Election Commission Role Attacked

But it insists its neutral, professional and will investigate all complaints thoroughly. By IWPR-trained reporters

Cost of Burial Plots Soars

Skyrocketing price of final resting place is a grave matter for Damascenes. By Hani Mawed (SB No. 96, 12-Mar-10)

Iran and Syria Look to Closer Ties

Visa move aimed at improving relations at a human level but obstacles remain.

How Regime Claims Legitimacy

Leaders see themselves as a righteous minority - granting them the right to govern, according to their Shia beliefs.

Post-Election Political Deadlock Expected

Analysts, politicians concerned over security and power-sharing after parliamentary vote.

Baluch Celebrate Rebel's Arrest

Sunni militant leader said to lack popular support because of insecurity caused by attacks in Iran’s southeast.

Concern Over Quality of Private Universities

Some students and educators from public sector worried about standards in new institutions.

Abkhazia Seeks International Support

Following recognition by Moscow, Abkhaz leadership to seek full international acceptance.

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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