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UN votes to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons Sep 28th 2013, 01:49 UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday night to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison gas off the battlefield in the escalating 2 1/2-year conflict. The vote after two weeks of intense negotiations marked a major breakthrough in the paralysis that has gripped the council since the Syrian uprising began. Russia and China previously vetoed three Western-backed resolutions pressuring President Bashar Assad's regime to end the violence. "Today's historic resolution is the first hopeful news on Syria in a long time," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the council immediately after the v... Keep on reading: UN votes to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons Media files: UN-Syria-Diplomacy-600x300.jpg (image/jpeg)

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