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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, December the 2nd.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10The UAE celebrates 42nd National Day today with a host of activities including a bicycle
00:15marathon, a car parade, aerobatics by the Red Arrows and a laser display.
00:20The country wears a festive look as residents celebrate the nation's progress.
00:25Egypt's constitutional panel has approved a new draft and prepared to pass it to interim
00:29President Adly Mansour, putting in motion a key step in the government's proposed transition
00:34to democracy.
00:35Amr Moussa, head of the panel, said it would be given on Tuesday to Mansour, who then must
00:41present it to the public for a referendum within 30 days.
00:45Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is expected in Qatar on a third leg of a trip
00:50that has already taken him to Kuwait and Oman as Tehran seeks to reassure Gulf states over
00:55its nuclear deal with world powers.
00:58The United Nations closed its main office in Bangkok, dozens of schools were shut and
01:03civil servants skipped work as protesters battled through clouds of tear gas in renewed
01:08assaults on key government buildings in the Thai capital.
01:12The protests are aimed at toppling the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinavatra.
01:17Chelsea recovered from conceding an early goal in the Premier League with a 3-1 win
01:21over Southampton and moved to second spot on the table while Manchester City moved third
01:27after defeating Swansea 3-0 last night.
01:30Investigators sought to determine the cause of a fiery crash that killed Fast and Furious
01:35star Paul Walker while the actor's fans erected a makeshift memorial on Sunday near where
01:41the Porsche he was driving in smashed into a light pole entry.
01:45Shah Rukh Khan romanced thousands at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday night
01:50with his Access All Areas concert.
01:53The Bollywood superstar performed hits from films with his co-stars Deepika Padukone and
01:58Madhuri Dixit.
01:59And finally, the weather.
02:00The daytime temperature will be 29 degrees Celsius, falling to 19 at night.