(New York Times) Islamic traditionalists, both Sunni and Shiite, took more than a third of the seats in the 50-seat Kuwaiti Parliament in voting on Saturday, while the liberals were almost wiped out. Most of the rest of the seats went to groups that are supporters of the royal family. The liberals had made extending the vote to women a major rallying cry of their campaign.
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