo; 12 Alphabet; 17 Flat; 18 Bear

QUICK: Across – 1 Lollipop; 6 Pump; 8 Tycoon; 9 Edible; 10 Hypocrite; 13 Aria; 14 Aid; 15 Sand; 16 Sculpture; 19 Delphi; 20 Nelson; 21 Dyed; 22 Greenﬂy. Down – 2 Onyx; 3 Loot; 4 Pennyfarthing; 5 Preponderance; 6 Primrose; 7 Militant; 11 Trickery; 12 Galloped; 17 Clan; 18 Foul.

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

Charm gets you everywhere, even into the good books of bosses, superiors or other business professionals. Follow your nose and especially when it comes to digging out useful information and connecting with the right people. Splashing out on a few luxuries may be tempting, but it’s also a good time to think about budgets and paying off debts.

It may be an idea to check a newspaper for worthwhile business or ﬁnancial opportunities. The work you do on a key project may give you a sense of satisfaction. A piece of news might come as a pleasant surprise that you can act upon. Business affairs seem potentially strong. However, as ever it will help to be mindful of the small print if doing any deals.

You might receive a pleasant invitation from an associate at work, or even a friend. However, a tendency to go with the ﬂow and miss a deadline or two could get you into trouble. It’s best to keep business and pleasure in separate compartments to get the best out of the day. Exercise-wise you may need a daily dose of discipline to stay on track.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

You’re in your element and ready to have some fun. With a line-up of planets in your sign, you may be thinking about a makeover, a change of style or even an upgrade to your wardrobe. Something may need to change for you to feel happy and conﬁdent. An intuitive hunch may pay off ﬁnancially. Do sort out potential relationship issues deftly.

Planning ahead for a getaway might be just what you need. There’s even a chance that travel could have romantic overtones, if you play your astral cards right. It’s time to branch out and explore new options. Try not to limit what you think you can do. There’s a chance you might miss an opportunity because you’re cramping your own style.

It’s a good time for having fun and getting together socially with friends. A helpful cluster of energy in Taurus can bring the possibility for romance and some interesting dating options. Be sure to get your money’s worth if shopping for things for the home. However, do guard against being absent-minded, particularly if you’re looking to make an expensive buy.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

Little things may require extra attention earlier today. Make revisions to a creative project, or harness the power of your imagination to dream up practical solutions to ongoing issues. There’s no doubt you have extra grit and fortitude when it comes to matters at work. Having said that, it may help to include exercise in your daily routine.

A chance remark could prove inspirational. Mixing business with pleasure may bring advantages - as long as you know what you’re doing. There’s also the opportunity of an upbeat development at work, especially if you’re tactful with your associates. Reaching agreements about money may not be easy. Meeting others half way may ease this.

Others may want to know the secret of your good mood, especially as events of the day seem to broaden your appeal. Home is where the heart is, so don’t deny yourself the pleasure of relaxing and generally pampering yourself. You may feel guilty due to the demands of career goals however, entertaining friends could give a comforting boost.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Don’t let the little things in life upset you. A tendency to put things off or to fritter away your energy may need watching. Though private concerns and pet interests are important, socialising and spending time with friends or a romantic interest may give you a new lease of life. Also, a dream may bring guidance on a career matter or goal.

The demands of others may keep you from getting as much time to yourself as you’d like. Despite your current popularity, you can still accomplish a lot if you stick to an agenda. An intense conversation could spark a romantic interest in someone you’ve known on a friendly basis. However, reality and fantasy could diverge rather widely.

You may be in the mood for some escapism, but might be restricting the amount of pleasure you can have. If you’re planning a trip, dream big - opt for something that thrills you and gives you pleasure just thinking about it. Making connections is important for business and career. You seem to have an inbuilt instinct concerning who may be most helpful.

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BEAUTY THERAPIST wanted for employment in an established beauty salon in central Nicosia. Call 99721038. ***************************** CARER WITH SUITABLE release papers required for night shift looking after elderly, fragile lady in Limassol. Must speak very good English and have nursing/caring qualiﬁcations. This is a permanent livein position for the right person on a monthly basis with own room and other carer available during the day. Good home environment provided.Please call personally 99 443545 after 11 am or tel 99 487603 ONLY IF YOU SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH *****************************

MISCELLANEOUS ***************************** HELP WANTED and commission paid for advice regarding purchase of surplus Russian military items from Cypriot military. Please reply your details to info@rme-ltd.eu

***************************** WANTED: COUPLES OF EU CITIZENS LIVING IN CYPRUS We are currently conducting research as regards European families living in Cyprus. If both you and your spouse come from the same or a different country of the EU (except Cyprus and Greece, e.g. both from Germany, or Germany and France), if you have children over 6, and if you are interested in taking part in some research ﬁnanced by the University of Cyprus please contact us 96530033. Participants will complete a questionnaire and participate in a faceto-face interview. They will also receive a symbolic amount of money. ***************************** ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CYPRUS Is drink costing you more than just money? AA could be the answer. Meeting at the following locations/days. Call to speak to an AA member. Ayia Napa Monday 97798043 Larnaca Tuesday (Polish spk) 96616589 Thursday 24645523 / 99259264 Limassol Tuesday / Wednesday / Friday / Saturday 25368265 / 99559322 Nicosia Sunday 99013596 Paphos

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LESSON ***************************** PRIVATE TUITION Experienced, UK-qualiﬁed teacher offers full/ part-time private home tuition in Maths, English, Science, I.C.T.,Geography, History, Business Studies and Economics, from KS2 to iGCSE, AS and A2 levels. 9 years experience in Cyprus; references available. Telephone 99318796 *****************************

HEALTH & FITNESS FOR PRETTY WOMAN: anticellulite treatment, reﬂexology, aromatherapy massage against stress, back pains, headache. Also spa for nails. Tel: 99986991 Nicosia area near Hilton *****************************

SERVICES **************************** PROFESSIONAL UPHOLSTERY CLEANING, also carpets, rugs and mattresses. Special offers now available. FREE STAIN GUARD FOR LIMITED TIME For a quote call Rickys Cleaning Services on 99131044 (all areas) info@rcscyprus.net / www.rcs-cyprus. net **************************** K.D.FLYSCREENS LTD. We manufacture top quality sliding screens, opening doors and roller systems. We also do repairs. For a FREE QUOTE please contact Phone: 99119582 Website: www.kdﬂyscreens.com **************************** SWIFT SERVICE AND REPAIRS air-cons, commercial and domestic fridges and freezers, ice machines, cool rooms, supply and ﬁt air-cons VRV S. Call Nik on 99579602 Limassol ****************************

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Nicosia - tel: 22 818583 fax: 22 676385 CAT – name tag says Clio. Found on Plataion Street in Strovolos, Nicosia. Call 99 435385 *************************** RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK Quality pedigree puppies for sale, Kennels club registered. An excellent hunter, a good family dog, as well as a good guard dog. Lovely to have around, both parents can be seen. Price €500 for more info pls call 99046966 *************************** 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 99 520 511 Monday-Friday between hours 10-2 or email ndsadoptions@gmail.com ***************************

FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS *************************** FOR SALE: Electric Cooker, Bosch 4 ceramic hotplates and oven, used 1 1/2 year, €300 For further information contact phone 99757511 *************************** FOR SALE – PAPHOS CATERING EQUIPMENT 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 ***************************

FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND **************************** FOR SALE plot of land with sea view. In Chlorakas area. Very quiet and private location. Title deed. Tel. 99519370. **************************** PLOT FOR SALE IN KATO PLATRES in a pine tree area. It

Limassol - tel: 25 761117 fax: 25 761141

comes with title deeds, 1095 square feet. Tel. 99881051. **************************** FOR SALE LAND in Anthoupoli (half plot) 288 sq.metres. for information 99621554. ****************************

PROPERTY TO LET NICOSIA **************************** LUXURY APARTMENT in Asinou Court 4-6 Acropolis. Consists 3 bedrooms with bathroom in main bedroom, big sitting room ,central heating & a/c in sitting room & main bedroom. Kitchen with the electrical appliances, covered parking, partly furnished. For more information call Mrs Constantinou daily 22775629 or 97665995 must speak Greek. **************************** TO LET Villa Dasoupolis with pool mature garden €5000 Ayioi Omoloyitae 3 level house c/h a/c €3000 Mak/ssa f/f house 4 bedr., €1500 Strovolos f/f house 4 bedr., €1200 3 bedr., ﬂat center f/f €1000 2 bedr., Acropolis/ Ma/ssa f/f €600 center 1 bedr.,f/f €550

Photos www.markidesestates.com Markides 22378898 / 99464764 Reg.No. 487 E 16 **************************** FLATS/HOUSES FOR RENT studio Makarios Av. €300, Kennedy furnished €300, 1 bdrm Str/los €400, Hilton €400, 2 bdrm Lycavitos €480 fully equipped, Ag. Dometios ground floor + garden €450, Ag. Paylos rear house newly built €390, Acropolis furnished €450, 3 bdrm Ag. Omologites garden €700, Nikis Av. Furnished €500, Archangelos detached with pool €1,200, Acropolis independent ideal for office/residence €750, 4 bdrm Kwsta Theodorou new house €1,100, Mosfiloti unique villa with pool/landscaping €2,500. 99474839, 99646822. 21 PROPERTY FINDER LTD. Licenced & Registered Estate Agents A.M.627 A.A.108/E **************************** FOR RENT a spacious two bedroom apartment, near Hilton and Central Bank. Living/dining room, sitting room, large veranda, kitchen, c/h, s/h, covered parking. Title deeds. Tel. 99519370. **************************** TO LET 1 bedroom upper floor house, large veranda near restaurant Periyiali in Acropolis 5 Aeantos Street €300 call 99680208 ****************************

Paphos - tel: 26 911383 fax: 26221049

Larnaca - tel: 99 634725

LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 4 bedr luxury detached house built in 3/4 of a plot, office space, central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining area, separate big kitchen with family room and all the electrical appliances, blinds and curtains on all windows, aluminium shutters, big garden with grass, 3 wc, covered parking, in a quiet area – Strovolos €1000 (H4ST10051-R), (photos in the website) 2. 3 bedr luxury terraced house, 210sq.m,central heating, full a/c, marble floor in the sitting areas and solid parquet floor on stairs and bedrooms, 4 wc,3 bathrooms, 2 en suite, big verandas, electrical appliances in the kitchen, 3 covered parking spaces, roof garden access, in a quiet neighbourhood on Mon Parnas hill – Engomi €850 (photos in the website). 3. 3 bedr luxury semi detached house, a/ c for hot and cold in all the rooms, blinds, electrical appliances in the kitchen,2wc, big patio with tiles, in a quiet area in a dead end – Strovolos €550 (H3ST10002-R) (photos in the website) 4. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house,230sq.m,big sitting and 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 AVAILABLE END OF MAY –(H4MAK0018-R) (photos in the website) 6. 3 bedr + attic room with shower and wc luxury detached house with central heating, a/c, fireplace, modern kitchen open plan with expensive electrical appliances, blinds, garden with grass, over flow swimming pool, covered parking in a quiet area. – Makedonitissa €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

classified contents Employment Opportunities pg 22 Employment Miscellaneous 22 Pets 22 Lessons 22 Health & Fitness 22 Personal 22 Services 22 For Sale Miscellaneous 22 For Sale Land/ Property Business 22 For Sale Motor vehicles -Properties Wanted -To Let Nicosia 22 To Let Limassol 25 To Let Larnaca 25 To Let Paphos 25 To Let Protaras, Ayia Napa, Paralimni -For Sale Nicosia 27 For Sale Limassol -For Sale Larnaca -For Sale Paphos 27 For Sale Ayia Napa -For Sale Famagusta Protaras 27 For Sale Athens -Property& Home Services display ads -Churches 26

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

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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 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 appliances, 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 ar-

FOR RENT 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment in Larnaca near new hospital. €400 per month including service charge and refuse collection Call 99358916

TO LET NICOSIA eas ,dining area and breakfast area, kitchen with all the electrical appliances, central heating, full a/c units. Basement with kitchen with cooker and oven, dishwasher, microwave and 2 refrigerators, sitting room with fireplace, and 2 bedrooms with one bathroom. Outside private fenced garden with artificial grass, bbq area and covered veranda. The house has blinds and shutters on all windows, false ceiling with spot lights throughout house, pressure system, covered parking, satellite dish, central music and network system, storage room, very good double glazed windows. Behind General flooring in the centre of Makedonitissa €2000 (H4MAK0001-R), (photos on the website). 10. 4 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 gar-

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TO LET NICOSIA den with grass, blinds on all windows downstairs, very big bedrooms with parquet floor, main bedroom with jacuzzi,2 covered parking’s near Alpha Mega supermarket and English School. AVAILABLE END OF MAY 2013 – Strovolos €2200 (H4ST10001-R) (photos in the website)11. 4 bedr new luxury finished detached house with central heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, big kitchen with cooker oven, dishwasher and big family room, aluminium shutters in all the house, separate big sitting and dining room with parquet floor, 2 covered parking, alarm system, big covered patio, SWIMMING POOL, in a newly built area near Falcon school – Strovolos €2000 (photos in the website). 12. 3 bedrs luxury 2 storey, FULLY RENOVATED LISTED HOUSE with high ceilings in the centre of Nicosia, 260sq.m, 2 small attic rooms, big sitting room upstairs, big

TO LET NICOSIA 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 garden 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 bedr very big luxury semi

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TO LET NICOSIA detached house 350sq.m, with big separate basement 80sq.m with 2 rooms, sitting room, kitchen and bathroom. Consists of big sitting and dining areas upstairs, big kitchen with big family room and breakfast area, big bedrooms, 3 showers, 1 bathroom, central heating, full a/c, black out blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking and patio with bbq in a very quiet neighbourhood close to Makarios football stadium. CAN BE RENTED FURNISHED, PARTIALLY FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED - Makedonitissa €1500 (H4MAK0032-R), (photos in the website) 15. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/

TO LET NICOSIA 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 ESTATES LTD 22-422225/96422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates.com

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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 mod-

TO LET NICOSIA ern furnished with LCD TV 32’, covered veranda, covered parking, storage heaters, full a/c, near Cyta, Laiki and Hellenic Bank headquarters – Dasoupolis €500 (photos in the website). 3. 1 bedr luxury GROUND FLOOR apartment with very big verandas and garden,2 a/c for hot and cold, cooker, oven, washing machine, fridge in the kitchen, big bedroom, covered parking, storage room, off Kallipoleos street in a quiet area – Lykavitos €360(A1LYK0021-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,

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TO LET NICOSIA FULLY NICELY FURNISHED, covered veranda with nice view, near the American Embassy - €450 (A2ENG0018-R) 5. 4 bedr new spacious luxury finished floor apartment with floor heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds on all windows, very big 50sq.m covered veranda, fireplace, covered parking and big over floor heated covered swimming pool on the ground floor, on a small 3 storey building in a quiet neighbourhood near a playground and near Ippokration private hospital – Engomi €1500 (A4ENG0003-R) (photos in the website) 6. 1 bedr new luxury finished apartment with parquet floor, a/c for hot and cold, big bathroom, covered veranda, NEWLY MODERN FURNISHED, parking, off Kennedy Avenue near the centre – Nicosia Centre €450 (A1NIC0021-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),

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blinds on all windows, electrical appliances in the kitchen, big sitting & dining room, big covered veranda, covered parking near Alpha Mega – Engomi €500. AVAILABLE END OF APRIL (A2ENG0014-R), (photos in the website). 9. New top quality 2 bedr apartment, 93sq.m+20sq.m veranda, on a small modern building with 6 ﬂats only. Central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 2wc, fully ﬁtted kitchen with all the electrical appliances, water pressure system roller blinds and shutters on windows, big sitting and dining room, big bedrooms, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet neighbourhood near Akropolis park. – Acropolis €700 A2ACS0002-R (photos in the website) .

12. 2 bedr new modern luxury apartment with floor heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining room, big covered veranda 30sq.m, fully fitted kitchen with expensive electrical appliances, blinds, covered parking, on the 6th floor with plenty of view and nice breeze, in the centre off Kennedy avenue – Nicosia Centre €700 (A2NIC0031-R), (photos in the website).

10. New luxury ﬁnished 1 bedr penthouse apartment with big verandah with nice view, in a small modern building,55sq.m,storage heaters,2 a/c, blinds on the windows, expensive electrical appliances (cooker, oven, extractor, refrigerator, washing machine, dryer), covered parking and storage room, off Kalippoleos street opposite Dessange Day Spa near the University – Lykavitos €420 (A1LYK0002-R), (photos in the website). 11. 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)

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 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. 3 bedr spacious luxury finished apartment 150sq. m+30sq.m covered veranda, central heating independent with petrol, full wall a/c units, solid parquet floor, expensive electrical appliances in the kitchen, 3wc, curtains and blinds on windows, 3 COV-

TO LET NICOSIA ERED PARKING, storage room, near Pizza Hut in Strovolos €1100 (photos in the website). 15. 3 bedrs luxury penthouse,165sq.m+80sq.m verandah with bbq, central heating ind, full AC, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, solid parquet floor all the flat, big kitchen with dining area, fully MODERN FURNISHED, covered parking off Athalassa Avenue near Stephanis Electronics and English school – Strovolos €800 (A3ST10013-R) (photos in the website) 16. New luxury finished 4 bed PENTHOUSE apartment in a small modern building, 186sq. m+90sq.m big veranda with nice view, separate floor heating, fully air conditioned, 4wc, 2 en suite bedrooms with shower,1 bathroom, solid parquet floor all through, big sitting and dining areas with electric modern shutters opening to the veranda, fully equipped kitchen with expensive electrical appliances, 2 parking places (1 covered), in a very quiet neighbourhood ,near the Russian Embassy. AVAILABLE END OF MARCH –Engomi €1900 (A4ENG0005-R) (photos in the website)

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GROUND FLOOR HOUSE, furnished renovated this year. Laminated parke ﬂoor, and big wardrobes in the 3 bedrooms. Rent €590.00 Tel 99497576 99886775 *****************************

***************************** 2 BDRM ﬂat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927. *****************************

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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/C-toilet in main bedroom. Semi/full furnished. Fitted kitchen with electrical appliances, fireplace. Toilet/ shower. €550pm negotiable. Tel 96891800.

***************************** TO LET 3 bedroom house, 100m from beach, Dekelia road Oroklini area. 1 bed ﬂat Makenzie near sea and Petros supermarket. tel: 96693375 ***************************** FOR RENT fully furnished 1 bedroom ﬂat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel 99202543

1 BEDROOM ﬂat in Ermou Square area Larnaca - 2 bedroom ﬂat in Phaneromenis area Larnaca. Call 96693375 ***************************** 1. Superior Real Estate Larnaca. 3 bedroom detached unfurnished property set on a fantastic development in the village of Tersefanou. Available for immediate occupation. Ref. TLL973. Tel 24815926 2. Superior Real Estate Larnaca. 2 bedroom fully furnished apartment, nr the Metro/American Academy Larnaca. Ref. TLL1654 Please call to arrange a viewing Tel. 24815926 3.

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PAPHOS ***************************** TREMITHOUSA- Modern 2 Double Bedroom Townhouse with Stunning Sea views, Large Secluded Terrace with Open Views, Roof Garden, Fitted Kitchen, A/C, U/F 350 Euros or F/F 400 Euros

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 Euros 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 Euros TREMITHOUSA- Purpose Built

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PAPHOS TO RENT Tel: 99389198. For listings and many other properties please visit our web www.paphotorent.com and give us a 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

MORE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 99862922 ***************************** ST GEORGE, beautiful 4 bedroom villa with stunning sea views, located in quiet cul-desac. good quality furniture, central heating, jacuzzi bath, stunning home with large garden, pool with roman steps, walking distance to tlc. €1200 per month negotiable. Tel: 96241965 ***************************** 1. Sea Caves Paphos, luxury 3 bed unfurnished villa with private pool on a big plot. One bed downstairs, kitchen white goods include dish washer. Spacious bedrooms, dressing room, balconies, separate outdoor storeroom, enclosed garden. €1000 2. Secret Valley, 3 bed un/furnished villa with private pool on a big plot. Spacious living space, good sized bedrooms. Pool and garden maintenance included in rent. Lovely sea and country side views. €700 3. Peyia, Beautiful 3 bed un/furnished villa with amazing sea views. Private pool, lovely garden, double bedrooms, master en suite. €500 4. Koili, brand new 4 bed unfurnished villa. Finished to a very high quality in a very

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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

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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

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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

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Sport Vettel takes commanding win in Bahrain GP to extend lead

Marquez is youngest MotoGP winner

‘It was pretty dominant,’ says Red Bull star

By Steve Keating

By Alan Baldwin

IN BRIEF

RED Bull’s Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel took a commanding victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Sunday to extend his overall lead to 10 points after four races. In a race with plenty of skirmishes on the track, but untroubled by anti-government protests and reported clashes elsewhere in the tiny Gulf kingdom, the German beat Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen by 9.1 seconds. The win, with Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman alKhalifa watching amid heavy security surrounding the Sakhir desert circuit, was Vettel’s second of the season and 28th of his career. If the event itself was controversial to some, because of human rights concerns after the crushing of a 2011 uprising, the sporting outcome was a straightforward demonstration of supremacy. “It was pretty dominant,” said the 25-year-old triple world champion, who started on the front row and was so far ahead after 25 of the 57 laps that he could pit and still come out in the lead, after swigging the winner’s rosewater on the podium. “Certainly we had more pace than we expected,” he added after what team boss Christian Horner called “an absolutely impeccable drive”. France’s Romain Grosjean ﬁnished third for Lotus, his ﬁrst podium since Hungary last July, to complete the same top three as last year.

Triple world champion Sebastian Vettel celebrates his second win of the season and 28th of his glittering career Britain’s Paul Di Resta equalled his career-best finish, after leading for three laps, with fourth place for Force India after losing third to Grosjean with six laps to go as the Frenchman made the most of fresher tyres. Vettel now has 77 points to 67 for 2007 champion Raikkonen, who chalked up his 21st successive scoring finish and is three races away from equalling the record set by the now-retired Michael Schumacher. There was bitter disappointment for Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg, who started on pole position but slipped to ninth at the chequered flag, and for Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, who could have expected to be on the podium but for a mechanical failure. The Spaniard, now fourth overall with 47 points, fin-

ished eighth after having to make an unscheduled pit-stop on lap seven - a lap after coming in for his regular stop - with his rear-wing DRS system stuck open. Britain’s Lewis Hamilton moved up to third in the standings, on 50 points, after taking ﬁfth place for Mercedes in a thrilling battle with Red Bull’s Mark Webber over the closing laps of the Australian’s 200th race. The two traded positions, almost locked side by side but never coming together, in a remarkable display of precision driving in the searing heat. “In the middle of the race I thought I could get on the podium, but then it was about pace management and it’s a ﬁne line between racing and saving tyres,” Webber said of another highly strategic race.

“It was a pretty good battle with Lewis for both of us; neither of us had any tyres left, but we were trying to race as best we could.” Mexican Sergio Perez also passed Webber after a wheel-to-wheel duel with McLaren team mate Jenson Button in which the newcomer nudged the rear of the 2009 champion’s car in a series of risky manoeuvres. Button urged the team to ‘calm him down’ but Perez continued to push with Grosjean looming in his mirrors. “I was very vocal on the radio, emotions were running high, but I would say exactly the same again,” said Button afterwards. “The racing was great out there. The only person that wasn’t was Checo (Perez). “He was too aggressive, I would say. At 300 kph, you

don’t expect your teammate to come alongside you and bang wheels with you. It was a bit of a surprise, and I’m probably not the only one that feels like that.”

Lotus ace Kimi Raikkonen chalked up his 21st straight scoring ﬁnish

SPANISH rookie Marc Marquez out-duelled Repsol Honda team mate Dani Pedrosa to win the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas on Sunday and become the youngest ever winner in the MotoGP premier class. Starting from pole, Marquez was beaten to the ﬁrst turn by Pedrosa but the 20-yearold Spaniard patiently stalked his team mate around the twisting Circuit of the Americas before grabbing the lead with nine laps remaining in the 21 lap race and pulling away for a comfortable 1.534 second victory. “Racing MotoGP always it is hard,” a beaming Marquez told television reporters following the race. “I chose the hard tyre on the rear and was not very sure but in the end was working well. “I don’t know what happen in the front I had many problems, especially at the end of the race I could not push but in the end it was like that and I am very happy.” The inaugural Texas race quickly turned into a tworider tussle as the factory Hondas pulled away with Marquez and Pedrosa engaging in a thrilling cat-andmouse battle. But after Marquez dove inside Pedrosa to take the lead his fellow Spaniard could not respond with Marquez powering away from the ﬁeld to replace Freddie Spencer, winner in Belgium in 1982, as the youngest rider to win a premier-class grand prix. Pedrosa said he was trying to catch up in the second part of the track. “But three laps from the end I make a mistake, I lose one and a half second and that was it,” he shrugged. “Anyway Marquez did a very good race being just his second race he was really strong so congratulations.” Double world champion Jorge Lorenzo, winner of the season opener in Qatar two weeks ago, came home third.

IRB: too soon for US to host Rugby World Cup

McDowell beats Simpson in playoff at gusty Hilton Head

Nathan Cleverly targets Hopkins unification fight

THE United States is not ready to host a rugby World Cup and needs to establish a sustainable professional league to help develop the sport there, International Rugby Board (IRB) head Brett Gospersaid yesterday. The sport’s global showpiece has only ever been held in traditional rugby strongholds since the inaugural tournament 26 years ago, with England set to host its eighth incarnation in 2015. The IRB, however, has awarded hosting rights for the 2019 tournament to Japan, moving away from the southern hemisphere and the European powers in the Six Nations for the ﬁrst time.

GRAEME McDowell held his nerve in ﬁerce winds to clinch his second PGA Tour title with a playoff victory over US Open champion Webb Simpson at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on Sunday. Northern Irishman McDowell sealed the win with a regulation two-putt par at the ﬁrst extra hole, the 18th, where Simpson three-putted for bogey after missing the green to the right with his approach. Using a putter for his third shot from 33 feet, Simpson narrowly missed the left edge of the cup with his birdie attempt, his ball ending up six feet beyond the hole after being blown by a sudden gust.

NATHAN Cleverly says he is ready to step up a level in his career and test his credentials by unifying the lightheavyweight division. Cleverly made a fifth defence of his WBO title with a landslide points win over Robin Krasniqi at Wembley Arena on Saturday. The 26-year-old Welshman now has IBF champion Bernard Hopkins or WBA champion Beibut Shumenov in his sights. “I want fights that test me and that’s the elite fights,” he said. “They’re brilliant and they can answer my question am I an elite level boxer or am I just a world champion?

CYPRUS MAIL Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Sport Momentary truce in NY-Boston rivalry

Delighted Djoko ends Nadal’s Monte Carlo reign

By Larry Fine

Spaniard’s eight years of dominance over By Gregory Blachier NOVAK Djokovic ended Rafael Nadal’s eight-year reign at the Monte Carlo Masters with a clinical 6-2 7-6 victory in the final on Sunday. Nadal, the only player to win a tournament eight times in a row, had enjoyed a 46-match winning streak at the claycourt Masters event before world number one Djokovic prevailed to claim his first title in the principality. The Serbian, who lost to Nadal in Monte Carlo in 2009 and last year, celebrated his 14th Masters crown and became the first player to defeat Nadal in three different finals on clay, having beaten him in Madrid and Rome in 2011. “Thanks for letting me win this tournament at least once,” Djokovic told his opponent on the court after Prince Albert of Monaco had given him the winner’s trophy. Monaco-based Djokovic, who made a late decision to participate in the tournament after injuring an ankle on Davis Cup duty two weeks ago, produced a superb performance to outplay Nadal on the picturesque centre court that has been the

Spaniard’s stage since 2005. “I cannot be happier than I am at this moment, knowing what I’ve been through the whole week ... trying to recover and make my decision to play,” he told a news conference. “If somebody had told me 10 days ago that I’d be winning the trophy, I wouldn’t have though it was realistic.” The Serbian, who had said he would need to be at his very best to get a chance to win, played some stunning shots to delight the crowd. “The first six, seven or eight games were unbelievable. It’s the best I can play on clay,” he said. Nadal tried to make light of a loss which could be a milestone on the way to the French Open, the only grand slam event Djokovic has not won. “It’s no tragedy. I lost after eight years without losing here. That’s the normal thing,” he said. “I think it was a positive week. I just practised here before the tournament. With not much practice, I was able to play the final.” After light rain delayed the start of the match for 45 minutes, Djokovic punished an error-prone Nadal to go 5-0 up in the first set. “Even if it’s true that

he started strongly, my feeling was that 4-0 was too much,” Nadal said. “He was playing great, yes, probably better than me, but I had that feeling that I was not playing that bad,” added the Spaniard, who took a month-long break before the tournament after winning three titles following his return from seven months out with a knee injury. “I need to put in a little more physical performance. That’s the real thing, play all the points with the same intensity. The match had little in common with last year’s Monte Carlo final, when Nadal overwhelmed Djokovic 6-3 6-1 in the first big claycourt event of the season a month before he secured his seventh French Open crown. Nadal saved five set points on his own serve and fought back to 5-2, only to hand his opponent the set with a double fault. A more aggressive Nadal put Djokovic under pressure by taking a 4-2 lead in the second set. But Djokovic dug in to level at 4-4, and after another exchange of breaks the Serbian ran away with the tiebreaker 7-1 as Nadal made the last of his 34 unforced errors.

World number one Novak Djokovic described his performance as ‘the best I can play on clay’

Kebede and Jeptoo blot out Olympic disappointment By Alison Wildey

Long distance masters: Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo and Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebede took top honours at the London Marathon

ETHIOPIA’S Tsegaye Kebede and Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo put last year’s Olympic disappointments behind them on Sunday with victories in the London Marathon. Big crowds, undaunted by the Boston Marathon bombings last week, lined the route to cheer on the runners, many of whom wore black ribbons to honour those killed and wounded in the American race. Kebede, who was not selected for London 2012, overhauled his Kenyan rival Emmanuel Mutai in the ﬁnal kilometre to win in two hours six minutes four seconds and must surely have secured a place on the list for August’s world championships in Moscow. “Many athletes ran 2:04, because of that they selected them for the London Olympics,” Kebede told reporters. “In October I went away, won in Chicago, ran a personal best time (2:04:38) and now I win again this competition,” he added. “I’m happy. Maybe I think I’ll run in the world cham-

pionships,” the Ethiopian, also champion in 2010, said with a smile. Jeptoo had, at least, made it to the London Games but was pipped to women’s marathon gold by Ethiopia’s Tiki Gelena by five seconds. This time, however, the Kenyan was not prepared to race it out at the end of the 26-mile slog around London’s streets and after pushing the pace at around 19 miles, she ran solo up the Mall to win in 2:20.15. The injection of pace proved too much for Jeptoo’s only companion, world champion and compatriot Edna Kiplagat, who began to lag and finished more than a minute behind in second. “Today I’m very happy because I won this year in London,” Jeptoo, who has finished in the top three in her eight marathons, told a news conference. “I knew I was strong because I have done good training so I was having a feeling that I could do it.” Gelena, making her debut in the London Marathon, came a cropper after colliding with a wheelchair racer at a drinks station at nine miles and did

not feature among the leaders after halfway, eventually finishing 16th - her shoulders rolling as she laboured to the line. “I am very sorry about what happened,” she said in a statement issued by the race organisers. “At the 15km point I moved towards the drinks table when suddenly another athlete in a wheelchair hit me hard from behind. I fell down and hurt both legs and my right ankle, and broke my shoe lace. I tried to catch up but was in heavy pain.” Men’s Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotech of Uganda also had a disappointing debut, finishing sixth after struggling to keep up with the blistering pace set in the first half of the race, which put paid to world-record holder Patrick Makau, who was 11th. Britain’s double Olympic track champion Mo Farah kept up with the leaders for the first half of the race before dropping out as planned soon after the athletes crossed Tower Bridge. Farah, who will make his marathon debut in next year’s race, was greeted with a huge cheer from the crowd.

THE bitter New YorkBoston sports rivalry, dating back nearly 100 years, observed a momentary truce before the start of the weekend’s NBA playoffs opener between the New York Knicks and the visiting Boston Celtics. The teams came together in solidarity over the Boston Marathon bombing attacks and their aftermath as players addressed the Madison Square Garden crowd before tip-off. “On behalf of the New York Knicks organisation, we just want to let Boston know that we send our prayers to them throughout this unfortunate tragedy,” the Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony said. “We, as New Yorkers, understand what you guys are going through.” Some fans of the second seed Knicks were still moved to jeer the sight of the seventh-seeded Celtics on the Broadway hardcourt, before thousands of fans shushed them into silence. Wearing a T-shirt that read ‘Boston stands as one’, the Celtics’ Paul Pierce expressed gratitude for the show of support and vowed, “Boston will rise and run again.” After the warm exchange and cheers of support from the sell-out crowd, the Celtics took the floor for their final warm-ups and fullthroated boos rained down from the rafters. It was back to business as usual between New York and Boston. In this installment, the home team prevailed 8578 in a tight struggle decided in the fourth quarter. The professional sports rivalry between the East Coast cities was launched in 1920 when the New York Yankees broke open their checkbook to snatch away baseball’s foremost slugger, Babe Ruth. Ruth led the Yankees to the first of a record 27 World Series titles, while Boston, which had won five Fall Classic crowns up to 1918, went 86 years before winning again in 2004, humiliating New York along the way by becoming the first team to overcome an 0-3 deficit in a best-of-seven series. Of all the professional sports, Boston truly reigned on the hardcourt, the Celtics amassing 17 NBA titles to top the list. The Knicks, meanwhile, have been a study in futility that is hoping to turn the corner. This year they won their first division title in 19 years, are looking to win their first playoff series in 13 years and their first NBA title in 40 years. “We took care of business,” said Anthony, the NBA scoring champion who scored a game-high 36 points. “It was real important to come out and get this first win and we did that.”

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AEK Athens relegated for the first time in 89-year history

By Ronnie Esplin

Several players break down in tears at final whistle By Graham Wood AEK Athens were relegated for the first time in the club’s 89-year history on Sunday after conceding a late goal to lose their final Greek Super League match 1-0 against Atromitos Athinon. AEK were already facing the drop after being handed a three-point deduction that had yet to be applied to the standings for crowd violence in their match against fellow strugglers Panthrakikos last weekend. They needed a win to give themselves a slim chance of survival ahead of this week’s appeal hearing but were hit with a sucker punch late on as Kostas Giannoulis’ raced clear and finished clinically in the third minute of added time. Several AEK players broke down in tears at the final whistle as they realised they would be joining bottom club Kerkyra in next season’s Football League, Greece’s second tier. “There are no words to describe my feelings,” a dejected AEK coach Traianos Dellas told reporters. “The guys really gave it a go, and much like AEK, they do not deserve a fate like this. I’m so sorry as well, I tried my best to raise morale but I didn’t manage

Celtic title joy tempered by absent foes

Despair: AEK needed a win to give themselves a slim chance of survival but lost 1-0 against Atromitos Athinon to succeed. I feel deep sorrow for what has happened, but we have to try to think about the next day and the future of the club.” Dellas, a former player with AEK and Euro 2004 winner with Greece, was only brought in 11 days ago for the final two matches, his appointment representing a last throw of the dice for a club desperate to avoid the drop. The defeat left them two points adrift of safety, or five if the three-point penalty is upheld, ending any hopes they had of remaining in the top flight. The Super League’s disciplinary committee dished

out the punishment last Friday after AEK’s match against Panthrakikos at the Olympic Stadium was abandoned due to a a pitch invasion by home fans. The league said the match would be recorded as a 3-0 loss for AEK, applied a three-point deduction from this season’s tally and two from the next campaign, and slapped the club with ﬁnes totaling 4,000 euros. The club submitted an appeal against the decision, which it called a “pre-meditated crime by a corrupt system” in a strongly worded statement. At the other end of the table, Panathinaikos failed

to finish in the Champions League playoff places despite running out 3-2 winners at the Olympic Stadium against Veria thanks to two goals from Spanish midfielder Victor Vitolo and a Habib Sow effort. Champions Olympiakos Piraeus also tasted victory in their final match, seeing off Panionios 2-1. Kostas Mitroglou put them ahead after 12 minutes, but the visitors responded strongly and equalised eight minutes later through Andreas Samaris. The hosts’ quality showed in the second half, however, and Greece defender Avraam Papadopoulos headed home

what proved to be the winner in the 72nd minute to ensure the Reds ended the season on 77 points from 30 matches. The end-of-season playoffs, which determine Greece’s second Champions League spot and Europa League representatives, will be contested between PAOK Salonica, Asteras Tripolis, Atromitos and PAS Yiannina. PAOK ended their regular campaign with a deserved 2-0 home win over Yiannina thanks to second-half goals from Giorgos Georgiadis and Kostas Katsouranis to ﬁnish as runners-up in the table.

Juve sink Milan to close on title By Matt Barker

Juventus need four points from the ﬁnal ﬁve games to seal their 29th Italian title - and second in a row

JUVENTUS closed on their 29th Italian title with a 1-0 win over AC Milan thanks to Arturo Vidal’s second-half penalty on Sunday. Juve need four points from the final five games after closest rivals Napoli, 11 points behind, saw off Cagliari 3-2 in dramatic fashion at the Stadio San Paolo. A disappointing Milan side now have to think seriously about a resurgent Fiorentina, who beat Torino 4-3, and now sit just one point behind them in fourth. The result left Fiorentina five points ahead of Inter Milan, who got back to winning ways with a 1-0 defeat of Parma, veteran striker Tommaso Rocchi’s 82ndminute strike lifting some of the pressure on coach Andrea Stramaccioni. A cagey, goalless first half in Turin saw only one real

opportunity when Milan keeper Christian Abbiati was at full stretch to deny an Andrea Pirlo free kick which deflected off the wall. Abbiati picked up an injury after his acrobatics and was replaced by Marco Amelia. The home side went ahead in the 58th minute when Kwadwo Asamoah was clumsily upended by Amelia. Vidal stepped up and struck an excellent penalty into the right-hand corner. With Milan struggling to find any fluidity and looking toothless in attack, Juve began to take control of the game, dealing comfortably with the visitors who were clearly missing the spark of the suspended Mario Balotelli. Juve coach Antonio Conte was delighted with the victory but played down any title talk. “Milan are Milan, they always play to win,” he told reporters. “It wasn’t easy for us, if we lost to them, Napoli

would have been closer and some pressure would have built up. “I wouldn’t say today was a decisive step but was a great step forward. To find ourselves 18 points ahead of Milan is a rare thing indeed. Was it a penalty? Without any doubt.” Milan have now gone three games without a win but coach Massmiliano Allegri believes they can still enjoy a strong finish to the season. “We conceded very little to Juventus, but then we created very little ourselves,” Allegri said. “There are 18 points between us and Juventus. There’s really not a lot you can say when you’re up against a side like them, who could reach 90 points this season. “This team still needs to grow, but in the meantime we need to think only about finishing third, it will still be a great achievement.”

CELTIC manager Neil Lennon spoke of his immense pride at retaining the Clydesdale Bank Premier League title, but Rangers’ absence from the top flight this season for the first time since the foundation of league football in Scotland in 1890 had turned the traditional two-horse race for the championship into a one-horse canter from the outset. A 4-1 win over Inverness at Celtic Park sealed the club’s 44th league title and confirmed what everyone in world football had expected would happen, even last summer when the Hoops dropped two points at newlypromoted Ross County in their second SPL game of the campaign. It is not Lennon’s fault that the Ibrox club re-emerged into the Irn-Bru Third Division last season after their well-publicised fall into administration and then liquidation, but he and Celtic - and indeed the whole of Scottish football - have been affected. The Northern Irishman and his players have regularly railed against suggestions that their stumbles in the SPL have come as a result of complacency borne out of not having Rangers breathing down their necks. Earlier this year, Charlie Mulgrew admitted he would have Rangers back in the SPL if it was down to him and while he was criticised for saying it by some of his own fans, he was unarguably echoing the thoughts of most of his team-mates. In the weekend’s newspapers Lennon addressed former Celtic striker Andy Walker’s claim that this season’s title triumph would be less satisfying than last year’s championship win, describing the comments as “total nonsense”. But Walker only said what most people believe to be true. Celtic’s victory over Inverness means they can reach 84 points, the current lowest SPL title-winning total, set by the Parkhead club in 200607 when, like this season, they qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League. However, without the tension associated with a traditional Old Firm title race, where every dropped point which allows the other side an advantage is dissected, scrutinised and explained, it has appeared difficult at times for Celtic to get motivated for domestic games. Dwindling home crowds suggest it has been difficult for the punters to get excited too. Meanwhile, Hoops fans can look forward to another attempt at entering European football’s elite club competition next season, albeit Celtic will have to hurdle three qualifying rounds to get to the group stages this time.

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APOEL open up huge lead after beating AEK By Nemanja Bjedov

You beauty: Gareth Bale (right) chips the ball over Man City keeper Joe Hart as Spurs scored three goals in seven minutes late in the second half to claim a crucial three points

AVB hails ‘monster’ Bale Spurs boss says race for top-four will go down to the wire TOTTENHAM manager Andre Villas-Boas has revealed that Gareth Bale played a key role in the decision to name him in the Spurs starting line-up for Sunday’s game against Manchester City at White Hart Lane. Bale made a surprisingly swift recovery from an ankle injury in the Europa League tie against FC Basel on April 4, and was back to his inspirational best as Spurs came from behind to beat Premier League champions City 3-1. “We had discussions with Gareth about his injury and he gave us the green light,” Villas-Boas told the BBC after watching the Welshman provide an assist for Tottenham’s equalising goal and then go on to score their third.

“Gareth is a monster physically. All the credit goes to him for hanging on for the full 90 minutes and playing so well. He produced a great, great performance.” The Spurs boss predicted that the race for a top-four finish in the Premier League will be tension filled for the next month, after a weekend that ended with Chelsea dropping two valuable points in their 2-2 draw against Liverpool at Anfield. “It will go down to the wire, maybe to the Chelsea fixture against us,” he said, referring to the rearranged game at Stamford Bridge on May 8. “The destiny is in our own hands and we have to continue to gather as many points as possible, which will be extremely difficult.

“We have a tough game against Wigan next, but it is good to have players like Gareth, Jermain Defoe and hopefully Aaron Lennon available. We also hope Younes Kaboul can still play a part in this season.” Villas-Boas suggested his tactical substitutions were crucial in his side’s thrilling late comeback to beat City in front of a passionate crowd, as he identified a weakness in the make-up of his opponents and gave his players credit for exploiting that flaw. “We had trouble in the beginning to find the spaces out wide. City narrow the game by allowing their wingers to come inside and we didn’t get into wide positions and it was difficult for

us to remove the pressure,” he added. “It was a case of holding on to a 1-0 difference at halftime and in the second half, we recognised that the spaces were in the side areas and also we started to play with a little more conﬁdence. “The determination was there in the ﬁrst and second half, but the organisation was better in the second half and it is a credit to everyone in the squad that we could turn it around in the second half. It is a big win, but now we have to keep pushing. “The players who came off the bench impacted the game massively and all credit to them for that. They showed a great determination.”

Mancini: United not better than City

Roberto Mancini says City should have more points

MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini says his side are not inferior to Manchester United. “It was over three or four weeks ago,” Mancini told reporters after Tottenham hit back with three goals in seven minutes through Clint Dempsey, Jermain Defoe and Gareth Bale to defeat last season’s champions. “But United are not better than us. They deserve to win the title because we lost a lot of points in games we didn’t deserve to lose but United have scored more goals. “But however many points it is, is not true. It’s not the reality for this championship. “We wanted to win the championship but we didn’t. We have to give congratulations to them but we don’t have a gap to make up. In the last two or three years when we’ve played them we’ve always been better than them, even when we’ve lost the game. “This year we were better but lost in the

AEK coach Ran Ben Shimon said he was proud of his players: “We did everything right, but in order to win you also need to score goals. We are going through rough times and we need to regroup with three more matches remaining. We will give everything we have in those matches in order to try and secure European football for our club next season.” The top three spots guarantee European qualification places in 2013-2014. Elsewhere on Sunday afternoon, in Group 3, Olympiakos topped Ethnikos Achnas 4-2 in Nicosia, while three first-half goals, including Bernardo Vasconcelos’ brace, gave Alki a comfortable 3-1 victory over Nea Salamina away from home. Vasconcelos has proved to be vital for Alki this season with five goals in the playoffs alone. He is the league’s top scorer with 16 goals overall. Kostas Kaiafas’ Alki now need only one more victory from their remaining three matches to secure their top flight status for next season as they lead the group with 32 points. On the other hand, Nea Salamina trail the group leaders by eight points, but still have a realistic chance of avoiding the drop as Ethnikos Achnas are in third place with 26 points and Olympiakos in second, with 28.

APOEL coach Ivan Jovanovic was delighted with his side’s ‘lucky’ 1-0 victory over AEK in the championship playoffs at the GSZ Stadium in Larnaca on Sunday afternoon which opened up a commanding eight-point lead over Anorthosis at the top of the table. “AEK were better than us today, they moved the ball really well and controlled the match,” said Jovanovic. “I can understand that my players felt a lot of pressure since the match was of great importance to us. In the end we managed to get a somewhat lucky victory and this result may now help us approach the remaining three matches slightly more relaxed,” he added. Mario Sergio scored the only goal of the game directly from a free kick in the 63rd minute, but the defender will miss Saturday’s reverse ﬁxture through suspension as he was shown his fourth yellow card of the campaign early in the second half. “We are very close to mathematically securing the title, but there are four excellent teams in the championship playoffs group and everything is still possible since details decide winners in almost every single match,” Jovanovic concluded.

APOEL celebrate after a 1-0 win in Larnaca left them with one hand on the trophy

Cyprus Standings Team Group 1 1 APOEL 2 Anorthosis 3 Omonia 4 AEK Group 2

last minute and last year we beat them easy; every time we’ve played them in the last two or three years we’ve not had any problems.” Asked if United’s players had shown a better attitude throughout the season, Mancini did not disagree. “Yeah, yeah, probably because they lost 5 AEL the championship last year. They improved 6 Apollon the team in the summer and scored a lot of goals, they conceded a lot too, but scored 7 Doxa more which is important. 8 E.N Paralimni “I think we probably deserve to have more points today but that doesn’t change any- Group 3 thing.” After the high of a ﬁrst English title since 9 Alki 1968 last season, this campaign has been something of a letdown for City who were 10 Olympiakos knocked out of the Champions League in 11 Ethnikos the group stage and have been unable to 12 Nea Salamina match United’s consistency.

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Sport Two of a kind clash as Bayern take on Barca By Brian Homewood PEP Guardiola is not the only connection between Bayern Munich and Barcelona, who meet in their Champions League semifinal, first leg at the Allianz Arena tonight. Both teams are dominating their leagues to an almost embarrassing extent, have won the Champions League four times apiece, share an acrimonious rivalry with Real Madrid, and owe part of their success to the flamboyant Dutchman Louis van Gaal. Both have also been in two Champions League finals in the last four years, though the Catalans won both of theirs and the Bavarians came out losers on each occasion. Barcelona are 13 points clear at the top of La Liga, yet could be considered underdogs against a rampant Bayern, who wrapped up the Bundesliga two weeks ago and won two games by 6-1 margins last week even when resting their top players. “The players are just enjoying their football, and our attitude is superb. Every man was totally motivated, we put together some very fluid moves, we showed great discipline, and we created outstanding goals,” said coach Jupp Heynckes after Saturday’s 6-1 win at Hanover. “Once again, the players have proved we don’t have a B-team, we only have an A team.” Bayern’s dominance has caused some disquiet in the Bundesliga, which often proclaims itself to be Europe’s most open league. “There’s a big difference in performance levels in the league,” club president Uli Hoeness told Kicker last week. “We can’t be comfortable with that. We have to analyse why this is the case.” Barcelona’s superiority in La Liga has led to suggestions from Madrid media that it has become a formality for them and they will not even celebrate winning it.

“It appears there are people who want to make out that the league doesn’t count for anything, but that’s not the case, it’s a very important title,” said midfielder Cesc Fabregas. “We have worked very hard.” “If we do eventually win the league, there is no doubt that there is great merit in taking four titles in five seasons,” stand-in coach Jordi Roura said. “It’s a very difficult championship.” Bayern believe their playing style and policy of giving priority to players raised locally makes them similar to Barcelona and that it was only natural that Guardiola, who quit the Camp Nou last season, should continue his career at the Allianz Arena from next season. Then there is the Van Gaal connection. The Dutchman left Bayern when he was sacked two years ago, but has a legitimate claim to be the architect of the current side. It was under Van Gaal that Bayern began to press the opposition in their own half and play attacking, possession football, a style that makes them such formidable opposition. Van Gaal left Barcelona in similarly unhappy circumstances in 2000, yet he also revived the Catalan club, winning successive La Liga titles to end a fouryear drought and took the decision to make Guardiola captain. Matches between Bayern and Barcelona have been surprisingly rare, with just six previous meetings. The last, a Champions League quarter-final four years ago, came when Juergen Klinsmann’s reign at Bayern was in its death throes and saw a 4-0 Barca rout in the first leg with all goals coming in a memorable first half. “I remember that game well and I don’t really like to think about it, because it was quite painful to watch,” said Bayernchief executive KarlHeinz Rummenigge. “However, it’s a wonderful opportunity to show that we have improved a lot since then.”

The stage is set for a mouthwatering ﬁrst Champions League semi-ﬁnal between the two heavyweights

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BRITISH MEDIA HAVE A FIELD DAY AS THEY SINK THEIR TEETH INTO STRIKER

Flashpoint: Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic pushes Luis Suarez away after being bitten by the Liverpool striker (inset)

Liverpool stand by ‘cannibal’ Suarez L

IVERPOOL have fined Uruguay striker Luis Suarez an undisclosed amount for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic but will not sack him, the Premier League club said yesterday. Suarez, the league’s top scorer with 23 goals, has been widely condemned for his behaviour in Sunday’s 2-2 draw and is expected to get a lengthy ban from the Football Association but Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre said the club would stand by him. “I think the most important thing is that we acted swiftly,” Ayre told the club’s website (www.liverpoolfc.com). “Luis issued his apology and then we spoke with him on Sunday night and then again in the morning. We’ve taken action to fine Luis for his actions.” Ayre did not specify the size of the fine but Suarez asked for the money to be donated to the Hillsborough Family Support Group - an organisation set up after the 1989 stadium disaster that left 96 Liverpool fans dead. Television replays clearly showed the 26-year-old seizing Ivanovic’s forearm and sinking his teeth into it. Merseyside Police have confirmed no action will be taken

against Suarez. Officers attended Chelsea’s Cobham training ground to speak to Ivanovic. However, the Serbia international did not report any physical injury and told police he did not want to pursue the matter. The Football Association has charged Suarez with violent conduct, saying that while the standard punishment for violent conduct was a three-match ban, that was “clearly insufficient in these circumstances”. Suarez apologised on Twitter and the club website on Sunday night. “I am deeply sorry for my inexcusable behaviour earlier today during our match against Chelsea,” Suarez said. “I have issued an apology and have contacted Branislav Ivanovic to speak to him personally. I apologise also to my manager, playing colleagues and everyone at Liverpool Football Club for letting them down.” It was not the first time Suarez, who scored a stoppage time equaliser, has been involved in a biting incident. He was previously banned in the Netherlands after biting the neck of PSV’s Otman Bakkal while playing for Ajax in 2010. Former Liverpool midfielder Graeme Souness said that

Suarez had reached the “last chance saloon” at Anﬁeld after the latest in a string of misdemeanours. However, Ayre said manager Brendan Rodgers would work with the player to help improve his discipline. “The owners are happy with the way we are handling the matter,” said Ayre. “He’s a very popular player with his team-mates. As we keep saying, he signed a new four-year contract last summer and we’d all love to see him here throughout that contract. “He’s a fantastic player, top scorer and everything we’d want in a striker so there’s no change there.” “Having reviewed the video footage and spoken to Luis, his behaviour is unacceptable and I have made him aware of this,” said Rodgers, who has stood by Suarez in the past. The British media yesterday had a ﬁeld day, dubbing the striker a ‘cannibal’ after his shameful bite. ‘The Kop Cannibal’ was the Daily Mirror’s back page headline, a description also used by the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph, both papers suggesting it was time Liverpool parted company with the controversial striker. Mass circulation tabloid The Sun said ‘Same Old Sua-

rez, Always Eating’ while The Times back page said Suarez had ‘shamed’ the club which stood by him during a racism storm that saw him banned for eight games last season. Suarez however has a new brother in arms in former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson. Tyson, who famously bit the ear of Evander Holyfield during a 1997 world heavyweight title fight, began following Suarez on Twitter after Sunday’s incident. According to Tyson’s profile page on Twitter, he made Uruguayan Suarez his 432nd and most recent follow. Tyson, now 46, took a chunk out of Holyfield’s right ear in the third round of a bout in Las Vegas in June 1997, after which Holyfield, nicknamed the ‘Real Deal’, became known as the ‘Meal Deal’. Tyson, currently touring the United States with his oneman show, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, was disqualified from the fight and fined $3 million.