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UAE condemns Boston blasts. Boston mourns blast victims. Dubai Police launch 'Speed Kills' campaign. Pervez Musharraf disqualified from parliamentary elections. 16 injured in blasts outside the BJP office in Bangalore. Sanjay Dutt gets four weeks to complete film. Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Daredevils. Double header in Indian Premier League today. Arsenal goalless against Everton. Manchester United and Chelsea in games today. Ozzy Osbourne denies rumours of split with wife Sharon.
UAE condemns Boston blasts. Boston mourns blast victims. Dubai Police launch 'Speed Kills' campaign. Pervez Musharraf disqualified from parliamentary elections. 16 injured in blasts outside the BJP office in Bangalore. Sanjay Dutt gets four weeks to complete film. Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Daredevils. Double header in Indian Premier League today. Arsenal goalless against Everton. Manchester United and Chelsea in games today. Ozzy Osbourne denies rumours of split with wife Sharon.
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, April the 17th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
00:14Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, met U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington yesterday. He condemned
00:19the Boston blasts and offered condolences to Obama. Boston paid a tearful tribute to
00:25eight-year-old Martin Richard, a restaurant manager and a Chinese graduate student killed
00:29in the blasts. Dubai police have launched a two-week campaign Speed Kills that aims
00:34at reducing deaths on the road by 10 to 25 percent this year. The move comes after police
00:40recorded a rise in deaths in the first quarter of this year. High court judges have disqualified
00:45former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf from Pakistan's parliamentary election, likely
00:52ending any hope of a political comeback. Several vehicles were burnt in an explosion outside
00:57the office of the BJP in Bangalore. Preliminary investigation indicates that a gas cylinder
01:02in a car exploded. India's Supreme Court has given Bollywood
01:06actor Sanjay Dutt four more weeks to complete pending film commitments. Dutt was supposed
01:12to surrender tomorrow for a 1993 weapons conviction linked to a deadly Mumbai terror attack.
01:19The Indian Premier League Six saw its second Super Over finish last night, where Royal
01:23Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Daredevils by four runs. In a doubleheader today, Pune
01:29Warriors take on Sunrisers Hyderabad, while Rajasthan Royals play Mumbai Indians.
01:35Arsenal were held gold-less by Everton in their Premiership game yesterday. Manchester
01:40United play West Ham United away. Manchester City face Wigan and Fulham square off against
01:45Chelsea today. Rocker Ozzy Osbourne has denied rumors of
01:49a split with his wife, Sharon. In a Facebook post, the former Black Sabbath singer also
01:53apologized to his family for returning to drink and drugs.
01:57And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 41 degrees Celsius falling to 25 at
02:01night. That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
02:05at gulfnews.com.