10 things you need to know today: October 27, 2013

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1. Syria files chemical weapon details

Syria has filed details of its poison gas and nerve agent program and an initial plan to destroy it to The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The organization said in a statement that Syria completed its declaration Thursday, as part of a timeline that aims to destroy the lethal stockpile, believed to have been used on its own citizens in August, by mid-2014. Syria is believed to possess around 1,000 metric tons of chemical weapons, including mustard gas and sarin. [ABC News]

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Terri is a freelance writer at TheWeek.com. She's a graduate of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and has worked at TIME and Brides. You can follow her on Twitter.