Nuclear inspectors win peace prize
James Sturcke and agencies, Guardian,October 7, 2005

The International Atomic Energy Agency and its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, have won the 2005 Nobel peace prize, it was announced today.

The prize was awarded 'for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way', officials said.

Dr ElBaradei, an Egyptian lawyer, has headed the UN nuclear agency as it grappled with the crises in Iraq and North Korea and now Iran. "
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