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Kurds Still Seeking Lost Women

Iraqi authorities show little enthusiasm for Kurds’ quest to find women believed to have been given away as trophies by the Baath regime.

Militants Depart from Najaf

Radical Shia cleric orders his followers to leave holy city after confrontation with Coalition is defused.

Gypsies Seek Government Protection

Community faces persecution for earning a living through prostitution, music and dancing.

Property Disputes Fuel Tension in Kirkuk

But Kurdish owners and Arab residents are searching for non-violent ways of resolving the problems.

Majar Fury Over Alleged British Abuses

London categorically denies claims that UK soldiers mutilated fighters from southern town.

Local Government Officials Targeted

Councillors from west Baghdad assassinated in what appears to be a concerted campaign of intimidation.

Saddam's Men Resurgent

Former Republican Guards team up with foreign Islamist militants in Fallujah to fight Coalition forces.

Transfer Raises Security Fears

Most Baghdadis predict more instability, but some confident new Iraqi authorities will cope.

What Now for Iraq's New Rulers?

The fate of the newly-empowered government depends on getting a firm grip on security, but adopting a lighter touch with a diversity of political factions.

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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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