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	**If the House voted today on a resolution to attack ], President ] would lose — and lose big.
	**President ] is facing growing international opposition to military intervention in ] as ], the ] and the ] all warned against attacks on the Assad regime.		**President ] is facing growing international opposition to military intervention in ] as ], the ] and the ] all warned against attacks on the Assad regime.
	**Vice President ] hosted a late-afternoon briefing on ] with a small set of House and Senate members in the White House Situation Room on Thursday, according to a White House official.		**Vice President ] hosted a late-afternoon briefing on ] with a small set of House and Senate members in the White House Situation Room on Thursday, according to a White House official.
	** ] says that a deadly March sarin attack in an ] suburb was carried out by Syrian rebels, not forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, and it has delivered a 100-page report laying out its evidence to the United Nations.		** ] says that a deadly March sarin attack in an ] suburb was carried out by Syrian rebels, not forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, and it has delivered a 100-page report laying out its evidence to the United Nations.
	**Syrian ~~Rebels~~ execute 7 Syrian Army soldiers		**Syrian rebels execute 7 Syrian Army soldiers
	**A branch of ] fighting in the ] has seized one of the few remaining villages where Western Aramaic is still spoken, residents say.		**A branch of ] fighting in the ] has seized one of the few remaining villages where Western Aramaic is still spoken, residents say.
	**The US State Department is maintaining a travel warning advising Americans not to travel to Syria because the ] has carried out about 600 attacks in the country since November 2011.		**The US State Department is maintaining a travel warning advising Americans not to travel to Syria because the ] has carried out about 600 attacks in the country since November 2011.

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Current events of September 5, 2013 (2013-09-05) (Thursday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War
- President Barack Obama is facing growing international opposition to military intervention in Syria as China, the European Union and the Pope all warned against attacks on the Assad regime. (Telegraph)
- Vice President Joe Biden hosted a late-afternoon briefing on Syria with a small set of House and Senate members in the White House Situation Room on Thursday, according to a White House official. (Politico)
- Russia says that a deadly March sarin attack in an Aleppo suburb was carried out by Syrian rebels, not forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, and it has delivered a 100-page report laying out its evidence to the United Nations. (McClatchy)
- Syrian rebels execute 7 Syrian Army soldiers (New York Times)
- A branch of al-Qaeda fighting in the Syrian civil war has seized one of the few remaining villages where Western Aramaic is still spoken, residents say. (Telegraph)
- The US State Department is maintaining a travel warning advising Americans not to travel to Syria because the Al-Nusrah Front has carried out about 600 attacks in the country since November 2011. (CNS News)
- Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.), who on Saturday said he supported President Obama’s decision to launch military action in Syria, has changed his mind. (Washington Post)
- Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., who is aggressively lobbying against a military strike on Syria, says the Obama administration has manipulated intelligence to push its case for U.S. involvement in the country's two-year civil war. (US News)
Political violence in Egypt (July 2013–present):
- Egyptian interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim Moustafa survives an assassination attempt as his convoy traveled through the Nasr City district in Cairo. (The Guardian) (Wall Street Journal)

Business and economy

Microsoft wins a much-watched lawsuit, with a federal judge finding that Motorola had breached agreements about the licensing of its patents. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

Sixty people are injured as more than 130 vehicles are involved in a series of crashes in thick fog on the Sheppey Crossing, a major road bridge in the United Kingdom. (BBC)

Deaths

Bengali writer Sushmita Banerjee whose book about her escape from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan was made into a Bollywood movie, Escape from Taliban, shot by suspected Taliban militants.

Sport

At the US Open in tennis:
- In the men's singles quarterfinals, defending champion Andy Murray is beaten in straight sets by Stanislas Wawrinka 6–4, 6–3, 6–2. (AP via ESPN)
- In the men's doubles semifinals, Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek defeat Bob and Mike Bryan 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, denying the American twins a chance at a calendar-year Grand Slam. (AP via ESPN)

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