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Nuclear watchdog select new head

Updated on 03 July 2009

Source PA News

The world's top nuclear watchdog has chosen Japan's Yukiya Amano as its next head.

Mr Amano touched on the devastation US atom bombs wreaked on his country in pledging to do his utmost to prevent the spread of nuclear arms.

Thursday's decision by the 35-nation International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board ended a tug of war on who should succeed Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, who saw his agency vaulted into prominence during a high-profile 12-year tenure.

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