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Climate change: IPCC cites global temperature rise over last century

21 Sep 2013:
More than half a trillion tonnes of carbon have been burned since the industrial revolution, according to an IPCC report
Hardliners hold back as Iran waits for Rouhani and Obama to make history

21 Sep 2013: Landmark meeting between US president and his Iranian counterpart could allow for direct talks on nuclear programme
Campaigners protest against United Nations stance on prostitution

21 Sep 2013: Former prostitutes and anti-sex trafficking groups criticise UN call to decriminalise pimping, brothel-keeping and buying sex
Iran: 'Hello diplomacy, so long martyrdom'

21 Sep 2013:
The Supreme Leader's 'heroic flexibility' speech sets Iranian media abuzz, reports Tehran Bureau
White House indicates Obama could meet Iran president Rouhani at UN

20 Sep 2013:
Presidential adviser says administration 'always open to diplomacy' despite Israeli fears over Iranian nuclear ambitions
A glimmer of hope for Syrians – and for the future of the world too

20 Sep 2013: Letters: Now the war clouds in Syria have cleared for a while, is it too much to hope for a collective recovery of common sense?
Climate change: UN makes high-risk attempt to break deadlock on talks

20 Sep 2013: Secretary general Ban Ki-moon to invite world leaders to first summit of its kind since Copenhagen in 2009
Syria submits chemical weapons inventory to international watchdog

20 Sep 2013: 'Initial disclosure' received by watchdog in The Hague is now being studied by weapons experts
Obama could meet Iran's Rouhani at UN amid signs of thawing relations

20 Sep 2013:
Signs of Iran's changing attitude have come thick and fast in recent days but US officials have made clear there will be no lifting of sanctions without real movement from the regime
Brazil's controversial plan to extricate the internet from US control

20 Sep 2013:
President Rousseff expected to bring the conversation about the continued role of US-based supernetworks to the UN this month
Global efforts to tackle poverty and climate change must come together

20 Sep 2013: Manish Bapna: Traditional development issues, such as agriculture and energy, are among the most effective ways to reduce emissions
Syria suggests ceasefire to end 'stalemate' - as it happened

20 Sep 2013: Follow how the day unfoled after Syria's deputy prime minister suggested a ceasefire to end Syria's 'stalemate' conflict and Iran offered to act as peace broker
Peace and stability must be at the heart of the global development agenda

20 Sep 2013: Helen Clark: world leaders should include conflict prevention in the framework to succeed the millennium development goals
The sarin gas attack is just one Syrian atrocity the ICC should pursue

20 Sep 2013:
Sarah Margon: The diplomacy over chemical weapons blinds us to the obvious: Assad's atrocities are a job for the international criminal court
Ban Ki-moon: We must do better to achieve global partnership promise

20 Sep 2013: World should renew vow to bolster aid and agree comprehensive trade deal to help realise development goals, UN report says