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The Rundown - February 6


RFE/RL In The Media
# "The Huffington Post" cites RFE/RL reporting on the FEMEN group in Ukraine
# "EurasiaNet" on what happens after people speak with RFE/RL's Turkmenistan Service

International Press Review

Russia
# "A Strategy for Russia’s Snow Revolution" - Mischa Gabowitsch, "Project Syndicate"
# Simon Shuster on the Mikhail Prokhorov campaign
# "Sort of, but Not Really" - Thomas Friedman, "The New York Times"

Iran
# "Le Monde" profiles Mohsen Fakrizadeh

Afghanistan/Pakistan
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An investigative report says drones have targetted civilians and first responders
# "The Coming Civil War in Afghanistan" - Arif Rafiq, "Foreign Policy"
# "Unanswered Questions on Afghanistan" - Christopher Preble, "National Interest"
# "the New York Times" reports on Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis

Of Interest
# Egypt syays it will put 19 American NGO workers on trial
# "Defeating Dictators" - Alec Russell, "Financial Times"
# "The Cultural Contradictions of Democracy" - Vladislav Inozemtsev, "American Interest"

Technology
# A conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was intercepted by Anonymous
# Should Facebook users get a cut of the company's IPO?
# "The Death of the Cyberflâneur" - Evgeny Morozov, "The New York Times"
# @Twitter is as addictive as #alcohol and #cigarettes

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
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"Who Reviews the U.S. Kill List?" - Doyle McManus, "LA Times"
# The "PBS Newshour" analysis of Shields and Brooks
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