World IN BRIEF : KUWAIT : Bill to Segregate Students Defeated
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
In a major and unexpected blow to Muslim fundamentalists, Parliament killed a bill to segregate male and female students in the classrooms, libraries and restaurants at Kuwait University. Enraged Islamic lawmakers sought a second poll but were voted down. They later met with equally angry Islamic students and promised that segregation will come “one day.”
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