GN Midday Monday Jan 28 2013

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00:00Good day, and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, January the 28th.

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

00:17Egypt's opposition has criticized President Mohamed Morsi's declaration of emergency

00:21in three cities following clashes that left seven people dead.

00:25The National Salvation Front has set three conditions to enter talks with the government,

00:29one of which is setting up of a temporary Salvation Government.

00:33Dubai has allowed partnerships between Gulf investors and foreigners without Emirati sponsorship.

00:38The Department of Economic Development in Dubai said such partnerships would be allowed

00:42on condition that the project is worth a minimum of 10 million dirhams and investors finance

00:46it through capital inflows.

00:49Inspection results for Indian and Pakistani curriculum schools in Dubai have been announced

00:53by the KHDA.

00:54No significant change has been found in the overall performance of Indian schools, with

00:58Dubai Modern High School and the Indian High School getting outstanding ratings again.

01:03Road traffic came to a crawl while several flights were delayed in Sharjah and Dubai

01:07as dense fog hampered morning life across the country.

01:10School buses and office-goers were delayed as near-zero-visibility clocked traffic on

01:14all major roads in Dubai and Sharjah.

01:17Today's high across the UAE will be 32 degrees Celsius, dropping to 12 degrees at night.

01:22A fast-moving fire roared through a crowded nightclub in Brazil yesterday, killing more

01:26than 230 party-goers.

01:28Inspectors believe the fire began when a band's pyrotechnics show ignited insulating material

01:33on the ceiling.

01:34Shareholders of Aldar Properties and Suruh Real Estate will vote on their proposed merger

01:39next month, the company said in a joint statement.

01:42Abu Dhabi's two biggest property firms agreed on an all-share merger last week.

01:46The deal is expected to be completed by June.

01:49In cricket, India snatched the No. 1 ranking from England in one-dayers with a 3-2 series

01:54win over the visitors.

01:56In entertainment, Argo, a film about a CIA plot to rescue American hostages in Iran in

02:001980, has won the 19th Screen Actors Guild Award for Ensemble in a Motion Picture.

02:06The win came hours after the film, directed by Ben Affleck, took the Producers Guild Award

02:10on Saturday night.

02:12That's all for now.

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