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Twilight - Breaking Dawn II sweeps Razzie awards. Silver Linings Playbook wins big at Independent Spirit Awards. Government Communication Forum begins today in Sharjah. Bahrain talks aim to heal political rift. El Baradei calls for Egyptians to boycott elections. Italians head to the polls. Samsung releases Galaxy Note 8.
Twilight - Breaking Dawn II sweeps Razzie awards. Silver Linings Playbook wins big at Independent Spirit Awards. Government Communication Forum begins today in Sharjah. Bahrain talks aim to heal political rift. El Baradei calls for Egyptians to boycott elections. Italians head to the polls. Samsung releases Galaxy Note 8.
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, February the 24th.
00:13Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:16As Hollywood prepares for its biggest night tonight, now officially known as the Oscars,
00:20a couple of very different awards were handed out.
00:22The Razzies, an annual celebration of the worst movies of the year, were swept by Twilight
00:27Breaking Dawn Part II.
00:28And at the Spirit Awards, independent films were celebrated, with Oscar frontrunner Silver
00:32Lighting's playbook picking up Best Film and Best Actress for Jennifer Lawrence.
00:36You can get our live coverage of the Oscars ceremonies at gulfnews.com from 2 a.m. Monday
00:40morning.
00:41The two-day government communication forum opened this morning in Sharjah under the patronage
00:45of His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed al-Qasimi, Supreme Council member and ruler
00:49of Sharjah.
00:50Leading international figures, including Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, former
00:55UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, former Arab League Chief Omar Moussa, and former U.S.
00:59Ambassador to the UN Andrew Young, are among the hundreds of officials and delegates taking
01:04part.
01:05A national dialogue begins in Manama today aimed at healing the national rift among Bahraini
01:09since the beginning of anti-government protests in February 2011.
01:12Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei yesterday called for a boycott of upcoming
01:16legislative elections.
01:17Italians head to the polls today and tomorrow for their first general election since the
01:21ousting of Silvio Berlusconi amid fears of fresh political instability.
01:25The most likely winner is center-left leader Pierre Bersani.
01:28Scandal-tainted Berlusconi could come a close second.
01:32In business, Samsung has announced the Galaxy Note 8, a tablet designed to go head-to-head
01:36with Apple's iPad mini.
01:37The new Note will have an 8-inch screen, putting it very close in size to the Apple's tablet.
01:42It is set to launch between April to June.
01:44No price has been announced.
01:45Finally, the weather.
01:46It will be hazy and partly cloudy today, with a high across the UAE of 30 degrees Celsius,
01:51falling to 15 degrees at night.
01:53That's all for now.
01:54Thanks for watching.
01:55And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.