Archive: March, 2010

Saudi Doctor chosen by White House as high-five scientists

Saudi Dr. Hayat Sindi, a researcher at Harvard University has been chosen to be among the high-five scientists to support a special program in science and technology under the name Connect a Million Minds. This came after the Organization of American Tech Pop-known researcher chose Dr. Sindi among the top 15 scientists around the world [...]

U.S. Ambassador: Jeddah and Dhahran U.S. Consulates will soon begin issuing visas to Saudis

U.S. Ambassador: The Embassy has granted last year 86 thousand visas to Saudi nationals, and visa rejected that offer Saudis have declined to reach less than 5% and they are currently seeking to improve procedures for the granting of visas to Saudi citizens not to exceed the time allocated for the granting of visas on [...]

Saudi Doctor calls for compulsory rule to put children in car seats

Saudi Arabia called for an advisory need to activate the law and mandatory to place the child under the age of 5 years the chair back and fasten seat belt “SETE charr” in the vehicle and give fines for offenders. Said Dr. Maha Al Executive Director of the Family Safety Program through the intervention yesterday [...]

Mercedes-Benz sports car launched in Saudi

German automaker Mercedes-Benz has launched its new sports car developed in-house, the SLS AMG, in Jeddah. The super sports car features an aluminium spaceframe body with gullwing doors, AMG 6.3-litre V8 front-mid engine developing 420 kW/571 hp peak output and dry sump lubrication, seven-speed dual-clutch transmission in a transaxle configuration and sports suspension with aluminium [...]

4 Women’s colleges compete in the first Olympics for Saudi universities

(translated via translate.google.com) 4 Women’s colleges engaged the first time in the universities and colleges in Saudi Arabia 3 round sports activities and sports in the Olympics for the first cultural universities and higher education institutions in the region of Mecca in the period from March 31 until April 7, hosted by King Abdulaziz University. [...]

Facebook draws a revolution of Saudi women

Riyadh: About 38 per cent of Saudis using Facebook are women, according to a researcher working in the media field. Fawzia Al Shadadi said there are 231,000 Saudis using the social networking website as of December 2009. “More women are turning to social networking. There is a growing trend among Saudi young women to have [...]

Saudi Zain Al Reem Int. Circuit kicks off racing Challenge Cup Porsche AG, T-3 Riyadh

Starts tomorrow (March 24,25, 26, 31, 2010)and the day after competitions during the ninth and tenth Challenge Cup Porsche AG, T-3 Middle East, and two more rounds of the Cup Zen Lotus Championship and the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and Alradriqal races on the circuit Reem Zain International in Riyadh. It is expected to culminate [...]

Riyadh Municipality launches “United Women” website

Aim of the Unit: Enable the Secretariat to achieve its mission and objectives of the related senior women’s race through the provision of necessary services to facilitate the disposal and care for the female to the relevant departments of the Secretariat and the jurisdiction and control and regulate, manage and direct all areas of work [...]

ARAMCO Summer Training Program Registration Open

Summer Training Program for Male and Female Saudi High School Students Saudi Aramco asserts its commitment to the development of Saudi youth by providing them with temporary summer employment opportunities. The training program consists of courses modeled after the company’s regular employees. Summer student participants are scheduled for classes in disciplines such as English, math, [...]

First Int. Workshop on Free/Open Source Software Technologies

About Workshop Free/open source software technologies (FOSST) have shown a remarkably success for its short history which is acknowledged by a large number of organization and the community. The philosophy and methodology of open source software play the main role toward its success and achievements. Its philosophy and methodology have been partially adopted in many [...]



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