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Devout Shia in Awe at Lunar Eclipse

Shia faithful see divine significance as eclipse falls in holy month.

Herat Carpets Beaten by Man-Made Imports

Traders complain traditional handicrafts being swamped by cheap competitors.

Armenia: Nuclear Plant Controversy

Yerevan pushes ahead with new station in face of protests from ecologists.

Better Syrian-Lebanese Ties Beckon?

Lebanese premier’s visit may help to overcome distrust between the two countries.

Armenia: Media Reach Out to Turkey

But commentators say they should not be too quick to let down their guard.

Iraq Eyes Post-Sectarian Politics

Diverse alliances expected to contest January parliamentary election.

Farmers Hit Hard Times

With markets flooded with imports, many fear for domestic agriculture.

Women Struggle to Find Work

Unemployment among women said to be impoverishing hundreds of thousands of families.

Kurdish security forces move to pacify demonstrators in the town of Pirmagrun on December 23, following a day of rioting that left dozens of people wounded. By nightfall, hundreds of riot police and troops had entered the town in armoured personnel carriers followed by ambulances. The security forces announced their arrival by firing automatic weapons in the air, eyewitnesses said.

Focus on Kurdish Riots

Photographs by Kamaran Najm/Metrography for IWPR.

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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