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SNC spokesman rejects proposed UN resolution on Syria
The Syrian National Coalition's Turkish representative, Khaled Khoja, slammed the draft U.N. resolution to remove the threat of Syria's chemical weapons "as weak" and said that it does not meet the demands of the Syrian people.
Khoja...
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Ban warns Assad on chemical arms, al-Maliki on Kirkuk governance
1. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (on left) and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon walking into news conference, followed by others
2. Wide of news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary...
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WRAP Final preparations for war, includes tanks, and tornados
1. Wide of soldier walking in sandstorm
2. Various military vehicles manoeuvering during sandstorm
3. Sign to camp being buffeted by wind
4. Pull out from entrance to camp
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel Chris Bernon, British army...
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Kerry at Congressional hearing; vote at Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
US President Barack Obama's request for speedy congressional support for a military strike in Syria advanced in the Senate on Wednesday, hours after Obama left open the possibility he would order retaliation for a deadly chemical weapons...
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Syrians comment on Russia-US deal on Assad's chemical weapons
Syrians in Damascus welcomed on Sunday agreement between the US and Russia on a plan that would require Syria to identify and eliminate its chemical weapons by mid-2014.
In setting out one of the most ambitious arms-control efforts in...
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Russia trying to drum up funding for the destruction of its deadly arsenal
1. Wide of area where plant will be built
2. Sign
3. 0rchestra, raising flags during opening ceremonies
4. Raising flags
5. Flags waving
6. Orchestra director
7. Delegations
8. Missile case, crowd
9. Military person showing missile case...
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Elaraby says perpetrators of chemical attack should be tried in ICJ
The Arab League issued a strong condemnation for the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria at an emergency meeting held at its Cairo headquarters on Tuesday.
A team of UN inspectors is in Syria trying to investigate an alleged...
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Kerry rejects Assad offer to supply chemical weapons data within a month
US Secretary of State John Kerry is rejecting Syrian President Bashar Assad's suggestion on Thursday that he begin submitting data on his chemical weapons arsenal one month after signing an international chemical weapons ban.
Speaking at...
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German FM Westerwelle meets Turkish counterpart Davutoglu, comment on Syria, Egypt
Germany and Turkey on Thursday called on Syria to allow UN inspectors to investigate claims that chemical weapons were used in an attack this week that left more than 130 dead.
Syrian opposition forces and activists have said that at...
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French FM urges EU counterparts to find common position on Syria's arms embargo
1. High shot of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius talking to reporters
2. Cutaway of cameraman
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Laurent Fabius, French Foreign Minister:
"What we, the French, want is first to find a consensus solution (on arms...
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UN inspectors welcomed by colleagues as they arrive in The Hague
The UN chemical weapons inspectors arrived back at the Office for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the Hague on Saturday afternoon, after leaving Syria on Friday and flying out from Lebanon on Saturday morning.
Samples the...
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Drills continue aboard the Danish warship tasked with ferrying chemical weapons out of Syria
Two Scandinavian escort vessels continued their preparations for transporting Syria's chemical weapons on Saturday.
Crews on both the Danish warship "Esbern Snare" and the Norwegian frigate "Helge Ingstad" conducted a series of...
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President Obama comments on use of chemical weapons in Syria
1. US President Barack Obama walks into briefing room
2. Cutaway of Obama at podium
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"What we now have is evidence that chemical weapons have been used inside of Syria but we don't know...
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China says it opposes possible unilateral action by the US in Syria
China has urged the United States not to take unilateral action against Syria in response to last month's alleged chemical weapons attack against civilians.
Hong Lei, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, told reporters in...
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Global watchdog approves Syria disarmament plan
The world's chemical weapons watchdog approved an ambitious and risky accelerated plan to rid Syria of its chemical arsenal at a late night meeting in The Hague on Friday, just hours before a unanimous vote by the United Nations Security...
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Opposition officials comment of US-Russia agreement on Syria's chemical weapons
Syrian National Council, the main opposition group in exile, was dismissive on Saturday of a US-Russia agreement which aims to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons by mid-2014.
The deal includes assessing the weapons stockpile,...
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SNC on alleged use of chemical weapons, Brahimi proposals
1. Wide of news conference
2. Cutaway of journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Walid al-Bunni, Syrian National Coalition spokesman:
''We have started to form a complaint to send it to the Security Council through our friends inside the...
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's appeals for diplomatic solution in Syria
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says a team of chemical weapons inspectors needs to be given time to complete its investigation into an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus.
Ban said on Wednesday the team had...
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Larijani comments on possible US-led military action on Syria; threatens Israel
Iran strongly warned the US and its allies on Wednesday against a possible military attack against Syria, following allegations of the use of chemical weapons by the government of President Bashar Assad.
Ali Larijani, Iran's parliament...
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Lavrov arrives for talks with Kerry on Syria weapons plan, Brahimi comment
US Secretary of State John Kerry has rejected Syrian President Bashar Assad's 30-day deadline for submitting chemical weapons data, saying that words are not enough.
The rejection came as Kerry and his team opened two days of meetings...
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Syria destroys chemical arms equipment according to OPCW
Syria has completed the destruction of critical equipment for producing chemical weapons and filling munitions with poison gas, the global chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday.
The announcement by the Organisation for the...
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Foreign ministry spokesman on Syria, US relations
Iran's foreign ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham, described Syria's joining of the Chemical Weapons Convention as "a positive step" on Tuesday.
Afkham also told journalists in a routine briefing that since a UN report on a chemical...
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FM again calls for strong response if chemical weapons used in Syria
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called for a "strong response" should UN inspectors confirm the use of chemical weapons by Syria's regime.
"From the moment that the facts have been proven in an incontestable way, there will...
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Information Minister unaware of UN envoy visit, says Syria would never use chemical weapons
1. Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi entering news conference
2. Mid of cameramen in news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Omran al-Zoubi, Syrian Information minister:
"Firstly, the Syrian Government and in Damascus, no one...