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NAIROBI Cheap Air Max 90 Black , Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Fast time and quest for first marathon victory is what will inspire Olympic champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya in her second shot at the 42km distance on the streets of Frankfurt on Oct. 29.

The 34-year-old has made a late transition from track to marathon, having debut in London in April where she finished fourth in a strong elite group clocking 2:23.50.

But with a realistic chance of pocketing about 35 Cheap Air Max Black ,300 U.S. dollars being bonus fee to run under 2:21:01, set five years ago by course record holder Ethiopian Meselech Melkamu Cheap Nike Air Max 1 , the Kenyan will be more than happy to hit two birds with one stone.

"I am looking forward to running the second marathon of my career in Frankfurt," Cheruiyot said. "I won my first World Championship title in Germany in 2009 and will try to get my first big marathon victory there in 2017."

"The important thing is to improve on my personal best time. It will show development in my career as a marathon runner Cheap Nike Air Max 95 , but winning is the most important."

Cheruiyot's appearance will be the first by an Olympic champion in the Frankfurt Marathon, this year marking its 26th edition.

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After an extraordinary career on the track, Cheruiyot has a new target in view: achieving similar excellence in the marathon.

The Kenyan runner made her debut at the distance in London this April Cheap Air Max 1 , and Frankfurt will be her second marathon and the Kenyan is confident of making considerable improvement if conditions are good.

"The challenge from other runners will inspire me. It is what you expect in any big competition. I will happily take that in my strides. But to win in Frankfurt will be a major statement and endorsement of my career plans," she said.

After her fourth place finish in London in April Cheap Air Max 95 , Cheruiyot clocked 1:07:44 for her personal best in the half marathon last month at the Great North Run, finishing second.

"I have heard very good things about the Frankfurt organization Cheap Air Max 90 , atmosphere and course from some of my friends and training partners who have won there before. I saw some photos of the red carpet finish and hope I will be smiling when I cross the finish line on Oct. 29."

SKOPJE， Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The election campaign for parliamentary elections in Macedonia officially launched on Monday.

In the next 20 days， political parties and candidates will appeal to citizens， trying to win their vote at the elections scheduled for Dec. 11.

Six political parties and five coalition blocks entered the election race and nearly 1.8 million citizens have the right to vote.

VMRO-DPMNE， leader of the currently ruling coalition "For Better Macedonia，" started the campaign with a rally in Ohrid on Monday evening.

The party seeks a fresh mandate from citizens with a promise to create 70，000 new jobs in the next four years.

"This will decrease the unemployment rate in the country to a historic level of 17-18 percent，" its leader Nikola Gruevski said.

The main opposition party SDSM leads the coalition "Plan for Macedonia."

Crucial in its program are institutional reforms that are intended to guarantee rule of law and independence of the judiciary.

"Today we set the pillars of a new modern time. Everything that we will address in this campaign will be for the young people and because of the young people，" its leader Zoran Zaev said.

Aside these two major blocks， the Coalition for Changes and Justice， the block VMRO for Macedonia， the new party Left and the Liberal Party are also in the running for parliament.

The parties DUI， DPA， PDP， Besa and the coalition Alliance for the Albanians will target mainly the votes from the Albanian population in Macedonia.

These elections bear high importance for the country， as they are viewed as a way to end the deep political crisis in the country.

The European Union has signaled that these elections "represent an opportunity for the country to make a new beginning， to unite around its strategic goals and to return to its European integration path."

Experts say the elections are crucial for national attempts to end the political crisis， but expect the process will have to continue after the vote as well.

"With the elections we will probably see the end of the institutional part of the crisis， but in the period that follows many issues will remain open and we will have to solve many problems concerning the judiciary， the corruption， the economy，" political analyst Ramadan Ramadani said.

Due to the significance of securing free and fair election process， the public prosecutor of the Republic of Macedonia formed a special commission that will engage in following trough all complaints for election irregularities.

The Office of the Ombudsman opened a special phone line where citizens can report violation of their voting rights. Most of the parties in the election race signed a code guaranteeing fair and democratic election process.

The election campaign will end on Dec. 9.

LAGOS, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian police in the northern state of Kaduna on Friday denied reports that 20 people were kidnapped on Wednesday along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway.

State police chief Agyole Abeh told a news conference in Kaduna that the story is entirely a fabricated falsehood intended to create fear in the minds of citizens.

Abeh added that the police had only recorded an incident where five persons driving along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway were attacked and three of them were robbed while the other two were kidnapped.

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