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Nature 425, 111 (11 September 2003) | doi:10.1038/425111b

Ministers appointed to engineer revival in Iraqi research

Geoff Brumfiel

The rebuilding of Iraq's scientific infrastructure stepped up a gear last week with the establishment of a research ministry.Iraq's chief civilian administrator, US diplomat Paul Bremer, announced on 1 September that the US-led coalition occupying Iraq had abolished the Ministry of Atomic Energy and set up a Ministry of Science and Technology in its place.