DHAHRAN AL-JANOOB, Asir — The Border Guard in Asir seized 1,713 kg of drugs and 8,811 weapons and arrested more than 3,200 smugglers over the past three months. Asir Border Guard head Maj. Gen. Safar Al-Ghamdi said officers seized 561 kg of hashish, 1,102 kg of the narcotic qat and 50 kg of nicotine. They also seized 8,277 rounds of ammunition and 534 mis
Over 3,200 smugglers arrested in 3 months
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17 Ethiopian women, smuggler arrested
BISHA, Asir — Seventeen female Ethiopian illegal expatriates were arrested along with their smuggler on Friday while attempting to enter the capital. Asir Border Guard Field Supervisor Master Sgt. Ali Al-Shahrani said the smuggler charged each woman SR2,500 to smuggle them from Khamis Mushayt into Riyadh. The smuggler told guards the women were his family
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Life-threatening rocks
Falling rocks from worksites along the Makkah-Jeddah Expressway pose a potential hazard to the lives of passing motorists. — Courtesy Makkah
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Exploring for gas
An elderly expatriate scouts around the streets of Jeddah for cooking gas with an empty cylinder fastened to the rear saddle of his bicycle during the recent gas crisis in the city. — Courtesy Makkah
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Bazm-e-Ittehad grand Mushaira on February 20
JEDDAH — Bazm-e-Ittehad Jeddah, an Indian community organization, is organizing its 4th annual Mushaira (poetry recitation evening) Bayaad Salar-e-Millat 2015 here on Feb. 20 in memory of Salar-e-Millat Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi.
The group will also celebrate its silver jubilee on the occasion.
President Bazme-Ittehad Saudi A
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Water workers drown in manhole after pump burst
Saudi Gazette report
NAJRAN — Two workers drowned while they were down a manhole in Yadmah on Tuesday supervising testing of Najran’s Empty Quarter water transportation project, Al-Watan Arabic newspaper reported on Saturday.
A water pump inside the manhole burst and the victims were quickly submerged
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Unemployment rate almost 6%
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — There are 651,000 unemployed Saudi men and women while the Kingdom’s unemployment rate has reached 5.7 percent, according to the director general of the Central Department of Statistics and Information.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Abdullah Al-Batil said
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Mohammed Jameel receives honorary knighthood
Prince Charles presents Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel with an honorary knighthood from the UK during a ceremony held at the British Embassy. The Queen approved the honor for Jameel in recognition of his philanthropic activities and support for the development of the arts and culture in the UK. Honorary knighthoods are awarded by the Queen to those who have made an
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Cooking up a crisis
Ibrahim Badawood Al-Madinah In our society, every now and then we face some sorts of problems. Perhaps this could be in the form of a food shortage or shortages of other essential goods or basic services. Most often we do not know what the real causes of these crises are nor do we know what would bring about an end to them.
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Woman loses lung after contracting bug at hospital
Saudi Gazette report
MADINAH — A Saudi woman had to have her lung removed after contracting a virus at Madinah’s King Fahd Hospital following a hysterectomy, according to her family.
Saliha Al-Jehani’s brother Saud told Al-Watan daily that the hospital was “careless and disrespectful”
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Three ways consumers can complain about price hikes
Hazim Al-Mutairi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has allocated three channels for the public to contact it about unjustified price hikes of consumer goods and services and suspected commercial fraud.
These services, which forms part of the ministry’s initiative
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Women abandoned by husbands denied services of Social Affairs
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Women abandoned by their husbands are unable to benefit from the services provided by the Ministry of Social Affairs as they are neither divorcees nor widows, the only two groups the ministry provides assistance to, the Arabic daily Makkah reported.
A woman, who wished to remain
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Work hour rules ‘to make private sector attractive to Saudis’
Omniah Khudari
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Ministry of Labor has announced that it will issue new unified and regulated working hours for all workers in the private sector.
Economist Abdullah Al-Maghlouth praised the Ministry of Labor for its decision to regulate working hours.
He s
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10 injured in Riyadh accident
RIYADH — Ten people were injured after a road accident in the south of Riyadh. Riyadh Red Crescent official spokesman Abdullah Al-Miraibidh said one of the victims was severely injured. They were all given medical attention on the spot, while those with more severe injuries were taken to hospital.
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Video of barber spitting on client goes viral
RIJAL ALMAA, Asir — A video of a barber spitting on customer’s head went viral, with Twitter users claiming the barbershop was located in Khamis Mushayt’s Al-Khaldiyah District. Khamis Mushayt Municipality’s media and public relations head Badr Al-Qarni said the municipality inspected all of the barbershops in the governora
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10 terror suspects arrested in Riyadh
RIYADH — Police arrested 20 people suspected of involvement in terrorist activities over the past five days but 10 of them were released for lack of evidence. Sources reported that nine Saudis and a Pakistani remained in custody as they could not prove their innocence. Police also reported the intelligence prisons have 3,471 terror suspects
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224,239 illegal expats deported in 16 months
RIYADH — The Kingdom deported 224,239 illegal expatriates over the last 16 months. Several government authorities cooperated to run a massive field inspection campaign across the Kingdom. The field inspection officers also arrested 20,525 illegal expatriates, mostly Yemenis and Ethiopians, hiding in shelter houses and they are currently unde
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Smuggler caught with 2,000 qat batches
JAZAN — Traffic police officers arrested an Indian for attempting to smuggle 2,000 batches of qat. The officers’ report revealed the man hid the illegal narcotics under sheepskin in the back of his car. The man was taken to the police station for further procedures.
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Six injured in gas station blast
DAMMAM — Six people were injured after two benzene tanks and a diesel tank exploded at a gas station in Qatif on Sunday. Qatif Civil Defense head Col. Rashid Al-Muri said the workers did not adhere to the safety instructions when emptying the tanks. However, the exact cause of the explosion is not clear yet and the Civil Defense is still inv
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Firm laws needed to fight beggary
Abdullah Saddiq Dahlan Okaz BEGGING has become an illegal business carried out by some people who have made it a profession and a main source of income. They use all means and methods to beg during social events, vacations, Eid and other occasions. In fact the business of begging has developed its own mo
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