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Baghdadis Crave Strong Leadership

Stable government seen as key to averting descent into civil war.

Bird Flu Hits the Caucasus

The Azerbaijani government denies reports of deaths linked to the virus.

Back to School for Afghan Turkmen?

The first-ever ethnic Turkmen education minister takes steps to get his people to go to school.

Kurds Want Independence if Fighting Continues

Iraqi Kurds say they want their politicians to stop brokering a national unity government should civil conflict persist.

Saffron Seen as Alternative to Opium

A new initiative to plant the precious flower may help wean northern farmers away from poppies.

Dodgy Motors for Sale

The Kurdish town of Kalar has become a prime retail outlet for cars stolen across Iraq.

Ethnic Tensions Rising in Kirkuk

City’s ethnic and religious groups are warning of creeping sectarianism.

Divisions Over Reconciliation Event

Efforts to include of former Baathists and extremists in February peace conference fuel controversy.

Sunni Arabs Vote for Inclusion

They boycotted previous elections, but this time the Sunni Arabs appear to have decided they want a role in 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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