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Interview: Beyond Regime Change

Opposition leaders in Northern Iraq believe the US has moved closer towards supporting fundamental political regime changes, including de-Ba'athification.

Comment: No Protest In My Name!

A victim of Saddam's regime puts her case for war.

Analysis: Neo-Colonial Ambitions

Few in the Middle East believe Washington seeks to intervene in Iraq for anything but self-interested reasons.

Comment: The Shia Factor

Although previously betrayed by the West, ordinary Iraqis still look for the removal of Saddam Hussein.

Report: Baghdad Readies for War

The Iraqi government highlights international support for peace, while declaring itself well prepared for war.

Introduction: A Platform for Iraqi Voices

IWPR’s project seeks to strengthen Iraqi debate over the risks and prospects of potential conflict.

Harvest Faces Renewed Threat

Farmers lack the money to buy the pesticides and equipment needed for healthy crops.

Compensation for Saddam's Victims

Families of people killed under the former regime are being given priority for employment and other benefits.

Comment: Let Justice Be Done

Saddam Hussein’s trial should accord him the rights he denied others, but Iraqis must see justice done.

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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