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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, March 4. Here are the top stories
00:10at this hour.
00:11Bahrain has declared a day of mourning today after three police officers were killed in
00:15an explosion at an opposition demonstration in Bahrain. One of the dead included Emirati
00:20First Lieutenant Tariq al-Shahi, who was in Bahrain as part of the Gulf Waves Force. In
00:25the UAE, Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and
00:29Minister of Interior, denounced the attack and sent his condolences to the family of
00:33those who died.
00:34Filipino expatriates in the UAE have slammed a draft law filed in Manila that would compel
00:39them to regularly send money to their family back home or risk not getting their passports
00:43renewed. A draft law filed in the Philippine Congress aims to make remittances mandatory
00:48and regular for all overseas Filipino workers with legal dependents in the Philippines.
00:53Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych asked Russia to send troops across the border
00:58to protect civilians, Moscow's UN envoy has claimed. Vitaly Churkin told a Security Council
01:04meeting Yanukovych wrote to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday. Thousands of Russian
01:09troops have been pouring into Ukraine's Crimea region. Meanwhile, Putin has ordered troops
01:13that took part in military exercises this week to return to base.
01:16Etihad Airways reported a net profit of 227.5 million dirhams for 2013, marking a 48 per
01:24cent increase over the previous year's 154 million dirhams net profits. The airline's
01:29total revenue went up 27 per cent to reach 22 billion dirhams.
01:33FlyDevice said it has posted a full-year net profit of 222.8 million dirhams for 2013,
01:40up 47 per cent from 2012 on new routes and the launch of its business class services.
01:46The budget carrier reaped revenue worth 3.7 billion dirhams.
01:49In sport, South African Graeme Smith, international cricket's longest-serving captain, has sprung
01:54a shock after announcing he will retire from all international cricket after the current
01:59third test against Australia at Newlands.
02:02In entertainment, Sunday night's Oscars were the most watched since 2004, thanks in part
02:07to host Ellen DeGeneres' tweeting skills. An estimated 43 million people watched 12
02:13Years a Slave win the Oscar for Best Picture.
02:16And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 26 degrees Celsius, falling to 15
02:21at night.
02:22That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
02:26at Cuffeins.com