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Kerry: Russia's Syria chemical weapons proposal the 'ideal way' to end impasse
10 Sep 2013:Secretary of state says Obama administration is prepared to entertain plan as moves to formalise proposal at UN gather pace
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10 Sep 2013:
Does Russia's offer to work with Syria to put its chemical weapons beyond use represent a diplomatic breakthrough or a delaying tactic? Follow live updates
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10 Sep 2013:
Secretary of state says Obama administration is prepared to entertain plan as moves to formalise proposal at UN gather pace
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10 Sep 2013:
Former US coach Bob Bradley hopes goal of qualification for tournament in Brazil will give a divided nation something to cheer
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10 Sep 2013: Julian Borger: Syria is thought to have up to 40 sites where either chemical weapons or precursors for mustard gas and nerve agents are stored
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9 Sep 2013:
Follow live updates amid continued international divisions over how to tackle the Syria crisis
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9 Sep 2013:
A year after the first US ambassador in 33 years was killed on duty, Chris Stephen, one of the first western reporters on the scene in Benghazi, pieces together what really happened from witness accounts, official reports, and the ruins of the compound
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9 Sep 2013:
• Assad regime urged to put weapons under international control
• Gambit follows Kerry's 'end-of-week' offer to avert strikes
• Syria welcomes Russian proposal -
9 Sep 2013:
Assad insists there is 'not a shred of evidence' that regime used chemical weapons and warns of revenge attacks against US
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9 Sep 2013:
Bild am Sonntag cites high-level German surveillance source suggesting Syrian president was not personally behind attacks
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9 Sep 2013:
Foreign secretary and US Secretary of State to discuss delaying any attack on Syria until after UN security council consideration
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8 Sep 2013: Journalist Domenico Quirico and teacher and writer Pierre Piccinin da Prata disappeared in early April
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8 Sep 2013:
Martin Chulov writes from a roadhouse near Aleppo where jihadists and al-Qaida affiliates prepare to face the US enemy
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8 Sep 2013:
Syrian president follows Obama and Clinton – as well as Richard Serra and Charles Manson – in talking to broadcasting veteran
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8 Sep 2013: Follow how the day unfolded after William Hague insisted 'Britain is not gung-ho' for military intervention in Syria and John Kerry continued to try to persuade an 'undecided' Congress to back strikes
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8 Sep 2013:
Syrian leader gives interview to PBS reporter, who says he suggested 'some kind of retaliation if a strike was made'
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