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Iran Sceptical About Obama's Afghan Strategy

Elections and nuclear impasse have dulled hopes for an accommodation with the US on Afghanistan.

Iranian Police Meet Stiff Resistance in Ashura Protests

Opposition crowds seem to have shifted from passive protest to robust resistance to security forces.

Dissidents Shift Discussion to Web

Once crushed political forum starts thriving Facebook group.

Turkey Ban Draws Kurdish Ire

Protests in Iraq after Ankara outlaws Kurdish political party.

Kurdish Town Swept by Day of Rioting

Hundreds take to the streets in violent protest against poor standard of public services.

Azeri Transexuals Face Social Stigma

Sex change just the first hurdle as society fails to accept gender reassignment.

Fear Grips Anbar After Bombings

Double bombing follows wave of assassinations targeting leaders in western Iraqi province.

Sunni Leader's Campaign Ban Sparks Anger

Prominent Sunni Arab is accused of having links to outlawed Baath party.

Syrian Airline Hit by US Sanctions

Trade ban dashes hopes of reviving national carrier to boost tourism.

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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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