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sports, but urges athletes to stay on the sidelines whenever they suffer one.
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• 8. MAJOR DRUG TUNNEL FOUND ON U.S.-MEXICO BORDER
• Authorities find a sophisticated passage connecting San Diego and Tijuana, the eighth such discovery in the area since 2006.
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• 9. SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM -- AND YOU'RE 21
• The New York City Council votes to raise the tobacco-purchasing age from 18 to 21, higher than all but a few places in the U.S.
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• 10. WHO STOLE THE SHOW AT THE VATICAN
• As the pope delivers a homily, a little boy climbs onto the papal chair -- and at one point even clings to the pontiff's legs.
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AP News in Brief
OPCW: Syria has completed destruction of equipment for producing chemical weapons
• THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Syria has completed destruction of critical equipment for producing chemical weapons and filling munitions with poison gas, the global chemical weapons watchdog said Thursday.
• The announcement by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons came one day ahead of the Nov. 1 deadline set by the Hague-based organization for Damascus to destroy or "render inoperable" all chemical weapon production facilities and machinery for mixing chemicals into poison gas and filling munitions.
• Destruction of the equipment means that Syria can no longer produce new chemical weapons. However, Damascus still has to start destroying existing weapons and stockpiles. The country is believed to have around 1,000 metric tons of chemicals and weapons including mustard gas and the nerve agent sarin.
• In a statement, the OPCW said its team is "now satisfied that it has verified -- and seen destroyed -- all of Syria's declared critical production and mixing/filling equipment."
• It added that, "no further inspection activities are currently planned."
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