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RIO DE JANEIRO Adidas Superstar Nigo Bear Leather Zwart Wit S83386 Goedkoop , Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Former Brazil great Zico on Tuesday urged world football's governing body FIFA to change its presidential election rules.

The 62-year-old, who plans to run for FIFA's top job at an election in February, met with outgoing president Sepp Blatter in Zurich on Tuesday.

His bid has been stymied by a FIFA rule stipulating that candidates must receive support from at least five national federations.

So far backed only by Brazil, Zico has until October 26 to be endorsed by four other federations.

"It's absurd," Zico was quoted saying by Brazilian portal Globoesporte.

"I have been involved in football for 45 years as a player and manager across several continents and I still need formal support from five national federations. They each face pressure from their own confederations and as such won't support me."

Zico said he has sent letters to several federations, adding Brazil was the only one to respond.

The Flamengo idol was critical of UEFA president Michel Platini Adidas Superstar Mesh Zwart Goedkoop , who is expected to be a candidate for the vacant position.

"He is part of FIFA's structure, a member of the executive committee," Zico said. "I don't believe that he will be the one that makes changes to the organization."

Zico, who is currently coaching Indian Super League outfit FC Goa, revealed his desire to run for FIFA's presidency in June, just days after Blatter announced his resignation amid a corruption scandal engulfing the entity.

THE HAGUE Adidas Superstar 2 Zwart Wit G50965 Goedkoop , Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- "I hope to have a role in eliminating the misconception that China is a mystery," said Manya Koetse, a young blogger in the Netherlands who writes about Chinese social media trends.

With a degree in China studies from Leiden University and having lived in Beijing for two years, Koetse started the website "What's on Weibo" in 2014 which now sees some 200,000 visitors every month.

She updates the website almost every day with content ranging from odd news to business trends to in-depth analyses of social phenomena found on platforms such as WeChat and Weibo.

Koetse recently made an appearance in "China's Major-Country Diplomacy," a popular documentary series that displays diplomatic achievements China has made over the past five years.

A short clip of the six-episode series introduced Koetse and her website where she posts English stories of what she discovered in Chinese social media.

"China is playing a more and more important role in the world Adidas Superstar W Leather Wit Power Rood Ba7585 Goedkoop ," she said in the clip filmed in the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam, "I really hope I can become a Western window on Chinese culture."

In an interview with Xinhua, Koetse said the series on China's diplomacy was "nicely done" and marked "an important moment in the history of China as a changing nation" with a "very important role".

Considering what she has done as only "a very little tiny part" of diplomacy, Koetse believes that "diplomacy doesn't only happen between politicians or governments, it also happens between people online."

Branding herself as a "China social trend watcher," Koetse focuses more on the "multidimensional image" of China reflected on social media Dames Adidas Superstar Wit Power Rood BB0532 Goedkoop , adding that "there's no other country in the world where you have such a digital revolution as in China right now, really changing people's lives."

"I always look at China from the bottom up, from the grassroots -- what's happening on Chinese social media, what people are saying, then from there I look at what it means in the bigger picture," she explained.

For her Adidas Superstar W Dames Wit Rood Goedkoop , social media is a "barometer" and "a finger on the pulse" on what's happening in the Chinese society, hence observing social media is "a very important angle."

There is a "big misconception" of China in the West, where media portray China only in "one dimension," said Koetse, adding that "they think it's like a different world, a different planet Adidas Heren Superstar Skate Zwart Goedkoop , but no, China is not a mystery. It's not that different."

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HOUSTON, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The price for a gallon of gas is dropping for the first time since Hurricane Harvey, according to AAA Texas on Thursday.

The average price at the pump across the state is now 2.52 U.S. dollars per gallon. In Houston Adidas Heren Superstar Skate Groen Goedkoop , the average price for a gallon of gas, 2.48 dollars, is 2 cents lower than it was a week ago.

AAA Texas says the drop is happening even though 11 refineries in Texas are either just restarting production or still inactive, which account for 17 percent of the nation's refining capacity.

The eventual increased production may help reduce gas prices further, but gas prices would need to drop by about 35 cents to reach pre-Harvey levels in Houston.

For more than 100 years, AAA has been a part of the American motoring scene. Today Adidas superstar pharrell supershell Heren Goedkoop , AAA members enjoy a full spectrum of benefits including Roadside Assistance, travel planning, member discounts, and insurance services.

Harvey blew ashore on Aug. 25 as the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years, displacing more than 1 million and damaged some 200,000 houses in a path of destruction that stretches for more than 480 km. The Houston area was hit by severe flooding Adidas Heren Superstar Pharrell Supershell Wit Goedkoop , after receiving about 1.4 meters of rain.

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