Global Week in Review: Alleged Syria Gas Attack Raises Global Alarm

Plus, former Egypt President Hosni Mubarak leaves jail.

What’s Next? - Leading up to a public address on the matter set for Sept. 10, President Obama will continue to lobby among his foreign allies and Washington, D.C.-based leaders for a strike on Syria. Keep reading here for updates as the Syrian conflict evolves.(Photo: AP Photo/Media Office Of Douma City)
Forgotten Crises - "Basically what happens every year, there are crises that hit the spotlight (and) Syria is at the top of the agenda right now," U.N. Undersecretary-General Valerie Amos told Reuters. It’s been two years since popular demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime spiraled into the ongoing Syrian civil war. In June 2013, the death toll surpassed 100,000, according to the U.N.(Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)
Mubarak to Return to Jail - Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 84, has been ordered back to prison after reports show that his health has improved following the stroke he suffered last month.  (Photo: REUTERS/Stringer)I Spy - In an interview with the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden said that agency employees like to pass around naked pictures of attractive people that they just happen to "stumble upon" during the course of their work. "These are seen as sort of the fringe benefits of a surveillance position," he said.   (Photo: AP Photo/The Guardian)

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Global News to Know - In this week’s global news, Brazilians track their partners with a smartphone app; the Edward Snowden saga continues; an alleged gas attack in Syria raises alarm (above); plus more. — Patrice Peck(Photo: Manu Brabo/AP Photo)

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