Badea Abu Al-Naja
Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH — A man shot his wife several times then shot himself outside the General Court here on Sunday.
According to Makkah Police acting spokesman Lt. Col. Zaki Al-Ruhaili, the woman was coming out of the court with her father when the husband shot
Man shoots wife outside court in Makkah
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Prince Khaled chairs meeting of directors
RIYADH — Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, minister of education, held a meeting with directors of education here on Sunday to discuss a number of administrative and educational topics. Addressing the meeting, the prince said everything has been completed for the execution of the great King Abdullah Project for the Development of Education. “Th
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Lifestyle management today's need: Expert
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Lifestyle management is a sine qua non in this fast-paced, technology-driven life to prevent many of the prevalent diseases, according a healthcare management guru.
Prof. Mohammad Masood Ahmed, Group Director at India's Vidya Group of Insti
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BIL organizes 'Charity Art Exhibition'
Munawarunnisa Nazneen Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Braaem Independent Living (BIL), a center for children with special needs, organized a "Charity Art Exhibition" on January 27 which exhibited handmade products by children with special needs. The exhibitio
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Pak-O-Hind literary forum celebrate 'SaffronGreen' in Riyadh
RIYADH — Pak-O-Hind Literary Forum recently celebrated “SaffronGreen” in the presence of noted Indian and Paksitani intellects and media personnel at a local hotel here. Sameera Aziz attended the event as the chief guest, and the guests of honor were Mahwish Walbani, assistant commissioner Multan; Prof
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KTT holds seminar on grooming children
Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Khak-e-Taiba Trust (KTT) Jeddah organized an educational and informative session on “Grooming children for a better future” on January 29 at a local restaurant here. General secretary of KTT Jeddah Syed Khaja Viqaruddin introduced Prof
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Most prominent deaths due to inhaling insecticides
2007:
* A Yemeni boy and his sister, aged 4 and 2, died in Jeddah.
* An Asian family of six in Al-Salehiya district in Riyadh.
2008:
* Two Pakistani children, aged 4 and 8, died in Madinah.
* A Sudanese expatriate and his wife in their residence in Al-Hindawiyah district in Jeddah.
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Anger over 3-yr delay in bridge construction
Rayan Abu Shoosha Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Residents of Jeddah’s Al-Bawadi District near Siteen Street claimed frequent reports of pedestrians hit by cars while trying to cross the busy road could be prevented by a nearby pedestrian bridge that was supposed to be completed three years ag
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Websites ‘promoting hacking methods’
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Many websites are promoting the hacking of bank accounts by offering special software that teach users how to break into them, Al-Hayat daily reported.
Some hackers on YouTube have volunteered to explain some of the hacking software, which many experts consid
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Blacklist of erring contractors
Saeed Al-Suraihi
Okaz
DESPITE decades of awarding and monitoring scores of development projects and stalling many of them after discovering defects, government authorities still lack a blacklist carrying names of contractors and contracting companies. The list should specify which of these contractors and companies did
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Widow’s house razed even though she has title deed
Saudi Gazette report JAZAN — The Committee of Land Encroachments has demolished the house of a widow and her six children despite the fact the family possesses an official title deed issued over 50 years ago, Al-Watan daily reported. Zahra Yehya, 71, who is hypoxic and
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Expatriates reflect the citizen's behavior
Homoud Abu Taleb
Okaz
WHEN one of us travels outside the Kingdom, not to a country in the West but to a neighboring Gulf country, several issues crop up regarding the attitude and behavior of the people in that country and what have we back home.
Here I am not talking about the basic services lacking in
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Video of Holy Qur’an teacher beating pupil under scrutiny
Majed Al-Suqairi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH — The Holy Qur’an Memorization Organization (HQMO) is probing a video showing a teacher allegedly beating up pupils in a Qur’an memorization session held in the Quba Mosque. In the video, the teacher appears
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Crown Prince Salman receives UK’s senior defense adviser
Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, deputy premier and minister of defense, receives Lt. Gen. Simon Mayall, UK’s senior defense adviser to the Middle East. During the meeting, they discussed matters of mutual interests between the two countries. The audience was attended by Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, chief of the Crown Prince’s Court and special advis
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100 scam victims to sue ministry for ‘allowing conman to operate’
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Over 100 citizens will file a case against the Ministry of Commerce and Industry with the Bureau of Grievances over allegations the government department gave a operating license to a conman who scammed them out of SR6 million, Makkah daily reported.
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Jeddah Police caution against use of certain insecticides
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Police have renewed calls for the public to be extremely careful when using certain insecticides, especially the ones that contain aluminum phosphide.
The calls came after police officers found some grocery stores in residential districts w
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Security officer killed
TABUK — A security officer was killed when his patrol car collided with a truck on Tabuk-Dhiba Road. Security sources said a road security patrol grew suspicious of a vehicle and tried to stop it. However, the driver refused to stop, and forced the security patrol to swerve and crash into an incoming truck. Tabuk Red Crescent spokesman Husam
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College guard fires shots
DHIBA — Police on Monday arrested a private security guard for firing shots inside Dhiba College. Media head and University of Tabuk spokesman Dr Mohammad Al-Thebaiti said the security guard was randomly firing shots inside the the office of the dean. No one was injured. The university staff apprehended the guard and notified the polic
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Impersonating duo arrested
JEDDAH — Police search and investigation teams have detained a duo for impersonating security officers and allegedly committing a number of robberies. Police acted on information that two persons dressed as security officers were searching expatriates houses and stealing their belongings. Jeddah Police spokesman First Lt. Nawwaf Al-Bouq said
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Expatriate dies on the job
AL-AQEEQ — Civil Defense teams on Monday recovered the body of an expatriate who was killed while working on a sanitation project. Reports said the sides of a ditch collapsed while the Asian national was working on the project. The Civil Defense had a tough time in extricating the body from the 7-meter deep ditch. Abha Civil Defense spokesma
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