 UNDER FIRE: Presiding over the agency's 51st regular session in Vienna on Wednesday, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Mohamed El-Baradei came under attack from US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who decried his "soft-handling" of Iran's nuclear programme. Rice told reporters travelling with her to the Middle East that the IAEA "is not in the business of diplomacy". (photos: AFP) parent page (20 - 26 September 2007, issue #863) |