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Saudi Arabia Execution of 5 Yemenis Bodies Hoisted for Public to See
On Tuesday, five Yemenis convicted of murder and robbery were executed in Saudi Arabia, with their bodies later on hoisted from a crane for the entire public to see, a stern warning that in this Middle Eastern oil-rich nation, justice is served eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. Related ...
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Air Arabia takes off to Abha Saudi Arabia
Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, inaugural flight touched down in Abha, Saudi Arabia, from its primary hub in ...
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Prince Alwaleed receives Chief Executive of UK Trade and Investment
HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) received at his office in Riyadh HE Mr. Nick Baird, Chief Executive of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and an accompanying delegation that included HE Sir John Jenkins, UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Mr. Peter Broom, Deputy Director Trade and Investment, ...
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Clifford Chance advises Savola Group on strategic acquisitions in Saudi Arabia
Clifford Chance, in cooperation with Al-Jadaan & Partners Law Firm, is advising Savola Group (Savola) on its acquisition of shares in Savola Foods Company (SFC) and Azizia Panda United Company (APU) from Al Muhaidib Holding Company (Al ...
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Qatars GDP expected to grow 5.2 in 2013
(MENAFN - Arab News) Since 2011, Qatar has successfully completed its 20-year investment plan to commercialize its natural gas reserves, the third largest globally with 25 trillion cubic meters or 13.0 percent of the world's total proven reserves. This has led Qatar's economy to almost double over ...
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Saudi- Death row Filipino pleads for release
(MENAFN - Arab News) Amid the move to correct the labor status of thousands of expatriates, including more than 10,000 Filipinos, the fate of death row prisoners has been overlooked. One case involves Rodelio Celestino "Dondon" Lanuza, who has been sitting in Dammam Prison for almost 13 years. On ...
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Siemens secures USD266m Saudi contracts
(MENAFN) Siemens Saudi Arabia's CEO, Arja Talakar, announced that the power firm has been granted two contracts from Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), worth a combined USD266 million, reported Arabian Business.Talakar said that under the terms of the first contract, the company will supply 5 gas ...
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KKUH focuses on Saudi nursing skills
(MENAFN - Arab News) King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH) is focusing on developing skills of its nurses and trying to attract more Saudis to the profession, according to a hospital administrator. Mubarak Al-Faran, dean at KKUH's college of medicine, said here on Monday: "We are always evaluating ...
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Saudi- 201000 illegal workers deported in past 3 months
(MENAFN - Arab News)The Passport Department has deported 201,000 illegal workers, including Syrians, in the past three months."We won't force them to travel only to their country," spokesman Badr Al-Malik, told a local paper."Saudi Arabia will not force violating workers to travel to a certain ...
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Winning designs for Riyadh Metro revealed
The other two major station awards have gone to Germany's Gerber Archtekten for the Olaya Metro Station and Norway's Snohetta for the Downtown Metro (Qasr Al Hokm) ...
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Saudi- CITC Only police can probe online offenses
(MENAFN - Arab News) Many citizens are still unaware that only the police are authorized to receive reports on crimes related to online harassment, abuse and character assassination."We need to emphasize that the police are the sole authority sanctioned to deal with crimes of this nature," Sultan ...
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Saudi- AGFUNDs support for anti-poverty drive lauded
(MENAFN - Arab News) The Executive Director of Micro Credit Summit Campaign (MSC), Larry Reid, has underscored the initiatives of the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) with special reference to establish banks for the poor in the region, describing it as "the signs featured anti-poverty" ...
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Saudi- Smoking employees may be fined
(MENAFN - Arab News) The Control and Investigation Board has reaffirmed its commitment toward imposing penalties on employees who fail to uphold the ban on smoking in public and governmental institutions. These penalties include two warnings and then a deduction of a violator's salaries. According ...
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Gulf women drivers reject the idea of removing veil
(MENAFN - Arab News) A proposal to make it illegal to drive vehicles in the Gulf States while wearing the veil could hamper efforts by Saudi women to drive cars in the Kingdom. The Directors General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, in its 13th meeting on Monday in Jeddah, considered the draft from ...
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Saudi- Apartment rents skyrocket by 30 this year
(MENAFN - Arab News) In a surprising move, rent prices for apartments and villas shot up by 30 percent, according to real estate experts. Experts say the rent hikes were due to rising costs of building and renovation, and the increase in the wages of workers in the construction and management of ...
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Capital Intelligence affirms ratings of Samba Financial Group
Capital Intelligence (CI), the international credit rating agency, today announced that it has affirmed the ratings of Samba Financial Group (SAMBA), based in Riyadh, Saudi ...
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Siemens awarded contracts worth around EUR200m by Saudi Electricity Company
Siemens, the global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering operating in the energy, infrastructure, industry and healthcare sectors, has been awarded two contracts valued at approximately EUR200m (SAR1bn) by Saudi Electricity Company ...
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Palm Beach County to sell Mecca Farms for $26M
Palm Beach County commissioners tentatively approved on Tuesday the sale of Mecca Farms to the South Florida Water Management District for $26 million. The Palm Beach Post reports that the 1,900-acre citrus grove was purchased for $60 million by the county with the hopes of luring The Scripps Research Institute, which eventually opened a facility to the east in Jupiter. The water management ...
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Awal organizes regional workshops specializing in cloud computing and managed services
Awal, the leading IT services provider, organized a serious of specialized workshops regionally across the Kingdom of Saudi in the three main cities Riyadh and Khobar and ...
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Saudi Energy 2013 to open Sunday with over 200 local foreign energy companies attending
Saudi Energy 2013 - The 16th International Trade Exhibition for Electricity Power Generation, Alternative Energy, Water Technology, Lighting & HVAC, will open on Sunday, May 26, with over 200 local and foreign energy companies confirming their ...
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STC provides FTTH services to King Saud University
STC has signed a cooperation agreement with king Saud University 'KSU' according to which complete smart telecom services are provided to the ...
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Bahra Cables opens new plant for manufacturing of PVC conduits and fittings BC Conduit
Bahra Cables Co, a subsidiary of Construction Products Holding Company (CPC), opens new plant for manufacturing of PVC conduits and fittings for electrical use with an annual production capacity of 18,000 tons of PVC conduits, fittings and couplings of different ...
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Rent up 30 in Saudi Arabia
It is expected that the rents of apartments in the south and east of Jeddah to drop In a surprising move, rent prices for apartments and villas shot up by 30 percent, according to real estate experts.Experts say the rent hikes were due to rising costs of building and renovation, and the increase in the wages of workers in the construction and management of building. In Jeddah, for example, it is ...
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I didnt do it to cause a movement says Saudi woman who conquered Everest
Raha Moharrak, the first woman from Saudi Arabia to climb Mount Everest, talks to reporters in Kathmandu. 'It was very personal thing. I didn't do it to cause a movement,' she ...
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Video First Saudi woman climbs Mount Everest
Twenty-five-year-old Raha Moharrak becomes the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest and also the youngest Arab to make it to the top the world's highest mountain. Sarah Sheffer ...
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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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