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Saudi Arabia: women vote for first time in local elections

Video. Saudi Arabia: women vote for first time in local elections

Updated: 12/12/2015 - 2:55 GMT+1

Women are getting to vote for the first time ever in Saudi Arabia. Female candidates are also running in the local polls, in what is seen as an

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