Contested UNESCO prize awarded amid boycott

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PARIS (AP) — Three scientists received research awards on Tuesday at UNESCO in a ceremony boycotted by numerous nations and not attended by the head of the U.N. cultural arm, which has been thrown into division because of Equatorial Guinea’s funding of the $3 million prize.

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