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Published 10/17/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
Reuters - Iran lost its bid to win a two-year seat on the U.N. Security Council, which has imposed sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program, when it was trounced by Japan in a General Assembly election on Friday.
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