1. Putin Reverting to Soviet-Style Propaganda in the Russian Federation?

2. Saudi Activist Aliyah Al Farid Arrested While Driving Herself to the Hospital

3. Rewriting of International Tax Rules May End Tax Shelters as They Are Currently Known

4. Al Qaeda Pleads for Islamic State to Release British Aid Worker Alan Hening

5. Russian Ruble Falls Below .38 to the US Dollar for First Time in History

6. NASA Unveils World’s Largest Welder 

7. Japan Proposes Solar Islands as Replacements for Nuclear Power

8. US Soldiers Killed in Suicide Bombing in Kabul, Iraq

9. Ukraine Rebels Obtain Self-Rule, Amnesty

10. To Avoid a Bank Run, Scottish ATMs Load Up on the Pound Ahead of Possible Independence