00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, February the 4th.
00:13Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:16Itisalat has launched a new service to reduce international calling costs through voice
00:20over internet protocol.
00:22Customers can buy prepaid calling cards to access the service.
00:25He was first to launch the VOIP calling card Hello in April 2010.
00:30An Egyptian man who was beaten and dragged naked by riot police during a protest has
00:34changed his story.
00:35He told prosecutors on Sunday, just a day after he accused protesters of undressing
00:40and assaulting him, that security forces harmed him.
00:44Israel's airstrike on Syria last week may have damaged the country's main research center
00:48on biological weapons and chemical weapons, the New York Times reported.
00:52Israel's outgoing defense minister, Ehud Barak, has strongly signaled that his country
00:56was behind the airstrike.
00:57Iran's foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, said he had met the head of the Syrian opposition
01:01coalition, Mouad al-Khatib.
01:04He welcomed al-Khatib's stated readiness to hold talks with representatives of Bashar
01:08al-Assad's regime.
01:10India's government has approved tough new laws to deter sexual violence against women,
01:14including the death penalty.
01:16The new package of laws, signed by President Pranab Mukherjee after approval by the cabinet,
01:21amends India's penal code and will apply the death penalty to rape cases in which the
01:25victim dies.
01:26Sport and a Lionel Messi penalty rescued Barcelona as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Valencia.
01:32The Baltimore Ravens survived a mid-game power outage and late rally by the San Francisco
01:3749ers, 34-31, to win the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
01:41The Ravens jumped ahead to an early first-half lead, only to be stalled by a power outage
01:45that shut the lights off and delayed the game for 34 minutes.
01:49Yes, she can.
01:50If there was any doubt Beyonce can sing live, especially after the lip-syncing controversy
01:54at President Obama's inauguration, she proved to be an exceptional performer at the Super
01:58Bowl halftime show last night.
02:01And finally, weather.
02:02The daytime temperature will be 24 degrees Celsius, falling to 7 degrees at night.
02:06That's all for now.
02:07Thanks for watching.
02:08And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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