Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — There has been a surge in matchmakers on Twitter and other social networking websites who offer their services to the thousands of Saudis who are seeking marriage, Al-Hayat daily reported.
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Matchmakers invade social media
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Formula milk ads ‘deceptive’
JEDDAH — While more than 170 countries around the world celebrated World Breastfeeding Week, many mothers continue to give their babies formula milk. Companies claim their formula milk products contain all the necessary nutrients infants need, but experts continue to say breastf
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Jeddah Metro ‘to be ready by 2020’
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Osama Ibrahim Abdu, CEO of Jeddah Metro Company, an affiliate of Jeddah Municipality, disclosed that the public transportation project in Jeddah will be completed by 2020.
The metro will go int
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Mujahideen squads foil bids to smuggle hashish
JAZAN — A Mujahideen special force squad intercepted two smugglers who were carrying 120 hashish blocks in the south of Al-Raha. One of the smugglers was injured when members of the force tried to arrest them. In another operation, Mujahideen patrols in Al-Tuwal seized 22 blocks of hashish from smugglers in the so
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Robbery gang in Makkah arrested
MAKKAH — Police arrested four people who allegedly formed a gang and robbed expatriate workers at knife-point in Makkah. The gang — three Burmese nationals and a Saudi — took their victims to remote places outside the city and robbed them. Police received a report saying four people carrying knives forced a
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Fire destroys electrical appliances shop
HAFR AL-BATIN — A fire broke out in shop selling electrical appliances in Al-Souk district of Hafr Al-Batin. Civil Defense teams rushed to the scene and extinguished the fire before it spread to neighboring shops. Eastern Province Civil Defense spokesman Col. Mansour Al-Dowsari said the fire started in
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Five dead, several hurt in Asir accidents
ABHA — At least five people were killed in two separate accidents in the Asir region on Friday. Red Crescent spokesman Ahmed Ibrahim Asiri said the operations room received a report that a car carrying two people overturned on the coastal road near the armed forces recreation park. A paramedic team arr
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10 bootleggers caught in Haia raid on liquor den
RIYADH — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) in Riyadh busted a distillery manufacturing illicit liquor. Ten people were arrested during the raid. The commission members destroyed 5,000 liters of liquor ready for distribution found at the location. Haia spokesman Turki Al-Shelayyil
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Passengers decry ‘stinking’ taxi service
Mariam Nihal Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Many passengers have complained about unkempt, worn-out and unhygienic taxis that are the main and only means of public transport for both genders.
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10% of child beggars are Saudi: Ministry
JEDDAH — The Ministry of Social Affairs has pointed out that 10 percent of children caught begging in the streets are Saudi. The ministry said it is providing them shelter and necessary care in observation centers. Khalid Al-Thebaiti, the ministry's spokesman, said most of these
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Prison for falsifying medical reports
RIYADH — The law of mental health care which was recently issued by the Saudi Council of Ministers has set a prison sentence of two years and a fine of not more than SR200,000 for any practitioner in a therapeutic psychological center who intentionally falsifies medical reports
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Six million smokers spend SR12b a year
AL-AHSA — The chairman of the supervisory board of the Charitable Society for Combating Smoking said around 45 percent of men over 15 years in the Kingdom smoke. Dr. Ahmad Al-Buali said these smokers spend around SR12 billion a year, or SR33 million a day, on cigarettes. He said
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Lids of garbage dumpsters stolen
JEDDAH — A report from Jeddah Municipality showed that more than 10,000 garbage containers lids were stolen during the past eight months. The municipality said people had been complaining about closed garbage containers and most of them were simply dumping garbage next to the du
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KSA, China sign MOU on nuclear energy
RIYADH — The King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KACARE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Chinese Ministry of Energy for cooperation in peaceful application of nuclear energy. The agreement was singed during a recent visit to China by a Sau
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Ring road revives interest in one of Makkah’s oldest districts
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — The high demand for residential plots in Al-Akeishia district in south Makkah has not translated into an improvement in basic municipal services provided to residents of the district, which is considered to be one the oldest distric
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1,613 Saudis graduate from Australia
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — A total of 1,613 Saudi students under the King Abdullah Foreign Scholarship Program have completed their studies from 12 of Australia's most prestigious universities. Speaking at a graduation c
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Social media accounts for 25% electronic ads
MADINAH — Information security expert Hani Al-Ghufaili said advertising on social media networks has greatly expanded and accounts for 25 percent of electronic advertising campaigns. He said the total advertising revenue jumped to more than $10 billion last year and this number
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GOSI working to plug loopholes in ‘Saned’ insurance for jobless
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) has said the organization is holding continuous meetings with the Human Resources Fund (HADAF) to plug possible loopholes in the Saned unemploym
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Violations at gas stations exposed
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — A tour by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry exposed several violations at gas stations in the city, including the deliberate tampering of manual pumps.
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Questions on Ebola
Khalid Al-Solaiman
Okaz
I have a few questions to the Health Ministry related to the death of a citizen who was suspected to have contracted the Ebola virus.
First, the victim's wife claimed that all that
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