Saleh Fareed
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The city will host the first International Cultural Festival, designed to build global friendship and cultural harmony between all nationalities.
This was announced Monday night at the annual Ramadan ceremony held at the premises of the Jeddah Ch
Jeddah to host first Int’l Cultural Festival
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Our bad economic habits in Ramadan
Rashid Mohammed Al-Fouzan
Al-Riyadh
OUR exaggerated consumption behavior is a dominant feature in this month. We do not know the reasons or the justifications for this.
Sanctifying this holy month does not mean that we become more extravagant in our spending, especially on food. Whoever wants to see for
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Cabinet acts to contain spiraling prices
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — The Council of Ministers has taken a series of measures to contain the spiraling prices in the local market.
The measures include intensifying the mechanism for monitoring prices of goods and services, preventing attempts to hoard goods and monopolize marke
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Saudi attempts suicide
AL-BAHA — A Saudi in his 30s climbed over a 15-meter-high sign board in an attempt to commit suicide. Al-Baha police spokesman Lt. Col. Bandar Al-Ghamdi said police were alerted of the suicide attempt by some motorists. Police, Civil Defense, and the Red Crescent converged on the site and air pillows were placed below the signboard. Attempts to dissuade t
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Police search for a killer
JAZAN — Jazan police are searching for the murderer of an expatriate worker who was killed at a construction site. Jazan police spokesman, Col. Awadh Al-Qahtani, said the culprit ran away from the scene after committing the murder. Police have intensified their search.
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Car runs over security officer
QURAYAT — Security forces are searching for a motorist who allegedly ran over a security officer at an inspection point. Al-Jouf Police spokesman Brig. Daman Al-Deraan said a speeding car stormed through a security inspection point without stopping and ran over the officer. The victim suffered from a broken arm and was moved to a hospital. &
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Tiger on the loose creates panic
MADINAH — A Bengal tiger caused panic on the streets of Al-Barakah neighborhood after it broke loose from its master's house recently. Security forces were alerted and they followed the tiger while it was wondering on Sultanah Street. After much efforts, they were able to sedate it. The animal owner was later handed over the tiger with a warning to show g
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6 joyriders detained
RIYADH — In their campaign against joyriders on Tuesday, Riyadh police detained six people, two of whom were using stolen cars. In addition, 12 cars were confiscated, and 27 of the onlookers were also taken into custody. Police have denied rumors on social networking sites that six police cars were damaged during the campaign. The photos of damaged police
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Alwaleed welcomes Citigroup’s Q2 results
RIYADH — Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), Wednesday congratulated Mike Corbat, CEO of Citigroup on the company’s Q2 results.
The results showed a profit of $3.9 billion (SR14.6 billion), an increase of 25 percent.
Prince Alwaleed is a prominent investor in Citigroup through KHC which
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Organ donor saves lives of 4 patients
Saudi Gazette report
QASSIM — A team from the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation supervised four life-saving transplant operations last week, with all organs coming from a brain dead patient in King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Qassim.
The medical team met with the donor’s family to obtain their per
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Court clears Jawazat official of manipulation
Abdulrahman Al-Ali
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Jeddah Administrative Court has cleared a Passports Department official and an Arab national of fraud and manipulating fingerprints.
The official was accused of manipulating the fingerprinting system to assist a resident in leaving and then returning
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Arab national held over factory theft
Abdulrahman Al-Ali
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — An Arab national was taken into custody in connection with a theft at a factory in Al-Khumra District in south Jeddah.
Although all circumstantial evidence indicate that the 30-year-old Arab was involved in the theft but he continues to deny any wrongdoing.
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Jawazat officer suspended for inappropriate behavior
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The General Directorate of Passports (GDP) has suspended an immigration officer at King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) for inappropriate behavior while on duty, Al-Sharq newspaper reported.
A directive called for the officer's suspension and stressed that the private is
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Long ID card process deprives elderly women of social aid
Saudi Gazette report
JAZAN — Five elderly women — Shareefa, Zara, Saeeda, Shara, and Zaida —are living in abject poverty in Jazan’s Al-Sahaleel valley. They are deprived of social security because they do not have proper ID cards.
Al-Sharq daily visited them and drew a harrowing portrait of
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Fairmont Raffles Hotels International organizes iftar for Makkah orphans
Badea Abu Al-Naja Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Fairmont Raffles Hotels International recently organized an iftar meal banquet for a number of orphans. The event, attended by Abdullah Al-Tawi, Director of Social Affairs in the Western Region, was held with the cooperation of the Charitable Society for the Care
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Al-Jami’ah District in ‘filthy’ condition
Ibrahim Shehab Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Residents of Jeddah’s Al-Jami'ah District suffer from continued negligence of city officials and a lack of basic services. The neighborhood, next to King Abdulaziz University, is often frequented by prominent personalities visiting the university. Besid
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Automated devices to regulate traffic signals in Makkah
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — The directorate of traffic and the municipality of Makkah have agreed to equip traffic lights in the holy city with sensor-equipped electronic technology that will automatically program each traffic light.
Col. Salman Al-Jomai’ee, Makkah traffic director, said these senso
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Amnesty extension is King’s gift – Pak envoy
Faiz Al-Najdi Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The Pakistani Deputy Head of the Mission has urged his compatriots not to become complacent due to the extension of the grace period granted by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. Khayyam Akbar urged them to continue to get themselves documented, addin
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Total Umrah pilgrims at KAIA exceed 2 million
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — More than 2 million pilgrims have landed at Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport during the current Umrah season.
A total of 2,005,810 pilgrims arrived at the airport on board 11,614 flights from the beginning of the Umrah season until the end of the first week of
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Population growth: a problem with no solution
Saleh Ibrahim Al-Turigee
Okaz
Population growth in the Kingdom is among the highest in the world. The rapid increase in population has been a critical issue since the 1980s. It is the primary cause of the annual GDP dropping from $19,600 in the 1980s to $10,800 at the beginning of the 21st century.
The economic growth is no
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