JEDDAH — The latest plane a Boeing B777-300 ER plane belonging to Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAA) arrived in King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh Thursday. Director General of SAA Saleh Nasser Al-Jasser said the plane would contribute directly to supporting its operational and marketing capabilities. He said the plane is the 78th to join
SAA gets Boeing B777 plane
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Turkish, Hausa languages added
MAKKAH — Royal approval has been given to add Turkish and Hausa as additional languages in which the Friday sermons are to be translated in the Two Holy Mosques. General President for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sudais said the project, in line with the directives of the late King Abdullah to translate the Friday s
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Riyadh Airport cancels nine flights
RIYADH — Director General of King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh Yusuf Ibrahim Al-Abdan disclosed that nine flights of one company were canceled in one week for not being punctual, as delays cause additional burden on the airport, which is already suffering from double its capacity.
In a lecture on the experience of K
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Ten flights depart Jeddah to Riyadh
JEDDAH — The administration of King Abdulaziz International Airport said early Thursday, with the improvement of the weather conditions in Riyadh — waning of the dust storm and improvement of horizontal visibility — Saudi Arabian Airlines and Nas Air rescheduled flights heading to King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh.
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Restructuring of general education
HAIL — The Commission for Evaluation of General Education is expected to launch an urgent restructuring of education such that it is in conformity with the merger of the ministries of education and higher education under one umbrella — Ministry of Education.
The commission will enjoy full financial and administrative in
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Unprofessional media studies target Saudi women
Madi Al-Madi
Al Riyadh
Saudi women today are not only targeted by Western media but by Arab media as well. Some Arabic newspapers focus on women’s issues and sensationalize news in order to attract more readers.
An Arabic newspaper reporter may, for instance, visit a girls’ intermediate schoo
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I want a name not a number!
Omaima Al-Khamis
Al Riyadh
The most recently opened girls’ school in Riyadh has been named “The 390th Elementary School.” I cannot explain why girls’ schools—which are opening all the time—are given numbers instead of proper names.
We live in the Arabian Peninsula, in
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Restrict discretionary punishment to imprisonment and fines
Muhammad Al-Asheikh
al jazeera
Muslim jurists have divided Shariah punishments into three types: Hudud, Qisas and Ta’zir. Hudud are those forms of punishment set by Almighty Allah and which must not be transgressed; Qisas are those that are carried out in retaliation for crimes and Ta’zir are those forms o
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Medicinal herb shops… just how effective they are?
Saudi Gazette report SOME patients turn to medicinal herb shops for remedies in a bid to heal allergies or raise and renew the body vitality. This they do, despite the fact that authorities in the Kingdom have warned against using such remedies. Academic professors in the field of medicine and herbal expe
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Al-Dakhil awards 11 distinguished university innovations and researches
Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette FIVE female university students were among the 11 who won Thursday the Golden Feather Prize that was presented by the Ministry of Education for distinguished innovations and researches presented by students from bachelor to doctoral degrees. Over 700 students participated in
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Cash crop
Saudi Gazette report PRIOR to the 1932 unification of the Kingdom, farming was the main occupation and major source of income for the majority of Saudis with only a handful of people engaging in commercial activities. Farmers used primitive tools and equipment for irrigation and harvesting purposes and due to
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Spokesman of the Interior Ministry: Two Soldiers Fall Martyr
Riyadh — The Security spokesman of the Interior Ministry said that at four o'clock in the evening of Friday, 14/06/1436H and as the border guard were performing their duties at one of the border control outposts in Alhosn center of Asir region, they were exposed to heavy fire from an opposite mountainous area inside the Yemeni border, necess
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2 arrested for stealing from exhibition
AL-AHSA — Police here arrested two Saudi men in their 20s and 30s for breaking into a technology exhibition and stealing some of the items on display, Al-Yaum reported. Eastern Province Police Lt. Gen. Ziyad Al-Ruqaiti said their case has been forwarded to the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution.
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12 pilgrims sustain injuries
MADINAH — Twelve pilgrims were injured in two separate road accidents on Orwah Roundabout and Tabuk Road, Al-Watan reported. Madinah Red Crescent spokesman Khalid Al-Sahli said in the Orwah Roundabout accident, eight Asian expatriates suffered mild to severe injuries while in the Tabuk Road accident, one victim sustained severe injuries while the other Sa
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Man found dead, 2 others still missing
AL-AHSA — Eastern Province Border Guard soldiers found the body of one of the three young men reported missing on Thursday in Al-Qassar beach. Eastern Province Border Guard spokesman Capt. Omar Al-Aklabi said three young men were reported missing on Thursday after a sandstorm hit the area. The Border Guard found one of the victims’ body, which was t
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2 die, 4 injured in road accident
EASTERN PROVINCE — Two people died and four others were injured in a road accident on the Al-Jubail-Al-Riyadh Airport Road. Eastern Province Red Crescent spokesman Fahd Al-Ghamdi said the injured victims suffered severe injuries and were transported to three different emergency wards.
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200kg of food seized in Tabuk
TABUK — The municipality seized more than 200 kg of food products stored and prepared in an unsanitary way. Tabuk Municipality Environmental Health General Directorate spokesman Mohammad Bidaiwi said the municipality arrested several expatriates, who were storing and preparing food in their apartment, in clear violation of the municipality’s health
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Six die in highway accident
ASIR — Six people died in a road accident on the Asir-Rijal Almaa highway on Friday morning. Asir Red Crescent spokesman Ahmad Asiri said two vehicles collided on the highway and six people died as a result of the accident.
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Car gets stuck in manhole
QURAYYAT, AL-JOUF — A car got stuck in an open manhole on Al-Arbaeen St. in Al-Aziziyah District. The Civil Defense reported the driver failed to avoid the manhole as there was no warning sign indicating an open manhole ahead. No one was injured but the car sustained some damage.
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ICS distribution
JEDDAH — The Indian Cultural Society (ICS) Jeddah have begun distributing old textbooks free of charge to needy students of International Indian School Jeddah (IISJ) at Shadab Restaurant, Azizia District on Saturday. The group will continue to distribute the textbooks on Sunday from 8.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. on first come first served basis, according to Ar
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