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The five permanent members of the UN Security Council are meeting to discuss Russia's plan to place Syria's chemical weapons under international control. Russia has reportedly given the United  States the details of its plan. Possible military action remains⁴ a sticking point in the negotiations⁵.

 

 

Hundreds of firefighters are working to contain dozens of bushfires across New  South Wales. It could take days to contain the 900-hectare fire, still burning at Winmalee in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. Firefighters have already been helped by easing weather conditions.

 

 

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says bandits who attacked a group of Australian trekkers and Papua New Guinea porters will face the death penalty when they're caught. The two PNG porters were killed. Several Australian suffered minor⁶ injuries. They are now back in Port Moresby and preparing to return home.

 

 

Americans are commemorating⁷ the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. President Barack Obama observed a minute's silence on the lawns of the White House and later laid a wreath at the Pentagon. In New York,relatives of those killed in the World Trade Centre attacks gathered at Ground Zero.

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