00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, February the 20th.
00:13Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:16South African Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius returns to court today facing a tough fight
00:20to win bail after the prosecution accused him of deliberately gunning down his girlfriend
00:25Riva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day.
00:28Yesterday, Pistorius denied the premeditated murder of Steenkamp, telling a court he shot
00:33at her through a locked bathroom door, believing she was an intruder.
00:37Dubai Police Traffic Department, in cooperation with Naif Police Station, are distributing
00:42fluorescent jackets to labourers as part of their Cross the Road Safely campaign to curb
00:47road deaths among workers.
00:49Syrian rebels have threatened to carry out attacks against Hezbollah inside Lebanon,
00:53a dangerous escalation of the conflict that could destabilise Syria's politically volatile
00:58neighbour and the region.
00:59Bahrain has accused Iran of having formed a terrorist cell buster at the weekend, saying
01:04its aim was to foster violence in the kingdom.
01:07British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the site of a colonial-era massacre in India,
01:12describing the episode as deeply shameful while stopping short of a public apology.
01:17Cameron laid a wreath at the memorial to the victims at Jallianwala Bagh, where British
01:22troops opened fire on thousands of unarmed protesters in 1919.
01:27Banking transactions across India have been paralysed with one million bankers striking
01:31work.
01:32Normal life was affected in parts of the country with autos and taxis off the roads as the
01:37two-day nationwide strike called by trade unions began.
01:41New World No. 1 Serena Williams begins her Dubai duty-free Women's Open campaign with
01:46a match against Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli at 7pm tonight.
01:50Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska will play Julia Putinsewa at 2pm.
01:56Voting for Sunday's Oscars closed on Tuesday evening after a big spending campaign by Hollywood
02:01Studios and the first online balloting system in the 85-year history of the Academy Awards.
02:07And finally, weather.
02:08The daytime temperature will be 31 degrees Celsius, falling to 15 at night.
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