Emirates prepare for landmark polls as part of tightly controlled reform process
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Friday, December 15, 2006
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The United Arab Emirates holds its first ever elections starting Saturday, with an indirect vote for half the members of an advisory council, a small step in a tightly-controlled reform process. The figures sum up the modest nature of the exercise in the federation of seven emirates, the last of the conservative Gulf Arab monarchies to hold polls.
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