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Ahmet Uzumcu (right), director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of his organization from Thorbjorn Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, at City Hall in Oslo on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Cornelius Poppe/NTB scanpix)

Chemical-weapons watchdog receives Nobel Peace Prize

By Karl Ritter and Hils Myklebost - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, file photo, a citizen journalism image provided by the United Media Office of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows members of the United Nations investigation team take samples from sand near a part of a missile that is likely to be a chemical rocket, according to activists, in the Damascus countryside of Ain Terma, Syria. The Obama administration is offering to destroy some of Syria's deadliest chemical weapons in international waters aboard a nearly 700-foot (213-meter), U.S. government-owned ship, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Local Committee of Arbeen, File)

Scientists raise alarm over plan to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons at sea

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Sunday, March. 3, 201,3 file photo, Kurdish female members, foreground and background, of the Popular Protection Units stand guard at a check point near the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

Syrian chemical arms may be destroyed in Albania

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waits for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to arrive for their meeting at Villa Taverna, the US Ambassador's residence in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Claudio Peri, Pool)

Kerry praises international weapons inspectors for quick work in Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Rami Abdurrahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Coventry, England, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)

Syria has filed chemical weapon details: watchdog

By Diaa Hadid and Mike Corder - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for the Washington Times

TAUBE: Fabricating an illusion of importance

By Michael Taube

** FILE ** In this Wednesday Sept. 7, 2011, file photo Ahmet Uzumcu, director general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) comments on Libya during a press conference in The Hague . The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Global chemical watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize

By Karl Ritter and Mark Lewis - Associated Press

Talks on Tuesday during the U.N. General Assembly between Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about Syria's chemical weapons were described as "constructive," diplomatic-speak for cautious optimism. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: U.S. caving to Russia on Syria use of force language

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this file photo released Saturday Aug. 31, 2013, by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, samples brought back by the U.N. chemical weapons inspection team are checked in upon their arrival at The Hague, Netherlands. Syria has sent the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons an "initial declaration" outlining its weapons program, the organization said Friday Sept. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/OPCW, Henry Arvidsson, File)

Syria sends OPCW chemical weapons inventory

By Mike Corder - Associated Press