Wozniacki's secret is simple as seeds survive in Sydney

2012-01-10

TThere is no closely guarded secret to Caroline Wozniacki’s grit, no private belief she clings to in moments of despair on a tennis court.

The reason for her dogged determination is as prosaic as they come: “I hate losing”.

The Dane issued that matter-of-fact explanation after narrowly avoiding a shock defeat at the Sydney International on Tuesday, a defeat which would have deprived the tennis world of an expected shootout with Petra Kvitova for the world number one ranking.

The Sydney International is being billed as a battle for the top spot currently held by Denmark’s Wozniacki.

Israel readies for Alawite refugees if Asssad falls

2012-01-10

Israel is making preparations to house refugees from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s minority Alawite sect should his government fall, Israel’s military chief told a parliamentary committee today.

“On the day that the regime falls, it is expected to result in a blow to the Alawite sect. We are preparing to take in Alawite refugees on the Golan Heights,” a committee spokesman quoted Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz as saying.

Assad has faced 10 months of popular revolt in which more than 5,000 people have been killed, according to United Nations figures. Israeli officials have said they do not expect his government to last more than a few months.

In a speech today, Assad again blamed the unrest on a foreign conspiracy against Syria.

Iranian and Venezuelan leaders joke about bomb

2012-01-10

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez have lavished praise on each other, mocked US disapproval and joked about having an atomic bomb at their disposal.

Despite their geographical distance, the fiery anti-US ideologues have forged increasingly close ties between their fellow OPEC nations in recent years, although concrete projects have often lagged behind the rhetoric.

“One of the targets that Yankee imperialism has in its sights is Iran, which is why we are showing our solidarity,” Chavez said during a joint press conference. “When we meet, the devils go crazy,” he said, mocking US warnings that Latin American nations should not help the Islamic Republic.

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2012-01-10

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2012-01-10

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Doctors in court for Legionnaires’ baby deaths

2012-01-10

 

TWO YEARS after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a Nicosia private clinic caused the deaths of three newborn babies, charges have been brought against four doctors who will appear in court next week.

The four Hippocration doctors – including a high ranking member of the clinic’s management – are facing six collective charges and are due to appear to Nicosia district court on January 19. 

The case caused an outrage in late 2008 after 11 newborns – born in Hippocration hospital between December 18 and 22 – were admitted to the intensive care unit of Makarios state hospital in Nicosia suffering from Legionnaires’. 

Three died and one was put on a respirator due to severe pneumonia although the baby was later released from hospital.

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2012-01-10

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Our View: No one ought to be surprised at controllers’ selfishness

2012-01-10

THE LEADER of the Air Traffic Controllers union, Giorgos Georgiou yesterday declared that no strike had been decided for Wednesday. 

But before anyone jumped to the conclusion that his union had given up on industrial action as the means of achieving its objective, he noted that the union would announce its strike plans at a news conference this morning. The strike would be staged after January 15 he said, as if this was a show of responsibility and the union was doing society a big favour. 

Heavy rain damages Latchi restaurants

2012-01-10

THE WEEKEND’S heavy rainfall caused considerable damage to restaurants and shops in Latchi, after two streams flooded in the Polis Chrysochous region. 

The streams dumped mud and litter on properties along the Latchi marina and beach.

Shops, restaurants and houses were flooded by the heavy rainfall while the road adjacent to the streams was partially eroded.

The fire department said that it had been called into action eight times on Saturday night, after people were trapped in their houses or cars.

Members of the public works department and the Paphos district administration visited the area yesterday, in an effort to clear up and record the damage.

Opposition pounces on Ban letter

2012-01-10

 

PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias announced yesterday there would be a National Council meeting next Monday to discuss developments in the Cyprus problem, including the latest letter sent by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the two communities.

Ban’s letter, sent to Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, has been widely criticised with some members of the opposition calling for a cancellation of the two leaders’ planned meeting with Ban at the Greentree estate in New York on January 22.

In unusually blunt letters, Ban laid out the differences between the two communities that are still blocking efforts to reunify the country.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.