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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) meets Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Chernobyl, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andriy Mosienko, Pool)
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine: The head of the UN warned on a landmark visit to Chernobyl on Wednesday that the Ukrainian tragedy and the recent accident in Japan prompted "painful questions" about the future of atomic power.
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon visited the site of the Chernobyl disaster a day after world donors pledged 550 million euros ($800 million) towards a permanent shelter to secure the ruined reactor, which exploded on April 26, 1986.
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