RIYADH – The Special Criminal Court in Riyadh today awarded varying prison terms to 14 men (13 Saudis and a Yemeni). The 14 belong to a 29-member terror cell which was planning attacks on expatriates.
The men were jailed for four and 23 years and were banned from travel abroad for similar periods, SPA said Wednesday.
14 terrorists get prison terms
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Newborn baby found on beach
JEDDAH – Border Guards patrols found a newborn baby on Al-Musem beach, near Jazan. Jazan Border Guards spokesman, Capt. Hasan Al-Qesaibi, said security bodies and the Red Crescent were notified and added this was the second time this year an abandoned newborn had been found on the beach. He said security bodies are investigating the incident
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ICS celebrates Indian Independence Day
Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Indian Cultural Society Jeddah (ICS) celebrated India’s 68th Independence Day recently at the Indian Consulate premises here. The event was mostly attended by the Indian community and other prominent personalities. Hea
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Defeat attempts to saffronize India, says Indian journalist
Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A prominent Indian journalist underscored the need for joint efforts to safeguard the Indian secular fabric by foiling the attempts initiated by the Hindu nationalist government led by Narendra Modi to saffronize the world’s largest democracy.
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Seminar on legal rights awareness starts Sunday
Syeda Amtul
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — In collaboration with Makkah Social Affairs, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) is organizing a two-day seminar to shed light on the issues of domestic violence and cyber crimes at JCCI’s Sheikh Ismail Abu Dawood Hall from Su
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Young Saudi Meshaal Hersani honored in US
Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Young Saudi Meshaal Hersani, who completed an international leadership program offered by the United State Department to prepare leaders at the international level, was honored recently at Saudi Embassy in the United States. The program inclu
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Alwaleed receives UNHCR chief
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, chairman of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, discusses philanthropic projects and outreach with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres (third from left) in Riyadh earlier this week. They also discussed the World Humanitarian Forum that will be held in Turkey in 2016. The Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation
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Pilgrims get a clean bill of health from Fakieh
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH/MAKKAH – Acting Health Minister Adel Fakieh on Wednesday all pilgrims a clean bill of health maintaining that no epidemic or quarantine cases have been found among them till now.
He said the ministry has taken all possible preventive measure
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Judge reunites daughter with mom after giving dad custody
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — A judge of Taif City Court has granted a mother custody over her 11-year-old daughter after previously ruling in the father’s favor, Al-Hayat daily reported.
The judge revoked the sentence after reading a medical report issued by the Maternity and Children&rs
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Cooperation of govt bodies ‘essential for public safety’
Col. Husain Al-Yamu, assistant head (planning) in the Eastern Province Civil Defense, at a stall on the sidelines of the fifth conference on protection from fire engineering in Al-Khobar. — Courtesy photo Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — The Civil Def
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Govt to bear cost of treating kids with autism and Down syndrome
Saad Al-Qabousi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Ministry of Social Affairs will bear the entire cost of treatment and rehabilitation of children with autism or Down syndrome at domestic care centers, an official source at the ministry has said.
The official, who did not want to be
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Jawazat deports five pilgrims
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — The Passports Department (Jawazat) has deported five pilgrims for violating the Kingdom’s residency regulations, Makkah daily reported. Three of them had fake travel documents, one was sick and was deported previously because of her health conditions, and the fifth di
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You are killing us, Mr. Loan
Qaisar Hamid Metawea
Al-Madina
WE all know who Mr. Loan is? In the past, many of us did not need it. Our incomes were more than enough for us to buy our necessary and luxurious commodities. We used to keep away from it. Only a very few of us had anything to do with it.
These days, however, things have ch
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More than 9,000 cars stolen last year
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — A total of 9,169 cars were stolen last year (2013) from various parts of the Kingdom, Makkah daily reported on Wednesday, quoting official traffic police statistics. According to statistics, 4,213 vehicles, representing about 45.9 percent,
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18 helicopters to ensure Haj security
Ibrahim Alawi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The aerial team of the General Security has already started implementing its plan for this year's Haj season.
Maj. Gen. Mohammed Bin Eid Al-Harbe, commander of the team, said the plan envisages deployment of 18 helicopter
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Jeddah set to host PIHRC
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia has beaten off competition from Iran after many years of campaigning to become the host country of the newly established Permanent Islamic Human Rights Commission (PIHRC), local daily Al-Watan reported Thursday. It said 17 member countries of the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have backed the Kin
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‘100 imams with extremist thoughts’
RIYADH — The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance has identified about 100 mosque imams out of 15,000 with extremist tendencies. He said the imams are currently being rehabilitated but will be dismissed if they do not repent, the ministry’s undersecretary for mosque affairs Tawfiq Al-Sudairy announced. He said the
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SR300b for 8.5m m3 desalinated water
DAMMAM — The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) will invest about SR300 billion within the next 10 years to produce about 8.5 million cubic meters of desalinated water, its governor Abdulrahman Bin Mohammed Al-Ibrahim announced. He told a workshop in Dammam on Wednesday that the corporation is paying about SR600 million every year fo
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KAMC to be opened soon
JEDDAH — King Abdullah Medical Complex in north Jeddah will be opened before the end of 2014, its supervisor Hamad Al-Duwailie announced. He said the complex is now conducting minor surgical operations. He said the intensive care unit would become operational during this year’s Haj season. “All the sections of the giant hospital
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Online complaints ‘equal to paperwork’
MAKKAH — Prince Mishal Bin Abdullah, Emir of Makkah, has directed all government departments in the province to treat citizen complaints on the governorate’s electronic gate as official paperwork and take necessary action on them. He asked the departments to complete any paperwork received on the governorate’s smartphone app. The
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