Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv. Kareena Kapoor to make fashion debut . UAE authorities warn pesticide poisioning can resemble food poisoning. Ramadan food inspections underway. USA to deliver fighter jets to Egypt. Boston bomber pleads not guilty. All presumed dead in Quebec train crash. Iraq out of FIFA Under-20 World Cup. Randy Travis out of surgery.
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00:00Good day, and welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, July 11, with the top stories
00:11at this hour.
00:12Authorities have warned residents that symptoms of pesticide poisoning may be confused with
00:16that of food poisoning, and that anyone experiencing a sudden fit of vomiting and chest pain should
00:21immediately contact the Food Control and Pest Department.
00:24Khalid Sharif, Director of Food Control Department at Dubai Municipality, says that cases of
00:29pesticide poisoning usually occur in the summer when residents fumigate their homes
00:33against bedbugs and other pests.
00:36Federal and local authorities have stepped up inspections of food outlets to ensure consumers
00:40get the highest quality at the lowest price, particularly during Ramadan.
00:45In an inspection campaign that started yesterday, the Ministry of Economy and the Consumer Protection
00:50Department at the Department of Economic Development in Dubai fanned out a team of inspectors who
00:54will randomly check vendors at the fruit and vegetable market in Al-Aweer.
00:59The US is going ahead with plans to deliver four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt despite the
01:05political unrest in the country, US officials have said.
01:08The comments came as Egyptian prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for the head of the
01:12Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badeev, for allegedly inciting deadly violence outside an army building
01:17earlier in the week.
01:19Boston Marathon bombing suspect Zohar Sarnieh has pleaded not guilty to 30 counts, including
01:24use of a weapon of mass destruction to kill.
01:28He entered the plea on Wednesday in a federal court in Boston.
01:32Everyone missing in the fiery crash of a runaway oil train in Quebec is presumed dead, police
01:37told grieving families, bringing the death toll to 50 in Canada's worst railway catastrophe
01:42in almost 150 years.
01:45In sport, Iraq's dream run in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup came to an end last night when they
01:50lost their semi-final to Uruguay on a penalty shootout.
01:54Saif Salman sent his kick over the bar to give the South Americans a 7-6 victory, following
01:59a 1-1 draw in normal time.
02:02In entertainment, country music star Randy Travis is out of surgery but remains critical
02:07after suffering a stroke while at a Texas hospital, the singer's publicist said last
02:11night.
02:12Meanwhile, Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor is reported to be moving into the fashion
02:16industry.
02:17Bebo, as Kapoor is fondly known, could design a signature denim line by the same name.
02:23And finally, the weather.
02:24Today's high across the UAE will be 49 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 at night.
02:30That's all for now.
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