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Japanese Candidate Named to Head Nuclear Watchdog Reported: 18:03 PM - Jul/02/09
(IsraelNN.com) Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano was elected the next director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), diplomats said Thursday. The term of current dircetor Mohamed ElBaradei ends in the fall. Amano defeated South Africa's Abdul Samad Minty by a vote of 23 to 11 with one abstention. A previous round of voting by the agency's 35-nation governing board in March did not produce the two-thirds majority needed for a win. ![]() Check out the Chill Zone - Funny, Entertaining Videos © IsraelNN Syndications - This article may not be republished freely. Review what you can publish free of charge and what requires a syndication payment on the Syndications Page. News Briefs |
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