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After 12 years, International Atomic Energy Agency director general Mohamed ElBaradei is stepping down Nov. 30. Taking his place will be Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano, who was elected in July to become the fifth leader in the organization's history. Amano, who has served the IAEA since the 1990s, has...
• Was successful in securing an agreement to shut down Chernobyl Unit No. 3 - the final part of the plant to be shut down after several accidents - as chairman of the G-7 Nuclear Safety Group in 2000.
Quotes By: "We need to carefully maintain a channel of dialogue. Iran is an important country. You must deal with it with respect and dignity." - Amano in a February interview praising President Obama's willingness to sit down with Iranian officials (Reuters, Feb. 11, 2009)
Just down the road from Kachoto's residence, in Zengeza, are piles of uncollected garbage. Sewage flows as children play in the muddy streets. There, another resident, Desire Kachepa, says town authorities are "letting them down" by not collecting refuse. Garbage has been uncollected for weeks. "Hence you are seeing...
Despite these issues, Theary Seng says the tribunal has ultimately helped the healing process by encouraging people to talk openly about the Khmer Rouge era. She says that though most Cambodians assume there is some degree of corruption at the tribunal, "we are not to the point where it should...