RFE/RL In The Media
# "
From the Safety of Switzerland" - Masha Gessen, "The New York Times"
# RFE/RL's Golnaz Esfandiari
was a panelist at Tech@State
# "The Wall Street Journal"
cites RFE/RL reporting on the convicting of a Kyrgyzstani official for corruption
# "Press TV"
accuses the RFE/RL, BBC, and VOA of spying, sedition, and more
International Press Review
Iran
# Amos Chapelle
photographs Iran
# Iran and Pakistan
broke ground on a new $7.5 billion pipeline
# Iran offered journalists
a tour of the grounds of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran
Russia
# Russia and the UK will hold
ministerial-level meetings
# The Kremlin is
probing state-owned companies for corruption
# China and Russia are investing in
powerful Internet monitoring systems
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# "
The Anatomy of an Attack on Christians in Pakistan" - Omar Waraich, "Time"
# "Lawfare" on the
delayed transfer of Bagram Air Force Base
# "
Two Afghan Sisters, Swept Up in a Suicide Wave" - Azam Ahmed, "The New York Times"
RFE/RL Target Region
# The CIA is
ramping up support for an elite Iraqi anti-terrorism unit
# Viktor Yanukovich
got the kid gloves from some American bloggers
# A Ukrainian engineer
gets creative with some pop music hits
# Travelling through
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
# Unpacking
"traditional" food in Uzbekistan
Of Interest
# A Ukrainian journalist has
escaped her captors in Syria (and will apparently
stay in the country)
# A photo gallery from the
mountains of North Korea
# Sarah Kendzior on working in the
contractor economy
Science & Technology
# Check your
Facebook privacy settings
# If Fido is getting a bit old, you can always
clone him...
# ...Just beware of creating a
strain of immortals
U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Defining the
rules of engagement in cyberwarfare
# The House and Senate are working on
budget proposals