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NATO Picks New Secretary-General Ending a long, troubled search, the Atlantic alliance Fridayselected Spanish Foreign Minister Javier Solana as its nextsecretary-general. "The ambassadors have agreed by consensus topropose . . . Mr. Javier Solana as secretary-general of NATO andchairman of the North Atlantic Council," declared a statement issuedby the alliance's 16 ambassadors after an informal meeting. Solana,53, is expected to be appointed formally next Tuesday at a scheduledmeeting here of NATO foreign ministers. Dozen Detained in Bombing Probe A dozen people, including several in the Argentine military, weredetained Friday in a series of police raids ordered by a …