By STEVEN ERLANGER and SCOTT SAYARE -PARIS — Palestine became the 195th full member of Unesco on Monday, as the United Nations organization defied a threatened cutoff of American funds under federal legislation from the 1990’s. The vote of Unesco’s full membership was 107 to 14, with 52 abstentions.  

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With Rare Double U.N. Veto on Syria, Russia and China Try to Shield Friend 

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