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Kirkuk Uneasy Despite Parliamentary Deal

Following political representation agreement, some residents fear unresolved issues will return to trouble them.

Deputies Take Aim at Election Commission

Inquiry attacks commission’s credibility ahead of parliamentary elections.

New Mass Grave Excavations in Iraq

Mass graves near Kirkuk, first discovered after US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, now being examined in joint forensics operation by the Kurdish and Iraqi governments.

Iraq: Oct/Nov ‘09

Senior Kurdish official offers help to impoverished former fighter featured in IWPR story.

Pro-Democracy Islamists Suffer in Crackdown

Syria tolerates only its own brand of non-political preachers.

Halabjans Urge Verdict in Chemical Ali Case

Residents doubt they will ever see justice done for 1988 gas attacks.

Halabja Reunion Bolsters Search for Lost Kids

Mother and son together again after 21 years thanks to new DNA matching scheme.

Embattled Iraqis Unmoved by Election Saga

Breakthrough in prolonged dispute over planned elections means little to Iraqis still facing violence and hardship.

Protesters Ready to Stand Up to Security Forces

The November 4 anti-government demonstration crossed a new and significant boundary.

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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