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Dubai to build Mall of the World - GN Midday

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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, July the 6th.

00:24Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:26His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister

00:30of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has launched the world's first temperature-controlled

00:35city, Mall of the World.

00:38Located along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai and occupying a total area of 48 million square

00:43feet, the project will comprise the world's largest shopping mall and indoor theme park.

00:49Additional districts within the project will include a wellness zone, a cultural district

00:54and 20,000 hotel rooms catering to tourists.

00:58Once completed, the mall will be able to welcome around 180 million visitors annually.

01:05The Ministry of Labour will replace the old plastic labour cards and paper employment

01:10contracts with electronic ones starting July 13.

01:14Mohammed bin Dimas Al Suwaidi, Assistant Under-Secretary for Labour Affairs, said the new process will

01:20save time and effort for the employer.

01:24The U.S. State Department says it is profoundly troubled by reports that a U.S. teenager was

01:29beaten while in Israeli police custody in occupied East Jerusalem.

01:34Fifteen-year-old Talik Qader from Florida is a cousin of Mohammed Abu Qader, the Palestinian

01:41teenager whose abduction and murder has triggered riots.

01:45An initial post-mortem examination found Abu Qader was burnt alive.

01:51More than 180 Indians stranded in Iraq, including 122 nurses, arrived home Saturday to a grand

01:58welcome, while 200 more landed today.

02:02They were flown in on special Air India flights from Arbil and Najaf.

02:07Football and the Netherlands have completed the semi-final line-up of the FIFA World Cup.

02:13Substitute goalkeeper Tim Krul produced two crucial saves in the penalty shoot-out to

02:19lift the Dutch to 4-3 over Costa Rica last night.

02:23They will take on Argentina while Brazil take on Germany in the semi-finals.

02:29Paul McCartney has returned to a New York concert stage after being sidelined for two

02:34months because of a virus.

02:37The singer, who turned 72 two weeks ago, performed songs from the Beatles, Wings and

02:42a solo career that has spanned more than 50 years of rock and roll.

02:48And finally, the weather.

02:49Today's high across the UAE will be 43 degrees Celsius, dropping to 33 degrees at night.

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