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Saudi Ambassador to Jordan Meets with His Moroccan Counterpart
SPA -- Fahd bin Abdulmohsen Al-Marek, Saudi ambassador to Jordan, met here today with Moroccan charge dEUR(TM)affaires to Jordan Abdulhafeez Mandili. During the meeting, they discussed issues of common interest. --SPA 16:50 LOCAL TIME ...
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Market Report Saudi Arabia Power Report Q2 2013 published
(live-PR.com) - With Saudi Arabia sets to remain on a solid growth path through 2013 as the non-oil sector continues to expand on the back of booming household expenditure and another strongly expansionary budget has been approved by the government, the short-term picture for the power sector is ...
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Correction New Virus story
In a story May 15 about a new SARS-like virus spreading from patients to health care workers in Saudi Arabia, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the 20 deaths attributed to the virus. There have been no deaths reported in France and Qatar, only in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Germany and Britain.The story also said that the spread to health care workers was new. Health workers ...
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Saudi oil exports plunge in March
Saudi crude exports fell to 7.42 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, 34,000 bpd less than in February, as Saudi power sector oil use rose and output edged lower, official figures released via the Joint Oil Data Initiative (JODI) show. It compensated for that with 19,742 bpd taken from storage, ...
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New Agfa HealthCare Saudi Ara ...
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of integrated IT and Imaging solutions, recently announced the establishment of a new branch in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, called Agfa HealthCare Saudi Arabia Company Ltd. The new company was launched during a press conference held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in ...
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Saudi man spared paralysis sentence reports
Riyadh: A Saudi man escaped a sentence of paralysis for stabbing and paralysing another man by offering him compensation, media reported on Sunday, although the authorities have denied issuing the punishment.The sentence was dropped after the family of Mohammed al-Hazim, 26, accepted one million ...
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The One Million Riyal Dress Saudi designer makes outfit using SR500 currency notes
A well known Saudi fashion designer used SR one million to make a unique dress which she says is intended to mark the Gulf countrys national day and is not for sale. Rania Gamrawi said she had finished the dress using SR500 notes and crystal pieces in three weeks, adding that she had also designed ...
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Saudi Arabia coronavirus cases stand at 31
(MENAFN - Arab News) Another case of novel coronavirus infection in the eastern part of the kingdom was confirmed by the Ministry of Health on Saturday. "One case of coronavirus has been recorded in the Eastern region, and he is now under the medical health care receiving the proper treatment," the ...
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GCC interior spending to grow 28 to $9.2bn
GCC projects spent $7.2bn on interiors and fit-outs in 2012 and expects spends to increase by more than a quarter (28 per cent) to $9.2bn in 2013, said Index International Design Exhibition and The Office Exhibition, the Middle East and North Africa’s largest and longest running interior design and fit out exhibition. The report included an analysis on the four pillars of the real estate ...
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Saudi- US journalist gives local reporters tips
(MENAFN - Arab News) A veteran former US journalist and business executive recently gave Saudi reporters expert advice on how to improve their communication skills. Anne Doyle, who was one of the first women to take up sports broadcasting in the United States, outlined various ways to ask good ...
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Saudi- Saher lowers accident rate
(MENAFN - Arab News) Eastern Province Traffic Department spokesman Lt. Col. Ali Zahrani has said that roads operating under the Saher system have experienced a decrease of 80 percent in the number of accidents and deaths since its launch. He said the system's locations in Dammam and Alkhobar are ...
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Saudi- Leading Muslim architect tapped for metro project
(MENAFN - Arab News) The ArRiyadh Development Authority has tapped the world's leading Muslim architect Zaha Hadid to design its metro station at the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh. Completion is expected in four years. The 20,434-square-meter metro station will be a focal point for the ...
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Jeddah fire kills 5-year-old girl
(MENAFN - Arab News) A 5-year-old girl died in a house fire in the Waziriya district of southern Jeddah, but her older sibling survived. Civil Defense spokesman Col. Saeed Sarhan said the operations department received notification of the fire at 5:18 p.m. Four teams arrived on the scene to find ...
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Saudi- Ministry site on coronavirus to guide people
(MENAFN - Arab News) The Ministry of Health yesterday launched a website to keep the public informed of the developments and its preventive methods against the new coronavirus, which has infected 31 people in the Kingdom. The total number of deaths among the casualties were 15 and the last patient, ...
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Saudi- Jubail Indian school parents elect new committee
(MENAFN - Arab News) Parents of students at the International Indian School in Jubail voted in a new seven-member managing committee. Mohammed Taher Mohiuddin from the Indian state of Karnataka won the most votes in Friday's elections. An academic, Mohiuddin received 615 votes. He is deputy ...
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Saudi- Piling garbage pollutes Rawdah
(MENAFN - Arab News) Rawdah district residents are complaining that garbage has not been collected for over a week in their neighborhoods and has been causing them severe health problems. Abdulaziz Saqa, a student studying at a nearby language center, said: "The garbage has not been collected for ...
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250 jobs for young Saudis in auto industry
(MENAFN - Arab News) The Saudi-Japanese Automobile High Institute (SJAHI) guaranteed 250 jobs for young Saudis in automotive technology this year."Nine career paths offer attractive salaries and allowances following graduation in this field. In the past 10 years, more than 2,000 young Saudis found ...
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Saudi- Gold price dive encourages sales
(MENAFN - Arab News) Gold prices yesterday dropped to their lowest level for the second time in almost a month, sparking a shopping frenzy at gold shops across the Kingdom. The upcoming marriage season in Saudi Arabia and India is being cited as the reason for the rush of eager customers to gold ...
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Saudi- Tadawul index surges over 1.1
(MENAFN - Arab News) It turned out to be largely positive for investors yesterday, as Saudi Arabia's benchmark stock index (TASI) recorded a handsome gain of 1.14 percent, which is the highest intra-day increase since January 03, 2013. The index continued pacing its way higher throughout the day to ...
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Saudi- Haji Husein Alireza upbeat on SUV sales
(MENAFN - Arab News) Haji Husein Alireza & Co. Ltd. (HHA), sole distributor of Geely vehicles across the Kingdom, is all set to launch Geely's SUV Emgrand X7 model into the Saudi market on June 11. "The shipment of vehicles has already arrived and we are preparing ourselves for the smooth launch ...
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Saudi- KAEC sees huge influx of foreign investments
(MENAFN - Arab News) There is a huge influx of investments in business enterprises and industrial projects in the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), says a top official."We have signed more than 50 contracts with local and international companies, some of which are already operational while others ...
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Food prices continue to rise in Saudi Arabia
(MENAFN - Arab News) The Central Department for Statistic and Information (CDSI) released Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data for April, showing prices slightly rising to 4 percent year-on-year compared with 3.9 percent in the previous three months. This level of inflation remains among the ...
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Saudi- IDB chief Islamic banking not confined to Muslim communities
(MENAFN - Arab News) The global credit squeeze and recession have made many countries turn to the Islamic Development Bank more than ever to seek help in their development projects, says its President Ahmed Mohammed Ali. "Islamic banking is a fast-growing global industry. This is due to the ...
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Saudi veggie seller self-immolates
A SAUDI vegetable seller who set himself on fire after police confiscated his goods for standing in an unauthorised area has died, a newspaper ...
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Maaden resumes ammonia production shares rise
The Saudi Stock Exchange closed 1% higher at 7,300.34 points on Sunday amid a healthy market breadth with 115 advancing shares and 28 declining stocks. Sabic added 0.27% to hit SR92.25. Saudi Arabian Mining Company or Ma'aden (Arabic for 'metals') finished up 0.32% at SR31. Ma'aden said earlier today it resumed the production of ammonia plant operation located in the ...
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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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