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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, April the 3rd. Here are the
00:08top stories at this hour.
00:10Pakistan's former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, survived
00:14an assassination attempt as a bomb went off shortly before his convoy was due to pass
00:18early today. The bomb was planted on Musharraf's route from the army hospital, where he has
00:23been staying since January, to his home on the outskirts of Islamabad. Nobody was injured.
00:28Residents across the UAE are finding themselves on the wrong side of the law because they
00:32do not realise that they have unwittingly committed a cybercrime, judicial experts said.
00:37A simple act such as taking a picture of a bystander or a friend without their permission
00:41and sharing it through social media could be construed as a crime in a court of law,
00:45Dr Omar al-Ghul, a judge at the UAE federal courts, has said.
00:49The number of refugees who have fled Syria and registered in Lebanon has surpassed the
00:53devastating milestone of one million, the UN says. Lebanon has now become the country
00:57with the highest per capita concentration of refugees worldwide. It is said that one
01:02in every four people in Lebanon is a Syrian refugee.
01:06A US soldier with mental health issues shot dead three people and injured at least 16
01:10before taking his own life at an army base in Fort Hood, Texas.
01:14Dubai Duty Free recorded 1.75 billion dirhams in sales during the first quarter of this
01:19year, marking a 10% increase over the corresponding period last year. Perfume, beverages and gold
01:25were the top-selling categories during the first quarter, followed by cosmetics, handbags,
01:29small leather products and gifts from Dubai.
01:32Paris Saint-Germain beat Chelsea 3-1 in the Champions League quarter-final first leg last
01:36night. In the other quarter-final, Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund 3-0.
01:41And finally, the weather. The daytime temperature will be 38 degrees Celsius, falling to 25
01:45at night.
01:46That's all for now. Thanks for watching. A reminder that our next bulletin will be on
01:49Sunday, but as always, you can get the latest news at golfnews.com