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IAEA chief Yukiya Amano dies in office

Yukiya Amano, a veteran diplomat who led the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency and worked to prevent more atomic bombings, has died, his agency said.

By Arete News - July 22, 2019

IAEA's Director General Yukiya Amano at a 2014 news conference in Vienna (AN/Dean Calma)

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