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Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Electricity Company will introduce prepaid electricity cards in about six months, Engineer Ali Al Barak, Executive President of the company, said.
Oman
An Omani ship held by Somali pirates for six months has been released, a senior government official said on Thursday.
Bahrain
Bahrain's Civil Service Bureau, the organisation in charge of managing the staff and payroll for all ministries, has pledged to take disciplinary measures against employees guilty of presenting fake diplomas for recruitment or promotion purposes.
Saudi Arabia
Security forces in Makkah have finalised arrangements to receive pilgrims in Ramadan by mobilising more than 6,700 officers and servicemen from all security sectors, said the Director of Public Security Lt. General Saeed Bin Abdullah Al Qah'tani.
Oman
A 13-member crew of an Antigua and Barbuda-flagged dry cargo ship, attacked and captured by pirates last Thursday while on its way from the southern entrance of the Red Sea to Qaboos port in Muscat, are safe and in good health.
Yemen
About 600,000 children do hazardous work in Yemen, said a report prepared by the child parliament in cooperation with Unicef and the Swedish organisation, Save Children.
Yemen
Movies will be a new method to combat terrorism from now on, said the Yemeni deputy prime minister for defence and security affairs, Rashad Al Alimi, in an opening ceremony of the first Yemeni film on terrorism.
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