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 The UN says Syria has agreed to allow inspectors 1 access to suburban 2 areas of Damascus where alleged 3 chemical attack occurred. A senior Obama administration official says there is 搗ery little doubt?that the Syrian regime used a chemical weapon against civilians 4. But Democratic state Senator Jack 5 Reed, a member of the Senate Army Services Committee, says it's crucial for the inspectors to verify that such weapons were used in last week's deadly attack. 

揟hat will allow us to build an international coalition 6, which is actually necessary to take any further steps, you know, in Syria, and also help defuse some of the countries like Iran and Russia, who are trying to pawn 7 this off upon them, the rebels, the opposition 8.?
The US Navy has sent a fourth warship 9 armed with missiles into the eastern Mediterranean 10 Sea while President Obama considers a response. 
Firefighters in California are bracing 11 for a day of high winds while they continue to battle a giant wildfire burning along the northwest edge of Yosemite National Park. NPR's Nathan Rott reports the high winds could push the fire further into the park, threatening thousands of homes. 
The so-called Rim 12 Fire has already charred 13 more than 200 square miles of land, an area roughly the size of Chicago. It has steadily 14 grown since tripling in size late last week and has shown no signs of slowing. For nearly 3,000 firefighters pitted against it, the predicted winds Sunday only make matters worse. The fire has already forced 4,500 evacuations and is now threatening two separate groves 15 of giant sequoias. It's also burning towards a reservoir that provides 85% of San Francisco's water. Due to those threats and the fire抯 relentless 16 push, California Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency. Nathan Rott, NPR News. 
Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak is back in court today, facing charges stemming from protester deaths in 2011. But as NPR's Peter Kenyon reports, three Muslim Brotherhood 17 leaders did not appear at their own court session. 
Just days after being freed from prison pending 18 trial, Hosni Mubarak was back in a Cairo courtroom for a previously 19 scheduled hearing. Mubarak is being retried on charges relating to the more than 800 deaths of protesters seeking his ouster in 2011. Mubarak's original conviction was overturned on appeal. He remains 20 under house arrest ordered by the military-backed interim 21 government. Another case was adjourned 22 until later October when three senior Muslim Brotherhood officials, including General Guide Mohammed Badie, were not brought to the court to face charges of inciting 23 violence. State media said the defendants 24 did not appear because of unspecified security concerns. Peter Kenyon, NPR News, Cairo. 
At least 22 people were killed in a string of attacks in Iraq today, including an eight-year-old child. Police say the attack took place near the northern city of Mosul where militants 25 set up a fixed 26 security checkpoint.
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In India police have taken into custody 27 the fifth and final suspect in the gang rape 28 of a young photo journalist in Mumbai last week. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from New Delhi the case has reignited debate over how to make women in the India safe from sexual violence. 
Under intense pressure to act quickly, police nabbed the fifth suspect said to be most brutal 29 on the border of Delhi and the neighboring state of Haryana. Authorities say he was planning to escape to Bangladesh. He抣l be transported back to Mumbai, where the accused are likely to face prosecution 30 under a new law that provides a minimum prison term for gang rape of 20 years. Meanwhile, the young woman at the center of this latest sexual assault that sparked public outrage 31 told Indian media that she wants to return to work, and it's quoted by the Times of India saying that 揜ape is not the end of life.?The young photo journalist was allegedly repeatedly raped 32 in the abandoned mill where she had been shooting pictures. Julie McCarthy, NPR News, New Delhi. 
The average US price for a gallon of gasoline has gone down four cents over the past two weeks, and fuel price analyst 33 Trovie Lumburg says prices are significantly lower this time last year. 
揋asoline prices have continued to drop. They're down four cents on average to $3.56 in the past two weeks, and they're down 12 cents in a month. Also this current price is 20 cents below its a-year-ago point.?
A gallon of premium 34 costs $3.88 a gallon. In other cities surveyed, South Carolina had the lowest average price at $3.22 a gallon, and Long Island, New York had the highest at $3.82.