GN Midday Thursday Jan 24 2013

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00:00Good day.

00:11Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, January the 24th.

00:14Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:17North Korea's top military body has warned that the regime is poised to conduct a nuclear

00:21test in response to fresh UN sanctions.

00:24Pyongyang claimed its long-range rockets are designed to carry warheads aimed at striking

00:28the United States.

00:30South Korea has voiced deep regret at the plan.

00:33Police are adding three new marine rescue units at Dubai Marina to shorten response

00:37time to emergencies along the seashore.

00:40Dubai police say the addition will bring the total number of units staffed by medical response

00:44units to nine, helping attend to any incident within seven minutes.

00:49Palestine is threatened to file a case against Israel at the International Criminal Court

00:53if the latter goes ahead with the plans to build colonies at the so-called E1 area east

00:58of occupied Jerusalem.

01:01Around 20,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Jordan in the last seven days due to escalating

01:05violence in southern Syria.

01:08This marks the fastest influx since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad

01:12two years ago, Jordan's foreign minister said.

01:16The Pentagon will lift its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of

01:20front-line positions, U.S. defense officials said.

01:23Some jobs may open as soon as this year, but assessments for others, including Navy SEALs

01:28and the Army's Delta Force, may take longer.

01:31In sports, Swansea upset Chelsea on goal aggregate to make the League Cup final last night after

01:36a goalless draw with the Blues.

01:38They will take on Bradford City in an unlikely final matchup at Wembley.

01:43At the cinema today, Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin battle Sean Penn's baddie in film noir

01:47Gangster Squad, while Jessica Chastain takes on Osama bin Laden in Zero Dark Thirty.

01:52In Hindi cinema, an ensemble cast including Deepika Padukone and Anil Kapoor join Saif

01:57Ali Khan in the race sequel.

02:00Weather on today's high across the UAE will be 28 degrees Celsius, dropping to 6 degrees

02:04at night.

02:05That's all for now.

02:06Thanks for watching.

02:07A quick reminder that we will be back with the newscast on Sunday, but you can always

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