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Turkomen Hope for Election Gains

Community leaders confident that they can build on their current political success on a local and national level.

Displaced Kirkuk Kurds Demand Vote

Returning refugees angered by law that prevents them taking part in elections for Kurdistan assembly.

New Technology, Old Prejudices

Arabs and Kurds are trading insults online as the election debate moves into cyberspace.

Comment: Are Iraqis Ready for Democracy?

Iraq’s emerging democracy may not be perfect, but it must be given time to grow and mature.

Sunni Election Dilemma

The prevalent view from outside Iraq is that Sunnis will boycott the elections - but the situation is not so cut and dried.

Nomads Rally to Sistani Call

Because of their lifestyle it’s been hard for them to follow the electoral campaign – but nomads say that won’t stop them voting.

Saddam's Town Readies for Vote

Many Tikrit residents would vote if security threats were not such a deterrent.

Kirkuk Preachers Enter Election Fray

Religious leaders in disputed city step up efforts to mobilise the faithful.

Kirkuk Parties Upset at Kurdish Returnee Vote

By Ommar Gharib in Kirkuk (ICR No. 99, 25-Jan-05)

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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