RFE/RL In The Media
# "Global Voices" links to
Golnaz Esfandiari's report on anti-filtering fatwas being filtered
# "RIAN"
cites RFE/RL reporting on the Occupy Moscow movement
# "Khaama Press"
cites Radio Azadi reporting the abuse of child beggers in Afghanistan
International Press Review
Iran
# The U.S. Senate will vote on the
Iran sanctions bill
# Mehdi Karroubi's
house arrest terms have been relaxed
# "
Ahmadinejad Sidelined on Nuclear Talks" - Michael Theodoulou, "The National"
# Wikileaks says a cable published by the site had
nothing to do with an execution in Iran
Russia
# "
Russia Stays Home" - Javier Solana, "Project Syndicate"
# "
Why Putin Skipped Out of the G8" - Michael Bohm, "Moscow Times"
# "
Russia's Asia Play Must Not be Ignored" - Richard Weitz, "The Diplomat"
Afghanistan
# "
Beating a Retreat" - Barbara Stapleton, Afghan Analysts Network
# "
Afghanistan: Bringing it All Back Home" - Carola Hoyos, "Financial Times"
# The Taliban tried to
assassinate the head of Farah Province
Pakistan
# Pakistan wants
$5000 for every NATO container shipped to Afghanistan
# "
The Prime Minister's Conviction" - Talat Hussein, "Newsline"
RFE/RL Broadcast Region
# "
NATO Looks to the Caucasus" - Sergey Markedonov, "National Interest"
# The trial of
Ratko Mladic was suspended (no one in Serbia
was watching anyway)
# Gay activists and Orthodox Christians
clashed in Tbilisi
Of Interest
# "
Greece Must Exit" - Nouriel Roubini, "Project Syndicate"
#
10 TED talks that could have been shelved
# Twitter will implement a "
do not track" option
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# The U.S. may make aspects of its
drone program public
# The House will
vote on a resolution on indefinite detentions after arrests in the U.S.
# "
Remember Stuxnet? Why the U.S. is Still Vulnerable" - Megha Rajagopalan, "ProPublica"