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Candidates Embrace New Technology

Parliamentary hopefuls use text messages, social networking sites to reach voters.

Sistani Call Likely to Boost Shia Turnout

Top Shia cleric urges citizens to vote but refuses to endorse parties.

Poll Widens Sectarian Schism in Pilgrimage City

Election campaign targeting Shia pilgrims in Sunni-dominated Samarra shows politics still defined by sect.

Shia Coalition Accused of Invoking Religion

Iraqi candidates and coalitions are prohibited from using religious references in their campaigns.

Elections Daily Launched in Iraq

IWPR-trained journalists take part in innovative election reporting project.

Vote-Buying Claims Threaten Poll Credibility

Bribes ranging from mobile phones to household items allegedly offered in attempts to win support.

Special Report

Anti-Baathist Purge Spreads Across Iraq

Provincial officials come under scrutiny because of alleged Saddam-era past, incensing opposition groups on eve of elections.

Iraqi Officials Influenced by Report

Investigative report prompts education ministry to amend its new religious education curriculum.

Iran Lobbies Over Rights Forum

Denying rights abuses could prove costly for Tehran, both economically and politically.

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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