CPC forum offers jobs to people with special needs

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Saudi Gazette report   RIYADH — As bronze sponsor, Construction Products Holding Company (CPC) participated in the first national forum for the employment of men and women with special needs and its accompanying exhibition. The three-day forum themed &q

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Grand Mosque has a new sound system

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  Badea Abu Al-Naja Saudi Gazette  MAKKAH — The Grand Mosque now has a new sound system. The system, which conforms to the latest available standards, was recently inaugurated by Makkah Emir Prince Mishaal Bin Abdullah. The head of the operations department at the G

Delay in deciding divorce cases leave children uneducated

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  Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — The inordinate delay in delaying deciding divorce cases has deprived a number of children from getting education or seeing their mothers, a Human Rights Commission member has said. His point was further elucidated by a judge who said the M

King Abdullah Translation Prizes announced

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  Saudi Gazette report  RIYADH – The winners of the 7th King Abdullah International Prize for Translation were announced at a function held at the headquarters of King Abdulaziz Public Library here on Tuesday. The function was held under the aegis of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pr

Kingdom, Egypt to be linked by electric grid

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  Saudi Gazette report  DAMMAM — The blueprint of a project to link the Kingdom and Egypt with an electric power grid is in its final stages and the project may be offered for bidding by early next year, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Water and Electricity Saleh Al-Awaji has said.

Three injured in park brawl

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   RAFHA — Three young men were injured in a street brawl at a public park in Rafha in the Northern Border Province. Northern Border police spokesman said a hospital notified police that it received three young men who suffered various injuries as a result of the fight. Police attended the hospital and questioned the victims who claimed that th

Fire burns down fodder warehouse

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   RAFHA — Civil Defense teams extinguished a fire that erupted in an animal feed warehouse, north of the governorate. Northern Border Civil Defense spokesman Capt. Ali Al-Rashdi said firefighting units contained the fire from spreading; however, the fire resulted in the burning of a large quantity of trefoil.

14 tons of hashish seized in 6 months

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  JEDDAH - Border Guards succeeded in foiling attempts to smuggle more than 14 tons of hashish during the past six months. Border Guard spokesman Brig. Mohammad Al-Ghamdi, said about 5 million narcotic pills were also seized during the same period. He added that the Border Guard troops have also foiled the smuggling of 2,089 diffe

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Trio arrested for bootlegging

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   JEDDAH — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) has detained two men and a woman for allegedly promoting liquor in Al-Bawadi neighborhood of Jeddah. The Haia confiscated 336 bottles of imported liquor found in possession of the offenders. They were referred to concerned bodies for further action.&nbs

Accident closes Makkah tunnel

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   MAKKAH — Two fuel trucks collided Tuesday night near the exit of King Khalid Tunnel in Al-Aziziyah neighborhood of Makkah. The accident resulted in fuel leakage from one of the trucks and the traffic police closed down the tunnel as a precautionary measure. Makkah province Civil Defense spokesman Lt. Col. Saleh Al-Elayyani said six firefight

Police rescue two Saudis from desert

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   KHAFJI — Police rescued two citizens who were lost in the desert. Eastern Province police spokesman Col. Ziyad Al-Reqaiti said that police received a call from one of the citizens that he and a companion were lost in the desert and that they do not know their location. The police then notified the Civil Defense and specialists were able to l

Civil Defense contains Madinah scrapyard fire

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   MADINAH — Civil Defense teams here successfully extinguished a fire that erupted in a scrapyard on Tuesday in the Taibah land scheme. Madinah Civil Defense spokesman Col. Khalid Al-Jehani said five firefighting units were rushed to the scene and were able to contain the fire from spreading around the yard. He added that the fire engulfed two

Pilot, wife killed in road accident

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   BISHA — A pilot in the military base of Khamis Mushayt and his wife were killed on Monday night after their car collided with a truck. Police said the accident occurred during heavy rains, which made the roads slippery. Civil Defense units attended the scene extricated the two bodies trapped inside the car and transferred them to King Abdull

Al Khozama elects students’ Cabinet, hosts investiture ceremony

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   DAMMAM — The 11th investiture ceremony of Al Khozama International School, boys’ section for this year was recently celebrated with splendor. Chief Guest and school principal of International Indian School Dammam Dr. E. K. Mohammed Shaffe, Academic Director of Peeves Group Padmini Shiva, Principal Gopinath Menon, V

Badr Al Sheikh cooks his way to clinch MasterChef Arabia title

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   JEDDAH — The grand final of the inaugural season of MasterChef Arabia attracted 1.5 millions viewers, and witnessed the win of 21 year-old Badr Al Sheikh from Al-Khobar, becoming the show’s first winner. Al Sheikh said: “The experience in the MasterChef kitchen has been life-changing, nerve-wracking and the greate

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Pakistani community marks newspaper turning twenty

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  Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — The Pakistan Business (PB) community celebrated the 20th anniversary of Urdu daily newspaper “Urdu News” in Saudi Arabia at Lasani restaurant Tuesday. Consul General Pakistan Aftab Ahmed Khokher presid

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   Two avid art lovers eagerly look at paintings displayed at an exhibition organized by a number male and female artists in Qatif. — Courtesy Makkah daily

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   This pick-up truck without number plates was spotted on the Saheefa Road in Makkah the other day. In addition to this gross security violation, the worker standing in the box carrying long PVC pipes pose a potential safety hazard for other road users. — Courtesy Makkah daily

Prince Alwaleed receives outgoing Mauritanian Ambassador

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   Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), receives at his office in Riyadh outgoing Mauritanian Ambassador Dr. Ahmed Ould Mohamed Ould Abah, who came to bid farewell to the prince at the end of his tenure in the Kingdom. During the meeting, they discussed general issues related to their respective countries and Prince Alwaleed’s p

Islamic scholar urges parents to politely nurture children

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  Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani Saudi Gazette    DAMMAM — Renowned Islamic scholar Shaikh Ismail Mufti Menk from Zimbabwe called upon parents to be polite to their children as punishments suppress their personality and behavior. Speaking at Al-Andalus Hall here last week on “Rai