Qatar to Hold First Legislative Elections in 2013
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Qatar will hold its first legislative elections in two years, Qatar News Agency reported, citing a statement by the ruling emir.
“I announce from the highest platform of this assembly that we have decided to hold elections for the advisory council in the second half of 2013,” the news agency cited Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani as saying at the council’s opening session.