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Nadia Al-Fawwaz Saudi Gazette ABHA – A Pakistani was killed in Tanoumah on Saturday when the roof of an old building collapsed on him while workers demolished the structure, Civil Defense sources said. The Civil Defense operations room was informed about the accident near a gas station on Taif-Abha Ro

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Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Pakistan Prime Minister Mohammed Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan’s relations with Saudi Arabia is unparalleled, deep rooted and time tested and the Saudi leadership also shares the same sentiments for Pakistan. He termed his meetings with Custodian of

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Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM – Nearly 1,000 bakeries in the Eastern Province are waiting to be included in the list of jobs that women can be employed in. The bakeries are expecting the Ministry of Labor to make it compulsory to employ women in bakeries at a time when the percentage of Saudization in these f

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Abdul Elah Gadaa Al-Madinah At the end of each Ramadan, Saudi employees and retirees yearn for a month's bonus or at least an increment because they do not see much benefit in the salary, especially during this month. People spend more on food, clothes and renewing home furniture, which puts many people in debt. What makes

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Abdulrahman Al-Ali and Nadia Al-Fawwaz Saudi Gazette JEDDAH/ABHA – Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal was personally following up the search operation for several people who went missing during the heavy rains that lashed Qunfudah governorate over the past two days. Civil Defense spokesman Col. Saeed

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RAFHA — Police arrested a 15-year-old boy attempting to steal an air-conditioner from a local mosque in Rafha, according to Northern Frontier Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Bandar Al-Ayda. The young man was aided and abetted by an accomplice who is being sought by the police.  

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JAZAN – Abu Areesh Civil Defense started an investigation into a fire that broke out in a Saudi’s vehicle near his home. The owner and his neighbors were surprised when they saw the car burst in flames. A source said a group of children were playing around with firecrackers near the car and must have thrown a firecracker underneath it. Investigation

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TURBAH – Civil Defense divers pulled out an expatriate farmhand who fell into a water tank and drowned at the farm in Turbah where he worked. His employer reported the incident to the authorities. The employer said the worker used to go down in the tank and take a bath every now and then. An investigation was launched to find out if there was any foul pla

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RIYADH – Police nabbed three men who pulled off 50 thefts in different companies and businesses in Riyadh. The thieves used the same methods in the thefts. Police deployed secret agents in neighborhoods where the thefts took place and the agents were able to identify the three suspects. The agents arrested them immediately. During investigations, the thie

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AL-BAHA – A married man in his 20s has been arrested or allegedly raping an 11-year-old Arab boy in Al-Baha, according to the region's police spokesman Lt. Col. Saad Al-Ghamdi. The man allegedly kidnapped the boy and took him to a mountainous area where he sexually assaulted him. Then he left the victim alone there after taking his cell phone. A Saudi saw

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TABUK – A police officer had to shoot a man in his leg after the latter attacked him with a wooden club. The officer sustained slight injuries while the attacker was rushed to hospital. Eyewitnesses said the attacker had got into an argument with a repair shop worker at Tabuk-Madinah Highway. The worker called the police. When the officer arrived at the s

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Badea Abu Al-Naja Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Police were on full alert when they received a report of a headless body found in the Mahbas Al-Jinn area of Makkah. A forensics team that arrived at the location examined the body. Preliminary evidence indicated that the unidentified individual died over two

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Nadia Al-Fawwaz Saudi Gazette ABHA — Civil Defense teams continued their search on Sunday for a missing body in Mahayel Asir. A car had gotten submerged as it tried to cross the flooded Marra Valley. The body of one passenger has been recovered, but the other is still unaccounted for.

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Ahmad Abiri, 80, lives in a small room made out of wood in complete seclusion in Samtah, Jazan province. The Saudi octogenarian does not have a wife or children to look after him. He spends his entire day under a barn-like house which shepherds use as a shelter when it is too hot or rainy. Abiri receives SR800 every month in the form of social security aid. When he is thirsty,

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Khalid Al-Balahdi Okaz/Saudi Gazette AL-KHOBAR —  Just before daybreak in Al-Khobar municipality, many non-Muslim expatriate workers practice sports such as walking and basketball. Okaz weekly spoke to a number of workers playing basketball in Al-Khobar. A number of Philippine ex

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JEDDAH — Indian expatriates from of Karnataka organized an Iftar party at local restaurant in Jeddah; executive committee members of the forum attended the Iftar party. Karnataka NRI Forum is a non-political, non-profitable and non-religious organization working toward eradicating poverty; give importance of education and to create self-emp

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Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Consul General of South Africa Ebrahim Edries is serving the South African here for over two years. Edries conveyed his greetings and blessings to the Custodian of the two Holy mosques for his efforts in expanding the Haram and Prophet’s Mosque to provide the

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The disposable plastic tableware market in Jeddah has witnessed a surge during Ramadan after a brief downturn in the preceding months. Al-Madinah daily visited a number of plastic tableware shops and talked with a number of shopkeepers and customers. Saeed Hamdi, a shopkeeper,

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Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Tailoring shops in Kingdom are frantically working to deliver their orders with only three days to go before Eid Al-Fitr.“We work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. just to ensure that all the pending orders are completed,” said Say

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Abdul Mohsin Al-Sabti Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH – The newly completed 28-kilometer-long Briman-Makkah Highway does not have any signs on either side of the road, or warnings for several detours as work is still being carried out on the road. Okaz/Saudi Gazette visited the road and noticed that there