U.S. And Russia Form A Plan On Syria's Chemical Weapons Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News U.S. And Russia Form A Plan On Syria's Chemical Weapons In a plan announced Saturday, the U.S. and Russia would give Syria a week to detail its chemical weapons arsenal. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart reached the deal on the third day of talks in Geneva. Read this story U.S., Russia Reach Deal On Syrian Chemical Weapons Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov say they agreed on a framework of "principles" for securing Syrian chemical weapons. Read this story For Wounded Vets, Climbing Half-Dome Only Half The Mission This week, a group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, many with disabilities, marked Sept. 11 by climbing two peaks in Yosemite National Park. Climbing as a team, they say, gives them an opportunity to recapture what they miss about the military: a sense of camaraderie with a shared challenge. Read this story After Disasters, DNA Science Is Helpful, But Often Too Pricey For decades, DNA has been used to identify victims of crime, even victims of war crimes. But there's no international standard for using DNA analysis for identifying bodies after a disaster. So some scholars are calling for an international group with the same reach as weapons inspectors. Read this story Medea Benjamin's Anti-War Activism: Wearing Pink, Seeing Red The possibility of U.S. strikes in Syria brought Code Pink protesters to Capitol Hill, holding signs and disrupting the proceedings. Leading them is Medea Benjamin, an anti-war activist who, as it turns out, didn't even like the color pink when she started the group. Read this story more news stories

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