Athelets perform shows at the awarding ceremony of 2014 Chinese Aerobic Gymnastics Natinal Final in Sha county Ecco Soft 8 UK Sale , east China's Fujian Province, Dec. 7, 2014. This competition ends the same day. (Photo source: Xinhuanet) Athletes perform shows at the awarding ceremony of 2014 Chinese Aerobic Gymnastics National Final in Sha county, east China's Fujian Province, Dec. 7 Ecco Intrinsic UK Sale , 2014. This competition ends the same day. (Photo source: Xinhuanet)
MADRID, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Spain took another step towards qualifying for the 2018 World Cup finals with a comfortable 4-1 win against Israel in Gijon on Friday night.
There were more empty spaces than expected in Sporting Gijon's El Molinon Stadium, but those who stayed away on a rainy night missed another confident display by the side coached by Julen Lopetegui.
Both teams sounded warnings before the opening goal with Thiago sending a long-range shot against the Israel crossbar before a loss of concentration from Gerard Pique almost allowed Eran Zahavy though on the Spain goal before the defender recovered his ground.
Spain opened the scoring though David Silva whose movement earned him space in the Israel area to take a pass from Jordi Alba and score with a low shot to net his 29th international goal.
Andres Iniesta shot narrowly wide for Spain before an error from Alba gifted the ball to Zahavy, who shot wide from around 25 yards out.
Spain doubled their lead on the stroke of halftime after Thiago received a pass from Thiago before beating the Israeli keeper, who perhaps could have done better with the shot.
Diego Costa sealed the win shortly after the break when he was allowed a free header from a corner with the visiting defense paying more attention to Sergio Ramos and Pique than the striker.
Silva then hit a shot against the post as Spain continued their dominance of the game, although Isael pulled a goal back with 11 minutes remaining when Lior Rafaelov scored from close range after Rami Gershon's header bounced back off the post.
Spain looked to slow things down for a moment, but a further goal from Real Madrid midfielder, Isco in the last minute of normal time sealed a comfortable and convincing win. Enditem
NAY PYI TAW, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Three parties of Myanmar's Union Parliament introduced their own presidential candidates on March 11, namely U Htin Kyaw and Chin national U Henry Van Htee Yu of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and U Myint Swe, current Yangon Region Chief Minister and retired army lieutenant-general.
U Htin Kyaw won in the Union Parliament and became president-elect of the country with the highest number of votes and on the back of the fact that most stumbling blocks were removed after the Nov. 8 general election last year.
As the new parliament session started, the NLD was seen to manage big personalities capably Ecco Moc Tie UK Sale , while gaining the trust and keeping the balance of political parties and national reconciliation.
The NLD's senior leadership and elected parliamentary representatives have strictly maintained discipline in dealing with the media and, parliament voting has been unanimous, reflecting the NLD's strong management and follow-through capabilities.
According to the constitution, the president is to be elected from the Union Parliament through presidential electoral colleges representing the House of Representatives (lower house), the House of Nationalities (upper house) and the military parliamentarians.
Each of the electoral colleges can nominate one vice president for the presidential race and the union parliament will vote on the three candidates.
The candidate who wins the most votes will become president Ecco Slip On UK Sale , while the remaining two will be the first and second vice presidents depending on the number of votes they have gained .
The NLD holds more than half of the number of seats in the union parliament comprising two houses.
Of 323 seats of elected members of parliament, the NLD took 255, while the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) 30 and other parties 38, and the military 110.
Of elected members of parliament in the House of Nationalities, the NLD took 135 seats Ecco Moc 2.0 UK Sale , USDP 11 and ethnic nationalities and other parties 22, of a total of 168 seats.
On March 10, when the two houses were nominating presidential candidates, there were only nominations from two parties, the NLD and the USDP.
When voting commenced on March 11 Ecco Soft 7 UK Sale , there were 317 members of parliament present in the House of Representatives. Of them, NLD's U Htin Kyaw secured 274 votes exceeding the number of parliamentarians of the party, while USDP's current vice president Sai Mauk Kham, who was absent from voting, gained only 29 votes.
Similarly with the House of Nationalities Ecco Track 6 UK Sale , of the 167 members of parliament present at the session, NLD's U Henry Van Htee Yu obtained 148 votes, also exceeding the number of members of parliament of the NLD in the house. USDP's former speaker of the House of Nationalities, U Khin Aung Myint, meanwhile received 13 votes.
The results indicate that NLD members of parliament are consolidated entity and unanimous in their actions with all having possibly voted in favor of their own party's nominees.
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The statistics suggest that the NLD will likely win enough support not only from its own party but also from other parties in accord when it comes to introducing to new policy.