Germany, Japan push UN bid
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Germany and Japan took their US allies by surprise yesterday by throwing in their lot with India and Brazil in an all-or-nothing effort to join the powerful UN Security Council as permanent members.
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Japan and Germany need to do more to help stimulate the world economy, a United Nations report warns.
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BEIJING - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday with Beijing giving Germany its backing in for Berlin&#39;s quest for a seat on an expanded United Nations&#39; Security Council as part of plans for reforming the UN.
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Britain, Germany, France,  Russia, and China rallied around U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan on Thursday, but President Bush refused to explicitly  endorse the U.N. chief under fire over suspected corruption in  an Iraqi-oil sales program.
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Japan, Brazil, India and Germany are joining forces to lobby for permanent seats on the UN Security Council. The move comes as a high-level panel prepares recommendations on reforming and enlarging the most powerful UN body.
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German editorials on Friday looked at Germany&#39;s claim for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, and the state of EU-Turkish relations.
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By Irwin Arieff UNITED NATIONS  - Argentina, Denmark, Greece,Japan and Tanzania on Friday won coveted two-year terms on theU.N. Security Council at a time when pressure is mounting toexpand the powerful 15-nation body.
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France, Britain and Germany are drafting a resolution on Iran for a key meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog next week and Washington is pushing the trio to include some tough language, diplomats said on Thursday.
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With one of the best-equipped militaries in Asia and the world's second largest economy, Japan spreads its wealth around the world generously with foreign aid. Tokyo now says there's a perfect way to acknowledge that clout &#151; by giving it a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.
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Japan plans to team up with Brazil, India and Germany again to propose an expansion of the U.N. Security Council that would secure them permanent seats, Kyodo news agency reported on Monday.
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World Cup hosts Germany come from two goals down to draw against Japan in Leverkusen.
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Japan has become one of five new members elected to the United Nations Security Council, even as it campaigns for a permanent seat on the powerful body.
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Responding to the G4 nations&#39; bid for expanded membership and their inclusion in the UN Security Council, the Handelsblatt in DÃ¼sseldorf stressed that those who want to make progress must join forces.
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Japan has won a two-year term on the UN Security Council, joining Argentina, Denmark, Greece and Tanzania. On Friday, the world body&#39;s General Assembly elected unopposed the
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UNITED NATIONS: The United States has supported Japan&#39;s bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council but is reserving judgement on other potential candidates, including friends Germany, Brazil and India, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said
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A UN meeting has harpooned a Japanese bid to ease curbs on trade in whale products, but a defiant Tokyo accused the West of &quot;cultural imperialism&quot; and vowed to press efforts to expand whaling.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said he has won broad support among Asian countries for Germany's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.