Feeling the heat of the Arab Spring, House of Saud enacts reforms

Back in March it was a $93 billion jobs program:

http://knowledgetoday.wharton.upenn.edu/2011/09/to-stave-off-arab-spring-revolts-saudi-arabia-and-fellow-gulf-countries-spend-150-billion/
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/arab-spring-has-cost-gulf-arab-states-150bn-419429.html

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Now, the king has announced the vote for women... albeit some four years hence:

http://mobile.latimes.com/p.p?a=rp&m=b&postId=898997&curAbsIndex=1&resultsUrl=DID%3D6%26DFCL%3D1000%26DSB%3Drank%2523desc%26DBFQ%3DuserId%253A7%26DL.w%3D%26DL.d%3D10%26DQ%3DsectionId%253A5217%26DPS%3D0%26DPL%3D3