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Violence Slashes Ramadi Property Prices

Real estate market plunges as residents leave Iraq's western province.

Sudan: Mixed Signals on Peace Deal

Khartoum wants to restrict any future role for the United Nations role in Darfur.

Documenting Baathist Abuses

A group that documents past misdeeds wants to expand work in Kurdish areas.

Azerbaijan Faces Iran Dilemma

Baku uncomfortable as its major ally confronts its southern neighbour.

EU Could Assume Peacekeeping Role

The European Union’s new special representative for the South Caucasus sees an enhanced role for the EU in conflict resolution.

Azerbaijan, Georgia Launch Rail Project

As Azerbaijan hails a new railway project for the Caucasus, the mood in Georgia is less enthusiastic, and the Armenians are openly hostile.

Kurdish Banks Slowly Win Trust

In a cash-based society, convincing Kurds to trust their savings to banks is still an uphill battle.

Breakthrough in Iraqi Government Talks

Prospects of national unity government raised by Allawi’s inclusion - but disputes over allocation of ministerial posts continue to dog negotiations.

Licensed Harassment

Women drivers face continual insults on the road, especially outside Kabul.

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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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