The Rundown -- September 9

RFE/RL in the Media

# "The Washington Post" cites Radio Liberty coverage of LGBT protests during the G20

Russia

# Navalny surprises in mayoral elections

# The RFE/RL liveblog

# Why Russian dissidents have soured on Obama

Syria

# Charlie Rose interviews Assad

# "American Threats Widen Fault Lines Among Syria's Rebels" - Martin Chulov, "The Guardian"

# "Putin Scores on Syria" - Fiona Hill, "Foreign Affairs"

# "The G20 Has Failed the Syrian People" - The National

# A Syria reading list

# Key dates in the Syria debate

Middle East

# Egypt's "spying stork" released, but then hunted down and eaten

Iran

# New Iranian FM visits Iraq to discuss Syria

# "Moving Human Rights Front and Center With Iran" - Ray Takeyh, "The Washington Post"

# "Same War, Different Country" - Thomas Friedman, "The New York Times" 0

Afghanistan/Pakistan

# Zardari becomes first democratically elected president to complete term in office

# Pakistan to grant most favored nation status to India

# Pakistan releases seven Afghan Taliban fighters

# "Pakistan Militants Prepare for War in Afghanistan" - Kathy Gannon, AP

# Photos: The Women of the Afghanistan War

Central Asia

# China and Kazakhstan agree to deals worth $30 billion

Eastern Europe

# "From Potash Powerbroker to Minsk Prison" - Polina Devitt, Reuters

Caucasus

# Asma Assad's interpreter takes shelter in Armenia

Of Interest

# "How the NSA Cracked the Web" - Matt Buchanan, "The New Yorker"

# "The Social Life of Genes" - David Dobbs, "Pacific Magazine"