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Turning Afghan Heroin Into Kalashnikovs

Remote Afghan province is home to major trading post for heroin destined for Europe and arms for Taleban and other militants.

Kurdish Muslims Embrace Digital Age

From cartoons to lectures on theology, CDs on religious themes are selling fast in the north of Iraq.

Conservatives Challenge Ahmadinejad Over Economy

In a remarkable shift, politicians linked to the religious establishment take government to task for failed economic policies.

Bosnia: The Mujahedin Unmasked

Recent book fills important gaps in what we know about the mysterious foreign fighters.

International Justice/ICC: May '08

IWPR report on Bemba arrest republished in leading Kinshasa daily and distributed among victims in eastern DRC.

UN Proposal Provokes Iraqi Anger

Kurds, Turkomans and Arabs criticise recommendations on how to resolve territorial disputes in north.

Praise for Tougher Consumer Protection

(27-Jun-08)

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Growing Support for Taleban Talks

Analysts see political engagement with insurgents as best prospect for securing peace.

IWPR Iraq Reporters Acclaimed

Iraqi trainees win prestigious German journalism award.

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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