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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, January the 15th. Here are

00:09the top stories at this hour.

00:11A seven-year UAE national agenda has been launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin

00:15Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai. The

00:20agenda aims at improving education, health, economic and security sectors and bolstering

00:26infrastructure and government services. It will coincide with the golden jubilee of the

00:30Union of the UAE in 2021. Sheikh Mohammed urged UAE officials to double their efforts

00:36over the next seven years to accomplish its goals and targets.

00:41Western intelligence agencies have visited Damascus for talks on combating radical groups.

00:46That's according to Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister. Faisal Mekdad said there was a schism

00:50between Western security officials and politicians who are pressing President Bashar al-Assad

00:55to step down.

00:57Voting is due to resume in Egypt in a two-day referendum on a new constitution, drawn up

01:02since the military forced out Islamist President Mohamed Morsi. The military is pushing for

01:07a yes vote to endorse his removal last July. Although security was tight, nine people died

01:13in clashes involving Morsi's supporters.

01:16Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yalon has apologized for quotes that blasted US Secretary of State

01:21John Kerry's role in the Middle East peace process. Yalon was quoted as saying that Kerry

01:26was acting out of misplaced obsession and messianic fervor.

01:31Two people were wounded in a shooting at a Thai anti-government rally today, raising

01:35tensions in Bangkok after weeks of mass street protests. A small blast also shook a house

01:41owned by the opposition leader's family, but defiant demonstrators vowed to keep up

01:45their efforts to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office.

01:50Airlines are being offered discounts to shift operations to Al Maktoum International when

01:55runway repairs cut capacity at Dubai International later this year. Dubai International will

02:00close both of its runways over the 80-day period between May 1st to July 20th for scheduled

02:06maintenance. Dubai Airport's officials said they have been working with airlines and other

02:11stakeholders to mitigate the impact of the runway closure.

02:15In tennis, defending men's champion Novak Djokovic and women's top seed Serena Williams

02:20eased into the Australian Open third round today. However, concerns over players' health

02:25in the extreme Melbourne heat threatened to overshadow the on-court action. Organizers

02:30have confirmed that a record nine players retired from or forfeited their first round

02:34matches as temperatures across Australia soared above 40 degrees Celsius.

02:40And the police search of teen pop star Justin Bieber's California home in a vandalism case

02:45linked to the singer resulted in the arrest of a man after drugs were found in the house.

02:51Detectives raided Bieber's home after the boyfriend's singer was accused of pelting

02:55his neighbor's home with eggs. An unnamed person in Bieber's home at the time of the

02:59search was arrested when deputies found cocaine in plain view.

03:04And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 21 degrees Celsius, dropping

03:08to 15 tonight.

03:15For more stories, visit nyseagrant.org

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