DR. HANS BLIX HONORED BY UNITED NATIONS CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan confers with Dr. Hans Blix, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (right) during the 12/3/04 UNCA annual awards dinner where Blix was honored with "Citizen of the World Award" (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen)
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LONDON, June 11 (UPI) -- The former head of MI5 and a former UN weapons inspector will testify at Britain's inquiry about that country's entry into the Iraq war, officials say.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The United Arab Emirates chose former International Atomic Energy Agency chief Hans Blix to be chairman of a panel to oversee an Emirati nuclear energy program.
VIENNA, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Mohamed ElBaradei stepped down Monday as the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, urging his colleagues to "carry forward the torch."
VIENNA, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Mohamed ElBaradei steps down Monday as the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency. He will be replaced by Yukiya Amano.
WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) -- With global threats shifting from state to non-state actors, there is no longer a need for the current nuclear arsenal, said former weapons inspector Hans Blix.
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OSLO, Norway, March 4 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn is calling for the United States and other world powers to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and put it into force.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Turkey's finance minister says the United States is "after the oil" in Iraq, joining other high-profile officials making the assertion recently.
SYDNEY, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Hans Blix, the former head of the Iraq weapons search, is the latest to say oil may be a factor in the war in Iraq.
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