Iraqi Minister of Health said today that "highly dangerous" radioactive material reported stolen from a warehouse in the south of the country last year had been found.

Reuters reported last week the material had gone missing in November from a storage facility belonging to U.S. oilfield services company Weatherford near the southern city of Basra.

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