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The Rundown - February 16


RFE/RL In The Media
# "Fast Company" on the Committee on Innovation
# "The Part-Time Taliban" - Bashir Gwakh, "The Huffington Post"
# Fred Petrossian on threats against Iranian activists for "Global Voices"
# An interview with Jan Bednář

International Press Review

Russia
# The "Ekho Moskovy" saga continues
# Samuel Rachlin on Vladimir Putin's online reputation
# "Putin's Besieged Fortress" - Nikolai Zlobin, "Moscow Times"

Iran
# "Iran's Indian Enablers" - Editorial, "The Wall Street Journal"
# Iran has warned European countries that it will cut off gas supplies
# A photo gallery from 1960 & 70s Iran

Afghanistan
# Afghanistan has joined talks with the Taliban (an interview with Hamid Karzai)
# NATO has resumed prisoner transfers in Afghanistan
# "Time" reports on deadly cold weather in Afghanistan

Of Interest
# Cyrus Farivar on the cyber cat and mouse game between governments and activists
# RFE/RL's Uzbek Service had its website cloned
# Richard Falkenrath says people have the right to be "forgotten" online
# A conversation with documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis
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