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| 4m Umrah visas issued, says ministry |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Around 4 million Umrah visas have been issued while almost 3.15 million Umrah performers from about 70 countries around the world have come to the Kingdom since the start of... |
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| No connection between amnesty and ban on recruitment, says MoL |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| The Ministry of Labor has said there was no connection whatsoever between a grace period allowing expatriate workers who do not comply with residency laws to correct their status and... |
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| Embassy rejects outside medical aid for Filipinos |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| The Philippine Embassy has rejected the request to hold a medical mission for 120 stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) including women and children, according to Filipino migrant rights’ group MIGRANTE.... |
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| 3,000 Egyptians apply to correct their status |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| An official at the Egyptian Embassy in Riyadh said that about 3,000 laborers are seeking to correct their residency status, and that the Egyptian labor bureau would work to create... |
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| Pakistan Consulate forms special cell |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| An estimated 11,000 Pakistani illegal workers registered with the consulate, according to consulate officials.... |
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| Sri Lankan missions work 24/7 to help workers |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| The Sri Lankan missions in Riyadh and Jeddah are currently working 24 hours a day, including weekends, to sort out the paperwork of over 10,000 workers by July 3, the... |
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| Mobile users asked to guard against recharge fraudsters |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Fraudsters are robbing mobile phone users of their hard-earned cash by getting them to pay for recharge vouchers in exchange for bogus cash prizes.... |
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| Top honors for journalists, media veterans |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Journalists and media houses were honored with prizes for outstanding work at the National Media Awards function at Park Hyatt here on Thursday.... |
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| Interfaith harmony: Imams to visit Auschwitz |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| A Saudi preacher is among 14 Muslim scholars from across the globe who will visit the former Nazi Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland next week as part of a... |
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| Coronavirus tests for EP pilgrims urged |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| President of the Haj and Umrah Committee Osama Filaali called on the Health Ministry to make Eastern Province pilgrims undergo coronavirus testing.... |
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| UN, Russia for urgent Syria meet; France opposes Iran's presence |
| Source : The Peninsula |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Russia agreed yesterday that a peace conference on Syria should be held "as soon as possible", even as Moscow defied growing global pressure over its... |
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| Syria refugee numbers top 1.5m: UN |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| More than 1.5 million Syrians have fled their conflict-ravaged homeland, the UN's refugee agency said on Friday, warning that the real figure could be even higher as the tally only... |
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| Munich security conference to focus on Gulf challenges |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| The Munich Security Conference (MSC) continues its MSC core group meeting series in 2013 with a new regional focus on the Arabian Gulf. On May 21 and 22, the MSC... |
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| Repatriation of Indians in Saudi Arabian prisons proposed |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Riyadh and New Delhi are working on a proposal to repatriate Indian prisoners to India and to allow them to serve their remaining jail terms that adhere to an existing... |
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| 90% of Qataris satisfied with facilities at hospitals |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| As many as 90% of Qatari nationals are satisfied with the standards of public sector health provision, making the country top the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region with... |
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| Bahrain govt dispels oppn rumours on campaigner |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Bahrain has denied rumours spread by the opposition that a human right campaigner has gone missing from prison.... |
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| Coronavirus spreads from patient to nurse |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Two health workers in the Kingdom have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care — the first evidence of such... |
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| Emirates ID must for HAAD transactions |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Starting June 1, all applicants processing documents or carrying out any transaction with the Health Authority — Abu Dhabi (HAAD) will be required to present their Emirates ID cards.... |
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| Illegal workers use grace period to make money |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Illegal workers here are trying to make as much money as possible before July 3, the end of the three-month grace period, which requires them to either rectify their status... |
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| Iranian cleric says women can't be president |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said Thursday, effectively killing the largely symbolic bids by about 30 women seeking to... |
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