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Articles of the author Mughram Asiri Okaz ASIR A 30
Pakistani workerattempts suicide
year-old Pakistani worker attempted to commit suicide by setting himself on fire in Asir. Doctors said that the man suffered from burns to well over 50 percent of his body. He is currently receiving treatment and is under watch to prevent further (...)

06 - 06 - 2012
Traffic accidents kill family of eight and police officer
A husband and wife and their six children died Thursday afternoon in an accident on the Bisha-Rani'yah two-way highway when their car collided head-on with a fuel delivery truck. Civil Defense rescue teams had difficulty removing the dead bodies (...)

14 - 04 - 2012
The word ‘failure' is not in his dictionary
Despite being paralyzed since childhood, he can boast of several accomplishments. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration, speaks English well, and is computer literate. He will soon travel to the United States to join a masters and (...)

28 - 01 - 2012
Honeymoon abroad is less costly, say couples
A number of newlyweds here say they spent their honeymoon at hotels and resorts abroad because it was less costly and there were better services and facilities than in the Kingdom. Many said the “greed” of local tourist operators had forced them to (...)

25 - 12 - 2011
Maid creates scene at Abha airport
An expatriate woman has refused to leave the country on the grounds that she had not been paid all of her remuneration. Passengers at Abha Airport witnessed an angry scene Sunday when the Asian housemaid would not board her flight home. A source (...)

25 - 10 - 2011
GACA to unveil approved design of Abha airport soon
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) will soon unveil the approved design of the new Abha International Airport. The airport will be constructed by a specialist company that has built similar projects all over the world. “The lounge area (...)

04 - 10 - 2011
Tourists stranded at Abha airport
Several local tourists have been left stranded in Abha more because of the paucity of flights than the inclement weather in the region. During the past couple of days, Abha airport has been crowded with passengers waiting to return after spending (...)

12 - 09 - 2011
Saher coming soon to Asir
monitoring system, which has been tested in some parts of the area, will soon be fully operational throughout Asir, said Brig. Hanash Abdul Rahman Al-Shihiri, the region's director of Traffic. He said his administration is taking all necessary (...)

17 - 01 - 2011
Pedestrian killed at ‘danger spot'
A woman was killed by a speeding car while crossing the road in Abu Uraish on Sunday. Witnesses said that the four-wheel drive was unable to avoid the pedestrian and that she died on the spot. The driver of the vehicle was held for investigation. (...)

29 - 09 - 2010
9 have fingers amputated due to firecrackers
Nine people have had part or complete amputations of some of their fingers because of the incorrect use of firecrackers during Eid Al-Fitr celebrations in Asir. The people are between 12 and 50 years of age, and include a woman. Dr. Saleh Bin Saad (...)

21 - 09 - 2010
Hospital celebrates Eid with expired juice, claims patient's relative
Relatives of an old patient at Khamis Mushait Hospital, located in the south of the Kingdom, were surprised to discover that hospital workers had given expired juice to patients – and by a number of other problems at the facility. Naif Bin Awwdah, (...)

20 - 09 - 2010
Two workers buried alive
Two workers were buried alive on Thursday when a pit wall collapsed and buried them under two meters of soil in Al-Khaldiah town near Turaib Center in Ahad Rufaidah Governorate. Maj. Ahmad Aal Awwadh, spokesman of the Civil Defense in Asir Region, (...)

19 - 09 - 2010
Hospital celebrates Eid with expired juice, claims patient's relative
Relatives of an old patient at Khamis Mushait Hospital, located in the south of the Kingdom, were surprised to discover that hospital workers had given expired juice to patients – and by a number of other problems at the facility. Naif Bin Awwdah, (...)

19 - 09 - 2010
Bid to steal cash from ATM fails
An attempt to rob an ATM in Dhahran Al-Janoub governorate failed here Thursday, police said. But robbers caused great damage to the screen, numbers keyboard and camera lens embedded in the machine, the police added. Acting on a report from a a (...)

18 - 09 - 2010
Rainwater maroons residents
Heavy rainfall lashing the Asir region for days this week has left large, deep pools of water in the Husam District of Khamis Mushayt, trapping some residents in their homes and leaving others fearing for their lives. Some pools of water, on land (...)

05 - 08 - 2010
Car accidents in Asir and Taif
Four men were taken to a hospital in Asir after their small car veered off the road and collided with a giant tanker. The men were on their way to Mahayel Asir region on Friday. In another accident in Taif four men were moved to the hospital with (...)

02 - 08 - 2010
14-year-old drowns in floodwater lake
year-old boy has been recovered after he drowned Thursday while swimming at a small lake left by floodwater. Rescue services were called by the father of the teenager but were unable to resuscitate him after divers located the body. “The body has (...)

31 - 07 - 2010
Accidental shooting bereaves Asir family
A man in his thirties died on Friday when he accidentally shot himself with a weapon he was carrying while out on a day trip with his family. The body of the man, who reportedly died in front of his children, was taken away for forensic (...)

25 - 07 - 2010
Noisy expatriates upset locals in Abha with vice
Residents of Abha have been growing increasingly concerned at foreign workers gathering in the town center at weekends, leading, they say, to unacceptable noise and the proliferation of pornographic materials, alcohol and drugs. “I've been living (...)

24 - 07 - 2010
10 killed in Hafr Al-Baten car accident
Ten people, seven Kuwaitis and three Indonesians, were killed and two were injured when their speeding van blew a tire and crashed near Umreqaiba village south of Hafr Al-Baten, police said. The Kuwaiti family was heading to Makkah to perform Umrah (...)

13 - 07 - 2010
Forum to address medical errors and patient rights
The Medicine and Law Forum in Riyadh commences on Saturday with discussions over its three days scheduled to focus on insurance, healthcare quality and patient rights. The forum, which will be opened by Minister of Health Abdullah Al-Rabeah, will (...)

10 - 06 - 2010
Schoolgirl breaks leg in suicide jump
A first year intermediate school pupil threw herself from the second floor of a school building in an apparent suicide attempt on Thursday. According to a Health Affairs spokesman, the girl suffered a broke leg and is in a stable condition in (...)

05 - 06 - 2010
Mosque damaged in fire
A mosque in the village of Bani Tamim in Ahad Rufaidah was partially destroyed by fire on Friday. A Civil Defense official said that local residents attempted to contain the fire until fire services arrived, but that a roof collapsed and furnishing (...)

05 - 06 - 2010
Hash woman sentenced
A court in Mahayil Asir has sentenced a Saudi woman of foreign Arab origin to five years in prison for her involvement in smuggling eight kilograms of hashish. A male accomplice of the convicted woman is due to be sentenced next week. The two were (...)

05 - 06 - 2010
Couple detained for irregular marriage
The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Hai'a) has arrested an “elderly man” and a woman of African origin without identity documents who were allegedly living together in a village in Asir. A Hai'a spokesman said on (...)

04 - 06 - 2010
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