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The Rundown - October 29


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

RFE/RL in the Media
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NTI cites RFE/RL reporting on the Iran nuclear deal
# BusinessWeek cites RFE/RL reporting on Turkmenistan

On the RFE/RL Website
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The EU's sanction "learning curve"
# Afghanistan needs more than a runoff election

Int'l Press Review

Afghanistan/Pakistan
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Jeff Stein doesn't care about the CIA paying Ahmed Wali Karzai...
# ...Fred Kaplan does
# Nicholas Kristof wants more schools in Afghanistan
# Andrew Bacevich on American interests in Afghanistan
# The US military is hastily aiding the Pakistani Army

Iran
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Robert Kagan on Iran, Russia, and the U.S.
# Hillary Mann Leverett on Tehran's pragmatists
# Tehran convicts employee of UK Embassy

Iraq
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A new RAND survey on living in Anbar
# Najim Abed Al-Jabouri on Iraqi militias
# Reihan Salam on how to save Iraq
# The NYT on rampant corruption in Iraq

Russia
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The Wash Post ed board on political murders in Russia
# Gregory Bovt on the concept of "sovereign democracy"
# It's getting hard to be a Russian academic
# The Arctic Sea is no longer under arrest

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
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Hillary Clinton on nuclear proliferation
# Victor Davis Hanson on the learning curve for US presidents
# Laura Rozen on Hillary Clinton in Pakistan
# A VERY important soccer game in the Middle East
# "Embassy Row" - the Washington Times
# Al Kamen's "In the Loop"

From the Blogs
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10 news stories that won't go away
# Timothy Garton Ash on EU politics
# The Germans wait for Obama on Afghanistan
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