NIDO enters Guinness for making largest Mother's Day card

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Munawarunnisa Nazneen Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — In accordance with Mother’s Day, Nestle NIDO Fortifitied conducted the “I LOVE MAMA” painting competition in schools across the city for children between 7 and 10 years of age during February and March. The contest was to cherish the spec

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Dhahran High School’s art show raises SR50,000 for underprivileged

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Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani DHAHRAN — Dhahran High School's (DHS) art show, an annual event since 2000 featuring an amalgam of budding artists, was held on Tuesday.  Each year hundreds of art and photography students from DHS displayed their best work at this charity dinner event with all proceeds from a

Indian social worker honored for selfless services

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Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — An Indian social worker, who has nursed thousands of poor and sick expatriates and performed funeral rites of hundreds of dead bodies, was honored at a function here on Saturday. Muhammadali Padapparamb from the southern Indian state of Kerala was presented

Czech food festival kicks off in Jeddah

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Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Three famous executive Czech chefs are currently showcasing their talent at the second Czech food festival that kicked off on Sunday at the Jeddah Intercontinental Hotel. The Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic, Hussein Shobokshi, along with Salem Al-Shahrani, gene

Alwaleed receives Tajik FM

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Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), receives Serageldin Aslov, foreign minister of Tajikistan, and an accompanying delegation in his office in Riyadh, Sunday. — Courtesy photo

Saudi women prefer black and family cars

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Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Saudi women are generally attracted by the exterior of a car rather than its interior decor, Makkah daily reported Sunday. It said it reached the conclusion after conducting a survey among several women in various parts of the Kingdom including Makkah, Madinah and Jeddah.

Camels to be off streets as precaution against MERS

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Ibrahim Alawi Okaz /Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Governor of Jeddah Prince Mishal Bin Majed has directed concerned authorities to destroy all random courtyards and locations of camel breeding in the city as part of preventive measures to fight the spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

Special traffic arrangements for today’s Jeddah Marathon

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH – The Traffic Department in Jeddah governorate announced special arrangements for the annual Jeddah Marathon 2014, which will be held on Tuesday. Badar Al-Sohaimi, head of supporting unit at the department, said that vehicular traffic along three tracks that have been set aside for the marathon

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Lack of coordination blamed for poor roads

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Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Nearly non-stop road construction and maintenance on the streets of Makkah have left residents asking why roads throughout the city are in such a poor state despite the billions of riyals being spent on them. A lack of coordination between different government departments is bel

‘Compensation paid for bogus villas’

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — A man who is being tried by the Administrative Court here in connection with corruption allegations that followed an investigation into the 2009 flooding disaster in Jeddah said compensation was paid for 148 villas in a residential district even though there were only 80 such housings in the a

Fingerprinting to save women from showing faces in courts

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Courts all over the Kingdom are to use a fingerprinting system to identify women who visit them from next month. Women will no longer need male relative or other people to identify them before the judges, reported Al-Watan newspaper on Monday. Judicial sources sai

Prince Muqrin receives Dr. Abdullatif Al-Zayani

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Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz, deputy crown prince and second deputy premier, receives Dr. Abdullatif Al-Zayani, secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Monday. Al-Zayani congratulated Prince Muqrin on the royal trust in his selection as deputy crown prince. During the meeting, they exchanged cordial talks and discussed topics to enhance the joint coope

Ask the elderly

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Khaled Al-Solaiman Okaz The scholarship program, in my opinion, is one of the many remarkable achievements that have characterized the reign of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. If some students have exploited their freedom outside to commit all kinds of bad behaviors, these will remain their own personal mistakes and will

Exposed septic tanks continue to claim innocent lives

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Septic tank drownings have shown an upward trend, claiming scores of lives in recent years, Al-Madinah daily reported. Citizens and human rights activists are calling on the National Water Company (NWC) to take the necessary steps to deal with the problem and fine those who fail

Young men use tricks to enter ‘family only’ places

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Joud Al-Amri Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Places reserved for families only, including a number of public parks, shopping malls, restaurants and others, have led a number of young men to feel unwanted, secluded and rejected by their society. Some people may consider this way of thinking "illogical", but the mane

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Dengue tightens grip over Jeddah

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — At least 68 new cases of dengue fever have been registered in Jeddah in a month, local daily Al-Watan reported on Monday quoting informed sources. The sources said there has been a remarkable increase of the disease from early March to early April. Meanwhile, Jedd

Citizen takes his own life

April 8, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   JAZAN — A young man in his 30s put an end to his life after shooting himself on Monday at Abu Al-Sadad neighborhood in Al-Darb governorate. Jazan Red Crescent spokesman Yaser Al-Nami said a citizen notified the Red Crescent that his brother shot himself and was in urgent need for treatment. Paramedics rushed to the house of the victim where

Elderly man run over by adolescent

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   TURAIF, Northern Borders – A citizen was killed after being run over by a speeding car driven by an adolescent in the center of Turaif governorate. According to Northern Border police spokesman, Brig. Bandar Al-Eidaa, the 65-year-old citizen was crossing Ibn Al-Nafis Road when a speeding car ran over him killing him on the spot. He noted tha

Security officer airlifted to hospital

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   MAKKAH — A security patrol officer was on Monday trapped inside his vehicle after it collided with another car on Al-Shumaisy Road. Makkah Red Crescent spokesman Ali Al-Ghamdi said paramedics found it difficult to provide the officer any medical care, and the Civil Defense were called to extract him from his patrol car. The Red Crescent tran

Man arrested for gunpoint assault

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   TAIF — Security bodies on Monday arrested a man for  assaulting a citizen and threatening him with a gun. Makkah Province police spokesman, Lt. Col. Ati Al-Qurashi, said security patrols were notified that a young man was allegedly assaulted by two citizens due to a dispute. He added that security patrols immediately rushed to the site,