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Asian confederation slates vote

November 29, 2012
By Associated Press
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The Asian Football Confederation plans to elect a president next April, ending uncertainty since FIFA suspended incumbent Mohamed bin Hammam in May 2011.

AFC acting president Zhang Jilong says the election congress will be organized by mid-January, depending on advice from its legal committee.

At the Asian body's last assembly in January 2011, bin Hammam was elected unopposed to a four-year term in Doha, Qatar.

Bin Hammam then challenged ...

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