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USA: COLIN POWELL TESTIFIES BEFORE GULF WAR ILLNESS SENATE COMMITTEE
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Retired General Colin Powell rejected any notion that U-S troops weren't ready for Iraqi chemical warfare in Washington, Thursday.
Powell was testifying before a Senate committee on the Gulf War illness issue.
He argued...
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Clinton confirms unexpected talks with Lavrov and Brahimi on Syria
1. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greeting Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, both waving, then walking inside
2. Clinton and Kenny at joint news conference
3. Cutaway journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Rodham...
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Kerry says US committed to providing non-lethal aid to Syria opposition
1. Wide of news conference with Syrian opposition leader Moaz al-Khatib (left of screen), Turkey's Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu (centre) and US Secretary of State, John Kerry (right)
2. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kerry, United States...
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USA: VIRGINIA: CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE FORCE PROFILE
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Chemical warfare is the threat of the future - that's what the U-S military is worried about.
The Gulf War has left hundreds of soldiers in a state of flux - concerned over possible exposure to chemical weapons.
After the...
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Syrians in Damascus hopeful of a US-Russia agreement ahead of UNGA meeting
Syrians in Damascus were hopeful an agreement on Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles could be reached between Russia and the United States before the start of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting on Tuesday.
"I wish with...
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Lavrov says Moscow will push Syria to place chemical weapons under international control
In a surprise move on Monday, Russia said they would help to persuade Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control and then dismantle them quickly in order to avert US strikes.
The announcement by Russian Foreign...
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Foreign ministry spokesman says political settlement only solution to Syria conflict
China hopes that a political and diplomatic solution can bring an end to the chemical weapon issue in Syria, said Hong Lei, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Friday.
At a regular media briefing, Hong said Chinese...
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Refugees at the border between Syria and Turkey
Syrians fleeing the violence in their war-torn country continued to cross into Turkey on Saturday morning, as the US faced deep challenges in pursuing an international support for a military strike against the regime of Syrian President...
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+4:3 Dutch court orders convicted mustard gas seller to compensate Iraqi victims
The Hague, 24 April 2013
1. Mid of judges entering courtroom
2. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Judge Hans Hofhuis:
"The ruling is that all 16 claims that have been accepted are confirmed and that is 25,000 euros (32,475 US dollars) for each person...
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Fabius: "unthinkable" there won't be strong action if chemical attack in Syria proven
French foreign minister Laurent Fabius met Israel's president and justice minister on Sunday in Jerusalem and expressed concerns about the situation in Syria, urging the international community to "respond strongly to these events".
"It...
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RUSSIA: SARATOV: CHEMICAL WEAPONS ARMY BASE
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Russia's Saratov army base is a time bomb containing around one-and-a-half-thousand tonnes of dangerously deteriorating chemical weapons.
Russia inherited 40-thousand tonnes of chemical weapons from the Soviet Union which,...
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Kerry distances himself and Obama from magazine article criticising Israel
Anonymous White House criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that drew condemnation in Israel is roiling Washington politics, putting the U.S. administration on the defensive.
At a forum sponsored by The Atlantic on...
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Syrian political opposition say they believe conflict is heading to a political solution
Members of the government-sanctioned Syrian political opposition said on Saturday that they believe that a political solution to the conflict could be near at hand as a result of this week's Geneva conference between Russia and the US....
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Calabrian port picked as site for transfer to US ship of Syria's arsenal
The southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro has been picked as the site for the transfer to a US ship of chemical weapons materials from Syria.
The Italian government said a total of 60 containers would be transferred ship-to-ship at the...
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Chief UN weapons inspector and Iraqi UN ambassador comment
1. Exterior United Nations Secretariat
2. Flags outside the UN
3. Iraq's Ambassador to the UN arriving at the podium
4. Cutaway media
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mohammed Al-Douri, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the UN:
"I don't know...
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Alliance chief urges strong response, doesn't envisage NATO role
NATO's chief says he is convinced that the Syrian government used chemical weapons against its people and insists a strong reaction is needed to show dictators around the world that such weapons cannot be used with impunity.
"I can tell...
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French FM on alleged chemical attack in Syria, MidEast peace talks
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Saturday dismissed Syrian government claims that opposition fighters were responsible for the alleged chemical attack that killed as many as 1,300 people in a suburb of Damascus.
"Bearing in mind...
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Inspectors cross border; govt minister says they have cooperated on chemical weapons
An advance group of international inspectors charged with overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons have crossed into the country from neighbouring Lebanon.
Twenty inspectors from a Netherlands-based chemical weapons...
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US Secretary of State on intelligence report on Syria and broader situation
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that the US knows, based on intelligence, that the Syrian regime carefully prepared for days to launch a chemical weapons attack.
According to Kerry, Syrian regime personnel were on the...
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Obama will seek authorisation for the use of force in Syria from Congress
President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack.
But he says he will seek congressional authorisation for the use of force.
He...
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Warship holds chemical weapons drill
1. Wide shot of USS Milius at sea
2. Missile tubes on deck
3. US flag
4. Machine gun
5. Members if ship's crew study instruments
6. Radar screen
7. Window onto deck becomes covered with water as decontamination drill starts
8. Various of...
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Bush comments on Iraq during weekly radio address
1. SOUNDBITE: (English) US President George W. Bush:
"The Iraqi regime's violations of Security Council Resolutions are evident, they are dangerous to America and the world, and they continue to this hour. The regime has never accounted...
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Russia, Syria push for UN chemical experts return
Russian and Syrian foreign ministers on Monday strongly pushed for the return of United Nations inspectors to Syria to continue their probe into the use of chemical weapons and warned Washington against launching an attack.
The statement...
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NATO Secretary General condemns the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria
1. Wide of NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen arriving at news conference
2. Cut away of journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General:
"If chemical weapons have been used we strongly condemn...