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Armenian Border Doubts

Armenian border villagers distrust moves to open up to Turkey.

Special Report

Iraq Buys Time for US Troop Pact

A deferred referendum and a timely payment may deflect unease over security deal.

Syria and Iran: Decoding the Signals

Is Damascus inching towards Washington at the expense of Tehran?

Looking After the Young and Gifted

Stark contrast between new elite academy and other high schools.

Plastic Surgeons Mask Anbar's Scars

People physically scarred by the conflict say they have been shunned because of their appearance.

Gun-Loving Kurds Mull Controls

Iraqi Kurds’ conflicted relationship with firearms laid bare in recent election.

Small Bribes Keep Iraqi Press Sweet

So-called rewards can vary from cash and prepaid phone cards to lavish meals in restaurants.

Iranian Pilgrims Flock to Karbala

But some local officials say Tehran should do more to help accommodate them.

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Karadzic Case Ready for Trial

Trial chamber to prosecute ex-Bosnian Serb president in place “very soon”.

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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