Kuwait: Elections to be Held, Third Time's the Charm

par This Is Beirut, 04/04 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Kuwaitis are voting on Thursday to elect the first parliament of Emir Sheikh Mechaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah's reign, in the third parliamentary elections in three years in this rich Gulf oil state mired in repeated political crises. Some 835,000 voters were called upon to choose 50 deputies from 200 candidates, including 13 women, after the ...