IAEA, ElBaradei Share Nobel Peace Prize

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"The International Atomic Energy Agency and its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, have won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize and will share the world's most prestigious prize.

"The prize, announced Friday, went to the two "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."">IAEA, ElBaradei Share Nobel Peace Prize: "The International Atomic Energy Agency and its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, have won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize and will share the world's most prestigious prize.

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

"ElBaradei has led the International Atomic Energy Agency as it rose in prominence from a nondescript bureaucracy monitoring nuclear sites worldwide to a pivotal institution at the vortex of efforts to disarm the two regimes."