Blix on Radio NZ
Click here to listen to Radio NZ interview with 2007 Sydney Peace Prize recipient Dr Hans Blix.
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Speaking to some 700 University of Washington students last week, Dr Hans Blix bluntly warned that the world is “sleepwalking into new armed races”. The 2007 Sydney Peace Prize recipient said the...
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