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The Rundown - October 28

A first look at the news on RFE/RL's broadcast region RFE/RL in the Media # FP Passport on the perils of being named Saddam Hussein Int'l Press Review Afghanistan # Karzai's brother has been on the CIA payroll for 8 years # Peter Galbraith on the UN's dithering in ...

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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A first look at the news on RFE/RL's broadcast region

RFE/RL in the Media
# FP Passport on the perils of being named Saddam Hussein

Int'l Press Review

Afghanistan
# Karzai's brother has been on the CIA payroll for 8 years
# Peter Galbraith on the UN's dithering in Afghanistan
# Thomas Friedman doesn't think more troops are the answer
# Paul Fishstein searches for an Afghan democracy
# The US has a population-centric Afghan strategy

Iraq
# John Hannah (tentatively) praises Obama's Iraq focus
# Simon Tisdall on elusive peace in Iraq

Russia
# Anders Aslund on the sorry state of the CIS
# Russia & Georgia spar over the OSCE's press freedom ombudsman

Of Interest
# The Onion is bearish on Afghanistan
# The pitchfork story of the day

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Hillary Clinton is in Pakistan for 3 days

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