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Only a small percentage of youth has extremist tendencies, says official

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The head of the Social Initiatives and Programs Department at the Ministry of Interior said only a small percentage of Saudi youth have extremist tendencies, Makkah daily reported. Abdulaziz Al-Helayel said his department has conducted a number of awareness lectures on the danger

Women teachers with poor performance

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Abdullah Al-Jumaily Al-Madinah While preparing a report about female teachers, the correspondent of an electronic newspaper sought my opinion about a segment of teachers failing to perform their duties properly. Of course, there are some teachers who present a bad model for students in their behavior, talks and even in appea

IIROSA highlights relief work in Dubai exhibition

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DUBAI — A senior International Islamic Relief Organization, Saudi Arabia, (IIROSA) official let week shed night on the organization's humanitarian activities and relief campaigns across the world. The occasionwas the three-day Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference and Exhibition (DIHAD) at the Dubai International Conven

Rodents cause closure of famous restaurant

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MAKKAH — The municipality in Makkah has closed down a famous shwarma restaurant in the Al-Adl neighborhood when rodents and insects were found roaming around the premises. The restaurant also did not meet hygiene requirements and the smell of rotten meat was everywhere. The restaurant workers had set up a trap for the rodents. The restaurant owner is to b

Man returns car stolen by son

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JEDDAH — An elderly man returned a car his son had stolen from a car rental company and asked employees there to prosecute his child. The man said that his son brought home a very expensive car and claimed that he bought it. However, the father did not believe he could possibly afford such a vehicle. Suspicious, he noted down the license plate number and

Graduates warned against fake recruiters

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JEDDAH — Sources in Saudi banks have warned new graduates against responding to messages and individuals on social media who claim they can provide them with jobs in banks. The secretary general of the media and banking awareness committee, Talat Hazfiz, said such individuals exploit new graduates, particularly women, and ask for money and/or sex. "N

Kingdom’s forests in danger

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ABHA – Forests southwest the Kingdom are in danger due to the negative changes that affect plants and land and disrupt the ecological system, said Dr. Abdulmonem Abdulaziz, researcher in the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Center for Environment and Tourist Research and Studies at King Khaled University. Some of the indicators that show the deteriorating cond

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Judge berates dad for beating up son

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  Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — A father has been admonished by a Jeddah District Court judge for beating his son with a cane and inflicting several bruises on his body, Al-Madinah daily reported. The father was asked to sign an undertaking that he would never hit his son again. He expressed remorse to the jud

7,000 awaiting kidney donors

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MAKKAH — More than 7,000 patients in need of kidney transplants are awaiting donors, the head of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SCOT) said. Dr. Faisal Shaheen noted that 50 to 60 percent of patients receiving treatment for kidney-related ailments in the Kingdom need transplants. In 2013, only 77 out of the 750 families of brain-dead patients

Experts warn against carrying illegal arms

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Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH – Security and social experts on Monday warned against carrying unlicensed weapons and said the deadly arms should not be left in the hands of irresponsible or mentally unstable citizens because they may use them to commit crimes at moments of extreme anger or frustration. Speaking

Despite social stigmas, Saudis take up jobs in restaurants

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Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – Young Saudi jobseekers often complain they are stigmatized for accepting low-paying service industry jobs. As a result of this social disapproval, most Saudis have been reluctant to take up jobs in the restaurant industry. However, in recent years, more and more Saudi men have b

8 years for expat selling hashish

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MADINAH — A General Court in Madinah has sentenced an Arab expatriate to eight years imprisonment, 1,500 lashes and deportation from the Kingdom after he was found guilty of selling hashish to his women customers in a famous oud perfume and incense shop that he was working for. According to court sources, the convict was also fixing illegal dates for the

Sheep gang headed by woman arrested

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JEDDAH — Police in Jeddah apprehended a gang of six men and their woman leader who specialized in stealing sheep. Makkah Police spokesman Lt. Col. Atti Bin Attiyah Al-Qurashi said officers had received information that a stolen truck had been sighted. After investigating, they found the vehicle was making regular trips between two rest houses in south Jed

Fire burns down truck’s load

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RANIYA, Makkah —  A truck’s entire load was burned when it caught fire on the road between Wadi Al-Dawasir and Raniya in Makkah Province, near the village of Al-Dar Al-Baydah on Satuday. Makkah Civil Defense did not specify what the truck was carrying but said the driver got out unhurt and neither the engine nor the body of the vehicle sustaine

Saudi arrested in connection with series of robberies

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A Saudi has been arrested in connection with a series of shop robberies. Police said while a security patrol was on its routine duties in east Riyadh late Saturday, they discovered a Huyndai Sonata that was reported stolen. The report said the suspect was a Saudi man who used to rob commercial establishments of money, pre-paid mobile chips and other valuables while wearing a ma

Woman arrested for smuggling drugs into Saudi Arabia

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Jordanian security authorities announced on Sunday that they have arrested a woman who attempted to smuggle into Saudi Arabia about 20,000 amphetamine tablets through the Al-Amri land border checkpoint. They did not reveal the identity of the woman but said she hid the pills in two coffee pots and on various parts of her body. The Jordanian police said the woman was being quest

Prince Alwaleed receives Sultan Al-Bazie

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Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, and chairman of Rotana, received Sultan Al-Bazie, chairman of the Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and Arts, in Riyadh on Sunday. Al-Bazie was accompanied by several members of the society. Al-Bazie briefed Prince Alwaleed on the society’s activities and its achievements. He also thanked Prince Alwaleed for

Parisian life through the eyes of a Jeddawi

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Selma Roth Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The French presidential elections of 2012 were the subject of a personal art project at the French Consulate that opened on Thursday.“Al-Fatra” (“The Period”), by Palestinian/Jordanian artist Ayman Yossri Daydban, was held in collaboration wit

CG: Bangladesh is a role model in fighting poverty

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Jamal Bakor Balkhiour, Chowdhury Md. Babul Hassan, Saleh Attia, consul general of Algeria and dean of the consular corps, and Md. Nazmul Islam cut the ceremonial cake to celebrate the 43rd Independence and National Day of Bangladesh in Jeddah, recently. — SG photo by Syeda Amtul  Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette
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