Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Israeli companies are taking advantage of the Arab League’s loosened boycott against the country and exporting dates to Arab countries that are purportedly from Palestine, Al-Watan reported.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a
Israel 'using relaxed rules' to export dates under Palestinian label
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Newborn girl scalded during hot shower in Jeddah hospital
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — A baby girl at the Jeddah Maternity and Children’s Hospital in Musadiyah District suffered second and third degree burns only a few hours after her birth after being scalded by hot water while being bathed, Al-Madinah newspaper reported.
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New Cabinet … more expectations
Abdul Ghani Al-Qash Makkah THE Council of Ministers has included new ministers, the majority of whom are young. This means that the country is determined to go for real change and to cope with the fast changes of the contemporary age, its technologies and programs. The young always have a larger capacity
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Mataf expansion enters final phase
The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs has announced that about 30 percent of the third and final phase of the ongoing mataf (circumambulation area) expansion in the Grand Mosque in Makkah has been completed. Work on the final phase started about four months ago and included the demolition and reconstruction of the mosque’s southeastern portion facin
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Chemical leak at EP plant claims life, injures 2
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — One person died and two were seriously injured in a chemical leak at a waste recycling plant near the Abqaiq-Dammam highway Tuesday morning. All three victims were employees of the recycling plant. The two survivors were taken to hospital w
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Constantly late airport buses irk Umrah pilgrims
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — Umrah pilgrims are reportedly gathering for hours in front of their hotels waiting for scheduled buses to take them to King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, the Makkah newspaper reported.
Among them are sick and elderly visitors s
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Tripartite team formed to resolve gas crisis
Ahmed Al-Sulami and Abdulaziz Ghazzawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A tripartite committee has been set up to tackle the current crisis resulting from the acute shortage in cooking gas with a view to finding a permanent solution. The setting up of the committee fo
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Private animal enclosures removed
JEDDAH — The municipality in Jeddah has closed down a number of violating stores and illegal private enclosures harboring animals in Al-Khumra, south of Jeddah. More than 300
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Four murderers executed in EP
QATIF — Four people convicted of killing a man and stealing his belongings were executed in the Eastern Province governorate of Qatif on Thursday, the Interior Ministry annou
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50,000 illegals arrested this year
BURAIDAH — The police campaign against illegal residents since the beginning of this year has resulted in the arrest of 50,000 people with no residential permits. Maj. Badr Al-Suhaibani, spokesman for Qassim Police, said it was very important that people do not harbor or give work to illegal residents to avoid being violated and fi
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Have we benefited from the Internet?
Abdulrahman Al-Mansour
Al-Riyadh
Using the Internet in a positive way is an important and complicated issue that needs study and research. We need to study the strong relationship between young people and the Internet and understand how this relationship has developed an
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We must change our lifestyle before it is too late
Yusuf Al-Kowaileet
Al-Riyadh
I am not someone who loves to read statistics, despite their importance. However, I will do so when it is necessary. We live in a world that is changing and which has both positive and negative aspects.
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How can a young boy be the guardian of a female government minister?
Haya Al-Manee
Al-Riyadh
If a Saudi woman in her 40s or 50s wants to travel abroad to deliver a paper at a scientific conference on nanotechnology or new methods in laser treatment, she would only be able to travel
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American among 54 arrested over suspected terrorist activity
Mansour Al-Shehri
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
RIYADH – The Ministry of Interior has announced the arrests of 54 people, including an American, suspected of involvement in cases related to national security and terrorism over the past two weeks.
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GCC seeks to expedite unified health practice rules
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – The 78th meeting of the Council of Health Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states concluded here on Thursday with a call to expedite preparations to implement unified Gulf regulations to grant licenses for health practitioners in member cou
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EP craftswomen win creativity prize
DAMMAM — The works of three craftswomen in the Eastern Province won first place for the Craftsmanship Creativity Prize presented by the National Program for Trades and Handic
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Expo aims to tell history of Saudi art
Shahd Alhamdan Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — “Fast Forward” is part of the Jeddah-based “21,39” series of art exhibitions and showcases the history of art in Saudi Arabi
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Starting your own business? Head to China
Saudi Gazette report Hundreds of young Saudi men and women have realized that starting a business is better than waiting for that dream job in the private or public sector. As a result, many fresh graduates go to China in the hope of finding some popular product to purchase and resell in
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Companies ‘could cut CSR funding’
RIYADH — A corporate social responsibility specialist believed several big companies would reduce their CSR budget in 2015 due to their initiative to give a two-month wage bo
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Nurses who went on strike fined
AHSA — The Health Affairs directorate in Al-Ahsa has fined 14 nurses working in a maternity hospital a total of SR270,000 for going on strike a year ago. The nu
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