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00:00A UN inquiry has found massive evidence that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is implicated
00:16in war crimes as the latest reported death toll in the country's civil war reached 126,000.
00:22Navi Pillay, the UN's human rights chief, said a commission of inquiry into human rights
00:26violations in Syria has produced massive evidence of very serious crimes against humanity.
00:32Evidence indicates responsibility at the highest level of government, including the head of
00:36state.
00:38Britain's new envoy to Tehran, Ajay Sharma, is to visit Iran today for the first time
00:42to try to consolidate a thaw in ties which was severed in 2011.
00:47Britain ordered the closure of Iran's embassy in London after shuttering its own in Tehran
00:52following the storming of the compound by hundreds of students in November 2011.
00:57The outspoken, irreverent and controversial Uncle Ahmed, as poet Ahmad Fuad Najm is known
01:02in Egypt, has died.
01:04The poet shot verbal daggers at every Egyptian president he lived under, resulting in him
01:08spending 18 years of his life in prison.
01:11He was 83.
01:12Thai police allowed opposition protesters through barricades outside the government
01:17and metropolitan police headquarters today, sharply easing tensions after two days of
01:21violent clashes aimed at ousting Prime Minister Yingluck Shinavathra.
01:26Aam Aadmi Party has installed 2,000 high-resolution cameras in and around slums of Delhi to counter
01:32any attempt by its rivals to woo voters through distribution of cash and other goods.
01:37The party said it was their attempt to end the age-old practice of buying votes.
01:43Dubai's successful bid to host the World Expo in 2020 will increase competition in
01:47the local job market.
01:49A number of employees will benefit from salary increases of up to 25 percent, according to
01:55industry experts.
01:56The World Expo is expected to create 220,000 jobs.
02:00And finally, weather.
02:01The daytime temperature will be 29 degrees Celsius, falling to 18 at night.
02:06That's all for now.
02:07Thanks for watching.
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