RFE/RL in the Media
# Golnaz Esfandiari's reporting on book censorship in Iran cited by Reason and International Business Times
# Read Abdul Hai Kakar's interview with Malala Yousafzai in "The Atlantic" or watch "Malala's Story"
Middle East
# "Turkey's Spymaster Plots Own Course on Syria" - Adam Entous, "Wall Street Journal"
# "Libya's New Normal" - Vivienne Walt, "Time"
Iran
# Iranians dissidents pondering return
# Rohani argues for police leniency on veil
# Netanyahu warns UK not to be "duped" by Iran
# Al Jazeera: nuclear Iran "neither imminent nor inevitable"
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# Mullah Fazlullah said to be killed in clash between Afghan and Pakistani Taliban
# Musharraf arrested again after release
# Movie documents the return of TV to Afghanistan
# Video: Malala backlash in Swat
# Photos: 1960s Afghanistan
Russia
# "A Russian Region Neither at War Nor at Peace, but Facing a Crackdown" - Andrew Kramer, "New York Times"
# Details on Russian surveillance in run-up to Sochi Olympics
# Organized trolling in Russia
# Snowden collects "whistleblowing" award in Moscow as father visits
# Video: a "gay propaganda" arrest
Central Asia
# Train with Tajik troops derails in Uzbekistan
# Artists get paid for praising Turkmen president
Eastern Europe
# Ukraine PM threatens to stop buying Russian gas
# PM says Ukraine "extremely close" to a deal that would free Tymashenko
Caucasus
# Freedom House on Azerbaijan election
# "Twitter shenanigans" in Azerbaijan
Of Interest