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Saudi Arabian Men Go to the Polls in First National Elections

The voters came – princes and the impoverished, young and old, the highly educated and the illiterate – casting their ballots today in the initial stage of the kingdom’s first nationwide elections. Women were barred and widespread apathy during the December registration period meant that just 149,000 eligible voters out of almost 600,000 in the capital district were on the rolls. Full Story