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Sana Abdul Salam Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Fifteen Dar Al-Hekma College students graduated from the recently started Master of Business Administration (MBA) program here on Monday. While this was the completion of the degrees for the first batch of graduate students, 207 students completed their undergra

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Saudi Gazette report BURAIDAH — Security has become a great concern for auto showroom owners in Buraidah. They are concerned that in the absence of police patrols and security guards their showrooms are susceptible to thieves at night. They feel that private guards employed by them are not sufficient to prot

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Saudi Gazette report TABUK — The Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution in Tabuk has ordered police to keep in custody a father who admitted killing his 10-year-old son last Sunday and tried to conceal his body, Al-Madinah daily reported. The body of the victim, identified as Yazeed, was sent to King Khalid

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Saudi Gazette report MADINAH — The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has called on authorities to implement child protection laws. Sharaf Al-Qarafi, Director of NSHR’s branch in Madinah, was quoted as saying by Al-Madinah newspaper that the call has come following a few recent incidents.

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — About 20,000 Indian nationals have applied for Emergency Certificates (ECs) to leave the Kingdom in view of the amnesty granted by the government that ends July 3. As of Sunday, the Consulate General of India has already issued ECs to about 5,000 applicants, a press release iss

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Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Prince Khaled Bin Bandar, Emir of Riyadh Region, and Prince Sultan Bin Salman, President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), Tuesday launched a project for refurbishing Al-Faw Heritage Village (Qaryat Al-Faw) and resumption of development works at its site.

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Mohammed Bin Ali Al-Hirfi Okaz The campaign against bogus degrees is not new. I took part in it before it had developed into an organized drive with a social dimension. During my work with the campaign I came to realize the danger of these degrees. The phenomenon of forged certificates is not limited to the Kingdom only but

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Muhammad Dawood Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has warned that it will deal sternly with any company that forces its laborers to work under the scorching sun. Sulaiman Al-Zayedi, Makkah branch supervisor of the NSHR, said laws stipulate that employers should n

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AL-QATIF — A Pakistani national, convicted of smuggling heroin in the Kingdom, was beheaded in Al-Qatif governorate in the Eastern Province, Wednesday. Wajid Ali Zarnoush was handed the death penalty by the General Court, which found him guilty of attempting to smuggle heroin into the Kingdom. The verdict was attested by the Appeals Court a

Job fair at Pak consulate Friday

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JEDDAH — The Consulate General of Pakistan will on Friday hold interviews with all those Pakistani nationals wanting to regularize their status through change of sponsors. Sixteen Saudi companies have confirmed their participation in this job fair to provide employment to Pakistanis. Representatives of these companies will interview o

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JEDDAH — The Indian consulate has decided to issue tokens to all Indian expatriates wanting to get fingerprinted. The decision has been taken in order to streamline the process of fingerprinting at Jeddah Tarheel on Tuesdays, the day allotted for Indian nationals, a press note issued here said. The tokens would be distributed at the consula

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Mansour Al-Shehri Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Police officers and secret agents arrested a young man who opened fire from his machine gun inside a restaurant in west Riyadh following an altercation, less than 24 hours after a similar shooting incident in the capital. Police spokesman Col. Nasser Al-Qa

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  Saudi Gazette report   JEDDAH — Underground water has expanded into Jeddah’s residential areas, the president of the Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) was quoted by Al-Hayat as saying Tuesday. Dr. Zuhair Nawwab said that underground water was confined between the Red Sea and the mountains

150 couples tie the knot at Asir event

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  Nadia Al-Fawwaz Okaz/Saudi Gazette   ABHA — One hundred and fifty couples recently tied the knot at a mass marriage event held here under the patronage of  Prince Faisal Bin Khalid, Emir of Asir region. Congratulating the brides and grooms, Prince Faisal wished them happiness an

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  From left: Mohd Ali, director of Jeddah National Hospital; Aslam; Salman Khurshid, Indian Minister of External Affairs; Arif Quraishi, president of Indian Cultural Society; Mohammad Alungal, director of Al Abeer Medical Group. — Courtesy photo    JEDDAH — President of Indian Cultural Society - Jeddah A

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Saudi graduates in US express gratitude for scholarship program

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  Saudi Gazette report    JEDDAH — The Saudi Students Association (SSA) held its annual graduation ceremony to honor Saudi graduates at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, earlier this month.“On behalf of all graduates, I extend deepest thanks to the Custodian of the Two Hol

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   DUBAI — A number of students from Emirates International Schools — EIS-Jumeriah and EIS-Meadows — have been offered provisional places at top international universities (subject to results). Both schools recently held graduation ceremonies for the Year 13 students which was attended by the school-leavers and their

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  Saudi Gazette report  JEDDAH — On a day set apart by a magazine release and deliverance of the Neuro Linguistic Program  (NLP) — an approach to communication and personal development — the Toastmasters meeting of the ALJ club at the ACCL held dual importance.

Consulate General of Turkey presents a memento to Khaled Almaeena

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   Bahattin Akyon, press attaché at the Consulate General of Turkey in Jeddah, presents a memento to Saudi Gazette’s Editor-in-Chief Khaled Almaeena, during his visit to the newspaper’s office, Wednesday. — Saudi Gazette photo

Abha’s Al-Muftahah heritage village prepares for summer

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Nadia Al-Fawwaz Okaz/Saudi Gazette ABHA — The heritage village of Al-Muftahah in Abha is completing preparations for the summer. Maintenance and refurbishing works are being completed and the Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and Arts (SASCA) is putting the final touches on its new SR500,000 quarters.