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The Rundown - January 12


News & views on RFE/RL's broadcast region

Iran
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Osama bin Laden's daughter is trying to get out of Iran
# Undersecretary of State Bill Burns heads to Madrid and Moscow this week
# Doug Saunders makes the case against bombing Iran
# Con Coughlin thinks the U.S. may yet strike at Iran

Afghanistan/Pakistan
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Spiegel interviews General Stanley McChrystal
# Khaled Hosseini on poverty as the biggest threat to Afghan people
# Boris Gromov & Dmirty Rogozin give some "Russian Advice on Afghanistan"
# Bret Stephens on intelligence operations in Afghanistan
# Rob Sobhani discusses pipelines as economic opportunities
# A Pakistani artist who uses war torn buildings as canvases
# Thomas Ruttig on Karzai's new cabinet choices

Russia
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"The New York Times" looks at the life of Lyudmila Alexeyeva
# "The Moscow Times" reports on the ongoing strife in the North Caucasus
# Miriam Elder looks at the Khordokovsky trial

RFE/RL Broadcast Region
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The "Wall Street Journal" editorializes on the "Freedom in the World 2010" report
# Slavenka Draculic likes the result of the Croatian elections

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
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Anne Applebaum reports on the "international jihadi elites"
# Ron Capps on intelligence turf wars

-- Zach Peterson

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Written by RFE/RL editors and correspondents, Transmission serves up news, comment, and the odd silly dictator story. While our primary concern is with foreign policy, Transmission is also a place for the ideas -- some serious, some irreverent -- that bubble up from our bureaus. The name recognizes RFE/RL's role as a surrogate broadcaster to places without free media. You can write us at transmission+rferl.org

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