September 8, 2013


 * Armed conflicts and attacks
 * Syrian civil war:
 * The Islamist al-Nusra Front captures the historic Christian town of Ma'loula from the Syrian Army; Russia calls for protection of the town. (CNN) (Interfax)
 * War in Afghanistan (2001–present):
 * The Taliban kills four Afghan National Army troops in an attack on an intelligence office near Kabul. (AP via Fox News)
 * A group of men in a car opens fire in a town on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Guatemala, with 11 killed and 18 others injured. (AP via San Francisco Chronicle)
 * Disasters
 * Eleven people were killed after a collision between a minibus and a train near Iași, Romania. (Xinhua)
 * Six people were killed and nine injured after a collision between car and minibus in Jakarta, Indonesia. (The Jakarta Globe)
 * Politics and elections
 * Russian elections:
 * Results indicate that Sergei Sobyanin will be elected as Mayor of Moscow with over 50 per cent of the vote. (Reuters) (BBC)
 * Voters in Russia go to the polls for regional and local government elections. (RIA Novosti)
 * Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is reelected for a third term as Mayor of Tehran. (Tabnak)
 * The President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari has a farewell ceremony after the completion of his five year term. He will be replaced by Mamnoon Hussain. (AP)

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