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All pilgrims to leave by Nov. 8

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    MAKKAH — THE last date for all pilgrims to leave the Kingdom is Muharram 15 (Nov. 8), according to Haj Ministry spokesman Hatem Ghadi. He said all buses carrying pilgrims to Makkah or Madinah pass by Haj monitoring stations on the road that supply them with Zamzam water. Buses w

Manhole deaths: Investor to be quizzed

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    JEDDAH — An investigation committee formed by the Makkah governorate office examining the death of a father and his son who fell down a manhole next to a commercial center on Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz (Tahlia) Street last Thursday is to question the center’s owner. The

5 days to recover body buried in garbage

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    TAIF — THE body of a Nigerian worker who died when a huge quantity of garbage fell on top of him was only dug out after five days. The contractor at the garbage dumpsite where the victim was working had to use heavy machinery to dig out the body. According to a police report, th

Forum on thermal insulation on Tuesday

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    RIYADH — PRINCE Mansour Bin Miteb, minister of municipal and rural affairs, will patronize on Tuesday the 1st Forum and Exhibition of Thermal Insulation in Buildings. The event will be attended by Minister of Water and Electricity Abdullah Al-Hussayen, Minister of Housing Shuwai

66% shoppers against 9 p.m. closure

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    BAHA — AROUND 66 percent of shoppers do not agree with shutting down stores at 9 p.m., according to a poll of shoppers at Riyadh malls. The same survey, conducted by the Center of Polls and Measuring, showed 44 percent of shoppers do not agree with women working in commercial st

No evacuations of southern villages

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JAZAN   JAZAN — THE governorate office in Jazan denied reports that a number of Saudi villages near the Yemeni border in the south will be evacuated and its residents transported 10 kilometers inside Saudi borders. The office also denied reports that a numbe

Age and compatibility in a marriage

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   Saudi Gazette report  Saudis seeking to get married are being increasingly advised by experts to take into account the age difference between themselves and their potential spouses. However, there is a debate on whether a wide age gap has a negative impact on a marriage with some s

SCTA urged to preserve Hail’s historic district from illegals

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    Saudi Gazette report   Several citizens of Hail’s Al-Olaya district have called for urgent steps to preserve the historic neighborhood from destruction. They have asked for the intervention of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) to protect dozens of mud house

Haj: Constraints of time and place

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    Abdul Mohsen Hilal     The Minister of Haj Bandar Al-Hajjar said that a study would soon be conducted to establish seven electronic gates at entrances to Makkah to prevent the entry of illegal pilgrims. &n

What do other people think about Saudis?

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   Abdulelah Jada We do not want to blame the younger generation for everything but at the same time we should not hold them blameless when it comes to certain things that they do. However, mature Saudi men and women can also sometimes engage in acts that are even sillier than those young men and wo

Let’s walk for better health

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   Salahuddin Al-Hamoud    We seldom see people strolling around Riyadh, the capital city. Indeed, people consider it strange to see someone walking along the street.  Some motorists might even stop their car and ask if there is something wrong and whether those walking

Al-Khobah: A traditional market for rare animals

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   Saudi Gazette report   VISITORS frequent Al-Khobah market in Al-Harth governorate to purchase wild animals that a person would otherwise only see in zoos, Al-Hayat daily reported.  For decades the market has been known for its traditional items but it also has areas w

KSA tops in expat remittances to Pakistan

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   MAKKAH — PAKISTANI workers in Saudi Arabia remit five times more money than their counterparts in Britain and three times as much as their counterparts in the US, according to data released by the Pakistan Central Bank. The data showed that remittances by 1.5 million workers in the Kingdom reached $1.3 billion for the three months ending on

153,000 cars recalled over faulty defoggers

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   RIYADH — THE Ministry of Commerce and Industry has recalled over 153,000 Toyota vehicles due to manufacturing defects. They include 2007 to 2011 model Camry, 2008 to 2010 model Corolla, 2008 to 2013 model Yaris and 2008 to 2009 model Aurion. The ministry said the recall is due to defects in these cars that may lead to the malfunctioning of d

Mina air-conditioners to be replaced

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   MAKKAH — THE Ministry of Finance is waiting for a report from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Haj and Umrah Research on the new air-conditioners in Mina that have been tested in 73 camps during the Haj season this year. Over 45,000 air-conditioners will be replaced.

SR100,000 fine for employing illegals

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   JEDDAH — SPOKESMAN  for the Passport Department Lt. Col. Ahmed Al-Luhaidan said the penalty for employing illegal workers is imprisonment for two years and a fine of SR100,000. The illegal worker will be fined SR15,000. He said the number of illegal foreigners deported since November 2013 has reached 1 million. Of these, 700,000 were ap

Citizen dies from coronavirus

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   JEDDAH — THE Ministry of Health has announced that a new coronavirus case has been registered in Taif while another citizen died due to the virus during the past 48 hours. The case registered in Taif is of a 42-year-old female expatriate health practitioner, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday. She was also suffering from other dise

Jail, fine for illegal petroleum trade

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   RIYADH — THE Shoura Council will begin discussing on Monday the regulation for illegally trading in petroleum products after receiving it from the Experts Commission at the Council of Ministers. The draft regulation has been presented by the Economy and Energy Committee in the council. The penalties will include fines that do not exceed 20 t

Let’s revive the habit of reading

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  Abdulrahman Al-Sultan Al-Watan    With the emergence of the Internet, smartphones and social media, very few people seem to read these days even though, in my opinion, nothing can surpass the pleasure of reading a real book and turning its pages. We are clearly in need of bold initiatives to encourage read

Protecting the rights of Saudi divorcees

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  Khaled Al-Fadli Al-Hayat   The increase in the number of divorces in Saudi Arabia has led to the  formation of a society to protect the rights of divorcees and their children. Many Saudi men pronounce divorce recklessly apparently not bothered about the breakup of the family. Many of these men refuse to shoulder&nbs
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