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Kirkuk Officials Warn of Cholera Risks

Officials fear poor sanitation in the province could result in an outbreak of the disease.

Opposition TV Channel Launches, Then Goes Dark

Syria Media Report, 29-Aug-08

Manila Muslims Face Kidnap Threat

Mindanao Muslims who head north in search of better life targeted by renegade police officers.

Philippines Faces Migrant Worker Dilemma

They often suffer injustices to support families back home, but leave their country short of skilled workers.

Iraq: Jul ‘08

IWPR article on grim conditions at Kirkuk’s principal hospital seen by staff as timely expose of deterioration in local health services.

Damascus Book Fair Disappoints

(20-Aug-08)

Iraq: Jul ‘08

Radio trainees help to put together episodes of IWPR’s successful women’s issue programme.

Iraq: Jun '08

TV and online training seminar aims to equip women with the skills to make a bigger contribution to Iraqi journalism output.

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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