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Candidates Controversy as Presidential Race Kicks Off

Independent electoral commission says few of those competing for the post are eligible to do so.

Village Dwellers Drawn to City Slums

Drought and unemployment lead many to flee rural poverty.

Election Day in Iraqi Kurdistan

Sulaimaniyah Violence Fears

Some warn of post-election clashes if fraud is suspected at the polls.

Talks Snarled on Interim Status

Moscow meeting leaves sides no closer and many questions unanswered.

New Environment Ministry Faces Challenges

Many doubt whether ministry will have enough of a budget and clout to be effective.

High Stakes in Kurdish Poll

Looming parliamentary election could upset power balance in volatile region.

Kurdish Politicians Accused of Exploiting Saddam Victims

Campaigners in Iraqi Kurdistan urged to produce practical help instead of political slogans as election nears.

PUK and KDP Face Challenge

The new Change list threatens to limit power of region’s political giants in upcoming ballot.

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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