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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, November the 25th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:10Tarun Tejpal, founder and editor-in-chief of the Helka magazine, who has been accused
00:15of sexually assaulting a junior colleague in a Goa hotel earlier this month, today moved
00:19the Delhi High Court seeking interim anticipatory bail. The case is likely to be heard tomorrow.
00:26Passengers using Abu Dhabi Airport will have the benefit of using a fleet of 200 luxury
00:30cars and will be able to pay in any currency. The new fleet will include vans, and fares
00:36from the airport begin at 20 dirhams, depending on the vehicle hired.
00:40UN Special Envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, meets US and Russian representatives today
00:45to prepare the elusive Geneva II conference, aimed at seeking a solution to the Syrian
00:50conflict.
00:51Polling to elect members to the state assemblies in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram in India began
00:55this morning. The results will be declared on December the 8th.
00:59While there are major centres of Islamic economy in Asia, Dubai could emerge as the leader
01:04in the next phase of the evolution of Sharia-compliant sectors, according to a summary of Thomson
01:09Reuters' first State of the Global Islamic Economy report, 2013, to be released today.
01:16A relentless Sebastian Vettel completed the 2013 Formula One season on a record-breaking
01:21high last night at the Brazilian Grand Prix. It was his ninth successive victory, 13th
01:27of the season and the 39th of his career.
01:30Australia captain Michael Clarke has been fined 20% of his match fee for his sledge
01:35against James Anderson during the dying stages of Australia's win in the first Ashes Test
01:40in Brisbane. A stump microphone picked him up, telling Anderson he should get ready for
01:46a broken arm.
01:47Taylor Swift's fans have done it again, voting her the American Music Awards Artist
01:52of the Year for a third time.
01:54And finally the weather. The daytime temperature will be 25 degrees Celsius, falling to 19
01:59at night.
02:00That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
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