Dubai to build Mall of the World - GN Midday
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, July the 6th.
00:24Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:26His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister
00:30of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has launched the world's first temperature-controlled
00:35city, Mall of the World.
00:38Located along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai and occupying a total area of 48 million square
00:43feet, the project will comprise the world's largest shopping mall and indoor theme park.
00:49Additional districts within the project will include a wellness zone, a cultural district
00:54and 20,000 hotel rooms catering to tourists.
00:58Once completed, the mall will be able to welcome around 180 million visitors annually.
01:05The Ministry of Labour will replace the old plastic labour cards and paper employment
01:10contracts with electronic ones starting July 13.
01:14Mohammed bin Dimas Al Suwaidi, Assistant Under-Secretary for Labour Affairs, said the new process will
01:20save time and effort for the employer.
01:24The U.S. State Department says it is profoundly troubled by reports that a U.S. teenager was
01:29beaten while in Israeli police custody in occupied East Jerusalem.
01:34Fifteen-year-old Talik Qader from Florida is a cousin of Mohammed Abu Qader, the Palestinian
01:41teenager whose abduction and murder has triggered riots.
01:45An initial post-mortem examination found Abu Qader was burnt alive.
01:51More than 180 Indians stranded in Iraq, including 122 nurses, arrived home Saturday to a grand
01:58welcome, while 200 more landed today.
02:02They were flown in on special Air India flights from Arbil and Najaf.
02:07Football and the Netherlands have completed the semi-final line-up of the FIFA World Cup.
02:13Substitute goalkeeper Tim Krul produced two crucial saves in the penalty shoot-out to
02:19lift the Dutch to 4-3 over Costa Rica last night.
02:23They will take on Argentina while Brazil take on Germany in the semi-finals.
02:29Paul McCartney has returned to a New York concert stage after being sidelined for two
02:34months because of a virus.
02:37The singer, who turned 72 two weeks ago, performed songs from the Beatles, Wings and
02:42a solo career that has spanned more than 50 years of rock and roll.
02:48And finally, the weather.
02:49Today's high across the UAE will be 43 degrees Celsius, dropping to 33 degrees at night.
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