The Rundown -- September 2

# Luke Johnson appears on the Bill Press Show (1:40)

# Read Tom Balmforth in the "Guardian" on the pain of living after surviving the Beslan school siege

# YahooNews uses RFE/RL video from protest outside Pakistan state television

# British oil industrialist accuses of BP of spurning its role in North Sea in favor of championing Russia

# "Putin's Bait and Switch" - Ian Bateson, Russia

# "Choking Russia's Banks Would Be the Ultimate Sanction" - Carol Matlack, Bloomberg

# U.S P.R. Firm's "fine line" in representing Russia

# Russia confirms all five geckos died on space mission

# Ukraine military shifts to defense to prevent further gains

# In first Minsk meeting, Ukraine separatists ask for autonomy, not independence

# The foreign fighters in Ukraine's war

# "Ukraine—The Way Out" - Anatol Lieven, "New York Review of Books"

# Ukrainian Facebook users being attacked by Kremlin bots

# Appeal by Polish intellectuals to the citizens and governments of Europe

Iraq/Syria

# Iran convicts Ahmadinejad's vice president

# Iran-Iraq conflict remembered through the lives of widows

# Iran's ice bucket challenge

# Rohani urges clerics to tolerate Internet

# Afghanistan’s election stalemate "casts shadow" on NATO summit
# Taliban near control of Kunduz

# "Decaying Guantanamo Defies Closing Plans" - Charlie Savage, "New York Times"

# First China industrial park to be built in Pakistan

# Pakistan state tv stormed

# "How Sanctions Will Strengthen Putin's Regional Clout" - Nate Schenkkan, "Foreign Affairs"

# "Azerbaijan's President Doesn't Really Get Twitter. He Doesn't Really Get Azerbaijan, Either" - Arzu Geybullayeva, Global Voices

# Azerbaijan reportedly buying Israeli coast guard vessels

# Say hello to men who hate NSA spying but love invading the privacy of women

# Protecting your photos from hackers