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  The Batterjee Medical College for Science and Technology team that participated in a workshop on medical education and problem-based learning (PBL) organized by Suliman Al-Rajhi Colleges in collaboration with the University of Maastricht, Netherlands. — Courtesy photo  Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette &nb

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  Saudi Gazette report   TABUK — The owner of a Tabuk well, where six-year-old  Lama Al-Rouqi fell to her death in January, has denied charges of negligence and said the well was tightly closed long before the accident. After a long silence, Solaiman Khidir Al-Omrani, told local daily Al

Female Shariah grads willing to work as BIP investigators

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  Mona Al-Sharif Okaz/Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH/MADINAH — Female lawyers and specialists in law and Shariah said they supported the suggestion of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) to appoint them as investigators in the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution (BIP).

MCI launches Riyadh International Book Fair 2014

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  Mohammed Alshoaiby Saudi Gazette  RIYADH – The Riyadh International Book Fair (RIBF) launched on Tuesday under the banner “The Book: Vault of Civilization” (translated) at a ceremony led by the Ministry of Culture and Information. The 11-day book fair

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  Saudi Gazette report  JEDDAH — A delegation of MBA students from the University of Boston visited Jeddah’s historic Balad area. The delegation, hosted by Saudi Arabian Airlines, is in the city until Saturday. The general manager of Saudia's strategic

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  Khaled Al-Suleiman Okaz   THE Director General of the Medical Authorities and Medical Attachés at the Ministry of Health, Mishal Al-Mishal, said in a recent press statement: “The medical attachés will pay whatever it takes for the medical cost of patients transferred abroad for treatment.” This stat

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  Homoud Abu Taleb Okaz   I RECENTLY came across a newspaper report about suspending the services of companies violating the minimum wage rule. This made me look over our condition and how we have failed to correct many of our mistakes. Throughout the years we were not serious and decisive about putting an

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  Saudi Gazette report  RIYADH — Teachers in some remote areas claimed they are being threatened at gunpoint by students who receive low grades or fail altogether, Al-Hayat reported on Tuesday. With arms easy to obtain in the Kingdom, many students have acquired weapons th

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  Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — The first Saudi Firefighter Challenge kicked off here on Sunday evening. Organized by 911 Fire Fighting & Occupational Safety Training in cooperation with Saudi-based Herz International, the competition was inaugurated by Dr. Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Al-Khud

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  Saudi Gazette report  JEDDAH — The Commerce Ministry has started a massive campaign to control the spread of aluminum phosphate, commonly known as phosphane, through raids against shops selling pesticides in all parts of the Kingdom, Al-Watan reported on Tuesday. Phospha

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   DAMMAM — Eastern Province Police patrols have impounded a vehicle carrying arms, ammunition and drugs. An Eastern Province Police spokesman said a security patrol grew suspicious of the vehicle and stopped it. Police found inside a machine gun, three pistols, ammunition and 25,464 amphetamine pills. Officers arrested the Sau

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   JAZAN — The Civil Defense recovered the body of a young man who drowned in a sewage drainage lake in the Al-Aydabi governorate. Sources said the young man, who was 16 and illegally resident, threw himself into the water to escape an approaching security patrol. The body could not be identified. Residents said there are usually large numbers

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   RIYADH - Police patrols have detained three people for stealing an electric generator. Police sources said a citizen notified police that the offenders had stolen the generator and fled. Police circulated a description of the car and a patrol monitored a vehicle speeding away. Officers were able to stop the car and detain the driver, although the

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   UNAIZAH, Qassim — A wall separating an elementary and an intermediate school in the same building has collapsed, injuring three girls. A number of students in a nearby school panicked at the news and one student reportedly fainted. The head of the local Educational Department, Yousef Al-Remaih, said he attended the school and advised familie

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   MAKKAH — The Civil Defense has rescued an old man who got trapped on a very steep mountain in the Reea Bakhsh neighborhood of Makkah. Civil Defense spokesman Maj. Saleh Al-Elayyani said the old man was panicking and rescuers had to calm him down before they could lower him to safety. He asked residents and visitors of the Grand Mosque to avo

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   RIYADH — A fire in an apartment building left eight children and four adults suffering from smoke inhalation. Riyadh Civil Defense spokesman Ahmad Al-Enezi said the fire erupted in a 16-apartment building and eight firefighting units were dispatched to the site. He noted that the fire resulted in Saudi, Sudanese and Syrian nationals needing

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   JEDDAH  — The Know India Programs (KIP) is now being proposed to be organized for 40 participants to be selected from countries all over the world. The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has been organizing the Know India Program to create awareness about the phenomenal transformation taking place in India and the count

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  Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani  DAMMAM - The grand finale of the first ever Azan & Quran Recitation Competition concluded successfully at the International Indian School, Dammam (Boy’s Section). Over 170 students participated in the competition. Member of the school’s managing committee, Ab

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  Sulaiman AbdulAziz Al Zuhar (C), Deputy Governor of Huraymala, presents a memento to Dr. Mohammad Zahrani, Director Hospitals Administration at Directorate of Health Affairs in Riyadh region during the opening ceremony of the seminar. Seen at Left is Dr. Ifrat Bakirov & Dr. Abdur Rehman Al Shwairikh. — Courtesy photo