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Overseas voting turnout very low
In Kuwait, a major destination of overseas Filipino workers, the voter turnout was barely eight percent of some 40,000 registered voters, according to embassy officials there. In the United States, another? big voting block, the turnout was placed at only 11 percent. Reports said only 13,976 out ...
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Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus WHO
LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on ...
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Rotana film fest to promote Saudi cinema
Rotana movies channel is starting the second Saudi Film Festival from today for eight weeks under the supervision of film directors Mamdouh Salem and Hana Al-Umair, and broadcaster Mujahid Omari. "In the first show of the festival three short films and a documentary will be shown. The films have ...
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Exit stamps from Tuesday
JEDDAH -- The Deportation Office in Jeddah will issue exit stamps to illegal foreigners wishing to leave the Kingdom by taking advantage of the grace period announced by the Saudi authorities after they are fingerprinted on Tuesdays and Wednesdays starting May 21, according to diplomatic sources. In ...
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5 years in jail for abusing parents
JEDDAH -- A Jeddah court has sentenced a young man to five years in prison and 3,000 lashes after he admitted to hitting his mother and locking his father inside a room. He also kicked his mother out of the house and threatened to beat his sisters. The Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution ...
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Futuristic metro station for Riyadh
An artist's impression of Riyadh's new metro station. - Photo courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects RIYADH - Zaha Hadid Architects are designing a new metro station in Riyadh which has a unique, undulating facade that mimics the daily flow of traffic of the capital's 5 million residents. The King Abdullah ...
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Federal agents arrested a Saudi Arabian traveler who arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with a pressure cooker a key component used in the Boston Marathon bombings last month.
Detroit - Federal agents arrested a Saudi Arabian traveler who arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with a pressure cooker, a key component used in the Boston Marathon bombings last month.Hussain Al Kwawahir appeared for a brief hearing at 1 p.m. in federal court on charges he allegedly used an altered passport and lied to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent about the pressure ...
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Deputy Governor of Riyadh Region Attends Reception Party Held by Norways Embassy
SPA -- Prince Turki bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Governor of Riyadh Region, attended here today evening a reception party held by NorwayEUR(TM)s Embassy to mark its country's national day. Upon his arrival at the venue, Prince Turki was received by the Norwegian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi ...
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OICs Mali meeting to be held in Jeddah
Mali Contact Group of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation set to convene on Monday ANKARA - The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is set to host a ministerial meeting of its Mali Contact Group in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah on Monday. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will represent Turkey at the meeting. In a written statement released on Sunday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry ...
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Saudi Arabia To Host 30th Meeting of GCC Traffic Departments Chiefs on Monday
SPA -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 30th meeting of the general directors of GCC traffic departments, scheduled for Monday 20 May, in Jeddah. The 3-day meeting will discuss ways of strengthening security and traffic cooperation among GCC member States. -- SPA 21:23 LOCAL TIME 18:23 ...
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First Saudi woman to climb Everest reaches peak
A 25-year-old climber who this weekend become the first Saudi woman to scale Mount Everest said she hopes her accomplishment inspires others. Raha Moharrak was among a four-member team of climbers from the Middle East that reached the summit of Mount Everest. She has said she hoped the climb would "inspire someone else to be the second," CNN reported. The university graduate made ...
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Money Laundering Allegations Emerge against Two Saudi Princes FARS News Agency
(FARS News Agency Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) According to contested allegations in court documents obtained by the Guardian and Financial Times, a brother and nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz are embroiled in litigation with Jordanian businessman Faisal Almhairat over ...
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Saudi woman reaches top of M...
A Saudi woman has broken a world record by reaching the summit of Mount Everest. She not only became the first Saudi woman to to reach this peak, but also the youngest Arab to ever make it to the top of Mount Everest. 25-year-old Raha Moharrak managed to complete this mission after persuading her ...
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US shale boom to send shockwaves in global oil trade
The world has changed -- and so has the global energy dynamics. The shale gas and tight oil revolution -- unleashed in the northern hemisphere of the world and which has the potential to spread to the far flung corners of the world too -- brings to fore a number of geopolitical issues. With North ...
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Mayor of Sanaa Saudi Ambassador Inspect Site of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical
SPA -- Abdulqader Ali Hilal, Mayor of Sana'a City, Ali Al-Hamdan, Saudi ambassador to Yemen, and Abdullah bin Abdulkareem Al-Shdokhee, head of Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) delegation, inspected here today the project site of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical City in the principality of ...
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Climber is First Saudi Woman to Scale Mount Everest
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Saudi Arabia more tolerant says woman film maker
View Photo AFP/Loic Venance - Saudi Arabia's first woman film maker Haifaa Al Mansour poses on May 18, 2013 during a photoshoot on the sidelines of the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. Al-Mansour ...
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Saudi- Market cap falls to SR 1.44 trillion
(MENAFN - Arab News) The Saudi stock market was in the red last week, reversing after a 3-week surge and dropping 0.82 percent.Saudi Arabia's benchmark stock index reflecting a 3-day fall during the week, closed at 7,147.42 points last week, trimming 58.85 points for the entire week.The index went 28 points above and 121 points below the break-even line during the week.On an YTD basis, TASI ...
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Saudi Stocks Rise Most in 4 Months Led by Property Companies
May 18 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia's benchmark stock index gained the most in more than four months, led by real estate developers and petrochemical companies. Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co. gained the most in more than 10 months, while Jabal Omar Development Co. rose to the highest since ...
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New case of SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia ministry says
in Saudi Arabia, ministry says A new case of the deadly coronavirus has been detected in Saudi Arabia where 15 people have already died after contracting it, the health ministry announced on Saturday on its Internet website. "One new case of novel coronavirus recorded in the Eastern Region" where ...
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Bomb hits near Saudi Algerian embassies in Libyan capital
TRIPOLI, May 18 (Xinhua) -- A bomb exploded near the embassies of Saudi Arabia and Algeria in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, on Saturday, diplomatic sources told ...
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WHO concerned coronavirus spreading person to person
The World Health Organization has issued a blunt assessment of the coronavirus outbreak in Saudi Arabia, acknowledging for the first time that there are concerns the virus may be spreading from person to person, at least in a limited way. The statement called for urgent investigations to find the source of the virus and how it is infecting people. And it reminded countries they have a duty to ...
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Saudi Arabia repels cyber-attacks
Saudi Information Minister says hackers will be punished to the fullest extent of the law London, Asharq Al-Awsat--A number of Saudi Arabian government websites were subject to a series of "coordinated and simultaneous attacks" by unknown hackers over the past few days, Asharq Al-Awsat has learnt. ...
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Saudi Arabia to prevent EU pork-fed fish from entry
EU to begin allowing farmed fish to be fed processed animal proteins, including pork. Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat--Not long after the European "Horse Meat" scandal shocked the world, the European commission has approved a decision to feed fish with processed animal proteins (PAPs)--including pork--as an ...
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Saudi Arabia Women Banned from Switching on Immoral Air Conditioning by Islamic
According to the Iran-based Al-Alam news network the cleric is alleged to have decreed: "turning on the cooler ventilator is prohibited for women in the absence of their husbands" because "the woman's act is very dangerous, and may bring about immorality in the society. When she turns the cooler ...
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Saudi Arabia's massive infastructure drive
Saudi Arabia is in the midst of a major construction boom being implemented and supported by the national government in order to improve infrastructure and living standards in the largest economy in the Arab world.
It was recently announced by the director-general of the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON), Tawfig Fawzan Alrabiah, that a new industrial city would be built in Taif in order to cope with growing demand for industrial land in Saudi Arabia. The Taif Industrial City will in fact be a ‘city within a city’ so to speak, but will measure 11 square miles in size and will function as a fully-fledged industrial city, providing all the infrastructure required in such zones. Read more
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