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TV Station Boycott Row

Media rights groups defend banned Arab TV stations - ordinary Iraqis say they had it coming.

Ruling Council Member Dies After Attack

Assassination of Aqila Al-Hashemi serves notice that entire interim government is at risk.

Iraqis Welcome Local Police

Deployment of Iraqi policemen in place of American soldiers brings greater confidence that law and order can be imposed.

Gunrunning Out of Iraq

Weapons bought cheap in Iraq are sold for double the price in neighbouring Saudi Arabia.

Arabs Encounter Prejudice in Kurdistan

Visitors from the south of the country increasingly viewed with suspicion.

Kurdish Students Face Discrimination

Many claim mounting ill treatment at the hands of their fellow students, teachers, and local residents.

Islamic Tribunal Wins Approval

An unofficial court imposes harsh sentences on Iraqis who work for the Americans and their allies.

Tempers Flare Between Kurds and Turkomans

As newly empowered Kurds seek autonomy, members of the Turkoman minority in the north grow irritable.

Courting Muqtada

A delegation of parliamentarians is dispatched to negotiate with the radical cleric.

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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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