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  Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette  MAKKAH — Lt. Gen. Ati Al-Qurashi the spokesman of the police in Makkah region noted that they have investigated 2,414 companies in the recent weeks and also conducted major sweeps in the city precincts. He elaborated that they have

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Women to vote in Jeddah council elections

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  Saudi Gazette report  JEDDAH — Women will be allowed to vote in the Jeddah City Council elections for 2016 to be held in September, Al-Hayat daily reported. Jeddah City Council Head Abdulmalik Al-Junaidi said Jeddah City Council is the first council in the Kingdom to all

Makkawis may be forced to stop home construction due to high cost of labor

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  Saudi Gazette report   MAKKAH — A number of residents in the holy city may be forced to halt construction work on their homes due to the high costs of masons and construction laborers, Makkah daily reported on Monday. A resident, who did not want to be identified, said the high cost of cons

Madinah airport test run put off by a week

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  Abdulaziz Al-Miairfi Okaz / Saudi Gazette  MADINAH — The test run of the new Prince Muhammad Bin Abdul Aziz International Airport in Madinah, which was to be carried out  yesterday (Sunday), has been postponed by a week and will now be carried out next Sunday, the General A

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  Khalaf Al-Harbi Okaz   I was not thrilled upon hearing that Iran had won in the P5+1 negotiations regarding its nuclear program. Iran had gambled with the wealth of its people and suffered heavy economic sanctions for a long time only to eventually succumb to the Western conditions in lieu of a gradual lif

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   Emir of Tabuk region Prince Fahd Bin Sultan meets in his office Sunday afternoon Mayor of Tabuk Muhammad Abdulhadi Al-Amri, Director General of Health Affairs in the region Muhammad Ali Al-Tuwailei, Acting Director of the Roads and Transport Administration Sulaiman Al-Huwaiti and Director of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) branch Nasser Al-

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  Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — A total of 465 Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) flights were canceled between Wednesday and Friday last week, which constitutes 33 percent of the 1,526 scheduled flights by the carrier. An additional 678 flights were delayed

Kaaba doors cost SR13.4m to renovate and install

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  Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The cost of renovating and installing the door of the Kaaba and the Tobah door inside the Kaaba is estimated at SR13.4 million as stated by a General Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques’ report, Makkah daily reported

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6 espionage acts recorded in 2013-14, says ministry

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   Saudi Gazette report  RIYADH — The Ministry of Justice revealed there have been six accounts of espionage acts committed in the Kingdom between 2013 and 2014, Al-Hayat daily reported.  A report released by the ministry revealed five of the six acts occurre

Three jailed for taking part in demonstrations

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    Saudi Gazette report  RIYADH — The Summary Court here, specialized in terrorism and security cases, has jailed three Saudis for taking part in demonstrations in Jeddah in response to a call by a Saudi dissident based in London.  One of t

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   NAJRAN — A 4-year-old girl was saved by the Civil Defense after she climbed into a clothes dryer and became wedged inside. Najran Civil Defense spokesman Ali Al-Shahrani said the girl’s father reported that his daughter had climbed into their clothes dryer and was unable to get out. Civil Defense rescue workers helped extrica

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   QURAYYAT — A boy who was left alone in a car by his father in a deserted area was found due to the efforts of police officers here. Al-Jouf Police spokesman Col. Turki Al-Muwaishir said police received a report from an Arab expatriate who said his son was missing. The report stated the father left his son in his car for half an hou

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   DAMMAM — Police here arrested an Arab expatriate for taking the body of his dead maid, stuffing it in a cardboard box and then abandoning it near a construction site. Eastern Province police deputy spokesman Cpt. Abdulaziz Al-Harby said police reported the body belongs to an Asian maid in her 40s who used to work for the expatriate

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   BAHA — A 14-year-old boy died after he fell and drowned in an oasis in Al-Aqeeq governorate on Saturday. Baha Civil Defense spokesman Col. Jaman Al-Ghamdi said the Civil Defense managed to haul the victim’s body out of the oasis and the Red Crescent reported he was not breathing. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him him before

Human remains found in a deserted area

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   QURAYYAT — A Saudi man found the remains of an Asian expatriate in a deserted area in Tabarjul Governorate. Al-Jouf Police spokesman Col. Turki Al-Muwaishir said the man reported his finding to the authorities. Police recovered a skull, scattered bones of a skeleton and a pair of pants nearby. They also found a cell phone, money an

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   TABUK — Police arrested an 18-year-old boy after he allegedly murdered a 20-year-old man by shooting him with a gun. Tabuk Police spokesman Lt. Gen. Khalid Ghaban said a man called the police to report the death of his friend. The man said he was driving with his friend in the passenger seat when another car began following them. A

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     Saudi Gazette report  JEDDAH — Doctors and paramedical staff at mental health hospitals in various regions of the Kingdom occasionally come under attack and are even threatened with murder at the hands of patients, according to a senior official at

Reports on tainted Zamzam denied

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    Saudi Gazette  MAKKAH - Police in Makkah denied reports circulating on social media websites that tainted Zamzam water is being sold in the city.  Makkah Police spokesman Lt. Gen. Ati Al-Qurashi said there have been no reports of police seizin

Scholarship program must continue

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  Dr. Muhammad Abdullah Al-Khazim AL-JAZIRAH    The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education for Scholarship Affairs Dr. Nasser Al-Fouzan recently stated that the scholarship program will continue and its next stage will be announced “afte

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  Saudi Gazette report   DAMMAM — Emir of the Eastern Province Prince Saud Bin Naif on Sunday inaugurated the 7th Saudi family forum which discussed several issues concerning Saudi families and the challenges they face during the upcoming decade.