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October 15, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6480135

Women Barred from Saudi Vote

(Reuters) Dominic Evans - Saudi Arabia's election committee said on Tuesday women will not take part in the country's first nationwide vote, blaming problems over special polling arrangements for women in the conservative Muslim kingdom. The announcement marks a victory for Saudi Arabia's religious establishment, alarmed by even modest reforms in the birthplace of Islam.

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