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Dr Muhammad ElBaradei
Dr Muhammad ElBaradei was the UN's chief nuclear weapons inspector before the Iraq war. He's now begun a new political life in his native Egypt where he may soon run for president.
Dr Muhammad ElBaradei became a regular fixture on our TV screens in the build up to the Iraq war as the UN's chief nuclear weapons inspector. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for that role in 2005. He spent many years living in New York and Austria. But, as Mukul Devichand discovers, he's just begun a new political life back home in his native Egypt - where he may soon run for President.
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