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UN demands elimination of Syria chemical arms
The UN Security Council on Friday evening unanimously adopted a binding resolution on ridding Syria of chemical weapons. The 15-member body, at a session in New York, endorsed the draft document agreed earlier by Russia and the United States. The deal breaks a two-and-a-half year deadlock in the UN over Syria, where fighting between government forces and rebels rages on. BBC News
UN investigates new alleged chemical attacks in Syria
United Nations inspectors said on Friday that they were investigating reports that chemical weapons were used seven times in Syria, including three after the widely reported attack on Aug. 21 on the outskirts of Damascus. The disclosure, which came in a statement from the UN in Damascus, came as the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the group in The Hague that oversees the international treaty banning them, approved a separate schedule for inspections of chemical weapons storage and production sites. Photo: Syrian President Bashar Assad – Marten Van Dijl / EPA NYT
President Obama, Iran’s President Rouhani spoke by phone
President Obama revealed Friday he spoke by phone with Iran’s President Rouhani. It is the first time leaders from the US and Iran have spoken since 1979.
Judge rules gay marriage legal in New Jersey
A state court judge ruled Friday that same-sex marriage is legal in New Jersey after the US Supreme Court earlier this year rejected the federal Defense of Marriage Act. NBC News
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