Kuwaiti Women Win First Parliamentary Seats (ap)

A Kuwaiti woman casts her vote during the country's parliamentarian elections at a polling station in Salwa, Kuwait City on Saturday, May 16, 2009. Kuwaitis exasperated by years of battles between the country's lawmakers and Cabinet ministers voted Saturday in the second parliamentary election in a year, hoping for some political stability in the small, oil-rich nation. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)AP – Official results announced on state television show that Kuwaiti women have won parliamentary elections for the first time, garnering four seats.

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