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Video: Syria ships out first batch of chemical weapons materials

Reuters

January 08, 2014

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The first batch of Syria’s chemical weapons materials are moved out of the country for destruction, beginning a crucial phase of an internationally backed disarmament program delayed by war and technical problems.

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