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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Australia took an important step Wednesday in its bid to leave the Oceania soccer federation and join the Asian group.
Asian soccer chiefs unanimously agreed to the move, but Australia still must resign from Oceania, apply to the Asian group and receive approval from soccer's world governing body.
FIFA spokesman Nicolas Maingot declined to indicate his group's response. FIFA regulations state that in "exceptional circumstances" a confederation might grant membership to an association from another continent.
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