Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — Construction workers in the Grand Mosque found skeletal remains buried under the Ottoman hallway, Makkah daily reported Tuesday.
The workers were executing the third stage of the Holy Mosque expansion project when they found the bones
Bones discovered during digging in Grand Mosque
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Al Yasmin marks quindecennial celebration
RIYADH — Al Yasmin International School, Riyadh, one of the Peevees Group of Schools in KSA and India, celebrated its quindecennial celebration recently.
The school was a vision nurtured by Chairman of Peevees Group of Schools KSA and India P.V.Abdul Wahab, who also presided over the ceremony with his wife, Yasmin Abdul Wahab
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Bahrain a bustling market for hiring Indonesian maids
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — A number of recruitment offices in Bahrain have started making huge financial gains from sending Indonesian maids to Saudi Arabia, Makkah daily reported on Sunday.
The report said the Bahraini offices recruit Indonesian maids for interested
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NAUSS holds int'l conference on terrorism
Faris Al-Qahtani
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — In view of the increasing number of terrorist activities in the Arab world, Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS) began a three-day international conference on the role of Arab media in facing terrorism here on Tuesday.
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Al Faisalya seeks to revive palm fronds craft
Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Al Faisalya Women Welfare Society at the Sleysla center held their first training program in the Kingdom to develop the palm fronds craft, funded by the National Commercial Bank's (NCB) productive families program. The three-week program ki
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Camel beauty pageants: Excessive extravagance
Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Shlash Al-Jazirah SCHOLARS, through the media, are always urging the general public not to squander money, clothes, food, drinks, electricity, etc. because it goes against our religious ethos. Yet, despite such warnings, we ironically overlook the wastage of resources that takes place at gala events
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Scotoma: Art Jameel conducts photography competition
Shahd Alhamdan Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — “Scotoma,” the fifth edition of Art Jameel Photography Award for 2014 took place yesterday at the Dar Hussain Hall at Abdulatif Jameel's headquarter. The competition is part of Art Jameel Programs by the Abdul Latif Jameel Communit
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Volunteer lawyers help needy prisoners
Adnan Al-Shabrawi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The volunteer lawyers of the National Committee on Care of Prisoners and Their Families have taken 700 cases pro bono and completed the legal procedures of 95 percent of them, said Ashraf Al-Siraj, head of the com
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IIROSA agrees to enhance partnership with ICIC
Dr. Abdullah Habhab, IIROSA director general of programs and welfare (center), Abdul Rahman Matar, director of IIROSA offices affairs, and Dr. Mohamed H. Elasbali, executive director of ICIC (left) meeting at IIROSA's headquarters in Jeddah at the weekend. — Courtesy photo Saudi Gazette report
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Judicial cities planned across the Kingdom
Mohammad Al-Ahmadi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH — The Ministry of Justice plans to enhance the judicial infrastructure of the Kingdom by building judicial cities and facilities in all areas of the Kingdom.
The ministry has already started building penal courts in pr
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Germany to be guest of honor at Janadriyah
RIYADH — Germany will be the guest of honor at the next Janadriyah Festival to be held from February 4 to 22 at the Al-Janadriyah heritage village located on the outskirts of Riyadh. German Ambassador Boris Ruge stated that it was a great honor for Germany to have been chosen as the guest country for the upcoming 30th e
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Retract remarks and repent, Grand Mufti advises Al-Ghamdi
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Aal Alsheikh has asked Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, former Makkah chief of Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Haia), to repent for his recent comments on niqab (face veil) which have created a lot of
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Municipality resists pressure from owners of shut eateries
Ibrahim Alawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Jeddah municipality claims its inspectors have photographic and video footage of the violations that led to the recent closure of about 100 eateries. Municipality spokesman Mohammed Obaid Al-Baqami said: "The pho
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Education sector takes anti-terror stance
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — Schools and universities in the Kingdom have assigned specialized committees to scan the background of all religious and historical studies faculty members before hiring them, Al-Hayat daily reported.
Several private and public univer
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Infant drowns in water tank
JAZAN — A 1-year-old boy drowned in a water tank while he was playing on Monday. A source reported that the family, from Damad, rushed the infant to hospital and paramedics tried to save the child but he died. Damad Police are currently questioning the family of the victim, who was reportedly unsupervised when the incident happened.
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Three stranded sailors saved
DAMMAM — Al-Khobar Coast Guard patrols saved three sailors from a boat stranded in the sea on Tuesday. Eastern Province Border Guard spokesman Capt. Omar Bin Mohammad Al-Aklabi said officers received a report from one of the sailors that his boat had run out of gas. During the patrol’s search officers also found another boat and saved
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Students stranded as Haia arrests driver
TAIF — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haiai) arrested a private driver over several complaints against him while he was driving a bus full of Taif University female students. It is not clear exactly why he was detained, but the university’s President Abdulilah Banajah said his institution does not ha
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Murderer, drug addict sentenced to death
MAKKAH — The General Court issued death sentences on Tuesday to a man convicted of murder and another for consuming large amounts of amphetamines. The Ministry of Interior said Mahdi Al-Mahmoud waited for Atif Al-Astad to go to sleep and then shot him in the head. Abdulrahman Al-Luqmani will also be executed for his excessive drug habit.
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Bisha school struck by vandals
JAZAN — Vandals broke into Al-Fatiha School in Bisha governorate on Monday and trashed the principal’s office, teacher’s lounge and cafeteria. A source from the school reported that the offenders smashed the windows and vandalized the offices. There was nothing stolen or missing from the school properties and Bisha Police are inv
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Five factories set on fire in Dammam
DAMMAM — Five plastic and paper factories were set on fire in the Khalidiyah district of Dammam. The Civil Defense dispatched 15 firefighting teams to tackle the blaze, which covered 5,500 square meters. Eastern Province Civil Defense spokesman Col. Mansour Al-Dowsary said no injuries were reported. Investigations into the cause of the fire
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