The Indians would dearly love a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council - now a difficult proposition since they refuse to acknowledge standing U.N. resolutions on Kashmir.

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Earlier Wednesday, the brigade released a YouTube video in which a rebel, standing before three U.N.

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Defence and political analyst Hasan Askari Rizvi says that while the PML-N may improve its standing comparative to the PPP, neither group is likely to win a straight majority out of the 275 seats up for grabs.

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The crowd's initial silence quickly gave its place to a standing ovation, prompting Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour to storm up on stage and congratulate him.

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And Hugo Chavez didn't help himself by standing at the podium at the U.N. in September and calling his nemesis, President Bush, the devil.

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Last year, Microsoft was forced to release a bowdlerized version of its Windows XP software, later named Windows XP Home Edition N--the 'N' in the new name standing for "not with media player".

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You saw what Medvedev said when he was standing next to President Obama at the U.N.

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The former Energy secretary, U.N. ambassador and congressman asked the delegates not to look at his standing in the polls, but to look at his resume.

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Standing in bright sunlight filtered through the dirty windows of a giant self-storage warehouse in Queens, N.

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