00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, February the 26th.
00:15Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:17An official welcome reception was held for the visiting delegation from the Paris-based
00:22Beirut International Day Expositions, the organization responsible for the World Expo.
00:28Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and
00:32Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airlines and Group, said Dubai is fully committed to
00:37delivering an exceptional World Expo in 2020, an expo that the BIE will be proud of and
00:43an expo that will truly be for the world.
00:46Sharjah police are investigating the death of a student at the Sharjah Medicine College.
00:50He is believed to have been murdered by three college students.
00:53The suspects have been arrested.
00:56The Syrian opposition has agreed to attend an international summit in Rome after the
01:00US and UK promised specific aid to the Syrian people.
01:04The group had previously announced it would boycott the talks because of the world's silence
01:08over the violence.
01:09In Egypt, 19 tourists were killed after a balloon fell from a height of 300 meters in
01:15Luxor.
01:16Italy faced political deadlock after an election which left no group with a clear majority
01:22in parliament.
01:23The center-left coalition led by Pierluigi Bersani won the lower house and claimed the
01:27most seats in the Senate but was short of the majority in the upper house that it would
01:32need to govern.
01:33World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will launch his bid to win the Dubai duty-free men's open
01:39for a fourth time at 7pm tonight.
01:42Djokovic will play fellow Serb Viktor Troichi.
01:46Juan Martin del Porto and Joe Wilfrid Tsonga are among the other big names in action.
01:52Janet Jackson knows how to keep a secret.
01:55The singer has been married since last year.
01:57A representative for Jackson confirmed that the musician and Qatari business tycoon Wissam
02:02al-Manna wed last year.
02:04And finally, weather.
02:05The daytime temperature will be 28 degrees Celsius falling to 8 at night.
02:10That's all for now.
02:11Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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