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Who Will Be the Next Head of the UN's Nuclear Watchdog?

[AP] George Jahn - As Mohamed ElBaradei's 12-year tenure as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency comes to an end, member states will in the coming weeks elect a new leader of the UN agency charged with probing Iran's nuclear program, pressing Syria to reveal its atomic secrets, and thwarting terrorists from getting the bomb. Two men are vying for the post: Japan's Yukiya Amano, a low-key career diplomat who would be expected to depoliticize the agency, and South Africa's Abdul Samad Minty, a former anti-apartheid activist who promises a more hands-on approach to mediating nuclear crises.

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