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New JMIAA president vows to focus on alumni’s welfare
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Ghizal Mahdi, elected president of the Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni Association JMIAA this week, has stressed the need to single-mindedly focus on the issues of...
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Two students electrocuted in Makkah
Abdullah Al-Dahhas Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Two students were electrocuted by an exposed electricity cable of an endowment building near their school. The students were on their way home...
View ArticleHigh rents force small businesses to relocate outside residential areas
Mohammad Al-Khelaifi and Omar Abdulwahid being treated in Al-Noor Hospital in Makkah. — Okaz photo Ashwaq Al-Tuwairqi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Increased rents as a result of the...
View ArticlePrincipals against old men as school guards
Abdullah Al-Dahhas Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Two students were electrocuted by an exposed electricity cable of an endowment building near their school. The students were on their...
View ArticleEnergy inefficient ACs ‘secretly sold at a discount’
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — A number of electric shops in Jeddah have started selling energy inefficient air-conditioners for low prices behind the Commerce Ministry’s back,...
View ArticleEncyclopedia to be ready by year-end
JEDDAH — The executive manager of a Jeddah encyclopedia project said the book will be ready by the end of the year. Ghadah Al-Tuwati said 36 professors from four Saudi universities, a Bahrain...
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Saudi migration policy a failure: French researcher
Hélène Thiollet, associate researcher at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris, (Sciences Po), gives a lecture on immigration in Saudi Arabia...
View ArticleEncroachments in Abha valleys to be removed
ABHA — Asir Municipality will begin tracking encroachments in all valleys in the area. The manager in charge of monitoring valleys in the municipality, Ahmad Naser, said the ongoing campaign...
View ArticleShoura okays proposal to amend Tenders Law
RIYADH – The Shoura Council has approved a proposal to amend Article 16 of the Government Tenders and Procurement Law that aimed at removing the obstacles in implementing government projects....
View ArticleSaher: Operation OK but patient dead
Rashid Mohammed Al-Fouzan Al-Riyadh An integrated traffic system is our real demand. Saher came to us in 2009 when the number of traffic deaths was 17 a day. Today, with Saher very much a part of our...
View ArticleBisha Dam not affected by Jazan quake, claims ministry
RIYADH — The Ministry of Water and Electricity has denied social media reports that cracks have developed in the Bisha Valley Dam due to the recent earthquake in Jazan."Reports on...
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Prince Miteb receives Vice Admiral Mark I. Fox
Prince Miteb Bin Abdullah, minister of National Guard, receives Vice Admiral Mark I. Fox, deputy commander of US Central Command, and his accompanying delegation in Riyadh, Tuesday. During...
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Makkah Emir Prince Mishal Bin Abdullah receives Sardar Mohammed Yousaf
Makkah Emir Prince Mishal Bin Abdullah receives Sardar Mohammed Yousaf, Pakistan’s Minister for Religious Affairs, in Jeddah, Tuesday. The Emir and the visiting dignitary discussed...
View ArticleOnline campaigns against price increases ‘worrying merchants’
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Social media campaigns against greedy merchants selling certain commodities are proving to be successful, economists told Makkah daily on Tuesday. The economists...
View ArticleCar crashes into cell phone store
ABHA — A car crashed into a cell phone maintenance store in Abha. According to police, the speeding driver lost control and crashed into the store. The store was closed...
View ArticleDecomposed body found in Muzdalifa
MAKKAH — A decomposed body was found in a mountain in Muzdalifa and police suspect it belonged to one of the pilgrims visiting the area. The body was found about 300...
View ArticlePilgrims’ accommodation burgled
MADINAH — Police arrested a thief accused of breaking into a the pilgrim’s room in a hotel in the central area of Madinah and stealing more than SR4,000 and a...
View ArticleThree arrested for armed robbery
TABUK — Police arrested three armed men accused of breaking into a restaurant in Tabuk and stealing money. Police received a phonecall from a restaurant owner reporting...
View ArticleHashish smuggling foiled
ABHA — Police arrested a Saudi trying to smuggle a large quantity of hashish in his car in the southern Asir province. Police grew suspicious of the driver during a...
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Cargo truck overturned
A cargo truck that overturned in Dhahran Al-Janoub in the Asir province blocks access to a hospital in the city. — Okaz photo
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