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Shells and Shrapnel Put to Good Use

Kurds build homes and make tools with remnants of weapons Saddam once used against them.

Kurdish North to Reap Business Benefit

Northern region looks to entice investors away from bureaucratic Baghdad.

Madaen Hostage Mystery Still Unsolved

Government investigation seeks to establish truth behind alleged kidnapping of Shia civilians.

Overseas Fuel Smuggling Exposed

Petrol earmarked for domestic consumption diverted for sale abroad in well-organised smuggling operation.

Wasta Mars Mosul "Jobs Scheme"

Connections not qualifications were the key to getting work under a CPA-sponsored employment programme.

Government Facing Budget Woes

As budget predictions suggest a huge deficit, economists urge government to diversify revenue streams.

Erbil Rocked by Suicide Bomb

Kurdish city targeted one day after new Iraqi cabinet sworn in.

Privatisation Plan Drawn Up

Industry ministry hopes to persuade local and international firms to invest in state-owned concerns.

Corruption Haunts Trade Ministry

Higher levels of scrutiny introduced to limit damage from corporate and individual dishonesty.

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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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