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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Ignorance, illiteracy and poverty are the main reasons behind the backwardness of Muslims in India, according to an educationist and a community service worker. Indian Muslims are ignorant about things around them and about their rights as well as their duties, said Dr. Moha

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   Hassan Mashhor Alsharq Like other Arab and international societies, the Saudi society has various kinds of political, economic and social activities. It is not an exception. However, we should all realize that what we used to call the "privacy" of our society is dead. It has been virtually killed by the continuously

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Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Security authorities in the Kingdom were successful in busting four gangs involved in robbing banks and ATM machines a total of more than SR10 million, Al-Riyadh daily reported. One of the gangs consisted of five brothers who had dreams of leading a luxurious and resorted to robbing banks to ma

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Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah receives Philippine Ambassador Ezzedin Tago at his office in Riyadh recently. The ambassador delivered a letter from Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto Del Rosario to the prince, thanking him for attending the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro in Manila on March 27. Saudi Arabia is a

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RIYADH — An Asian shepherd in Artawiyah outside Riyadh took his own life after gulping down veterinary pills. Police launched an investigation into the case while the forensic doctor confirmed that the man died due to swallowing a large quantity of tablets used for treating sheep. The body was taken to Al-Artawiyah Hospital’s morgue. 

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   RIYADH — An ambulance overturned Saturday after the driver lost control while he was driving at a high speed to respond to an emergency call, according to Red Crescent Society’s Riyadh branch spokesman, Ahmad Al-Eneizi. The driver was on his way to save a man who had fainted. He suffered from cuts on his thighs but the paramedi

Maid trying to run away falls from building

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JEDDAH – An Asian maid fell from the second floor of her sponsor’s house while trying to run away from her employer, according to Makkah Police spokesman Lt. Col. Ati Al-Qurashi. She used a long piece of cloth as a rope to escape from the window, but the rope tore and causing her to fall. She suffered several fractures in the backbone and was rushed

Celebratory gunfire kills man at wedding

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ABHA – A man died and two others were severely injured after being hit by celebratory gunshots during a wedding at a village outside Abha on Saturday, according to Asir Police spokesman Lt. Col. Abdullah Al-Shathan. Some of the invitees were firing jubilation gunshots in the air and several bullets hit people by mistake, causing the death of one of the in

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MAKKAH — Three boys from an African country were arrested for murdering a 20-year-old man in Makkah following a dispute, said Makkah Police spokesman Lt. Col. Ati Al-Qurashi. Police officers found the victim lying in a pool of blood inside a house at Al-Mansour Street with several cuts on his body. He was presumably stabbed to death by the boys, who were

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HAFR AL-BATIN — An 8-year-old boy died after he fell into a underground water tank that was being constructed, said Eastern Province Civil Defense spokesman Col. Ali Al-Qahtani. The Civil Defense divers pulled the boy out from the tank and rushed him to hospital but he was pronounced dead on arrival. Initial investigations showed that the hole dug to be a

21 pilgrims hurt as two buses crash into truck

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RIYADH — At least 21 passengers suffered moderate to severe injuries Saturday, when two buses crashed into a truck, which was parked on the side of Qassim-Riyadh Road. One of the buses caught fire on impact. Civil Defense firefighters and Red Crescent paramedics arrived at the scene shortly after the accident had been reported. Some of the seriously injur

Rural traditions deprive many women of inheritance rights

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  Many women in rural areas are denied their inheritance rights and the culprits are usually their brothers and, in some cases, their uncles. — Courtesy photo Saudi Gazette report ABHA – Many women who live in villages all over the Kingdom are still not given their inheritance rights due

Saudi man attends school at age 90

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Saudi Gazette report TAYMA, Tabuk — A 90-year-old Saudi is determined to complete his education despite his old age. Awaid Raja Al-Anji was not deterred by his long years or foot pain to join the class of adult education in Al-Jahra center in the Tayma region in Tabuk province."Despite the severe pain in my fo

Money laundering: Jeddah at the top among Saudi cities

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The General Court in Jeddah reviewed 53 money laundering cases in the past two years, placing the city at the forefront of other Saudi cities in the number of such cases, Al-Watan daily reported. The court dealt with 22 cases filed against citizens and 31 cases against expatriate

Woman drags husband to court for name-calling

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Adnan Al-Shabrawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Hey cow!, Hey donkey! and a third that is uncouth to mention here were words that a Saudi female citizen mentioned in a case document that she brought before the criminal court in Jeddah. She accused her husband of insulting her in public. The complainant a

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Philippine mission holds seminars on labor law

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Labor Attache Rustico Dela Fuente speaks to Philippine Embassy officials and attached services employees on the PHL-KSA Domestic Workers Agreement. — Courtesy photo Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — In the run-up to Labor Day on May 1, the Philippine  Embassy in Riyadh held a series of

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 Uhood Muhammad Okaz/Saudi Gazette BAHA — Hanan Ahmed Al-Omari, 27, a student at Al-Baha University, has won first place at the 5th Scientific Conference in Innovation for inventing a bracelet that alerts kidney failure patients on the increase of fluids in their body.

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RIYADH — As many as 6,897 new commercial registrations were issued to businesswomen during the first quarter of 2014, compared to 5,845 in the same period last year, Al-Jazirah newspaper reported Sunday quoting official statistics. The figure is unprecedented in 10 years when the commercial registrations for women issued during the first quarter of 2004 w

Haia member sacked for attending party

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MADINAH — A member of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) was sacked after attending a mixed party in a rest house in Madinah. The member, who was not identified, escaped when he came to know the Haia was busting the party, but he later turned himself in at a police station where he is being questioned. The police said

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RIYADH — The Saudi Food and Drugs Authority (SFDA) has destroyed banned medical equipment worth more than SR260 million in the past few days at a number of the Kingdom's air and land inlets, Dr. Saleh Al-Tayyar, deputy chairman of the authority, announced. He said some of the equipment was stored in unhygienic warehouses under very hot temperatures. Al-Ta