The Rundown - September 6

RFE/RL in the Media

# "Foreign Policy" cites RFE/RL reporting on accidental deaths of six children

# Real Clear World highlights Robert Coalson's piece on the Belarus-Russia dispute

Syria

# Video of rebels executing government soldiers raises disturbing questions

# "No Strike, No Problem" - Richard Price, "Foreign Affairs"

# Al-Qaeda affiliated rebel groups worried strikes may be used as pretext to target them

# Human rights groups disagree about what to do

# A history of the "red line"

# A graphic novella based on an interview with a Free Syrian Army fighter

G20

#The "odd-couple"

# The obligatory (?) analysis of the handshake

# EU rejects military option

Middle East

# Bomb targets Egypt Interior Minister

# "The Battle of the Archives: What Egypts Intellectuals Lost" - Joshua Hersh, "The New Yorker"

# Turkish Ambassador to Egypt returns to Cairo

Iran

# Nancy Pelosi's daughter and Iranian FM talk Holocaust denial on Twitter

# Khamenei says U.S. using chemical weapons as "pretext" for war

Russia

# Russia releases 100-page report blaming rebels for chemical attacks

# "Nikolai Alexeyev’s Fall From Gay Rights Leader to Anti-Semite" - James Kirchick, The Daily Beast

# "The Roommate: Vladivostok & the Ghost of Mandelstam" - Russell Working, Numéro Cinq

# Duma considering taking kids from gay parents

Eastern Europe

# Moldova to stick with pro-Europe course

# Belarus to set up new potash export company

Central Asia

# "Fresh Arrest Gives New Twist to Oligarch’s Tale" - Joanna Lillis, Eurasianet

# Russia tries to get Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan back into its orbit

Caucasus

# Hackers steal secret documents from state-run company in Azerbaijan

Balkans

# Serbia awards top state medal to French army officer who warned Belgrade of NATO bombing

# "Uncovering Charms in Montenegro’s Capital" - Tim Neville, "The New York Times"

# "The Ballsy World of Serbia’s Testicle Cooking Championship" - Jacob Resnek, PRI

Of Interest

# The NSA can foil Internet encryption
# Your password on your wrist

# A translation guide to foreign policy gibberish

# In meeting with "Washington Post" staff, Bezos says two business problems are "rewrite and debundling"