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Current events of September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10) (Tuesday)

Syrian Civil War
- Human Rights Watch issues a report concluding that Syrian government forces were most likely to be responsible for chemical weapons attacks on two suburbs in Damascus on August 21. (Human Rights Watch)
- France announces that it will propose a United Nations Security Council resolution proposing that Syria hand over its chemical weapons to international control. (France 24)
- Barack Obama, the President of the United States, gives a televised address to the nation, saying that he has asked the United States Congress to postpone a vote on the use of force while he pursues a diplomatic solution. (AFP via the Australian)
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Bomb attacks targeting both Shi'ite Muslims and Sunnis kill at least 16 people in Iraq.(Reuters)

Three people are dead after a helicopter working with the Canadian Coast Guard research ship CCGS Amundsen crashes in the Arctic Ocean. (CTV News)

All four defendants in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case are found guilty of rape and murder. (AFP via The News)
The legislature of the US state of California passes a bill banning new sales of semi-automatic rifles with removable magazines. (Reuters)