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00:00Good day, welcome to the Golf News Update for Monday, February the 25th.
00:15Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:17The Oscars made history on Sunday several times over.
00:20Daniel Day-Lewis became the first actor to win three Best Actor awards, winning for his
00:24role as US President Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln.
00:28Ben Affleck hoisted an Oscar for Best Picture for his Iran drama Argo, making it the only
00:32film to ever win the category without the director being nominated.
00:36Twenty-two-year-old star Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Actress award for Silver Linings
00:40Playbook, who distracted from her win by tripping up on her way up the stairs to the stage.
00:44Taiwanese director Ang Lee picked up his second Best Director Oscar for Life of Pi, and finally
00:49in what appears to be an Oscars first, the US First Lady made an appearance.
00:54Michelle Obama introduced the Best Picture nominees in a live video linked to the White
00:57House.
00:58A decision on whether to participate in April's parliamentary elections proposed by Egyptian
01:03President Mohamed Morsi will be taken in a meeting tomorrow, an opposition figure told
01:07Golf News yesterday.
01:09Speaking on the sidelines of the Sharjah Government Communication Forum, former Arab League chief
01:14Amr Moussa said he will be part of the collective decision on the elections.
01:18Dubai and the UAE have intensified their bid for the host nation for World Expo 2020, the
01:23country welcomed delegation representing the intergovernmental organization that is
01:28responsible for organizing World Expo on Sunday.
01:31The aim of the visit is to conduct a four-day inquiry mission to assess the UAE's ability
01:36to host the World Expo 2020 in Dubai.
01:39The global gathering is expected to attract 25 million visitors.
01:43In South Korea, Park Geun-hye was sworn in as the country's first female president in
01:47a ceremony in Seoul today.
01:49Cuba's President Raul Castro has been re-elected to what he vowed would be his last term in
01:53office.
01:54He unveiled a 52-year-old political heir, Council of State Vice President Miguel DÃaz-Canel.
02:00In sport, MS Dhoni broke records for the highest test score by an Indian wicketkeeper and by
02:05an Indian captain after taking his score to 224 against Australia at Chennai today.
02:11Dhoni's knock helped India to a 192-run lead after the first innings.
02:15Finally, the weather, it will be hazy and partly cloudy today with a high across the
02:19UAE of 27 degrees Celsius, falling to 8 degrees at night.
02:23That's all for now.
02:24Thanks for watching.
02:25And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.