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PARIS — A career diplomat from Bulgaria won a suspenseful and drawn-out race to lead the U.N. agency for culture and education Tuesday, beating out an Egyptian candidate whose one-time threat to burn Israeli books had galvanized opposition.
In a fifth round of secret balloting Tuesday, Bulgaria’s ambassador to France, Irina Bokova, defeated Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosny for the leadership of UNESCO. The vote was 31-27, the organization said.
