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Multiple explosions raise fears that upcoming ballot will be marred by further attacks.

Few Clues to Grisly NGO Killings

Fears that deadly attack will impact on aid work in Iraq

Kurdish Politicians Raise Civil War Fears

Political tensions escalate sharply as parliament and police investigate series of attacks on opposition figures.

Drought Blights Syrian Villages

Slow response to crisis prompts many to flee to big cities.

Mud, Sweat and Tears on Iranian Frontier

Border crackdown upsets Kurdish smugglers trafficking oil and alcohol between Iran and Iraq.

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Technology Will Not Foster Change

New solutions beyond the regime’s control are needed to allow the truth to reach the masses.

Is Iran Vulnerable to Sanctions?

Targeted sanctions likely to pose serious problems for the Tehran regime, but it remains defiant.

Prosecutors Seek Genocide Verdict for Chemical Ali

Lawyers, victims applaud death sentence but not satisfied with crimes against humanity conviction.

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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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