00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Monday April the 7th with the top stories
00:08at this hour.
00:10An Australian ship searching for the missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner has picked up
00:13signals consistent with the beacons from the aircraft black box recorders in what search
00:19officials said was the most promising lead yet in the month-long hunt.
00:23The US Navy's Toad Pinger locator connected to the Australian ship Ocean Shield picked
00:27up the signals in an area some 1,680 kilometres north-west of Perth.
00:33India started the world's largest election sealing international borders along its remote
00:37north-east. The country's 814 million electorate will vote in stages over the next five weeks
00:43to choose representatives to its 543-seat lower house of parliament.
00:48The main Hindu nationalist opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Prime Minister Hope for
00:53Narendra Modi, is seen as the biggest threat to the now-governing Congress party and its
00:57allies. Results from all 935,000 polling stations are expected on May 16.
01:04Discussion on Tunisia's election law are due to start today. The Tunisian constitution
01:08makes it necessary for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held before the end of 2014.
01:15President Barack Obama has praised Tunisia as the poster child of the Arab Spring as
01:19Washington unveiled half a billion dollars in loan guarantees to the country.
01:24Steven Gerrard scored two penalties as Liverpool went back to the top of the Premier League
01:28with a 2-1 win at West Ham to complete a Merseyside win double over London clubs last night. Early
01:34Everton crushed a woeful Arsenal side 3-0 at Goodison Park to boost their chances of
01:39a top-four finish and a possible place in next season's Champions League for the first
01:43time in nine seasons.
01:45Hollywood actor Mickey Rooney died on Sunday surrounded by family at his North Hollywood
01:49home. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said Rooney died a natural death. There were
01:53no further details on the cause of death. Rooney was also shooting a movie at the time
01:57of his death, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, with Margaret O'Brien.
02:02And finally weather. The daytime temperature will be 28 degrees Celsius falling to 19 at
02:07night. That's all for now, thanks for watching. As always you can get the latest news at golfnews.com
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