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The Rundown - October 22


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

RFE/RL in the Media
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Cal Thomas on RFE/RL's importance during the Cold War
# UNHCR cites an RFE/RL story on a bombing in South Russia

On the RFE/RL Website
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An interview withVaclav Havel
# A military coup in Pakistan?

Int'l Press Review

Afghanistan/Pakistan
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"The Cable" interviews Richard Holbrooke
# Max Boot thinks more troops is a good idea...
# ...Nicholas Kristof disagrees
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Con Coughlin thinks Gordon Brown has gone "wobbly"...
# ...Karl Rove thinks its Obama who's gone "wobbly"
# David Ignatius thinks Pakistan finally gets it
# David Rohde's account of his kidnapping

Iran
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Jerry Guo on what he saw in Iran this summer
# The Wash Post ed board on the trial of Kian Tajbakhsh
# Robert Baer on ethnic tensions in Iran
# Mark Medish parses the erratic situation with Iran
# John Bellinger III on the format of the talks

Russia
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Vladimir Rhyzhkov on 2 types of Russian media: influential & independent
# Konstantin Sonin on the Russian "elections"

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
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Douglas Rushikoff on drone strikes
# "Embassy Row" - the Washington Times

From the Blogs
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Roger Pilon on Obama's human rights record
# A picture essay on migrant Tajik workers
# Danger Room on the Afghan elections
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