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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) meeting with President Bashar Al-Assad of Syria in Sirte

Russian news agencies report that Moscow has given the United States its plan for securing Syria's chemical weapons ahead of a meeting in Geneva between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart.

Twin car bombings killed six Egyptian soldiers and wounded 17 other people in northern Sinai, where violence by Islamist militants has surged.

A Washington-based research group says North Korea has likely restarted a plutonium reactor, possibly making good on a pledge to expand its nuclear weapons program.

A recent Washington Post article reporting that the United States has stepped up surveillance of Pakistan's nuclear program has once again raised questions about the bilateral relationship between Washington and Islambad. The reported surveillance has focused new attention on the issue of mutual trust in the U.S.-Pakistan relationship.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UNDP Administrator Helen Clark launch "A Million Voices: The World We Want" report at press conference.

Americans are preparing to commemorate the September 11, 2001 deaths of nearly 3,000 people killed when terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, and a Pennsylvania field.

U.S. President Barack Obama plans to meet with the leaders of China and France at the G20 summit, which is being dominated by concern about Syria but also is focusing on economic issues.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.