Saudi clerics protest (Video: YouTube / BeardlessYoung)

Published: January 17, 2013 GMT

A group of hardline clerics protested outside the royal palace in Riyadh against the king's decision to appoint 30 women to the kingdom's top advisory body, a YouTube video posted on Wednesday showed.
Saudi clerics protest (Video: YouTube / BeardlessYoung)
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