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- A source said a fire had started at warehouse 9 of the port and spread to warehouse 12, where the ammonium nitrate was stored
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- A total of 3,020 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far
- From Saturday it will also reduce its curfew for a week to the period between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., instead of 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
- A full lockdown of the Dhofar governorate in the south will be maintained until further notice
- The Babri Masjid mosque was destroyed by Hindu radicals with pickaxes and crowbars in December 1992, sparking massive Hindu-Muslim violence
- The violence left some 2,000 people dead, most of them Muslims
- “The Great Economic Reset Programme” is part of a “COVID Exit initiative” to help the recovery and reshaping of the economy
- The economic program will feature analyses of current and future policies
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- From Saturday it will also reduce its curfew for a week to the period between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., instead of 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
- A full lockdown of the Dhofar governorate in the south will be maintained until further notice
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