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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, January 14. Here are the top

00:10stories at this hour.

00:12The Ministry of Interior will soon offer services via smartphones to renew passports, apply

00:17for visits and entry visas, among other services. Major General Dr. Ahmed Nasr Al-Raisi, Director-General

00:24of Central Operations at Abu Dhabi Police, said the Ministry has launched 169 electronic

00:29services through its website and 30 smart services via mobile phones.

00:34Egyptians vote today on an amended constitution that army-backed authorities bill as a vital

00:39step towards stability. Islamist opponents, however, have denounced the vote as an attempt

00:45to legitimise a military coup.

00:47Thousands of police and soldiers have been deployed across the nation amid fears the

00:51rising violence in the run-up to the referendum could disrupt balloting.

00:56Two German diplomats survived an attack yesterday while on a visit in the town of Awamyeh in

01:01eastern Saudi Arabia. The Saudi press agency reported that the diplomat's vehicle was

01:06burnt in the attack.

01:08Rahul Gandhi said today he was open to leading India's ruling Congress party into elections

01:13this year. The statement was the strongest hint yet that Gandhi is ready to be named

01:18as prime ministerial candidate.

01:20In an interview, he indicated he was ready to bow to pressure within his party to project

01:25him formally as a leader in weighting.

01:28After taking a beating last year, gold will have a decent year in 2014, with the prices

01:33forecast to reach the $1,400 level an ounce, according to experts. Last year was considered

01:39the worst period for the precious metal, which lost nearly 30 per cent of its value.

01:45In sport, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d'Or award as world player

01:51of 2013 for the second time in his career. Ronaldo, 28, finished ahead of Barcelona's

01:57Lionel Messi, who won the previous four editions, and Frank Ribery of Bayern Munich.

02:03Entertainment and Kiefer Sutherland returns as the intrepid counter-terrorist in a 12-episode

02:08run of 24 Live Another Day, debuting with a two-hour show on May 5 in the US. The show

02:15will be set and shot in London and retain the real-time format with split screens and

02:20interwoven storylines.

02:22And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 21 degrees Celsius, dropping

02:27to 16 degrees at night.

02:29That's all for now. Thanks for watching. As always, you can get the latest news on

02:32Gulfnews.com.

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