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Is Uzbek Guerrilla Force Planning Homecoming?

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan has relocated next door to Tajikistan, though analysts doubt it will move back into Central Asia.

Erbil Scores Big as Football Host

Locals beaming on and off field, as staging of Asian tournament boosts city’s resurgence.

Land of Plenty in Crisis

Upriver dams cause influx of salt water that’s destroying crops and killing livestock in once verdant Basra region.

Spoof of Georgian Patriarch Sparks Row

Orthodox leader at the centre of argument over whether the church is too involved in public life.

Kurdish Fighter's Bittersweet Retirement

Elderly ex-guerrilla struggles as street vendor to stave off penury.

New Lease of life for Capital's Book Market

Book enthusiasts returns to legendary Al-Muttanbi street, two years after bombing.

First Person

Watermelons Replace Bombs on Road to Baghdad

Recent journey along infamous highway invites comparisons with edgier passage at height of insurgency.

Early Marriages Worry Azerbaijan Officials

Unscrupulous mullahs accused of marrying young girls whose health and education then suffer.

Women Learn to Mask Loss of Virginity

Cheap artificial hymen resolves social stigma in society that frowns on premarital sex.

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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