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Iraqis Already Frustrated with Government

In the new prime minister's home province, people will await results before judging the government a success.

Kirkuk Christians Fear Rising Violence

Sectarianism and growing Islamic power concerns Christians in this ethnically mixed city.

Verdict Awaited in Liberian Blood Timber Trial

Dutch trial of a man accused of arming former Liberian leader Charles Taylor helps reinforce The Hague’s status as war crimes centre.

Militants Cause Fuel Shortages

Renewed shortages in the capital result of insurgent sabotage.

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.

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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