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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, December 19. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:11The United States has voiced regret to India over the treatment of a diplomat whose account
00:16of being stripped and cavity searched triggered outrage as the prosecutor in charge of the
00:20case defended the arrest. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed his regret in a
00:25telephone call to India's National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon. Devyani Kobragade
00:30has been moved from her post as Deputy Consul General in New York to the UN mission in a
00:35bid to thwart her prosecution.
00:37The U.S. Department of Treasury has imposed sanctions on two al-Qaeda supporters based
00:42in Qatar and Yemen. Abdul Rehman bin Umair al-Noemi and Abdul Wahab Muhammad Abdul Rehman
00:47al-Humeqani were named as specially designated global terrorists.
00:52The United Nations has warned that violence was spreading in South Sudan as fierce fighting
00:56in the world's youngest nation has prompted the U.S. to evacuate Americans and other foreigners.
01:02The U.S. Fed will decrease the amount of bonds purchased every month by $10 billion, Chairman
01:07Ben Bernanke said. The central bank have until now been buying bonds worth $85 billion a
01:12month and will reduce that to $75 billion and split the difference in reductions to
01:17both mortgage-backed securities and treasury securities.
01:22Sports and Pakistan opened their one-day international series against Sri Lanka with a thrilling
01:2611-run win at Sharjah last night. Ronaldinho's Atletico Mineiro was stunned by host Raya
01:32Casablanca 3-1 in the semifinals of the Club World Cup in Agadir, Morocco, last night.
01:38Two late goals took Raya past the Brazilian champions and set up a final clash with Germany's
01:43Bayern Munich on Saturday. Last night's English League Cup semi-final
01:47draws set up a potential all-Manchester final as City were paired with West Ham United.
01:53And United will take on Sunderland in the two-legged last-four stage next month.
01:58And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 27 degrees Celsius, falling to 17
02:02at night. That's all for now. Thanks for watching. A reminder that our next news bulletin will
02:07be on Sunday. But as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com