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00:00A businessman will be executed for stabbing an accountant in an elevator in Deira and
00:15stealing around a million dirhams from him in June last year.
00:19The 35-year-old Algerian businessman followed the Chinese accountant for some time before
00:24he armed himself with a stick and a knife that he used to kill the victim and then steal
00:28the money.
00:29Dubai municipality officials will meet representatives of US chocolate giant Mars after the company
00:35announced a massive recall of Mars and Snickers bars made in its Dutch factory after a piece
00:40of plastic found in one snack was traced back to the site.
00:45Millions of chocolate bars were deemed possibly unsafe for consumption in 55 countries after
00:50a customer in Germany found a piece of red plastic in a Snickers bar last month.
00:55Barcelona are 95 per cent through to the Champions League quarter-finals, says Arsenal
01:00manager Arsene Wenger after his side lost 2-0 to the Spanish champions.
01:05A second-half double from Lionel Messi, the first a curling effort into the corner, followed
01:09by a well-taken penalty, eased Barca to victory at the Emirates Stadium in the first leg.
01:15The second leg at Camp Nou is on Wednesday, March 16.
01:19Pop star Madonna has made surprise visits to Manila shelters for orphans and street
01:23children, taking selfies with kids, a day before the start of her two-night Rebel Heart
01:28concert stint in the Philippine capital, as local bishops warned their flock against watching
01:33the singer's sinful shows.
01:35Pictures on her Instagram account show her carrying a baby in one arm while holding hands
01:40with a girl, guiding her on to a tour of the Hospicio de San Jose orphanage.
01:46At the Bahay Tuluyan shelter for street kids, she sat on a tarpaulin mat with children.
01:51And finally, the weather.
01:52Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping to 19 degrees at night.
01:58That's all for now.
01:59Thanks for watching.
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