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Articles of the author Okaz HAFR AL
Candidates using social networks to woo voters
BATIN — Municipal Council candidates are increasingly using websites and online social networks in a bid to win over voters in elections later this month. These developments are the logical result of the increased use of computers and smart phones, (...)

26 - 09 - 2011
20-yr-old agrees to marry 81-yr-old man
BATIN: A woman barely 20 years of age has given her consent to marry an 81-year-old man in Hafr Al-Batin after the latter insisted on obtaining her full consent both written and verbal. The elderly suitor reportedly informed his future spouse that (...)

11 - 06 - 2011
Severe heat wave forecast
BATIN: There will be more than 100 dusty days this year, which will have the most violent weather in decades and scorching heat in the next 40 days, said astronomy researcher Khaled Al-Za'aq. In the coming months, dust will appear at any time, (...)

07 - 06 - 2011
Kids under 6 can enroll in primary schools
BATEN: The Minister of Education has issued a decision allowing children who completed two semesters in kindergarten and are under six years of age, by 180 days or less, to be admitted to primary schools. The current regulatory age for enrollment (...)

12 - 05 - 2011
Irate patient attacks doctor
BATEN: An emergency doctor at King Khaled General Hospital in Hafr Al-Baten was attacked and had his nose broken by an irate patient during an argument here recently. Faisal Muhammad, spokesman of the Health Affairs department in Hafr Al-Baten, said (...)

02 - 05 - 2011
Professor breaks leg in accident
BATIN: A university instructor from America broke his leg when the motorbike he was riding collided with a passing vehicle in Hafr Al-Batin Saturday. An official report said the academic, who teaches at a college affiliated to King Fahd University (...)

01 - 05 - 2011
Sandstorm hits Hafr Al-Batin
BATIN: High winds created a sandstorm that uprooted trees, blew down house doors, and damaged traffic lights and street signs across the Hafr Al-Batin region Tuesday. Police warned motorists to proceed with extreme caution as emergency services and (...)

13 - 04 - 2011
150 illegal aliens held
BATIN: A concerted crackdown on illegal immigrants which began last week led as of Friday to the detention of 150 persons, the Passports Department said on Friday. “We have held 150 persons of various nationalities for breaches of labor and (...)

03 - 10 - 2010
Firefighter killed
Firefighter Fahd Al-Muhaymeed, 25, was killed when the ceiling of a burning room fell on him while he was extinguishing a fire in an accommodation for Filipino workers in Al-Khalidiya District here Friday. Two other Civil Defense personnel were (...)

08 - 08 - 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
Safe not so safe
BATIN - An Arab employee working in a transportation company in Hafr Al-Batin took advantage of his lonely night-shift to steal the company's safe. When company employees arrived in the morning they were surprised to find the safe, which reportedly (...)

24 - 02 - 2009
Liquor distillery found, one arrested
BATIN – Authorities raided a house in Al-Balad Market here on Saturday after reports that the place was being used to manufacture liquor. The police found equipment used in distilling wine and arrested one person. The police are looking for his (...)

22 - 02 - 2009
Blackmailer gets 5 years and 5,000 lashes
The Court of Cassation has endorsed a General Court verdict to sentence a man who blackmailed a woman with her photos to five years in prison and 5,000 lashes. The two broke up after being involved in an old relationship. The court ruling ordered (...)

10 - 02 - 2009
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