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  Saudi Gazette report   TAIF — The case of a nine-year-old girl with a bullet in the abdomen has been referred to the medical violations committee for further investigation. A bullet has apparently remained in the girl's abdomen since the first day of Eid. Saudi Gazette had pr

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  Khaled Al-Sulaiman Okaz   If I were in place of Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, I would have saved the time and money spent on holding lavish ceremonies held to celebrate the signing of mega contracts for health projects. I would postpone the celebrations until the projects were completed and star

Charity not limited to building mosques

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  Rashid Al-Fouzan Al-Riyadh    CHARITY work has been a distinctive feature of our country. Most charity work being done by businessmen involves building mosques. This is a good deed in this world and carries weight in the world after. According to a number of sayings of the Prophet (peace be upon him), Alla

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  Saudi Gazette report ABHA — The Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Asir is investigating a complaint from a 21-year-old Saudi woman who claimed that she was mercilessly tortured by her father and husband, an Arabic daily reported. The woman also claimed her in-laws were also jo

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  Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — Divorce cases are on the rise in the Eastern Province, Al-Hayat daily reported on Saturday. Makkah province led the way with 4,303 divorce cases in the third quarter of this Hijri year, representing 33 percent of total cases in the Kingdom. 

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Saudi Gazette report   RIYADH — With the beginning of the new academic year, the school curricula, especially that religious education, will focus on contemporary issues. The new curricula will deal with modern subjects such as the stock market, credit cards and traffic regulations, Al-Hayat Arab

Makkah area without power for five hours

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MAKKAH — Residents of a Makkah neighborhood were without electricity for five hours on Saturday afternoon. A overhead high voltage cable snipped, apparently causing the power supply disruption. Residents of Al-Sayedah Mountain who had to bear the scorching afternoon heat complained to the power company multiple times in vain

Kingdom marks International Literacy Day

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RIYADH – The Kingdom marked International Literacy Day on Sunday by showcasing its efforts to eradicate illiteracy in the Kingdom. One initiative to tackle illiteracy involved the establishment of specialist centers and education programs for illiterate men and women. Director general for adult education Nasser Al-Huqbani sa

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Badea Abu Al-Naja Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — The Zamzam United Office (ZUO) held a training session for its employees on dealing with pilgrims. Sulaiman Abu Ghaliyah, head of the ZUO, inaugurated the training session, which began with a detailed explanation of the operation plan of the organization for th

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Badea Abu Al-Naja Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Education supervisors in Makkah should closely follow the latest developments in the field so they can develop and help improve teachers’ performance in the classroom, according to a meeting of senior education officials in the holy city on Sunday. The me

Socio-comedy play enthralls audience

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Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A socio-comedy dubbed "Hallah Brraa" was shown at the King Abdulaziz theater’s cultural hall Friday. The play was the first show presented as part of the theatrical Jeddah festival by the Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and Arts. Ei

MasterCard unveils priceless Arabia

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JEDDAH — MasterCard announced today the official launch of its Priceless Arabia campaign, which brings the global Priceless Cities program to the Middle East and North Africa for the first time. Dedicated to bringing consumers closer to their passions and facilitating their travel and shopping experience, the highly popular campaign recogn

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Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Sheikh Marran’s Award presented for scientific research is named after Sheikh Marran Bin Muteb Bi Qwayyed, the Head Sheikh of Al Dawaser tribe. The award was created three years ago by Al Dawaser tribe to encourage Saudi school students, especially members of

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Adnan Al-Shabrawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The juvenile home in Jeddah has created new accommodation for children under its care who consistently display exemplary behavior. This step was taken to encourage good behavior and effective participation of juveniles in different activities.

PIA all set to fly Haj pilgrims

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Mahmood Hasan Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will be transporting around 47 percent of the Pakistani Haj pilgrims this year. Of the 143,368 Pakistanis expected to perform Haj this year, Pakistan’s national carrier will be ferrying around 67, 000 pilgrims, PIA’

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The first group of 419 Bangladesh Haj pilgrims arrived at the Haj Terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah on Saturday by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Dhaka. Bangladeshi Ambassador Md Shahidul Islam, Consul General Md Nazmul Islam and Consul (Haj) Md Asaduzzaman as well as Abdullah Muhammad Marghalani of the Saudi Ministry of Haj and representatives

Indian mission puts final touches to Haj arrangements

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — After the arrival of the first batch of 235 Indian pilgrims on an Air India flight to Madinah on Saturday, the Consulate General of India, in conjunction with the Haj Committee of India (HCOI), are providing the final touches to its arrangements for Haj 2013. Ambassador Hamid Al

Traffic lights upgraded to cope with congestion

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Ibrahim Shehab Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Head of Jeddah Traffic Department Maj. Gen. Waslullah Al-Harbi has said traffic signals in the city have been synchronized to cope with the huge number of vehicles on the streets. This is part of a new and complete traffic plan to facilitate traffic, especial

Prisoners claim Burmese nationality without proof

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — A source in the committee for correcting the residency status of Burmese living in the Kingdom said some prisoners have claimed Burmese nationality without proof, Al-Hayat newspaper reported Sunday. The source said the committee has visited prisons in the past three months to id

Reinstate technician in botched transfusion, says campaign

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Laura Bashraheel Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — An online campaign has been launched to get the lab technician responsible for giving an HIV-tainted blood transfusion to a Saudi girl his job back. The campaign, launched by people sympathizing with former Ministry of Health employee Ibrahim Al-Hakami, called f