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UN says it has not received funds pledged for Syria refugees. Al Qaeda claims bomb attacks in Iraq. British companies should build new projects in India, UK PM says. Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to by 42 Marriott International Hotels. Dubai Duty Free tennis championships start today with Ivanovic and Robson. Singer Mindy McCready found dead, possible suicide.
UN says it has not received funds pledged for Syria refugees. Al Qaeda claims bomb attacks in Iraq. British companies should build new projects in India, UK PM says. Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to by 42 Marriott International Hotels. Dubai Duty Free tennis championships start today with Ivanovic and Robson. Singer Mindy McCready found dead, possible suicide.
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Monday, February the 18th.
00:15Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:18The UN Refugee Agency says it has not yet received the funds recently pledged for Syrian
00:22refugees.
00:24It said it is struggling to help rising numbers fleeing the country's nearly two-year-old
00:28$1.5 billion was pledged last month at an international donor conference in Kuwait,
00:34most of which was promised by Gulf states.
00:36An al-Qaeda front group in Iraq has claimed a wave of bombings targeting shared areas
00:41of Baghdad that killed at least 21 people on Sunday.
00:45British Prime Minister David Cameron said today he wanted his country's companies to
00:49help India develop new cities and districts along a 1,000-kilometre corridor between Mumbai
00:55and Bangalore, generating investment projects worth up to $25 billion.
01:00He kicked off a three-day visit to India with the largest trade delegation taken abroad
01:04by a British Prime Minister.
01:06The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is close to buying 42 hotels managed by Marriott International
01:11and controlled by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, according to Bloomberg.
01:15The deal is estimated to be worth $992 million.
01:19The Dubai duty-free women's open tennis event has got underway this morning with former
01:24world No. 1 Anna Ivanovic and rising British star Laura Robson among the stars in action
01:29this afternoon.
01:30The big night might be the Oscars, but the awards bandwagon continued for Argo, winning
01:35the top screenplay honours from the Writers Guild of America.
01:38Troubled country singer Mindy McCready was found dead, apparently of a self-inflicted
01:43gunshot wound, on Sunday at her home at Arkansas.
01:46The singer has suffered from addiction problems, seeking help on reality show Celebrity Rehab
01:50with Dr. Drew.
01:52Her suicide makes her the fifth person to have starred on that show to die.
01:56And finally, weather.
01:57The daytime temperature will be 31 degrees Celsius, falling to 15 at night.
02:02That's all for now.
02:03Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com