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RIAYDH —  A section of the Indian community here celebrated their country's 68th Independence Day by donating blood to commemorate the date on August 15. Around 100 members of Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath (TNTJ), a social organization from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, gathered at the King Fahad Medical City and donated 66 un

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Mobily to partner with Haj committee in media campaign

August 18, 2014, 2:00 pm

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JEDDAH – Makkah Emir Prince Mishal Bin Abdullah, who is also chairman of the Central Haj Committee, signed on Monday an agreement with Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily) to make Mobily a strategic partner in the national media awareness campaign for Haj pilgrims to be organized by the governorate during the upcoming Haj season. The slogan of

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Buraidah Dates City has been drawing thousands of customers, farmers and traders since the beginning of the festival on Aug. 1. More than 1,000 types of dates are on display at the fair, organized by Al-Qassim Mayoralty for the 15th year. Since Aug. 1, more than 80,000 cartons of dates have been on display in the vast squares of the city. — SPA

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JEDDAH — The Ministry of Labor has obliged businesses to grant workers a rest period of at least half an hour for every five hours they work. The ministry has also allowed businesses to increase working hours to nine a day for jobs that do not require the continuous attention of workers, such as restaurants, hotels, hospitals, barber shops and fuel statio

Workers wilt under hot sun

August 18, 2014, 2:00 pm

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Construction laborers toil under the scorching sun in Makkah on Sunday. The Ministry of Labor has issued an order a few months ago banning outdoor work between 12 noon and 3 p.m. during summer. It seems some contracting companies are not taking the ministry’s

TVTC to finalize 114 new projects this year

August 18, 2014, 2:00 pm

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Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) is to finalize 114 new projects this year to help Saudis who are seeking technical and vocational training that will help them break into the labor market. The goal is to meet the demand of the Saudi labor

Indian pilgrims to benefit from GPS system

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Indian Consul General B.S. Mubarak addressing a press conference in Jeddah on Monday. Sheikh Mohammed Noor Rahman, consul for Haj, and Dr. Irshad Ahmed, consul for press, information and culture, are also seen. — SG photo Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A flight of Saudi Arabian

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Hamoud Abu Talib Okaz I pity the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance for its unenviable situation. The ministry has flatly failed to implement many of its decisions aimed at organizing the work of imams and muezzins (prayer callers) in its various mosques. The ministry continued to issue decisions tho

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19,000 buses for 1.4m pilgrims

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Ibrahim Khudair Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — As many as 18 companies are getting ready to transport a total of 1.39 million pilgrims expected from abroad for this year's Haj. The companies will be using 19,000 buses, including 452 brand new vehicles that cost more than SR200 million. The

Police can drag men who don’t attend divorce hearings to court

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Judges in charge of family cases can authorize police to detain men who are being sued by their wives for divorces and bring them to court by force, according to the Ministry of Justice’s regulations that will go into force next week, Al-Watan daily reported. The judge wil

Kingdom renews call for efforts to tackle terrorism

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Prince Muqrin, deputy crown prince and second deputy premier, chaired a Cabinet session at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Monday afternoon that discussed talks between Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and King Abdullah II of Jordan on international issues such as the Israeli aggre

Saudi executed for murder

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   ABHA — A Saudi national convicted of murder was beheaded in the southwestern city of Abha on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry announced. Wail Al-Shehri had been convicted of shooting dead Meshaal Asiri during an argument, the ministry said in a statement carried by Saudi Press Agency.

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   JEDDAH — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) have detained seven expatriates of Asian nationalities, including a woman, for allegedly using a house to allow their compatriots to commit adultery and fornication. Haia spokesman Turki Al-Shelayel said the commission acted on a tip-off and officials monitored

Fire breaks out in Red Crescent building

August 19, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   HAIL — Civil Defense teams managed to extinguish a fire that broke out on Monday at the Saudi Red Crescent Authority headquarters in Hail. Spokesman for Hail Red Crescent Mohammad Al-Tayyar said the fire broke out in a mobile room outside the administration building, in the Al-Jamieyyen neighborhood, and firefighters were successful in stopp

13 workers injured in warehouse fire

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   HAFR AL-BATIN, Al-Jouf — Civil Defense firefighters managed to contain a fire that erupted in a furniture warehouse at the Al-Khaldiyah neighborhood on Sunday. Eastern Province Red Crescent spokesman Fahad Al-Ghamdi said three ambulances were dispatched to the scene. He said paramedics treated 13 workers who were suffering from smoke inhalat

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119 kilograms of qat seized

August 19, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   DHAHRAN AL-JANOUB, Asir — Border Guards have seized 119 kilograms of qat, a narcotic leaf, from three Yemeni nationals who were trying to smuggle the drugs into the country. Asir Border Guards spokesman Brig. Abdullah Al-Hamrani said the men were captured while trying to infiltrate the borders. He added the Border Guards have also detained a

Expat’s body found floating in well

August 19, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   BAHA — Two Indian nationals were arrested after a body was found floating in a well in the village of Jabr. A citizen noticed a hand floating inside the well and notified police. A spokesman of Baha Police, Lt. Col. Bandar Al-Ghamdi, said police patrols attended the scene and the Civil Defense removed the body. The incident is being treated

Truck trapped in railway fence

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   RIYADH — A truck had to be removed from a railways crossing in the Al-Kahfah area of Hail when it got stuck between the barriers protecting the crossing. Saudi Railway Company spokesman Sulaiman Al-Khuwaiter said security teams attended the site and detained the driver until traffic police arrived at the scene. He added maintenance teams wor

Car companies to pay for accidents

August 19, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   JEDDAH — The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is obliging car manufacturers through their agents in the Kingdom to assume all financial liabilities and damages resulting from workmanship defects, especially those that cause traffic accidents resulting in injury or death. A source in the ministry said the compensation that should be paid in

PISR-ES maintains standard of academic excellence

August 19, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   RIYADH — Pakistan International School, English Section, Riyadh (PISR-ES) has been enjoying the reputation of being one of the best educational institutions in the region for the last decade by continuously producing excellent results in ‘O’ and ‘A’ International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE)