What is wrong with holding a beauty pageant?

December 1, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   Qenan Al-Ghamdi Makkah    I want to understand what is wrong with holding a bazaar attended by women only. The organizers and participants are women and they are sitting inside a closed hall that isolates them from the outside world. 

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Unique centers aim to help homeless and mentally-ill

December 1, 2014, 1:00 pm

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       Saudi Gazette report  JEDDAH — The first branch of a first-of its-kind chain of social care centers in Riyadh admitted over 62 homeless and mentally ill patients within a year and a half, Al-Hayat reported.

Ministry warns against wood cutting

December 1, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   Saudi Gazette report  HAIL – The Ministry of Agriculture has warned the public against illegally cutting down trees for firewood due to the negative impact on the environment, Al-Sharq daily reported.  Increased woodcutting activities has expedited deserti

Illegal poultry shops back in business after bird flu scare

December 1, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   Saudi Gazette report  JEDDAH — Illegal poultry shops selling freshly slaughtered chickens have returned to business after a five-year suspension following a bird flu epidemic, Makkah daily reported.  E

Cervical cancer most common in Kingdom

December 1, 2014, 1:00 pm

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    Saudi Gazette report  JEDDAH — Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in the Kingdom, a leading oncologist has told Al-Watan.&nb

Garbage filled Makkah streets anger residents

December 1, 2014, 1:00 pm

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         Ahmad Alihyani and Muhammad Fallatah Okaz/Saudi Gazette  MAKKAH — Garbage has piled up again on the streets of the holy city despite the municipality signing co

62 workers down with ‘food poisoning’

December 2, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   TAIMA – Sixty-two workers from the Taima Residential Company had to be admitted to hospital on Monday with suspected food poisoning. Taima Municipality’s environmental health head Dr. Anwar Al-Askar said the company has about 950 workers and only 62 of them reported food poisoning.   He said

SFDA confiscates expired food

December 2, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   RIYADH — The Saudi Food and Drugs Authority confiscated more than 1,000 spoilt dates and 20,000 expired food cans from warehouses in Jeddah and Dammam. The authority said the confiscated foods consisted of jam, barley juice, chicken soup, dry milk, sesame, rice, mayonnaise, tea, and other expired juices. The authority added that so

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Attempt to smuggle alcohol foiled

December 2, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   RIYADH — Al-Batha Customs caught a smuggler trying to smuggle 335 liters of alcohol into the Kingdom by storing it in his truck’s gas tank. Al-Batha Customs General Director Abdulrahman Al-Muhana said the offender was caught during customs officers’ regular inspection routines. “He was storing the alcohol in the m

Son dies in fight with father

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   TABUK — A 30-year-old was killed by his father after he was struck in the head with a sharp object in Tabuk’s Salam District. Tabuk Police spokesman Lt. Khalid Al-Ghaban said officers received a call from a 60-year-old citizen confessing that he had a fight with his son and hit him in the head with a sharp object. Tabuk Polic

Young boy dies after being hit by car

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   QATIF — A child died after being run over by a car in the city of Al-Khuwailidah. Mohsen Ghizawi was transported to a private hospital but died on the way. Qatif Traffic Police head Col. Saeed Al-Qahtani said his department’s Child Accidents Committee are looking into the case.

Thanksgiving lunch

December 2, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   US consul general, Mike Hankey, (fifth from left) and Dr. Gaurav Agarwal, (on the right of Consul General) vice president of Baker Hughes and host of the Thanksgiving lunch with attendees at Baker Hughes R&D center in Dhahran Techno Valley on  November 26. In addition to Baker Hughes staff, attendees represented KFUPM, KAUST and other companies in Dhahran

PEG organizes condolence meet for Ahsan Rasheed

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  Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — Pakistan Executive Group (PEG), a prominent Pakistani group here, organized a condolence meet for social worker, ex-chief of a Saudi company, Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) founding member, and Punjab former president Ahs

Indian Engineers Forum conducts PMP Training

December 2, 2014, 1:00 pm

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  Sitting from left: Indian Engineers Forum general secretary Syed Nasir Khursheed, president Mohammed Sayeeduddin, chief guest HOC Raghib Qureshi, PMP trainer Farooq Qureshi, executive manager Maytas Syed Fayaz Ahmed and Abdul Hamid Saif. Members who are standing attended the course. — Courtesy photo   JEDDAH

Connect with Saudi art at KAIA

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  Shahd Alhamdan Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — You must have noticed the bare walls of the King Abdul Aziz International Airport (KAIA). Well, now you are in for a surprise as the walls now speak of color and creativity with the launch of “Connected” Mo

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‘Indian Muslims should participate in politics’

December 2, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   RIYADH — “Indian Muslims should actively participate in politics so that they can struggle in democratic way against injustice meted by successive governments,” said barrister Asaduddin Owaisi, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Supremo, and member of Parliament. Owaisi, who was addressing a felici

Imam University in accord with Microsoft to upgrade software

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  Saudi Gazette report  RIYADH  — Al-Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University, one of the largest public universities in Saudi Arabia, has struck an agreement with Microsoft to upgrade its software to Office 365 ProPlus Benefit, in what is believed to be first deal of its kind in t

Rehabilitated extremists to get business support

December 2, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   Saudi Gazette report  The National Entrepreneurship Institute (Riyadah) has signed an agreement with the Muhammad Bin Naif Counseling and Care Center (MNCC) in Saudi Arabia that aims to provide support for former extremists to start up their own businesses and encourage them to continue rejecting their old w

Dammam’s expatriate affairs office ‘too full’

December 2, 2014, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report  DAMMAM — The Expatriate Affairs Office in Dammam has run out of capacity due to the increasing number of illegal expatriates, Al-Yaum reported. The office is awaiting a new building to move into from its current location on King Fahd Rd. Its curren

Tasting our own medicine

December 2, 2014, 1:00 pm

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  Saeed Al-Suraihi Okaz   RECENTLY, Al-Watan daily published a report on the misery of a group of Saudi men working as receptionists at furnished apartment complexes. The report also talked about the salesmen at jewelry shops in Hafr Al-Batin Governorate. In fact, there are many Saudi men working in various