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| **] President ] says that he is ready to order a limited strike, but will seek approval from Congress. | |||
| **] President ] challenged the US to present to the UN evidence that Syria attacked rebels with chemical weapons ] and calls it "utter nonsense" for the Syrian government to use chemical weapons when it was winning the war, and has urged U.S. President ] not to attack Syrian forces. , | |||
| **The UN inspectors leave Damascus after concluding their inspection. | |||
| **In an interview with Dale Gavlak, a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press and Mint Press News, Syrian rebels tacitly implied that they were responsible for last week’s chemical attack. Some information could not immediately be independently verified. | |||
| **Several countries advise their citizens against traveling to Lebanon as regional tensions grow over a possible US military strike on Syria. | |||
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| ⚫ | *A teenager is found guilty of taking part in the ] of a woman on a ] bus last year and |
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| *Veteran ] broadcaster ] – who famously ] former ] ] – dies on board the {{MS|Queen Elizabeth}} of a heart attack, aged 74. | |||
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| *At least 15 people die after liquid ] leaks from a refrigeration unit at a cold storage plant in ]. | |||
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| ⚫ | *A teenager is found guilty of taking part in the ] of a woman on a ] bus last year and is sentenced to three years in juvenile detention. | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:38, 10 March 2022
August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks- Syrian civil war:
- American President Barack Obama says that he is ready to order a limited strike, but will seek approval from Congress. (CNN)
- The UN inspectors leave Damascus after concluding their inspection. (Los Angeles Times)
- Several countries advise their citizens against traveling to Lebanon as regional tensions grow over a possible US military strike on Syria. (Jerusalem Post)
Arts and culture
- Veteran British broadcaster Sir David Frost – who famously interviewed former U.S. President Richard Nixon – dies on board the MS Queen Elizabeth of a heart attack, aged 74. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 15 people die after liquid ammonia leaks from a refrigeration unit at a cold storage plant in Shanghai. (AP via News24)
Law and crime
- A teenager is found guilty of taking part in the fatal gang rape of a woman on a Delhi bus last year and is sentenced to three years in juvenile detention. (BBC) (Reuters)