Mohammed Sumaih
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH — Around 300 well-off citizens have cheated Al-Bir Charity Organization by posing as poor people to obtain financial assistance, the organization's chairman Tariq Bin Saleh Jamal has claimed.
He told a press conference on
Wealthy citizens ‘cheat charity out of aid money’
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Visas for Bangladeshi domestic workers from today
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – The Ministry of Labor will receive applications to issue visas for Bangladeshi domestic workers starting Monday, the Saudi Press Agency reported quoting a ministry official.
Tayseer Al-Mofrej, director of the media center at the ministry, s
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Record fuel consumption raises pollution concerns
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Environmental experts at King Abdulaziz University have said air pollutants resulting from the combustion of car fuel are directly related to the number of vehicles plying the Kingdom’s roads.
They attributed the emissions resulting f
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Drug gangs bring misery to Makkah district
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Teenagers and gangs are starting fires and terrorizing residents of the Jabal Al-Noor District, according to the local neighborhood mayor. Nur Al-Sulaimi said that there were small gangs that were turning locations inside the area into places to sell liqu
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Blair briefs King on efforts for ME peace
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman receives Tony Blair, envoy of the Quartet Committee for Peace in the Middle East, at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Sunday. They discussed the committee’s efforts in achieving a just and comprehensive peace in the region. — SPA
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Ultimatum to contractor over stalled rail project
Abdulaziz Ghazzawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Transport Minister Abdullah Al-Muqbel, who is also chairman of the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO), has issued a strong warning to a company in the Spanish consortium responsible for implementing the high-speed Haramain Railway after it did not con
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Police search for missing girl
TABUK — Police are currently searching for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing for over a week now. The father said he suspected a man who came to ask for her hand in marriage and was rejected. He said this man might kidnap his daughter after he was rejected and told police this. Officers detained the man for further investigat
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Man killed in road accident
AL-KHURMA, Makkah — One person was killed and four others injured in a horrific car accident involving three cars on a major highway in Al-Khurma. The local hospital received five victims. One died while doctors were trying to save his life while the four survivors suffered moderate to serious injuries. One case was transferred to
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75 Illegal workers detained in Riyadh
RIYADH — Police and municipality officers raided a number of neighborhoods in the capital and arrested more than 75 illegal workers who were selling food products. According to police, all the products came from unlicensed sources. Police seized rotten food and fish that were being sold to consumers. They also raided three homes th
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Four arrested in child murder case
MAKKAH — Police have arrested four people in connection with the suspected murder of a girl who was treated at Al-Nur Specialist Hospital before breathing her last. According to a police report, the victim was brought to the hospital unconscious with the four suspects who claimed they were her relatives and said she fell from the r
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Excavations worry parents of KG students in Makkah
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — A number of parents of boys and girls studying at the seventh kindergarten in the Al-Zahir District have expressed worry over the potential danger nearby excavations pose to the safety of their children.
Jameel Khiyami, a pa
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Two suffocate in fire accident
BISHA, Asir — Two people were injured in a fire that started in a four-floor furnished apartment building in Bisha. Civil Defense firefighters managed to evacuate 18 other residents quickly. According to the Civil Defense, the fire started in one of the apartments and was confined to a four square-meter room. The two injured victim
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Hashish smuggler held near border
JAZAN — Border guards arrested a Yemeni national who attempted to smuggle 22 kg of hashish through the border. A Border Guard patrol spotted the smuggler before intercepting and arresting him and seized the illegal goods. He is currently being investigated.
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Tolerance & peace shall return to our lands – Pakistan envoy
Faiz Al-Najdi RIYADH — Pakistani Ambassador Manzoor Ul Haq said that tolerance and the spirit of peaceful co-existence remained our hallmark for centuries and would return to our lands eventually. He was speaking as Chief Guest at a National Day celebration hosted by Pakistan Culture
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IEC Abroad Fair to offer Indian students higher education opportunities
Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A unique into its type a higher education fair organized for the first time at the International Indian schools in Jeddah, Dammam and Riyadh recently. International Education Consultancy (IEC Abroad) worked in collaborat
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Autism Awareness Day: Community comes together to support the cause
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Staff members from one of Jeddah’s leading hotels came together to mark and support Autism Awareness Day last week, in association with the Jeddah Autism Center. Rosewood Jeddah and Jeddah Autism Center partnered
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New Zealand premier leads trade mission to Kingdom
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will lead a business delegation to the Kingdom on Apr. 28.
He said: “The visit is an opportunity to strengthen and grow trade and business links between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a
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Shoura may OK embassies to own land for schools
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – The Shoura Council on Monday approved an amendment in article nine of the Bylaw for Foreign Schools operating in the Kingdom so as to enable embassy schools to own buildings or land to establish schools for their community members.  
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Excavations worry parents of KG students in Makkah
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — A number of parents of boys and girls studying at the seventh kindergarten in the Al-Zahir District have expressed worry over the potential danger nearby excavations pose to the safety of their children.
Jameel Khiyami, a pa
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Contractor building Haramain Railway workshop replaced
Abdulaziz Ghazzawi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — A company warned by Transport Minister Abdullah Al-Muqbil for delaying the construction of a building to house the central workshop of the high-speed Haramain Railway has fired the contractor responsible for implementing the p
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