September 1, 2013


 * Armed conflicts and attacks
 * Syrian civil war:
 * The Arab League discusses the ongoing crisis in Syria at a closed-door meeting in Cairo. (Al Jazeera)
 * Secretary of State John Kerry asserts the United States now has evidence of sarin gas use in Syria from hair and blood samples. (AP via News24)
 * Armed militants stage an unsuccessful attack on a container ship passing through the Suez canal in an attempt to disrupt the flow of ships through the waterway. (Al Jazeera)
 * War in North-West Pakistan:
 * A roadside bomb targeting a passing Pakistani army convoy kills nine soldiers in North Waziristan near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. (ABC) (Reuters)


 * Disasters and accidents
 * A 5.9-magnitude earthquake kills at least four people in southwestern China. (CNN)


 * Law and crime
 * The controversial spiritual guru Asaram Bapu is arrested on a rape charge filed by a teenage girl in northwest India. (AP via News24)


 * Politics and elections
 * Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela is discharged from hospital in the capital Pretoria. (BBC)

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 * Secretary of State John Kerry asserts the United States now has evidence of sarin gas use in Syria from hair and blood samples. (AP via News24)

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