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More Balanced Parliament Predicted

With secular and Sunni Arab parties are mounting a strong pre-election challenge, another Shia-dominated government is looking less likely.

Iraqis Gear Up for Elections

The alliances vying for a place in the National Assembly are wooing an electorate weary of violence and unemployment.

Kirkuk a Key Election Issue for Kurds

New National Assembly will be closely monitored by those who want the city returned to Kurdish rule.

New Passports, Again

Interior ministry prints high-quality passports in an attempt to reduce forgeries.

Saving Kabul's Pedestrians

The first in a series of foot-bridges is intended to save Kabulis’ nerves – and lives.

Widespread Iraqi Protests Over Prophet Cartoons

Sunni, Shia and Kurds take to the streets in non-violent demonstrations against Danish newspaper.

Bird Flu Scare Widens

Ten people suspected of being infected as official efforts to eradicate the virus run into trouble.

Beautifying Baghdad Proves Unpopular

Residents want basic services before greenery.

Chechnya: Europe Lashes Moscow

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has stern words for Russia and its own ministers.

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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