HAFR AL-BATIN — The Commission of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) apprehended a man who allegedly blackmailed a young woman, Eastern Province Haia spokesman Debaikhi Al-Debaikhi said.
The blackmailer threatened to send photographs of the woman to her family and friends unless she had sexual intercourse w
Man arrested for blackmailing woman
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Orphans of unknown parents struggling for identity
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — According to the Ministry of Social Affairs there are 58 orphans in Makkah Province without identification papers, Alsharq reported.
Wud is an orphan who had just celebrated her first birthday but she does not have a birth certificate or a national identity.
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Pak barber turns diehard Itihad fan
Saeed Al-Mansour Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Omar Hayat has been working as a barber in the Kingdom for the past decade. He came to the Kingdom in search of a better living and job opportunities. Little did he know that he would become a staunch Itihad fan after he watched the tea
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Salaries are not enough!
Salem Sahab Al-Madinah SOME discussions in the Shoura Council pass unnoticed without too much media fuss. Other discussions, however, will get much attention and a lot of focus by the media though they may not be of any significance to the citizen. One of the hot debates that passed by without appropriat
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Doctors urged to tell patients benefits of alternative cures
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Doctors of primary healthcare centers, run by the Health Ministry, said it is important for doctors to be well-versed in the common practices of alternative medicine, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medic
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List of most wanted men in Qatif down to 7
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — With the arrest of Montadhar Al-Sbaiti, the number of fugitives on a list of 23 most wanted men related to the unrest in Qatif has gone down to seven.
Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki announced the arrest of Al-Sbaiti in a security opera
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29% of private girls schools in unsafe locations: Study
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Nearly 29 percent of private girls’ schools are located in unsafe locations, according to a study conducted by a Saudi female researcher quoted. In her master’s thesis titled Analysis of Location of Private Girls’ Schools in Jeddah City Usin
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Makkah Municipality scrutinizing reports on decrepit buildings
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — A total of 124 construction reports on residential buildings were submitted to the Makkah Municipality and 18 of them were rejected for inaccurate information, Al-Madinah newspaper reported.
The head of the committee for dilapidated buildings at Makkah Munici
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Jeddah bakers complain of flour shortage
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — A number of bakeries here have complained about a shortage of whole-wheat flour in the local market, Makkah newspaper reported.
The bakeries reported that the shortage has negatively affected sales but the organization blamed for the shortfall denied the repo
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Over 5m schoolchildren sit exams today
Saudi Gazette report TABUK — Over 5 million schoolchildren will sit their first semester examinations all over the country on Sunday. Education administrations across the Kingdom have completed all preparations to control and monitor students during examinations. All examin
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4 killed, 9 hurt in accidents
MADINAH – A total of four people were killed and nine injured Saturday morning in two horrific road accidents, said Red Crescent Authority spokesman Khalid Al-Sehli. The first accident took place on a highway near Afif Governorate where four citizens died while two were seriously injured. The second accident happened on Ghorab Road near the
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Accident leaves man fighting for life
QUNFUDAH — A young man was airlifted Saturday to Al-Noor Specialist Hospital in Makkah after he was involved in a traffic accident, according to local Health Affairs spokesman Ibrahim Al-Mathami. The victim was traveling at a high speed when he lost control and crashed right into a vehicle that was parked on the side of a main street in the
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Hail Police arrest human trafficker
HAIL — Police apprehended a man who smuggled several housemaids outside Hail, said police spokesman Brig. Abdulaziz Al-Zunaidi. Officers were tipped off about the man’s illegal activities and watched him until they caught him red-handed while he was trying to transport an Ethiopian maid outside the city. He was handed over to police af
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Attempt to smuggle weapons foiled
ABHA — Border Guard officers in Dhahran Al-Janoub in Asir Province foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons consisting of 28 machine guns, 82 different types of pistols, and 75 handgun ammunition cartridges, said spokesman Brig. Abdullah Ahmad Al-Hamrani. Several men who were involved in the smuggling attempt were arrested. Al-Hamrani warned tha
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Hashish dealer busted in Taif
TAIF — A man has been arrested for possessing hashish with the intention to selling it. Taif Police patrol officers got suspicious of the man, who was in a vehicle, and asked him to pull over. He refused to stop and drove away but officers called for support and closed in on him. He claimed that he was in a hurry and was trying to catch up w
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Haia arrests six for distributing liquor
JEDDAH — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) arrested a big gang selling liquor, said spokesman Abdulrahman Al-Jabri. Five Indians and an Egyptian who formed the gang were caught red-handed. They used three vehicles to sell and distribute alcohol mainly in Jeddah. A total of 6,732 liquor bottles were seiz
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1,777 new HIV cases detected in 2013
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – A total of 1,777 new HIV cases were discovered in the Kingdom in 2013, according to a high-ranking medical official."The new figures consisted of 542 Saudis and 1,235 expatriates," said Dr. Mohammed Al-Aumi, director of the Princ
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Anti-drug program for schools ready
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The ministries of interior and education are ready to implement their national anti-drug program in schools across the Kingdom to protect the young generation from harms of drugs, Al-Hayat daily reported.
The Ministry of Education said in a
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A 10th of proposed foreign investments fail to take off
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Foreign investments that have had to be scrapped do not account for more than 10 percent of total foreign investments in the Kingdom, the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) has announced.
Nasser Al-Tuwayan, director of SAGIA's department of in
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Population growth important
Hamad Al-Lihedan Al-Riyadh ON recent Shoura Council discussions of the Kingdom’s population issue and the calls for controlling the national birth rate, I would like to say that although I respect the opinion of the Shoura members, we can agree to disagree on this issue. I am not going to talk abou
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