Monthly Archives: February 2011

Nepalese envoy refutes allegations of irregularities

Nepalese envoy refutes allegations of irregularities

Ansari said that the compensation amount received by the embassy for all dead Nepali workers is regularly sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Katmandu. Ansari, who gave Arab News a copy of bank statements and documents showing the remittance of money, contradicted the reports of his complicity in stealing compensation money.

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Kingdom updating weather surveillance system

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has launched a multimillion riyal project to set up 122 new weather stations and install 11 weather surveillance radars (WSR). It forms part of an ambitious plan to expand the weather forecast system, with the main objective of warning the public about natural disasters like heavy rainfall and cyclones, Tarek Al-Samawi, a spokesman for the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME), said Wednesday.

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