cnn.com - 5/18/2009
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Rola Dashti is one of four women who won parliamentary seats in the recent elections in Kuwait.
echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com - 5/18/2009
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In Kuwait four women were elected to the
50-member parliament. That's eight percent! Not bad for the...
very first parliament which will include women. They have their work cut out for them, given the economic troubles of Kuwait, not to mention the ...
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Good News Monday
notesfromagrumpyoldman.blogspot.com - 5/17/2009
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Maureen Dowd Yevgeny Bazhanov Jon Meacham Fatima Bhutto
"I want to know every awful act committed in...
the name of self-defense and patriotism." - Maureen Dowd Fatima Bhutto wrote in Foreign Policy on the current Pakistani military's scuffle with their local Taliban: "Zardari’s double ...
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Kuwait Elections Empowering,Aung San Suu Kyi Back in Jail
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... This past Saturday, four women won seats in the Kuwaiti parliament--the first time ever women have been represented in the parliament. Women in Kuwait were only given the right to vote and run for office in 2006, so this is a huge step forward in a short amount of time. ...
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