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Sunni Opinion Over Talabani Divided

Sunni Arabs greet appointment of a Kurd as president with mixture of cautious optimism and concern.

Counting the Cost of Baghdad Market Blaze

Local economy likely to suffer after thousands of businesses go up in smoke.

Kirkuk Council Split on Roles

Turkoman and Arabs say they’re boycotting meetings in protest over Kurds’ reluctance to grant them key posts.

Controversial TV Show Damages Rebel Cause

Much-criticised programme in which suspected militants are interrogated is turning the public against the insurgency.

Iraqi Firms Get Reconstruction Fillip

Frustrated by poorly-performing American companies, the US government is to concentrate on aiding local efforts to rebuild Iraq.

Corruption Draining Oil Industry

Country’s most lucrative industry is being undermined by corrupt officials and criminals gangs.

X-rated Film Boom

With the end of Saddam-era censorship, many cinemas look to profit from demand for porn movies.

Slow Progress in Battered Falluja

While some compensation has been issued to those who lost their homes in the US attacks, locals say much more remains to be done.

Kids Traumatised by TV Images

Violent television pictures have lasting psychological impact on youngsters.

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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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