GN Midday Thursday May 16 2013

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00:00Good day, welcome to the Golf News Update for Thursday, May 16. Here are the top stories

00:10at this hour.

00:12Indian cricket has been rocked by the news that Indian baseballer S Shrazanth and his

00:15two Rajasthan Royals teammates have been arrested by Delhi police on charges of spot-fixing

00:20in the ongoing Indian Premier League. India's cricket board has formally announced that

00:24Shrazanth, Ankit Chavan and Ajit Chandela will remain suspended until the inquiry is

00:28completed by police. Police have not confirmed which IPL matches are currently under scrutiny.

00:34Civic authorities in Dubai have asked all new construction projects to raise the threshold

00:38of buildings to withstand earthquake tremors up to 5.9 on the Richter scale. A senior official

00:43at Dubai Municipality told Golf News the new rule was part of the authorities' aim to ensure

00:48public safety and the quality of buildings in the Emirate as a result of the increasing

00:52number of earthquakes recorded in Iran.

00:55A Qatari-drafted UN resolution calling for a transitional government in Syria was passed

00:59last night at the General Assembly, with 107 countries voting in favor and 12 against.

01:05Among the countries voting against were Russia, China and Iran. Meanwhile, Turkish Prime Minister

01:10Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to discuss Syria when he visits Washington today for talks

01:14with US President Barack Obama. A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in the Afghan

01:19capital today, killing at least six people in the explosion and wounding more than 30

01:24police and hospital officials have said. Militant group Hiz-e-Islami claim responsibility

01:29for the early morning attack. The powerful explosion rattled buildings on the other side

01:32of Kabul and sent a pillar of white smoke into the sky in the city's east.

01:36As the weather heats up in the UAE, it's time to head inside to the cinema. This weekend

01:40sees the return of Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk, steering the Starship Enterprise into

01:45another adventure in Star Trek Into the Darkness. In Hindi cinema, young actor Arjun Kapoor delves

01:50into the underworld in Aurangzeb. If it's romance and glitz you're after, check out

01:55Baz Luhrmann's 3D take on F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz-age novel The Great Gatsby. The film

02:00also opened last night's Cannes Film Festival.

02:02Finally, the weather in today's high across the UAE will be 45 degrees Celsius, dropping

02:07to 26 at night. That's it for now. Thanks for watching. We'll be back with the newscast

02:11on Sunday, but you can always get the latest news at gulfnews.com