Giant screens outside Two Holy Mosques

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The Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has installed 14 huge electronic screens around the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah and the Grand Mosque in Makkah to guide and enlighten pilgrims and visitors. The presidency has also installed 32 middle screens on lighting posts in the squares of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque. A large number of technici

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Transport minister cracks down on negligent contractors

January 28, 2015, 1:00 pm

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Saud Al-Khozaim & Mansour Al-Shehri Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH – Minister of Transport Abdullah Al-Muqbel has issued directives to withdraw delayed projects from the designated contractors and warn companies caught committing violations. The contractors have been forced to resolve the violations wi

31 private health facilities closed for various violations

January 28, 2015, 1:00 pm

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Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Health has closed down 31 private health institutions in various parts of the Kingdom during January for committing various violations, Al-Watan reported on Wednesday. Dr. Ali Al-Zawawi, the ministry's assistant undersecretary for the affairs of the private healt

Maternity hospital in baby swap row

January 28, 2015, 1:00 pm

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Saudi Gazette report NAJRAN — A Saudi citizen has accused the Maternity and Children Hospital of giving him a mentally and physically disabled baby girl instead of a healthy baby boy. Al-Hadi Al-Fitaih told Makkah on Tuesday that the hospital also conducted a Caesarian operation on his wife without his appro

King Salman gives bonus to state employees, reshuffles Cabinet

January 29, 2015, 1:00 pm

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   RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman ordered bonuses to all state employees on Thursday and reshuffled some top government posts while keeping in place the interior, foreign, oil, finance and defense ministers.  The Kingdom will pay two months of bonus salary to all state employees an

Scientific research forum at Dar Al-Hekma

January 29, 2015, 1:00 pm

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JEDDAH — Dar Al-Hekma University has organized a scientific research forum for its students. The forum, which ran on Wednesday and Thursday on the university campus, featured more than 50 presentations, 12 poster exhibitions, 11 videos, animations and documentaries and more than 200 artworks. “Innovative scientific research is the mo

Umm Al-Qura to host patriotism meet

January 29, 2015, 1:00 pm

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    MAKKAH — Higher Education Minister Khalid Al-Sabti will open in Makkah on Wednesday a conference on “Youth, Citizenship Values and Ingenuity”, to be hosted by Umm

60 ex-husbands jailed for defying courts

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    RIYADH — Administrative courts in Riyadh Province have sentenced 60 men to prison terms between two days and three months for disobeying court orders issued in favor of their

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3 million Saudis took premarital tests

January 29, 2015, 1:00 pm

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    RIYADH — The response rate to the Ministry of Health’s marriage consultancy program has reached more than 60 percent, the ministry announced. It said as many as 3 milli

Hajjar receives Pak Haj delegation

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    A Pakistani delegation led by federal Minister for Religious Affairs Mohammed Yusuf Sardar meets with Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar in Jeddah on Thursday to finalize the agreement for Haj 2015. Earlier, Sardar held one-to-one talks with the Saudi Haj minister. — Syed Mussarat Khalil 

Drug tests for drivers of women teachers

January 29, 2015, 1:00 pm

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     TABUK — An official committee comprising representatives of four concerned departments has recommended drug and alcohol tests for drivers of buses transpor

Encroachers evicted from govt land

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   JEDDAH — The Jeddah Municipality has regained 585,000 square meters of government land from encroachers over the past three months, press reports said on Thursday. The plots were taken over by citizens in the neighborhoods of Briman, Dhahban and Thuwal. According to Fahd Al-Mutairi, the head of Briman branch municipality, on Wednes

Localization of jobs or giving them to others?

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    Yusuf Al-Muhaimeed Al Jazirah     We should be fair towards the “Localization” fair whose seventh edition was organized recently and whether it has been important and effective in localization of jobs and r

Brightening our dull image abroad

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    Nasser Al-Khlaif Al-Sharq      A round 5,000 male and female Saudi students—comprising both those on scholarships and those

For husbands who want a Misyar marriage

January 29, 2015, 1:00 pm

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    Tarfah Abdulrahman Al-Youm    It seems that Misyar marriages still appeal to some men despite the negative consequences of such unions. Many men have been cheated and had their money taken from them after having undergone such marriages. (Mis

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Scrap burning clouds fight against dioxins

January 29, 2015, 1:00 pm

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   Saudi Gazette report  THE government is fighting a battle to put a stop to the toxic smoke that pollutes the Kingdom’s environment and jeopardizes the health and safety of others as a result of the dangerous methods used by scrap metal recyclers to extract copper and other precious metals from applianc

Evolutional jealousy

January 29, 2015, 1:00 pm

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     Saudi Gazette report  SUSPICION in marital relations is a phenomenon that has existed for ages.  Spying on one’s spouse is the inevitable result of suspicion and nowadays the stalking operation has become high-tech with wives monitorin

Slowdown on highways

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     Saudi Gazette report  A NUMBER of taxi drivers in the Tabuk region have spoken out against the Saher traffic monitoring system that fines drivers for speeding and breaking other traffic laws, Al-Riyadh daily reported.  The drivers, who spend

Fire truck gets stuck as road caves in

January 30, 2015, 1:00 pm

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   A Civil Defense truck is seen in a hole after the pavement underneath it collapsed during a firefighting operation. No one was injured in the incident. — Okaz photo

Mammoth draw for Malayalam Festival in Jubail

January 30, 2015, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report   THE recent cultural and literary festival organized by Navodaya Cultural Forum in Jubail drew as many as 4,000 expatriates and their families, who thronged various stalls and pavilions of the fest, bracing the freezing winter wind. A literary seminar, book fair, valedictory function, handi