 | Angry and intimidating, Russian President Vladimir Putin sat alone at the head of a long table this week scolding his government for failing to carry out his orders. |
 | Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond has told AFP in an interview that the economy can prosper outside the United Kingdom, despite dire warnings from London about the risks of independence. |
 | Britain’s Prince Harry mingled with Olympians including Missy Franklin, British business executives, students and military officers before cheering on wounded servicemen and women at the Warrior Games in the U.S. later this weekend. |
 | Britain’s Prince Harry broke hearts in Washington’s corridors of power on Thursday, showing more interest in landmines than in the excited fans who greeted him at the start of a week-long US visit. |
 | In a quiet corner of Pakistan’s breadbasket province of Punjab, one parliamentary candidate in Saturday’s general election lets his music do the talking. |
 | US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday doggedly pursued his hopes of both ending the war in Syria and bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to negotiations on the third day of a whirlwind tour. |
 | Dr Shihab Ghanem is the first Arab national to be awarded the prestigious international Tagore Peace Award by the Asiatic Society. |
 | Dr. Shihab Ghanem, UAE poet, translator of poetry and writer, is the first Arab national to be awarded the prestigious international Tagore Peace Award by the Asiatic Society at an award ceremony held on the occasion of the 230th Annual General Meeting of the Asiatic Society in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, on Monday. |
 | Justin Timberlake will embark on an international tour in October - his first in six years - and will release 10 new songs at the end of September, concert promoter Live Nation said on Monday. |
 | Former US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords received the 2013 Profile in Courage award at the John F. Kennedy Library on Sunday in recognition of the political, personal, and physical courage she has demonstrated in her public advocacy for policy reforms aimed at reducing gun violence. |
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