Qatar elections to be held in 2013

Qatar will hold elections for its advisory council in 2013, the Gulf state's emir said on Tuesday.
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani was quoted by state media as saying the polls, which would be the country's first legislative elections, were needed to build a modern Qatar.
Under a constitution adopted in 2003, 30 of the council's members would be elected and 15 appointed.