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Thursday, 28 August 2008 - 27 Shaban 1429 H
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A photo shows the continuing expansion work on the northern plaza of the Grand Mosque in Makkah. Part of the plaza will be used during the holy month of Ramadan. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah Region, has
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JEDDAH – Major investment banks say they’ve begun trades under new rules that for the first time give foreigners access to Saudi Arabian stocks.The head of HSBC Holdings PLC’s Saudi Arabian subsidiary says the bank will begin offering similar trades in the coming days.
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By Diana Al-Jassem Saudi GazetteRIYADH/JEDDAH – Pregnant women, nursing mothers and other ailing people have been proposed to be exempted from spending time in jail. In addition, debtors have been proposed to be housed in separate prison wards away from the area
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Forger nabbed in Jeddah
JEDDAH – A computer-savvy Indian forger, Abdul Qayoum, was arrested from his den in Al-Rowais District here on Tuesday. The .
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Ericsson to build, operate network for ‘Smart City’
JEDDAH - Emaar, The Economic City (Emaar.E.C), the Tadawul-listed .
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Djokovic in Round 2
NEW YORK – No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic shook off an injury to his left ankle in the third set and beat Arnaud Clement of France 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to move into the second round .
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Iran no more in headlines
THE acrimony between Russia and the West stirred by the Georgia conflict complicates any effort to tighten UN sanctions on Iran over .
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Bangladeshi boy born with two heads: Doctor
DHAKA - A baby boy born with two heads in southwestern Bangladesh has been placed under police protection because of the curiosity his birth has caused among locals,.
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Venice film fest serves up a smorgasbord
BRAD PITT and George Clooney hit the red carpet on Wednesday with their latest movie “Burn After Reading,” a satirical comedy by Oscar winners the Coen brothers .
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Saturday
Face transplants: Fact, not fiction
Transplanting faces may seem like science fiction, but doctors say the experim.
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Sunday
Expat beauticians face the heat as salons face closure
Jeddah Municipality is conducting raids on beauty salons for using the service.
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Monday
When colors speak for the soul...
FIGURATIVE drawing and painting has a far stronger tradition in the Middle Eas.
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Tuesday
A joystick called the tongue
THE tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow .
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Wednesday
Happy days are here again (kind of)
FOR Iraqis, it’s a vision of what Baghdad could be -- no concrete blast walls,.
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