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Kurds Stage More Protests Over Public Services

Officials in Kurdish city accept that they have failed to deliver adequate services but say they just don’t have the resources.

Sunnis Urge Action to Block Constitution

Full participation in the referendum seen as the best way to vote down a document many Sunnis object to.

"Old Maids" Missing Out on Marriage

Husbands are hard to come by in Iraq, due to a combination of war, religion and economics.

Deadly Legacy Haunts Kurdistan

Victims claim government efforts to clear millions of landmines are ineffective.

New Claims of Bosnian Army Ties With Mujahedin

The case against two high-ranking Bosnian army commanders may be reopened to admit documents which allegedly link accused to foreign fighters.

Fraudsters Strike

Financial authorities duped by major coounterfeiting scam.

Baghdad Traffic at a Standstill

Military checkpoints and road closures bring transport deadlock.

Iraqis Drink to New-Found Freedom

Liquor sales in Baghdad rise, as threat from insurgents lessens following government crackdown.

Traditional Weddings Bring Heartache

Women who wed according to traditional custom are left with few rights.

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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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