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Karbala Police in Crossfire

City force caught between Coalition and followers of Muqtada al-Sadr.

"Devil-Worshippers" Fear Renewed Persecution

Yazidis are uncertain whether to identify with the Kurds or campaign for separate rights.

Kurds Cast Wary Eye Southward

They watch the violence elsewhere in Iraq and debate its impact on their lives.

Mixed Fortunes for Kurdistan

Kurds enjoying post-Saddam economic boom, but have seen few political changes.

Comment: Falsely Accused

“Agent Salaam” was told to quit working for the Americans or face death at the hands of the mujahedin.

Fallujah's Front Line

IWPR reporters fend off charges of espionage and collaboration to speak to the insurgents facing down the Americans.

Looking for General Khazraji

A former Iraqi chief of staff goes missing from Denmark, fuelling speculation that he is working with the US.

Freeing Iraq from Debt

Iraqis may have been liberated from Saddam Hussein, but they are not yet free of the punishing debt he left behind.

Shias Extend Control

Religious groups are exploiting the power vacuum, raising the risk that Shia radicals could set the agenda in southern Iraq.

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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