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Sepp Blatter is not under investigation in two corruption probes into FIFA and will not resign, world soccer's governing body said in a press conference Wednesday.
An election for FIFA chief will go ahead on schedule on Friday with Blatter seeking a fifth term, it said.
The 2018 World Cup in Russia will not be affected, FIFA added.
Two criminal probes into corruption are under way, after seven senior FIFA officials were arrested in Zurich on US charges.
Separately, Swiss prosecutors have launched a criminal case into the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, to be held in Russia and Qatar respectively. Nine football officials are among 14 people indicted on corruption charges, the US justice department says.
Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein of Jordan - Blatter's rival for the presidency - described the arrests as "a sad day for football".
FIFA's Zurich headquarters has also been raided, with electronic data and documents seized.
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