MAKKAH — The head of projects at the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques, Sultan Al-Qurashi, said all development work at the Grand Mosque (Masjid Al-Haram) would be temporarily halted from the middle of this month. He added this was due to the Haj season, which witnesses huge nu
Temporary halt to Haram expansion
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80% divorces occur ‘within first 3 years’
JEDDAH — Eighty percent of divorces occur within the first three years of marriage, according to figures from Al-Mawaddah Charity for Social Reconciliation. The charity’s chairman, Dr. Anas Zaraah, said the figures reveal a need for initiatives targeting newlyweds and would-be couples to proactivel
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Alarm bells ring over spate of sickle cell deaths in Qatif
Saudi Gazette report
QATIF — A spate of deaths among blood disease patients, recently reaching 470 at Al-Qatif Central Hospital in one year, has caused anger and alarm among the victims’ families.
They have also criticized the tr
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Missing Saudi found dead in desert
DAMMAM — Police in Hafr Al-Batin have found the body of a citizen who went missing in Samoudah desert. His family notified police that the 45-year-old left his home four days ago and did not return. Search and rescue teams began a massive hunt for the missing citizen and were successful in finding his body in the deser
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Fast-food meal poisons five
BISHA, Asir — A fast food restaurant is being investigated after five members of a family suffered food poisoning after eating there. Bisha Health Affairs spokesman Abdullah Al-Ghamdi confirmed the emergency unit of King Abdullah Hospital received three women and two children. Doctors immediately provided them with tre
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Civil Defense ‘not responsible for growing fire incidents’
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — The deputy head of the Society of Saudi Fire Protection Engineers (SPFE) has cleared the Civil Defense of any responsibility for the increasing number of fire incidents.
Mohammad Al-Sebaiei said 15 government and non-governm
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First official Haj flight from Pakistan arrives in Jeddah
Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A Saudi Arabian Airlines flight from Peshawar, the first Haj flight carrying pilgrims of the Pakistani government’s scheme, arrived at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah Sat
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Fire destroys workers’ lodgings
MAJMAAH — Negligence was blamed for a fire that erupted among a number of portable cabins used as housing for workers of a contracting company. The housing supervisor, Saeed Ahmad, said the company was undertaking a housing project for the Ministry of Housing and during the employees’ lunch break
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First official Haj flight from Pakistan arrives in Jeddah
Pakistani officials receive the first group of government-sponsored pilgrims from the country at the Haj terminal in Jeddah Saturday. — SG photo
Syed Mussarat Khalil
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — A Saudi Arabian Airlines flight from Peshawar,
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Teenager sustains injuries in accident
DHAHRAN AL-JANOUB — A teenager was injured when his car overturned on the international road connecting Rijal Almaa and Al-Darb. Security forces and rescue teams attended the accident and transported the victim to hospital for treatment. Police sources said the victim was speeding on the road and lost
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Five men arrested for shop burglary
QURAYYAT — Search and investigation teams were successful in arresting five men who allegedly burgled a shop inside a mall. The business owner notified police that burglars had broken into his shop and stole half a million riyals, in addition to important documents. Forensics teams attended the shop an
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Outrage over exorbitant blood money demands
Saudi Gazette report
BAHA — A number of tribal heads here denounced the exorbitant blood money amounts some families demand before they pardon the convicted killer of their relatives, adding that such a practice was unknown in the tribal culture in the past.
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Dhahran hotel employees donate blood for use during emergencies in Haj
DHAHRAN — About 50 hotel employees volunteered to donate blood in support of a corporate responsibility initiative by DoubleTree by Hilton in Dhahran on Thursday. "The Gift of Life —
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IS slogan found on school walls in Riyadh
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The residents of Al-Naseem neighborhood, east Riyadh, were shocked when they saw the slogans of Islamic State (IS) on the walls of some schools, Al-Hayat daily reported. A number of resi
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Labor Ministry slaps SR10m in fines in 9 months
Fatima Muhammad
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Ministry of Labor has collected more than SR10.12 million in fines from businesses for various violations over the past nine months.
Deputy Minister of Labor Abdullah Abu Ethnain said the ministry&rs
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No foreign investment in Makkah projects
Badea Abu Al-Naja
Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH — Foreigners will still not be able to invest in three companies despite measures to open up Saudi markets to overseas investors, according to a study by the Makkah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI).
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The unlucky applicants for the ministry’s houses
Khalaf Al-Harbi
Okaz
The Ministry of Housing announced that it had accepted 600,000 out of more than 900,000 applications for its housing units. This means over 300,000 applications were rejected for various reasons.
The citizens who did not qualify believed the mi
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5.5 million pupils go back to school
Mohammad Sameih Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Schools in the Kingdom received 5.55 million students on the first day of the school year on Sunday, said the Ministry of Education. There were 2,834,796 girls and 2,718,762 boys, according to the m
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Three killed, two hurt in Hail accident
HAIL — Three people died and two others were injured when the car carrying them overturned on Saturday evening on Al-Shuwaimis-Hail Road. They were all from the same family. Police teams rushed to the scene of the accident. The bodies were taken to the morgue and the injured were rushed by air ambulance to King Khalid Hospital in Hail.
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Ethiopian arrested for killing compatriot
BISHA — Police in Al-Ju’bah center in Asir province arrested on Sunday afternoon an unidentified Ethiopian national who allegedly killed a compatriot 15 days ago at Al-Bashaer center in Sabt Al-Alayah governorate.
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