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Monday, 09 September 2013

Syria civil war: Russia demands United Nations report on risk of nuclear ‘catastrophe’

Russia has called for the UN’s atomic energy watchdog to provide an immediate assessment of the situation in Syria, amid fears of the “catastrophic” nuclear hazards involved in a potential military strike on government targets. Just days after debates over the Syrian crisis dominated other...

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China Stocks Surge 3.4% Wall Street Journal

SHANGHAI — Chinese stocks surged 3.4% Monday to record their best one-day gain this year, with banks leading the charge higher on signs authorities may allow more lenders to recapitalize and as more evidence emerges that the economy is improving. The rise extends a two-month rally in the benchmark...

Muslim rebels take 30 hostages in southern Philippines Toronto Sun

Tweet MANILA - Muslim rebels took 30 civilian hostages in the southern Philippines on Monday and held security forces in a standoff as part of a drive to derail peace talks, officials said. Police commandos cordoned off parts of Zamboanga City on the island of Mindanao after a rogue faction of the...

Assad denies ordering chemical attack and warns of retaliation The Irish Times

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has denied ordering an alleged chemical weapons attack said to have killed hundreds of civilians in the Damascus countryside on August 21st. He also warned that US military operations designed to degrade his forces could change the course of the war in favour of...

Making Time for Sweetbreads, Even Amid a World Crisis The New York Times

Jan Eliasson came close to calling off lunch. The Syrian crisis had kicked into high gear a few days earlier, and on this morning a convoy of United Nations chemical weapons inspectors found itself under fire. Mr. Eliasson, No. 2 at the United Nations as its deputy secretary general, was an...

New Mali Cabinet includes reconciliation post Herald Tribune

DAKAR, Senegal - Mali's new prime minister has selected a 34-person Cabinet that includes a post focused on reconciliation and development of the country's north, which fell under rebel control following a coup last year. The new Cabinet, disclosed in a communique read on state television Sunday,...

NATO disputes claim of 11 civilian deaths in Afghan strike The Los Angeles Times

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan officials said Sunday that a NATO air strike in the eastern part of the country killed 16 people, including 11 civilians, a version countered by the international coalition, which said in a statement its attack killed 10 militants with no reported civilian casualties....

NATO Accused Of Killing Afghan Civilians Huffington Post

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan officials accused NATO of killing civilians in an airstrike that left at least 10 dead in the country's remote east, while the Taliban on Sunday staged a car bomb and gun attack outside an Afghan intelligence office, killing four soldiers and wounding more than 80...

U.S.: Proven link of Assad to gas attack lacking Richmond Times Dispatch

WASHINGTON — The White House asserted Sunday that a "common-sense test" dictates the Syrian government is responsible for a chemical weapons attack that President Barack Obama says demands a U.S. military response. But Obama's top aide says the administration lacks "irrefutable,...