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Police Admit Torture

Use of brutality to coerce confessions is justifiable in the war on serious crime, officers claim.

Iranians Join Sadr Cause

Shia from Iran enlist in Mahdi Army, pledging to keep US forces out of Iraqi holy places.

New Flag Provokes Fury

Ordinary Iraqis say Governing Council has no right to alter national symbol.

Refugees Return to Fallujah

Those who fled fighting take advantage of new accord to try to get back to their home.

Fallujans Celebrate “Victory”

Police have secured the main street in the town, but insurgents still maintain order elsewhere.

Northern Iraq's Babel of Tongues

Arab students in northern Iraq find themselves at a disadvantage in an overwhelmingly Kurdish area.

US Still Welcome in Kurdistan

Kurdish peshmerga fighters even protect the American base and accompany soldiers on main roads.

Road to Damascus Still Risky

The dangers which the siege of Fallujah created for road travel have been reduced, but travellers from Baghdad to the western border are still prey to bandits and corrupt customs men.

Baghdadis Say No to More Troops

Most people interviewed in the capital are opposed to a further deployment of US troops, especially in built-up areas.

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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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