GN Midday Wednesday Jan 30 2013

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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, January 30.

00:15Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:17Kuwait is hosting an international conference today aimed at raising money for Syrians suffering

00:21from 23 months of conflict.

00:24The conference will seek $1 billion of aid for Syria's neighbors sheltering 700,000 registered

00:29refugees and another $500 million for humanitarian work within the country.

00:34At the UN Security Council last night, Syria envoy Laghdar Brahimi said that the country

00:39had reached unprecedented levels of horror.

00:42Egypt's military chief general Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has warned that Egypt may collapse

00:46under the weight of its turmoil.

00:49Political deadlock continues as the opposition refuses to hold talks with the government

00:52of President Mohamed Morsi.

00:54US President Barack Obama has launched a drive to fix the country's immigration system.

00:59He is seeking to win public support for proposals to give millions of illegal immigrants a chance

01:04to become citizens.

01:05Research in Motion will officially launch the BlackBerry 10 today in an effort to remain

01:09a player in the smartphone market it once dominated.

01:12The company touts the new phone as a big change in smartphone technology.

01:16Manchester City started life without Mario Balotelli with a frustrating goalless draw

01:21to Premier League strugglers Queen's Park Rangers last night.

01:25The controversial Italian striker concluded his move to AC Milan after City had accepted

01:30the Italian club's reported $30 million offer.

01:33And Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will launch his own perfume brand Seven

01:38at a City hotel this evening.

01:40Pop star Bruno Mars will perform in Dubai on April 14.

01:43The Just the Way You Are hitmaker of American-Filipino origin plays at Media City Amphitheatre with

01:49tickets going on sale on Thursday.

01:51In weather, light rain is expected in the north of the country with windy conditions

01:55in some areas.

01:57The maximum temperature will hover around 32 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 at night.