Libya's stockpile of toxic chemicals removed

[WorldNews]

Libya's remaining stockpile of toxic chemicals has been successfully transported abroad in an operation aimed at keeping them safe from militants, the world's chemical weapons watchdog said on Wednesday. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said the stockpile - hundreds of tonnes of industrial chemicals - had been removed on Saturday with the help of several countries. Libya had asked the organization, which oversees the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention and won the Nobel Peace prize for ridding Syria of its declared chemical weapons, to help in destroying the chemicals due to deteriorating security.

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