A panel of over 100 of the world’s most gifted minds including political leaders and top-notch business executives will be rubbing elbows with each other at the GCF’s different sessions spread over three days from Sunday onward.
A leaking pipe was being fixed on Thursday after several complaints were lodged by residents of Rabwa district.
The talks mainly focused on the future of Saudi-Sudanese relations with special reference to a referendum in Sudan that may eventually create a new nation in Africa. “Taha briefed Crown Prince Sultan on the latest political developments in Sudan, especially concerning the south Sudan referendum,” said Osama Mahjoob Hassan, spokesman for the Sudanese Embassy, after the talks.
The four-day symposium, the first of its kind organized by the Ministry of Education, will discuss in depth how to pursue excellence and bring quality education to Saudi institutions. This event, entitled The First International Conference of TQM in K-12 Education, will help to work out educational plans and policies with “quality initiatives drawn from the best international experiences,” said Prince Faisal in a statement. He said the event would also find out ways and means for restructuring education, especially primary and secondary (K-12) segment, with added stress on quality and excellence.
The three-day exhibition displays some winning photographs that were selected from a bundle of hundreds of thousands of photos shot by Wasif during the last two decades of his career as a photographer.
“The move is to inculcate sense of security among students that will eventually strengthen the national security apparatus,” said a source at the Riyadh-based King Fahd Security College (KFSC).
“The cheetah was spotted moving toward the bank’s gate by the bank’s outer cameras at about 4:15 a.m. on Monday, prompting the security guards to raise alarm,” bank representative Salem Al-Onaizi told Arab News on Tuesday. Al-Onaizi said the panic-stricken guards saw the cheetah darting around the bank, which led them to close the entrance gate and inform the authorities about the animal freely roaming near Dabbab Street.
“The website was hacked a few weeks back, but has now been fully restored, and is safe and functional,” said Mohammed Al-Dukhainy, a spokesman for the ministry. The website was taken offline after being hacked, he added, while expressing concerns over such incidents. Hackers replaced the front page of the ministry’s website early November with a photo of a syringe-wielding young man, the cache of which can be accessed through Google.
“The website was hacked a few weeks back, but has now been fully restored, and is safe and functional,” said Mohammed Al-Dukhainy, a spokesman for the ministry. The website was taken offline after being hacked, he added, while expressing concerns over such incidents. Hackers replaced the front page of the ministry’s website early November with a photo of a syringe-wielding young man, the cache of which can be accessed through Google.
“We thank Saudi officials, owners and top executives of the Jeddah-based International Bunkering Company (IBCO), which owns and operates the tanker, for securing the release of the vessel and its Sri Lankan crew,” Sri Lankan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ahmed A. Jawad said on Wednesday. “We are very pleased that this ugly incident came to a happy ending.”