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Cleaning workers strike over wage delay
More than 180 Bangladeshis working for a cleaning company, which is in charge of maintaining mosques and schools, have gone on strike because they have not been paid their wages for more than three...
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A cover-up: In the name of women
Saudi Gazette report JAZAN – A number of prominent figures have urged authorities to lift the ban on government employees obtaining a commercial license, saying it is the ideal way to put an...
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Implement stringent penalties for sexual harassment: Study
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – A recent survey issued by the Public Opinion Survey Unit of the King Abdul Aziz National Dialogue Center attributed the reasons for cases of sexual harassment...
View ArticleKingdom strongly condemns blasts in Egypt
RIYADH — The Kingdom strongly condemns the cowardly terrorist blasts in Egypt that claimed the lives of many innocent people, an official source stated. The source added that these blasts are...
View ArticleAre the views of Islamic scholars final and binding?
Usama Al-Qahtani We all have the right to express our opinions as long as they do not show disrespect for others or violate the rulings of the Holy Qur’an and the sayings of the Prophet...
View ArticleMake owners of abandoned wells pay blood money!
Abid Khazandar The death of six-year-old Lama Al-Rouqi who fell into an abandoned artesian well in Tabuk and the existence of a large number of such wells across the Kingdom in general is an indication...
View ArticleSex education can prevent child molestation
Dalia Gazzaz Some statistics put child molestation cases in the Kingdom at 22 percent of all abuse cases. Most of us hear about child abuse stories from friends or relatives and sometimes we read such...
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Why Marriage is a distant notion for Saudi bachelors
Husam Ba-Atiyah & Ashwaq Al-Tuwairqi Okaz/Saudi Gazette Staff A large number of young men in Makkah blamed the scarcity of jobs, customs and traditions and high cost of living as the main...
View ArticleYoung man dies of gunshot wounds
TABUK — A young man in his 20s died of gunshot wounds to his chest in the Al-Faisaliyah neighborhood of Tabuk. Police were notified that a young man was shot at and was...
View ArticleAsian’s decomposed body found
QURAYYAT — Security bodies are investigating a decomposed body found in an abandoned house. Al-Jouf police spokesman Col. Turki Al-Muwaisher said Dawmat Al-Jandal police...
View ArticleTeenager sets himself on fire
HAFR AL-BATIN — Security bodies are investigating the death of a 13-year-old whose charred body was found in an apartment. Acting spokesman for Eastern Province Police...
View ArticleMissing siblings found wandering in street
NAJRAN — Security bodies, assisted by volunteers, have located two children who went missing on Thursday. According to their father, the siblings, aged 10 and 12, left...
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Two expats die as trucks collide
NAJRAN — Two expatriate workers were killed in a horrific accident in the Thaar governorate, north of Najran, Friday. Lt. Col. Ali Al-Shahrani, spokesman for Najran Civil...
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Four expat women drown off Yanbu
YANBU — Four Chadian women drowned off the Yanbu coast while four others were rescued and taken to hospital in serious condition. Madinah Border Guard spokesman Sulaiman...
View ArticleNSHR received 34,000 cases since 2003
RIYADH — The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has received 34,180 cases since its inception in 2003, according to a recent report by the NSHR. The cases varied...
View ArticleQassim Municipality to build women’s gym
BURAIDAH — The Al-Qassim Municipality said it has signed an investment agreement to build a gym for women on Ali Bin Abi Talib Road in Buraidah city. The decision was...
View ArticleMOL to issue work visas for drivers
RIYADH – The Ministry of Labor is planning to issues visas to transportation companies so they can recruit expatriate drivers, according to Salim Al-Biliwi, deputy...
View ArticleRestaurant owner responsible for blast
DAMMAM — The owner of the restaurant where a gas cylinder exploded last Thursday, leaving one man dead and 18 others, is legally responsible for the harm caused,...
View ArticleSaudi woman heads research center
JEDDAH – The University of Dammam (UOD) has appointed a female professor as the director of the Scientific Research Center at the university. Professor Al-Jazi Al-Afaleq...
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Indian expats celebrate R-Day donating blood
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — A section of the Indian community in the Saudi capital commemorate their country's 65th Republic Day by donating blood. After...
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