OPCW: Syria Sends Out More Chemicals, Must Increase Pace

The international group overseeing ridding Syria of chemical weapons says 65 percent of the country's declared stockpile has now been removed, but that the pace must be sped up. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a statement Monday that the Syrian government had delivered its 13th shipment of chemicals to the port of Latakia. OPCW chief Ahmet Uzumcu called the government's actions "necessary and encouraging," but said Syria has to...

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