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UN Nuclear Watchdog to Start Search for New Chief

Agence France-Presse

   The UN's nuclear watchdog has announced it will meet Thursday to start
   the hunt for a new director general to replace Yukiya Amano, who died
   last week.

   The post of head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is
   particularly important as international tensions run high over Iran's
   nuclear activities.

   Among the names circulating to succeed Amano are Romania's Cornel
   Feruta, one of his closest collaborators and currently the agency's
   chief coordinator; and Rafael Grossi, Argentina's ambassador to the
   IAEA.

   The IAEA said Wednesday that the special meeting of the board of
   governors would also choose an interim chief, given the lengthy process
   needed to pick a permanent replacement.

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