CORRECTION: Türk passed over for UN top job as Guterres picked (adds)
corrects number of "yes" votes for Slovenian candidate
Slovenia's Danilo Türk received five votes in favour, and not three, as stated in the fourth paragraph of the copy
Türk passed over for UN top job as Guterres picked
New York, 5 October - Slovenia's former President Danilo Türk will not get the top job at the United Nations (UN) after the UN Security Council coalesced around Antonio Guterres, the former Portuguese prime minister, in a key vote on Wednesday.
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Danilo Türk, Slovenia's former president.
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