GN Midday Tuesday Jan 15 2013

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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, January the 15th.

00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:11General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme

00:16Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, today opened the Sixth World Future Energy Summit, which

00:21is being held in Abu Dhabi.

00:23The summit, which runs until Thursday, aims to enhance sustainable growth.

00:27The UAE football team's day of destiny has arrived, as they bid to make the Gulf Cup

00:31final tonight.

00:33They take on Kuwait in the first semi-final at 5.15 pm UAE time, while the second semi-final

00:38between hosts Bahrain and Iraq kicks off at 9 pm UAE time.

00:43A two-month amnesty in the UAE will not be extended, according to the Ministry of Interior.

00:48Brigadier Dr. Abdullah Ali bin Sahud, Director of the General Directorate for Residency and

00:53Foreign Affairs in Sharjah, warned that the 60-day amnesty expiring on February 4 will

00:58be the last chance for those living illegally in the country to correct their legal status.

01:03A military train carrying recruits has derailed south of Egypt's capital Cairo, killing at

01:08least 19 people and injuring more than 100.

01:11The train was traveling to an army camp in Cairo when it came off the tracks in Giza.

01:16Thousands of anti-government protesters in Pakistan rallied in Islamabad for a second

01:20day, heeding the call of cleric Tahirul Qadri.

01:23In early morning clashes, police fired shots and tear gas to push back stone-throwing demonstrators.

01:29In sport, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has admitted that he used performance-enhancing

01:34drugs during his career.

01:36The admission came in a lengthy interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey that will

01:40be aired later this week.

01:42Some of the bruises found on Natalie Wood's body may have occurred before the actress

01:45drowned in the waters off Southern California more than 30 years ago, according to a

01:50New Corners report.

01:52Wood, 43, was on a yacht with her actor husband Robert Wagner, co-star Christopher Walken,

01:58and the boat captain on Thanksgiving weekend in 1981 before somehow ending up in the water.

02:03The weather and today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping to 12

02:08degrees at night.

02:09That's all for now.

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