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Articles of the author Muslih Al Harbi Okaz MADINA
Police nab child kidnapper
Madina Police successfully foiled an attempt to abduct a seven-year old girl by a 20-year-old man with a prior criminal record who tricked the girl into riding his car and sped off. The girl's family reported her missing when she failed to appear. (...)

11 - 05 - 2012
Madina Highway Patrol arrest drug smugglers
The Madina Highway Patrol arrested drug smugglers in two separate incidents over the past two weeks. Earlier this week Madina Highway checkpoint officers tried to stop a suspicious young driver with a passenger in an abaya. After the driver defied (...)

16 - 04 - 2012
Saudi students in Syria can pursue studies at home or abroad
A total of 154 Saudi students who studied in Syria have been given the option by the Ministry of Higher Education to study at home or abroad, said Abdullah Bin Ibrahim Al-Rakban, who was Cultural Attaché at the Kingdom's embassy in Syria. “In (...)

29 - 03 - 2012
National committee to train brides and grooms-to-be on marriage
Ten societies and centers in charge of marriage family conditions are to establish a joint national committee to train brides- and bridegrooms-to-be on married life. The headquarters of the committee will be in Madina and will be run under the (...)

24 - 03 - 2012
MoH approves new hospital admission and discharge rules
New hospital admission and discharge rules have been approved by Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeah, Minister of Health, which includes empowering male and female patients over the age of 18 to sign themselves in and out of government hospitals. If they are (...)

08 - 03 - 2012
Separate lodging for women a must, says Haj ministry
The Ministry of Haj has told Umrah company owners to abide by Shariah rules by providing separate accommodation for women and men. The ministry has also instructed that a secure place be provided for storing guests' passports. Legal action will be (...)

29 - 02 - 2012
Airbag of new car malfunctions
The Consumer Protection Association (CPA) is investigating the case of a new car whose airbag opened suddenly while the driver was driving on Madina-Yanbu Highway last week. Okaz/Saudi Gazette viewed the complaint filed by the driver to the CPA, (...)

26 - 02 - 2012
Luekemia cases in Madina
Three children in Badr Governorate have been diagnosed with leukemia in the last two months. The diagnosis is being attributed to a black substance found on sand dunes near the governorate's residential area. Badr Governorate, Health Sector (...)

13 - 01 - 2012
Family of Saudi killed in Syria pursue case through law firm
The family of Hussain Bandar Al-Enezi, who was shot dead nearly two months ago in Syria, has hired a law firm to file a case against Syrian security forces after the Syrian Interior Ministry admitted that Hussain's dead body was taken from his grave (...)

09 - 01 - 2012
‘We are all responsible for promotion of moderation'
Faisal, Emir of Makkah region, has said that everyone is responsible for promoting the moderate Islamic religion the Kingdom is based on. He also said every citizen has a duty to fight those who want to deviate from this path. The Emir made the (...)

22 - 12 - 2011
Syrian wives of Saudis don't need visa approval
Syrian women married to Saudi nationals are to be granted entry visas to the Kingdom without the approval of the authorities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is allowing the Saudi Embassy in Damascus to grant the visas provided the women have (...)

21 - 12 - 2011
Study submitted for preservation of Madina's historical sites
Sa'adi, chairman of the Real Estate Committee at the Madina Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has submitted a study to the regional Emir, Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Majed, on a preservation and renovation project for the historical area of Madina. The (...)

18 - 06 - 2011
Ex-husband blamed for suicide of American lady
Harra Al-Sharqiah, the woman who committed suicide Friday evening by jumping from a window in her apartment here, have accused her ex-husband of beating her and causing her psychological problems. Al-Harr's brothers said the circumstances led them (...)

14 - 06 - 2011
New GACA chief takes up tasks
Suqair, the recently-appointed head of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), who began work Tuesday, is tasked with accelerating work on a number of airports. One of his most pressing issues will be the controversy over compensation for (...)

23 - 03 - 2011
Moves on to repatriate Saudi jailed in Israel
Atawi, a Saudi citizen, is still being held in an Israeli prison after six years even though he was initially sentenced to only three months by an Israeli military court. Throughout this period Al-Atawi has been moved to six Israeli (...)

21 - 02 - 2011
‘Child hospital abduction rare'
Sarhani, chief of the Madina Police, has described last December's abduction of new-born boy Anas as a “very rare case”. He added that the abduction was treated as a criminal case and handled through strict security measures that resulted in the (...)

20 - 02 - 2011
Women intellectuals demand ‘defined role'
Daqfaq, head of the Women's Committee at Riyadh Literary Club, has said that new regulations governing literary clubs “marginalize woman” and urged the Ministry of Culture and Information to help define the role of women intellectuals in cultural (...)

10 - 02 - 2011
‘Support for male, female teachers to benefit students'
Fayez, Deputy Minister of Education, reiterated the need to care for and support male and female teachers – for the benefit of students. She was speaking Thursday in Riyadh during the final ceremony to honor female students who have qualified for (...)

15 - 01 - 2011
Health Affairs checks services in Al-Mahd
Taifi, the head of Health Affairs in Madina, led a team of officials Thursday to inspect health services in the region of Mahd Al-Dhahab. During their tour the officials looked at a number of health centers and ensured the provision of services (...)

15 - 01 - 2011
Madina to get 500-bed cancer center in two years
Taifi, Director General of the Directorate of Health Affairs in Madina Region, has reaffirmed that a 500-bed oncology center inside the Specialist Hospital in Madina will be built in two years. Reports have showed that the number of people in the (...)

21 - 09 - 2010
Saudi Gitmo detainees' death
Zahrani, the father of a former Guantanamo detainee who died there three years ago, has sent videotaped testimony to the US court hearing a case filed by six Arab lawyers to uncover facts about the death of three detainees – two Saudis, Yasser (...)

28 - 07 - 2010
Recruit hit by sunstroke dies in Madina hospital
Rasheedi, who was moved to the hospital Thursday after suffering from sunstroke, died on Saturday. The recruit's death came 48 hours after he was hospitalized after collapsing during training at the Public Security Training City in Madina Thursday. (...)

18 - 07 - 2010
NSHR is pursuing prisoners' complaints
Qahtani, the president of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has said that the organization is following up with the Ministry of Interior complaints from relatives of prisoners held over security-related issues. “We study and handle (...)

19 - 05 - 2010
Lawyers seek to revive Gitmo ‘suicide' case
Zahrani who died in detention at Guatanamo Bay has said that his lawyers intend to pursue his case against former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with the US District Court or the Supreme Court. “The lawyers are looking at all aspects of the (...)

16 - 04 - 2010
Al-Aiban: Terror fight must not impinge upon human rights
Aiban, head of the Human Rights Commission (HRC), has said that terrorism is a threat to human rights and “basic freedoms”, but that measures to tackle it should not be at their expense. Speaking at the conference on terrorism at Madina's Islamic (...)

31 - 03 - 2010
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