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Man who fought in Syria jailed

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RIYADH — A Saudi man was preliminarily sentenced on Sunday to two years and three months in prison and banned from travel for four years after his release for going to Syria to participate in terrorist activities. The Special Penal Court in Riyadh also heard how the man was aware of another man going to Syria to fight and did not report him to the authori

Pilgrims evacuate hotel after fire

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MAKKAH — Pilgrims evacuated a hotel located south of the Grand Mosque after a fire started on its eighth floor. Makkah Civil Defense spokesman Naif Al-Sharif said firefighters extinguished the flames and no one was injured. The authorities arranged an alternative residence for the pilgrims while the Civil Defense investigated the cause of the fire.

Electrical fault forces hospital evacuation

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JEDDAH — A total of 41 women and children were evacuated from Jeddah Maternity and Children’s Hospital in Al-Aziziyah District after an electrical fault led to smoke filling the building on Sunday. Some of the hospital’s equipment such as a dentistry chair started overheating. The hospital was completely evacuated over 20 minutes and patients

Stashes of drug pills seized at airport

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RIYADH — A total of 683,335 amphetamine pills were seized at King Khalid International Airport. Customs officers reported the pills were stuffed into a shipment of 725 school backpacks sent in from a neighboring Arab country.

Riyadh hospital marks nurses week

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RIYADH — Imam Abdulrahman Al-Faisal Hospital in Riyadh celebrated the International Nurses Week on May 11-13 with the theme “Nurses: A Force for Change: Care Effective, Cost Effective”. As part of the celebrations, all staff nurses took part in a competition where they were asked to define and express their understanding of the

Over 11,000 criminal cases in 6 months

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RIYADH — The Ministry of Justice reported there have been more than 11,326 penal court cases over the past six months. It said 26 percent of the total penal court cases were in Jazan, 20 percent in the Eastern Province, 19 percent in Makkah, 11 percent in Riyadh, 6 percent in Asir, 4 percent in Madinah, Hail and Qassim, 2 percent in the Nor

Call to set up industrial safety institute

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Saudi Gazette report AL-KHOBAR — Experts in the safety and security sector have called for establishing an industrial safety institute that helps qualify graduates in this field. The recommendation came during the Fifth Saudi Safety and Security forum and exhibition in Al-Khobar. Over 3,000 ex

Urdu ‘gaining ground’ in KSA

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Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Urdu Academy, Jeddah, recently organized its 5th quarterly program dubbed “Aoa Urdu Seikhien (Let’s Learn Urdu) recently. The initiative to promote the Urdu language was a follow-up of events that took place in 2014.“The Urdu language is spread

Never invite your wife for dinner during week days

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Fahd Jleid Al-Jazirah The other day I made the grave and regrettable mistake of inviting my wife for dinner in a restaurant. The news soon went viral on social media and my wife started to receive a flurry of warning messages and tweets. One of her women friends wrote: “May Almighty Allah make the consequences good an

Effat students’ short films wow viewers

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Layan Damanhouri Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Effat University students from the Department of Visual and Digital Production presented a wide array of short films ranging from lighthearted and humorous themes to intense and emotional scenes at the VDP ShowReel Exhibition last week. The boundaries of the cam

Jeddah’s traffic woes ‘to end soon’

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Ibrahim Alawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Suffocating traffic jams in the Red Sea coastal city are expected to ease with the near completion of its road, crossing and flyover projects. Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal is personally following up work on the province's 81 projects worth more than SR4

Over 3,000 Yemenis correct status

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Mansour Al-Shihri Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The residence status of 3,157 illegal Yemenis throughout the Kingdom has been corrected since a campaign to legalize them started on May 10, the Directorate General of Passports (Jawazat) announced on Sunday. The correction campaign, ordered by Custod

Govt aid to AIDS society extended for six months

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The Ministry of Social Affairs said on Sunday it would resume giving financial aid to the Jeddah AIDS Society for the next six months, reported Al-Watan. The ministry reported the society financially supports 630 AIDS sufferers and their families. A total of 470 o

Teacher stabbed on school campus

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   JAZAN — A teacher was stabbed on Monday on school campus and transported to Sabya Hospital. Director of Sabya Education Department Ahmad Rabi said the victim, Abu Al-Rashid Mikbash, was an excellent teacher with a record of good behavior. A suspect was arrested and the department formed a special committee to investigate the

35 expats running furniture stores held

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   MAKKAH — The municipality arrested 35 expatriates of Asian nationalities for using basements of buildings as furniture warehouses. Makkah Municipality reported the warehouses were unlicensed and posed an extreme fire hazard.  

10 kg of rotten fish seized

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   TABUK – A municipality in Tabuk Province seized 10 kg of rotten fish and food items during an inspection campaign. Umluj Municipality head Zari Al-Rifai said the local authority also seized inedible vegetables and unsanitary cooking utensils. The municipality runs daily inspection campaigns to all food establishments, includi

Liquor factory shut down

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   HAIL — An Arab expatriate and his Indian accomplices have been arrested for manufacturing liquor. A source from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said they found an entire factory with Internet services and a production line manufacturing arak. The factory was shut down and the expatriates arrested.&nb

Asir drifter fined, banned for 40 days

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   ABHA — An infamous drifter was arrested, fined and banned from driving for 40 days. Asir Traffic Police spokesman Col. Mohammad Bin Saeed said they arrested a drifter in his 20s who went by the name of “Hamtaro” for multiple violations. His violations were drifting, speeding, driving without a license plate, drivi

Haia member hurt in attack

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   BURAIDAH — A member of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) was physically assaulted by two men with a large cleaver. Qassim Haia head Sheikh Abdullah Al-Faheed said the victim was wounded in his hand and was taken to a nearby hospital where he is recovering. The official wa

For a noble cause

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   On the occasion of International Nurses Day recently, staff nurses of Safa Makkah Polyclinic-Hara, Riyadh, chose a noble cause to support. They conducted a program expressing solidarity with nurses and other medical personnel who are serving the victims of the devastating earthquakes in Nepal, risking their own lives. — Courtesy photo
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