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The Rundown - December 23


RFE/RL In The Media
# "The Telegraph", "Reuters", "UPI", and the Jamestown Foundation cite RFE/RL reporting on unrest in Kazakhstan
# "The Prague Post" mentions RFE/RL in a piece on Vaclav Havel

International Press Review

Russia
# "Putin's Halcyon Days Are Over" - Michael Bohm, "Moscow Times"

Pakistan
# A new report says both sides are to blame for a shooting incident on the Afghan border
# Pakistan rejects that assertion
# "Obama Should Apologize" - C. Christine Fair, "Foreign Policy"

Afghanistan
# The U.S. deal with the Taliban has reportedly broken down
# "The Taliban Is Still My Enemy" - Fariba Nawa, "Daily Beast"

Iraq
# More than 60 people were killed in blasts in Baghdad
# Tariq al Hashimi says Iraq needs a new Prime Minister
# Is Nuri al Maliki really "a new Saddam?"

Iran
# The Iranian Navy will hold war games in the Arabian Sea
# Some Israeli high-tech gear was sold in Iran

Of Interest
# "The Lessons of Vaclav Havel's Greengrocer" - John Kay, "Financial Times"
# "The Failure of the Euro" - Martin Feldstein, "Foreign Affairs"
# Future historians will see us as barbarians
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