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Boy, do you have to wait a long time to get to the key point of this story in the New York Times:

PARIS — A Bulgarian diplomat, Irina Bokova, was elected Tuesday night as the new director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. She defeated the Egyptian culture minister, Farouk Hosny, by a vote of 31 to 27 in a fifth and final round of voting that has been marred by intense international politics.

A Reuters dispatch, carried on the Times Web site, tells you upfront what the Times delays until paragraph five:

PARIS (Reuters) – Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, who said last year he was ready to burn Israeli books, failed Tuesday to become the next head of the U.N. culture and education body, losing out to a Bulgarian diplomat.

The Times does have a good quote from Elie Wiesel:

Mr. Wiesel, interviewed by telephone on Tuesday night from New York, said: “The vote is great for Unesco. It saved Unesco from moral disaster.”