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A Dangerous Trade

Once protected by Saddam's regime, prostitutes now fear for their lives.

Turkmen Leader Wins on Gas Deal

President Niazov seems to be on a roll, extracting the best possible deal on the gas he sells Ukraine. But how long will his winning streak last?

Female Lawyers Fight for Equality

Women attorneys maintain that discrimination in the courts runs rampant.

Female Civil Servants Cry Foul Over Taxes

Rates benefiting married government workers are discriminatory, say unmarried women.

Bombings Expose Khanaqin Tensions

Kurdish and Arab residents increasingly at odds over former’s demand for town’s reincorporation into Kurdistan.

President's Humanitarian Gesture Snubbed

Talabani fails in bid to secure medical treatment for indicted Ba’ath Party official.

European Court Condemns Ban on Bulgarian Party

Bulgaria embarrassed after Strasbourg judges lambast Sofia for outlawing ethnic Macedonian party.

Uproar at Threat to Kill Extremist Sympathisers

Sunnis urge resignation of defence minister who threatened to target those who shelter insurgents.

Wife for a Night

Those unwilling or unable to commit to a long-term relationship can find a solution in the Shia practice of temporary marriage

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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