FILE - In theis Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 file photo, an Emirati man pass by 10mw photovoltaic plant at Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The dean of a research institute at the core of Abu Dhabi's green-energy city said Sunday the government remains firmly committed to renewable power after recent shifts in the ambitious project's goals. Masdar City was originally conceived as a self-contained "carbon-neutral" community of 40,000 residents and even more commuters where cars would be banned and waste and water would be recycled.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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FILE - In theis Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 file photo, an Emirati man pass by 10mw photovoltaic plant at Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The dean of a research institute at the core of Abu Dhabi's green-energy city said Sunday the government remains firmly committed to renewable power after recent shifts in the ambitious project's goals. Masdar City was originally conceived as a self-contained "carbon-neutral" community of 40,000 residents and even more commuters where cars would be banned and waste and water would be recycled.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 file photo, Beam Down Pilot project, a joint pilot project of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Japan's Cosmo Oil Company and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, takes the conventional concentrated solar power design and literally turns it to on its head at Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday Jan.16, 2011. The dean of a research institute at the core of Abu Dhabi's green-energy city said Sunday the government remains firmly committed to renewable power after recent shifts in the ambitious project's goals. Masdar City was originally conceived as a self-contained "carbon-neutral" community of 40,000 residents and even more commuters where cars would be banned and waste and water would be recycled.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 file photo, the 45 meter height Wind Tower brings upper level wind to the public square at the Masdar Institute campus as a part of Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Hosting the climate talks is the latest bid by Qatar to flex its muscles on the international stage, following its successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup and its backing of Libyan and Syrian rebels. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 file photo, the Beam Down Pilot project, a joint pilot project of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Japan's Cosmo Oil Company and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, takes the conventional concentrated solar power design and literally turns it to on its head at Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Hosting the climate talks is the latest bid by Qatar to flex its muscles on the international stage, following its successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup and its backing of Libyan and Syrian rebels. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2013 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington. Kerry will make his first overseas trip next week to Europe and the Middle East, but is skipping Israel because that country's government isn't fully formed after recent elections. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Local and international activists demonstrate inside a conferences center to demand urgent action to address climate change at the U.N. climate talks in Doha, Qatar, ,Saturday, Dec.8, 2012. After all-night wrangling, the latest draft agreements Saturday lacked the strong commitments on climate action and financing by rich countries that poor countries had hoped for. But they did include a text on "loss and damage," a relatively new concept which relates to damages from climate-related disasters. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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Local and international activists protest inside a conference center to demand urgent action to address climate change at the U.N. climate talks in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. After all-night wrangling, the latest draft agreements Saturday lacked the strong commitments on climate action and financing by rich countries that poor countries had hoped for. But they did include a text on "loss and damage," a relatively new concept which relates to damages from climate-related disasters. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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Omani player Rashid Alfarsi, left, fights for the ball with Japan's Najatomo during their group B 2014 World Cup Asia qualifying football match in Muscat, Oman, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Rashad Alwahaibi)
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Omani player Ahmed Mubark, right, fights for the ball with Japan's Honda during their group B 2014 World Cup Asia qualifying football match in Muscat, Oman, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Rashad Alwahaibi)
FIFA official Makudi to stand for Asian leadership
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia (AP) —
FIFA executive committee member Worawi Makudi is a candidate to replace disgraced Mohamed bin Hammam as
Asian Football Confederation president.
Makudi says he's "extremely honored to be proposed and nominated" by the 11-nation regional body representing South East Asian football.
The group says Australia also backs the Thai official after attending Monday's meeting in Malaysia.
Makudi, a longtime bin Hammam ally, could face four rivals: interim AFC president Zhang Jilong of China, Bahrain's Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Yousef Al Serkal of the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia's Hafez El Medlej.
The 46-member Asian confederation elects a president on May 2 in Kuala Lumpur to complete bin Hammam's mandate through to 2015.
The Qatari official resigned in December during a FIFA investigation into his management of AFC finances.
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