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Kuwaiti women win first parliamentary seats

by Pat Coate | May 17, 2009

Official results announced on state television show Kuwaiti women have won parliamentary elections for the first time, garnering four seats.

The victory is resounding in the conservative Persian Gulf country where legislatures have been men-only for almost five decades.

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