RFE/RL In The Media
# "The Next Web"
cites RFE/RL reporting on vKontankte's status updates
# The
S.M.A.R.T. Media Center has opened in Tbilisi
# "Foreign Policy"
links to RFE/RL coverage of elections (and sport) in Georgia
International Press Review
Afghanistan
# Hamid Karzai will
accept the impeachment of his defense and interior ministers
# "
Afghan Aid Project Not a Road to Nowhere" - Ronald Neumann, "The Washington Post"
Pakistan
# "
A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and Drones" - Myra MacDonald, "Reuters"
# "
Another Threat in Pakistan, in Sheep’s Clothing" - Michael Kugelman, "International Herald Tribune"
# "
How Drones Changed the Game in Pakistan" - Hussain Nadim, "National Interest"
Russia
# "
Why the Kremlin Should Read Navalny's Blog" - Victor Davidoff, "Moscow Times"
# "
Making Punk a Threat Again" - Spencer Ackerman, "Foreign Policy"
# The Hungry Duck bar
is re-opening in Moscow
Iran
# "
Threaten Iran with War to Prevent War" - Anthony Cordesman, "Real Clear World"
# Saudi King Abdullah
has invited Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Mecca
# "Global Post" on the
dismissal of boxer Ali Mazaheri from the Olympics
# Nearly
50 Iranian pilgrims were kidnapped in Syria
RFE/RL Broadcast Region
# Al Qaeda prisoners tried to
tunnel out of jail in Iraq
# The IMU says leader
Uthman Adil was killed in a drone strike
# Buzzfeed on
corruption in the ranks of Azerbaijani boxing
Of Interest
# "Reuters" has suffered
two hacks in the last 48 hours
# "
The Naked and the TED" - Evgeny Morozov, "The New Republic"
# Jonathan Shainin on the
massive power outage in India
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# "
The Leak Police" - Bill Keller, "The New York Times"
# A senior Obama advisor took a
$100,000 speaking fee from a firm tied to Iran and Syria
# The "PBS Newshour" analysis of
Shields and Brooks