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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, December 24. Here are the top
00:10stories at this hour.
00:11The United Nations Children's Fund said it will help fight the critical increase in the
00:15rate of obesity among children in the UAE. UNICEF launched the School Health Education
00:20Project to encourage students to lead a healthy lifestyle.
00:23The UAE is considered the eighth least active country in the world, with 62.5% of adults
00:29failing to do enough physical exercise, according to the Lancet Medical Journal.
00:33A powerful explosion believed to be caused by a car bomb rocked a police headquarters
00:37in a Nile Delta city north of Cairo early today, killing at least 14 people and wounding
00:42dozens. The interim government accused the Muslim Brotherhood of orchestrating the attack.
00:47Kuwait's Constitutional Court has upheld the validity of the parliament elected in July,
00:52a ruling that prevented holding parliamentary elections for the third time in 12 months.
00:56Former Pakistani military ruler Parvez Musharraf's trial for treason was adjourned over security
01:01fears after explosives were found near the road he was to take to court. The 70-year-old
01:06had been expected to appear in person before a specially convened court in Islamabad after
01:11legal efforts to have the tribunal ruled invalid failed.
01:14For the first time since 2006, the Dubai Gold and Jewelry Group is offering one kilo of
01:19gold each day as a raffle prize over the month-long campaign against the 500 grams that was an
01:24offer for DSF 2013. For shoppers, the higher stakes that a one kilo daily raffle has to
01:30offer plus a softening gold prize could be enough to convince them to indulge in some
01:34serious buys from January 2.
01:36Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has called the English Premier League title race unbelievable
01:41given that only two points separate the top five teams. The Blues lie fourth following
01:46last night's 0-0 draw with Arsenal, with the Gunners second on goal difference behind Liverpool.
01:51And finally weather, the daytime temperature will be 23 degrees celsius falling to 18 at
01:56night.
01:57That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com