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A report handed over by chief UN chemical weapons investigator Ake Sellstrom on an Aug 21 gas attack on Damascus suburbs confirmed the use of the deadly nerve agent sarin.
At least 44 people were killed and 133 others wounded in separate violent attacks across Iraq on Sunday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received on Sunday the report of the UN fact-finding group on the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi stressed Sunday his country's commitment to a Russian-US deal struck a day earlier to ensure stripping Syria's chemical arsenal.
An Egyptian court adjourned on Saturday the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak to October 19, over complicity in murdering protesters during the 2011 uprising that ousted him, state-TV reported.
US President Barack Obama welcomed a US-Russian framework agreement for eliminating Syrian chemical weapons, but warned that the country remains to act if diplomacy fails. 
Syrian opposition rejects US-Russia deal on chemical weapons China backs truce bid
An Egyptian court adjourned on Saturday the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak to October 19, over complicity in murdering protesters during the 2011 uprising that ousted him.
China supports Russia's proposal that Syria hand over its chemical weapons to international control for their eventual destruction, President Xi Jinping said on Friday.China calls for positive response on Syria
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged small-scale attacks inside the United States to "bleed America economically", adding he hoped eventually to see a more significant strike.
Syria on Thursday formally applied to join the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), vowing to immediately fully abide with the treaty.
The new Iranian envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday said Tehran was ready to remove ambiguity on its disputed nuclear activities, but stressed Iran would never give up its established nuclear right.
Egypt extended state of emergency that was scheduled to end on Thursday by two months, official news agency MENA reported.
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