The Rundown -- October 10

# Duma legislation prompts Russian men to opine on tattoos on the backs of women

# Not just Darth Vader participating in Ukraine's election

# A passenger found at MH17 crash site was wearing an oxygen mask

# Putin could meet Poroshenko next week

# A profile of Afghanistan's new first lady

# India and Pakistan trade warnings over heavy Kashmir fighting

# In dry Pakistan, 21 die from toxic liquor in 24 hours

# The scorpion hunters of Pakistan

# "New York Times" accuses Erdogan of "cynical political calculations" in refusing to help Kurds in Kobani

# A friend writes about American hostage Abdul-Rahman Kassig; his mother tweets at IS and gets angry response

# How IS is recruiting Western teen girls

# IS uses only half of a Quran verse to justify beheadings

# IS may overrun all of Anbar

# VIDEO: The cost of fighting IS

# Iran targets Turkey gold trader over oil billions

# Iran conducting "mass arrests at home" over IS threat

# Tehran bolstering Assad with drone shipments

# "Tajikistan Cracks Down on Internet … Again" - Casey Michel, The Diplomat

# On why Central Asian jihadists are fighting in Syria but not Afghanistan

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