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Three arrested in plot to kill AG Notorious prisoner Kitas is linked to strange plot to ‘kill’ and then ‘save’ attorney-general

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OLICE said yesterday it foiled a bizarre plan to assassinate Attorney-general Petros Clerides after the arrest of three suspects and the seizure of an anti-tank weapon.

The three, including a convict and a former contract soldier, and another man from the Famagusta district were arrested on Sunday night and were remanded in custody for eight days yesterday.

The hearing yesterday took place amid strict security measures with armed counter terrorism officers placed inside and outside the packed court room.

The convict was the alleged mastermind while the former soldier was alleged to be the proposed trigger man. The convict represented himself during the lengthy hearing.

The three had allegedly been planning to assassinate Clerides somewhere on the route from his office to his home using a Light Anti-tank Weapon or LAW, which police said was of Turkish origin.

They also planned the assassination of at least one more official – reports said the target was central prison governor Giorgos Tryfonides.

Police did not confirm yesterday whether Tryfo-

nides was a target but they said they had information suggesting there was a target list, which they have not yet recovered.

“The mastermind behind these planned assassinations is an individual currently doing time at the central prison,” police chief Michalis Papageorgiou said.

Authorities had been informed of the alleged plot earlier this month.

On October 12, they found the LAW and replaced it with an unarmed identical launcher and after placing their own agent in the operation they let it run its course until Sunday evening.

The weapon had been switched at its undisclosed drop-off point near a church in Larnaca. It was allegedly left there by the third suspect, who, reports said, sells lottery tickets.

Police arrested the former soldier at around 8pm near Prodromos Avenue in Nicosia.

“We located the suspect (shooter) at a specific location and he was arrested the moment he received the empty launcher,” Papageorgiou said.

The other two were arrested later.

Papageorgiou did not say where the armed LAW was found but he said it was not the same location where the first arrest took

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A car drives through water driven onto a roadway by Hurricane Sandy in Southampton New York yesterday

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Thousands evacuated as US braces for tempest

By Daniel Trotta and Tom Hals HURRICANE Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, began battering the densely populated East Coast yesterday, shutting down transportation, forcing evacuations in flood-prone areas and interrupting the presidential campaign.

Fierce winds and flooding were expected along hundreds of miles of Atlantic coast and heavy snows were forecast farther inland at higher elevations when the centre of the storm moved ashore late last night near

Atlantic City, New Jersey.

US stock markets closed for the first time since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the government in Washington shut down and school was cancelled up and down the East Coast. About 150,000 customers were without power by midday and millions more could lose electricity.

“This is going to be a big and powerful storm and all across the Eastern Seaboard I think everybody is taking the appropriate preparations,” President Barack Obama said at the White House.

State governors from Virginia to Massachusetts warned of the acute

danger from the storm for the 60 million residents in its path. Nine states have declared a state of emergency.

Experts said economic losses from the storm could reach $20 billion.

“There will undoubtedly be some deaths that are caused by the intensity of this storm, by the floods, by the tidal surge, by the waves. The more responsibly citizens act, the fewer people will die,” Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley told reporters.

Off North Carolina, the US Coast Guard rescued 14 of the 16 crew members who abandoned the replica tall

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THE Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA) said yesterday it has received a total of 17 expressions of interest for the supply of natural gas for a five-year period.

The call for interest was issued on September 27. In a short press release yesterday, DEFA said only that it has received 17 bids, and that the details of the bids are bound by a confidentiality agreement between itself and the interested parties.

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be announced, we shall issue a press release,” DEFA said. DEFA had earlier said it would take about three weeks for the bids to be evaluated, after which a shortlist of companies will be compiled, paving the way for negotiations for a sale agreement.

In addition to supplying the fuel, interested parties must also make all infrastructure arrangements. In terms of technology the tender is open-ended: liquefied natural gas (LNG), compressed natural gas (CNG), or any other technol-

ogy. The top criteria are time and cost.

Cyprus is seeking to secure short-term supplies of natural gas not exceeding 1.2 billion cubic metres per year as a stopgap solution until such time as it can bring ashore its own gas.

Under the terms of the call for expression of interest, actual supply of gas should begin no later than early 2015 and up until September 2018 when, under broader energy plans, the island should be ready to generate electricity through its own offshore blocks.

Questions hang over state gas company Hydrocarbons management firm rife with grey areas

By Elias Hazou COMMERCE Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis insisted yesterday there was nothing untoward with the establishment and nature of a state-owned hydrocarbons company, following reports that the company’s articles of association are rife with grey areas.

On Sunday Kathimerini led with the company’s articles of association which, among other things, provide that any of its members may transfer shares to a spouse, children or immediate relatives.

They also state that the company, known by the Greek acronym KRETYK, can purchase and import natural gas.

This raised some eyebrows, as the import of natural gas was thought to be the sole purview of the Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA).

In a bid to deprive the Christofias administration of controlling lucrative gas distribution contracts, parliament, with the exception of the ruling AKEL party, earlier this year decided to divide the job between DEFA and the Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA). DEFA will import, distribute and supply natural gas locally, while CERA will be in charge of exporting natural gas, in addition to its regulatory role.

Creating confusion, the government has stated that KRETYK would handle all aspects of natural gas, including its liquefaction, transport, export and import.

Sylikiotis did not clear up the point yesterday. KRETYK’s founding document moreover states that it is a limited liability company with a starting capital of €1 million divided into one million shares of €1 each.

Though fully owned by the state, the company is governed by private law.

Article 45 of the found-

ing document states that the company may distribute among its members any of its assets, “in specie or in money or by any other means.”

Kathimerini posed the question as to whether the assets in kind include the actual gas, which the company is authorised to procure.

Moreover, Article 32 of the founding document states that the company may “invest monies, of which it has no immediate need, in such investments as the board of directors may decide.” The nature of these “monies” is not explicitly defined.

And the articles of association (Article 41) state that “a percentage of the company’s net profits, equal to the stake of the Republic of Cyprus in the company’s capital, minus an amount consisting of retained earnings” shall be deposited in a special Hydrocarbons Fund in regular intervals not exceeding one year.

The next article states that the retained earnings will be proposed annually by the board of directors and determined by a general assembly.

From this it can be gleaned that the amount deposited to the national Hydrocarbons Fund is not fixed and will rather be decided on a caseby-case basis.

The founding document and the articles of association are dated October 2; they are signed by Sylikiotis and by a senior attorney of the Attorney-general’s office acting as witness and certifying that she drafted the documents.

The documents make it clear that, upon its inception, the company’s sole member is the Commerce Minister acting on behalf of the state.

They go on to state that, where the company has one member only, that member makes all the decisions.

Kathimerini, which broke the story, raised questions over the apparent vagueness

Sylikiotis opens a new road at the In Pera Chorio industrial estate yesterday. He has not addressed all the questions of the documents’ wording, and suggested their drafting was a rush job. It said the wording was so generic that the documents were reminiscent of an off-the-shelf company.

Sylikiotis issued a brief response on Sunday, saying the information the paper ran was taken out of context and accusing the daily of “unprofessional journalism.”

Yesterday, the minister responded to a press release by main opposition party DISY. Sylikiotis denied that parliament was kept in the dark about the company, arguing that he had informed the House Commerce Committee as far back as June. He said also that as soon as the company documents were finalised they were sent to the committee.

Sylikiotis, however, did not address some of the specific points raised by Kathimerini, such as why KRETYK was in charge of gas imports.

One matter the minister did not fully clarify is why he did not attend a session of the House Commerce Committee on October 2 -- the same day KRETYK was registered -- to discuss the state hydrocarbons company. Sylikiotis

officially unveiled KRETYK’s establishment two days later, on October 4, much to the chagrin of opposition politicians who felt hoodwinked by the minister.

In his statement yesterday, Sylikiotis implied that he did not attend the October 2 House committee precisely because he knew in advance that the purpose of the session was to discuss an opposition-drafted bill that sought to create a legal framework for KRETYK. The bill additionally sought to ban the establishment of a state hydrocarbons company before such legislation were passed.

It is known that on the day Sylikiotis was scheduled to fly to Brussels for a European gas policy forum; however, at the time the House committee was in session he was still on the island and could have attended.

Meanwhile opposition politicians have threatened to block any government funds earmarked for KRETYK as these are not provided for in the 2012 budget.

The minister will be attending a new meeting of the House Commerce Committee this Thursday to discuss the issue.

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Home CYPRUS TODAY Driving violations AUTHORITIES caught thousands of people using their mobile phones while driving without a handsfree device within the span of two weeks, police said yesterday.

The reports were filed in the context of a police campaign between October 15 and October 28, geared towards preventing serious and deadly road accidents.

In that time, a total of 4,340 reports were filed, 1,557 from headquarters’ traffic department and nearly as many – 1, 514 - in Nicosia, police said. A total of 752 reports were filed in Limassol, 255 in the Paphos and surroundings, 195 in Larnaca, and 67 in Famagusta.

Jewel theft SOME €153,000 worth of jewellery was stolen from the home of a Yermasoyia resident during an absence of ten days, police said yesterday.

The 56-year-old was away between October 19 and October 28. “Because of the seriousness of the case, the crime investigation office has been called to investigate the scene, from which evidence was collected and is being assessed,” Limassol police spokesman Ioannis Soteriades said.

Soteriades said that people should install alarm systems, safety locks and safes and use them when absent from their homes.

Poachers caught THE GAME Fund caught on Sunday two men, aged, 21 and 20, with 16 songbirds or ambelopoulia, police said.

Authorities were notified that shots were heard in the Xylofagou area in Famagusta and two men illegally hunting birds with shotguns were caught. They have been charged and released.

Ambelopoulia are sold as delicacies trapped by poachers, often with limesticks and mist nets.

UN continues its landmine sweep in Denia area THE UNITED Nations (UN) yesterday continued sweeping for mines in the buffer zone on the outskirts of Nicosia, cordoning off an isolated area where small landmines may have been swept away by a torrent from the north, the spokesman for the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus, Michel Bonnardeaux, said.

Following a wider search on Saturday, to see whether any mines could be spotted, a UN helicopter yesterday scanned an area on the outskirts of Nicosia, where the villages of Mammari and Denia lie.

The UN then cordoned off an area of about 4,000 square metres, signposting its periphery as a precaution, Bonnardeaux said.

“It is a remote possibility that some small antipersonnel mines could have floated down but it is by no means sure that they did and it is highly improbable that larger anti tank mines did,” the spokesman said. The cordoned off area is remote from farms and the nearest villages are themselves far away so the UN thinks people are not in danger, Bonnardeaux said.

But they put in a request to receive experts’

assistance from the UN mine action service UNMAS in Lebanon. UNMAS will be able to remove and destroy any landmines if necessary.

Asked why the UN did not ask the Cyprus’ authorities for help instead, Bonnardeaux said they wanted a UN assessment of the situation before calling on any external help.

The ‘TRNC’ alerted the UN last week on Friday night that mines may have been carried away by a swollen river in the occupied village of Ayios Vasileios.

Seventy Larnaca municipal workers caught defrauding Employees failed to hand over their social insurance cheques

By Jacqueline Agathocleous LARNACA municipality has vowed to collect “every last cent” of some €80,000 that was pocketed by 70 municipal workers, who collected social insurance cheques for sick leave yet failed to submit them to the municipality.

The individual amounts owed range from between €70 and €3,500.

Larnaca Mayor Andreas Louroudjiadis, who has ordered an investigation into the matter, yesterday said the discrepancies came to the municipality’s attention when certain workers were away on sick leave, yet failed to provide the cheques they received from social insurance.

When an employee is on sick leave, the employer usually pays the full salary, which is then reimbursed to him by social insurance.

The cheque is sent to the employee who must hand it back to the employer.

“I want to clarify that, with a sense of responsibility towards our fellow citizens and desire for transparency, we immediately made the matter public and I gave instructions that every last cent owed will be collected,” said Louroudjiadis.

“Once the investigation is

complete, the list of names will go to the municipal council so any measures deemed necessary can be taken,” he added.

He said the investigation was underway and was checking as far back as 2009. “At first view, the total amount (of the fraud) reaches €80,000, with the smallest amount taken being €70 and the biggest €3,500,” said Louroudjiadis.

He said it made no difference whether the workers accepted the accusations against them. “These discrepancies and irregularities were found through investigation and cannot be doubted,” said the mayor.

Asked why the municipality’s accountants had not spotted the problem sooner, Louroudjiadis said it was through efforts to tidy up the municipality’s finances that the discrepancies were spotted.

He said the investigation’s final findings would be discussed at the municipal council, before any decision is made to involve the police.

The council will also decide whether any penalties will be imposed, while Louroudjiadis – who admitted the 70 workers had not been suspended – said the amounts owed were being deducted from the employees’ wages.

“The cuts started immedi-

Some €80,000 in social insurance money went astray instead of into the coffers ately and by the end of December, Larnaca Municipality will recover all the lost revenue,” said the mayor.

He would not say whether any of the employees in question were high-ranking municipal officials, “as the investigation is still underway”. But he said it mainly

concerned municipal workers.

“The checking procedures needed to be improved and this has already happened,” said Louroudjiadis. “If there is a possibility of improving our system, we will do it.”

Earlier in the day, the municipality issued an an-

nouncement informing the public of what happened and promising to recover the amounts owed.

“Larnaca Municipality is taking all the necessary measures to ensure similar phenomena are not repeated in the future,” it concluded.

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Home Robbery at the Tseri Co-op Bank nets €13,000

Get ready for the Quantum Marathon THE 3RD Quantum Nicosia Marathon will take place on December 9, with the arrival of the Marathon Flame for the first time ever to the island.

This year, there will be five events: the marathon, a semi-marathon, a 10-km run, a five-km walk and a 1,000 metre UNICEF run.

Apart from the prizes that will be handed out to the winners, special prizes will be given to reward “fair play”.

With the slogan “Beat your history”, the head of the Athanasios Ktorides Foundation, marathoner Nasos Ktorides deemed the Marathon Flame’s arrival as a “vastly important cultural event”.

Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said that if sport in general could offer so much to life, “then Quantum Nicosia Marathon is life for sportsmen, Nicosia and its people”.

The head of Quantum’s organisers, Giorgos Killas, said that already from 2011, Nicosia Marathon is considered an official part of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS).

He added that the number of foreigners showing an interest in the local marathon had increased compared to last year.

The Quantum Nicosia Marathon is organised by the Athanasios Ktorides Foundation, under the auspices of the Nicosia Municipality and supported by the Education ministry and other sporting, cultural and nonprofit organisations.

All donations will be given to a special fund set up by the Athanasios Ktorides Foundation, for members of the third generation.

The marathon also supports the charities “One Wish One Dream”, “Cyprus Anti-cancer Association”, “Heart Patients Association” and Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics.

Police conduct investigations at the Tseri co-op yesterday morning

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POLICE are interrogating a man in connection with an armed robbery that took place yesterday morning at the Tseri Co-op Bank. The loot is estimated at around €13,000.

Police spokesman Andreas Angelides said an arrest warrant was expected to be issued against the suspect, to assist investigations.

According to Angelides, the robber entered the bank at a little after 10am yesterday and brandishing a gun, he ordered employees to hand over the contents of the till.

Based on witness accounts, he added, a man was arrested after being seen leaving the scene in a car that was identified.

“We are at the stage of interrogation. The person is in police custody and an arrest warrant is expected to be issued against him,” said Angelides.

Cyprus is negotiating ‘with a gun to its head’

By George Psyllides THE suggestion to change the definition of non performing loans (NPLs), which will result in the banks needing more capital as part of an international bailout, came from the Central Bank, opposition DIKO vice chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos charged yesterday.

“This will increase the Cypriot banks’ exposure by several billions … thus our people will be forced once more to shoulder the burden of additional measures because of a wrong decision and approach,” Papadopoulos said.

The Central Bank rejected Papadopoulos’ suggestion.

Suggestion to change the definition of NPL will result in the banks needing more In its proposals for the island’s adjustment programme, submitted on July 25, the troika said the Central Bank of Cyprus’ guidance on the classification of loans as non—performing will be immediately amended to include all loans past due by more than 90 days.

That includes loans, which are fully secured.

Cypriot banks currently do not classify fully secured loans as non-performing, even if they have not been serviced for over 90 days.

However, loans that are partly secured are considered non-performing after 90 days.

Cyprus applied for a bailout in June to help its two biggest banks, which suffered huge losses due to

their exposure to Greek government debt. The bulk of the bailout, which some say could reach €15 billion – although an official figure has not been given yet – is expected to be absorbed by the banks.

A change in the classification would raise the amount.

“If we want to prevent this we must change this methodology and this approach and this must be one of the chapters we must negotiate with the troika,” Papadopoulos said. “Irrespective of any responsibility the banks may have regarding their exposure to the Greek market and any wrong decisions, we ought to note that wrong handling by the government and the Central Bank have

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amplified the banks’ recapitalisation problems.” The Central Bank said the way NPLs are classified for the purpose of signing a bailout memorandum is defined on the basis of international practice and was requested by the troika and not proposed by CB Governor.

“Also, loans classified as non-performing do not necessarily raise the potential amount of recapitalisation because many have satisfactory guarantees,” the CB said.

Cyprus responded to the troika proposals last week but no date has been set yet for their return. Although some sort of negotiation is taking place, there are fears the island would miss a November 12 deadline and risk running out of cash.

After November 12, the next meeting of the Eurogroup, it will take the parliaments of individual eurozone nations about six weeks to sanction the Cyprus memorandum.

Papadopoulos said the de-

lay has weakened Cyprus’ negotiating position. “The Republic of Cyprus is negotiating with a gun to its head due to the wrong handling of the matter and the delay displayed by the Demetris Christofias government,” Papadopoulos said. “We are in a very unpleasant position where we are running out of days, running out of money, and the other side knows we have no choice but to sign a memorandum.”

Main opposition DISY likened the situation to a car running out of petrol while the driver continues to drive without a care in the world.

“Now that we have run out of fuel we think we can set conditions to anyone prepared to refuel us,” spokesman Haris Georgiades said.

Ruling AKEL accused the opposition of undermining the government’s effort to defend measures, most of which, were accepted by the parties and the unions.

“Instead, DISY and their companions choose to continuously regurgitate their criticism about timeframes, revealing that what interests them the most is to sing a memorandum irrespective of contents,” party spokesman Giorgos Loukaides said.

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Three arrested in bizarre plot to kill attorney-general Convict suspect accuses Kitas of planning to ‘kill’ then ‘save’ attorney-general (Continued from front page) place on Sunday.

The chief said the suspect had agreed with the police agent to collect the weapon from that location, which was not far from the spot where he would ambush Clerides.

The convict, the alleged mastermind, denied he was the ring leader and claimed that the whole scheme had been hatched by the island’s most notorious convict, Antonis Prokopiou Kitas, currently doing life for the murder and rape of two women.

“His objective was to win the attorney-general’s favour and secure his release from prison,” the suspect told the Nicosia district court during his remand hearing. He implied that Kitas had masterminded the plan specifically so that he could warn the police ahead of time and then take credit for ‘saving’ Clerides’ life. The police received the information

from the person who instigated the plot, he added.

The convict went a step further, alleging that “Kitas had organised the abduction of the President’s grandchild and I stopped him.”

Kitas was found guilty last year of masterminding the theft in 2009 of the body of the late Tassos Papadopoulos, a former president. In its verdict, the court said Kitas had asked his brother to steal the body in the hope of negotiating a shorter prison term by later ‘helping’ authorities track down the remains.

Papageorgiou said the force would have more to say on the child kidnap allegations when they received the suspect’s testimony.

Questioned yesterday on the matter, Clerides himself said he had had no suspicions that anyone was trying to kill him, and referred reporters to the

One of the suspects being led away from the court yesterday police.

The attorney-general said he was not going to request additional security.

“I do not feel unsafe,” he said.

Angry investors set deadline to sue over misleading selling of securities A GROUP of investors in bank securities yesterday warned “all concerned” that they will take legal action unless they receive a response to their demands by November 5.

The ultimatum is addressed to the Finance Ministry, the Central Bank, the Bank of Cyprus and Popular Bank, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

If the November 5 deadline is not met, the investors said, they would proceed with private prosecutions against “all liable parties.”

They are also threatening to forward the findings of a Central Bank probe into the securities to the EU and the troika, to withdraw their deposits from the banks,

and to stage “dynamic mobilisations.”

It recently transpired that the island’s two largest lenders - in need of a bailout - collectively accumulated over one billion euro in securities but stopped paying interest on them after making significant losses in the wake of a Greek sovereign debt write-down. The banks closed access to capital, affecting thousands of people.

The majority of the investors claim they were duped by the banks into investing in securities without being told the risks by an authorised professional.

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Preventing heart attacks BETWEEN 600 and 700 people suffer from cardiac arrest each year in Cyprus with the majority - between 92 per cent and 95 per cent - dying, health minister Androulla Agrotou said yesterday.

She was quoting figures on people who did not manage to receive hospital treatment. The figures were from Cyprus Cardiology Society presented at a news conference on sudden death.

Sudden heart death results within an hour of the onset of symptoms, and may kill people with no history of heart problems, Agrotou said.

However, training people to use defibrillators or teaching them CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation may save up to 100 lives a year, Agrotou said.

Some public places are already fitted with defibrillators including gyms, hotels, airports and ports.

For those over the age of 35, the most common cause of sudden death is coronary artery disease, which takes place when arteries supplying oxygen to the heart become narrowed or blocked.

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On the lookout for dangerous toys on market Dolls, tracksuits, car parts, cosmetics and clothes have been flagged for checking

By Poly Pantelides THE COMMERCE ministry’s consumer protection service is looking for 31 products that could be dangerous to children and may be available in the market, the department said in an announcement yesterday.

At least four children’s products were found in Cyprus.

Three different kinds of plastic dolls, all made in China, contain prohibited chemicals that should not be used in items that children can place in their mouths. Those go by the names of Baby Darling, Crawling Baby, and Moxie Girl.

A tracksuit set for school children, by Energy brand

made in Syria, poses a strangulation risk because of drawstrings in the hood and waist.

Other products were spotted in other member states involving a range of products, from car parts to electrical appliances, cosmetics and clothes. “[These] products and others like them may be in the Cyprus market and are a direct threat to the health and safety of consumers and mostly children.

The competition and consumer protection service has launched intensive market checks… If any are found there is a procedure to confiscate and remove them,” the announcement said.

The public can find a full list with pictures, when available, at www.ec.europa.eu/

rapex (go to the latest report, published on October 26. Call the consumer’s line at 1429 or else call the consumer protection service’s district offices at 22867388, 22867130 or 22867233 in Nicosia; 25819150 or 25819151 in Limassol; 26804610 or 26804617 in Paphos; and 24816160 for Larnaca and Famagusta.

Consumers should be vigilant, and check products for the mandatory CE mark designating compliance with the EU’s standards.

The European Commission advises against buying toys with small detachable parts for children under the age of three and reading all warnings and instructions. To find out more visit www.ec.europa. ec.enterprise/toys-tops

Asprokremmos is over 87 per cent full

RAIN in October was 172 per cent of the norm on average for this time of the year, the met office said yesterday.

In Famagusta’s Frenaros rainfall was about four times over the expected rain fall, while in Athalassa in Nicosia, rain fall was 269 per cent over normal levels.

Limassol saw 212 per cent more rainfall while Larnaca, 144 per cent.

Paphos saw the least rainfall of all districts however with Pano Panayia region seeing just 87 per cent of normal rates. Around the Paphos airport, rainfall was normal for October.

Most reservoirs are over 50 per cent full following a rainy winter last year causing several dams to overflow. The largest dam, Kouris, is at 75.4 per cent of its 115,000 million cubic metre capacity, and the second biggest, Asprokremmos that accommodates 52,375 million cubic metres is at 87.3 per cent capacity.

Torrents also caught up cars in the SOPAZ area in Nicosia last week, prompting Nicosia municipality to order its workers to clean up the area.

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United States POSSIBLY US MAINLAND’S BIGGEST EVER STORM ● NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND WASHINGTON IN ITS PATH

US braces for deadly tempest, thousands flee New York stock exchange, schools, museums and transit systems closed (Continued from front page) ship HMS Bounty, using helicopters to lift them from life rafts. The Coast Guard continued to search for the two missing crew members.

The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said the Category 1 storm had strengthened as it turned toward the coast and was moving

Woman tries to take cover from rain in Hoboken while Hurricane Sandy approaches

at 30 km per hour. It was expected to bring a “life-threatening storm surge”, coastal hurricane winds and heavy snow in the Appalachian Mountains, the NHC said.

In Fairfield, a Connecticut coastal town and major commuter point into Manhattan, police cruisers blocked the main road leading to the beaches and yellow police tape cordoned off rocky side entrances.

Beach pavilions were boarded up with plywood, and gusts of wind rocked parked cars.

“People are definitely not taking this seriously enough,” police officer Tiffany Barrett, 38, said. “Our worst fear is something like Katrina and we can’t get to people.”

Some 400 km to the south, several feet of water flooded streets in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, which could be right in the target zone of the storm.

Police knocked on doors on Sunday, reminding people there was a mandatory evacuation. While the police took names, they allowed residents to stay at their own risk.

Forecasters said Sandy was a rare, hybrid “super storm” created by an Arctic jet stream wrapping itself around a tropical storm.

The combination of those two storms would have been bad enough, but meteorologists said there was a third storm at play - a system coming down from Canada that would effectively trap the hurricane-nor’easter combo and hold it in place, amplifying the inland flooding effects.

Moreover, the storm was coming ashore at high tide, which was pulled even higher by a full moon.

While Sandy does not pack the punch of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orle-

Dan Ramos takes a self portrait as Hurricane Sandy approaches Milford, Connecticut ans in 2005, it has been gathering strength as it approaches the US coast. It killed 66 people in the Caribbean last week before pounding US coastal areas as it moved north.

Winds were at a maximum of 150 kph, the NHC said yesterday afternoon and, increasing throughout the day. Tropical storm-force winds reached as far as 780 km from the centre.

New York and other cities and towns closed their transit systems and schools, ordering mass evacuations from low-lying areas ahead of a storm surge that could reach as high as 3.4 metres.

By early yesterday, water was already topping the seawall in Manhattan’s Battery Park City, one of the areas evacuated by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

He ordered 375,000 New Yorkers to evacuate and told those who remained to leave immediately. “Conditions are deteriorating rapidly and the window for you getting out safely is closing.”

All US stock markets were closed yesterday and possibly today, the operator of the New York Stock Exchange said, reversing an earlier plan that would have kept electronic trading going yesterday.

The United Nations, Broadway theatres

and New Jersey casinos were forced to close, and more than two-thirds of the East Coast’s oil refining capacity was in the process of shutting down.

Airlines cancelled flights, bridges and tunnels closed, and national passenger rail operator Amtrak suspended nearly all service on the East Coast. The US government told non-emergency workers in Washington, DC, to stay home.

The storms could cause up to 30 cm of rain in some areas, as well as up to one metre of snowfall in the Appalachian Mountains from West Virginia to Kentucky.

While Sandy’s 150 kph winds were not overwhelming for a hurricane, its exceptional size means the winds could last as long as two days.

Up and down the coast, worried residents in the hurricane’s path packed stores, searching for generators, flashlights, batteries, food and other supplies in anticipation of power outages.

Johnny Lopez, an owner of Best Buy Wines and Liquors in Brooklyn, said he plans - “God help us!” - to stay open all day on Monday and Tuesday.

“Crazy busy yesterday,” he said. “It was like Thanksgiving.”

Election campaigns on hold as weather takes the lead

By Jeff Mason PRESIDENT Barack Obama suspended campaign stops and returned to Washington yesterday to deal with the impact of Hurricane Sandy, advising Americans to evacuate if necessary and dismissing concerns about the storm’s impact on the November 6 election.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney cancelled most of his campaign events to show respect for the hurricane’s potential victims.

Both men are acting cautiously to avoid coming across as focused on politics while millions of people face the effects of fierce winds and driving rain.

Obama used the bully pulpit of the White House briefing room to show he was on top of the situation. He warned Americans hit by the storm it could take a long time before power was restored and transportation networks were running again, and he urged them to evacuate if told to do so.

“I am not worried at this point about the impact on the election. I’m worried about the impact on families and I’m worried about the impact on our first responders. I’m worried about the impact on our

economy and on transportation,” he told reporters.

“The election will take care of itself next week. Right now our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives.”

Obama started his day in Orlando, Florida, where he flew on Sunday night with the intention of appearing at a campaign event with former President Bill Clinton.

But the White House decided yesterday morning to skip the event, getting Obama back to Washington before the storm’s intensity increased.

Romney had planned to hold an event in Wisconsin last night and to speak in Iowa and Florida today. Those states are out of Sandy’s path, but Romney does not want to be seen to be focusing only on the campaign while a possible natural disaster looms.

“Governor Romney believes this is a time for the nation and its leaders to come together to focus on those Americans who are in harm’s way,” said Romney communications director Gail Gitcho.

Romney did not cancel all his events, however. He staged a campaign rally in Avon Lake, Ohio, yesterday and was still headed to Iowa for another rally later in the day.

Election put second: both Romney and Obama cancelled campaign stops

Obama just one point ahead in latest poll PRESIDENT Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney were virtually tied in a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released yesterday, with the Democrat leading by a single percentage point eight days before next week’s presidential election.

Obama leads Romney 48 per cent to 47 per cent, a 1 percentage point drop for Obama and 1 percentage point rise for Romney from Sunday’s tracking poll - still within the daily online survey’s 3.9 percentage point credibility interval for likely voters.

“This is all movement around the middle,” said Ipsos pollster Julia Clark. “It basically underlines the closeness of the race. I don’t think it’s going to be too different until the election.”

The poll showed that 22 per cent of registered voters said they had taken part in early or absentee voting. Among that group, 58 per cent said they voted for Obama and 39 per cent said they voted for Romney.

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Air strikes wreck ‘truce’ Damascus residents say strikes were the heaviest since August

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis SYRIAN jets bombed parts of Damascus yesterday in what residents said were the capital’s fiercest air raids yet, underlining the collapse of a truce proposed by peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.

“More than 100 buildings have been destroyed, some levelled to the ground,” said opposition activist Moaz al-Shami, who said he had witnessed three air raids in the northeastern suburb of Harasta alone. “Whole neighbourhoods are deserted.”

Syrian state television said a “terrorist car bomb” had killed 10 people, including women and children, near a bakery in Jaramana - a southeastern district of Damascus controlled by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.

Each side blamed the other for breaking the four-day truce for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which swiftly broke down.

“I am deeply disappointed that the parties failed to respect the call to suspend fighting,” UN chief Ban Kimoon said in South Korea, where he received the Seoul

A view shows the wreckage after a car bomb in Jaramana district near Damascus Peace Prize.

“This crisis cannot be solved with more weapons and bloodshed ... the guns must fall silent,” Ban said.

Brahimi, after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, voiced regret at the fate of the ceasefire, but said it would not de-

ter him from pursuing peace efforts.

Although the Syrian military and several rebel groups accepted the plan to stop shooting over Eid al-Adha, which ended yesterday, it failed to stem the bloodshed in a 19-month-old conflict that has already cost at least

32,000 lives.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition watchdog, 420 people have been killed since Friday.

Damascus residents reported air raids on the suburbs of Qaboun, Zamalka and Irbin overnight and yesterday which they said were the heaviest since jets and helicopters first bombarded pro-opposition parts of the Syrian capital in August.

“Even electricity poles have been hit and they are lying among pools of water from burst pipes. There is no food, water, electricity or telephones,” said Shami, the activist in Harasta.

“Army snipers surround Harasta National Hospital and no one can move from

one street to another without risking being shot.”

Shami said Free Syrian Army rebels still held most of the area, but their anti-aircraft guns could not hit the warplanes.

State media said insurgents never respected the truce.

“For the fourth consecutive day, the armed terrorist groups in Deir al-Zor continued violating the declaration on suspending military operations which the armed forces have committed to,” state news said, later adding that rebels had also attacked government forces in Aleppo and the central city of Homs.

The Damascus air raids followed what residents said were failed attempts by troops to storm eastern parts of the city.

“Tanks are deployed around Harat al-Shwam (district) but they haven’t been able to go in. They tried a week ago,” said an activist who lives near the area and who asked not to be named.

Brahimi, who will visit Beijing after Moscow, said the renewed violence in Syria would not discourage him.

“We think this civil war must end ... and the new Syria has to be built by all its sons,” he said. “The support of Russia and other members of the Security Council is indispensable.”

Russia and China have vetoed three Western-backed UN draft resolutions condemning Assad’s government for the violence.

Beijing, keen to show it does not take sides in Syria, has urged Damascus to talk to the opposition and meet demands for political change.

Yanukovich’s party ahead in Ukraine poll UKRAINIAN President Victor Yanukovich’s party was on course yesterday to secure a parliamentary majority but international monitors said flaws in the way the election was conducted meant the country had taken a “step backwards”.

Exit polls and first results from Sunday’s vote showed Yanukovich’s Party of the Regions would, with help from long-time allies, win more than half the seats in the 450-member assembly after boosting public sector wages and welfare handouts to win over disillusioned voters in its traditional power bases.

They will face, though, a revitalised opposition boosted by resurgent nationalists and a liberal party led by boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko.

But a team from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which sent more than 600 observers to monitor the election, criticised the way it had been conducted.

“The elections were characterised by the lack of a level playing field caused primarily by the abuse of administrative resources, lack of transparency of campaign and party financing and lack of balanced media coverage,” the OSCE mission said in a statement.

“Certain aspects of the preelection period constituted a step backwards compared with recent national elections,” it said, a reference to Yanukovich’s election in February 2010 which was judged fair by the West.

Copts begin vote for new pope

By Yasmine Saleh A VOTE to help choose a pope for Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox church began yesterday in a process the minority Christians hope will deliver a leader to guide them safely through the upheaval of the Arab Spring.

The previous incumbent, Pope Shenouda III, had led the church for four decades until his death in March at the age of 88. His successor will assume the post in a fast-changing Egypt where long oppressed Islamists are now in power - a major shift that is a source of alarm for the minority Christian community.

About 2,400 people had the right to vote in yesterday’s ballot and must pick from a shortlist announced by the church on October 13 and which comprises two bishops and three monks aged between 49 and 70.

Picked by the church, the voters include leading members of the church, public figures and a handful of representatives of the Ethiopian Church, which has historic links to the church in Egypt.

The three most popular candidates go forward to the

Egyptian Coptic priests line up to vote in an election for a new pope at the Saint Mark’s Coptic Cathedral in Cairo November 4 draw which, according to an ancient tradition, will be carried out by a child who must be blindfolded. The new pope will be the 118th to lead the Coptic Church.

“We are all so worried from the situation in Egypt now and the rise of Islamists to power but the church has always been harassed,” said

Magdy Helmi, a 53-year old voting as a representative of a provincial branch of the Coptic Church. “The church became an expert in surviving bad times,” he added.

The Muslim Brotherhood, the mainstream Islamist movement that propelled President Mohamed Mursi to power, has sworn to guard the rights of Christians.

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Greek editor in court over Swiss bank list Crisis-hit Greece riveted by 2,000 plus super rich list

By Karolina Tagaris and Renee Maltezou A PROMINENT Greek journalist who published the names of more than 2,000 wealthy Greeks with Swiss bank accounts appeared in court yesterday to stand trial on charges of violating data privacy laws.

Costas Vaxevanis, editor of the Hot Doc weekly magazine, was arrested at the weekend for publishing the “Lagarde List” which French authorities gave to Athens in 2010 so that the account holders could be investigated for possible tax evasion.

The list - and the accompanying saga of how it was passed from one senior official to the next and was misplaced at one point without anyone apparently taking action - has riveted Greeks who are angry at a political class seen as unwilling to crack down on the

wealthy elite.

Vaxevanis’ trial was adjourned soon after starting until Thursday. He could face up to two years in prison if convicted.

“I was doing my job in the name of the public interest,” Vaxevanis told a crowd of supporters outside court. “Journalism is revealing the truth when everyone else is trying to hide it.”

The list of 2,059 Greek account holders at HSBC in Switzerland features dozens of prominent business figures including a handful of shipping tycoons, companies and two politicians. It also includes a painter, an actress and many listed as architects, doctors, lawyers, and housewives.

The centre-left Ta Nea newspaper reprinted the list yesterday, devoting 10 pages to the accounts which were said to hold about two billion euros until 2007. However, the daily said it was not leaping

to any conclusions about the list’s “content nor the connotations it evokes in a large part of the public”.

It did not say why it had decided to reprint the list and stressed there was no evidence linking anyone on the list to tax evasion.

“Ta Nea is publishing the list today. Will they be prosecuted?” Vaxevanis wrote on his Twitter account. “Today, it’s not Hot Doc that’s on trial but press freedom in Greece, and truth.”

Vaxevanis criticised Greek media - which apart from Ta Nea have avoided any mention of those on the list - for failing to cover his magazine’s revelations extensively.

The list has been named after Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund who was the French finance minister when it was handed over.

Hot Doc said the list was sent to it anonymously and

Labour increases pressure on Cameron ahead of EU talks

By Mohammed Abbas BRITAIN’S opposition Labour party piled pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday by pushing for an even tougher line on the European Union budget than that proposed by his ruling Conservative Party.

Cameron is promising to take a tough line at what are shaping up to be fraught talks next month to agree the EU’s next seven-year budget in the face of growing anti-EU sentiment in Britain.

Last week he reiterated a threat to veto any budget deal seen as detrimental to British taxpayers, and demanded a real-terms freeze in EU spending given the financial constraints and budget cuts faced by many European governments.

Now left-leaning Labour has raised the stakes by demanding a cut in real terms.

Many Britons regard the EU as an ineffectual and spendthrift source of bureaucracy and Britain’s ties with the 27-member bloc are likely to be a key theme in a national election set for 2015.

The centre-right Conservative vote is already under threat from the UK Independence Party, which has surged in popularity in recent months on a pledge to withdraw Britain from the EU. “Labour will argue against the proposed increase in EU spending and instead support a real-terms cut in the budget,” Labour finance spokesman Ed Balls and foreign affairs spokesman Douglas Alexander said in a joint opinion piece in the Times newspaper.

Water cannon drenching protestors in Ankara

authorities have not confirmed its authenticity.

The controversy has highlighted divisions in a nearbankrupt country now in its fifth year of recession, where austerity measures have taken a heavy toll on poorer sections of society. Greece’s international lenders - with whom Athens hopes to strike a deal on an austerity package in a few days - have long demanded the country do more to fight evasion.

Opposition leader Alexis Tsipras and at least one lawmaker in the Greek coalition has called for charges against Vaxevanis to be dropped and ridiculed prosecutors for going after the journalist rather than those on the list.

“It is unacceptable that in Greece, which has been on its knees in recent years, tax evaders are left undisturbed and those who conceal possible evasion are not prosecuted but those who make rev-

Costas Vaxevanis could face up to two years in prison elations are,” Tsipras said.

Greek authorities say there is no evidence that those included in the list have broken the law, but former ministers have been criticised for failing to make any checks on them.

In testimony before a parliamentary committee last week, George Papaconstantinou, who was finance minister

when the list was first handed to Athens, said he gave about 20 names from the list to the financial crimes squad for checks.

He also said he gave a CD containing the list to one of his aides when he stepped down from the post, but that it then appeared to have been misplaced.

Turkish police fire tear gas at banned secularist demonstration

Different British police ‘did not link’ claims against Savile made when he was still alive

By Jonathon Burch

By Margaret Davis

TURKISH police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of secularists protesting at a banned rally in the capital yesterday against what they see as an increasingly authoritarian and Islamist government.

The scenes of chanting men and women draped in Turkish flags and carrying banners portraying the country’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk highlight a longstanding division in Turkish society between staunch secularists on the one hand and more conservative religious Turks on the other.

Although Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan won a third term in power last year with 50 per cent of the vote, many secular Turks fear his socially conservative AK Party has Islamist tendencies that threaten the secular republic founded by Ataturk.

“They are trying to turn us into another Iran or some kind of neo-Ottoman Empire. We are against this,” said retired 64-year-old Erdem Sevinc.

“We are here today to send a message to those who are trying to destroy the principles of this republic,” he said.

The local government in Ankara, also controlled by Erdogan’s AK Party, banned the rally citing “intelligence” it would be used for “provocation”, a move protesters said was designed to silence government opponents.

ABUSE allegations made against Jimmy Savile while he was alive could have been linked to show “a pattern of behaviour”, Scotland Yard’s commissioner said yesterday.

Bernard Hogan Howe said police and other organisations had not “put together” claims made against the disgraced television presenter.

Members of the public may also have been discouraged from taking action because of Savile’s reputation at the time, he said.

The commissioner told reporters: “You might have thought that people would at least have talked about it and intervened.

“It does look as if from time to time people have been concerned, they’ve made the start to intervene, but probably then they’ve relied a little bit too much on his reputation and his word that he did nothing.

“If you accept all the public accounts of the activity then it’s possibly spanned 50 years which is a huge amount of time.

“First of all within an organisation that’s got everybody’s respect, but probably it appears that people haven’t intervened when they’ve had suspicions.

“Then of course other organisations including the police have had individual allegations that have not been put together to actually show that this person may well have shown a pattern of behaviour that’s been pretty awful.”

Four police forces were contacted by seven potential victims while Savile was alive.

Surrey, Sussex and Jersey all found that there was not enough evidence to proceed.

Two potential victims came forward to Scotland Yard - one of whom claimed she had been abused in the 1970s but did not want to pursue a criminal investigation.

UK nuclear deterrent update BRITAIN’S defence secretary yesterday said an extra 350 million pounds would be spent developing next generation nuclear submarines, brushing aside Scottish nationalist threats to force the country’s submarine base out of Scotland.

Philip Hammond visited the site in Scotland where Britain’s submarine-based Trident nuclear deterrent is housed and challenged the Scottish National Party (SNP), which leads Scotland’s devolved government, to explain the impact of forcing the base to relocate elsewhere on Scotland’s economy.

The SNP has promised to remove the nuclear submarines from Scotland should it win a referendum on independence in 2014, though opinion polls currently show a majority of Scots would not vote to break away from England.

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Business Greek banks to issue common shares to ease recapitalisation

Random House and Penguin merge to take on Amazon

GREEK banks will issue common shares to meet at least 6 per cent of a 9 per cent capital adequacy requirement the central bank will set as part of their recapitalisation, sources close to the plan said.

The banks, whose capital base was almost wiped out by a combination of huge bond swap writedowns and rising loan impairments amid a deep five-year recession, will raise the rest through convertible bonds.

Athens is trying to finalise the terms of the recapitalisation framework, with Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras set to meet the top brass of the Greek bank association later yesterday.

Authorities have set up a capital backstop, the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) to carry out the task. HFSF, funded from the country’s 130-billion euro EU/IMF bailout, has already injected 18 billion euros into the four biggest lenders as part of the recapitalisation.

“They will have to issue common equity to meet a 6 per cent Core Tier 1 capital ratio. The private sector will have to cover at least 10 per cent of this for the bank recapitalisation fund (HFSF) to have restricted voting rights on the shares,” one of the sources told Reuters yesterday.

Existing bank shareholders or new investors will have to pitch in to the recapitalisation to avoid the government taking them over. If they come up with at least 10 per cent of the new common shares issued, the HFSF will buy the rest and have restricted voting rights.

Should that fail, HFSF will end up with common shares with full voting rights, which would be tantamount to nationalisation.

Bertelsmann to own 53% of joint venture

By Kate Holton BRITAIN’S Pearson and Germany’s Bertelsmann are to merge their publishing units, Penguin and Random House, to recover ground lost to technology groups Amazon and Apple, the leaders in the ebook revolution.

Education and media publisher Pearson said the newly created joint venture, which will bring under one roof fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett, Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James and 2012 Nobel prize winner Mo Yan, would be named Penguin Random House.

Confirmation of a deal came after months of Pearson board discussions and despite an informal approach from Murdoch’s News Corp, which was inter-

ested in combining Penguin with its own Harper Collins publishing unit, a person familiar with the situation said.

“The consumer publishing industry is going through a period of tumultuous change, propelled by digital technologies and the giant companies that dominate them,” Pearson Chief Executive Marjorie Scardino said in an email to staff.

“The book publishing industry today is remarkable for being composed of a few large, and a lot of relatively small companies, and there probably isn’t room for them all - they’re going to have to get together.”

Under the plans, Bertelsmann will own 53 per cent of the venture and nominate five directors to the board, while Pearson would own the rest and nominate four.

Both must retain their share in the venture for at least three years.

Penguin chairman and CEO John Makinson will be chairman of the new venture, and Random House CEO Markus Dohle will be CEO. Analysts said they would have preferred a bid from a group such as News Corp, which would have brought cash into the company and enabled Pearson to quit a market that has been hit by the rapid growth of the ebook and the control it has given to major distributors such as Amazon and Apple.

The industry has also been hit in certain markets such as Britain by fierce pricing pressure from supermarkets.

Pearson said the merger would provide significant synergies and the opportu-

Penguin books are seen in a used bookshop in London nity to spend more on the new technologies transforming the industry.

“Together, the two publishers will be able to share a large part of their costs, to invest more for their author and reader constituencies and to be more adventurous in trying new models in this

Politics puts Italy, Spain back in market focus

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exciting, fast-moving world of digital books and digital readers,” Scardino said.

The two groups did not break out the potential synergies but said they would save money on joint warehousing, distribution, printing and central functions.

Honda has been forced to cut its year profit forecast by a fifth. Toyota and Nissan are likely to follow suit

Honda cuts forecasts in wake of bitter island dispute with China

By Yoko Kubota HONDA Motor Co cut its full-year net profit forecast by a fifth after sales in China were hit by a popular backlash against Japanese goods, and warned it could be February before business in the world’s biggest autos market returns to normal.

The cut, prompted by a slump in sales amid often violent protests in a dispute about ownership of islands in the East China Sea, makes it likely that bigger Japanese rival Nissan Motor, and possibly Toyota Motor, will follow suit when they report quarterly earnings early next week.

“It’s likely Toyota and Nissan are going to cut forecasts in the same way.

A cut was to be expected because the

problems with China weren’t factored into forecasts,” said Fujio Ando, managing director at Chibagin Asset Management.

Demand for Honda, Toyota and Nissan cars slumped in China in September as tempers flared in the territorial dispute, with South Korea’s Hyundai Motor and Germany’s BMW picking up market share. Toyota has said its China sales dropped 49 per cent in September.

Sales by Honda and its China joint ventures dropped 40.5 per cent last month.

China is Honda’s second-biggest market after the United States, accounting for 17 per cent of 2011 sales.

Honda said yesterday that its two biggest China plants would continue to run on one shift, rather than two, until at least the middle of next month, with output then gradually picking up

ahead of Chinese New Year in February - a traditional buying season. It cut its full-year China sales forecast by 17 per cent to 620,000 vehicles, but said there would be no change to its investment there. Honda plans to invest $880 million to expand capacity at its plants in Guangzhou and Wuhan over the next few years.

“China is the world’s biggest auto market and there’s no doubt it will continue to grow. We will continue our current (investment) plan,” Executive Vice President Tetsuo Iwamura told a results briefing.

Honda, whose models include the Accord, Fit/Jazz, Civic and CR-V, cut its net profit forecast for the year to March to 375 billion yen ($4.7 billion) from 470 billion yen. Last year, Honda reported net profit of 211.5 billion yen.

ITALIAN political turmoil and Spanish hesitancy over seeking eurozone assistance put the two countries on the front line of the currency area’s debt crisis back under market pressure yesterday as their leaders met in Madrid.

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s weekend threat to bring down his successor Mario Monti’s government, and regional elections in Sicily in which a protest party led by a stand-up comic polled strongly, highlighted the political risks in Italy.

Rome’s borrowing costs have fallen since July partly due to the European Central Bank’s pledge to buy unlimited quantities of bonds if necessary to help states that request aid and accept strict conditions, but also due to hopes that Monti, a reformist technocrat, may stay on after next year’s general election.

Italian and Spanish bond yields rose yesterday as some investors sought the safety of German Bunds, partly due to political uncertainty in the eurozone’s recessionstricken third and fourth largest economies. But Italy paid less than a month ago to sell eight billion euros of six-month bills.

The euro also slipped on uncertainty over whether near-bankrupt Greece, the country that triggered Europe’s debt crisis, can agree to a deal on new austerity measures and its international lenders can figure out how to make its huge debts sustainable.

A German government spokesman rejected talk of any new write-down of Greek debt, this time involving official creditors.

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Not competitive enough Lillikas’ plans for Russian relations need perspective CYPRIOT politicians’ infatuation with the Putin regime is not restricted to supporters of the Christofias government and members of AKEL. Presidential candidate Giorgos Lillikas, returned from last week’s trip to Moscow determined to ‘upgrade’ relations with Moscow.

“It is time for Cyprus-Russia relations to be upgraded and from simply friendly relations to evolve into a strategic partnership both on a political and economic level,” said Lillikas yesterday. He said that the same ‘sentiments’ existed in Russia and there was a genuine desire to upgrade and deepen relations in the political and economic sphere on the part of the government, parliament and the business world.

Lillikas has never had trouble coming up with nice-sounding grandiose plans. When he was foreign minister of the Papadopoulos government he brokered a supposed strategic alliance with France, which was later plugged as defence co-operation. It was of no practical import, even though, at the time, Lillikas sold it as a major diplomatic achievement and made a big song and dance about it.

This is not to say that Cyprus should not try to build better relations with other countries, but a sense of perspective is also needed. In what way, for instance would France have benefited from a so called ‘strategic alliance’ with a tiny country, whose population is smaller than that of Bordeaux? What would we be offering such an alliance, our military might?

The same applies to Russia. Unless we want to offer Cyprus as Russia’s new base in the Mediterranean, in the event that Moscow pulls out of Syria, it is difficult to see in what other way political relations could be further upgraded and deepened. Lillikas, like our current president, seems to ignore the fact that Cyprus is a member of the EU, which has very close links with NATO. Should we also mention that all the political parties, except AKEL, support membership of Partnership for Peace?

He even saw possibilities of co-operation on the natural gas front, assuring his Russian audiences that Cyprus would not be in competition with Russia when it starts selling natural gas, saying that there could be ‘convergences of interests’. He also claimed there had been interest in financing the re-capitalisation of the Cyprus banks. But if Cyprus banks were taken over by Russian interests and deeper economic co-operation between Nicosia and Moscow was strengthened how many Russian businesses would carry on using Cyprus as a business base? Did Lillikas not consider the fact that many of these businesses are here to avoid interference in their affairs by the Putin government?

By all means we should maintain our good relations with Russia, but we need to put things in perspective. If Lillikas believes that close ties with Moscow would help us on the Cyprus problem, he should also consider that by 2015 trade between Turkey and Russia is forecasted to be worth $100 billion.

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HE RECENT publication of the Global Competitiveness Report, 2012-2013 by the World Economic Forum is one of the most reliable authorities in reporting, measuring and analysing global competitiveness standards in all 144 world economies.

This enormous publication spreads over 527 pages of indepth analysis of competitiveness rankings covering over 100 indicators and offering both generic conclusions as well as an individual country analysis of ranking results. The authors provide extensive qualitative and quantitative research in relation to each of the world’s economies, also including Cyprus in their study.

The analysis provided for Cyprus presents benchmarking and comparisons as well as a thorough examination of our national competitiveness pillars, paying attention to drivers of growth as well as identifying problematic factors for doing business in Cyprus.

Many determinants drive productivity and growth and understanding the factors behind this process is a crucial element of subsequent sound analysis. The Global Competitiveness Report identifies 12 pillars upon which competitiveness is based, each measuring a different aspect of competitiveness.

These are: institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic environment, health and primary education, higher education and training, goods market efficiency, labour market efficiency, financial market development, technological readiness, market size, business sophistication and finally innovation. While the Report investigates the results of the 12 pillars of competitiveness separately, it recognises their interdependency and interrelation. For example, a strong innovation capacity will be difficult to achieve in the absence of a healthy well-educated and trained workforce, and without sufficient financing.

The most competitive economy in the world is Switzerland, having maintained first place for three consecutive years. Even though it ranks 39th in terms of market size, Switzerland is first out of 144 economies in terms of business sophistication, labour market efficiency and innovation. Singapore is running second place with Finland (3rd), Sweden (4th), the Netherlands (5th), Germany (6th), the US (7th), the UK (8th), Hong Kong SAR (9th) and Japan (10th) completing the ten most com-

Comment Irene Demetriou petitive economies in the world today. The 12 pillars of competitiveness affect all economies, but do so in different ways.

For example, the best way for Kenya to improve its competitiveness is not the same as the best way for Italy to do so. The reason behind this differentiation is that the two countries are in different stages of development. Specifically, the Global Competitiveness Index assumes that economies in the first stage are mainly factor-driven (based on natural resources and low skilled labour).

The second stage of development is the efficiency-driven stage, when countries begin to develop more efficient production processes and increase product quality. Finally as countries move into the final development stage, namely the innovation-driven stage, wages will have risen by so much that countries are able to sustain those wages and a high standard of living.

Companies must maintain their position in this stage by investing in innovation and promoting sophisticated production processes and business models. Economies that fall between two of the three stages are “in transition” and depending on the improvement of their competitiveness pillars, the transition is considered either as smooth or uneven.

According to the report, Northern and Western Europe, Japan and the US are considered as competitiveness hot-spots.

Southern and Eastern Europe and South America lag behind while Sub-Saharan Africa faces the biggest challenges of all regions. Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa have a progressive group performance, with potential for improvement.

The findings of the Report demonstrate that there is no necessary trade-off between being competitive and being sustainable. In fact, countries which are the top of competitiveness such as Switzerland are also the best performers in many areas of sustainability.

Cyprus has acquired a Global Competitive Index score of 4.32, and ranks 58th out of 144 economies in the Global Competitiveness Index. Cyprus’ rank for the previous year (2011-2012) was at 47th place out of a total of 142 economies.

The sovereign debt crisis can,

ON THIS DAY OCTOBER 30

Cyprus has fallen 11 points in latest forum index to an extent, explain our rank drop since the Eurocrisis reflects the lack of confidence by financial markets in the ability of Southern Europe economies to balance their public accounting by curbing public spending and escaping the vicious circle of public debt. The lack of competitiveness in economies of Southern Europe, including Cyprus, coupled with high salaries has led to unsustainable balances difficult to overturn unless measures are taken both to stimulate growth and to minimise public expenditure.

In analysing the Cyprus economy in depth, the Global Competitiveness Report demonstrates that Cyprus is at the final stage of development, categorised as an innovation-driven economy.

Compared to other innovationdriven economies Cyprus lags behind in technological readiness, market size and macroeconomic environment, while in terms of labour market and good market efficiency, Cyprus is at equal standing with other innovation-driven economies.

It also has a good higher education and training system as well as high standards of health and primary education.

The most problematic factors for doing business in Cyprus are access to financing, inefficient government bureaucracy, restrictive labour regulations and an insufficient capacity to innovate. Access to financing in particular has topped the list, with

a big difference gap from the second most pressing problematic factor for doing business, namely inefficient government bureaucracy.

In relation to the ‘soundness of banks’ indicator, Cyprus ranks at 83rd place while in terms of “financing through local equity market”, Cyprus ranks as low as 86th place.

In order to improve Cyprus’ position a comprehensive set of competitiveness-enhancing measures must be introduced to bring back confidence in the national financial system. These measures include regaining financial stability by resolving the weakness of the banking system, regaining macroeconomic stability through fiscal discipline and structural reform as well as introducing labour market reforms, fostering competition and making investments in areas such as innovation, education and technology.

It is important to note, that Malta, an economy which is often compared to Cyprus, in terms of jurisdictional attractiveness, has risen from 51st place last year to 47th this year, ranking 15th in financial market development and 21st in technological readiness. Evidently, best practices must be shared and lessons should be learned from neighbouring countries.

Irene Demetriou is Business Development Manager at Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC

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25 years ago Friday October 30, 1987

Escaped slave Nat Turner is apprehended in Southampton County, Virginia, several weeks after leading the bloodiest slave uprising in American history.

Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation yesterday started giving detailed coverage to Presidential candidates. One of them was from the Democratic Party which said, “The next few years will be the most critical for Cyprus and the way people vote will determine the future and the survival of the country.”

1938 Orson Welles stirs panic across the United States of America with his War of the Worlds realistic radio dramatisation of a Martian invasion of Earth.

1961 Russia explodes biggest ever nuclear device provoking widespread anger from around the world.

35 years ago Sunday October 30, 1977 The Cyprus government yesterday confirmed that Nicos Sampson, the man who was put up as President during the short-lived coup of July 1974, has been ill for some time, but it has refused to allow a petition for him to go abroad for treatment.

1974

45 years ago Monday October 30, 1967

Muhammad Ali defeats George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, to regain the world heavy weight championship in what becomes known as the “Rumble in the jungle.”

Brazilian fashion designer Marcilio Campos gave up plans to launch a miniskirt for men after a warning by State Security Chief Ordilito De Azevedo. He threatened to arrest any men wearing skirts for endangering the security of the state and its moral traditions. The security chief added “skirts for men are justifiable only in Scotland where they belong to tradition, but I do not see any rational explanation for men wearing skirts in Brazil, especially miniskirts”.

1981 In Britain, Nicholas Reed, a pro-euthanasia campaigner, is sentenced two and a half years in prison for assisting people to die.

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Showbiz

Gary Glitter held in Savile probe BRITISH police arrested convicted sex offender and former pop star Gary Glitter on Sunday as part of an investigation into allegations of child sex abuse by the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile, media said.

Glitter was released on bail some 10 hours later. But the arrest - the first to be reported in the case - widened a scandal that has already damaged the reputation of the publicly-funded BBC and the legacy of Savile, a former DJ who was one of the broadcaster’s top show hosts and a prolific charity fundraiser.

The head of the BBC’s governing body said on Sunday the broadcaster’s reputation was on the line, and prom-

ised to get to the bottom of the scandal.

A police statement said a man in his 60s had been picked up just after 7 am (0700 GMT) on suspicion of sexual offences in the investigation termed “Savile and others”. The statement did not name the man and a spokesman declined further comment.

The BBC and Sky News identified the man picked up from his London home as Glitter, a 68-year-old who was popular as a glam-rock singer in the 1970s.

Footage on both broadcasters showed Glitter, who was wearing a hat and sunglasses and was not handcuffed, leaving an apartment in central London and being driven away. Hours

later, television showed investigators carrying large black bags as they left the house.

Glitter was held by police for about 10 hours. He was seen leaving a police station in central London and, minutes later, return to his apartment, where he dodged questions by scores of waiting reporters and cameramen.

Police later said the man was “bailed to return to the police station in midDecember 2012, pending further inquiries”.

Glitter, born Paul Gadd, shot to fame in the early 1970s with the hit “Rock and Roll”, trademark figure-hugging shiny silver all-in-one suits, platform shoes and large black hair.

Glitter was held by police for about 10 hours

Justin Bieber afraid of flying

Argo rises above Cloud Atlas as Sandy spooks

JUSTIN Bieber is afraid of flying.

The 18-year-old pop superstar frequently jets around the world but he admits he is stricken by anxiety attacks when he boards a plane as he has no control over what happens in the air.

He said: “I just started to really not like getting on a flight. It scares me. When I get anxiety, my heart drops and starts beating really fast as if it’s going to explode.

“People say you have more chance of getting into a car accident than a plane crash, but they do maybe one flight a year and I’m on planes all the time. And all the time I’m thinking, ‘I have no control. If this plane crashes I’m dead’.”

Justin - who is dating 20year-old Selena Gomez - also admitted he doesn’t view many women as being “too old” for him.

Admitting he finds Cheryl Cole “really pretty”, he was asked if her being 29 makes her too old for him, prompting him to reply to Live magazine: “Is that a challenge?

She’s not too old. Nothing is too old for me, except maybe 50 or 60.”

Gossip around Bieber and Gomez of late has swirled around possible trouble in paradise, despite the couple having been together for over a year.

“Selena and Justin’s relationship isn’t the fairytale romance they’d like their fans to believe it is,” a friend of the duo said recently. “Justin’s heart is with Selena because she’s his first true love, but Selena is pretty much just riding out the relationship because she knows he’s good for her image.”

Oscar buzz earned for Affleck helmed film

By Lisa Richwine and Andrea Burzynski ACCLAIMED Iran hostage thriller Argo brought home its first box-office win over a quiet weekend, leading movie charts with $12.4 million in US and Canadian ticket sales as would-be moviegoers hunkered down for Hurricane Sandy.

The tally for Argo, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, topped the $9.4 million for new sci-fi drama Cloud Atlas.

Halloween-themed animated film Hotel Transylvania scared up $9.5 million from Friday through Sunday, narrowly edging Cloud Atlas, studio estimates showed.

After two weeks in the No. 2 spot, Argo moved into the lead and lifted its domestic sales to $60.8 million through three weekends.

The movie, produced by Warner Bros. and GK Films for $44 million, tells the story of a mission to rescue US government employees from Iran in 1979. The film has earned Oscar buzz after stellar reviews from critics and an “A+” grade from audiences polled by CinemaScore.

Dan Fellman, president of theatrical distribution for Warner Bros., a unit of Time

Argo, produced by Warner Bros, and GK Films for $44 million, tells the story of a mission to rescue US government employees from Iran in 1979 Warner Inc, attributed the film’s jump to “great word-ofmouth”, which he called “the best form of advertising”.

Cloud Atlas, also from Warner Bros., fell short of industry forecasts for a $13 million debut at North American (US and Canadian) theatres. Fellman said the film did better in larger cities, but struggled in the South and Midwest.

The film, starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry, cost

$100 million to make. Many in Hollywood thought the story, based on a philosophical novel by David Mitchell, was too complex to bring to the big screen.

The nearly three-hour film with six interweaving stories divided critics, with the harshest reviewers saying it would try audiences’ patience with multiple storylines and century-hopping plots. The film’s stars also shift charac-

ters. Hanks, for example, is a shady doctor in the 1840s, a nuclear scientist in the 1970s and a simple valley-dweller in the distant future.

But Cloud Atlas also drew praise as an ambitious and well-acted epic. Sixty-one per cent of reviews on the Rotten Tomatoes website recommended the film.

Hotel Transylvania set a record for a September film opening in North America

when it opened on September 28, and has performed solidly since then.

In the family comedy, Frankenstein, the Invisible Man and other monsters gather for a party at a high-end resort operated by Dracula. Their celebration is disrupted when a boy discovers the hotel and falls in love with Dracula’s daughter but must deal with her overprotective father.

The president of worldwide distribution for Sony Corp’s Sony Pictures studio, Rory Bruer, wasn’t entirely surprised that the weeks-old movie beat Cloud Atlas, despite the latter movie’s buzz.

“Anything at this point doesn’t surprise me,” Bruer said. “It’s like an annuity that keeps on giving and giving.”

Paul Dergarabedian, box office analyst at Hollywood.com, said the Halloween weekend gave the film a boost, and is “still the number one choice for families” among the spooky seasonal films currently playing.

This weekend was fairly quiet at the box office in North America, which Dergarabedian attributed to Hurricane Sandy, a storm menacing the East Coast of the United States.

However, the new James Bond movie Skyfall whipped up a storm of its own overseas, taking $77.7 million in 25 countries.

The latest installment of the British spy saga took the top spot in all 25 countries, broke the all-time Saturday attendance record in the United Kingdom, and was the biggest film opening there of 2012. It will open in the United States on November 9.

Madonna clashes with dancer boyfriend over firing Liam Neeson splits up with Freya St Johnston MADONNA’S boyfriend Brahim Zaibat is annoyed after she fired one of his friends.

Lilou – a pal of the singer’s toyboy lover – who along with Brahim is a dancer on her ‘MDNA’ world tour, was reportedly sacked after he only gave Madonna one day’s notice that he was returning to France for a religious festival, but Brahim begged her to reconsider.

A source told The Sun newspaper: “Lilou is now back in France and Madonna is standing firm on him not coming back.

“Normally she tends to side with Brahim, but not this time though.

“She’s spitting fire at him and vice-versa.

“There are a lot of tensions backstage as everyone is quite exhausted, including Madonna. These arguments aren’t helping matters.”

Meanwhile, there was more bad news for the singer on Saturday after she was booed on the New Orleans leg of her tour when she backed US President Barack Obama to win a second term in office.

She said: “I don’t care who you vote for as long as you vote for Obama. Seriously, I don’t care who you vote for ... Do not take this privilege for granted. Go vote.”

Many of the concertgoers were so furious with her endorsement that they walked out of the gig.

LIAM Neeson is single again.

The Taken 2 actor – whose wife Natasha Richardson tragically died in a skiing accident in 2009 – reportedly called time on his two-year relationship with PR executive Freya St Johnston in order to focus on work and his two sons.

A source told the Mail On Sunday newspaper: “Liam is heading back to America at the start of next month to work on his new film Non-Stop.

“He told Freya that he wants to take a break and concentrate on his family.”

Liam recently revealed he is considering becoming a Muslim after falling in love with the religion and its rituals during a

trip to Istanbul in Turkey.

He explained: “The Call to Prayer happens five times a day and for the first week it drives you crazy, and then it just gets into your spirit and it’s the most beautiful, beautiful thing.

“There are 4,000 mosques in the city.

Some are just stunning and it really makes me think about becoming a Muslim.

“I was reared a Catholic, but I think every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? What’s it all about?

“I’m constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism.”

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Environment

Green energy would save EU trillions by 2050 Need to invest €99 billion but savings in fuel, job creation greater

By Barbara Lewis A GREEN revolution to make EU energy almost totally carbon-free by 2050 would generate €3 trillion in fuel savings, a report commissioned by environmental campaigners said.

The energy shift would already create around half a million extra jobs by 2020, researchers from German aerospace centre DLR, which also specialises in energy and transport, found.

The European Union has legislated to ensure that 20 per cent of the energy mix is green by 2020, as part of a set of three main environmental goals.

But it has yet to achieve agreement on binding targets beyond 2020, even though non-binding roadmaps have laid out the need for a virtually carbon-free electricity mix by 2050.

Commissioned by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC), the 2012 Energy evolution report lays out steps towards almost carbon-free energy. They include curbing energy demand through greater efficiency, increasing investment in wind and solar power and phasing out subsidies for carbon-intensive energy, such as coal.

To bring about the energy transformation, it sees a need to invest about €99 billion between now and 2050, but it says the financial gains are much greater.

“Because renewable energy has no fuel costs, the fuel cost savings in the Energy evolution scenario reach a total of €3,010 billion up to 2050, or €75 billion per year,” the report said.

Another benefit is job creation. The report finds almost totally green energy would lead to half a million extra jobs compared with business

Algae biofuel not sustainable now BIOFUELS made from algae, promoted by President Barack Obama as a possible way to help wean Americans off foreign oil, cannot be made now on a large scale without using unsustainable amounts of energy, water and fertiliser, the US National Research Council has reported.

“Faced with today’s technology, to scale up any more is going to put really big demands on... not only energy input, but water, land and the nutrients you need, like carbon dioxide, nitrate and phosphate,” said Jennie Hunter-Cevera, a microbial physiologist who headed the committee that wrote the report.

Hunter-Cevera stressed that this is not a definitive rejection of algal biofuels, but a recognition that they may not be ready to supply even five per cent, or approximately 10.3 billion gallons, of US transportation fuel needs.

“Algal biofuels is still a teenager that needs to be

developed and nurtured,” she said.

The National Research Council is part of the National Academies, a group of private non profit institutions that advise government on science, technology and health policy.

Its sustainability assessment was requested by the Department of Energy, which has invested heavily in projects to develop the alternative fuel.

In 2009, the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture awarded San Diego-based Sapphire Energy Inc more than $100 million in grants and loan guarantees to help build a plant in New Mexico that will produce commercial quantities of algal biofuel. Two other companies received smaller amounts of federal assistance.

In February, as gasoline prices spiralled, Obama said algal biofuels had the potential to cut US foreign oil dependence.

US looks to old arctic ship logs for climate change clues

By Ian Simpson A PROJECT to help track Arctic climate change using volunteers to transcribe US ship logs online has been launched by the National Archives and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Using citizen scientists to transcribe thousands of pages of logbooks from Navy, Coast Guard and other ships from 1850 to World War Two will fill a big data gap, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco said.

Scientists in recent decades have got weather data from satellites and ground observations, and such tools as ice samples show ancient patterns, she said. But the archived logs could estabas usual, as renewable energy initially demands more workers than carrying on with fossil fuel.

The energy revolution requires political will and the report calls on the European Union to agree new targets beyond the 2020 goals to cut carbon by 20 per cent, improve energy efficiency by 20 per cent and to draw 20 per cent of energy from green sources.

“A continuation of the successful triple targets for 2030 will provide industry certain-

ty, mobilise investment in renewable and energy saving technologies and secure the necessary climate ambition,” the report says.

European Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard has repeatedly stated her belief in targets as the way to bring about change, but member states have been haggling over whether there should be another set of three goals, as opposed to just a carbon cutting goal or even no binding targets at all.

The report urges a binding

goal of 45 per cent renewable energy by 2030 and also wants to raise the 2020 ambitions to introduce a binding 30 per cent carbon cut rather than the existing 20 per cent cut.

“The expert consensus is that a fundamental shift in the way we consume and generate energy must begin immediately and be well under way within the next 10 years in order to avert the worst impacts of climate change,” the report said.

UK makes biggest EU emissions cuts THE UK delivered the biggest emissions cuts in the European Union last year, as the bloc reduced its greenhouse gases by 2.5 per cent overall, reports showed.

The European Environment Agency said the UK had made the biggest absolute reductions by cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 36 million tonnes in 2011, which accounted for six per cent of its total. France cut emissions by 24 million tonnes, or five per cent.

The largest percentage cuts were by countries with a small or medium share of Europe’s emissions, with Cyprus reducing its greenhouse gases by 13 per cent, and Belgium, Finland and Denmark all achieving an eight per cent reduction.

Across the EU, nine countries have seen emissions rise between 2010 and 2011, with Bulgaria recording an 11 per cent increase, Lithuania a three per cent rise and Romania an increase of two per cent. But the EEA said these countries had seen the deepest reductions since 1990.

While the economic crisis still gripping Europe played a part in driving down emissions, the EEA said the EU’s economy grew by 1.5 per cent in 2011 but emissions were reduced by 2.5 per cent.

A warm winter in most countries was a key factor in cutting emissions, as it reduced demand for fossil fuels for heating, the agency said.

Almost all European countries are individually on track to meet their commitments to cut emissions from 1990 levels under the international climate deal agreed in 1997, the Kyoto Protocol deal, the first phase of which ends this year.

EEA executive director Jaqueline McGlade said: “The European Union as a whole will over-deliver on its Kyoto target.

“In two months’ time we will be at the end of the first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol. Considerable progress has been made since 1997 but all member states need to deliver on their plans.”

lish a baseline of historical weather data.

“Naval and Coast Guard records are an invaluable window into the past which will let us know what it was like then,” she said.

NOAA scientists have said that the Arctic is undergoing dramatic change as world temperatures climb.

Arctic sea ice shrank to a record low of 3.41 million square kilometres by midSeptember.

Project organisers, which include science web portal Zooniverse, hope to enlist thousands of volunteers to transcribe scanned pages from logbooks. The pages will be loaded onto Old Weather, an online weather data project (www.oldweather.org).

Americans favour water recycling, but there’s an ‘ick factor’

By Deborah Zabarenko MOST Americans have scant understanding about their water supply, but they are concerned about it, and believe recycling water gives the United States an advantage over other countries, a survey said.

However, Americans are less accepting of drinking recycled wastewater in a practice known as toilet-to-tap, the survey found.

With clean water growing scarce in much of the world, and with shortages possible in 36 US states in the next year, according to the General Accountability Office, the survey conducted for General Electric Co found 66 per cent of Americans feel positive about water re-use.

Eighty-three per cent of Americans surveyed said they were concerned about the availability of clean water in the future.

GE makes water treatment equipment and technology.

It commissioned the survey

to figure out whether there was opposition to re-using water as a solution to water scarcity.

“We see water re-use as one of the key methods of addressing water scarcity that we have and the increasing gap between water demand and supply,” said Heiner Markhoff, president and CEO for water and process technologies for GE Power & Water. “For us, it’s an interesting and important driver in the markets around the world that we serve.”

The online survey of 3,000 people in the United States, Singapore and China showed Americans’ understanding of water issues lags behind those surveyed in the other two countries.

It also found what it termed an “ick factor” when Americans were asked about having wastewater recycled into drinking water - only 30 per cent supported this - though 51 per cent were in favour of swimming in recycled water and 51 per cent agreed that it was drinkable.

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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

NICOSIA Looper (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Paranormal Activity 4 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Killer Joe (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 8.05 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (K) (in French, with Greek subtitles) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.35, 7.50 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 5.35, 7.50 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.25pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Savages (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.35 an and 10.10pm 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.10pm. Te Tel: 7777-838 7777-8383

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

The Watch (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.35, 8 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 8pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

Paranormal Activity 4 (15) Rio 2 at 8.15 and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.15pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.35pm and 3.35pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

Killer Joe (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Brave (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.35pm and 3.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 The Artist Cine Studio, tonight and Thursday at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society.

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

LIMASSOL Looper (15) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 3 and 5.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (K) (in French, with Greek subtitles) Rio 3 at 6.15, 8.20 and 10.25pm, weekends at 6.25, 8.30 and 10.35pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.35, 7.50 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Savages (18) Rio 6 at 7.45pm and 10.10pm, weekends also at 5pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Watch (15) Rio 4 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends at 8.10 and 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383 ParaNorman (12) Rio 3, weekends only at 3pm.

Tel: 25-871410 The Cold Light of Day (12) Rio 5 at 7.45pm (weekends at 8.15pm) and 10pm. Tel: 25871410 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 5 (in Greek), weekends only at 3pm, 4.45pm and 6.30pm.

Tel: 25-871410

Brave (K) Rio 3 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 4.40pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.35pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) Rio 2 (in Greek) at 6.30pm, weekends also at 3pm and 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 4 (in English, in 2D), weekends only at 3, 4.45 and 6.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

LARNACA Looper (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Paranormal Activity 4 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Killer Joe (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (K) (in French, with Greek subtitles) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.35, 7.50 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Savages (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.35 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Savages (18) Rio 4 at 7.45 and 10.10pm, weekends at 7.30 and 10pm.

Tel: 26-207000

The Watch (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.35, 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Watch (15) Rio 3 at 6, 8 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000

Brave (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

God Loves Caviar (K) (in Greek, English and Russian) Rio 5 at 7.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

ParaNorman (12) Rio 7 at 6pm, weekends at 4 and 5.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

Le Havre (in French, with Greek subtitles) Larnaca Municipal Theatre, Thursday at 8.30pm, presented by the Larnaca Film Society. Tel: 99-658831, www.lfcinema.org

PAPHOS Looper (15) Rio 7 at 7.45 and 10.10pm, weekends at 7.30 and 9.45pm.

Tel: 26-207000 Paranormal Activity 4 (15) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 9.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 Killer Joe (18) Rio 5 at 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (K) (in French, with Greek subtitles) Rio 6 at 5.50, 8 and 10.10pm, weekends at 3.50, 6, 8.10 and 10.20pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Cold Light of Day (12) Rio 2 at 6 and 7.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) Rio 5 (in Greek) at 6pm, weekends at 4 and 5.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Magic Mike (18) Rio 2 at 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Brave (K) Rio 1 (in Greek) at 5.45pm, weekends also at 4pm. Tel: 26-207000 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 4 (in English, in 2D) at 6pm, weekends at 4 and 5.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Ice Age: Continental Drift (K) Rio 3 (in English, in 2D), weekends only at 4pm. Tel: 26-207000

Magic Mike

listings Today Music Emmanuel Despax The Pharos Arts Foundation continues its Concert and Recital Series with a recital by the French pianist. October 30. The Shoe Factory, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €25 /20.

Tel: 22-663871/70-009304. www. pharosartsfoundation.org. Email: info@pharosartsfoundation.org

Dance IntuNition A new dance creation by .pelma.

October 30-31. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. €12/10. Tel: 77-777745 Show & Dance with Elvis, Elton, Anastasia and Madonna Four top tribute acts combine in one amazing performance. October 30.

Pentaras Hall, Coral Bay Road, Paphos. Doors open 7.30pm, showtime 8.30pm prompt, ends at 10.45pm. €10. Reservations essential - Tel: 99-832538. Meals available in the restaurant - Tel: 26-271130

Other Events

Other Events

Homosexuality - A Scientific Approach & Homophobia: As a Social Phenomenon The Psychology Club of the University of Cyprus hosts a lecture with guest speakers. A discussion will follow. October 30. University of Cyprus, Nicosia. 6.30pm. In Greek.

Tel: 99-130459/99-544414

Halloween Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Chris King as Elvis Presley, Andrew Oliver as Elton John presents their special themed stage show and dance. Come in fancy dress - best costumes win prizes. Raffle in aid of GOAL. October 31. Faros Restaurant, Latchi Harbour. Dinner 8.30pm, showtime 9.30pm. €20 including dinner. Tel: 99-832538/26-321304

Tomorrow Exhibition Topo-analysis Solo art exhibition by Eleni Panayidou. Opens October 31, until November 17. Argo Gallery, 64E D. Akrita Avenue, Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22754009. www.argogallery.org

Music 20th Century Music Concert with Cyprus Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Kypros Marcou and soloist Marios Nicolaou (percussion). October 31. Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €12/7. Tel: 22-463144/22-313010

Finbarr’s Halloween Party Music with Kiss FM, Buy 2 get 1 free. First and second prizes for best costumes. October 31. Finbarr’s, 52B Makarios Ave, Nicosia. 8.30pm.

Tel: 22-376625

Ongoing Theatre After the Rehearsal Theatro Ena opens new season with play

by Ingmar Bergman. Until November 4.

Theatro Ena, 4 Athinas Avenue, Nicosia.

Every Friday to Sunday at 8.30pm. €12/15. In Greek. Tel: 22348203

Staircase ETHAL presents a British comedy with Kostas Vichas and Achilleas Grammatikopoulos. Until November 11 (on specific days). Technohoros ETHAL, 76 Franklin Roosevelt Avenue, Limassol. 8.30pm and 6.30pm on Sundays. €15/10. In Greek Same Time, Next Year Dionysos Theatre opens the new theatre season with play by Bernard Slade, directed by Nikos Charalambous. Until November 25. Dionysos Theatre, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia.

Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6.30pm. In Greek. €20/15. Tel: 22818999/99-621845 The Grönholm Method The New Stage of THOC presents play

by Catalan playwright Jordi Galcerán Ferrer. Until December 1. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-492900 Oscar The New Stage of THOC presents the play based on the work by French-Belgian dramatist Eric Emmanuel Schmitt. Until December 8. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every two weeks Wednesday through Saturday.

8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-492900

Samia Revival of ancient Greek comedy by Menander. Until December 9. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6pm. €12/6.

In Greek. The performances on December 1 and 2 will be with Greek and English surtitles. Tel: 22-864300 11:16 Anemona Theatre presents a mystery

by C. G. Wilson. Until December 23. Anemona Theatre, 7 Archagelou Street, Latsia, Nicosia. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 8pm. In Greek. €10. Tel: 22-573031 The Magic Flute The Children’s Stage of Satiriko Theatre presents play adapted and directed by Thanasis Theologis. Until December 23. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia.

Every Sunday at 10.30am. €10. In Greek. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609

Exhibitions War – Pigs First solo art exhibition by Antonis Rizopoulos. Until October 30. Apocalypse Gallery, 30 Chytron Street, Nicosia. Monday- Friday: 10.30am1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30am-1pm. Tel: 22-766655

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

Urban-A-Where International Workshop and Exhibition about Chrono-urbanism. Until October 30. Casteliotissa Hall, old Nicosia. Opening hours: 12.00- 8pm weekdays and 11am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday Stelios Votsis Solo painting exhibition. Until October 31. Zacharias Gallery, 147 Irinis Street, Limassol. 9am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. Tel: 25-358311 Pancyprian Mosaic Exhibition & International Exhibition of Posters of Mosaics Until October 31. Athienou Kallinikeio Municipal Museum, Athienou Kallinikeio Municipal Hall, 2 Archbishop Makarios III, Athienou. Monday-Friday: 8am-2pm. Wednesday: 3pm-6pm.

Sunday: 6pm-8pm. Tel: 24-524002 Darkness or Light?

Solo art exhibition by Froso Liapi. Until October 31. Art Space Kat’oikon, 47 Perikleous Street, Nicosia. Open daily: 6pm-8.15pm.

Tel: 96-510261 Accelerating Science Photographic display of CERN’s flagship travelling exhibition about the origins of our universe. Until October 31. Entrance B108, Council-Senate Building Anastasios G. Leventis (Ground Floor) University of Cyprus.

Tel: 22-800616/7

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The myth of Europe...

DOES Europe exist? At first glance this may seem like a relatively straightforward question, but a closer examination would prove otherwise.

In the last ten years in the political arena of the countries of Europe, discussions about cultural identities and shared values have become quite popular.

Everyone knows what Europe once represented – a bastion of Christendom, a history of great empires and wars – but we have a contradictory idea of what Europe stands for today. It operates as an all encompassing word.

Imagine throwing all of these countries into the single factory chute of identity. It seems impossible, yet it has happened, and it continues to happen: the use of the term ‘Europe’ has developed gradually throughout history and it is most certainly here to stay. The difficulty lies knowing exactly where it begins and ends.

Within the framework of the Cyprus presidency of the Council of the European Union, this week, the ARTos Foundation in Nicosia is encouraging ordinary citizens to re-evaluate the world around them with its latest exhibition. This exhibition poses the question, among others, of how far Europe as an entity exists within her geographical space, etc.

The exhibition consists of the exhibition Stitching the Buffer Zone 1: Territories are but Fear of Space - the installation Relocated and the exhibition and roundtable

Review Theatre Stage One Theatre Group presentation of Spring and Port Wine – October 27 – Emba Theatre IN A BREAK from their usual routine, Stage One Theatre Group staged two performances of Bill Naughton’s classic play Spring and Port Wine on Friday and Saturday.

The proceeds from both performances were donated to the Samaritans and M.A.R.C.H. (Military And Retired Cyprus Holidays) However, in addition to this generous action the performances gave opportuni-

discussion Citizen Middle East. The inauguration will take place on Thursday, and the roundtable discussion on Friday. The roundtable discussion will conclude with Aladin’s magic show, Becoming European by Magic.

The exhibition Does Europe Exist? primarily highlights, challenges and proposes actions that aim towards the self-awareness of Europe, criticism towards the blazing Middle East, reflections of the small but important role of Cyprus as Europe’s outpost in the southeastern Mediterranean.

Stitching the Buffer Zone is a collective initiative which aims to build up an open platform of interaction and exchange on the issue of the Cyprus Buffer Zone.

This exhibition brings together four female architects and urban planners. Their work grows out of a critical belief that histories of segregation produce territories of exclusion.

Relocated reflects upon current issues within the EU. In this united Europe the unity seems to be only present in the obliteration of the individual and the individuality of each country.

The exhibition and roundtable discussion Citizen Middle East is curated by Aida Eltorie from Egypt. The goal is to create and consolidate international collaboration, foster knowledge-exchange and support international mobility of cultural workers, theorists and artists.

Don’t forget Aladin will conclude the roundtable discussion on Friday. This is not a character from the folktales of Persia, but a former head of the Cultural Strategy Group in London. Aladin is a magician who uniquely integrates strategy, culture and magic, counselling global industries and curating sustainable practices, arts projects and cultural plans. He is an elite Gold Turban member of the legendary Magic Academy, Bangalore - India. Aladin will be conducting a one hour public intervention, Becoming European by Magic, questioning, and playing with ideas

ties for the initiation of a new Stage Director and four members of the Stage One Youth Theatre to strut their stuff. How did they do? Well, to be kind, the author won through, the Northern humour was there and in the main the Bolton, Lancashire accents were too. However, on the direction side it was a very “if there’s a seat sit on it” type of production.

The play is a “domestic” and the actors are in their “home” with, particularly Mother, needing always to be going about their business and the dialogue set over the top of these activities, instead everybody sat down or if standing directed all their lines to the front. In a basic and far too clean setting with unsoiled shirts and costumes set in an industrial town it was initially difficult to accept the long first act without just admiring the young actors compassing their roles.

So I switch to the acting, and of the youngsters, the well-experienced Cody Dahler as the eldest son Harold, gave another fully compassed performance. Word and accent perfect, I never doubted his intentions to override his dominant father. He was well supported by Dimitris Nicolaou in his debut role as the younger son Wilfred, a little hesitant in parts but with a strong suitably northern accent with not a trace of Cypriot – a young man to be watched. Of the two girls, Anna Lodge as Florence was a trifle wooden and lacking in direction but she warmed in the second act.

Sophia Louise Savva as Hilda in the more difficult role was able to make it less sullen than would been expected. The four young actors gelled very well and made a believable group of children fast growing up in a difficult world. Of the

of ethnic and national identity through the device of a magic show.

Does Europe Exist?

An exhibition that poses the question, among others, in how far Europe as an entity exists within her geographical space.

Opens November 1, 7pm until November 15. ARTos Cultural and Research Foundation, 64, Ay. Omoloyites Avenue, Nicosia. Monday-Saturday* 10am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. *On Saturday November 10 the exhibition will only be open 10am-1pm. Tel: 22445455. info@artosfoundation. org. www.artosfoundation.org For more information on Stitching the Buffer Zone, please contact: stitchingthebufferzone@gmail.com Roundtable discussion Citizen Middle East and Aladin magic show: November 2. ARTos, Nicosia. 7pm

By Ledha Socratous

adults, well obviously, the father figure of Rafe as played by Terry Jones has to dominate; the role is a cross between Hobson in Hobson’s Choice and Shalford in Kipps where all three characters reconcile their differences to make a happy conclusion. Jones managed well; however, poor setting in Act One had him at the dining table obscured from part of the audience by his family.

Similarly when working downstage he was always obscured by wife, children or furniture so we rarely had the benefit of his full body language. Mark Farnsworth as Arthur, Florence’s fiancé, was excellent in a fully rounded performance, full of nervous energy and determination to do the right thing. June Henderson’s ‘Mother’ figure Daisy lacked depth and was too clean for the hard working wife and mother, I only felt sympathy for her in the

final scene because too much of her work was played straight out front and she lacked facial ‘pain’ in her plight. The role of the slatternly neighbour Betsy Jane as played by Judith Fox displayed this actor’s versatility drawing out the humour in all the right places.

There was excellent stage management from a young female team headed by Natalia Psalta assisted

by Fiona Greavey and Jeanette Swankie.

From a critical view – why eye shadow on Fox and Henderson; quite wrong for the time and location, why so much furniture on such a small acting area and, as already mentioned why on earth were the clothes and setting so clean?

That said congratulations on the performances for two such worthy causes.

By Chris Ekin-Wood

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Reportage The Romney family

On the campaign trail

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HE debates are over and they have pushed the 57th US presidential election into the corridor of uncertainty, a place few expected it to go.

Until the President’s debacle in Denver, when a wooden, detached-sounding Obama left pundits gasping as he allowed Romney into contention, everything looked sewn up. Obama was enjoying three and four-point poll leads and his rival was reminding the country why his party had nominated him with such reluctance - the bringer of gaffes that kept on giving.

Not any more. Romney has been enjoying his first national poll leads since the race began and is looking stronger in the crucial swing states he needs to win to take the White House - such as Florida, Virginia and Ohio.

Can Mitt, the man who brought you Romney shambles one after another, really pull off the electoral surprise of our lives? Still behind in key states, he prob-

ably needs another lift or an Obama blunder, but to borrow a phrase neither candidate would understand, it’s squeaky bum time.

Most have probably read more Obama books than listened to Romney speeches, so here’s what you need to know about Mitt.

A golden cradle Bloomfield Hills, the Michigan town where Romney was raised, is one of the wealthiest five cities in the US, with a median family income of more than $200,000.

Student of mediocrity Romney’s incredible rise in business and politics was not predicted by his teachers, one of whom wrote in his report at Cranbrook Schools that “he is not as industrious or responsible as he might be”.

Je ne t’aime pas From 1966 he spent twoand-a-half years as a Mormon missionary in France, where he first encountered the feel-

ing that “most of what I was trying to do was rejected”.

Republican blood During his mission he missed his father George’s campaign for the Republican nomination in the 1968 presidential election. Car tycoon George eventually withdrew, making way for Richard Nixon.

A house of Mormon George Romney personally baptised Mitt’s sweetheart Ann into the Mormon fold.

Mitt is a fifth generation member of the church - his great-great-grandfather led the first Mormon mission to Britain in 1839.

The strange incident of the dog on the car Romney drove to Canada

with his Irish setter Seamus strapped to the roof of his car in 1983. He was put in a carrier with a specially constructed windshield. ses The dancing horses The Romneys own several dressage horses,, a passion the couple share.. The Democrats made fun of his equine his year but friends earlier this or attacking were rebuked for ad used to animals Ann had help her with her multiple sclerosis.

Blind money omney’s net Most of the Romney’s d to be more worth - estimated n - is held in than $200 million blind trusts, an arrangement oliticians so often used by politicians used of conthey can’t be accused s in the way flicts of interests ested. the money is invested. tion plate Filling the collection ney earned In 2010, Romney $21.6 million. He gave 14 per o charity. cent of it away to zz-kid Fundraising whizz-kid Romney spentt $3 wn n million of his own

money on his first serious foray into politics - running against Ted Kennedy for his Massachusetts senate seat in 1994 - which he lost decisively.

CEO for free Romney gave the $1.4 million salary he received as president and CEO of the organising committee for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics - which he is credited with saving from financial meltdown - to charity.

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Four of the five Romney sons

Mr Safe’s big gamble Romney’s efforts to appear “in touch” suffered when he challenged his Republican rival Rick Perry to a $10,000 bet during a debate disagreement. “I’ll tell you what.

10,000 bucks?” he blurted.

The undergrad dad Romney and Ann had their first child as students at Brigham Young University.

They now have five sons: Craig, Josh, Matt, Tagg and Ben. The unwanted 47 per cent A secretly-filmed video brought Mitt’s first major gaffe of the campaign, showing Romney telling donors that 47 per cent of Americans are government-dependent and “my job is not to worry about those people”. It’s still toxic.

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expected late surge in the race for the White ng you need to know about Mitt Romney World-beating looks In 2002, People magazine named Romney in their 50 most beautiful people in the world, describing him as “arrestingl restingly handsome”. A friend t family “looks like a says the Gap ad”.

T The centre man To win the governors ship of overwhelmingl ly Democratic Mass sachusetts in 2002, Ro Romney positioned hims himself as a moderate, b sin bu business-savvy “change can candidate” and rarely me mentioned that he was a Rep Republican.

Lite Literary soul Ro Romney once said his favo favourite book was Mark Twai Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. Good choice. But then again he’s also been report reported as liking the Scientolo entology novel Battlefield Earth Maybe keep that Earth. one to yourself, Mitt.

Mit the innovator Mitt R Romney launched his 2 2008 bid for the Re-

publican presidential nomination with a promise to “innovate”, standing next to a Nash Rambler, the first economy car his father George helped develop.

The Mitt-flop In the 2008 nomination fight, his rivals Mike Huckabee and John McCain established one of the most effective attack lines against Romney: that he is a “flip-flop” candidate whose views on abortion switched from pro-choice to pro-life in 2005.

Detail man Fittingly for a former management consultant, Romney’s campaigns are fought with unusual precision. He is said to relish strategy sessions and poll number briefings, and keeps aides on the phone for hours asking about how ideas in his speeches will play with specific voter groups.

Bain politics Romney also promotes a culture of contest. The “Bain Way”, named after the in-

vestment company he cofounded, is a “data-intensive analytical process of the widest array of options”. He once asked an aide to argue his own position on Iran so he could find the flaws in it.

Love for money Romney’s intention to run again in 2012 was signalled by the widespread donations from his “action committees” to Republican candidates up and down the country, totalling almost $1.7 million.

The convenient bestseller Romney’s 2010 book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness reached the top of The New York Times bestseller list, but only on the back of “some bookstores reporting receiving bulk orders”.

A public dressing down Pundits noticed a change in Romney’s clothes as his 2012 campaign began, with casual jackets, open-collared shirts and few appearances in his trademark suit.

by linking Romney to Ryan’s small-state budgetary plans.

Mitt looked awkward when he insisted that wasn’t the case – while sitting next to his running mate.

Delivering in Denver Romney’s win in the first debate a few weeks ago was the moment his campaign finally took off. He looked composed and likeable for the first time, and Obama’s aloofness and lack of energy was a gift. Despite two Obama wins since, the US press are calling the “debate season” for Romney.

If he wins, Washingtonwatchers expect him to appoint a good proportion of women to his administration

Romney (R) with his father during the fifties

Taxing questions Demands to see how much the very wealthy Romney pays in tax have dogged him for years, with his campaign publishing limited information. Last month they released his 2011 return, showing a 14.1 per cent rate paid, amounting to $1.9 million on $13.7 million income. Obama paid 20.5 per cent on $789,674 in 2011.

A White House feminocracy?

One of Romney’s key aides is Beth Myers, his chief of staff when he was governor of Massachusetts who led the search for his running mate. If he wins, Washington-watchers expect him to appoint a good proportion of women to his administration. … but a female voter deficit Nevertheless, Obama has maintained a comfortable lead among women, which a new poll puts at six per cent, down from 13 in previous months. The figure on November 3 could be decisive.

A crowd-pleasing veep Romney’s choice of running mate, Paul Ryan, pleased those activists who are suspicious of moderate Mitt, and their rejuvenated enthusiasm might be crucial next month.

Budget bother The Democrats are keen to scare undecided voters

Bayonet blooper Obama embarrassed Romney in last Monday’s debate when Mitt complained about a decline in navy ships.

“We also have fewer horses and bayonets,” countered Obama, with a line that went viral online and made Mitt look outdated on the key issue of military spending.

A snub from Snoop The Romney team suffered a demoralising blow earlier this month when Snoop Dogg tweeted a list of reasons not to vote for him, including “his bitch gotta dancing horse”

and “he a ho”, the second of which Romney vehemently denies.

Not all gay on LGBT Partly owing to his Mormon roots, Romney is rarely supportive of the gay community.

Most recently, in August 2011 he signed a pledge to stand against marriage equality.

Twitter deficit Romney may be neck-andneck in the polls, but he’d better hope November 3 won’t be decided on Twitter – Romney has 1.5 million followers compared with Obama’s 21 million.

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***************************** NATIVE GREEK SPEAKER, graduate from some of the best Universities in the UK and France in Modern Languages, offers private tuition in the Greek, English, French and Italian languages. Tel. 97824349 ***************************** TIME FOR A CAREER CHANGE? Learn how to teach English! The London Teacher Training College is offering TEFL Certificate courses in Cyprus. For more information call now on 99839307. *****************************

Ayia Napa Monday 97798043 I AM NISHA D/O RADHA rani/ Late.Pardeep Kumar. Basic residence housing board colony Ferozepur city in India.

Current residence - working in Cyprus (Eirini Konstantinou 50 Arch.Kyprianou Str. 6015 Larnaca) as a nanny in house My passp.No G 6065890. Have changed my name Nisha to Nisha Thakur. All concerned may note.

Nicosia - tel: 22 818583 fax: 22 676385

MAN AGED 59 YEARS GOOD LOOKING, resident America, future stay in Cyprus, would like to meet women aged 40 to 50 years for a serious relationship. Serious proposal

Larnaca - tel: 24 652243 fax: 24 659982

classified contents Employment Opportunities pg 18 Employment Miscellaneous 18 Pets 18 Lessons 18 Health & Fitness 18 Personal 18 Services 18 For Sale Miscellaneous 19 For Sale Land/ Property Business 19 For Sale Motor vehicles -Wanted 19 To Let Nicosia 20 To Let Limassol 21 To Let Larnaca 22 To Let Paphos 22 To Let Protaras, Ayia Napa, Paralimni -To Let Athens 24 Land For Sale Bulgaria -For Sale Nicosia 24 For Sale Limassol 24 For Sale Larnaca 24 For Sale Paphos 24 For Sale Ayia Napa 24 For Sale Famagusta Protaras -For Sale Athens -Property& Home Services display ads 25

abbreviations PLEASE HELP Tia Needs a Home. My owners left without me. I am spayed - microchip vaccinated - flea / worm. Very good on / off lead. Very placid and quiet temperament, good with cats - dogs - children. Yes I am perfect for you. Tia would make a great companion for a retired person or family. Tel 96531177 *****************************

DULUX, a medium sized male poodle cross , gray white colour, around 2 years old is looking for a forever home! He is very loving and friendly! At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 mon-frid 10-2pm. *****************************

SERVICES GOLDEN RETRIEVER CROSS medium to large size. He is sweet natured and very friendly. He needs permanent or temporary foster home. He is looking for a forever home! At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like

JJ PAINTING & DECORATING All aspects of internal and external decorating call jay 97731647 UPHOLSTERY, RUG, BLINDS

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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 SERVICES + CURTAIN CLEANING Rugs from 20€ - Carpets from 38€ - Fabric Suites from 85€ Leather Suites from 95€ - Mattresses from 25€. Curtains, Roman blinds, Vertical Blinds need to be surveyed. Collection Service available. For a free quotation call Mark on 70006766 All areas DO YOU WANT A SHINY LOOKING FLOOR? Full repair & restoration of chipped, scratched, dull and stained, Marble, Terrazzo, Stone & Ceramic tiled floors and surfaces.

Professional cleaning, repair & sealing of internal/external ceramic tiles & grout lines. For a free professional consultation & demonstration contact Mark at Premier on 70006766 or 96333961 All areas LOGS FOR SALE olive, carrob and eucalyptus. Delivered to your door free 12 euro per 20 kilo bag tel 99682243 or 99588114 By the Tom the log man.

FOR SALE Two houses one is preserved erected on land 658 sq m Medolonginou Street, Agios Andreas, Nicosia.

Opportunity for an investment also.

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KEEP YOUR HOME COOLER IN SUMMER AND WARMER IN THE WINTER by having Windowfilm professionaly fitted. Stops up to 86% of heat from entering/leaving your home! Windowfilm increases privacy, blocks harmful uvrays which cause fading, reduces glare and saves energy costs on air-con/heating. Call Ian on 99979671 ***************************** 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 ***************************** COMPUTER ASSISTANCE. PC repairs &servicing. Fully qualified engineer over 35 years experience. Island wide coverage. Call Bill 99114617. email:bill@computass.comadmail *****************************

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 WE UNDERTAKE REFURBISHING of houses or holiday homes, construction of pergolas, undertaking of plumbing, house painting, garden work.

For information call JIMMYS: 96587137, MELIS: 96547879

FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS CLOTHES STOCKS AND SHOP FITTINGS FOR SALE. Excellent women’s brands for sale including Italian, Spanish and French clothes and shoes. Also women’s dummies and modern wall fittings (clothes rails.) Selling at very

FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS low prices for clearance. Tel: 99-168943

LANDSOUGHT TO RENT OR BUY Urgently Required land, building sites, apartments, houses, offices shops, businesses, for sale or rent. Investia Estate Agents Ltd. Tel 24620344, 24650384 investia@cyprusview.com www.cyprusview. com

FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND TIMI, PLOTS, a few selected available, seaview, near the 2 golf courses, Venus Rock and airport 60% building factor, €99.000. Half registration fees til the 31.12.12. Tel. 99621914 ***************************** LARNACA, ALETHRIKO,

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FOR SALE B.P./LAND plots for sale, 525 sqm, 90% building factor, near highway Limassol-Larnaca, 5 min from airport, quiet residential area €109.000. Half registration fees till the 31.12.12. Tel. 99621914 PLOT LOCATED IN MESA GEITONIA, LIMASSOL 617sqm.

100% build. Ideal for the construction of apartment building or 1 or 2 large houses.

Price reduced to € 360.000 tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre. com/listing-lim-0170 RESIDENTIAL PIECE OF LAND of 985sqm in the village of Pareklisia. Partial sea views, near to electricity and water supplies. €135.000 D.C. (Cyprus) Real Estate Tel: 99 330 908 FOR SALE PLOT IN THE CENTER OF LEFKARA Village 670sqm, high build factor, near all shops, and amenities €210.000 negotiable Tel: 99 330 908 FOR SALE PLOT of 528sqm located in Paphos Municipality in the Agios Paulos area.

It offers a large 100% build factor, and is suitable for the construction of a large house or apartment building. Price € 260.000 tel. 99 330 908 www. cyprusre.com/listing-paf-0007 SALE OF FIVE ADJACENT PLOTS in Paphos.Considered a significant investment opportunity because the plots are located in a central area of Paphos(very close to the central public market).Sale

FOR SALE B.P./LAND of either all together or independently. Prices: €220000 – 250000 each. Call 99494753 TREMITHOUSA, plots for sale in a very quiet area, unobstructed sea and mountain views, 600 – 700 sqm, prices from €170.000 Tel: 99510420 PRIME LAND IS AVAILABLE FOR LONG LEASE IN LIMASSOL. 40,000 sq.m. , zoning Ka7 (80% -45% - 3 stories). Regular amphitheatrical shape overlooking Ladies Mile. Close to New Limassol Hospital with direct access to Limassol – Paphos Highway.

Water supply, electricity and telephones are readily available. Suitable for immediate development. Ideal for various health facilities and resorts, holiday centres, commercial and shopping centres, entertainment enterprises etc.

Information: Tel. 22 674338, 99621554 FOR SALE LAND in Anthoupoli (half plot) 288 sq.metres. for information 99621554.

WANTED TO RENT FLAT OR HOUSE TO RENT, 2-3 bedrooms, veranda/terrace or garden, prefer furnished, SW of Nicosia (in approx area Lakadamia to Kapedes and Kalo Chorio) alan.tye@birdlifecyprus.org.cy, 22455072, 99089083.

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PROPERTY TO LET NICOSIA FOR RENT, 1 bedroom flat, furnished, at Trigonaki, Aglangia, near the University. The flat has solar panels, A/C for hot and cold, parking at piloti, big veranda, small building, quite street, suitable for a couple or for an individual, tel.

99562776.

FOR RENT 3 bedroom flat completely renovated in Strovolos.

135sqm, quite family owned building recently painted. c/h, a/c, storage room. Stainless steel appliances, washing machine. Sky satellite tv. €650/ month Call 99 330 908.

FOR RENT 3 B/R apartment fully furnished close to Central Bank. 3 W.C., fully air-

Mrs. Ravinderpal Kaur from India wishes to change her name to Mrs Ravinderpal Kaur Sandhu. If any person who knows her have any reason why she should not please contact the Embassy of India

TO LET NICOSIA conditioned extra storeroom, owned covered parking. Excellent condition. Information: Tel. 99621554 FOR RENT studio Nikis Ave. 430, Ag. Andreas 295, 1 bdrm Platy 480 furnished, Kennedy Ave. furnished 440, 2 bdrm Lykavito furnished 575, Nikis Ave. furnished 500, Acropolis brand new furnished 550, Ag. Dometios ground floor with garden 600, 3 bdrm Ag. Omologites house ideal for cultural centre/spa 850, Strovolos 600, 4 bdrm Acropolis ground floor 800, Dasoupolis new independent house 1200.

21 PROPERTY FINDER LTD. A.M. 627, A.A. 108/E 99474839, 99646822 WHOLE FLOOR OFFICE FOR RENT in Ayios Andreas, Nicosia, 240 m2, 8 offices plus conference room, reception area, kitchen and WC, structured cabling, hot and cold aircon, 1800 euros pcm, tel.

99 895649 FOR RENT – three-bedroom flat in Lykavitos, Nicosia. Open plan fully-equipped kitchen and living area, two bathrooms, air conditioning and central heating. Big veranda.

Near the town centre and University of Cyprus. Contact 99721911 / 99-454141 3 BEDROOMS flat on second floor in a block of six flats, in a nice position at Strovolos area, fully a/c, c/h, covered parking place for one car, re-

TO LET NICOSIA cently painted. Rent €650pm. (furnished if required). Tel: 97773358. ***************************** LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 5 bedrs detached house, 550sq.m, built in 2 big plots of land, big garden with grass, big swimming pool with extra fence for children and big covered patio with bbq area, big reception areas with marble floor, fire place and bar, big kitchen with all electrical appliances and sitting room with fire place, maid’s room, floor heating, full a/c, blinds on the windows, master bedroom with en suite bathroom and shower, big bathroom for the other 3 bedrooms and extra shower in the 5th bedroom - Strovolos €2500 (H5ST10001-R), (photos in the website).

2. H3ST10010-R, 2 Bedroom plus office semi-detached house 180sq.m with central heating, fully a/c, covered parking in a quiet area off Tseriou avenue. Strovolos, €600 (photos in website).

3. 2 bedr fully renovated semi detached house 120 sq. m, a/c for hot and cold, small yard, FULLY FURNSIHED or not, double glazed windows with aluminum shutters, in a quiet area off Nikis behind Burger King - ACROPOLIS €650 (H2ACS0001-R), (photos in the website).

4. H3ST10012-R, 3 bedr luxury

TO LET NICOSIA semi detached house with central heating independent, a/c, 3wc, parquet floor, fire place, electrical appliances in the kitchen, curtains, SHARED SWIMMING POOL, in a very quiet neighborhood in the area near Falcon school. Strovolos € 1200, (photos in website).

5. 4 bedr new luxury detached house, separate maid’s room, central heating, full Ac, 260sq.m, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, blinds on all the windows, 4wc, 2 showers, 1 bathroom, 2 covered parking, big garden with grass in a quiet neighbourhood in a dead end near French Ambassador house - Strovolos €1400 (H4ST10045-R), (photos in the website).

6. 3 bedr+big attic room with shower and wc luxury new house,210sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 4wc, blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, small garden, covered parking near Alpha Mega supermarket - STROVOLOS €1200 (H4ST10007-R), (photos in the website).

7. 3 bedr upstairs and one downstairs luxury detached house built in 2 plots of land with big garden and big over floor swimming pool 4 X 10, central heating, full a/c, 2 covered parking, FULLY NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, double glazed windows(PVC), electric shutters on all win-

TO LET NICOSIA dows, in a very quiet neighbourhood, in the centre of Latsia near Carrefour - LATSIA €2700 (H4LAT0010-R), (photos in the website).

8. 4 bedr luxury detached house + big separate maid’s room, central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining area, big separate family room with fire place, big kitchen with breakfast area, 4wc, parquet floor all the house, mature garden on the front and back of the house, 3 covered parking, in a quiet area - PARISSINOS €2300 (H4PA20006-R), (photos in the website).

9. 3 bedr upstairs and 2 separate bedroom in the basement luxury detached house(all the bedrooms with en suite bathrooms/shower), also separate kitchen and sitting room in the basement which has also separate entrance from the house, central heating, full a/c, solid parquet floor all the house, big sitting and dining room with fire place, big fully equipped kitchen with breakfast area and family room, big overfloor, swimming pool with covered patio area with fully equipped bar(bbq, fridge, freezer, cooker),mature garden around the house,2 parking places, alarm system near the Cyprus Conference Centre- PLATY AGLANTZIAS €3500 (H5PAG0002-R), (photos in the website).

10. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating,

TO LET NICOSIA 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, electrical appliances, small yard, bbq area, off Kostantinoupoleos street near French ambassador residence.- STROVOLOS €900 (H4ST10043-R), (photos in the website).

11. 4 bedr luxury semi detached house with good size garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area, central heating, a/c units, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, 2 covered parking, FULLY FURNISHED AND EQUIPPED, in a quiet area in a dead end close to all amenities and schools.

ANTHOUPOLIS €1300 (H4ANT0002-R), (photos in the website).

12. 2 bedr + attic room luxury house with central heating, full expensive air conditions Daikin, blinds, cooker and oven in the kitchen, in a quiet area near Sampson farm - STROVOLOS €700 (H3ST10013-R), (photos in the website).

13. 3 bedr detached house with extra room for office,250sq.m, central heating independent, 4a/c, big renovated, kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting and dining room with parquet floor and fire place,1bathroom,1 shower,2wc, 2 covered parking, big verandas surrounded by trees and bushes off 28th October street - Makedonitissa €1300 (H4STI0043-R), (photos in the website).

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14. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/ shower, sitting room upstairs, attic room with shower and wc, office space/maid’ s room with shower and wc, central heating, full AC,450sq.m, big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with sitting area and fitted cooker and oven,6 wc, 2 covered parking’s, big yard with tiles and garden with grass, bbq area in a very quiet neighbourhood near the CYBC ( RIK) station and near a neighbourhood park – Aglantzia €2000(H4AGZ0005-R), (photos in the website).

1. 3 bedr furnished apartment, 140sq.m, near Cyprus Hilton, kitchen, bathroom and extra guests toilet, large sitting room, opposite a small park, recently renovated independent oil central heating, air conditions, solar heater, covered parking – Acropolis €630 (A3ACS0040-R), (photos in the website).

5. 2 bedrs big luxury flat, 110sq. m+big covered veranda, CH ind, 3 a/c, cooker, oven in the kitchen, roller blinds, 2 bathrooms, 2 wc, parquet and granite floor, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining room, covered parking, intercom, on a small building with 6 flats only near Coca Cola factory 2 km from McDonalds in Egomi – Agios Dometios €550 (A2ADO0013-R), (photos in the website).

15. 4 bedr luxury detached house, separate maid’s room, 600 sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 6 wc, 4 bathrooms, big sitting and dining areas opening on to the garden, big kitchen with electrical appliances, built in 2 big plots of land with huge garden with grass, swimming pool, 2 covered parking, in a quiet neighbourhood close to Alpha Mega supermarket Engomi - €3000 (H4PA20005-R), (photos on 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 ****************************** LUXURY FLATS:

2. AINIC0006- R, 1 bedr., fully furnished and equipped apartment, 50sq.m, 2AC for hot and cold, covered verandah, covered parking, nice view, off Makarios avenue between Hilton and DEBENHAMS shop.

Nicosia centre, € 450 (photos in website).

3. 2 bedrs luxury big apartment in a small building with 4 apartments only, very big bedrooms with parquet floor, 125sq.m, central heating independent, 3ac,Fully nicely furnished separate kitchen, big sitting and dining area,2wc,covered parking behind Hilton hotel off Kennedy and Makarios close to the centre.– NICOSIA CENTRE €600 (A2NIC0026-R), (photos in the website).

4. A1DAS0010-R, 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting and dining room, big bathroom, big bedroom with shutters, covered veranda, storage heaters, 2a/c, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking in a quiet area in a small modern building near Acropolis Park. Dasoupolis €400 (photos in website).

6. 1 bedr new modern luxury apartment, 50sq.m, 2 a/c for hot and cold, nicely modern furnished, 3rd floor, covered parking, 6 year old in a quiet neighborhood off Kantaras street. - STROVOLOS €400 (A1ST10009-R), (photos in the website).

7. New 2 bedr luxury apartment, 90sq.m, storage heaters, 3 a/c, cooker and oven, covered verandah, 2 wc, NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking and storage room of Kyriakou Matsi street near the centre – Agioi Omologites €650 (A2AOM0008-R), (photos in the website).

8. A1ACS0007- R, 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with 2 a/c for hot and cold, electrical appliances in the kitchen, big bedroom, covered veranda, blinds, covered parking, in a quiet area near Acropolis park.

NICELY FURNISHED. Acropolis €450 (photos in website).

9. 3 bedr luxury spacious floor

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apartment on the 4th floor of award winning building,200sq. m+big covered veranda, central heating independent, full built in air conditions, lighting fixtures, curtains and blinds on all windows, big spacious living room with fire place, big kitchen with double cooker, oven and microwave and breakfast area, double glazed windows, all the bedrooms with en suite shower/bath, big satellite dish with sky decoder,2 covered parking and storage room, close to American embassy and other amenities – ENGOMI €1600 (A3ENG0025-R), (photos in the website).

10. A2ADO0006-R, 2 bedr luxury upper flat, fully renovated, 120sq.m, fully furnished, AC for hot and cold, 2 bathrooms en suite in the bedrooms (one with Jacuzzi), 3wc,parking, near of Ag. Dometios police station, Coca Cola factory and close to Alpha Mega supermarket and University of Nicosia.

Price includes common expenses. Agios Dometios, only €500 (photos in website).

11. 3 bedr luxury spacious ground floor apartment with separate entrance, big verandas and garden, big sitting and dining room, central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, very big master bedroom, electrical appliances in the kitchen, aluminum shutters on windows, parquet laminate floor all the flat, covered parking, storage room, in a very quiet neigh-

borhood in a dead end street, off Athalasas Avenue behind Stephanis near English School €800 (A3ST10030-R), (photos in the website).

12. A2LYK0006-R, 2 bedr penthouse apartment with big veranda 60sq.m, storage heaters, full a/c, 2 bathrooms(one en suite), big sitting room, big separate kitchen with cooker and oven, blinds, covered parking near Agios Antonios market CLOSE TO THE UNIVERSITY. Lykavitos €510 (photos in website).

13. A2ST10028- R, 2 bedr new luxury apartment on the 1st floor of a 2 storey building, with a/c for hot and cold, fully nicely modern furnished, big covered veranda, parking, in a quiet neighbourhood. (no common expenses). Strovolos €600 (photos in website).

14. A2NIC0001- R New luxury finished 2 bedr apartment with separate electric floor heating for each room, a/c units, parquet floor all the flat, big sitting and dining area, electrical appliances in the kitchen, fully modern furnished and equipped, big bedrooms, covered veranda, central satellite dish, cable net service, blinds on the windows. In the centre opposite the walls, Nicosia centre, €670 (photos in website).

15. 2 bedrs new luxury apartment, sitting room open plan with kitchen which includes

cooker, oven, refrigerator and washing machine, 2 wc, central heating ,full AC, blinds on the windows, very big covered verandas, covered parking and storage room in a dead end off Athalassas avenue near Laiki popular bank and Hellenic bank headquarters. - DASOUPOLI €580 (A2DAS0006-R), (photos in the website).

For many more properties with photos visit our website at w w w. l a n d t o u r i s t e s t a t e s . com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22-422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates.com ****************************** 2 BDRM flat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927.

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TO LET LIMASSOL speaking channels, Rent, 650 euro pm. Please contact 0035799681606.

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99 330 908 FOR RENT 2 bedroom flat located in Germasoyia with partial sea views, 85sqm less than 10 years old with title deeds Price €135.000 tel. 99 330 908 www. cyprusre.com/listing-lim-0361 GROUND FLOOR HOUSE, furnished renovated this year.

Laminated parke floor, and big wardrobes in the 3 bedrooms.

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TWO BEDROOM fully renovated fully furniture. Alfa Mega area. (Neapoli) 4 a/c and full kitchen equipment. Covered parking. 117 sm2. Title deed if you prefer to buy. 200m from the sea. Excellent condition.

For rent €650.00incl common expenses. Tel: 99429501. ***************************** BRAND NEW OFFICE FOR RENT on busy shopping street in Limassol 170sqm, raised flooring, ready to be occupied. Price €3000/month tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre. com/listing-lim-0155.

BRAND NEW SHOP FOR RENT on busy shopping street in Limassol 190sqm basement,

FULLY RENOVATED 1-bedroom flat centrally located, close to amenities, quiet area, 4th floor, balcony unobstructed view, separate kitchen, living room, ideal for couple, single person, can be rented furnished and equipped (€285) or unfurnished (€245).

Tel.:99625664 VERY LONG TERM RENT 160 sq m on ground floor. Very clean spacious open plan living. Perfect for expat or retired couple looking for a quiet life in peaceful area. Only one minute walk to Orphanides, Marks and Spencer and St Raphael Clinic. Own courtyard. Small dog welcome.

Sky satellite link. Also suitable for office space. Only English spoken on 99890128

FOR RENT: 2 bedroom apartment. Quiet block in Drosia, Larnaca. Fully furnished with new furniture. Freshly painted.

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TO LET PAPHOS TREMITHOUSA- 2 Bedroom, Traditional Village Bungalow, Very Large Courtyard, Parking. €280 FULLY FURNISHED PROPERTIES WANTED MORE PROPETIES AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 99862922 ***************************** 1. 1 bedroom, fully furnished apartment in Peyia in a small complex in a very quiet area, air condition throughout, spectacular sea and mountain views and communal pool, pets allowed Price: €270 o.n.o 2. 2 bedroom, fully furnished apartment in Peyia in a small complex in a very quiet area, 1 bathroom, air condition throughout, spectacular sea and mountain views and communal pool, close to all amenities, pets allowed Price: €320 o.n.o 3. 2 bedroom, fully furnished apartment in Peyia in a small complex, quiet area, 1 W/C downstairs, 1 bathroom , air condition throughout ,communal pool, balcony, lovely sea and mountain views, close to all amenities, satellite dish, pets allowed, Price: €370 o.n.o 4. 4 bedroom fully furnished detached Villa in Peyia in small complex, private swimming pool , BBQ area and small garden, 1 en-suite bathroom in master bedroom, downstairs bedroom and bathroom, air condition throughout, 2 balconies, very spacious rooms, with additional storage space, lovely sea and mountain views, close to all amenities, satellite dish, pets allowed.

Price : €750 o.n.o ALL THE ABOVE PROPERTIES ARE PRIVATELY OWNED PLEASE CALL: 99351008/99563020 ***************************** FLOWRON PROPERTY SERVICES LTD: PROVIDING AN EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE FOR TENANTS AND LANDLORDS. PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR RENT LONG & SHORT TERM RENTAL. FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WITH KEY HOLDING AND RENT COLLECTIONS OFFERED Yeroskipou: 2 bed furnished apartment, cosy furniture, communal pool, walking distance to all local amenities, Ref: 1034 Price 375 Konia: 3 bedroom unfurnished spacious town house with communal pool in nice residential area, walking distance to all local amenities, suit a family with children Ref:1027 Price €500 Anavargos: 3 bed part furnished extremely large apartment, walking distance to the general hospital, lift, quiet building: Ref:1162 Price €400 Mesogi: 4 bed very large unfurnished modern villa with private pool, nice residential area, gardens, near ameni-

“Friends for Life Limassol Hospice Care Appeal”

Friends for Life Limassol Care Appeal will be holding their Annual Christmas Fair on the 8th and 9th of December

Wish to inform their valued customers On Tuesday 13th November they will hold their not to be missed Déjà vu afternoon from 2.30 until 4.30 at the Leontious Street Charity Shop Limassol between St Barnabas Church and Mitsubishi traffic lights.

Come and purchase your Christmas and New Year Party Clothing plus Festive Decorations

At the Atlantica Miramare Beach Hotel Limassol 11am to 7 pm daily The organizers wish to inform those who have Craft items to exhibit there are still a few tables 180x80 available to rent at 30 Euros each per day.

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS ties, pets welcomed, not far to the International School of Paphos. Ref: 783 Price €800 Secret Valley: 3 bed villa fully furnished in modern style, landscaped gardens, quiet location, Private pool, not far from Aphrodite Hills and golf area of Secret Valley. Ref:1033 Price €650 Mandria: 4 bedroom villa offered unfurnished in very nice location, walking distance to all amenities, garden ,with Private pool, pets welcome Ref:1174 Price €750 Lower Peyia: Very large 5 bedroom luxury villa offered fully furnished, Large astro turf garden ,with Private pool, Jacuzzi, central heating, excellent sea views. Ref:1167 Price €3000 Stoumbi: Modern newly built property with private pool, stone features, outside gardens, nice location and views: Ref: 737 Price €800 Tsada: Very large villa with spacious living areas, kitchen with lots of cupboards, fire place, central heating, peaceful location with valley view’sRef: 955 Price €1300 PROPERTIES WANTED FOR SALE/LONGTERM/HOLIDAY LETTING. PLEASE CALL US FOR A LISTING OF YOUR PROPERTY OR SEND US INFORMATION AND PICTURES TO OUR EMAIL BELOW: OFFICE: 120 MARKARIOS AVENUE, PAPHOS. OFFICE: 26600450 MOBILE: 97614070 many properties available on WEB: www. flowron.com Email info@ flowron.com WEB: www.holidayrentalsinpaphos.com Your Vision - Our Mission *****************************

TO LET PAPHOS LONG TERM RENTALS 1. CHLORAKAS 1 bed ground floor furnished apartment with central heating, communal pool and parking, sky TV. €350 pcm including all bills Call 96 545 174 for more info and to arrange a viewing.

2. KISSONERGA 2 bed town house, small garden, off street parking, close to bus and shops. NO POOL €350 pcm Call 96 545 174 for more info and to arrange a viewing 3. SEA FRONT 2 bed apartment with massive balcony, fully furnished, parking. a/c, comm. pool, on site facilities, walking distance to amenities. €435 pcm Call 96 545 174 for more info and to arrange a viewing 4. PAPHOS 2 bed 2 bathroom house, a/c, ceiling fans, fly screens, storage, satellite TV, private parking, swimming pool, From €390 pcm Call 96 545 174 for more info and to arrange a viewing.

THIS IS JUST A SMALL SELCTION OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND MANY MORE PLEASE CALL EITHER 96 545 174 OR E-MAIL ON ENQUIRIES@ CYPRUSPROPERTYSOLUTIONS.COM LANDLORDS; WE NEED YOUR PROPERTIES NOW. PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.

TO LET PAPHOS ***************************** PROPERTY RENTALS From 250 Euros per month. Villas and apartments available.

Also wanted for waiting clients. www.johnalice-properties.com johnalicecy@gmail. com Tel: 00357 99984681

FOR RENT A selection of 1 to 5 bedroom houses & apartments F/F & U/F Universal, Peyia, Tomb of the Kings, Tsada, Timi & Kato Paphos Landlord & Owners please call 99329357 Or please view at are website www.cyprussands.com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus ***************************** PEYIA – 3 bedroom villa with modern quality furniture and finishes. Central heating, sky, alarm, infinity pool and stunnning sea and mountain views €700 per month, call : 99389426 ***************************** BRAND NEW APT, opposite Poseidonio Gym, near Carrefour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from €340p.m.Tel 99403261 ***************************** MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. UNIVERSAL AREA €450

TO LET PAPHOS spacious 3 bedroom first floor apartment, master with ensuite. Situated on small complex with no pool. Fully furnished with modern furniture, fully equipped kitchen with dishwasher. Balcony leads to a large private roof terrace with shaded barbeque area offering views of the sea, storage & sunbathing deck.

2. SEA CAVES €500 we are delighted to offer this detached 2 bedroom villa situated on a corner plot in a quiet residential area offering sea views.

Gated drive for off street parking.

Fully enclosed good sized low maintenance garden with private pool offering privacy and shaded areas.

Available unfurnished or part furnished. Pets allowed at owners’ discretion. website reference number: RTL_482 3. KAMARES €625 we are delighted to offer this 2 bedroom 2 bathroom bungalow offering magnificent sea views. Lovely enclosed garden & private pool. Available unfurnished though includes central heating throughout plus modern gas fire for those winter months. Outdoor storage facilities, shaded patio area, fly screens & shutters. website reference number: RTL_386 4. PEYIA €700 price includes pool cleaning. If you are looking for a villa with breathtaking views & privacy than this property is for you. This modern detached 3 bedroom,

TO LET PAPHOS 3 bathroom villa is furnished with modern furniture, including satellite TV. One bedroom & bathroom on ground floor. a spacious enclosed garden with private pool offering stunning views. off street parking. website reference number: RTL_401 5. TALA €725 modern 3 bedroom detached villa located in a peaceful residential area between Tala & Kamaras offering sea & mountain views. Separate kitchen with top brand appliances inc dishwasher.

Includes central heating, flyscreens & sky satellite. Private pool & enclosed garden with storage. Available unfurnished or furnished. website reference number: RTL_566 6. MANDRIA €750 modern detached 4 bedroom villa, master with ensuite. Fully enclosed low maintenance garden offering private pool.

Available unfurnished to include white goods, blackout blinds, curtains, ceiling fans & log burner for those winter months. Immaculate condition. Pets allowed at owners’ discretion. Website reference number: RTL_633 offers considered.

7. KATO PAPHOS €800 large 4 bedroom detached villa situated in the sought after residential area of Limnaria. Walking distance to the beach and the many amenities of Kato Paphos. Spacious living accommodation offering an enclosed

TO LET PAPHOS garden with c/pool. Fully furnished with modern furniture & solar panels. website reference number: RTL_442 8. TSADA €2000 fantastic 4 bedroom 4 bathroom villa offering breathtaking sea & mountain views from every aspect. Spacious living areas with central heating and real fireplace. Covered verandas leading to private pool with Jacuzzi and large stone built bbq area. Separate storage rooms, utility room & garage.

Available fully furnished or unfurnished. Offers considered. website reference number: RTL_639 Tel: 97790883 office: 26271858 visit our website for many more properties www. mrrent-paphos.net email: info@mrrent-paphos.net ***************************** RENTAL POINT - PAPHOS PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!!

1. MESA CHORIO – 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished ground floor apartment set on an elevated position on this prestigious development. Open plan living area. Good sized

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kitchen. 2 double , bedrooms, master with en-suite shower room. Family bathroom. Large patio areas with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views.

Covered parking and security gates.. Comm swimming pool, and landscaped gardens. Euros 425.00 a month. 2 bed apartment same complex Euros 400.00 a month.

nished stone bungalow set in quiet location. Open plan living area with working fireplace. Spacious dining kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom with corner bath. Landscaped gardens, swimming pool and covered parking. Realistically priced Euros 500.00 per month or close offers only

2 MESOGI 3 bed 3 bath furnished apartment in handy location close to the shopping areas. Large open plan living area and dining area..

Fully fitted dining/kitchen with appliances . Guest WC. Utilty room. 3 double bedrooms one with en-suite. Family bathroom. Balcony & and parking.

Euros 500.00 a month. Suit non-drivers!

6. UNIVERSAL AREA. 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, Enclosed garden area, comm. Pool and parking. Euros 375.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Universal starting at 250 euros per month.

3. TOMB OF THE KINGS – 3 bed fully furnished apartment in established block. Own entrance via stairway. Open plan living area. Dining kitchen. 3 bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, sat TV. Internet available. Large balcony area.

Parking. Euros 350.00 per month 4. KISSONEGA - 3 bed 2 bath unfurnished villa. Set in enclosed gardens the villa consists of open plan living area.

Full itted kitchen. Small utility area. Conservatory room.

Ground floor bed room with en-suite. Stairs to two double bedrooms and family bathroom. Pool and off street parking. Euros 600.00 per month 5. STROUMBI – 2 bed fully fur-

7. CORAL BAY - 3 bed, 3.5 bath furnished/unfurnished villa situated very near to the centre and within easy walking of beaches and restaurants.

Open plan living area with fully fitted kitchen. Doors out to garden and pool. Ground floor bedroom with ensuite.

Separate guest WC. Stairs to 2 double bedroom both with en-suite and balcony areas.

Private pool, gardens, BBQ area and covered verandahs.

Central location.Euros 650.00 per month or close offers.

8. STROUMBI– 3 bed 2.5 bath large unfurnished villa in quiet village area. Spacious open plan living area with feature fireplace and dining space Good sized fitted kitchen and breakfast area. Guest WC with storage area.3 double bedrooms. Master with en-suite

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bathroom. Family bathroom.

Enclosed gardens, pool and off street parking. Realistically priced Euros 550.00 per month. OVNO

ing Room. Two Bathrooms and one WC for Guests.

Fully Air-conditioned, Central Heating €390.000 TEL 99668822/99680700

FOR FULL LISTINGS OF A PA R T M E N T S / T O W N HOUSES AND VILLA PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/OWNERS PLEASE CALL

NICOSIA, FLAT FOR SALE: 2 bdrm flat with title deeds, 110 sq.m., fully renovated, best central area, 800m from the European University, excellent view, €99.000. Tel. 99621914. **************************** FOR SALE is a building with 4 flats, each 3 bedroom. 2 on the ground floor with yards, and 2 on the first floor. 2 on first floor completely renovated. Located in quite area.

Building recently plastered and painted. €850,000. Negotiable Call: 99 330 908 **************************** HOUSE FOR SALE/RENT new independent 4 bedrooms house located in Kaithea (Latsia) area in Nicosia. The house is build on a plot of 299 sq m, with covered area 147 sq m. Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom. Provision for central heating and a/c. Price for sale: €265.000 incl VAT. Price for rent: €900 monthly. For further information or to arrange a viewing please contact 99844789 **************************** FOR SALE PENTHOUSE between Armenias Str and Hilton Hotel. 3 bedroom, main bedroom with shower, c/h, fireplace, large verandas. For more information please call: 99467596.

PLEASE CALL 97648440 or email:- inforentals@aol.com ***************************** REFURBISHED stone-built village house located in Kili Paphos. Consists of 3 large rooms 1 small. Traditional wood burnt fireplace, fully tiled secluded yard and garage. Tel: 99210610.

PROPERTY FOR SALE LIMASSOL ***************************** BARGAIN PRICE DETACHED HOME FOR QUICK SALE with title deeds. Located on a quite cul de sac in Germasoyia within a short 2 minute drive to the beach and tourist area. 3 bedroom. 325sqm plot, 160sqm house. Price € 385.000 tel.

99 330 908 www.cyprusre. com/listing-lim-0337 *****************************

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

For information call: 99496541

**************************** HOUSE FOR SALE AT ARCHANGELOS AREA (Nicosia) WITH SEMI-DETACHED STUDIO FOR HOUSEKEEPER AND GARDEN 300 sq.m - with Title. 3 bedrooms (one big with dressing room and bathroom). Open big space Kitchen with Dining and Liv-

PAPHOS **************************** LOFOS – TALA, 3 bedroom bungalow for sale, living room, kitchen, bathroom, shower room, central heating, air con, private pool, landscaped gardens, lovely views. Call: 99342913 – no agents **************************** 1. PAPHOS, FLATS FOR SALE OR RENT: Kisson-

FOR SALE PAPHOS erga, 3 bdrm flat with title deeds, in a block of 4 flats only, fully renovated, 2 baths, 146 sq.m closed area, c/h, a/c, covered parking, excelent view of sea and mountains, half registration fees titll 31.12.12 reduced to €135.000 or rent €450 per month. Tel. 99621914. **************************** FOR SALE- PAPHOS 1. REGINA GDNS- 2 Bedroom Townhouse set on a luxury complex with 3 communal pools, private parking, private driveway, rear patio, solar panels, TITLE DEEDS. Covered area 92sq. mtrs.

Priced to sell at €115,000.

2. FAROS BEACH- 2 Bedroom fully furnished apartment, situated 120m from a popular beach off Tombs of The Kings. Sea views, solar panels, private parking, spacious balcony, large family bathroom, TITLE DEEDS AVAILABLE. Priced to sell at €138,000.

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ATHENA GARDENSBeautiful 2 Bedroom fully furnished ground floor apartment in Geroskipou with communal pools, gardens, large patio with roll down canvas sidings (low electricity bills). This property comes with many many extras and it is priced at 25% below value at €140,000. Covered area 96sq. mtrs.

4. UNIVERSAL- 2 Bedroom end of terrace Townhouse, situated close to the new school and bus route, with front garden, rear patio area, and communal pool, this property comes fully furnished and is priced for a quick sale at €98,000. TITLE DEEDS IMMINENT. 5. LIMNARIA GARDENS- 1 Bedroom fully furnished spacious top floor apartment with lounge leading to patio overlooking communal pools on a luxury complex.

Shutters all round, heated pool with Jacuzzi, 200m from beach. Priced to sell at €135,000.

6. SECRET VALLEY- Splendid 3 Bedroom detached villa with master bedroom

FOR SALE PAPHOS en-suite, enclosed gardens, private pool next to Secret Valley Golf Course and set in a quiet cul-de-sac. This beautiful villa comes furnished with high quality furnishings and a covered area of 154sq. mtrs. Set on a plot of 408sq. mtrs. Very reasonably priced at €370,000.

7. LOWER PEGIA- 3 Bedroom 2 Bathroom detached villa with totally enclosed gardens, workshop and storage units. Master bedroom ensuite, downstairs bathroom, private 8mx4m pool, to be sold including quality furniture. Covered area 132sq. mtrs on a plot 378sq. mtrs.

TITLE DEEDS. Priced to sell at €295,000.

8. MARATHOUNDA- Superb 4 Bedroom detached villa with a covered area 310sq. mtrs on a beautiful plot of 928sq. mtrs. Set in an unspoilt area offering marvellous views.

All bedrooms en-suite, large lounge with stone carved fire surround and wood burning fire, black granite work surfaces, traditional stone arches, private 8mx4m pool, outbuildings, garage. Many many extras. Price includes all furniture and white goods. TITLE DEEDS. Priced well below the market value at €475,000.

For further details please contact 99874804 or Email: rocpropertiescyp@ gmail.com **************************** FOR SALE special offer, €79,000 first floor apartment in Protaras, fully furnished with 2 bedrooms and a swimming pool. Walking distance to the beach of Ayia Triada and all amenities. Tel: 97 608941. ****************************

AYIA NAPA **************************** 1.AYIA NAPA, Studio for sale, 38 sqm, furnished and fully renovated, with title deed, in licensed complex, 5030m from Nissi Beach €49.000.

Tel. 99621914. LARNACA ****************************

U SEFUL PHONE NUMBERS St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Byron Avenue,Nicosia

CAR BOOT SALE SATURDAY 3 November 2012 1400 – 1700 in the Cathedral Car Park Car Spaces € 13 individual tables on request (€3 per table) Refreshments available Reservations and information: Agnete 99 823785 Sylvia: 22 466753/99 836405 (in aid of St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral Funds) Having a clearout?

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HOSPITALS ........ 1400

Nicosia ........................22 802 020 Limassol ......................25 805 050 Larnaca .......................24 804 040 Paphos ........................26 806 060 Famagusta ..................23 803 030

Nicosia General .............22-801400 Nicosia Makarios ...........22-405000 Limassol Old ................25-305333 Limassol New ................25-801100 Larnaca Old...................24-630312 Larnaca New .................24-630300 Paphos ..........................26-821800 Famagusta ....................23-821211

Drug Law Enforcement Unit ......................................... 1498 (Confidential Information) Rescue Co-ordination Centre ............................. 1441 (Immediate Response Service for Aeronautical or Maritime Accident & Incidents) Game Fund Service: (Wildlife and hunting) Central offices (Nicosia): 22867786, 22-867897 Nicosia: 22-664606, 99-445697 Limassol: 25-343800, 99-445728, Larnaca/Famagusta: 24-805128, 99-634325 Paphos: 26-306211, 99-445679 Forest Fires ..................... 1407

Narcotics Helpline ......... 1410 (Outside hours.............. 22-304160) AIDS Advisory Bureau ................................ 22-302826 Domestic Violence Centre .......................................... 1440 (Emergency Centre for Victims) Drug Info & Poison Control ............... 1401 Cyprus Samaritans ... 77777267 Police Duty Officer ......... 1499 (Confidential Information) Airports Larnaca ..........................77778833 Paphos ...........................77778833

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Advertiser FOR PAPHIAKOS ANIMAL WELFARE SOS HELPLINE, 24 HOUR MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICE - CALL 99655581 CONTACT DETAILS FOR PAPHIAKOS. Paphiakos & C.C.P. Animal Welfare Education/Information Centre, No. 12 Dedalos Building, 8049 Kato Paphos PO Box 61272 8132 Kato Paphos Web. www.cyprusanimalwelfare.com www.facebook/paphiakos Email info@cyprusanimalwelfare.com Larnaca Emergency Service - The contact point for animal emergencies in Larnaca is Maria at the Paphiakos Animal Welfare Charity Shop, telephone 24623494 or 99325897 STOP, SHOP AND GIVE TO THE ANIMALS! ALL DONATIONS ARE WELCOME AT OUR CHARITY SHOPS! PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. ANIMAL WELFARE Registered Charity No 1529 Contact our shops and we can take your clutter The Charity Shops are located at: Shop No.1 Agapinoros Street, Kato Paphos Tel 26910325 Shop No.2 Ap Pavlou Avenue, Kato Paphos Tel 26942894 Shop No.3 Gr. Afxentiou Avensia Court 3 Larnaca 24623494 Shop No.4 9 Ayiou Ioanni Street 3061 Limassol 25561695 Peyia Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 26622828 Polis Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 99223572 Book Exchange Shop Trimithousa 99771763 Our shops are always happy to receive your unwanted goods!

NOW YOU CAN HELP BY COLLECTING YOUR ALUMINIUM CANS AND HANDING THEM IN AT ANY PAPHIAKOS CHARITY SHOP OR THE CLINIC. SAVE AN ANIMAL AND SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT!!

PAPHIAKOS CAR BOOT SALE EVERY SATURDAY at the Ambassador Restaurant and outside in the grounds at Paphiakos. Free parking. Sellers from 7am, buyers from 8am. For information & bookings please call MIKE on 96702600.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR PAPHIAKOS CHARITY NO. 1529 WORLD ANIMAL DAY. On Thursday October 4th Paphiakos will be micro chipping pets for only €20 including all the paperwork. For further information telephone 26953496.

To celebrate World Animal Day on Thursday October 4th Paphiakos will be offering free spaying/neutering for all feral and unwanted animals as they do throughout the year. Contact 26953496 for further details.

PAPHIAKOS SHELTER OPEN DAY The Open Day will be held on Sunday October 7th between 10am and 3pm. It will be a Family Fun Day out with a lot of different activities. There is car parking, toilets and refreshments on site so enjoy and join in the celebration of animals and what they bring to our lives. Entrance is €2 CHARITY HAIR CUT. On Thursday 4th October 09.30-17.30 without an appointment Andri at Atlantic Bay Hotel (2nd Floor) will be charging €5 for a haircut with all proceeds going to Paphiakos. Telephone Suzanne on 99151996 or Andri on 99604783.

PAPHIAKOS CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. Saturday November 24th 9am – 3pm at the Crazy Spoon Restaurant. For further details contact 99151996. Stalls, Santa’s Grotto, Donkey Rides, Pirate Pat and many more.

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06.45 Proti Enimerosi 08.15 Kali Sas Mera Local variety show, with entertainment options, cookery tips and more.

11.00 Kaftes Piperies (rpt) 11.30 Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) Local comedy series, which happens to be the longest-running show on TV. 12.00 Apo Mera Se Mera Current affairs show.

07.00 NRG Zone 08.00 Kids’ TV Shown till 12.30, then repeated till mid-afternoon.

16.30 Euromaxx 17.00 History Of UEFA EURO (rpt) 18.00 Biz/Emeis (rpt) 18.50 News In English 18.55 News In Turkish 19.10 Kati Psinetai (rpt) 20.00 NRG Zone 21.00 FILM: Beverly Hills Cop II Comedy adventure sequel, with Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold. 1987. See Film Picks.

22.45 Brothers & Sisters Fourth season.

‘Time After Time Part Two’. Part two of two. The Walkers discover that Nora has been hiding information from them about Dennis York for the past 25 years. Kevin struggles to come to terms with the consequences of uncovering a dark secret, and Justin asks Rebecca an important question.

23.30 Ghost Whisperer Fifth season.

‘Dead to Me’.

Anthropology professor Avery Grant is stalked by a mysterious ghost, prompting Ned to step in to solve the problem.

However, when he tries to use a Ouija board to determine the spirit’s identity, he only succeeds in making the situation worse.

00.15 Repeats

05.20 Erotas (rpt) 06.10 Proini Enimerosi 06.50 Kai Oi Pantremeni Ehoun Psihi (rpt) 08.20 Englimata (rpt) 09.10 Oi Men kai Oi Den (rpt) 09.40 Ellas to Megaleio Sou (rpt) 10.20 Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt) 11.15 Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt) 12.10 Niose Me (rpt) 13.00 News 13.20 Mera Mesimeri 14.00 Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) 14.50 Tin Patisa (rpt) 16.00 Tihi Vouno (rpt) 16.50 Eva Luna 17.45 Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) With News at 18.00.

19.20 Niose Me 20.15 News 21.15 Vals Me 12 Theous 22.10 Ekeino To Kalokairi 23.20 Two And A Half Men Comedy about a bachelor whose brother and nephew move in with him, putting a crimp in his carefree lifestyle.

23.40 Private Practice (rpt) Grey’s Anatomy spin-off.

00.10 News 00.15 Sports News 00.30 Kai Oi Pantremenoi Ehoun Psihi 01.40 Gamos Me Ta Ola Tou (rpt) 02.30 Tmima Ithon (rpt) 03.20 News (rpt) 04.10 To Kafeneio (rpt) 04.40 Epithimies (rpt)

06.00 Paralliloi Dromoi (rpt) 06.20 Emeis Ki Emeis (rpt) 07.30 Ach, Eleni (rpt) 08.00 Nea Mera 11.00 Mousiko Kouti (rpt) 12.00 Enimerosi Tora 14.00 Sto Para Pente (rpt) 15.00 Eheis Meson 16.00 Yia Sena 18.00 News 18.10 Mousiko Kouti 19.10 Sto Para Pente (rpt) 20.20 News 21.20 Porta Kleidomeni Local drama series, apparently a tale of guilty secrets and forbidden loves.

22.20 Enoha Mystika 23.20 Gossip Girl Third season.

‘Inglourious Bassterds’. Serena plans a birthday surprise for Nate, but Jenny does her best to spoil the party. Vanessa’s new romance with Dan hits a snag, while Chuck and Blair find their relationship faces a major challenge.

00.15 News 00.20 My Boys A female sportswriter looks for romance within her maledominated world.

00.50 Series TBA 01.15 Yia Sena (rpt) 03.00 Enimerosi Tora (rpt) 04.30 Proino Mou (rpt)

07.00 Protoselido 08.20 Eleni 10.00 7 Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites (rpt) 11.00 Aspra Balonia (rpt) 12.00 Mesimeri Kai Kati 14.20 Tropico 15.20 Magazino 18.00 News 18.05 Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama 18.30 The Del Monte Heirs 19.20 7 Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites 20.20 News 21.20 Aspra Balonia (rpt) 22.20 Al Tsantiri News A highly successful live satirical comedy show that features Lakis Lazopoulos giving ‘his version’ of the news.

00.20 News 00.25 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Fourth season. ‘All for Our Country’.

Part two of two.

Grissom suspects a cop has delivered his own form of retribution in a long-running case. Meanwhile, Catherine and Sara are called to a student house where a badly decomposed body has been discovered in a bath.

01.05 Epistrofi (rpt) 03.00 Mono Mia Fora (rpt) 03.30 Eleni (rpt) 04.30 Tropico (rpt)

06.45 News 07.45 Mesimeriani Meleti - Best Of 09.15 Fotis - Maria Live Best Of 10.30 Exelixeis Sti Showbiz (rpt) 11.00 I Kouzina Me Tin Dina (rpt) 11.50 Mila - Best Of 12.30 Star News 13.00 Mesimeriani Meleti 15.30 Kids’ TV 17.15 Exelixeis Sti Showbiz 17.50 Fotis - Maria Live 19.40 Mila Talk-show with Tatiana Stephanidou, specialising in “confessions” and revealing interviews.

21.15 Exelixeis Sti Showbiz 22.00 Miami Medical First and last season of medical drama. ‘Calle Cubana’. When a city celebration turns violent, the Alpha Team faces an increased workload; Dr. Zambrano takes a special interest in a teenager left for dead outside the hospital.

22.45 FILM: Absolute Fear A couple and their friends discover that some missing person cases are better left unsolved.

Thriller, starring Stephanie Lemelin.

2012.

00.30 LTV Sports News 01.10 Star News 02.00 Repeats

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Mazi Sto CyBC Entehnos News Kaftes Piperies Live cookery show.

Paizoume Kypriaka New season of local game show, asking questions having to do with Cypriot dialect.

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

News Vimata Stin Ammo Third season of local period drama, based on true events, in which “a man without pity will break all the rules for the sake of revenge”.

Ego Ki Esi Local comedy series.

Eponymos Local news programme.

News Entehnos Repeats

CAPITAL 06.45 08.30 09.20 10.00

Kids’ TV S’Agapo (rpt) Akti Oneiron Ston Asterismos Tis Imeras 11.00 Kouzina Me Apopsi 11.30 Capital Sports 12.30 Milagros 13.20 15.00 15.55 16.35 17.30 18.15

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Kids’ TV Top Models S’Agapo Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Melrose Place Second season of glossy drama. With News at 18.30.

News Sports Time Ygeia kai Zoi Mini-Series: Icon A tough ex-CIA agent tries to avert anarchy and stave off the rise of a sinister extremist, who plans to exploit Russia’s chaotic political climate.

Action, starring Patrick Swayze.

2005. Part 1 of 2.

FILM: Sex & Lies In Sin City A romance between a nightclub stripper and a dissolute casino mogul ends in tragedy when he dies of a drug overdose.

Fact-based crime drama, starring Matthew Modine.

2008.

FILM: Lethal Action crime, starring Heather Marie Marsden 2005.

Radio BBC World Service (1323 MW) 00:01 BBC News 00:06 HARDtalk 00:30 BBC News Summary 00:32 Discovery 00:50 From Our Own Correspondent 01:01 BBC News 01:06 World Briefing 01:30 BBC News Summary 01:32 World Business Report 01:50 Sports News 02:01 BBC News 02:06 World Briefing 02:30 BBC News Summary 02:32 Business Daily 02:50 Sports News 03:01 BBC News 03:06 World Briefing 03:30 BBC News Summary 03:32 World Business Report 03:50 Witness 04:01 BBC News 04:06 The Documentary: Just Add Cash but could inflation actually be good for you? Max Flint investigates.” 04:30 BBC News Summary 04:32 Outlook 05:01 BBC News 05:06 Newsday 05:30 BBC News Summary 05:32 Newsday 06:01 BBC News 06:06 Newsday 06:30 BBC News Summary 06:32 Discovery 06:50 From Our Own Correspondent 07:01 BBC News 07:06 Newsday 07:30 BBC News Summary 07:32 The Strand 07:50 Witness 08:01 BBC News 08:06 Newsday 08:30 BBC News Summary 08:32 Newsday 09:01 BBC News 09:06 Newsday 09:30 BBC News Summary 09:32 Newsday 10:01 BBC News 10:06 Outlook 10:30 BBC News Summary 10:32 Business Daily 10:50 From Our Own Correspondent 11:01 BBC News 11:06 The Documentary: Just Add Cash but could inflation actually be good for you? Max Flint investigates.” 11:30 BBC News Summary 11:32 Discovery 11:50 Sports News 12:01 BBC News 12:06 World Update 12:30 BBC News Summary 12:32 World Update 13:01 BBC News 13:06

World Briefing 13:30 BBC News Summary 13:32 The Strand 13:50 Witness 14:01 BBC News 14:06 World Have Your Say 14:30 BBC News Summary 14:32 Business Daily 14:50 Sports News 15:01 BBC News 15:06 Newshour 15:30 BBC News Summary 15:32 Newshour 16:01 BBC News 16:06 The Documentary: Just Add Cash but could inflation actually be good for you? Max Flint investigates.” 16:30 BBC News Summary 16:32 Outlook 17:01 BBC News 17:06 World Briefing 17:30 BBC News Summary 17:32 Discovery 17:50 From Our Own Correspondent 18:01 BBC News 18:06 World Briefing 18:30 BBC News Summary 18:32 Sport Today 18:50 Witness 19:01 BBC News 19:06 World Briefing 19:30 BBC News Summary 19:32 World Business Report 20:01 BBC News 20:06 World Have Your Say 20:30 BBC News Summary 20:32 World Have Your Say 21:01 BBC News 21:06 World Briefing 21:30 BBC News Summary 21:32 Business Daily 21:50 From Our Own Correspondent 22:01 BBC News 22:06 Outlook 22:30 BBC News Summary 22:32 The Strand 22:50 Witness 23:01 BBC News 23:06 Newshour 23:30 BBC News Summary 23:32 Newshour

BFBS 1

(N’sia 91.7, WSBA 92.1, ESBA 99.6 FM) 02.00 The Vibe 05.00 Ops Breakfast 06.00 Cyprus Breakfast 09.00 Wez Thompson 09.30 Cyprus Morning 12.00 Total Ops Chris Pearson 15.00 Cyprus Afternoon 18.00 Charlene Guy 21.00 Jessie Aru 00.00 The Vault

BFBS 2 (Ni’sia 89.7, WSBA 89.9, ESBA 95.3 FM) 03.00 BFBS Radio News 03.03 BFBS Gold With Dave Windsor 04.00 Up All Night 07.00 Morning Reports 07.30 Wake Up To Money 08.00 Today 11.00 BFBS Radio News 11.03 Gareth John 14.00 BFBS Gold With Dave Windsor 15.00 World At One 15.45 Simon Marlow 19.00 PM 20.00 6 O’Clock News 20.30 Five Live Drive 21.00 Five Live Sport 00.30 Late Night Live LiveCyBC2 (91.1, 92.4 FM) 06.00-7.30 Programmes in Turkish with News at 7.30 07.40 Good morning Cyprus 10.00-12.00 Kalimerhaba 12.00 Gunortasa 12.45 Greek Cyprus Press 13.00 Turkish Music 13.15 News in Turkish 13.30 News in English 13.45 PM Classics 16.00 Greek Radio 16.15 Our country doesn’t divide 16.50 News in Turkish 17.00-18.00 Programmes in Armenian; News at 17.15 18.00-20.00 Round & About 20.00 News in English 20.10 Welcome to Cyprus in French and German 20.40 Ship of Fools with Robert Camassa 22.00 News in English 22.00 International Music 00.00-06.00 Rebroadcast of the evening’s programme

Radio Napa (106.3 FM) 06.00 Morning Music 08.30 BBC World Today 09.00 News, Weather and Exchange 09.05 Nathan Morley 12.00 BBC News 12.06 Lunchtime Clas-

sics 15.00 BBC News 15.06 Chris Yearley 18.00 News 18.06 Michael Godin 19.00 The Juke Box

98.5 Rock FM The Breakfast Show - Tony Newell - 07:00-10:00 2 Hours With Bejay Browne 10:00-12:00 Rock Fm’s Lunch Box - Jason Collins - 12:0014:00 Non Stop Music 14:00-15:00 Valentina 15:00-18:00 Monday - Tuesday - Thursday - Friday Liquid Radio Show - Pavlos - 15:0018:00 Wednesday Drive Time - Johny G. 18:00-20:00 Monday - Tuesday Johny G. 18:00-20:00 Wednesday (Mix @ 6) The Cocktail Show - Antonis - 18:00-20:00 Thursday - Friday Panic In The Year Zero - 20:00-22:00 Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday Radioactive Metal 20:00-22:00 - Thursday Live Dj Set- Dj Allen D 20:00-22:00 - Friday 22:00-24:00 The Gathering - With Your Hosts Dj Mr Smith And Mc Svennyb – Live Wednesday & Friday Night Train 24:00-07:00 Monday To Friday Oldies Digital

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MONDAY-FRIDAY 05:00 That Was The Year 06:00 Easy Going Gold 10:00 The Juke Box 17:00 That Was The Year 18:00 Oldies Overnights - Hear the greatest hits of all time playing non stop during the darkest hours.

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Television PICK OF THE DAY Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (LTV, 21.00) The numbers speak for themselves. Why are LTV showing the Transformers sequel in a prime 9 p.m. slot, even though it’s no longer new (or old enough to be considered classic)? Because Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is the 15th most successful film of all time (unadjusted for inflation) at the US box office, 31st if you count worldwide, so it’s assumed that people must like it - but do they, really? “I really don’t see how anybody could hate this movie,” chirps someone at the Internet Movie Database - but he or she is in a minority, even within the rarefied world of the Internet Movie Database. “My disappointment got bigger and bigger,” counters a man from Scotland who’d been looking forward to the film for months, “until I left the cinema consumed with a hatred for the makers of this vile garbage that I could barely contain”. He still paid his money, though, contributing to the film’s frankly jawdropping $836 million gross.

That’s my point, and the point with a lot of these blockbusters: the hype machine kicks into overdrive, the film opens on a zillion screens, people flock to each of those screens - partly because

they’ve been brainwashed, partly because there’s nothing else showing - and the film’s made crazy money before word-of-mouth can kick in on how bad it is. Worst of all, however, is that the numbers speak for themselves: even now, when we know it’s bad, it still gets a prime 9 p.m. slot on LTV. Why? Because it made so much money.

Anyway. Shia LaBoeuf is again our brash young hero, though he’s lost much of his goofy charm since the first Transformers - and the plot also feels inert and generic, with Shia being pursued by warring, colour-coded alien robots (the socalled Autobots and Decepticons) trying to grab a magical thingy in his possession. The jokes are childish (dogs humping, not once but twice!), the action climax incoherent to the point of being headache-inducing, and the whole thing grossly overlong at 147 minutes; Megan Fox co-stars as our heroine, though it may be more accurate to say that many scenes have a Megan-Fox-shaped hole in the middle. A film with almost no redeeming features - except one: it made loads of money.

Hence that prime 9 p.m. slot. Made in 2009.

Preston Wilder

FILM PICKS

SATELLITE

Beverly Hills Cop II (CyBC2, 21.00) What were we saying about the numbers? [See Pick of the Day.] This 80s sequel was never much cop (ha!), slavishly repeating the fi rst Cop only without the freshness - but it made money, so here it is again. Actually quite painless, with Eddie Murphy (when he was still semi-funny) as Axel Foley, called off a case in Detroit so he can go back to Beverly Hills and help his old LA buddies solve the ‘Alphabet Crimes’. All the familiar faces are back - though not Bronson Pinchot as fey gallery assistant ‘Serge’, maybe because he made the mistake of stealing scenes from Murphy in the fi rst fi lm - plus Jurgen Prochnow as the villain (an illegal arms dealer), Hugh Hefner as himself, a young Chris Rock in a tiny part and Brigitte Nielsen as a statuesque hitwoman.

Could be worse, for a Tuesday night. Made in 1987.

Bronco Billy (LTV3, 22.00) “Clint Eastwood is living proof of the theory that man is like wine,” claim LTV, which sounds a bit weird (is there really such a theory?) - but the point is that Clint has aged well, which is clearly undeniable. In his 80s, he’s a living legend; 30 years ago, in his 50s, he was merely Dirty Harry and The Man With No Name - but surprised his fans with this charming, rather corny comedy, starring Clint himself (he also directed) as the owner of a rundown Wild West show, a kind of travelling circus.

He’s Bronco Billy, the “fastest gun in the West”, shooting balloons around a female assistant in the show’s exciting climax - but the assistant quits, leaving the show in dire straits, just as Billy meets a spoiled runaway heiress (Sondra Locke, Clint’s real-life partner at the time) who reluctantly agrees to fi ll in. The result may be Eastwood’s gentlest, goofiest fi lm (it doesn’t even have an orangutan!), but no less pleasing for that. The man’s a Chateau Lafite, deal with it. Made in 1980.

Unfaithful (Novacinema2, 22.00) Unfaithful! Diane Lane is unfaithful! Diane, how could you? - when you’ve got such a nice home and a buttoncute kid, and a husband who looks like Richard Gere (actually, he is Richard Gere). A loose semi-remake of a French classic, Claude Chabrol’s La Femme Infidèle, except the Chabrol was a mordant joke whereas this (directed by Adrian Lyne, of Fatal Attraction fame) is a moralistic guilt-trip; Olivier Martinez is the Other Man, a handsome book-dealer - and the fi lm goes on and on, sinking into turgid melodrama and unnecessary twists as Diane suffers the full brunt of her infidelity. I suspect the Author’s Message is ‘Don’t be unfaithful, especially if you have a husband who looks like Richard Gere’, though I could be wrong about that. Made in 2002.

Bronco Billy (LTV3, 22.00)

01:10 The Weakest Link 01:55 The World’s Toughest Driving Tests 02:50 EastEnders 03:20 Doctors 03:45 A Thing Called Love 04:45 Last Of The Summer Wine 05:15 The Green Green Grass 05:45 As Time Goes By 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 The Large Family 07:10 Gigglebiz 07:25 Teletubbies 07:50 Balamory 08:10 The Large Family 08:20 Gigglebiz 08:35 Teletubbies 09:00 Balamory 09:20 Little Robots 09:30 Spot’s Musical Adventures 09:35 As Time Goes By 10:05 The Green Green Grass 10:35 The Weakest Link 11:20 EastEnders 11:50 Doctors 12:15 The World’s Toughest Driving Tests 13:10 Lark Rise To Candleford 14:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 14:30 The Green Green Grass 15:00 The Weakest Link 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors 16:40 The World’s Toughest Driving Tests 17:35 Lark Rise To Candleford 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Great Expectations 21:00 After You’ve Gone 21:30 Jam And Jerusalem 22:00 Lark Rise To Candleford 22:50 2 Point 4 Children 23:20 Rev. 23:50 Twenty Twelve 00:20 Mistresses

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Wheeler Dealers 08:15 American Chopper 09:10 Dirty Jobs 10:05 Deadliest Catch 10:55 Ultimate Survival 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 How It’s Made 12:40 Extreme Engineering 13:35 Overhaulin’ 14:30 Wheeler Dealers 15:25 American Chopper 16:20 Mythbusters 17:15 Dirty Jobs 18:10 Deadliest Catch 19:05 Ultimate Survival 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Mythbusters 22:00 Man Made Marvels Asia 23:00 World’s Top 5 00:00 Crisis Control 01:00 Hillbilly Handfishin’ 01:55 Mythbusters 02:50 Man Made Marvels Asia 03:50 World’s Top 5 04:50 Crisis Control 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Figure Skating: ISU Grand Prix Canada 10:45 Football: Eurogoals 11:30 Snooker: International Championship China 17:15 Football: Eurogoals 18:00 Tennis: WTA Tournament Istanbul 19:30 Snooker: International Championship China 21:45 Boxing 23:45 Motorsports: GTA Road To Dubai 00:00 Car Racing: World Series Renault 00:45 Car Racing: World Endurance Championships China 01:45 Snooker: International Championship China

05:30 How I Met Your Mother 06:15 Lie To Me 07:00 Criminal Minds 07:45 The Simpsons 08:10 The Cleveland Show 08:35 Rules Of Engagement 09:25 How I Met Your Mother 10:15 Lie To Me 11:00 Criminal Minds 11:45 The Simpsons 12:10 The Cleveland Show 12:35 Rules Of Engagement 13:25 How I Met Your Mother 14:15 Awake 15:00 Criminal Minds 15:45 The Simpsons 16:10 The Cleveland Show 16:35 Rules Of Engagement 17:25 How I Met Your Mother 18:15 Lie To Me 19:00 Criminal Minds 19:50 The Simpsons 20:15 The Cleveland Show 20:40 Rules Of Engagement 21:30 Awake 22:20 The Killing

08:20 Cine News 09:10 Michael 11:00 Man Of La Mancha 13:10 Cine News 13:40 The Back-Up Plan 15:25 Water For Elephants 17:25 Stars In Style 18:00 Bright Star 20:05 The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader 22:00 Unfaithful 00:10 Blitz 01:50 Trespass 03:20 Cine News 04:20 Conan The Barbarian

18:55 The Client 21:00 Runaway Jury 23:10 How I Met Your Mother Vii - The Stinson Missile Crisis 00:45 Cine News 01:30 Il Ricatto

19:35 The Purple Rose Of Cairo 21:00 Never Been Kissed 22:50 Edward Scissorhands 00:40 Little White Lies

Immortals (LTV3, 12.30) 23:10 Lie To Me 00:00 Criminal Minds 00:45 Awake 01:30 How I Met Your Mother 02:20 Lie To Me 03:05 Criminal Minds 03:50 The Simpsons 04:15 The Cleveland Show 04:40 Terriers

07:00 Pawn Stars 07:30 Storage Wars 08:00 The Universe 5 09:00 Lock N’ Load 10:00 Pawn Stars 10:30 Storage Wars 11:00 Ancient Aliens 2 12:00 Pawn Stars 12:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 13:00 American Restoration 2 14:00 Lock N’ Load 15:00 The Universe 5 16:00 Pawn Stars 16:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 17:00 American Restoration 2 18:00 Lock N’ Load 19:00 The Universe 5 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:30 Storage Wars 21:00 Ancient Aliens 2 22:00 Storage Wars 2 23:00 American Pickers 3 00:00 Pawn Stars 00:30 Storage Wars 01:00 Ancient Aliens 2 02:00 Storage Wars 2 03:00 American Pickers 3 04:00 The Universe 5 05:00 Lock N’ Load 06:00 Ancient Aliens 2

07:30 Action Zone 08:00 The Killing Fields 10:30 Cash 12:20 The Uninvited 13:50 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 15:35 Everybody Wants To Be Italian 17:25 The Last Samurai 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen 23:35 The Runaways 01:25 Hustler TV 03:05 Poor Boy’s Game 04:50 Trucker 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Tom & Jerry Kids 07:25 Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs 07:50 The Tom & Jerry Show 08:15 Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky And The Brain 08:40 Loonatics Unleashed 09:05 Scooby-Doo Where Are You! 09:30 Superman: The Animated Series 09:55 The Looney Tunes Show 10:20 Tak & The Power Of Juju 10:45 Fanboy & Chum Chum 11:10 The X’s 11:35 Ni Hao, Kai-Lan 12:00 Dora The Explorer 12:25 Spongebob Squarepants 13:15 The Mighty B! 13:40 My Life As A Teenage Robot 14:05 Hey Arnold!

14:30 Icarly 15:20 Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! 15:45 Histeria! 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 Nba Action 17:30 Barclays Premier League World 18:00 Nascar Sprint Cup Series 21:00 La Liga Review 2012-13 22:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 00:00 Legends Of Cricket 00:30 Planet Speed 01:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

07:15 Chuck 08:00 Friends 08:30 Supernatural 10:00 According To Jim 10:25 How To Make It In America 10:55 Five Days 2 13:05 90210 13:50 Chuck 14:35 Supernatural 16:05 Two And A Half Men 16:30 Aliens In America 17:15 Luck 18:15 Harry’s Law 19:00 Hawaii Five-0 19:45 According To Jim 20:30 Big Bang Theory 21:00 Southland 21:45 C.S.I. New York 22:30 Boardwalk Empire 23:30 The Mentalist 00:15 The Specialist 02:00 Consenting Adults 03:40 Two And A Half Men 04:05 Aliens In America 04:50 Luck 05:45 Harry’s Law 06:30 Hawaii Five-0

07:45 Lost In Space 10:00 Hors-La-Loi (Outside The Law) 12:30 Immortals 14:30 Nobody 16:00 Action Zone 16:30 Grace Is Gone 18:00 Black Beauty 19:30 Action Zone 20:00 Triage 22:00 Bronco Billy 00:05 Daring! TV 03:15 Adam 05:00 Going The Distance 06:45 Cool Hand Luke

02:00 Asian Tour Macau Open 02:30 MLB: World Series Game 5 If Necessary TBA at TBA Date and Time Tentative 05:30 Rolex Spirit of Yachting Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 06:00 PGA Tour Highlights CIMB Asia Pacific Classic 07:00 Programming TBA 09:00 Golf Central International 10:00 MLB: World Series Game 5 If Necessary TBA at TBA Date and Time Tentative 13:00 Lucas Oil on the Edge WE Rock Pro Modified 13:30 Lucas Oil on the Edge Powri Midgets 14:00 Sports Unlimited 15:00 Web.com Tour WEB.COM Tour Championship at TPC Craig Ranch Rd. 3 17:00 Champions Tour: AT&T Championship Rd. 2 18:00 PRE GAME 18:45 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012-13: AEP VS NEA SALAMINA 20:45 POST GAME 21:30 HIGHLIGHTS (CYPRUS FOOTBALL) 22:00 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Martinsville Speedway 01:00 Golf Central International

07:00 The Living Edens 08:00 Breaking Up The Biggest 09:00 Air Crash Investigation 11:00 Doomsday Preppers 12:00 Seconds From Disaster 13:00 The Fabric Of The Cosmos 14:00 Monster Fish 15:00 La Street Racers 16:00 Classified 17:00 Seconds From Disaster 18:00 Banged Up Abroad 19:00 Fish Warrior 20:00 Air Crash Investigation 21:00 The Witch Doctor Will See You Now 23:00 Air Crash Investigation 00:00 The Witch Doctor Will See You Now 02:00 Fish Warrior 03:00 Air Crash Investigation 04:00 The Witch Doctor Will See You Now 06:00 Air Crash Investigation

07:00 Globe Trekker 08:00 Intrepid Journeys 09:00 The World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides 10:00 Cruise Today 10:30 Angry Planet 11:00 Flavours Of Mexico 12:00 Globe Trekker 13:00 Around Iceland On Inspiration 14:00 Inside Universal Studios 15:00 Inside Walt Disney Studios 16:00 Globe Trekker 17:00 Flavours Of Mexico 18:00 Cruise Today 18:30 Angry Planet 19:00 Globe Trekker 20:00 Inside Luxury Travel 21:00 Essential 21:30 Bert The Conqueror 22:00 The World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides 23:00 Globe Trekker 01:00 Inside Luxury Travel 02:00 Essential 02:30 Bert The Conqueror 03:00 The World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides 04:00 Globe Trekker 05:00 Cruise Today 05:30 Angry Planet 06:00 Flavours Of Mexico

05:55 Cine News 06:55 The Pelican Brief 09:15 A Family Thanksgiving 10:45 Films And Stars 11:25 Sundays At Tiffany’s 12:55 The Green Hornet 15:00 «Love Stories» Just Married 16:40 Amador 18:50 Hollywood 1on1 19:25 Encounter With Danger 21:00 C.S.I. Xii 22:00 Loufa Kai Parallagi: Seirines Sti Steria 00:00 The Help 02:30 Extreme Measures 04:30 30 Days Of Night: Dark Days

07:00 Rack, The 08:40 Pat And Mike 10:15 Where the Spies Are 12:05 Casablanca 13:45 Knights Of The Round Table 15:40 That Midnight Kiss 17:15 Fury 18:50 Doctor Zhivago 22:00 Savage Messiah 23:40 Ocean’s Eleven 01:45 Enter the Dragon 03:25 Adventures of Quentin Durward, The 05:05 Seven Women 06:30 TCM Presents Under the Influence: Edward Norton

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CRYPTIC 2223

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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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18 I bat, I damaged my shinbone (5) 20 Past president these days sat out (5)

Answers to crossword 2222 CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Absorb; 4 Superb; 7 Dragoman; 8 Tape; 9 Preposterous; 13 Byline; 14 Vamped; 15 Listlessness; 18 Pâté; 19 Corridor; 20 Hyssop; 21 Powwow. Down – 1 Add up; 2 Shame; 3 Bombshell; 4 Sun; 5 Patrolman; 6 Repossess; 10 Royal Navy; 11 Priestess; 12 Eavesdrop; 16 Endow; 17 Screw; 19 Cap. QUICK: Across – 1 Gallop; 4 Charge; 7 Universe; 8 Trap; 9 Lighthearted; 13 Upturn; 14 Sexton; 15 Organgrinder; 18 Lira; 19 Greenfly; 20 Census; 21 Trudge. Down – 1 Gruel; 2 Lying; 3 Parthenon; 4 Cue; 5 Antitoxin; 6 Grandiose; 10 Improvise; 11 Hour-glass; 12 Absorbent; 16 Dyfed; 17 Rhyme; 19 Gas.

Rating EASY

1 Refuse edible organs (5) 2 Literary drudge observed that it has strong teeth (7) 3 Innkeeper finds one trapped in lift (5) 4 Uncontrolled fugitive (7) 5 Last character going to Italian church gets nothing from America (5) 6 Short story that is new and strange? (9) 10 During the fair, streamers were affected by the flow of wind (9)

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1 As far as one can see, it is likely to occur in the distant future (2,3,7) 7 Small part could be vulgar (8) 8 Nothing to be very fond of (4) 9 Form with no head girl (4) 11 Won’t move room of chief building (4,4) 12 Nameless adult to reach maturity (4,2) 14 As yet moving by end of day in a ferment (6) 16 Inactive gnats disturbed by a colonist (8) 19 Regrets ways in France (4) 21 Dog in a scrape kennelled (4) 22 Included a hug by daughter (8) 23 Inventive painter found in the studio (4-2,6)

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1 Best selling brand (6,6) 7 Use roughly (8) 8 Drink hard (4) 9 Bludgeon (4) 11 Neckcloth (8) 12 Condiment (6) 14 Be indecisive (6) 16 Price reduction (8) 19 Helper (4) 21 Russian secret police (4) 22 It burns in the openair (8) 23 Miser (5-7)

1 Ape (5) 2 Tomato sauce (7) 3 Sharp pinch (5) 4 Came in (7) 5 Trench (5) 6 Rebuke (9) 10 Disclosing (7,2) 13 Carelessly untidy (7) 15 Vehicles (7) 17 Large milk can (5) 18 Times (music) (5) 20 Eastern prince (5)

HOROSCOPE

Across

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

A more serious trend sets in as major issues may be likely to surface. Try not to let someone else push your buttons, especially if you’re already feeling hot under the collar.

However, if you can talk and are willing to co-operate, you may be able to achieve something workable and positive.

Later, there is the chance of some lighter possibilities.

Despite having more serious matters to contend with, there are also possibilities for a lot of fun and good times coming up. You seem to be planning some great events which include friends, your latest love interest or your partner. A refined taste may also lead you to enjoy works of art. This may lead to an exhibition or maybe a concert.

If you have been waiting for the go-ahead from your mate or partner, you may get it now. Information that has been missing finally arrives, allowing the pieces of a puzzle to fall into place. A powerful aspect may encourage you to get organised in areas of your life where order may have been lacking. Later, relax and take in a movie.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

Potent forces make this day potentially tough in some respects. However, somewhere along the line a friendly gesture can cheer you and a plan may finally be realised. A focus on your work zone reveals competition where friendly rivalry helps spur each other on to greater things. Spending time with your partner? Make tonight date night.

Job responsibilities may weigh heavily on you, schedules may be hard to meet, or you may feel pressured to reach certain targets. Someone’s selfish request may also cause you to feel too tired to bother. In order to prevent this happening in the future, you may need to talk to a sympathetic boss or manager. Life is fun at home though - so make time to relax.

You may face a situation that could test your values. Dealing with a known fear requires faith in a higher power.

Looking at the big picture rather than getting lost in the details may make the answer clearer. Your social life continues to be intense but rewarding, and today a key decision may change one aspect of it for the better, so hang in there.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

It’s a good day to pursue work interests, especially serious matters that might need focus and an element of detective work to sort out. It seems you may be back in charge of a situation that might have been a problem. Later, shop for home items, make entertainment plans or show off your culinary skills to family or friends - they’ll appreciate it.

A more serious tone may start off your day when financial matters may need careful consideration. Talking to your bank manager or financial advisor could be challenging.

But with Venus in your sign, you may find that negotiation is not as difficult as you thought. Maybe you can reach a compromise. Later, a friend may need some support.

A positive atmosphere encourages adventure which may open important doors for you. You may need to overcome anxiety associated with moving out of your comfort zone.

Make it a daily habit to blast through your fears until they become insubstantial. The more you step up to the plate, the easier it may be for success to come to you.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

A desire to change or transform a relationship may be uppermost in your mind today. Rather than reacting and wishing things were different, you may decide to take the initiative and say your piece. Your partner or love interest may not appreciate it, but it’s you that matters now. It really is time to think about “your” needs for once.

Though you are usually a private person, you still revel in the attention you get from people who find you fascinating and irresistible. Today, be careful of misguided actions, or of being led off course by someone who may have a hidden agenda. Later, if you and your partner are feeling bored or restless, a change of scenery may be all you need.

With your sensitive side accentuated, it may be easy to identify with the plight of anyone in trouble. Yet you need to be shrewd as well as compassionate. Help those worthy of kindness and support, but make sure that you aren’t taken in. Shopping for the home may bring good value.

It’s a good time to pick up items that add to your creature comforts.

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Sport McIlroy edges out Woods in China duel RORY McIlroy outscored Tiger Woods for only the third time in 11 head-to-head clashes in China yesterday, winning their “Duel at Jinsha Lake” with a five-under-par 67 to the American’s 68.

The world’s top two golfers met for a one-off match after competing in Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur over the weekend.

McIlroy was runner-up to Ryder Cup team-mate Peter Hanson at the BMW Masters and Woods fourth behind compatriot Nick Watney in the CIMB Classic.

Three weeks after Woods defeated the 23-year-old by six strokes during the World Golf Finals in Turkey, it was McIlroy who always held the edge this time.

He had two early birdies and turned two in front before Woods chipped in at the short 12th, but the 14-major champion bogeyed two holes later and could not get back on terms.

Neither player is staying on in the country for this week’s WGC-HSBC Champions at Mission Hills. McIlroy, flying to Bulgaria to watch tennis girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki, next plays at the Singapore Open next week, while Woods has one event left in 2012 - the World Challenge in California at the end of next month.

McIlroy said afterwards: “It was close the whole day. I had the better start, then Tiger started getting birdies on the back nine.

“I think it was pretty exciting for the fans and it would be great to compete more with Tiger like this - maybe down the home stretch in the majors ... I really hope that games like these can inspire some kids who want to play the game.

McIlroy (above) beat Woods in their ‘Duel at Jinsha Lake’

IN BRIEF Serena: I deserve top ranking

Sandoval (batting) set the tone for the Giants’ triumph by hitting three home runs in the series opener

Sandoval rewarded for pounding Detroit Tigers

By Steve Ginsburg BIG-hitting San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval, affectionately known as Kung Fu Panda, was named World Series MVP on Sunday, completing a stunning turnaround to a career that appeared to have stalled.

Facing persistent weight problems and a benching just two years ago, Sandoval hit .500 in the Giants’ sensational four-game blowout of the Detroit Tigers in the World Series.

The burly, 26-year-old Venezuelan with an infectious smile said he changed his conduct to become a better player.

“You learn from the things that happen in your career,” he told reporters. “You get up and down. You never give up.

All the things that happened in my career, thank God it

Giants baseman named MVP as San Francisco take Series happened early rather than late in my career.

“I’m just blessed to be here and part of the 2012 World Series.”

The Giants edged the Tigers 4-3 in 10 innings on Sunday night at chilly Comerica Park to wrap up the championship, a dominating series few people had predicted.

Sandoval set the tone for the Giants’ triumph by hitting three home runs in the series opener, joining some illustrious company in the record books. Only Babe Ruth, Albert Pujols and Reggie Jackson have gone deep three times in the Fall Classic.

Two of Sandoval’s home runs were against reigning Cy Young Award winner Justin

Verlander, arguably the best pitcher in the game. After the game, he received 300 text messages and a tweet from President Hugo Chavez back home in Venezuela.

“I still can’t believe that game,” said the two-time AllStar. “It’s the game of your dreams. You don’t want to wake up.”

The Giants won three door-die games against Cincinnati in the National League Division Series to advance to the NL Championship Series against St. Louis.

Against the Cardinals they overcame a 3-1 deficit with three straight wins to reach the World Series. They were seen by many as the underdogs in the Fall Classic after

the Tigers blitzed the New York Yankees in four straight in the ALCS. Although Sandoval said he was honoured to win the award, baseball is a team game.

“I say thank you to my team to give me the opportunity to be here,” he said. “They fight 162 games, fight in the two last series. Winning six elimination games is tough.

“But I’m happy. I’m happy.

I learned. I learned from my mistakes. But when you learn, you see all the results, you look more mature and you put all the pieces together.”

Sandoval, who also played brilliantly at third base in the World Series, said his namesake, the stocky animated character Kung Fu Panda, is a perfect fit.

“It’s me. It’s me,” he said.

“The character is me, have fun, like a little kid, fight for everything, never lose faith.

Kimi Raikkonen believes 2013 will be better year as he re-signs with Lotus KIMI Raikkonen believes he can make another step forward with Lotus in 2013 after re-signing with the team.

Raikkonen has claimed it was “the obvious choice” to remain with the Enstone-based marque following a successful return to Formula One this season after a two-year break.

The 33-year-old Finn has been pleasantly surprised to be fighting for podiums this season, claiming six so far - although he has yet to claim a victory - and figuring in the title hunt.

Raikkonen is currently third in the drivers’ standings, 67 points behind Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, with 75 still to play for.

After putting pen to paper on his new deal, Raikkonen said: “I think my return to Formula One has gone pretty well and the team has done a very good job all year so far.

“To be honest, I didn’t expect to be fighting for the drivers’ championship this season when you look at where the team was in 2011.

“So it has been great to be on

the podium so many times and to score points on a regular basis.

“I feel very comfortable with Lotus and we share the same philosophy of racing.

“Continuing with the team was an obvious choice for me, and I’m looking forward to making another step forward together next year.”

EVEN though she won four big titles during the year, Serena Williams will still end 2012 ranked number three behind Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova.

After backing up her victories at Wimbledon, the Olympics and the US Open with the WTA Championships title on Sunday, Williams concurred with Sharapova and world number eight Li Na that she is, in fact, the world’s top female tennis player.

“I think it’s a true statement, without trying to sound full of myself or anything,” Williams told reporters after overcoming Russian Sharapova 6-4 6-3 in the final of the season-ending tournament.

“I always said that if I’m playing well and I’m doing everything right it’s really difficult to beat me. I still believe that.”

Baghdatis falls to Simon MARCOS Baghdatis stumbled out of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris last night, losing 7-5, 6-1 to local player Gilles Simon in the opening round.

This was the last tournament of the season for the Cypriot, who will probably finish the year among the Top 40 in the ATP South African Airways Rankings. He is currently ranked 32nd with 1,060 points and holds a 35-25 record for the season.

Simon, 27, now takes on Victor Hanescu of Romania, who replaced topseeded Roger Federer in the main draw after the latter withdrew for personal reasons.

Pietersen to play today Kevin Pietersen’s reintegration into the England side is set to be completed after team director Andy Flower confirmed the controversial batsman will play in the tourists’ first warm-up match against India A today.

Pietersen had originally been left out of the 16man squad to tour India, but will make his first England appearance since making a blistering 149 in the second Test against South Africa at Headingley in August.

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Referees and linesmen under fire in Italy ITALIAN referees and linesmen will be under more scrutiny than ever during this week’s fixtures after a series of mishaps at the weekend.

Serie A is the only major European league to use two extra linesmen, but the system, heavily favoured by UEFA president Michel Platini, was unable to prevent controversies which left Catania, Lazio and AS Roma all fuming and leaders Juventus on the defensive.

Catania president Antonio Pulvirenti was still angry after replays showed his team had a first-half goal wrongly disallowed at home to Juventus, who went on to win 1-0 with an Arturo Vidal goal after halftime.

He suggested Juventus president Andrea Agnelli, who on Friday said that Italian football was in need of reform, should hand Catania the three points as an example of fair play and transparency.

“If Agnelli wants to reform football, he can start in the simplest of ways, by suggesting that his team forfeit the match 0-3,” Pulvirenti, who on Sunday said the

referee had been harassed by the Juventus bench, said in a radio interview.

Juventus sporting director Giuseppe Marotta agreed that Catania’s goal should have been allowed, but denied his club pressured referees.

“Juventus is a serious club and even if that goal had stood, nobody can say the game would have finished in that way,” he said in a radio interview.

“I deny that it was our players who tempted the referee to reconsider. The linesman’s flag was raised at the time of the goal to indicate an offside.

“I can only share the judgement about the mistake. They happen, just as they happened in other games yesterday, in the previous round of matches and last season, where Juventus were on the receiving end.”

Juventus were demoted in 2006 for corruption involving referees.

Roma, beaten 3-2 at home by Udinese, were also upset about the penalty from which Antonio Di Natale scored the winning goal.

“It was a bad day for referees,” Roma coach Zdenek Zeman said. “They say referees can’t decide a championship, but I think they can.”

Lazio were also left seething after Stefano Mauri had what appeared to be a perfectly good goal disallowed against Fiorentina, who were winning 1-0 at the time. Fiorentina went on to win 2-0 and Lazio had two players sent off in the last 15 minutes.

AC Milan, 11th with 10 points from nine games, kick off the midweek fixtures with a visit to Palermo today.

Coach Massimiliano Allegri has enjoyed some respite after his team beat Genoa on Saturday, but it could be short-lived if they lose in Sicily.

Titleholders and leaders Juventus, who have 25 points from a possible 27 and are unbeaten in 48 Serie A games, should take three more points at home to struggling Bologna tomorrow. Napoli, three points behind in second place, visit 15th placed Atalanta and thirdplaced Inter host fading Sampdoria.

Juve beat Catania 1-0 despite replays showing the latter side had had a first-half goal wrongly disallowed

Atletico join Barca at top, Real defeat Mallorca 5-0 Falcao scores 10th La Liga goal of season

By Mark Elkington RADAMEL Falcao scored his 10th league goal of the season to help Atletico Madrid stay neck-and-neck with Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a 3-1 victory at home to basement side Osasuna on Sunday.

Champions Real Madrid lie eight points back in fourth place after Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored a brace in Palma to secure a 5-0 victory over Real Mallorca.

In-form Colombia striker Falcao pulled away from his marker and volleyed Atletico’s third high into the net after 73 minutes, sealing an eighth straight league victory for Diego Simeone’s side.

Atletico are second with 25 points from nine games, behind Barca on goal difference, after Tito Vilanova’s side thrashed Rayo Vallecano 5-0 away on Saturday when a double from Lionel Messi helped him reach 301 senior career goals.

Europa League winners Atletico last lost a competitive match back in April and continued their impressive start to the campaign when Miranda headed in from a free kick and Raul Garcia pounced on a loose ball to put them 2-0 up in the first half.

Osasuna pulled one back just before halftime but Atletico always looked more dangerous and Falcao lashed home Juanfran’s cross to score in his 11th consecutive match for club and country.

Champions Real Madrid lie eight points back in fourth place after Gonzalo Higuain (right) and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored a brace in Palma to secure a 5-0 victory over Real Mallorca “When it is near the end of the season that will be the time to see where we are in the table,” Atletico defender Miranda told reporters.

“Then we’ll know if we have a chance for the title or if we can make it into the Champions League.”

Argentina striker Higuain made the most of a defensive error to volley Real in front after only seven minutes and as Jose Mourinho’s side pressured the hosts into further mistakes Higuain laid the ball off for Ronaldo to grab the second.

Two trademark quick counter-attacks buried toothless Mallorca in the second half, the first finished off by Higuain and the second by Ronaldo, who notched his 11th league goal of the season.

Substitute Jose Callejon grabbed Real’s fifth at the end.

Malaga are third on 18 points after a 0-0 draw at Espanyol on Saturday and Real Betis sit fifth on 16 points thanks to their 1-0 win at home to Valencia.

Levante are sixth on goal difference after Nigeria strik-

er Obafemi Martins celebrated his 28th birthday in style with a double in a 3-1 victory over Granada.

Martins created both his goals by robbing the ball off defenders and helped maintain Levante’s unbeaten home record.

Inconsistent Sevilla slipped down to seventh with 14 points after losing 2-1 at Real Zaragoza to first-half strikes from Helder Postiga and Ionut Sapunaru.

Marcelo Bielsa’s Athletic Bilbao are still struggling to get anywhere near the

heights they hit last season, when they reached the King’s Cup and Europa League finals, as they slumped 2-1 at home to Getafe.

Juan Rodriguez headed the visitors in front and a spectacular overhead kick from Alvaro Vazquez sealed the points in the 58th minute.

Bilbao substitute Fernando Llorente, who said he wanted to leave the club back in the close season, headed against the crossbar and Mikel San Jose finally pulled one back with the last kick of the game.

‘Bayern defeat no reason to panic’ BAYERN Munich’s first league defeat may have given the Bundesliga leaders a black eye but will not trigger an implosion similar to the one suffered last term, club bosses said yesterday.

A late deflected Sidney Sam header gave Bayer Leverkusen a surprise 2-1 win at Bayern on Sunday.

The Bavarians, who lost out to Borussia Dortmund in domestic competitions last season before defeat in the Champions League final meant a second campaign without silverware, still have a four-point lead over second-placed Schalke 04 after nine games.

They had an eight-point lead earlier in the season last year, but collapsed to see Dortmund race back and win their second consecutive league title. The champions are currently in fourth place, nine points behind.

“We now have to show that in November 2012 we can do things better than in November 2011,” Bayern Chief Executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told reporters.

“I know we have a tough game at Hamburg SV on the weekend and we have to show that we can deal with the pressure better this year than last year.”

Messi receives golden boot BARCELONA forward Lionel Messi has been presented with the Golden Boot award after finishing as the top goalscorer in Europe last season.

It is the second time Messi has collected the honour and comes after he scored a remarkable 50 goals in the Primera Division - four more than Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid.

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Gerrard: Suarez thrives on criticism

Anorthosis, AEK and APOEL remain undefeated

‘It seems to inspire rather than go against him’

By Nemanja Bjedov

By Carl Markham LIVERPOOL captain Steven Gerrard has warned Premier League rivals if they try to wind up Luis Suarez they should be prepared for a backlash from the Uruguayan.

The 25-year-old striker was at the centre of most things in Sunday’s 2-2 draw in the 219th Merseyside derby, scoring once, seeing a cross-shot deflected in and having an added-time winner wrongly ruled out for offside.

Suarez also produced a humorous response to Everton manager David Moyes by diving at the Scot’s feet after his assertion the 25-yearold was turning people off football by going to ground too easily.

Gerrard said the South American seemed to thrive on the criticism.

“Luis Suarez was fantastic for us again,” said the midfielder.

“He doesn’t need David Moyes to fire him up. But if people want to try to get in Luis’ head and wind him up then it’s the wrong thing to do.

“You saw from yesterday’s evidence that it seems to inspire him rather than go against him.

“I can’t control what he does when he scores a goal, I was just happy to see it (Suarez’s deflected strike for the opener) hit the back of the net.”

Gerrard also criticised Phil Neville after the Everton captain was booked for diving in the first half.

In his post-match press conference Moyes said he

Fired up: Suarez (left) was at the centre of most things in Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Everton on Sunday, scoring once, seeing a cross-shot deflected in and having an added time winner wrongly ruled out for offside had spoken to Neville about it and the player himself admitted his actions were wrong.

“With what he said about Luis Suarez before, David Moyes was trying to get in the referee’s head, which is fine, that’s all part of the game stuff like that,” said Gerrard.

“But if that’s the case you don’t expect your captain to dive like that.

“I think Phil Neville badly let his manager down.

“His manager did every paper, every radio station and every TV channel talking about Luis Suarez and then his captain, who is meant to be setting an example, bla-

tantly dives.

“If David Moyes is a real man and a real manager, which I think he is, then he will be speaking to Phil Neville about his dive.”

Gerrard also reserved some criticism for the officials after a couple of key decisions went against Liverpool.

“I’ve seen it (Suarez’s disallowed goal) again and we can feel sorry ourselves because it was a clear goal,” said the England captain.

“We should have taken away the three points rather than just one.

“There is no offside and it’s difficult for me to explain it.

The only person who can explain it is the linesman.

“I asked him after the game if it was offside and he said ‘I think so’. That’s not good enough.

“If every decision in this league is based on ‘we think so’ then we’re in trouble.

“The linesman got it badly wrong. The benefit of the doubt is supposed to go to the attacking player anyway.

“And for their second goal, it’s a clear throw-in to us.

“The linesman (not the one who flagged Suarez offside) gives us the throw but the referee (Andre Marriner) saw something different.

“He gave Everton the throw and their second goal came from that.”

ANORTHOSIS coach Ronny Levy was only partially pleased with the performance of his players in a 3-1 Round 7 victory over Olympiakos Nicosia on Sunday evening at Nicosia’s GSP Stadium.

“While I am pleased with the way we fought to earn another victory, I didn’t like how some of my players approached the match. The fact that we were missing two central defenders should never be an excuse,” said Levy.

Ricardo Laborde put the visitors ahead after 24 minutes, but nine minutes later Pieros Sotiriou made sure the teams were level at half time. Shortly after the interval Jan Rezek made it 2-1 for Anorthosis with his sixth goal of the season, while Evandro Roncatto set up the final score deep into injury time.

“There were players out there who could have been much better, but also there were players who gave everything they had and I truly appreciate that,” Levy said. “One of them was Vincent Laban who played through injury and did really well. We were under pressure after we took the lead at 2-1 as Olympiakos pushed forward in numbers, but they also left plenty of space for our counter attacks and

Anorthosis defeated Olympiakos 3-1 on Sunday

Tottenham’s Bale enjoys his return to Southampton GARETH Bale enjoyed Sunday’s trip to his old stomping ground as Tottenham held firm to repel a Southampton comeback.

The 23-year-old came through the youth system at St Mary’s and made 45 appearances for the south coast club before joining Spurs in July 2007.

Bale yesterday returned to Saints for the first time since his departure and headed home the opener to put Andre Villas-Boas’ side on course for three points.

However, it was not the easiest of games for Tottenham as Southampton returned from the half-time break reinvigorated and Bale was pleased by the way they held on for a 2-1 victory.

“It was great to come back and it was obviously great to get back on the scoresheet,” Bale said.

“I thought I best keep my celebrations to a minimum in a show of respect to the club.

“I think they came out in the second half fighting. They knew they had to

bring the game to us and had nothing to lose really.

“They made it difficult for us in the second half and played some good football but we showed our character.

“We hung in there and got the three points we needed.

“I think the main thing for us is to take it one game at a time.

“We’re enjoying our football now and we’re on a good run so it is good times, but we just need to keep our feet on the ground and move forward.”

QPR owner Tony Fernandes dismisses speculation over Mark Hughes’ job QPR owner Tony Fernandes has dismissed speculation that manager Mark Hughes has one game to save his job.

Reports have suggested Hughes, whose side are bot-

tom of the Barclays Premier League, will be facing the axe if the R’s do not record their first top-flight victory of the season next Saturday by beating Reading at home.

But writing today on his Twitter account, Fernandes has described such claims as “rubbish” and insists the club’s hierarchy are behind Hughes.

“Mark has my backing and the shareholders,” Fernandes said.

“We need a little luck and no injuries. What’s written in the press is all rubbish.”

we eventually managed to score which put the match beyond any doubt.”

Elsewhere on Sunday AEK beat Ethnikos Achnas at the Dasaki Stadium 1-0, with the only goal coming in the first half injury time, while AEP Paphos recorded an unexpected 2-0 victory over Alki in Larnaca.

On Saturday, APOEL thrashed Nea Salamina 3-0 away from home, while Omonia left it late to provide their coach Toni Savevski with his first victory this season, taking a 2-0 win over Enosis Neon Paralimni at the GSP Stadium. Apollon topped Doxa Katokopia 1-0 through Bojan Markovski’s goal in the 67th minute.

“Overall I am pleased with the performance of my players and what makes me even happier is that some of the players who came off the bench did really well which provided us with some freshness during the match and helped us develop our play in a different way,” said APOEL’s coach Ivan Jovanovic.

APOEL, Anorthosis and AEK top the league standings with 19 points apiece, but the Nicosia side sits in the pole position on a superior goal difference.

AEL are currently fourth with 15 points, beating Ayia Napa away 4-0 last night.

Apollon and Omonia follow with 10 and nine points respectively.

Cyprus Standings Team

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1. APOEL 2. Anorthosis 3. A.E.K. 4. AEL 5. Apollonas 6. Omonia 7. E.N.Paralimni 8. Olympiakos 9. AEP 10. Nea Salamina 11. Alki 12. Ayia Napa 13. Ethnikos Achnas 14. Doxa

7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

6 6 6 4 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 1

1 1 1 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 0

0 0 0 0 3 2 3 2 2 4 5 5 4 6

19 18 9 13 6 9 4 7 8 4 4 2 3 3

A Pts 2 3 0 4 5 5 13 11 7 9 13 17 9 11

19 19 19 15 10 9 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 3

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Sport Red Bull’s Horner shrugs off Alonso’s talk of winning title RED Bull team principal Christian Horner has warned Fernando Alonso “talk is cheap” in the wake of his weekend cries of bravado.

Fernando Alonso declared himself “100 per cent confident” he will win this year’s Formula One world title on Saturday after qualifying four places behind Sebastian Vettel for the Indian Grand Prix.

Ferrari star Alonso at least elevated himself on to the podium by finishing runnerup to Vettel, who scored his fourth consecutive victory to achieve the feat for the first time in one season.

Vettel has also led the last 204 laps in succession since inheriting the lead in last month’s race in Singapore due to a gearbox failure on Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren.

With three races remaining the gap is 13 points between the two title protagonists, and Alonso remains confident he can overhaul the 24-yearold German, despite all the momentum being with Vettel.

But Horner said: “At the end of the day talk is cheap.

We can all prophesy, but it’s down to what you do on the track.

“Our focus now is already on this weekend’s race in Abu Dhabi, to extract the most out of the car, drivers, strategy and reliability that we can.

“From now on, it’s going to be a question of having three perfect weekends.”

Horner can at least appreciate Alonso’s dogged determination and the way he has over-achieved in a car that has rarely been the quickest.

“Fernando is a quality driver, Ferrari are a quality team, and they are doing a strong job,” said Horner.

“He’s remarkably consistent and we’re going to have to perform at our very best if we are going to maintain our lead ahead of him.

“We’ve worked very hard to get into this position and there’s a real determination within the team to carry this momentum into the final three races.”

What Horner does not have

an answer for, though, is exactly just how Red Bull and Vettel have taken the championship by the scruff of the neck recently.

A season that started with seven different winners of the opening seven races could conceivably culminate in one man winning the last seven.

Asked as to why Vettel had suddenly become so dominant, Horner said: “That’s a very good question. The honest answer is - we have no idea.

“As I say, we’ve worked hard and we’ve tried hard to understand the issues because the changes in the regulations last winter had a significant effect, particularly on ourselves.

“We’ve just got our heads down and tried hard to get performance to the car. There hasn’t been any silver bullet.

“It’s been a pure case of working to understand these tyres and the regulation changes, and the team’s done a super job in achieving that.”

With two titles already under his belt over the last two years, it is highly unlikely Vettel will get ahead of himself over the run in.

Horner certainly believes there is a maturity about Vettel that will ensure the sudden rush of success will not go to his head.

Horner said: “He’s a grounded lad, he’s got his feet on the ground.

“He’s an easy guy to work with, fiercely determined, and very focused on taking it one race at time, on his job and how he’s performing and he’s always striving to do better.

“So we don’t really have to keep his feet on the ground because he’s an inner discipline that does that.

“He knows that when he’s driving for the team and representing the team, we expect the very best of him, which he gives.”

From a team perspective, there is no resting on any laurels either, even though Red Bull can clinch their third consecutive constructors’ crown in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

His tough talk notwithstanding, Ferrari’s Alonso has over-achieved in a car that has rarely been the quickest

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BLUES ACCUSE REF CLATTENBURG OF ABUSING TWO OF THEIR PLAYERS

Clattenburg (left) also sent off Chelsea’s Torres (kneeling) and Ivanovic during the London side’s acrimonious defeat to United on Sunday

Chelsea complaint prompts FA probe

By Ben Rumsby

T

he Football Association yesterday launched a formal investigation into allegations Mark Clattenburg used “inappropriate language” towards John Obi Mikel and Juan Mata during Chelsea’s acrimonious defeat to Manchester United.

Clattenburg was Sunday night accused by the European champions of making comments which are understood to have been interpreted as racist during yesterday’s Barclays Premier League game at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea made an official complaint to the match delegate, whose report yesterday appeared to have been passed to the FA. A statement from English football’s governing body read: “The FA has begun an investigation relating to allegations made following Sunday’s fixture at Stamford Bridge between Chelsea and Manchester United. The FA will make no further comment at this time.”

An FA probe was almost inevitable the moment Chelsea made their allegation against Clattenburg, who Sunday night vowed to co-operate

fully with the authorities.

The referees’ union, Prospect, pledged “full support” to the under-fire official yesterday, saying in a statement: “Prospect is committed to helping to eradicate racism in football and in society generally.

“In the context of that commitment, Prospect is offering full support to Mark Clattenburg in relation to the allegations made against him.”

That process looks set to involve Clattenburg, Mikel and Mata all being interviewed by FA compliance officers, who are likely to speak to other potential witnesses.

Those could include other Chelsea and Manchester United players and will almost certainly see Clattenburg’s assistants and fourth official asked to provide evidence.

Clattenburg, Michael McDonough, Simon Long and Michael Jones all wore microphones and earpieces on Sunday, although their conversations were not recorded.

Former Premier League referee Graham Poll told BBC Radio Five Live: “A referee’s microphone is on open. Everything he says is heard by two assistants.

“So if Mark said something, the assistants would have heard it.”

He added: “If a comment of a racial nature was made, I think it should be reported and I think assistant referees will report it because there’s no place for it.”

Technology could yet be used as evidence though if video or audio footage emerges in support of either Clattenburg or his accusers.

It was unclear yesterday whether Mikel or Mata planned to report the matter to the police.

Metropolitan Police commissioner Bernard Hogan Howe said the force had not yet received a complaint about the alleged comments.

Mikel’s agent, Chelsea, and United all refused to comment on the saga yesterday, although it is understood the latter club was unaware whether any of their players heard Clattenburg’s alleged language.

Former Premier League referee Jeff Winter, who retired shortly before Clattenburg became a member of the top flight’s Select Group, claimed the official was doomed if he was proven to have used “racial insults” towards a player.

Luis Suarez and John Terry received respective eight- and four-match suspensions this year for racially abusing Pa-

trice Evra and Anton Ferdinand.

But Winter, who refereed for over 25 years, felt Clattenburg would be kicked out of the game if found guilty.

“If a match official has used racial insults or language to a player then he’s for the high jump,” Winter said.

“He won’t be getting a fourmatch or an eight-match ban, it’ll probably be the end of his career, but that is if indeed he did say anything.”

Winter found it ironic a referee had been accused of using inappropriate language given officials were subjected to abuse from players and fans at almost every match.

He said: “I must admit I smiled at that because we watch football matches every week of the year hearing players use insulting words to referees and then somebody takes umbrage when somebody allegedly says something back. But I just hope this can be cleared.”