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00:00Good day and welcome to the Golf News Update for Thursday November the 27th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11World Cricketing Fraternity was in shock following the death of Australian cricketer Philip Hughes
00:16who passed away in a Sydney hospital this morning.
00:19The cricketing community took to social media to express their condolences and grief.
00:24Hughes, who was due to celebrate his 26th birthday this weekend, never regained consciousness
00:29after being hit at the base of the skull by a rising ball while batting for South Australia
00:33against New South Wales on Tuesday.
00:36It cost 23% more to rent in Sharjah today than it did at the start of the year, according
00:40to property consultants Clutton's.
00:43The average rent price increased 5.3% in the third quarter and as of September 30th, rents
00:49across Sharjah were 26.4% more expensive than they were a year earlier.
00:54An Egyptian committee investigating political violence made a rare break Wednesday with
00:58judicial support for heavy-handed state tactics recommending the government should amend a
01:03law restricting protests.
01:05The government-ordered inquiry is investigating acts of violence after the army toppled elected
01:10President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 and cracked down on his Muslim Brotherhood supporters.
01:17The throngs of protesters who overran Ferguson after the grand jury decision in the Michael
01:21Brown case dwindled to just a few small groups last night.
01:25US celebrities, meanwhile, have called for a boycott to take place Friday, one of the
01:29busiest US shopping days, to protest the grand jury's decision.
01:34Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif today shook hands and
01:38met briefly during the retreat at the Sark summit, but a planned meeting between the
01:43two South Asian leaders has not taken place.
01:46In sport, Arsenal reached the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 2-0 win over
01:50Borussia Dortmund last night.
01:53Liverpool, meanwhile, put itself in position to advance if they win at home over Baal next
01:57month.
01:58Real Madrid clinched first place in Group B as Cristiano Ronaldo scored in a 1-0 win
02:03at Baal.
02:04Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker will be in Dubai on December 7th and 9th to
02:08meet her fans as she launches her own shoe collection.
02:12Parker will sign shoes, shoe boxes and hang tags at both departments' stores.
02:17And finally, the weather.
02:18Today's high across the UAE will be 28 degrees Celsius, falling to 23 degrees at night.
02:23That's all for now.
02:25We will be back with a newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest news on
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