00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, April 4. Here are the top stories
00:11at this hour.
00:12A new archeological site dating back to the Assyrian era, about 4,600 years ago, has been
00:17discovered in Siyal-e-Har, Faisal Khaimah. Fifty graves and archeological sites have
00:22been unearthed.
00:23Note to American diplomats. Jon Stewart does not translate well. The U.S. Embassy in Cairo
00:28briefly shut down its Twitter feed and removed a tweet that linked Stewart's monologue from
00:32The Daily Show. Stewart had ridiculed Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood-backed government for arresting
00:37an Egyptian satirist, Bassam Youssef, instead of focusing on the country's spreading crime
00:41problem.
00:42North Korea warned on Thursday that its military has been cleared to attack the U.S. using
00:47smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear weapons. The U.S. said it will strengthen regional
00:51protection by deploying a missile defense system to Guam.
00:55Two of the Indian Premier League big guns, Royal Challengers, Bangalore and Mumbai Indians,
01:00will clash in the second match of IPL 6 tonight at 6.30 p.m. UAE time.
01:06It's another huge weekend for entertainment. Tonight sees the reunion of one of the Philippines'
01:10biggest bands, Eraserhead. Yanni begins the first of a two-night residency at Dubai World
01:15Trade Center. On Friday, Sonu Nigam plays at Dubai Tennis Stadium and U.S. pop-rock
01:21band Train return to the city.
01:23South Indian superstar Mohanlal is due to perform Gangnam Style at an event at the Sharjah
01:28Cricket Stadium on Friday.
01:30At the movies, there are two remakes of 1981 films in the form of Evil Dead, a retooling
01:35of the cult classic horror, and Chashme Bador, a remake of a classic Bollywood comedy, which
01:40releases alongside a digitally remastered original.
01:43And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 37 degrees Celsius, falling to 22
01:49at night.
01:50That's all for now. Thanks for watching. A reminder that our next bulletin will be on
01:53Sunday, but as always, you can get the latest breaking news at golfnews.com
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