Saudi king allows women to vote in local elections (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110925/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_saudi_women"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110925/capt.c7cdf27baa2b420984d2b52bb4e5f6ac-c7cdf27baa2b420984d2b52bb4e5f6ac-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=lGtQPV0WvQ1Z56XNQnKrPg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2010 file photo, Saudi woman with cellphones smoke tobacco from a waterpipe as they drink coffee in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi King Abdullah has given the kingdom's women the right to vote for first time in nationwide local elections, due in 2015. The king said in an annual speech on Sunday before his advisory assembly, or Shura Council, that Saudi women will be able to run and cast ballots in the 2015 municipal elections. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Saudi King Abdullah announced Sunday that the nation's women will gain the right to vote and run as candidates in local elections to be held in 2015 in a major advancement for the rights of women in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.</p><br clear="all"/>

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