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To sign up, email: petersonz [at] rferl [dot] org http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Rundown/latest/653/2696.html en-US Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:19:21 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Afternoon Edition First Read # An interview with Bashar al-Assad Russia # "The Cold War Heats Up in Syria" - Julia Ioffe, "The New Republic" RFE/RL Target Region # Yulia Tymoshenko's prison diaries are going online # "Metternich in Baghdad" - Ramzy Mardini, "Foreign Policy" Of Interest # 3-D printed food may become an actual thing # How Google plans to save Google+  U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy # A nice little window into PAC ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24992183.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24992183.html Tue, 21 May 2013 03:54:43 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24992183.html#relatedInfoContainer Afternoon Update Iran # Saeed Jalili: Europeans will "pay the price" for a war in Syria too Russia # Oligarchs are footing much of the Sochi 2014 bill # Russia looks north for the next natural resource boom Afghanistan # "Afghanistan’s Forgotten Crisis: Its Economy" - Victor Mallet, "Financial Times" RFE/RL Target Region # CPJ on an attack on a journalist in Kyiv # Coming together in the South Caucasus Of Interest # Cyprus gets taken to ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24991060.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24991060.html Mon, 20 May 2013 05:12:24 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24991060.html#relatedInfoContainer RFE/RL In The Media # Read RFE/RL in "The Atlantic" on TeliaSonera's sponsoring of Eurovision # "Interfax" cites RFE/RL reporting on the asylum case of Andriy Shkil International Press Review Iran # The mayor of Tehran takes full credit for some ruthless crackdowns # "It Will Take More Than Two New Candidates to Change Iran" - Ray Takeyh, "Financial Times" # "Back to the Future in Iran's Election" - Namazikhah ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24988621.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24988621.html Fri, 17 May 2013 05:13:35 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24988621.html#relatedInfoContainer Afternoon Update Russia # Ilya Goryachev was arrested in Serbia [Google translate version] # Vladimir Zhirinovsky is no longer welcome in Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL Target Region # A "secret archive" of torture videos from prisons in Georgia exists Of Interest # Details on Skype's encryption [in German; Google translate version] # Global racial tolerance -- mapped # The dictionary of numbers Science & Technology # 3-D imaging of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly # ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24987487.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24987487.html Thu, 16 May 2013 04:28:40 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24987487.html#relatedInfoContainer Afternoon Update Russia # "The Spy Who Shot Himself in the Foot" - Julia Ioffe, "The New Republic" Iran # "The Ayatollah's Game Plan" - Mohsen Milani, "Foreign Affairs" # "Rafsanjani Is No Iranian Reformer" - Michael Miner, "Real Clear World" Pakistan # "An Astonishing Mandate" - Cyril Almeida, "The Indian Express"  RFE/RL Target Region # Human Rights Watch on the beating of Ulugbek ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24986378.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24986378.html Wed, 15 May 2013 05:09:12 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24986378.html#relatedInfoContainer Afternoon Update Russia # Russia says it has arrested an American for trying to flip an FSB agent # "The Economist" reviews three books on Russia Iran # Tehran has apologised for killing Afghans who were crossing the border Pakistan # "Dawn" says it has proof of an agreement between political parties to not allow women to vote in Lower Dir # The vote in Pakistan as seen in India # India-Pakistan trade was up 21% last year RFE/RL Target Region # Kurdish ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24985173.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24985173.html Tue, 14 May 2013 04:57:03 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24985173.html#relatedInfoContainer RFE/RL In The Media # Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders, and Amnesty International cover the arrest of Rovshen Yazmuhamedov # The Council of Foreign Relations quotes RFE/RL's interview with Mansur Osanlu International Press Review Iran # Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could faces jail time and/or lashes # A couple of surprise candidates entered the field (and bred some resentment) # "The Day After a Strike on Iran" - Marwan Muasher, "National ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24984108.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24984108.html Mon, 13 May 2013 04:59:01 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24984108.html#relatedInfoContainer Afternoon Update Pakistan/Afghanistan # Some pre-election voices from Pakistan # About that Peshawar High Court judgment on drones Iran # An adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader has joined the election fray # Iran has recalled its ambassador to Cyprus Of Interest # "A Turbulent Valley in a Turbulent Decade" - Josh Foust, "Foreign Policy" # "My Father, the Good Nazi" - Philippe Sands, "Financial Times" # European and Asian languages ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24981911.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24981911.html Fri, 10 May 2013 05:23:22 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24981911.html#relatedInfoContainer Afternoon Edition Pakistan/Afghanistan # "A New Spring in the Age of Freedom" - Mosharraf Zaidi, "India Today"  # Pakistan's electoral winner will likely be calling the IMF # The U.S. will keep nine bases in Afghanistan Iran # "Will the Iran-Saudi Arabia Proxy War Spread to Iraq?" - Mohammed Ayoob, "Real Clear World" Russia # "Swampland" - Anna Nemtsova, "Foreign Policy"  Boston Bombing # Ellen Barry on ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24980847.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24980847.html Thu, 09 May 2013 05:19:04 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24980847.html#relatedInfoContainer Afternoon Update Russia # "Forbes" on the creative economy in Russia # "The Russians Are Shrinking!" - Oliver Bullough, "The Wall St. Journal" Pakistan # "Pakistan's Minorities Have No Faith in Democracy" - Kathy Gannon, "AP" # The toll of political violence in Pakistan Afghanistan # "Adding the Ballot to the Bullet? Hezb-e Islami in Transition" - Osman & Ruttig, AAN Iran # Presidential candidates are registering ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24978705.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24978705.html Tue, 07 May 2013 05:13:40 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24978705.html#relatedInfoContainer Afternoon Update RFE/RL Target Region # The OCCRP rap sheet on Naser Kalmendi # The organ-trafficking scandal in the Balkans continues to unravel # A handless Kazakh man was denied a UK visa for lack of fingerprints Russia # Preparations in Moscow # Russia says there is a growing chance of outside intervention in Syria Of Interest # "I was swallowed by a hippo" # The forthcoming book on the Hanging Towers of Babylon U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy # "Al ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24977677.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24977677.html Mon, 06 May 2013 05:14:38 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24977677.html#relatedInfoContainer RFE/RL In The Media # "Foreign Policy" and "The Asia Times" cite RFE/RL reporting on the Turkmen president's fall # Read RFE/RL in "The Atlantic" on new old labor medals in Russia International Press Review Iran # Two Iranians were found guilty of planning bombings in Kenya # EU negotiators will meet with their Iranian counterparts on May 15 # A photo series on young Iranians Afghanistan/Pakistan # The prosecutor in the Benazir Bhutto murder case ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24975416.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24975416.html Fri, 03 May 2013 05:29:10 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24975416.html#relatedInfoContainer Afternoon Update Russia # Mary Dejevsky on Russian diplomats Pakistan # Omar Waraich reports from the campaign trail # Swat: A region healing RFE/RL Target Region # Kazakhstan says it is cooperating with the Boston bombing investigation # Bidzina Ivanishvili expects a NATO Membership Action Plan for Georgia next year # The banning of the 2011 gay pride parade in Belgrade was unconstitutional Of Interest # The Guantánamo memoirs of Mohamedou Ould Slahi # Is cursive ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24974382.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24974382.html Thu, 02 May 2013 05:06:00 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24974382.html#relatedInfoContainer Afternoon Update Russia # Security forces broke up a protest near Sochi # Oligarchs seem to have fared alright in the Cyprus meltdown # Mary Dejevsky on Russian banker Elena Kotova Iran # Iran's oil revenue is down 27 per cent year-on-year Afghanistan/Pakistan # "Pakistan’s Brutal Elections" - Myra MacDonald, "Reuters" # "The ‘Poisoned’ Girls of Afghanistan" - Matthieu Aikins, "The New York Times" # Mian Mohammad ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24972292.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24972292.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:03:24 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24972292.html#relatedInfoContainer Afternoon Update Iran # "Iran Threatens Azerbaijan" - Alexandros Petersen, "National Journal" # An Iranian scientist says he was jailed for refusing to do military research Russia # TONIGHT: "BBC Panorama" looks at Russian organized crime in London # Scoffing at the Magnitsky list Pakistan # HRW calls on autorities in Pakistan to protect political candidates Of Interest # ENRC is being investigated in Kazakhstan # A new strain of malaria is ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24971181.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24971181.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:09:10 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24971181.html#relatedInfoContainer Afternoon Update Iran # An Iranian scientist was released from U.S. custody # Samsung will block its app store in Iran Russia # Oliver Carroll on idealism and cynicism in Russia Afghanistan # A film on drug addicts in Afghanistan RFE/RL Target Region # "A Different Balkan Story" - Catherine Ashton, "The New York Times # Dave Trilling on the Centerra mine in Kyrgyzstan # It's all eggs for Kazahstan's social affairs minister Of Interest # Peru has a ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24968989.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24968989.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:09:32 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24968989.html#relatedInfoContainer Afternoon Update Russia # A new record.... # "Russia's Dyatlov Pass Incident, the Strangest Unsolved Mystery of the Last Century" -- Derek Mead, "Vice" Iran # Inside Iran's private Internet Afghanistan/Pakistan # Millions of women may not be able to vote in upcoming elections in Pakistan # Another arrest warrant for Pervez Musharraf # The NDN is apparently a good drug-smuggling route Of Interest # Pew polling data on Muslims' views of ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24967852.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24967852.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:07:55 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24967852.html#relatedInfoContainer RFE/RL In The Media # "Foreign Policy" on RFE/RL's Reddit AMA with Aslan Doukaev (full discussion) # "The Washington Post" embeds RFE/RL's video report from Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan # "The Takeway" and "Slate" cite RFE/RL reporting on the Boston bombings # "Going Through the Motions"- Masha Gessen, "The New York Times" International Press Review Russia # Russia announces plans for its base in Belarus # The American who ... http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24966689.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24966689.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:55:15 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/rundown-press-review/24966689.html#relatedInfoContainer