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GN Midday Sunday Jan 20 2013
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2/11/2025
Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Sunday, January the 20th.
00:14
Here are the top stories at this hour.
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US President Barack Obama has said that the blame for the deaths from a hostage crisis
00:21
in Algeria lay with the terrorists who had earlier taken foreigners captive at a remote
00:25
gas plant.
00:27
The four-day crisis left at least 23 hostages dead and killed all 32 militants involved.
00:34
Algerian Special Forces managed to free 685 Algerians and 107 foreigners, the Interior
00:40
Ministry said.
00:42
The money keeps rolling in for the UAE's Gulf Cup-winning football heroes, with gifts to
00:46
date from various dignitaries totalling more than 80 million dirhams.
00:51
In Abu Dhabi, the Food Control Authority is expected to announce today an extended deadline
00:56
for groceries to meet new regulations.
00:58
Many small stores in the city were supposed to close down permanently for want of space
01:03
to meet the new standards, but were reopened earlier this month.
01:07
Syria's foreign minister has invited the nationalistic opposition to lay down its weapons and join
01:13
talks to form a new government.
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Waleed Mualim said any opposition group could join a new cabinet as long as they reject
01:19
foreign intervention.
01:21
For its part, Syria's leading rebel movement rejects anything short of Bashar al-Assad's
01:26
removal.
01:27
President Barack Obama will take the official oath of office in a small, private ceremony
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at the White House today, setting a more subdued tone for his second inauguration.
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He will still be sworn in publicly outside the US Capitol Monday with all the traditional
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pomp.
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And Beyoncé and Katy Perry better watch out.
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There's another diva set to perform during the inauguration festivities, Lady Gaga.
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The pop star will perform at Tuesday's ball for Obama's staffers.
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On Saturday, Usher and Katy Perry performed for Sasha and Malia Obama at the Kids' Inaugural
01:59
Concert.
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Sport!
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And it's the last day of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship today, with Englishman Justin
02:05
Rose taking a two-shot lead into the final round in what is his debut at the tournament.
02:10
Weather and today's high across the UAE will be 25 degrees Celsius, dropping to 5 degrees
02:15
at night.
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That's all for now.
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Thanks for watching.
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And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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