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Justin Bieber goes shirtless in freezing Poland. Syrian opposition takes Arab League seat. Arrest in Abu Dhabi for sale of controlled drugs without prescription. Ford India ad agency JWT fires employees involved in Berlusconi ad. Qantas - Emirates alliance approved. Spain on road to FIFA World Cup after France defeat. Tommy Haas beats Novak Djokovic in Miami.
Justin Bieber goes shirtless in freezing Poland. Syrian opposition takes Arab League seat. Arrest in Abu Dhabi for sale of controlled drugs without prescription. Ford India ad agency JWT fires employees involved in Berlusconi ad. Qantas - Emirates alliance approved. Spain on road to FIFA World Cup after France defeat. Tommy Haas beats Novak Djokovic in Miami.
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, March 27. Here are the top
00:11stories at this hour.
00:13Syria's opposition coalition was given the country's seat at the Arab League, where opposition
00:18leader Muath al-Qadhib called for NATO to arm rebels with anti-aircraft missiles to
00:23fight the regime's air power.
00:25A woman has been arrested in Abu Dhabi for selling controlled drugs to customers without
00:29a prescription. The 35-year-old woman was arrested after she sold prescription pills
00:34to an undercover officer.
00:35Ford India ad agency JWT India fired an undisclosed number of employees for their involvement
00:41in unauthorized distasteful advertisements for Ford's Figo in India. The ads, including
00:47a version depicting former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with three tied-up and gagged
00:52young women, were never requested by Ford and were never intended for paid publication,
00:57JWT said.
00:59The alliance between Australia's Qantas Airways and Emirates Airlines won approval from the
01:04consumer watchdog ahead of this weekend's first coach-share flight to London, with Dubai
01:09the refueling stop rather than Singapore. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
01:14approved a deal ending Qantas' 17-year partnership with British Airways and allowing the sharing
01:20of frequent flyer points between the two partners.
01:23Defending champions Spain are back on track for a place at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
01:29after securing a 1-0 win against France in Paris. Novak Djokovic suffered a shock defeat
01:35by 15th seed Tommy Haas in the fourth round of the Miami Masters, going down 6-2, 6-4
01:41to the German for only his second loss of the year.
01:44It seems there's no end in sight for Justin Bieber's eccentricities. The teen idol managed
01:49to notch up two bizarre news stories in 24 hours as he flew topless out of a Polish airport
01:54on Tuesday in temperatures of minus 10 degrees Celsius. Upon landing in Los Angeles, he got
01:59into a dispute with a neighbour who called police, claiming battery.
02:03And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 30 degrees Celsius, falling to 21
02:08at night.
02:09That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com