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| Saudis 4th largest group of foreign students in US |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Saudi Arabia sent 34,139 students to study in the United States in the academic year 2011-2012, making it the fourth largest provider of foreign students to US colleges after China,... |
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| Handicraft producers seek permanent market |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Traditional handicraft producers here have called on government to set up a permanent market where they can sell their goods throughout the year. They also want marketing and advertising support.... |
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| PASI meeting analyses performance |
| Source : Oman Daily Observer |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| The Board of Directors of the Public Authority of Social Insurance (PASI) yesterday held its third meeting of the year under the chairmanship of Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasser al Bakri,... |
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| Urban heritage sites 'need funds' |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| A number of municipal directors here have called on the government to provide more funds for the preservation and development of heritage sites in their regions, to help boost the... |
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| New MoDPF building opens, to offer quality services |
| Source : Oman Daily Observer |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| The Ministry of Defence's Pension Fund Building was opened yesterday under the auspices of Sayyid Badr bin Saud al Busaidy, Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs and Chairman of the Board... |
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| Prisons overcrowded |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Prisons are experiencing overcrowding due to an increase in the number of inmates and a delay in releasing inmates who have completed their sentences, the Kingdom's prisons department chief has... |
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| Haia chief slams Twitter's misuse |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Social networks, particularly Twitter, should not take over peoples' lives, the head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has said.... |
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| Sermons at holy mosques in English too |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Sermons delivered at the Two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madinah will soon be translated into English for the benefit of millions of non-Arabic speakers around the world.... |
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| 14 plans referred to Cabinet |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| MPs yesterday approved 14 proposed projects and schemes, which were referred to the Cabinet. They are:... |
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| Collector's items go under the hammer |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Stamps, coins and rare documents worth thousands of dinars went under the hammer during a special event at the Arts Centre last night.... |
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| Bahrain to attain key health goals |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Bahrain is on track to achieve most of its key health targets related to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report.... |
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| Budget rejected in pay rise row |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Parliament has refused to approve the national budget, already delayed by six months, because it does not include 15 per cent pay rises for 45,000 civil servants.... |
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| National drugs database plea |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Bahrain has been urged to set up a national database of prescription drugs in a bid to tighten controls on the supply of painkillers.... |
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| Iran must be part of talks on Syria, says Russia |
| Source : The Peninsula |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran must take part in a proposed international conference to end Syria's civil war, but that Western states wanted to limit the participants and... |
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| WHO reports a healthy outlook... |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Bahrain is on track to achieve most of its key health targets related to the Millennium Development Goals, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report.... |
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| More sports centers for young Saudis, says Prince Nawaf |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| President of Youth Welfare Prince Nawaf Bin Faisal Bin Fahd called for hundreds of new district sports centers to be established in various cities of Saudi Arabia to keep children... |
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| Proud moment |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Fahd Bin Abdullah attends the graduation ceremony of the 26th batch of students at King Fahd Naval Academy in Jubail, Wednesday evening.... |
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| Budget set back |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| MPs have vetoed the national budget in a vote that could see up to 350,000 Bahrainis miss out on financial benefits.... |
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| Bosnia expels Iranian diplomats |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Bosnia has expelled two Iranian diplomats suspected of spying, including contacting a radical leader, a security ministry source said Thursday.... |
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| Al-Nusra Front executes Assad supporters: Video |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| A video distributed Thursday by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights shows jihadists in the east of the country executing supporters of the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad.... |
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