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Surprise Message for Karbala Voters

Someone sneaked a partisan message favouring the main Shia bloc onto voter education leaflets.

Clerics Feature on Campaign Posters

Candidates are putting pictures of Iraq's top Shia cleric on posters in an effort to win votes.

Reporter Detained in Kut

IWPR contributer held for three days after innocently photographing an Iraqi soldier.

Police and Polling Stations Attacked

Insurgents kill five policemen in attacks around the country.

Election Monitors Learn the Ropes

By Yaseen Madhloom in Hillah (ICR No. 103, 27-Jan-05)

Samawa Shias Criticise Election

By Hussein Ali al-Yasiry in Samawa (ICR No. 103, 27-Jan-05)

Iraqi Vice-President on the Campaign Trail

By Meethaq Fadhil in Nassriyah (ICR No. 103, 27-Jan-05)

Regional Polls Leave Kurds Cold

Kurds are keen to vote for Iraq’s National Assembly, but many are too disillusioned to take part in the regional poll.

Pre-Election Gun Boom in Baghdad

Residents see troubled days ahead, and think it's time to keep their powder dry.

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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