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The U.S. cargo vessel MV Cape Ray leaves the Gioia Tauro port, southern Italy, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Cargo containers carrying hundreds of tons of Syrian chemical weapons were loaded onto a U.S. cargo ship Wednesday for destruction at sea, one of the final phases of the international effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapon stockpile. The chemicals had crossed the Mediterranean aboard the Danish ship Ark Futura, which steamed into the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro as the sun rose Wednesday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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US ship sails off to destroy Syrian weapons at sea

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July 3, 2014 12:51 am

The MV Cape Ray is escorted by tug boats as it arrives at Gioia Tauro port, southern Italy, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Syria's acknowledged stockpile of chemical weapons has been handed over to Western governments for destruction. 1300 tons of chemical weapons are currently on the Danish cargo ship Ark Futura and are expected be transferred to the U.S.-owned MV Cape Ray at Gioia Tauro. The Cape Ray, equipped with two titanium reactors, will then move into international waters to neutralize Syria's stockpile of sulphur mustard and the raw components for making sarin nerve gas over the next two months. Other materials will be disposed of at toxic wastes sites in various countries. (AP Photo/Adriana Sapone)

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US ship arrives in Italy port for Syria weapons

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July 1, 2014 5:54 pm