Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 19 July, 2015 4:31 am

NY landmark lit green for Eid

ew York’s Empire State Building was lit up green on Friday evening in celebration of Eid Al-Fitr that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. It was reported that the famous skyscraper will glow green until it closes to the public at 2 a.m. (0600 GMT), when the building traditionally...

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Business & Money | Sunday 19 July, 2015 4:30 am

Replies on delayed projects ‘fail to satisfy Nazaha’

 The National Anti-Corruption Commission, Nazaha, is not satisfied with the explanations and reasons provided by some ministries for delayed projects, sources in the know of things have said. Some of the ministries concerned failed to even conduct investigations into the lapses leading to ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 19 July, 2015 4:27 am

Aden street named after King Salman

In a unique Eid gift from one head of state to another, Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi named the most important street in liberated Aden after Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in recognition of his efforts to restore the legitimate government in Yemen. Hadi, who is...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 19 July, 2015 4:16 am

Panasonic's Solar Lanterns Donated to UNDP Have Begun to be distributed to Ebola Affected Regions

Panasonic Corporation today announced that it donated 3,000 solar lanterns to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for use in Ebola affected regions. These lanterns have started to be distributed in 3 West African countries (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone). Panasonic first donated 240...

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Healthcare | Sunday 19 July, 2015 12:20 am

Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s Midyear Planning Meeting Co-convened with the Chapman University School of Pharmacy

The Patient Safety Movement Foundation is co-convening with Chapman University School of Pharmacy for their Midyear Planning Meeting on July 29, 2015 on Chapman’s main campus in Orange, California.  The meeting will begin with presentations by leaders from each of the twelve...

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Business & Money | Saturday 18 July, 2015 6:00 am

Haramain train to make dry run soon, says transport minister

Transport Minister Abdullah Al-Muqbil, who is chairman of the board of the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO), revealed that electricity has been connected through overhead lines for the Haramain High-Speed Railway network. Al-Muqbil said the train has been tested on the line with a gradual...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 18 July, 2015 5:31 am

57 festivals lined up for ‘Saudi Summer 2015’

Fifty-seven festivals are planned as part of this year’s summer “Saudi Summer 2015” to be organized across the Kingdom by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH) in cooperation with provincial Tourist Development Councils (TDCs). The TDCs will host these...

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Business & Money | Saturday 18 July, 2015 4:29 am

Nine GCC teams to deal with labor issues

Nine technical teams set up by the GCC Council of Labor and Social Affairs Ministers are working on preparing periodic reports about the status of the GCC labor market in order to establish a unified position in international organizations, set up an ideal work plan, and exchange...

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Government | Saturday 18 July, 2015 4:28 am

Rousing welcome for king in Jeddah

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman performed the Eid Al-Fitr prayer at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Friday morning, before leaving for Jeddah sometime later. He spent the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan close to the Grand Mosque. Soon after the Eid prayer, the king...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 18 July, 2015 4:13 am

Oracle Abandons Its Largest Copyright Damages Theory Against Rimini Street

Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support for SAP AG’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Hyperion and Oracle Retail...

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