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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, April the 21st. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour. The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon
00:13bombing is under heavy guard in hospital as investigators try to piece together the motive
00:17for the deadly plot. There was no immediate word on when 19-year-old Jokhar Sarnaev might
00:23be discharged and what the charges would be. He was pulled out wounded from a boat parked
00:28in the backyard of a home in Watertown, Massachusetts. Dubai municipality officials
00:33have said that Dubai's safari project will be completed by the end of 2014.
00:37Animals at the zoo will be moved there. The facility is being built at a cost of
00:41150 million dirhams in Al-Warka opposite Dragon Mart.
00:45The United States said it will double its non-lethal assistance to Syria's opposition.
00:50Rebels said the pledge falls short. They insist they need weapons and direct
00:55military intervention to stop the violence. Iraqi election officials are to begin counting
01:00votes from the country's first election since US troops departed, which served as a key test
01:05of its stability amid a spike in violence. Delhi was rocked by angry street protests
01:10yesterday against the barbaric rape of a five-year-old girl.
01:14Doctors said the girl's condition is stable, but she will need major reconstructive surgery
01:18due to the brutal assault. Thousands of rescue workers are combing
01:22through flattened villages in the southwest of China to find survivors from a powerful quake.
01:27The death toll and number of missing has risen past 200.
01:31Chris Gayle hammered 49 of 44 balls as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Rajasthan Royals
01:37by seven wickets in an Indian Premier League game last night.
01:41In today's doubleheader, Delhi Daredevils face off against Mumbai Indians in the early game
01:46while Kings XI Punjab play Pune Warriors later. Kim Kardashian and Chris Humphries have formally
01:52ended their marriage. A judge approved their divorce settlement on Friday.
01:56Terms of the settlement were not disclosed by the court.
01:59And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 38 degrees Celsius, falling to 28 at night.