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Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), 7 hours 7 minutes ago / The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) acknowledged on Friday that it could not monitor and assess undisclosed nuclear sites in Israel.
Tehran Times - Iran, Aug 26, 2010 / Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has snubbed UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano who is on his first visit to Israel, the Haaretz newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The Star of Malaysia, Aug 25, 2010 / Israel, facing new scrutiny at the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency for its assumed atomic arsenal, lobbied the agency's visiting director on Wednesday to regard Iran as the region's real proliferation risk.
Ynetnews - Israel, Aug 25, 2010 / President Shimon Peres on Wednesday met with International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano, who is currently visiting Israel.
The Daily Star - Lebanon, Aug 24, 2010 / The UN's atomic watchdog chief held talks with Israeli officials Tuesday in what was expected to be an effort to push the country to open its secretive nuclear program to international scrutiny.
PressTV, Aug 08, 2010 / Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says the International Atomic Energy Agency chief will soon set the date for the Vienna Group-Iran nuclear talks.
Pakistan Television, Aug 06, 2010 / On the occasion of the anniversary of lethal bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, pledges commitment to a world free of nuclear weapons.
Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ The attack comes amid two days of fighting that have killed at least 40 civilians and wounded more than 130 in the capital according to Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service.
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Aug 24, 2010/ A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said.
MarketWatch, Aug 24, 2010/ Scottish-headquartered oil exploration group Cairn Energy reported Tuesday that it sharply reduced net losses for the first half of the year, saying its first well in Greenland is showing signs of promise.
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL, Aug 24, 2010/ World stock markets retreated Tuesday as the strong yen knocked Japanese shares and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week.
The Daily Mirror - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ Two Britons were rescued from a horrifying bus siege in which eight hostages died yesterday after a sacked policeman made a crazed attempt to get his job back.
is the current Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), having been elected to the position in July 2009. Amano previously served as a Japanese diplomat and international civil servant for the United Nations and its subdivisions.
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