Nations Lobby for Security Council Seats (AP)

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AP - For an issue that isn't even on the agenda, the lobbying is intense. Little Benin found itself courted by India and Japan in the morning, and Brazil and Germany in the afternoon. Those big countries are using a summit of smaller, developing nations to garner votes in the U.N. General Assembly for permanent seats on the Security Council.

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