Babul Firdous wins IISJ's Islamic Quiz Competition

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   JEDDAH — International Indian School Jeddah (IISJ) held there annual "Islamic Quiz Competition 2013-14" November 25. The program commenced with the recitation of a few verses from the Qur’an followed by its translation. The Head Prefect, AhmedQuadri, briefed the audience about the sanctity of th

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KTT Jeddah announces new president in a grand ceremony

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Khak-e-Taiba Trust’s (KTT) new President Ahmed Abdul Hakeem with the trust’s ex-presidents Aijaz Ahmed Khan, Mohammed Shameem Kausar, Siadat Ali Khan and General Secretary Syed Khaja Viqaruddin pose for a photo at the presidential ceremony of Hakeem in Jeddah Sunday. — SG photo by Abdul Rahman M. Baig   Syeda Amtul

Train mows down two in Nufud desert

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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   RIYADH – A train ran over two people in the Nufud desert in the Eastern Province Tuesday night. The unidentified victims were trapped on the railway track when the train approached, said Suleiman Al-Khowaiter, public relations supervisor at Saudi Railways Organization. He said the authorities started an investigation into the

Cold wave grips Kingdom

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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   JEDDAH – The Presidency for Meteorology and the Environment (PME) has forecast a severe cold wave in northern Saudi Arabia beginning Thursday. A PME bulletin said temperatures in the region stretching from Tabuk in the northwest to the central provinces of Hail and Qassim would drop below zero degrees Celsius. The Northern Bor

600,000 young Saudis to participate in Makkah Youth Forum competitions

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal formally opened the preliminary round of competitions and an awareness campaign as part of the fourth Makkah Youth Forum at his office in Jeddah on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Prince Khaled said more t

Saudi businesswoman comes fifth in international creative competition

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — Saudi businesswoman Latifah Alwalaan, who owns Yatooq Enterprise, bagged the fifth position in the the Commercial Creative Business Cup Event held recently in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Commercial Creative Business Cup Competiti

Consulate opens condolences book in tribute to Mandela

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — The South African Consulate General in Jeddah has set up a book of condolences in tribute to former president Nelson Mandela. Consul General Ebrahim Edries said, “On behalf of the all staff of the South African consulate,

Nazaha nails corrupt municipality official

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Mohammad Sameih Okaz/Saudi Gazette  MAKKAH — The National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) is questioning a high level official in the Makkah municipality over encroachments into people's rights. The official allegedly connected his house's sewage disposal pipe

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US teen sent to observation center in Hail

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report   HAIL — A 16-year-old American boy accused of harassment was sent to an observation center in Hail, Al-Hayat newspaper reported on Wednesday. The teenager was allegedly harassing women in a public park and Hai'a members accompanied by a police officer tried to detain h

NSHR against naming and shaming the corrupt

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report  RIYADH — The head of the National Society for Human Rights has told the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) or any other official body not to name and shame people accused of corruption unless authorized to do so by the courts. Muflih Al-Qa

Expat to be sentenced over tasattur, embezzlement next week

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report   DAMMAM — The Eastern Province Board of Grievances will next week sentence an expatriate plumber convicted of illegally running a business and embezzling his sponsor. The man was arrested after SR4.6 million was discovered in his bank account, Al-Hayat newspaper report

Pakistani girl struggles to stay alive

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Saman Ali Saudi Gazette   DAMMAM — The father of a 12-year-old girl dying from cancer has refused to give up on her beating the disease.“Miracles do happen,” said Manzur Ahmed, whose daughter Komal is being treated in the Saudi German Hospital in Jeddah. C

Future of Kingdom lies in skills of its people: Fakieh

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report   RIYADH — Minister of Labor Adel Fakieh has said the Kingdom must advance toward a knowledge-based economy to be able to compete in the global market because the future of the country lies in the skills of its people.“It is the responsibility of the decision mak

Forum discusses benefits of robotic surgery in war zones

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Robots could be used to treat injuries in theaters of war, surgeons and military officers were told on Wednesday at a military medicine conference. Dr. Abdullah Al-Zahrani, a consultant in digestive system and obesity, presented a paper addressin

Stereotyping Saudis

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Saleh Al-Turigee Okaz   SINCE 9/11 the world has developed a new distorted picture about Saudis, who used to pass easily through all airports and sometimes even without inspection. This situation has changed. Now all airports are suspicious of Saudis because of the work of 19 Saudi citizens who were behind

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The old guard

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Hamoud Abu Talib Okaz   WHEN the supervisor of King Abdullah’s project to develop the judiciary system, Majed Al-Oudwan, says the project is facing strong resistance from those who are skeptical of progress, he reminds us that the “resistance team” or  the old guard, is very much alive and adamant

Night shifts unnerve hospital staff

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Abdulaziz Al-Ruwaili Okaz/Saudi Gazette  TABUK — A number of doctors and nurses in some government hospitals in Tabuk have become skeptical of their night shifts as they often face the anger of the patients or relatives accompanying them."I am not willing to

Demand rises for Saudi manpower

December 11, 2013, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report  DAMMAM — With the end of the status correction period and the deportation of illegal expatriates, many job vacancies have opened up for Saudi citizens. This means that the demand for Saudi manpower will increase and salaries in the private sector will automatically go up.

Locust infestation in Asir farms

December 12, 2013, 1:00 pm

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   DHAHRAN AL-JANOUB — Swarms of desert locusts have been seen over Dhahran Al-Janoub governorate in Asir province. The Ministry of Agriculture has already started spraying insecticide all over the governorate, according to ministry’s branch office director Hussein Al-Zahir. Desert locusts can wipe out fruit and vegetable crops in their w

NSHR probes prison torture video

December 12, 2013, 1:00 pm

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   JEDDAH — The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has launched an investigation into a video leaked from Jeddah’s Briman Prison showing an inmate being tortured by his cellmates. The inmate was shown with his hands tied to a bed first and then to the ceiling by his feet and left hanging. The victim is in jail for drug abuse. Anothe