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The Rundown - February 17


RFE/RL In The Media
# "Foreign Policy" quotes RFE/RL reporting on viral videos in Russia

International Press Review

Russia
# Brian Whitmore on the Kremlin's crackdown on independent media
# The "Moscow Times" reports on the Prokhorov campaign
# A photogallery of grafitti in Russia

Iran
# Scott Peterson on the Iranian nuclear program
# Mustafa Alani on the how the standoff with Iran looks from Saudi Arabia

Afghanistan/Pakistan
# Hamid Karzai is in Pakistan
# The practice of "baad" is "flourishing" in Afghanistan
# "The Washington Post" reports on stricter rules in the Afghan Army
# Nadir Hassan on Yousaf Reza Gilani's time atop Pakistan's civilian government

Iraq
# "A Violent New Year in Iraq" - Michael Knights, "National Interest"
# An Iraqi court says the former VP was behind hundreds of attacks

Of Interest
# "The New York Times" correspondent Anthony Shadid has died
# Serbs in Kosovo voted "no" in a symbolic referendum on the country's government
# Mohamed El-Erian on who should head the World Bank

Technology
# Malware for Android is "booming"
# Twitter + robots = stories... #omg
# Facebook's Timeline will be released to brand pages soon
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