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The container ship MV Cape Ray departs Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 10, 2014, to test the systems that will be used to destroy chemical agents from Syria. The vessel was modified to contribute to the joint mission organized by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to eliminate Syria's chemical materials.

The container ship MV Cape Ray departs Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 10, 2014, to test the systems that will be used to destroy chemical agents from Syria. The vessel was modified to contribute to the joint mission organized by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to eliminate Syria's chemical materials.

The container ship MV Cape Ray departs Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 10, 2014, to test the systems that will be used to destroy chemical agents from Syria. The vessel was modified to contribute to the joint mission organized by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to eliminate Syria's chemical materials.

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