[Reuters] Mark Heinrich - Syria said on Friday a UN watchdog report failed to show anything suggesting a Syrian complex bombed by Israel was a covert nuclear reactor and no further inspector visits would be permitted. The IAEA said its findings, based on satellite pictures and soil and water samples, warranted further checks at the site and three others as well as full Syrian transparency. "Collecting three particles from the desert is not enough to say there was a reactor there at all," said Syrian nuclear energy chief Ibrahim Othman. "In our opinion this file should be closed" and "we will not allow another visit."
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