The Rundown -- February 12

# International Business Times cites RFE/RL coverage of Minsk talks

# Foreign Policy mentions Khadija Ismayilova case in story of a dissident hiding in Swiss Embassy for months

# Follow RFE/RL's liveblog as deal seems near following all-night negotiations

# Close friend of Putin takes lead role in negotiations...for Ukraine?

# BBC reports that protesters shot at police during Maidan massacre

# U.S. weapons to Ukraine could take months

# Free speech or treason? On the journalist arrested for protesting conscription

#Putin advisor says U.S. trying to dismember Russia

# Obama asks Congress for more authorization of military force against IS

# IS sends foreign recruits into battle while local fighters stay behind

# Kayla Mueller may have been paired with IS fighter during captivity

# IS magazine claims wife of Kosher supermarket killer is in Syria

# Rohani says nuclear negotiations goal is a win-win outcome

# The death of Iran's "Dead Sea"

# What threat does IS actually hold in Afghanistan?

# Christians flee to Pakistan slum amid blasphemy allegations

# Pakistan's history of disavowing international honorees

# "Pakistan's Anti-Terrorist Enthusiasm Wanes. . . Again" - Farheen Rizvi, Huffington Post

# Financial Times interviews Aliyev's spokesman, mentions human rights once

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