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Published 1/14/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Iraq deposited its ratification of a chemical weapons ban treaty at the U.N. Tuesday, a move welcomed by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as a demonstration of the country's commitment to disarmament.
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