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Articles of the author Okaz photo Intisar Abu Idris
RIOT OF COLORS
Families turn their eyes to the skies as the first Kite Festival in Qatif gets under way at the weekend. People came out in their thousands to lend color to the skies above the eastern coastal town, as well as attend theatrical performances and hear (...)

25 - 04 - 2009
Fire exposes liquor distillery
A fire that broke out in a wooden farmhouse in Safwa revealed the existence of a liquor distillery. Lt. Col. Mansour Al-Dowsari, spokesman for the Eastern Province Civil Defense, said that the department received a report on Wednesday of a fire in (...)

13 - 11 - 2008
Expat driver ends his life
An Indian expat driver was found dead in a remote farm in the Eastern Province, apparently a suicide with a rope, police said. Investigating the scene the police did not find any sign of violence that would indicate a homicide. Another exapt in (...)

16 - 10 - 2008
Ethiopian held with large amount of cash
An Ethiopian was recently detained in Taif's Aziziah District with a suspiciously large amount of money in his possession. The illegal alien admitted to purchasing a forged Iqama (residency permit) for SR5,000 three years ago. The forged permit had, (...)

13 - 10 - 2008
Infiltrator held in Al-Batha
The Frontier Guard patrols in Al-Batha Sector arrested an Asian infiltrator who was trying to enter Saudi territories on Sunday. He was monitored, followed and nabbed. In another incident, one of the Frontier Guard patrols in Jubail arrested two (...)

17 - 09 - 2008
Citizen, expat under probe
A Saudi and an expatriate are alleged to have stolen four trailers from a company here. West Dammam police are investigating the case after the company lodged a complaint against the two, according to Col. Yusuf Al-Qahtani, spokesman of the Eastern (...)

15 - 09 - 2008
Rescued from burning boat
The Sea Frontier Guard at the King Fahd Causeway on Friday rescued three Saudi nationals aboard a boat after its motor caught fire. Col. Muhammad Al-Ghamdi, spokesman of the Frontier Guard in the Eastern Province, said that the Frontier Guard (...)

31 - 08 - 2008
Man in sixties accompanied by his family fires at two youths
Near the Kuwaiti border two young men were shot in the hand and foot. They were allegedly shot for harassing a sixty year old man and his family while on a family picnic in Hafr Al-Batin. Security officials arrested the 60-year-old for shooting the (...)

27 - 07 - 2008
Man ends life with “shemagh”
A man in his thirties hanged himself with his checkered headscarf (Shemagh) on Friday. Okaz reported that workers of a nearby gas station 60 kilometers away from Hafr Al-Batin, became suspicious when they found one of the toilets locked from (...)

27 - 07 - 2008
Another Indian commits suicide
old-year Indian worker was found hanging from the ceiling of his room in Dammam early Tuesday. It is the second alleged suicide case by an Indian expatriate this week in the Eastern Province. The body of an Indian shepherd was found hanging from a (...)

11 - 06 - 2008
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