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UNESCO candidate regrets "book-burning" comment

PARIS, May 27

Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, a candidate for the top job at the United Nations culture agency UNESCO, apologised on Wednesday for calling for Israeli books to be burnt.

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