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Comment: Army Plan Doubts

Plan by international authorities to establish new army may not meet the country's real needs.

Controversy Over Foreign Investment Law

Many Iraqis question US-led administration’s right to give foreign firms wide-ranging rights to buy national assets.

Saddam Captured

By IWPR staff (ICR No. 40, Part I, 15-Dec-03)

Disbelief and Joy in Baghdad

Celebratory gunfire and conspiracy theories abound in the Iraqi capital after rumours of their ousted president’s capture are confirmed.

Babylon Election Protest

Peaceful demonstrators hold out for an elected governor for southern province.

Students Mirror National Mood Split

Mixed feelings at Baghdad university over Saddam arrest – partying students receive threats.

Pro-Saddam Forces Rally

Saddam loyalists clash with United States forces in Sunni cities, clinging to the belief their leader is still free.

Comment: Little Saddams Still at Large

Ba’ath party heavies still lurk in every neighbourhood, reminding people of their intimidating role in the past.

Saddam Purged From Kids' Books

Principal publisher of children's literature jettisons Saddam-era propaganda.

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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