GN Midday Tuesday Jan 29 2013

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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, January the 29th.

00:16Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:19Egyptian protesters defied a nighttime curfew in restive towns along the Suez Canal.

00:23They attacked police stations and ignored the emergency imposed by President Mohamed

00:28Morsi to end days of clashes that have killed 52 people.

00:31At least two men died in overnight fighting in Port Said.

00:35As the amnesty declared by the UAE for illegal workers ends Sunday, fewer number of Asian

00:39workers have sought outpasses from their embassies.

00:42Compared to previous amnesty in 2007, the Pakistan embassy in Abu Dhabi issued the highest

00:47number of outpasses, followed by the Bangladeshi and Indian embassies.

00:52The United Nations envoy to Syria plans to tell the Security Council today that he has

00:56no plan to offer for ending the bloody civil war.

00:59This will be the latest flow to prospects for a peaceful settlement to a conflict that

01:03has claimed more than 60,000 lives.

01:06French and Malian forces are patrolling Timbuktu after a hero's welcome following their lightning

01:10advance north.

01:12But the city's mayor denounced what he calls a crime against culture as fleeing Islamists

01:16torched a building housing priceless ancient manuscripts.

01:20India's central bank has cut its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 7.75%.

01:26The move aims to boost flagging growth in Asia's third largest economy.

01:31The Reserve Bank of India also slashed the cash reserve ratio by a quarter point, which

01:35means banks can lend more.

01:37In sport, Manchester City are in talks with Italian giants AC Milan and Juventus to sell

01:42their controversial striker Mario Balotelli.

01:45Reports claim City want £21 million plus add-ons for the Italian star.

01:51In entertainment, Chris Brown may face charges over a car park fight he had with singer Frank

01:55Ocean on Sunday.

01:57Rising star Ocean wants Brown prosecuted following the brawl over a parking space at a Los Angeles

02:02area recording studio.

02:04Finally, weather.

02:05Today's high across the UAE will be 32 degrees Celsius, dropping to 12 degrees at night.

02:10That's all for now.

02:11Thanks for watching.

02:12And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.