Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — Dozens of cleaners have stopped cleaning Makkah streets in protest at delayed wages and renewal of residency permits.
The Makkah mayoralty had to sign an agreement with another contractor to clear the accumulated garbage in Makkah’s Hindawiya and Tandabawee districts as well as the
Makkah street cleaners stop work again
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Over 90 illegal foreigners netted in Makkah sweep
Fahd Al-Manaee
Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH — Ninety-three illegal male and female foreigners were picked up before dawn Saturday in a campaign launched by the passport police at various districts in the holy city.
According to a police source a number of the illegal foreigners tried to flee but their attempts were fo
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Riyadh court rules against gender-mixing in schools
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – The Administrative Court in Riyadh has revoked a decision taken by the Ministry of Education allowing boys to study in elementary schools for girls.
Issuing the verdict, the presiding judge said the ministry’s decision was in violation of the prevailing rules and regulations, Al-Ha
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Govt officials convicted in land scam
Abdulrahman Al-Ali
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Administrative Court in Jeddah convicted a number of people, including officials at a notary public office in Makkah province, of forging four land title deeds.
They were given prison sentences ranging from one to five years in addition to fines.
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Prisons chief: Officers caught sneaking in drugs face severe punishment
Maj. Gen. Ali Al-HarthyAbdul Rahman Al-Shamrani Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The director general of Saudi prisons, Maj. Gen. Ali Al-Harthy, said any officer attempting to sneak drugs in to prisoners will be severely punished. He added that some officers have been caught in the act but their numbers are
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A smoke alarm in every home
Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The director of Jeddah Civil Defense, Turki Al-Harthi, inaugurated the fire safety awareness campaign launched by Saudi Aramco, under the theme of "Smoke Alarm Protects Me". The campaign took off amid large crowds at the Mall of Ara
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Bogus Hai’a member held for rape attempt
Mashour Al-Shehri
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — Police have arrested a man who allegedly kidnapped an 18-year-old girl and tried to rape her while impersonating an officer from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Hai’a).
The girl was riding in a taxi when the man stopped
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Agricultural investment abroad
Abid Khazandar
Al-Riyadh
I wrote an article about the complaints of rice importers against India, which doubled the price of basmati rice in complete disregard to the previous contracts it had signed with these Saudis.
I said at the end of the article that a number of Saudi investors had visited some African countries to inv
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The great wall of the south
Khaled Al-Sulaiman
Okaz
I strongly support the idea of constructing a security fence along the Saudi-Yemeni border. However, the common belief that this fence alone will prevent the infiltrators and smugglers from sneaking into our country is incorrect.
The US has the longest security wall along its borders with Mexico but i
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Prince Sultan Bin Salman visits Heritage exhibition in Tabuk
Prince Sultan Bin Salman, President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), visits a pavilion at the heritage exhibition organized on the sidelines of the Sixth Conference on Red Sea Antiquities and Heritage in Tabuk Sunday evening. Emir of Tabuk Prince Fahd Bin Sultan opened the five-day conference in which scientists and researchers in heritage and antiquit
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Saudi shot dead by relative in Madinah
MADINAH — A Saudi in his 60s was shot dead allegedly by a relative in Madinah’s Al-Harrah Al-Sharqiyah neighborhood on Monday morning.
The killing is believed to be the result of a personal dispute between the shooter and his victim.
The man parked his car in a nearby neighborhood, walked to his relative’s car and shot hi
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10-yr jail for armed robber
Mishal Al-Otaibi
Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — The Riyadh General Court has sentenced a Saudi to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for committing a series of armed robberies, local media reported on Tuesday quoting court sources.
The Saudi, who is in his 30s, was convicted of stealing two cars after threatening the
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Russian roulette game turns fatal
ABHA — A young man died when he shot himself with a gun while playing Russian roulette with his friends. The victim and his friends were waiting for a barbershop to open, when he put a bullet in a gun he was carrying and told his friends that he would play the dangerous game as seen in movies. He survived the first squeeze of the trigger, as the bullet did not go
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Woman dies after eating seafood
MAKKAH — An Arab woman died and five others were seriously poisoned after eating a home-cooked fish meal in Makkah. They reportedly purchased the fish and cooked it at home and felt stomach pains after the meal. Teams from the local municipality and Makkah Health Affairs headed to the shop selling the fish and took samples for examination.
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TIPS model entrance exam on Friday
JEDDAH — Focus International will conduct the fourth TIPS medical-engineering model entrance examination on Friday. The exam will be held at selected centers all over the GCC states, including Saudi Arabia. It will also be conducted simultaneously in Kerala. This was for the first time, Indian expatriate students living in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are g
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Nine-year-old killed in swing accident
RIYADH — A nine-year-old child died in a tragic swing accident in Dharma governorate, 50 km west of Riyadh. The child was playing with his friends on a homemade swing, which was made of two chains fixed to a bar with a pillow as a seat. The other children were pushing the victim when the chains wrapped around his neck. The child’s family released him from t
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Student dies on Abha university campus
ABHA — There were conflicting reports on the death of a university student at King Khalid University in Abha on Tuesday. Rumors spread that he fell off a building, although speculation is divided over whether he was pushed off the building or if he committed suicide. Spokesman for King Khalid University Mohammad Al-Behairi said cameras have picked up footage of t
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Attempted assault on Umrah pilgrim foiled
Nayef Al-AliOkaz/Saudi GazetteMADINAH — Police patrols arrested a man who allegedly assaulted a South African woman who was on an Umrah visit.Hafiz Yousef of South Africa said he left Makkah with his family heading to Madinah last Wednesday. He stopped at a petrol station for prayers.His wife went into the women’s toilets and he shortly heard her screaming and crying f
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Family implicates hospital in death of breadwinner
Abdulrahman Al-Ali
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — A medical technical committee on Tuesday began looking into a case filed by a Saudi family which implicated a private hospital in the death of its breadwinner.
The victim’s son said his father had been admitted to a private hospital for prostate surgery. His
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3 teens in ‘Ethiopian’ kidnapping hoax held
Saudi Gazette report
BAHA — Three teenagers who claimed they had been attacked by an Ethiopian gang were arrested by Al-Baha police after it was discovered they had made up the story, Al-Madinah daily reported.
Police said they received a frantic phone call from the teenagers who pleaded to be saved from the Ethiopia
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