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It was quite intriguing - or maybe not - when, shortly before the Nov. 1 elections, a staunchly pro-President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an columnist for daily Yeni Akit claimed that Mr. Erdo?an would become the "new ['ecumenical'] caliph" once he has won the executive presidential powers he much desires. Since then no one has denied Mr.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Nov. 10 that France's Paris Match magazine was justified in revealing the existence of Prince Albert II of Monaco's illegitimate son because the story was in the public interest.

UNESCO has not accepted Kosovo as a member; the proposal failed to gain a two-thirds majority at the organization's General Conference in Paris on Monday.

142 countries voted - 92 in favor, 50 against, while 29 abstained. Pristina's bid required 95 votes in favor to be successful.

Kosovo has failed to obtain membership of UNESCO at Monday's vote by member countries at the organization's general conference in Paris.

Ninety-two countries voted to allow Kosovo to join the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, three votes short of the two-thirds majority required to achieve membership. Fifty countries voted against, while 29 abstained.

The United States has succeeded in its bid to remain on UNESCO's executive board, the only way to wield American power at the world's cultural and scientific agency now that the U.S. government is no longer funding it.

REJECTED Kosovo failed to become a member of UNESCO

UNESCO has not accepted Kosovo as a member; the proposal failed to gain a two-thirds majority at the organization's General Conference in Paris on Monday.

142 countries voted - 92 in favor, 50 against, while 29 abstained. Pristina's bid required 95 votes in favor to be successful.

Concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new high in 2014, the UN said on Nov 9, warning the resulting climate change was moving the world into "unchartered territory."

The General Conference of UNESCO in Paris will today discuss and decide on the application of Kosovo for membership in this organization.

Serbia will, as announced, "do everything so that this item on the agenda is postponed, and the topic negotiated in Brussels."

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an discussed climate change in a video-conference call on Nov. 6, according to the world body.

The call focused on how to achieve a successful outcome at next month's climate change conference in Paris, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an discussed climate change in a video-conference call on Nov. 6, according to the world body.

The call focused on how to achieve a successful outcome at next month's climate change conference in Paris, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York.