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by Xinhua writer Wang Qiang


CAIRO Jamaal Williams Jersey , March 5 (Xinhua) -- As the first round of polling in Iran's first post-sanctions parliamentary elections concluded last week after five voting extensions due to high public turnout, the reformists and moderate conservatives reportedly won at least 158 seats in the 290-seat Majlis (parliament).


After the first round of the elections held on Feb. 26, 221 out of the 290 seats were filled and the fate of 69 others will be decided in the run-off contests with 138 candidates likely in mid-April, an Iranian Interior Ministry official announced on Tuesday.


In contrast, the principlists and powerful clerics had won the majority of about 75 percent in the first round of elections in the ninth Majlis elections held on March 2012.


In the meantime, moderates reportedly won 59 percent seats in the 88-seat clerical body Assembly of Experts that is tasked with electing and removing the Supreme Leader of Iran and supervising his activities.


Iran's first post-sanctions parliamentary elections have seen a surprising shift in power line-up in the country's legislative bodies with high turnout rates. That has been a vivid reflection of Iranians' desire to bring about reforms through the established institutions rather than radical upheaval, which is apparently a better way than the Arab Spring revolutions across the Middle East.


""The rotation of (political) forces in the country is a felicitous development Montravius Adams Jersey ,"" Ali Larijani, the Majlis speaker, was quoted by Press TV as saying.


He hailed the conduct of Friday's two key elections in the country as ""glorious,"" saying that ""People's decision on the (political) forces should be respected.""


Earlier, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei also urged all eligible voters to go to the polls, arguing that doing so will ""disappoint"" enemies and boost ""national sovereignty.""


For his part, President Hassan Rouhani said upon voting that ""today's political participation means hope for the future of the country and confidence in the establishment as well as the authorities Josh Jones Jersey ,"" adding that regardless of the election results, the next legislative bodies, either Majlis or the Assembly of Experts, should serve the interest of the people and the country.


Of nearly 55 million eligible Iranians, more than 60 percent attended voting for the two elections last week with large numbers of voters lining up in long queues in front of polling stations.


""We are here to follow the advice of the Supreme Leader and fulfill our divine obligations,"" said Ma'soumeh Fazeli, a 23-year old female student majoring in medicine Kevin King Jersey , who was waiting with her family in front of Masjed al-Nabi mosque in the east of Tehran to cast her vote.


""I hope the candidates could stick to their words and help the establishment promote the livelihood and welfare of our society,"" she said, adding that ""post-sanction era has left no excuse for the administration and the lawmakers in pursuing their economic promises and improving the conditions of the people.""

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JAKARTA, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- More than 14,000 runners, from both foreign and domestic, will participate in the 2014 Jakarta Marathon on Sunday in Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta Josh Jackson Jersey , an official at the organizing committee said here on Wednesday.


The international marathon event, initially held last year, provides a total rewards of 2.4 billion rupiah (about 200,000 U.S. Dollars) featuring three races of marathon, half marathon and 10 kilometers, head of Sports and Youths Section at Jakarta provincial office Ratiyono said.


Hundreds of foreign runners would take part in the event with Japan to send the most runners.


"Japan would send 319 runners, Malaysia 93 Jaire Alexander Jersey , Kenya 56, Australia 75, and Britain 43," Ratiyono said.


The Jakarta Marathon was initially held to promote tourism in the country.


Syria seem to have overwhelmed the continental Europe, the West-backed so-called "Color Revolution" that has brought endless wars and conflicts to the Middle East over the past several years is now under widespread criticism.


On Sept. 2, the photograph of the body of a three-year-old Syrian refugee, Alan Kurdi Cheap Green Bay Packers Jerseys , washed up on a Turkish beach has no doubt shocked the international community. The tragedy has forced the West to face up to the refugee crisis, which seems to be running wild.


According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, Syria's four-year-old civil war has displaced 12 million people since the uprising erupted in 2011. Among them, four million chose to flee their homelands and moved to neighboring countries such as Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.


"The U.S. intervention in Syria, as well as its regional allies' support for the oppositions have caused this humanitarian disaster. Syria is on the verge of a split-up," said Samir Ghatas Brett Hundley Packers Jersey , chairman of Middle East forum for Political and Strategic Affairs.


Analysts say that the current refugees crisis, the worst in the post-war era, can find its roots in the U.S.-sponsored Color Revolution, which, under the pretense of spreading western-style democracy, aimed to facilitate regime changes by fanning anti-government protests.


The truth is that because of the intervention, the countries Kyler Fackrell Packers Jersey , including Syria, Yemen and Libya, have now been struggling with unprecedented level of chaos and bloodshed.


Saeed al-Lawendi, political professor at Cairo University, told Xinhua that " revolutions mean change, but the change in the Arab world has destroyed the region. The United States has created new enemy for countries in the region: terrorism and sectarianism."


Yousry al-Azabawy, political expert of Ahram Center for political studies Jason Spriggs Packers Jersey , said the United States came to support the revolution for two reasons: one is to protect Israel, while the other is to prop up Washington-friendly governments.


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