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The Rundown - January 15


News & views on RFE/RL's broadcast region

Iran

# Giulio Meotti on business ties between Rome and Tehran
# BBG nominee S. Anders Wimbush on Iran's nuclear program

Ukraine's Election
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Anders Aslund on Russia's ability to meddle in the elections
# Samuel Charap on Western support for Ukraine's democracy
# "Der Spiegel" dubs the elections "the end of the Orange Revolution"

Russia
#
Moscow will appoint an ambassador to Ukraine
# The "New York Times" on Russia's possible endorsement of the European Court of Human Rights

Afghanistan/Pakistan
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Asif Ali Zardari defends his record as Pakistan's president
# Renee Loth on women in Pakistan
# The UK will open a trust fund to woo Afghan Taliban fighters to lay down their arms

Of Interest
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Iraq's electoral commission has barred 500 candidates from participating in coming elections
# "The Economist" looks back over Obama's first year
# Edward Luce sees more challenges ahead for Obama
# Philip Stevens on critics of Obama's foreign policy

-- Zach Peterson

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