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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, December 24. Here are the top

00:10stories at this hour.

00:11The United Nations Children's Fund said it will help fight the critical increase in the

00:15rate of obesity among children in the UAE. UNICEF launched the School Health Education

00:20Project to encourage students to lead a healthy lifestyle.

00:23The UAE is considered the eighth least active country in the world, with 62.5% of adults

00:29failing to do enough physical exercise, according to the Lancet Medical Journal.

00:33A powerful explosion believed to be caused by a car bomb rocked a police headquarters

00:37in a Nile Delta city north of Cairo early today, killing at least 14 people and wounding

00:42dozens. The interim government accused the Muslim Brotherhood of orchestrating the attack.

00:47Kuwait's Constitutional Court has upheld the validity of the parliament elected in July,

00:52a ruling that prevented holding parliamentary elections for the third time in 12 months.

00:56Former Pakistani military ruler Parvez Musharraf's trial for treason was adjourned over security

01:01fears after explosives were found near the road he was to take to court. The 70-year-old

01:06had been expected to appear in person before a specially convened court in Islamabad after

01:11legal efforts to have the tribunal ruled invalid failed.

01:14For the first time since 2006, the Dubai Gold and Jewelry Group is offering one kilo of

01:19gold each day as a raffle prize over the month-long campaign against the 500 grams that was an

01:24offer for DSF 2013. For shoppers, the higher stakes that a one kilo daily raffle has to

01:30offer plus a softening gold prize could be enough to convince them to indulge in some

01:34serious buys from January 2.

01:36Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has called the English Premier League title race unbelievable

01:41given that only two points separate the top five teams. The Blues lie fourth following

01:46last night's 0-0 draw with Arsenal, with the Gunners second on goal difference behind Liverpool.

01:51And finally weather, the daytime temperature will be 23 degrees celsius falling to 18 at

01:56night.

01:57That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com

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