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Kerry Seeks to Boost Pressure on Syria over Chemical Weapons
(Wall Street Journal) Adam Entous and Laurence Norman - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Russia and other countries on Saturday to join the U.S. in putting pressure on the Syrian regime to fulfill commitments to give up its chemical arsenal, saying Damascus needed to stop making "excuses." Just 4% of Syria's 530 metric tons of most-dangerous chemicals have been removed so far, despite a Dec. 31, 2013, deadline for removing all of them, according to U.S. officials.