September 3, 2013


 * Armed conflicts and attacks
 * Syrian civil war:
 * France claims to possess documentation of the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war. (Huffington Post)
 * Anticipating a retaliatory strike from Syria, Israel carries out a joint missile test with the United States in the Mediterranean. (BBC) (Sky News)
 * U.S. government officials say that they are willing to rewrite a proposed resolution to clarify that any operation would be limited in scope and duration and would not include the use of ground troops. (Washington Post)
 * A former US army chief claims that Barack Obama is eyeing intervention in Syria that would go beyond a mere deterrent against chemical weapons to damage the military capacity of the Assad regime. (The Telegraph)
 * UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon questions the legality of US plans to strike Syria without UN backing, saying that the use of force is only legal when it is in self-defence or with Security Council authorization. (Reuters)
 * Sinai insurgency:
 * An Egyptian army helicopter kills 15 militants in the Sinai Peninsula. (Reuters)


 * Business and economy
 * Microsoft purchases Nokia's mobile device division for $7.2 billion. (MarketWatchPulse)


 * Law and crime
 * Ariel Castro, the Cleveland, Ohio kidnapper, hangs himself in his prison cell. (CNN)

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