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Jan 2
JEDDAH: Last months Jeddah floods in which over 120 people died and 38 are still missing raised the question of volunteers joining the Civil Defense to help in search and rescue operations.
Over 500 people came forward in the spur of the moment to save people and property in the floods.
Humanitarian work and saving lives is something that Saudi citizens are very happy to undertake, said Saeed Al-Ghamdi, a Saudi citizen, recalling a previous incident in which ordinary members of the public saved a family from drowning in Hail last year.
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Coping with culture shock
Filed under NewsJul 3JEDDAH: A 26-year-old Japanese exchange student was assaulted in February inside a YMCA co-ed student-housing complex in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
A man donning a mask turned out the lights of the laundry room and grabbed the woman from behind. She screamed and broke free. Other students came to the rescue and, according to local news reports, detained 19-year-old Khaled Al-Harbi. The student, who was in Canada on a Saudi government scholarship, was diagnosed with psychological problems and has been seeking counseling.
In another case in Bournemouth, UK, earlier this month, another Saudi student was sentenced to 24 weeks in jail. His identity has been registered for seven years on a local law-enforcement list of sexual harassers, according to the Daily Echo newspaper. In that case, the student, 23, was found guilty of public intoxication, stripping naked and chasing a 36-year-old woman through the streets. The woman punched the man and fled.
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Dec 16
JEDDAH: The head of Makkah’s Water Department said yesterday that by next Haj season the holy city would be able to provide at least 60 percent more water than it currently supplies. “The amount will exceed the 500,000 cubic meter mark or may nearly double the current level,” said Abdullah Hasanin.
The city currently has a supply capacity of 300,000 cubic meters per day. Thanks to Shuaiba-3, the new desalination plant set to open before next Haj season, Makkah will be receiving more desalinated water from the Red Sea.
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