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Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. S Sreesanth claims innocence in spot-fixing scandal. New policing system to respond to road accidents in Abu Dhabi. Spycraft discovered in Bahrain. Diplomats in Amman to discuss Syria peace talks. Rescue workers near end of search for Oklahoma tornado survivors. Azerbaijan votes for Russia Eurovision song falsified.

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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, May the 22nd.

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

00:12The new Syed policing service that aims to respond to road accidents within 15 minutes

00:17is officially up and running with a fleet of 20 patrol vehicles in Abu Dhabi.

00:22A fee of 300 dirhams will be paid for the service by the person who is deemed guilty

00:26in the accident.

00:27Brigadier Engineer Hussein Al-Harty, Director of Traffic and Patrols at Abu Dhabi Police

00:32and Chairman of Syed told Gulf News all data related to an accident will be transferred

00:37to the insurance company electronically.

00:41Bahrain's Interior Ministry has reported that Iranian unmanned aircraft has been discovered

00:45in the northern part of the country near Saudi Arabia.

00:49Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa blasted Iran's continual spying

00:53efforts and blatant interference in Bahrain's internal affairs.

00:58Countries supporting the Syrian uprising against President Bashar al-Assad are meeting today

01:02in Amman to discuss ways to end the bloody conflict.

01:05The top diplomats are set to discuss a US-Russian proposal for peace talks.

01:11Rescue workers neared the end of the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma

01:15City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes and claimed 24 lives.

01:20Scientists have concluded the storm was a rare and extraordinarily powerful type of

01:24twister known as EF5.

01:27In sport, Indian fast bowler S. Srisanth, who was arrested last week over allegations

01:32of spot fixing in the Indian Premier League, has insisted he is innocent.

01:37In his first statement since the allegations surfaced and came on a night when Chennai

01:41Super Kings reached their fifth final in the six seasons of the IPL after beating Mumbai

01:46Indians by 48 runs.

01:49Moscow reacted angrily as its neighbor, Azerbaijan, admitted that its vote at the Eurovision Song

01:54Contest awarding null points to Russia's song appeared to have been falsified.

01:59The scandal topped the agenda at a briefing between the country's foreign ministers.

02:04Azerbaijan's top diplomat admitted the votes submitted for Russia via cell phone had somehow

02:08been omitted from the final tally.

02:11Finally, weather.

02:12Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping to 25 at night.

02:17That's all for now.

02:18Thanks for watching.

02:19And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.

Oklahoma tornado survivors: Search and resque nears end - GN Midday Wednesday May 22 2013

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