10 METRO Wednesday, December 16, 2009 D metrocompetition Win a 500 Shopping Spree with Whitewater Shopping Centre and UCI www.whitewatersc.ie choices! big Whitewater Shopping Centre, Newbridge Whitewater Shopping Centre, Newbridge, Irelands Largest Regional Shopping Centre is offering one lucky Metro reader a 500 shopping spree to celebrate the opening of our brand new state of the art UCI cinema complex on the 17th December. The new 6 screen cinema will have 3D and the latest digital technology. UCI is the latest arrival to join over 70 other stores such as Debenhams, H&M, M&S, Zara and GBK . There are big choices this Christmas in Whitewater. Find us on Facebook or check out www.whitewatersc.ie for all the news and events. Text WHITEW followed by your answer A, B or C and your name to 53133 (texts cost 60c + standard network charge) or email your answer, your name and contact details to ireland.comps@metroireland.ie Terms & Conditions: The competition closes at Midnight 18th December and the winners will be chosen at random from the entries received. Entrants must be over 18 years old. Usual Metro rules apply. The Editors decision is final. SP. Oxygen8, Hospitality House, Cumberland Street South, D2. Customer Service number 0818286606 For your chance to win, just answer this simple question: The new cinema in Whitewater Shopping Centre, Newbridge will be operated by: A) UCI B) UUC C) UII Prize: 500 worth of vouchers to spend in any one of the 70+ stores in Whitewater Shopping Centre, valid for 12 months. METROWorld RUN FOR IT: People flee their homes as high winds battered Fiji ahead of Cyclone Mick. Almost 4,000 people were forced to take emergency shelter before the category 2 storm made landfall Picture: EPA FIJI: At least three people have died and several are missing after Cyclone Mick hit the Pacific island nation, causing major flooding and widespread blackouts. Two of the victims were swept away by floodwaters while a young boy was hit by a falling tree, police said. Pajilai Dobui of the Disaster Management Committee said the west of the main island of Viti Levu was the hardest hit by the category 2 storm, which forced more than 3,800 people to seek emergency shelter. Damage is extensive, with severe flooding in most parts, uprooted trees and downed power lines causing power cuts. The cyclone is now heading for Tonga, which has been placed on alert. SIERRA LEONE: Womens rights groups have condemned a decision barring a woman from an election to be chief because of her sex, and have vowed to take her case to the Supreme Court. Elizabeth Sogbo-Tortu was barred from running in elections to appoint a new tribal chief, and has since been forced to flee after her home was besieged by those opposed to the move. Women are banned from becoming chiefs in most of the east and north, where Ms Sogbo-Tortu lives, but they are allowed in southern regions. The position of chief remains extremely powerful as they command huge respect and can mobilise large numbers of votes during elections. ITALY: Massimo Tartaglia, who attacked Silvio Berlusconi leaving him with severe facial injuries, has reportedly written to the premier, apologising for his superficial, cowardly and uncontrolled act. Mr Berlusconi (pictured), who is expected to be released from hospital tomorrow, has been ordered to cancel all public activities and functions until at least the new year. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said Tartaglia, 42, was carrying pepper spray and a crucifix as he waited for Mr Berlusconi at a rally, meaning the attack was premeditated. AFRIcA: Obesity is becoming more common among poor city dwellers on the continent owing to easier access to cheap, high-fat and high-sugar foods, scientists have revealed. Researchers looking at data from seven African countries found the number of people overweight or obese increased by nearly 35 per cent between the early 1990s and early 2000s, with the rate of increase higher among poor people. Given the chronic nature of most diseases associated with obesity and by extension the huge cost of treatment, the prospects look grim... unless urgent action is taken, said Abdhalah Ziraba, of the African Population and Health Research Centre. ENGLAND: A woman yesterday pleaded guilty to breaching a sex Asbo three times. Caroline Cartwright, 48, and her husband, from Newcastle, were hit with a noise abatement notice after scores of complaints about their noisy lovemaking. After Cartwright breached the notice, she was given the Asbo. But after breaching it three times, she now faces up to five years jail. A CAR bomb yesterday exploded outside a hotel used by foreigners in Kabuls main diplomatic area and across the street from a former vice presidents home, killing seven Af- ghans and injuring 44. The home of Ahmad Zia Massoud was heavily damaged, and a police source said the former vice president may have been the intended target. Attacks in the Afghan capital have increased in the past year, with mili- tants hitting high-profile targets cater- ing for the influx of foreigners work- ing for contractors and aid groups. Last month, Taliban suicide bomb- ers stormed a guest house in a district adjacent to where yesterdays attack took place, killing six UN staff the militants most audacious attack on foreign civilians since the war started in 2001. The United Nations respond- ed by withdrawing hundreds of for- eigners from Kabul. Meanwhile, a car bomb exploded outside the home of a senior politician in Pakistan, killing 22 people and wounding 70 others. The official es- caped injury as he was not at home. The blast in Dera Ghazi Khan was the latest in a series of attacks that have killed more than 500 people since October. The bloodshed has been blamed on Taliban militants avenging an army offensive against the Taliban in the northwest. By Golnar Motevalli Officials targeted in car bombings tzipi livni: Warrant Israel warns UK over arrest threat AN ARREST warrant issued in Britain against former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni and attempts to pursue war crimes charges against Israeli leaders in British courts threatens to harm relations between the two countries, Tel Aviv warned yesterday. Israel has urged Britain to change a law which allows Palestinians to pursue charges against non-British citizens for alleged crimes committed outside its borders. The threat has already caused several Israeli officials and retired military commanders to call off trips to the UK. In a statement, Israels Foreign Ministry said: The absence of resolute and immediate action to redress this distortion harms relations between the two countries. 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