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Public Mulls Constitution

Survey reveals wide-ranging public views towards key constitutional issues.

Will Constitution Curb Wife Abuse?

Violence against women is illegal under new charter, but many fear attacks will continue.

Residents Resent House Invaders

Troops’ use of rooftop vantage points leaves homeowners none too pleased.

Property Commission Appeals for More Time

Extension sought for compensation applications by those who lost property under Saddam.

Protest Over Utilities Spirals into Violence

Peaceful demonstration in Kurdish region spills over into a riot with political overtones.

Kurdish Districts Demand Return to Kirkuk

Separated from this multi-ethnic city in the 1970s, residents of Kalar, Kifri, Chamchamal and Doozkhurmatoo want to come home.

Sectarian Violence Rocks Al-Amiriyah

A once-peaceful Baghdad neighbourhood is one of many to have fallen victim to sectarian murders.

Kids Revive Ballet

Youngsters overcome myriad problems to stage fable with marked contemporary resonances.

Midwives Risk Baghdad Curfew

Sometimes the timing is all wrong for expectant mothers, when a nighttime dash to hospital means running the gauntlet of security checks.

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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