00:00Good day, welcome to the Golf News Update for Wednesday, March the 13th.
00:10Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12About 42% of Dubai residents say they are involved in a regular sport activity, a 6%
00:18improvement from a similar survey a year ago.
00:20The Dubai Sports Council says it was trying to further enhance residents' participation
00:24in sports.
00:25On the occasion of the third Dubai International Physical Activity Forum, the council said
00:29it will increase public activities, including walking, jogging and cycling.
00:34Prime Minister David Cameron has signaled that Britain would be prepared to act alone
00:37with regard to the arms embargo on Syria if it thought its European partners were holding
00:42back efforts to bring about political change in the country.
00:45Both the UK and France have supported allowing greater supplies to reach Syrian rebels.
00:50A Saudi man infected with a deadly new virus from the same family as SARS has died.
00:54He becomes the ninth patient worldwide to be killed by the disease, which has so far
00:58infected 15, the World Health Organization said.
01:02Five Indian paramilitary personnel were killed and five wounded today in an attack by militants
01:07on a camp outside Srinagar.
01:09Two of the militants were killed in the gunfight, which was still continuing more than an hour
01:13later.
01:14Cardinals prepared for a second day of conclave behind the Vatican's walls to elect a pope.
01:18The 115 cardinals held a first inconclusive vote in the Sistine Chapel yesterday as they
01:23began the process of finding a successor to Benedict XVI.
01:28Business in Ryanair is close to unveiling a landmark $15 billion order for around 170
01:33passenger jets from Boeing.
01:34The order for the 737 jets will provide a much-needed boost to the US planemaker, which
01:39continues to struggle with its grounded 787 Dreamliners.
01:43In sport, Lionel Messi was once again the star of the show with two stunning goals as
01:46Barcelona thrashed AC Milan 4-0 to progress to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals
01:52last night.
01:53Didier Drogba's Galatasaray also threw after the Turkish side shocked German Schalke 3-2
01:59to win 4-3 on aggregate.
02:01In entertainment, Pamela Anderson made a demure appearance in a debate club last night, but
02:06the Baywatch star shot down rumors that she would return to the red swimsuit that made
02:10her famous.
02:11The actress now focuses her attention on animal rights causes and said her next club appearance
02:16would be at the Cannes Film Festival to support fellow activist Brigitte Bardot.
02:20Finally, the weather.
02:21Today's high across the UAE will be 28 degrees Celsius, falling to 11 degrees at night.
02:26That's all for now.
02:27Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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