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Baghdad Dog Cull Raises Alarm

But authorities say there’s no other way of ridding the city of the menace.

Tikritis Rally Behind Jailed Imam

Detention of cleric for pro-Saddam action seen as violation of his freedom of speech.

Top Female Legislator Draws Controversy

Arguably the country's most popular woman politician, Sister Maha is not short of critics.

Special Report

Iraqi Interpreter's Killing Pits Faith Against Law

Murder of alleged convert shows religious traditions in conflict with judicial authority.

Biden Visit Fails to Ease US Withdrawal Tensions

Vice presdent struggles to reassure Iraqis worried ahead of planned American military pullout.

How Hezbollah Founder Fell Foul of Iranian Regime

At home, exporter of Islamic revolution was dedicated reformer – and that was his undoing.

Iraqi Border Guards' Blues

Soldiers at remote outpost near Syria lead a spartan life on the look out for infiltrators.

Sex Scandal Rocks Iraqi Shia Establishment

Videos allegedly showing senior cleric having sex seen as blow to reputation of highest Shia religious body.

Baghdad's Trash Piles Up

Municipality tries to tackle garbage crisis, but does it have the resources to do so?

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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