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Police Seek Part in New Regime

Officers sacked by the Ba'athist regime ask for their jobs back so they can help rebuild security.

Iraqis Call For Self-Rule

Iraqi notables critical of US plans to appoint a ruling council call for an interim administration.

Fake Money Undermines Confidence

Even the introduction of a new currency has failed to end the old problem of counterfeiting.

Baathists' Return Arouses Fears

The Coalition Provisional Authority’s U-turn on former Baath party members is causing anger and anxiety.

Iraqi Kurds Hint at Independence

Sensing no change in their status under the new government, Kurdish leaders suggest their entity may break away.

Kurds Reassert Linguistic Heritage

Number of schools using Kurdish as the language of instruction will double next year.

Fallujans Differ Over Incoming Government

Many back Ghazi al-Yawir as president, but have mixed views about the new administration.

Kurds Resent 'Lack of Representation'

Some say US has let them down and turned them into “second-class” citizens.

Comment: A Question of Transparency

The people of Kurdistan believe their leaders are repeating the historic mistakes of Kurdish national movements.

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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