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Georgia: Russian Gas Deal Concerns

Government criticised for planning to allow a Russian energy giant to have a monopoly over the country's gas supply.

Milosevic Prosecution Sets Out Tactics

Prosecution reveals that it will rely on witnesses who knew Milosevic to prove his guilt for crimes committed in Bosnia and Croatia.

Armenian Traders Call for Corruption Crackdown

Businessmen in Armenia, fed up with being fleeced by police and customs officials, are urging Yerevan and Tbilisi to deal with the problem.

Comment: Kosovars Say Judiciary Unfair

Many Albanians believe the Kosovo's judicial system is weighted against them.

Romania: Courting NATO Harms EU Hopes

While the Bucharest authorities' controversial pro-US stance may help Romania to join NATO, it will also hurt its chances for a place within the EU.

Armenia: Yezidis Losing their Land

Villagers from Armenia’s largest minority community have lost their grazing pastures and are being forced to leave.

Georgian Villagers Haggle with Oil Giant

As the start date for the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline nears, villagers along the route are asking what they will get out of it

Serbia: Serbs Leaving Sandzak

Departure of Serbs from Sandzak believed to be triggered by policies of Bosniak nationalists

Armenia: Turkish Reshuffle May Threaten Reconciliation

Recent dismissal of Turkish foreign minister Ismail Cem unnerves Armenia, where he is seen as key to an improvement in relations between the two countries

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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