Agency OKs Tougher Nuclear Inspections
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The International Atomic Energy Agency adopted a tougher program of nuclear inspections to try to thwart attempts by nations to secretly build nuclear arms. The Vienna-based U.N. agency approved the new measures after five years of negotiations among more than 130 member nations. “A good deal of what we are now doing is based on the lessons learned in Iraq,” agency chief Hans Blix said.
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