00:00Good day. Welcome to the Golf News update for Thursday, April 11, here are the top stories
00:11at this hour.
00:12Mobile phone subscribers in the UAE who have ignored an SMS to register their personal
00:16details with Etisalat Ordu will lose their connections by April 16, the telecom operator
00:21has said. However, the lines will be reconnected once the SIM card owners update the information.
00:28More urgent cooperation is needed between Gulf countries to thwart new illicit drug
00:31trends by youth in the region, say officials. New means of stemming the spread of harmful
00:36substances was on the agenda of the final day of the 9th International Symposium for
00:40Best Policed Practices in Dubai yesterday.
00:43Topping the list of problem drugs of choice among young users was Spice, a mind-altering
00:47substance that is readily available on the Internet.
00:51Human Rights Watch says the Syrian Air Force is carrying out both deliberate airstrikes
00:55against civilians and indiscriminate attacks. The group, which visited 52 sites in northwestern
01:00Syria, documented 59 unlawful attacks.
01:04A report leaked to The Guardian reveals that the Egyptian army participated in torture
01:08and killings during the 2011 revolution. Egypt's armed forces have been historically admired
01:14for their neutrality between the government and the people, but the report implicates
01:17them in serious human rights violations, including torture and kidnapping.
01:22Conservative senators in the US have announced their support for expanded background checks
01:26for gun buyers. The agreement is expected to make it likelier that the Senate's initial
01:30vote today to begin debating gun legislation would proceed.
01:34In business, Etihad Airways' purchase of a stake in India's Jet Airways could be
01:38delayed until at least August. The move comes as the Abu Dhabi carrier seeks assurance following
01:43setbacks for several Gulf investors in India.
01:46Barcelona needed the impact of a half-fit Lionel Messi to overcome a scare and beat
01:51Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League last night. The night's other match
01:55saw Bayern Munich wrap up a 4-0 aggregate win over Juventus with a 2-0 victory in Italy.
02:00In the Indian Premier League, Murali Vijay and Mike Hussey scored half-centuries as Chennai
02:04Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets last night. Today's matches see Royal Challengers
02:10Bangalore take on Kolkata Knight Riders and Pune Warriors up against the Rajasthan Royals.
02:17It's another weekend of exciting entertainment in the UAE, starting with tonight's show
02:21by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock at the Dubai Tennis Stadium. On Friday,
02:26there's more music with a sold-out concert in Dubai by American star Bruno Mars. There's
02:30also plenty of excitement in downtown Dubai at the Red Bull X-Fighters, a display of motocross
02:35stunts. If you prefer the movies, the 6th Gulf Film Festival opens Friday at Dubai Festival
02:41City with free screenings of award-winning films from the region.
02:45Also new in cinemas is Tom Cruise's sci-fi drama Oblivion and in Malayalam there's Aman.
02:49In Hindi cinema, Ayushmann Khurrana of Vicky Donor fame returns with romantic comedy Nautanki
02:55Sala.
02:56And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping
03:01to 24 degrees at night.
03:03That's all for now. Thanks for watching. A quick reminder that we were back with the
03:06newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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