Little girl who died of medical mistake buried after 184 days

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  Saudi Gazette report NAJRAN — A young Saudi girl who died from a medical mistake was finally laid to rest in Najran’s Al-Sharafah cemetery after she had remained in a morgue for about 184 days. Three-year-old Sulaf died while doctors were trying to extricate a ring she

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King Salman appoints new deputy minister of labor

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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman issued two royal orders appointing Ahmed Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Al-Faris as director general of the General Organization for Grain Silos and Flour Mills in the excellent grade and Ahmed Saleh Abdullah Al-Humaidan as deputy minister of labor in

KFMC becomes Middle East’s first certified laparoscopic test center

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  Dr. Brian Dunkin, SAGES president and head of endoscopic surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital, teaching the Foundation Laparoscopic Surgery at King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh. — SG photo Joshua Hoey Saudi Gazette   RIYADH &mdash

Nuisance on flights

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  Yusuf Al-Muhaimeed Al-Jazirah   HOW I wish that one day a journalist would write a report on what might happen on flights, whether between passengers and the plane’s crew or between the passengers themselves on domestic or international flights. This is because of the situations these passengers face.

2m animals to be imported to maintain meat prices

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  Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — The chairman of cattle imports at Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry claimed Jeddah Islamic Port would receive more than 2 million animals to stabilize prices of meat during Ramadan and cover the needs of the local market for both the fasting and Haj season

SR293m endowment for orphans open in Makkah

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  Saudi Gazette report  MAKKAH — The secretary-general of the Muslim World League and chairman of International Islamic Relief Organization-Saudi Arabia Dr. Abdullah Al-Turki opened an endowment building for orphans at Ajyad Al-Sud on Tuesday in the presence of business leaders and phila

Prisoners pardoned on Ramadan eve

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3m Umrah pilgrims expected in Ramadan

June 18, 2015, 2:00 pm

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   MAKKAH — Government departments in Makkah have completed all preparations to receive over 3 million Umrah pilgrims during Ramadan. The preparations have been undertaken in line with the directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and supervision of Emir of Makkah Prince Khaled Al-Faisal. Brig. Gen. Muhammad Al-Ahmad

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Trial run of Haramain train by year end

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   MADINAH — A test run will to be carried out on a stretch of the Al-Haramain Train track from Rabigh to Madinah at the end of the year, said sources from the Ministry of Transport. Work on building a train station in Madinah started in 2011 and took three years to complete. The Madinah station has been designed according to world-cl

2,102 labor law violators arrested

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   HAIL — A total of 2,102 violators of residency and labor regulations were arrested in Hail by police as part of a campaign launched in collaboration with the Labor Office there. Brig. Gen. Abdulaziz Al-Zineidi, spokesman for Hail Police, said the 14-day campaign was launched following orders from the Ministry of Interior to apprehe

Municipality intensifies food inspections

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   AL-SEEH — Al-Kharj Municipality has approved a plan to intensify daily inspections of malls, shops, food warehouses and vegetable and fruit markets in the city of Al-Seeh during Ramadan. The municipality’s Environmental Health Administration will carry out field visits during the morning and evening. Eateries will be the main

Illegal buildings on govt land torn down

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   BADR —The Committee for Land Supervision and Demolition of Illegal Constructions in the Badr Governorate recently demolished 13 buildings that were illegally built in the southern part of the governorate. The committee’s chairman, Saad Bin Saleh Al-Rajabi, said aside from the buildings, sheep pens built in the southern, weste

Security forces official dead in mine explosion

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   Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH – A security forces official was killed in a mine explosion in an area bordering Yemen on Wednesday noon, according to a statement of the command of the coalition forces. The mishap happened to Lt. Col. Abdullah Al-Balwi while he was combing mine

Municipality raids warehouse, destroys 30 tons of pastry leaves

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   Renad Ghanem Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Jeddah municipality, as part of its continuous effort to protect the safety of consumers, foiled an attempt to distribute 30 tons of pastry leaves (used to make Sambousak [fried meat pie]) that was not good for human consumption. The branch of Umm Al-Salam of

SCTA sheds light on the Kingdom’s cultural heritage

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   The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) is interested in promoting local tourism especially during the summer and Eid holidays. The SCTA  “Summerfest 2015” and its “Support of Tourism Trips” program are aimed at providing domestic tourism opportunities for Saudis and residents of the Kingdom. Under the dynamic

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Negligent parenting

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     Saudi Gazette report  Among the changes that have occurred in the way many Saudi families in the Kingdom function is the increasing reliance on maids to perform the tasks of nannies and take care of children both inside and outside the home.   

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   ‎‏Abdu Khal Okaz   ‎‏We have become used to the National Water Company’s lack of response to repeated water shortages and we have ‏?even started making excuses on its behalf. Water shortages are regular all year lon

Why don’t more Saudis work in the private sector?

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   Fahd Bin Julaid Al-Jazirah    It is believed that one out of three Saudis finds a job in the private sector compared to three out of four people in Canada, Sweden and Japan. This is according to World Bank statistics, which attribute the low number of Saudis in

Who turned our youth into extremist monsters?

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   Rashed Fahd Al-Rashed Al- Riyadh     When one sees the photos of those wanted by the Ministry of Interior, one will note that most of them have the faces of children and have barely turned 18. Most are of an age at which a person’s a

Fine arts center launches PAINTING workshop for children in Jeddah

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  Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette  To develop the artistic skills of children, the Saudi Center for Fine Arts launched an art workshop in Jeddah.  Around 200 children will learn the ways of art, light, shadow and colors in Saudi and Islamic art.