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Novichok-Type Nerve Agent Found In Kremlin-Critic's Samples: Watchdog
The global chemical weapons watchdog said on Tuesday that samples taken from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who claims he was poisoned by the Kremlin, contained a Novichok-type nerve agent.
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Russia Says It Doesn't Recognise New Powers To Global Chemical Arms Body
Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov on Thursday said Moscow does not recognise new powers the international community has given the global chemical weapons watchdog.
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India Votes Against Draft On Chemical Weapons Use, Calls It "Incomplete"
India has voted against the draft decision on addressing the threat from chemical weapons use at a special conference of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) here, citing "incomplete consultations".
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World Powers Agree To Give Chemical Watchdog Teeth In Syria
The international community on Wednesday voted to boost the powers of the global chemical weapons watchdog to enable it to name those behind toxic arms attacks in Syria, fighting off stiff opposition from Russia.
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New Confirmation Of Chlorine Use In Syria
Global arms experts Wednesday confirmed chlorine was used in a Syrian town in February leaving residents fighting for breath, as the world awaits the results of a probe into last month's alleged poison gas attack on Douma.
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Chemical Weapons Body Conducted Inspection In Russia Last Week: Report
Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) conducted an inspection at an undisclosed location in Russia in the past week, the Russian Defence Ministry's official newspaper said on Friday.
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ISIS May Be Making Chemical Arms, Warns Watchdog
There are "extremely worrying" signs that the ISIS group may be making its own chemical arms and have used them already in Iraq and Syria, a global watchdog said Tuesday.
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Syria Denies Ever Using Chemical Weapons in Civil War
Syria today "categorically" denied using chemical weapons including chlorine gas in its four-year civil war, telling a global watchdog it is cooperating fully with efforts to destroy its stockpile.
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Chemical Weapons Used By Fighters in Syria: Sources
Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where Islamic State insurgents were battling another group, according to a report by an international watchdog seen by Reuters.
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Mustard Gas Use in Syria Conflict Confirmed
Mustard gas was used during summer fighting in Syria but it was not clear by whom, the global chemical weapons watchdog said Thursday, while jihadists seized a key town from regime forces.
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Mustard Gas Used in Syria Fighting in August: Official
Mustard gas was used during fighting among militants in Syria in August, an official at the global chemical weapons watchdog told AFP on Thursday on condition of anonymity.
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The Dark Side of Nobel Prizewinning Research
Think of the Nobel prizes and you think of groundbreaking research bettering mankind, but the awards have also honoured some quite unhumanitarian inventions such as chemical weapons, DDT and lobotomies.
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UN Council Mulls Creating Team to Assign Syria Gas Attacks Blame
The United Nations Security Council is considering asking U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the global chemical weapons watchdog to assemble a team of investigators to identify who is responsible for toxic gas attacks in Syria.
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Myanmar Joins Chemical Weapons Organisation
Myanmar has ratified the chemical weapons convention and will become the 191st member of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the body said today, another step in a rapid period of reform for the Asian country.
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Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons a Work in Progress
In just over a month, Syria is supposed to have rid itself entirely of its chemical weapons program and the 1,300-metric ton stockpile of mustard gas and precursor chemicals it declared to the global watchdog overseeing the destruction. But the June 30 deadline, agreed upon last year, now appears out of reach.
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Novichok-Type Nerve Agent Found In Kremlin-Critic's Samples: Watchdog
The global chemical weapons watchdog said on Tuesday that samples taken from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who claims he was poisoned by the Kremlin, contained a Novichok-type nerve agent.
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Russia Says It Doesn't Recognise New Powers To Global Chemical Arms Body
Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov on Thursday said Moscow does not recognise new powers the international community has given the global chemical weapons watchdog.
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India Votes Against Draft On Chemical Weapons Use, Calls It "Incomplete"
India has voted against the draft decision on addressing the threat from chemical weapons use at a special conference of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) here, citing "incomplete consultations".
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World Powers Agree To Give Chemical Watchdog Teeth In Syria
The international community on Wednesday voted to boost the powers of the global chemical weapons watchdog to enable it to name those behind toxic arms attacks in Syria, fighting off stiff opposition from Russia.
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New Confirmation Of Chlorine Use In Syria
Global arms experts Wednesday confirmed chlorine was used in a Syrian town in February leaving residents fighting for breath, as the world awaits the results of a probe into last month's alleged poison gas attack on Douma.
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Chemical Weapons Body Conducted Inspection In Russia Last Week: Report
Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) conducted an inspection at an undisclosed location in Russia in the past week, the Russian Defence Ministry's official newspaper said on Friday.
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ISIS May Be Making Chemical Arms, Warns Watchdog
There are "extremely worrying" signs that the ISIS group may be making its own chemical arms and have used them already in Iraq and Syria, a global watchdog said Tuesday.
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Syria Denies Ever Using Chemical Weapons in Civil War
Syria today "categorically" denied using chemical weapons including chlorine gas in its four-year civil war, telling a global watchdog it is cooperating fully with efforts to destroy its stockpile.
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Chemical Weapons Used By Fighters in Syria: Sources
Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where Islamic State insurgents were battling another group, according to a report by an international watchdog seen by Reuters.
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Mustard Gas Use in Syria Conflict Confirmed
Mustard gas was used during summer fighting in Syria but it was not clear by whom, the global chemical weapons watchdog said Thursday, while jihadists seized a key town from regime forces.
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Mustard Gas Used in Syria Fighting in August: Official
Mustard gas was used during fighting among militants in Syria in August, an official at the global chemical weapons watchdog told AFP on Thursday on condition of anonymity.
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The Dark Side of Nobel Prizewinning Research
Think of the Nobel prizes and you think of groundbreaking research bettering mankind, but the awards have also honoured some quite unhumanitarian inventions such as chemical weapons, DDT and lobotomies.
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UN Council Mulls Creating Team to Assign Syria Gas Attacks Blame
The United Nations Security Council is considering asking U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the global chemical weapons watchdog to assemble a team of investigators to identify who is responsible for toxic gas attacks in Syria.
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Myanmar Joins Chemical Weapons Organisation
Myanmar has ratified the chemical weapons convention and will become the 191st member of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the body said today, another step in a rapid period of reform for the Asian country.
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Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons a Work in Progress
In just over a month, Syria is supposed to have rid itself entirely of its chemical weapons program and the 1,300-metric ton stockpile of mustard gas and precursor chemicals it declared to the global watchdog overseeing the destruction. But the June 30 deadline, agreed upon last year, now appears out of reach.
