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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, March the 20th.

00:10Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:13President Barack Obama is in Israel and the West Bank today.

00:16His visit aims to reset his sometimes troubled relationship with Israel, but he also hopes

00:21to win the trust of Palestinians who accuse him of unfairly favoring Israel.

00:27One Iranian, a Lebanese and 16 Saudis have been arrested on spying charges in Saudi

00:31Arabia, officials say.

00:33The 18 suspects had been involved in a spying cell for a state, an interior ministry spokesman

00:38told Saudi State TV.

00:40The top US military commander in Europe said several NATO countries are working on contingency

00:44plans for possible military action to end the two-year civil war in Syria.

00:49A Mauritian-based website said Al-Qaeda has beheaded a French hostage in retaliation for

00:54France's military intervention in northern Mali.

00:57A French Foreign Office spokesman said Paris was trying to verify the report of the killing

01:02of Philippe Verdon, who was kidnapped in November 2011.

01:06Global container terminal operator DP World has reported a 10% growth in its profits to

01:12$749 million for 2012 on $3.12 billion revenues, the company said.

01:20India have been dealt a blow for the fourth test against Australia, which begins on Friday.

01:25After the new batting sensation Sheikhar Dhawan was ruled unfit to play with a fracture in

01:30his left hand, Suresh Raina takes his place in the squad.

01:34A collection of some of Princess Diana's most memorable evening gowns has fetched 4.4 million

01:40dirhams at a London auction.

01:42The highlight, a velvet navy gown Diana wore in 1985 to a White House gala dinner, where

01:48she danced with Hollywood star John Travolta, was sold for 1.3 million dirhams to a British

01:53man.

01:54And finally, weather.

01:55The daytime temperature will be 36 degrees Celsius, falling to 18 at night.

02:00That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com

Princess Diana's dresses sell for Dh4.4.million - GN Midday Wednesday Mar 20 2013

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