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The Rundown - October 7


A first look at the news on RFE/RL's broadcast region

RFE/RL in the Media
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UPI cites RFE/RL in a report on Nagorno-Karabakh

On the RFE/RL Website
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The state of the Pakistani Taliban
# The aftermath of the Russia-Georgia War report

Int'l Press Review

Afghanistan/Pakistan
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Robert Kaplan on the Chinese in Afghanistan
# There is no rift between Obama and McChrystal
# The WSJ on Gen. McChrystal's political lessons
# The Wash Post on Pakistan's worries vis-a-vis Afghanistan
# Obama says he won't sharply reduce troops...the Newshour reports

Iran
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Shirin Ebadi on fearless Iranian women
# The fallout continues after funding cutoff for a human rights NGO

Iraq
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James Soriano on U.S. troops leaving Anbar province

Russia
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K. Anthony Appiah on the anniversary of the Politkovskaya murder
# David Stern on Russia-Belarus relations
# Ramzan Kadyrov won a defamation lawsuit

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
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Al Kamen's "In the Loop"
# "Embassy Row" - the Washington Times
# Layalina on U.S. public diplomacy
# T. Friedman on climate, nuclear, and debt bombs
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