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Japan Marks 30 Years Since Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack, Victims Warn Cult Active
Japan marked the 30th anniversary of the sarin gas attack on Tokyo's subway that killed more than a dozen people and injured more than 5,800.
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Several Dead In Missile Strike On Air Base, Says Syria; US Denies Role
Syrian state media on Monday said a missile strike on an army air base had killed and wounded several people, without giving exact casualty numbers, after the US warned Damascus over an earlier suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town.
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Russia Wants UN Report On Syria Sarin Attack Shelved
Russia demanded Thursday that the UN shelve a report blaming the Syrian government for a sarin gas attack, and a new probe be conducted into use of the deadly nerve agent, according to a draft resolution obtained by AFP.
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UN Accuses Syrian Government Of April Sarin Attack That Killed Dozens
A United Nations inquiry said Wednesday that it collected enough evidence to accuse Syrian government forces of a deadly chemical weapons attack in April that left dozens of civilians dead and hundreds more wounded.
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UN Probe Finds Syria Government Behind Sarin Gas Attack In April
United Nations war crimes investigators on Wednesday said they had evidence that Syrian government forces were behind the chemical attack that killed dozens of people in Khan Sheikhun in April.
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UN Approves Syria Chemical Attacks Inquiry
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday agreed to give a green light to launching an international investigation aimed at assigning blame for chemical weapon attacks in Syria, council diplomats said on Thursday.
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Japan Marks 20 Years Since Subway Gas Attack
Japan on Friday marked 20 years since the first deadly sarin gas attack by a doomsday cult, which later terrorised the nation by releasing the chemical on Tokyo's subway.
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Syrians will decide on Geneva peace talks, Assad tells envoy
President Bashar al-Assad insisted in a meeting Wednesday with visiting UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi that Syrians alone will decide on the fate of an initiative for Geneva peace talks.
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Chemical weapons watchdog to send more inspectors to Syria
The global chemical weapons watchdog said on Tuesday it would send more inspectors to Syria to help destroy President Bashar al-Assad's stockpile of toxic munitions.
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Syria makes "excellent" start on chemical disarmament, says official
Syria won foreign praise today for starting to destroy its chemical arsenal, although an opposition activist said the world was merely giving President Bashar al-Assad time to kill more people with conventional weapons.
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Japan Marks 30 Years Since Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack, Victims Warn Cult Active
Japan marked the 30th anniversary of the sarin gas attack on Tokyo's subway that killed more than a dozen people and injured more than 5,800.
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Several Dead In Missile Strike On Air Base, Says Syria; US Denies Role
Syrian state media on Monday said a missile strike on an army air base had killed and wounded several people, without giving exact casualty numbers, after the US warned Damascus over an earlier suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town.
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Russia Wants UN Report On Syria Sarin Attack Shelved
Russia demanded Thursday that the UN shelve a report blaming the Syrian government for a sarin gas attack, and a new probe be conducted into use of the deadly nerve agent, according to a draft resolution obtained by AFP.
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UN Accuses Syrian Government Of April Sarin Attack That Killed Dozens
A United Nations inquiry said Wednesday that it collected enough evidence to accuse Syrian government forces of a deadly chemical weapons attack in April that left dozens of civilians dead and hundreds more wounded.
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UN Probe Finds Syria Government Behind Sarin Gas Attack In April
United Nations war crimes investigators on Wednesday said they had evidence that Syrian government forces were behind the chemical attack that killed dozens of people in Khan Sheikhun in April.
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UN Approves Syria Chemical Attacks Inquiry
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday agreed to give a green light to launching an international investigation aimed at assigning blame for chemical weapon attacks in Syria, council diplomats said on Thursday.
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Japan Marks 20 Years Since Subway Gas Attack
Japan on Friday marked 20 years since the first deadly sarin gas attack by a doomsday cult, which later terrorised the nation by releasing the chemical on Tokyo's subway.
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Syrians will decide on Geneva peace talks, Assad tells envoy
President Bashar al-Assad insisted in a meeting Wednesday with visiting UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi that Syrians alone will decide on the fate of an initiative for Geneva peace talks.
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Chemical weapons watchdog to send more inspectors to Syria
The global chemical weapons watchdog said on Tuesday it would send more inspectors to Syria to help destroy President Bashar al-Assad's stockpile of toxic munitions.
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Syria makes "excellent" start on chemical disarmament, says official
Syria won foreign praise today for starting to destroy its chemical arsenal, although an opposition activist said the world was merely giving President Bashar al-Assad time to kill more people with conventional weapons.
