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Bruno Mars in Dubai concert on Friday. Non-registered mobile phone lines to be cut on April 16. More cooperation needed in Gulf to stop drug trends among youth. Syrian government deliberately targeting civilians: Human Rights Watch. Report reveals Egyptian army involvement in human rights violations. United States' Senate vote on gun control measures expected to go ahead. Etihad Airways delays purchase of stake in India's Jet Airways. Barcelona beats Paris St. Germain in UEFA Champions League. Chennai Super Kings defeat Kings XI Punjab; Royal Challengers Bangalore play Kokata Knight Riders; Pune Warriors play Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League. Michael Learns to Rock plays in Dubai. Red Bull X Fighters in Downtown Dubai. Gulf Film Festival starts on Friday. Oblivion, Aamen and Nautanki Saala open in cinemas.
Bruno Mars in Dubai concert on Friday. Non-registered mobile phone lines to be cut on April 16. More cooperation needed in Gulf to stop drug trends among youth. Syrian government deliberately targeting civilians: Human Rights Watch. Report reveals Egyptian army involvement in human rights violations. United States' Senate vote on gun control measures expected to go ahead. Etihad Airways delays purchase of stake in India's Jet Airways. Barcelona beats Paris St. Germain in UEFA Champions League. Chennai Super Kings defeat Kings XI Punjab; Royal Challengers Bangalore play Kokata Knight Riders; Pune Warriors play Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League. Michael Learns to Rock plays in Dubai. Red Bull X Fighters in Downtown Dubai. Gulf Film Festival starts on Friday. Oblivion, Aamen and Nautanki Saala open in cinemas.
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Golf News update for Thursday, April 11, here are the top stories
00:11at this hour.
00:12Mobile phone subscribers in the UAE who have ignored an SMS to register their personal
00:16details with Etisalat Ordu will lose their connections by April 16, the telecom operator
00:21has said. However, the lines will be reconnected once the SIM card owners update the information.
00:28More urgent cooperation is needed between Gulf countries to thwart new illicit drug
00:31trends by youth in the region, say officials. New means of stemming the spread of harmful
00:36substances was on the agenda of the final day of the 9th International Symposium for
00:40Best Policed Practices in Dubai yesterday.
00:43Topping the list of problem drugs of choice among young users was Spice, a mind-altering
00:47substance that is readily available on the Internet.
00:51Human Rights Watch says the Syrian Air Force is carrying out both deliberate airstrikes
00:55against civilians and indiscriminate attacks. The group, which visited 52 sites in northwestern
01:00Syria, documented 59 unlawful attacks.
01:04A report leaked to The Guardian reveals that the Egyptian army participated in torture
01:08and killings during the 2011 revolution. Egypt's armed forces have been historically admired
01:14for their neutrality between the government and the people, but the report implicates
01:17them in serious human rights violations, including torture and kidnapping.
01:22Conservative senators in the US have announced their support for expanded background checks
01:26for gun buyers. The agreement is expected to make it likelier that the Senate's initial
01:30vote today to begin debating gun legislation would proceed.
01:34In business, Etihad Airways' purchase of a stake in India's Jet Airways could be
01:38delayed until at least August. The move comes as the Abu Dhabi carrier seeks assurance following
01:43setbacks for several Gulf investors in India.
01:46Barcelona needed the impact of a half-fit Lionel Messi to overcome a scare and beat
01:51Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League last night. The night's other match
01:55saw Bayern Munich wrap up a 4-0 aggregate win over Juventus with a 2-0 victory in Italy.
02:00In the Indian Premier League, Murali Vijay and Mike Hussey scored half-centuries as Chennai
02:04Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets last night. Today's matches see Royal Challengers
02:10Bangalore take on Kolkata Knight Riders and Pune Warriors up against the Rajasthan Royals.
02:17It's another weekend of exciting entertainment in the UAE, starting with tonight's show
02:21by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock at the Dubai Tennis Stadium. On Friday,
02:26there's more music with a sold-out concert in Dubai by American star Bruno Mars. There's
02:30also plenty of excitement in downtown Dubai at the Red Bull X-Fighters, a display of motocross
02:35stunts. If you prefer the movies, the 6th Gulf Film Festival opens Friday at Dubai Festival
02:41City with free screenings of award-winning films from the region.
02:45Also new in cinemas is Tom Cruise's sci-fi drama Oblivion and in Malayalam there's Aman.
02:49In Hindi cinema, Ayushmann Khurrana of Vicky Donor fame returns with romantic comedy Nautanki
02:55Sala.
02:56And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping
03:01to 24 degrees at night.
03:03That's all for now. Thanks for watching. A quick reminder that we were back with the
03:06newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest news at gulfnews.com