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Congratulations to all Saudi graduates and their families
One of the greatest pleasures of my work as the American ambassador to Saudi Arabia is to celebrate the many successes of the US-Saudi relationship. This month, I am particularly thrilled to congratulate the approximately 8,000 Saudi King Abdullah Scholarship Program (KASP) students who will ...
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Saudi youth must brush...
Saudi Arabia needs sectors that employ people, move the engine of the economy and help it achieve sustainability, says Nael Fayez, CEO of INJAZ-Saudi Arabia. "Industries that drive the local economy need to be encouraged," he told Arab News. "Importantly, we need to streamline our education and ...
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Saudi and Malay Firms Sign $160 Million Deal
Saudi Arabia?s Modern Healthcare Solutions Company signed a deal with a Malaysian industrial company to develop centers for pharmaceutical support and distribution throughout the kingdom. MenaFN The ...
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Saudi Govt rejects new passport for Indians
In fresh trouble for Indians in Saudi Arabia, the authorities there have refused to accept new passports issued by Indian diplomatic missions. Saudi Arabia authorities have declined to transfer data from old passports to the new ones submitted by Indian expatriates for updating, saying they have ...
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Fly high to 12 new destinations
Gather your travel buddies and see more places around the world with Philippine Airlines' (PAL) 12 new destinations. A kick-off ceremony was held at the Diamond Hotel in Manila recently where PAL president and chief operating officer Ramon Ang unveiled the airline's 12 new destinations. These ...
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HSBC Saudi Arabia receives three Zawya MENA Fund Awards
HSBC Saudi Arabia Ltd has won Three Zawya fund Awards at the Thomson Reuters ceremony event held in Dubai recently. The award for Best GCC Equity Islamic Fund of 2012 was granted to "HSBC GCC Equity Fund" while "HSBC Multi-Asset Growth Fund" won the Best Saudi Arabia Islamic Fund of Funds of 2012 ...
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Saudi with fake doctorate degree gets year in prison
JEDDAH -- A Saudi national was Monday sentenced to a year in jail and fined SR10,000 for using fake doctorate degree from the United States. The culprit was employed as a consultant with the Presidency of Meteorology and the Environment (PME). He also enjoyed the title of a "Doctor" and was accused ...
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Hindustani Bazm-e-Urdu launches Urdu Toastmaster Club in Riyadh
From left: MAR Saleem, Tajamul Ali Khan, Mohammed Quasier, TM Mazsoor Shah and Nayeem Javed. -- Courtesy photo Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH -- A team of Urdu Toastmasters from Dammam organized an event recently to launch "Urdu Toastmaster Club" in Riyadh for Urdu speaking expatriates under the ...
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Jeddah police raid alcohol distillery
JEDDAH -- Police seized 220 large barrels of alcohol hidden underground in Al-Khumrah neighborhood in south Jeddah. Each barrel contained 250 liters of alcohol. The barrels were destroyed by municipal inspectors who accompanied police officers during their campaign. So far, officers have seized ...
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Medication errors largely unreported in the Kingdom
Dr. Mansour Tobaiqy Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette JEDDAH -- News of medication errors that severely affected patients' health has buffeted the healthcare system in the Kingdom several times this year, and in some of these cases have even led to the death of the patient. Headlines were made in March of ...
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Embassy objects to imprisonment of Saudi investor in Indonesia
Omar Miski, a Saudi investor, behind bars in an Indonesian jail. -- Okaz photo Muhammad Al-Ahmadi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH -- Saudi Embassy in Jakarta has told Indonesian authorities that they are violating their own laws by keeping Omar Miski, a Saudi investor, in jail for over two weeks. Miski was ...
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Saudi officials not accepting new Indian passports
Dubai: In fresh trouble for Indians in Saudi Arabia, the authorities there have refused to accept new passports issued by Indian diplomatic missions. Saudi Arabia authorities have declined to transfer data from old passports to the new ones submitted by Indian expatriates for updating, saying they ...
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Saudi youth must brush up job skills
Saudi Arabia needs sectors that employ people, move the engine of the economy and help it achieve sustainability, says Nael Fayez, CEO of INJAZ-Saudi Arabia. "Industries that drive the local economy need to be encouraged," he told Arab News. "Importantly, we need to streamline our education and ...
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Saudi man jailed after pressure cooker found in bags at Detroit Metro Airport seeks bond
DETROIT - A Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after allegedly lying about why he was travelling with a pressure cooker asked to be released on bond Monday. Hussain Al Khawahir, 33, was arrested May 11 by federal agents at the airport in Romulus, Michigan, and charged with giving false statements to federal agents and possessing an altered passport. Defence lawyer James C. ...
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Field reports from the ground inside Syria point towards a difficult and complex
On the same day that William Jefferson Hague, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, was boasting in the House of Commons about how much aid his Government was giving to the Syrian and foreign groups operating inside the country (and what is he doing destabilizing a sovereign state by ...
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Visit of External Affairs Minister to Saudi Arabia May 25-26 2013
External Affairs Minister Shri Salman Khurshid is visiting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on May 25-26, 2013 at the invitation of the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, His Royal Highness Prince Saud Al-Faisal. It will be Shri Khurshid 's first bilateral visit to Saudi Arabia and to the region as ...
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India opens exit door for workers in Saudi Arabia
DUBAI: India on Monday started verification and issuance of emergency certificates allowing its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia following concerns over a new labour policy in the Gulf kingdom. The schedule announced is for the delivery of the first batch of 12,000 emergency certificate applications received at the Indian embassy in Riyadh and nearly 3,000 in Saudi's Eastern Province. The ...
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Indian FMs Riyadh visit starts Friday
RIYADH -- Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid is visiting the Kingdom May 25-26 at the invitation of his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud Al-Faisal. This will be Khurshid's first bilateral visit to Saudi Arabia and to the region as foreign minister. He will hold discussions with his Saudi ...
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Taiwanese officials visit Saudi Gazette
Somayya Jabarati, Saudi Gazette's Deputy Editor-in-Chief, holds talks with Taiwan's Director General Wu, Ching-Chung (center) and Mousa Ma Shan Pine, Taiwanese Embassy official, in the Gazette premises in Jeddah, Monday. The discussions centered on matters of mutual interest. -- SG photo Name Email ...
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Confusion panic grip expats
Crowding and confusion in front of consulates in Jeddah on Monday due to the huge rush of illegal expatriate workers who want to benefit from the grace period. - Okaz photo by Riyadh Al-Ghamdi Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH - Confusion, miscommunication and procedural bottlenecks have led to ...
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Incredible India in Arab garb
Kidwai calls for expanding visa on arrival facility as Tourism Road Show kicks off Parvez Dewan, Secretary of India's Ministry of Tourism, speaks at a press conference at Jeddah Hilton on Sunday. Faiz Ahmad Kidwai, the Consul General of India, and Vikas Rustagi, Regional Director of India Tourism, ...
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Saudi officer imposes fine on cafeteria owned by mother
MANAMA -- Head of Saudi municipality services Jamal Al Enezi has been praised for carrying out his duties seriously without family considerations. Al Enezi imposed a fine on a cafeteria, owned by his mother, following a complaint of man who found a fly in his sandwich, Okaz reported. According to ...
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Qatars Eljaish Al Gharafa e...
Sebastian Tagliabue (left) of Al Shabab challenges Al Gharafa's Nene during their Round 16 first leg match of the AFC Champions League in Doha in this file picture of May 15, 2013. The two teams will clash in the second leg match in Riyadh today. Doha: Qatar Stars League (QSL) clubs Eljaish and Al ...
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Digital financial reporting through XBRL is the future
JEDDAH -- Digital Financial Reporting through XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) will be the tool with which finance executives worldwide would be doing their daily reporting in future, this was stated by Noman Yunus, Senior Manager at Saudi Industrial Projects Company (PEPSI), while ...
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Arab Energy Efficiency Day Need to raise public awareness
The Arab world is celebrating Arab Energy Efficiency Day today. The Arab Ministerial Council for Electricity has set aside May 21 each year as the day for the Arab world to raise awareness about the importance of energy efficiency. On this day Arab energy institutions undertake social events to ...
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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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