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More than 900 women, along with some 6,000 Portable Hammock Manufactures men, are seeking seats on 284 municipal councils whose powers are restricted to local affairs including streets, public gardens and rubbish collection.The vote has been hailed as a small step forward in the conservative Islamic kingdom, one of the most restrictive countries in the world for women.But many voters said tribal allegiances — rather than a candidate’s gender — would be a big factor in the ballot.Um Mohammed, a 47-year-old woman living near the Kuwaiti border, said her daughters had helped organise the campaign of a female candidate, but she herself would back a man."I am voting for this candidate because he is from our tribe and he will ensure our rights. He also has a good personality and we have never heard anything negative about him," she said.Her husband had dinner with the candidate at his campaign tent, helping to confirm their choice, she said.Such tents — traditional male gathering places in Saudi Arabia that can be as large as houses — have been a common way for candidates to get their mesغير مجاز مي باشدe across during Saudi municipal elections.

"It’s my last hope," sighs an Albanian migrant, watching a ferry leave for England from behind a high fence reinforced by barbed wire in Dieppe, one of many ferry ports on France’s northern coast.Since January, but especially after authorities began dismantling the sprawling "Jungle" camp in Calais over a week ago, more and more migrants have been trying their luck at Normandy ports.The 20-year-old Albanian, who gave his name only as Fabricio, says he has been all over Europe since leaving home.Along with several compatriots, Fabricio has "set up" in Dieppe with hopes of reaching Britain, the El Dorado of thousands for migrants who have fled poverty or conflict back in their homelands, many from north Africa and the Middle East.They are now turning up at Cherbourg, Ouistreham, Le Havre and lesser known jumping-off places.But Dieppe, less than 200 km west of Calais, has so far attracted the most, around 100 migrants."The cave dwellers are back," said a cyclist out for a ride near the ferry port linking Dieppe to Newhaven, England.He was referring to poor people who used to live in natural caves carved by the wind in the chalk cliffs of the region, and which are now filled with blankets and sleeping bags and surrounded by rubbish.