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6.21pm GMT Syria: Panetta warns of chemical weapons risk US secretary of defence Leon Panetta has echoed secretary of state Hillary Clinton's statement of concern that Syrian president Bashar Assad could use chemical weapons against his people.
Our correspondent said the meeting was taking place as developments, including Israeli air strikes on targets in Syria and concerns about the possible use of chemical weapons, risk bringing the conflict into an even more dangerous phase.
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Mr. Ghafour said soliciting funds or weapons risked becoming as frustrating as dealing with private aid groups and nongovernment organizations, which sometimes offer assistance in exchange for sharing their point of view.
They say Pakistan would not hit India with nuclear weapons and risk devastation in reprisal.
A law permitting paramilitary figures to hand over weapons without risk of prosecution is scheduled to expire on Tuesday.
Governments should be required to regulate the sale and transfer of these weapons, perform risk assessments before authorizing a sale and track the use of the arms.
But American officials may also be prompted by growing concern that the militant attacks are increasingly putting the civilian government of Pakistan, a nation with nuclear weapons, at risk.
The Times reported over the weekend that some insurers are threatening to raise premiums or revoke coverage for schools moving ahead with their kindergarten cop experiments, based on the not-terribly-surprising principle that letting staff carry weapons magnifies risk.
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