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Badea Abu Al-Naja MAKKAH – A crane driver died in an accident at a building under construction in Jeddah’s Al-Tayseer district on Monday afternoon. A bundle of wood frames used for concreting fell on the worker, causing his death, according to reports. Col. Saeed Sarhan, spokesman of Civil Defense in

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Border guard killed in Jazan

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RIYADH – Unidentified gunmen in Yemen shot dead a Saudi border guard and wounded another in the early hours of Monday in what would be the second such incident in five days. The guards, who were patrolling at Humr Center in Al-Dair Sector, came under heavy fire from the Yemeni side of the border at about 2 a.m. in the mountainous eastern pa

Zamzam soaked coffin cloth

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Pilgrims drying up a coffin cloth in a Grand Mosque plaza on Sunday after washing it with Zamzam water. Many pilgrims, especially from Southeast Asia, wash shroud clothes in the blessed water and take them home as gifts for their relatives and friends. — Photo courtesy Makkah daily

BISD elects new board members

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Mukbul Ahmed Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Bangladesh International School-Dammam (BISD) held its board elections on April 11. Mohammad Bazlur Rahman, who was elected as the new chairman of BISD managing board, bagged 400 votes out of 584, a record set in the school's election history. The voters also inclu

Alif hosts seminar on ‘Effective Parenting,’ honors top students

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RIYADH — Alif International school in association with Aliya Foods conducted a seminar on “Effective Parenting” recently. Educational psychologist Dr. K. R. Jayachandran said that the amount of time children spend on social media is sprouting in an undesired manner, parents who do not regulate this practice should be viewed as c

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Abdulrahman Al-Misbahi Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) has directed all airline companies to make sure all travelers to Europe have valid Schengen visas clearly stamped on their passports before they are allowed to board. In a circular to all the airline com

US citizens return over 9,100 antiques to Kingdom

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Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has regained a total of 9,139 antique pieces from a number of American citizens who worked for Saudi Aramco in Dhahran before returning home, the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) has announced. The commission held its regular 35th meeting in Riyad

‘Saudi-Pak relations are meaningful, productive’

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Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Dr. Abdullah Omer Naseef, chairman of World Muslim Congress (WMC) and recipient of Hilal-e-Pakistan, said: "Our organization WMC is an example showing harmony between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan's government and the people." Naseef's statement w

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Pak-Saudi meeting to explore new areas to boost bilateral trade

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Faiz Al-Najdi Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The 10th session of the Joint Pak-Saudi Ministerial Commission Meeting (JMC) is all set to begin Tuesday, Waseem Hayat Bajwa, commercial attaché at the Pakistan Embassy, said here on Monday. The JMC will be attended by a high-level Pakistani delegation led b

Batterjee education academy, Canadian college sign MoU

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Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Batterjee Education and Training Academy (BETA) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Canadian International College (CIC). Chairman of BETA Dr. Khalid Batterjee; CEO Mrs. Najwa Hussain; Consul General of Pakistan Aftab Ahmed Khokher;

Fingerprinting must for Saudis for passport from April 30

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RIYADH – The General Directorate of Passports announced that all Saudi men and women who reached the age of 15 or above must have done fingerprinting procedures for the issuance or renewal of passports effective from April 30 (Rajab 1).  Maj. Gen. Suleiman Al-Yahya, director general of passports, said that all passport offices in the Kingdom will iss

Thieves target septic tank covers in Makkah district

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Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Many residents in north Makkah’s Al-Umrah District have expressed concern over the constant thefts of heavy metal covers that protect underground sanitation tanks. Uncovered tanks pose a great danger, especially to children, they said. There were many accide

Sculpture falls on man and daughter at Jeddah Corniche

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Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A Saudi and his daughter suffered severe injuries when a newly placed sculpture at the Corniche collapsed on them here on Friday. Ahmed Al-Samkari, who is in his 30s, and his seven-year-old daughter were walking along the beach not far from Al-Anani Mosque when

Rights of working women

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Qaisar Hamid Mutawie Al-Madinah The Saudi labor system, issued on Sept. 27, 2005, has given many rights to the working women. It contains a special chapter titled: “Employment of women”. Regardless, a number of women working in the private sector are completely ignorant of this system. As a result, they are like

Dangers of obesity for children

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Salim Bin Ahmed Sahab Al-Madinah Saudi society, knowingly or unknowingly, is responsible for the spread of obesity among our children. Society not only encourages bad eating habits but also spoils children because of its willingness to give them any fattening foods they may ask for. As we are keen to show that we love our children, we wil

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Faris Al-Qahtani Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Saudi cultural attachés have been gathering for the last three days in Riyadh to discuss challenges to their work and the students they look after. Their seventh forum, which opened at the headquarters of the Ministry of Higher Education in Riyadh on

Prince Muqrin receives former Lebanese Prime Minister

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Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz, deputy crown prince, second deputy premier, and adviser and special envoy of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Adullah, receives former Lebanese prime minister Saad Al-Hariri in Riyadh, Monday. Al-Hariri congratulated Prince Muqrin on his appointment as deputy crown prince. Prince Muqrin thanked Al-Hariri for his comments. Prince Muqrin and

Interactive debate on Indian polls in EP reveals Modi’s loss, a hung Parliament

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Saeed Haider Saudi Gazette ALKHOBAR — If Indians residing in the Eastern Province formed the electorate for the ongoing parliamentary elections in India, then Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would have lost the election miserably, with a hung Parliament where the Congress and A

Haia to name and shame blackmailers

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Hazem Al-Mutairi Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Anybody found guilty of blackmail will be named and shamed in all local newspapers and also on social media, said the head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia). Abdullatif Al-Asheikh, who was addressing a press confere

Four held for stealing contents of 85 cars

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   TABUK — Police on Monday detained four people suspected of stealing the contents of 85 cars in different locations. According to a statement, the police acted after several reports filed by residents complaining that the contents of their parked cars were stolen, especially on Madinah Road. A team was set up to investigate the incidents, and