Help Center exhibits artwork of children with special needs

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   Souad Juffali, the head of the Help Center and the supervisor of the exhibition, pose for a photo with the spouse of the Consul General of Lebanon in Jeddah, Zeina Atallah, and other Lebanese women. — Courtesy photo   Samar Yahya &nb

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Pakistan’s progress lies in education, elimination of corruption – Governor Punjab

December 15, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   Irshad Salim  RIYADH — Pakistan’s progress lies in education and elimination of corruption, said Punjab Governor Choudhry Mohammad Sarwar, while addressing a large gathering of Pakistani community Saturday afternoon at a local hotel here.  The

Marriage preparation program to be mandatory

December 15, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   Saudi Gazette report  DAMMAM — The Ministry of Social Affairs is in the process of implementing a mandatory marriage preparation program for all engaged couples, Makkah daily reported. A source at the ministry said that the program was optional at first and was implemented in 459 cente

Foreign investors accused of using gold stores to launder money

December 15, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   Saudi Gazette report  DAMMAM — A number of gold traders have claimed that some foreign investors and expatriate workers are involved in money laundering activities by using the business licenses of Saudi citizens to conduct their illicit activities, Al-Hayat daily reported. The traders

Expatriates do not feel appreciated and constantly fear being sacked

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   Renad Ghanem  Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — A lot of expatriates in the Kingdom do not feel secure in their jobs and constantly fear they may be sacked in spite of working diligently to their very best.  The fear of receiving termination letters

Search for lost diver continues

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   YANBU – Search and recovery operations for a lost diver continued on the Yanbu coast for the third consecutive day on Monday. The diver was with nine others when he failed to come out of the water at a time the group had agreed upon. Search and rescue teams sought the assistance of Internal Security helicopters in the search missio

Cabinet nod for tough action on contractors of stalled projects

December 15, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   Saudi Gazette report  RIYADH – The Council of Ministers on Monday approved regulations to ban sale of booklets containing project requirements and specifications to contractors of stalled projects.   The weekly se

The benefit of immigration

December 15, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   Hiba Zuhair Qadi Makkah Daily   What has put the West, particularly the United States, at the forefront of scientific, technological and even entertainment innovation? This question has been raised over the years by many people who also asked about the secret that

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Shoura member: Need to revise terrorist rehabilitation program

December 15, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   Saudi Gazette report  RIYADH — The terrorist rehabilitation programs run by Prince Muhammad Bin Naif Center for Advice and Care needs to be revised and reevaluated now that it has been in place for ten years, according to Latifah Al-Shalan, member

Ministry reports an increase in crimes

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  Saudi Gazette report  DAMMAM — Terrorism-related crimes in the Kingdom have reached 1,954 cases with 5,599 suspects, Al-Hayat daily said quoting a report from the Ministry of Justice.  Ministry spokesman Fahd Al-Bakran said the Specialized Penal Court, under the Criminal Cou

22 Filipino women in Jeddah complete livelihood training

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   Ronaldo Z. Concha Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — Twenty-two Filipino women in the Kingdom formed the latest batch to benefit from the livelihood training seminar that recently concluded here.  Organized and conducted by the Kapit-Bisig OFW Cooperative

Makkah Haia chief faces death threats over edicts

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     Ali Bin Gharasan Okaz/Saudi Gazette  RIYADH — The chief of the Makkah Province's Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia), Ahmad Bin Qassim Al-Ghamdi, has received death threats after he issued an edict sayin

Social media blackmailer held

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   RIYADH — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) has helped a woman who was being blackmailed by a man who had taken SR300,000 of her money and was demanding more. The official spokesman of the Hai’a Turki Al-Shalil said the victim contacted her offender on a social networking website after she thought

Four injured in freak accident

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   BISHA — A traffic accident here left four people injured, one with major facial injuries. Bisha Health Directorate spokesman Abdullah Saeed Al-Ghamdi said the four men were admitted to the hospital on Monday and one of them was so badly injured that his face was unrecognizable. He underwent three-hour-long surgery and was then transported to

Passenger killed in drifting accident

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   BISHA – A drifter was awarded six-month prison term. He was involved in an accident that left one person dead. The deceased, a passenger in the car, was killed as the drifter was performing dangerous stunts. Bisha Traffic Department head Lt. Col. Muflih Nasser Abdullah warned against drifting and urged parents to monitor their children. In p

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Four Asians held for stealing copper wire

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   HAIL – Police here arrested four Asian expatriates for allegedly stealing 800 boxes of copper wire from an electric supplies store. The boxes were worth a combined SR800,000. Hail Police public relations and media spokesman Brig. Gen. Abdulaziz Al-Zunaidi said police received reports of the robbery from the store’s owner. All four men

SFDA shuts down date factory

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   RIYADH — The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has ordered a date factory in Riyadh and Taif closed for selling expired dates and storing them incorrectly. The authority reported that during an inspection campaign, 1,994 boxes of dates had their expiry labels altered. Some dates were sold a month after their expiry date and were stored in

Baby, mother saved from fire

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   TABUK - Tabuk Civil Defense rescuers saved a baby and her mother from a fire that broke out in their house in Al-Hamrah District on Monday. Tabuk Civil Defense spokesman Mamdouh Bin Sulaiman Al-Enizi said the fire was confined to the second story of the building. “We saved a woman and her child from the roof and extinguished the fire. The ca

Shoura Okays law on trade in petroleum products

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  Saudi Gazette report  RIYADH – The Shoura Council on Tuesday approved a draft law on trade in petroleum products. Muhammad Al-Amr, secretary general of the Council, said that the law contains 16 articles that aimed at regulating all the commercial activities related to the petroleum products, including their s

Four specialized schools for gifted children planned

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   RIYADH – Minister of Education Prince Khaled Al-Faisal announced Tuesday the ministry’s plan to open four specialized schools for gifted children by the end of the current academic year. The schools will be established in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Madinah. Such schools will be established in all regions of the Kingdom