HAIL — A fuel truck collided with another truck parked alongside Hail-Al-Jouf Road. Police, Red Crescent and Civil Defense personnel attended the site. The driver of the fuel truck survived the accident and paramedics provided him with first aid and took him to hospital, while police directed traffic around the accident si
Fuel truck accident forces road closure
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Citizen tries to set himself on fire
TAIF — Security bodies prevented a citizen from setting himself on fire. The man in his 40s had first set his car on fire, engulfing other nearby vehicles. He is unmarried and has a criminal record. He was protesting a local committee decision to demolish his house. The committee was in the area to identify buildings that were built in viola
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Six suffocate after gas leak from truck
BAHA — Six people suffered from suffocation due to a gas leak from a truck that was unloading cargo at a warehouse. Civil Defense spokesman Jamaan Al-Ghamdi said hazard teams cordoned off the area. They inspected the truck and found the gas had leaked from the valve of a fire extinguisher. Red Crescent spokesman Emad Al-Zahrani said six peop
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Student stabs school principal in Abha
Saudi Gazette report
ABHA — A 29-year-old principal here was stabbed in the arm by a student after he was disciplined for trying to drop out of school.
The victim, who sustained a wound in his left arm 5 cm long and 3 cm deep, will have to undergo an operation under complete anesthesia to
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Driver dies as car swerves off road
A man in his 30s was killed in a horrific accident in Jabal Shumrookh in Al-Qara governorate. The car swerved off the mountain road and the driver died instantly. A Red Crescent spokesman said rescue teams rushed to the site but were too late to save the driver. — Okaz photo
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Riyadh to host International Dates Council
RIYADH – Minister of Agriculture Fahd Balghunaim has announced the formation of the International Dates Council with Riyadh as its headquarters. Representatives of 15 countries and five international organizations attended the founding meeting, which concluded here on Tuesday. Eleven countries approved the foundation of the council while the
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Anqari signs SR3b contracts for education projects
RIYADH – Minister of Higher Education Khaled Al-Anqari signed on Tuesday contracts worth about SR3 billion to implement several educational projects in various regions of the Kingdom.
These included development projects in the higher education sector costing a total of SR1,073 million and implementation of the fourth phase of
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KSA sending winter relief to Syrian refugees
RIYADH — Interior Minister Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, who is also general supervisor of the Saudi National Campaign to Support the Brothers in Syria, has approved a number of urgent relief programs worth more than SR32 million to alleviate the suffering of people in the war-torn country during winter.
The relief supplies includ
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Ditches in street irk Al-Haramain residents
Adel Abdulrahman
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Residents of Jeddah's Al-Haramain district residents are complaining of ditches in the main street passing through the neighborhood. The street was previously dug up and asphalted, only to be dug up again by contractors.
Residents said t
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IYWA hosts grand ‘Annual Day’ celebration
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — The Indian Youth Welfare Association (IYWA), a non-profit and non-political association, recently celebrated their “Annual Day” in a grand manner here.
The association hosted a series of competitions and entertaining activities for children and a
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Pakistani lawmakers seek to strengthen cooperation with Saudi Arabia
Faiz Al-Najdi RIYADH — The Pakistani community here warmly welcomed a seven-member delegation of Pakistani lawmakers under the leadership of Sardar Ayaz Sadiq at a luncheon reception hosted by Choudhry Nazir Ahmed Jutt, a former lawmaker from Vehari in Punjab. The members of the dele
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Alumni asked to support AMU with three ‘Ts’
Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) doesn’t produce only graduates, but complete “human beings,” said the university Vice Chancellor Lt. Gen. (Rtd) Zameeruddin Shah here at a function to celebrate Sir Syed Day.“I recently visi
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Public seeks harsher penalties for extortionists
Saudi Gazette report
TABUK — Groups of young men and women have called on the authorities to impose stricter penalties on Twitter and Facebook extortionists.
Numerous girls have fallen victims to extortion after they trusted some men who ended up blackmailing them for m
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Girls school principal dies after tooth extraction
Saudi Gazette report
ABHA —The Health Affairs in Asir is currently investigating the death of the principal of a girls school after her decayed tooth was extracted at a private clinic in Abha, Alsharq newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Nabeela Saeed Mustafa Al-Sabbak went to a private clinic
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Patients are always right: Al-Rabeeah
Saeed Al-Khotani
Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said on Tuesday it was important to respond to patients’ needs and demands without showing any signs of annoyance and that the “patient is always right”.
In his a
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High jet ski fees anger visitors to Obhur
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Tourists have criticized rental prices for jet skis that can cost SR400 to SR600 an hour.
The high prices have created tensions between vacationers and owners of jet skis, Al-Madinah newspaper reported on Tuesday.
There are a
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Teacher apologizes for breaking student’s arm
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — A schoolteacher has apologized for breaking the arm of a student and assaulting another.
However, the student's father, Ali Al-Fadl, rejected the apology, saying he will not waive his legal rights for financial and moral compensations.
The inci
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Prince Alwaleed appoints secretary-general
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal chairs a meeting of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation’s board of trustees in Riyadh. During the meeting, Abir Kaki (second from right) was appointed secretary-general of the organization. — Courtesy photo
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Teens tackle global issues at Model UN summit
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Dar Al-Hekma College in Jeddah recently hosted the fourth Model United Nations (MUN) Conference with the participation of more than 190 students from 10 different secondary schools and universities. The four-day event concluded with a gala dinner on Thursday.
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City sued for ‘using toxic gas’ to prevent rain in Jeddah
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Two international organizations are suing Jeddah Municipality for allegedly using poisonous gases to dissipate clouds, Al-Hayat newspaper reported.
The representative of Amnesty International and the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR), Dr.
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