The Rundown -- July 1

# "New York Post" cites RFE/RL on new Kazakh sport legislation

# The Blaze writes about John Steinbeck speech delivered over RFE/RL in 1954

# Poroshenko declares end to cease-fire

# Hundreds of people have dissappeared in eastern Ukraine

# In Ukraine, frustration was growing with Kyiv's peace efforts

# Russian journalist dies as witness alleges "devious plot"

# A like or a retweet can now be punished by five years in jail

# HRW on the one-year anniversary of Russia anti-LGBT law

# A rundown of Kremlin far-right outreach

# Mortar shells hit gates of revered Shi'ite shrine in Sammara

# ISIL's newest recruits are ten-year-olds

# Al-Daira: "Once a Militant Stronghold in Iraq, Now a Battleground Again"

# "Before Shooting in Iraq, a Warning on Blackwater" - James Risen, "New York Times"

# The Iraqi Christians who refuse to flee as ISIL attacks

# Officials calling ISIL a U.S. plot to tarnish Muslims

# "Military Intervention, Iranian Style" - Farzan Sabet

# Bill Burns expected to attend Vienna talks

# "The Crisis in Iraq and an Afghanistan Prognosis" - SK Chatterji, Reuters

# ViceNews video: Afghanistan election dispute pushing country toward political crisis

# Infographics: "This is what 12 years of failed drug policy looks like"

# Pakistan launches ground operation against militants

# Analyst says 1,000 Chinese jihadists training in Pakistan

# Shi'a are being killed by extremists in Pakistan

# Azerbaijanis win in Syrian art contest

# Azerbaijan satellite begins broadcasting Russian TV channels

# Yahoo News calls Turkmenistan a "new shopping Mecca"

# Kazakhstan continues Moscow criticism on Baikonur facility

# Viniculture revival in Kazakhstan

# Kosovo arrests three with alleged ties to ISIL

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