The Rundown - January 2

RFE/RL In The Media
# A 1989 article on Vaclav Havel by "The Washington Post" mentions RFE/RL
# "The Daily Mail" mentions an RFE/RL report on Taliban ringtones
# Jillian York mentions the case of Enyullah Fatullayev

International Press Review

Iran
# Iran says it wants to resume nuclear talks...
# ...as scientists say the have produced a nuclear fuel rod
# "Sanctions Against Iran Are Overrated" - Ivan Eland, "National Interest"

Russia
# "Russia’s D’Artagnan" - Peter Pomerantsev, "London Review of Books"
# The editor of "Gorodskoi Vestnik" says authorities are pressuring his paper
# Ellen Barry on protests in Russia

Afghanistan/Pakistan
# The U.S. may hand over Mohammed Fazl
# Death squads in Pakistan are going after drone informants
# A soldier's guide to surviving Afghanistan...in 1919

Broadcast Region
# The elections of 2012
# Joshua Kucera on Georgia-Israel relations
# Anti-corruption billboards have popped up in Tajikistan

Of Interest
# "The March of Democracy" - Editorial, "Financial Times"
# The year in visual journalism
# "Wired" on the history of Anonymous
# Several NGOs were raided in Egypt

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# The "PBS Newshour" analysis of Shields and Brooks
# Barack Obama signed the DoD bill