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Russian President Vladimir Putin challenges the US to present to the UN evidence that Syria attacked rebels with chemical weapons and has urged U.S. President Barack Obama not to attack Syrian forces. (Reuters), (BBC)
The UN inspectors leave Damascus after concluding their inspection. (LA Times)
Several countries have advised their citizens against traveling to Lebanon as regional tensions grow over a possible US military strike on Syria. (J Post)
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 has been sentenced to three years in juvenile detention. (BBC), (Reuters)