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Haj boost Muslim unity
MAKKAH: Millions of pilgrims, who have come from different parts of the world for this years Haj, attended Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophets Mosque in Madinah. The Makkah imam reminded the faithful of the annual pilgrimage...
An oasis of hope for low-income women?
JEDDAH: There are complaints a market project in southern Jeddah is not helping the low-income women it was originally set up to support. The Jeddah municipality and Bab Rizq Jameel had established market stalls near the Jeddah-Makkah highway in Prin...
Jeddah to host GCC snooker championship
JEDDAH: Saudi women could have their own snooker competition. Prince Khaled ibn Mansour ibn Jalawi Al-Saoud, chairman of the organizing committee for the games first GCC championship in Jeddah, refused to rule out the possibility of organizing a spe...
17000 pilgrims enter Kingdom from Tuwal
JAZAN: Despite the tensions at the border in Jazan province, more than 17,000 pilgrims have entered the Kingdom at the Tuwal border crossing as of Friday evening. These pilgrims come from different countries apart from Yemen, including Indonesia, Egy...
Overstayers say no to Lankan ministers offer
RIYADH: Stranded Sri Lankan workers who are roughing it under the Kandarah bridge in Jeddah refused an offer of accommodation from the Sri Lankan Consulate in Jeddah. They claim staying there will facilitate quicker deportation. Visiting Sri Lankan D...
Kingdom returns artifacts to Iraq
RIYADH: The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) handed over a number of Iraqi cultural artifacts smuggled to the Kingdom by an Arab expatriate recently. The returned artifacts include statues of human beings and lions of varying size...
