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Prince Harry: The Saviour of Basra?

The prince’s deployment to southern Iraq could prove a public relations coup for the British military.

Home From Home in Syria

Violence and sectarianism have followed many Iraqis across the border.

Above the Law

Criminal cases in the Kurdish north of Iraq are increasingly being resolved through tribal mediation.

Radio Star's Tough Route to the Top

Farmgirl defies the odds to front popular Baghdad radio show.

Security Plan Brings Some Relief to Baghdadis

A month into the Iraqi/American operation, residents are already seeing benefits. <i><b><a href="http://www.iwpr.net/archive/igr/igr_001.pdf">Issue 1 of the Iraqi Governance Report is available in pdf</a></b></i>

Insurgents Distrust Displaced Sunni

Even after fleeing to a neighbourhood controlled by their co-religionists, Sunni refugees don’t feel safe.

Plan to Reinstate Baathists Stirs Controversy

Proposed legislation would allow many former Ba’athists to take up old jobs.

Failed Suicides Create Plastic Surgery Demand

By Amanj Khalil in Sulaimaniyah (ICR No. 219, 27-Apr-07)

Sunni Join Forces Against Al-Qaeda

Tribal leaders in Anbar province are joining forces to fight off the extremist insurgent group and build ties with the United States military and the Iraqi government.

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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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