00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Monday, February the 18th.
00:15Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:18The UN Refugee Agency says it has not yet received the funds recently pledged for Syrian
00:22refugees.
00:24It said it is struggling to help rising numbers fleeing the country's nearly two-year-old
00:28$1.5 billion was pledged last month at an international donor conference in Kuwait,
00:34most of which was promised by Gulf states.
00:36An al-Qaeda front group in Iraq has claimed a wave of bombings targeting shared areas
00:41of Baghdad that killed at least 21 people on Sunday.
00:45British Prime Minister David Cameron said today he wanted his country's companies to
00:49help India develop new cities and districts along a 1,000-kilometre corridor between Mumbai
00:55and Bangalore, generating investment projects worth up to $25 billion.
01:00He kicked off a three-day visit to India with the largest trade delegation taken abroad
01:04by a British Prime Minister.
01:06The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is close to buying 42 hotels managed by Marriott International
01:11and controlled by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, according to Bloomberg.
01:15The deal is estimated to be worth $992 million.
01:19The Dubai duty-free women's open tennis event has got underway this morning with former
01:24world No. 1 Anna Ivanovic and rising British star Laura Robson among the stars in action
01:29this afternoon.
01:30The big night might be the Oscars, but the awards bandwagon continued for Argo, winning
01:35the top screenplay honours from the Writers Guild of America.
01:38Troubled country singer Mindy McCready was found dead, apparently of a self-inflicted
01:43gunshot wound, on Sunday at her home at Arkansas.
01:46The singer has suffered from addiction problems, seeking help on reality show Celebrity Rehab
01:50with Dr. Drew.
01:52Her suicide makes her the fifth person to have starred on that show to die.
01:56And finally, weather.
01:57The daytime temperature will be 31 degrees Celsius, falling to 15 at night.
02:02That's all for now.
02:03Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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