Hello, democracy – and goodbye 5.0 star rating

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/24/saudiarabia

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Four years ago this month Saudi Arabia, one of the world's most conservative absolute monarchies, took a cautious step towards democracy by holding local government elections – the first in more than 40 years.

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Niluccio  
Created by Niluccio on 24 February 2009

Niluccio's thoughts:

Votes by 2071; women to vote by 2146. Steady as she goes.

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