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MELBOURNE Authentic Drew Stafford Jersey , Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- As the host, the Australian team have bright prospects in front of their home fans in the opening game of Asian Cup meeting Kuwait here on Friday.
Although Australia suffered a three-game losing streak in 2014 World Cup, in Asia they still have advantages.
Australia's coach Ange Postecoglou recently named the 23-man squad with 16 players that featured in the 2014 World Cup finals, including the ever-dependable Tim Cahill and captain Mile Jedinak.
In the attacking line, veteran Cahill is always ready to score. Besides Cahill, Mark Bresciano, Robbie Kruse and Mathew Ryan are set to hit stride.
The average height of Australians' defense line is 1.85m and they are good at dealing with the ball in the air.
In comparison, most players of Kuwait are from their domestic leagues and there is a big gap between the two teams in terms of physiques, experience, team chemistry and personal ability.
""To be honest, the boys can't wait for Friday night. We've been on the road for 12 months and to walk out to a (predicted) sell-out crowd on Friday night, it's going to make the boys feel a couple of feet taller. I can't wait to get the match started,"" Coach Postecoglou said.
""Kuwait aren't scared of any team,"" Kuwait's midfielder Abdullah Al Buraiki declared. ""Kuwait respects all the teams that play against us. Australia are a very good team... we will do our best in the game to win.""
Australian culture is set to be an integral component at a highly anticipated opening ceremony on Friday.
Chart-topping Australian singer Havana Brown, pop band Sheppard and more than 200 junior footballers, dancers and professional performers will take to the field ahead of the tournament opener at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.
The action-packed 11-minute opening ceremony will kick off a 23-day festival featuring 32 games between the top 16 football teams in Asia in a tournament with an expected television audience of 800 million.
Under the direction of Melbourne's Malaysian-born Chong Lim, the opening ceremony will showcase the best in Australian music, costume and dance, celebrating the country's diverse lifestyle, backgrounds, tastes and passion for football.
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TEHRAN, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Iran's non-oil gross domestic product (GDP) has shown 6.3 percent growth during the past Iranian calendar year (March 2016-March 2017), the Statistical Center of Iran said, according to Tehran Times daily report on Wednesday.
The GDP growth, including the oil sector, touched 8.3 percent in the same period, the report said.
Non-oil GDP in the past Iranian year stood at 641.37 trillion rials (about 17.19 billion U.S. dollars), while the GDP including oil reached 673.09 trillion rials (about 18.04 billion dollars).
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast Iran's GDP growth to rebound to 6.6 percent in 201617.
Iran's economic growth has rebounded on the back of higher oil production, higher foreign direct investment, and a gradual improvement in domestic financial conditions.
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BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- It's good to see neither Russia nor the United States were swayed by impulsive feelings to face off with each other over the sensitive Snowden incident.
Russia granted U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden only one year's temporary asylum, while White House spokesman Jay Carney avoided aggressive rhetoric after Moscow announced the decision.
Letting Snowden in from Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport could be considered the result of more than one months' wrestling between Moscow and Washington publicly and under the table.
The Russian decision could not be seen as hasty given the arrogant U.S. attitude, as Washington did not submit any formal request to Moscow to extradite Snowden during the past 40 days.
With the controversy raised by recent trial of U.S. Army private Bradley Manning, who was convicted of leaking information and faces up to 136 years in prison, it is not a bad public relations tactic for Moscow to grant asylum to Snowden.
Nevertheless, the Snowden incident has so far been a hot topic rather than the "last straw" to break the back of the chronically-strained Russia-U.S. ties, as both sides share a wide range of practical interests.
Some even suggest letting Snowden in and facilitating his eventual move to a third country could clear the way for the possible summit between Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama this September.
Since the bilateral ties are now at such a low ebb that both sides differ deeply on the issues of missi. |
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