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Montenegro: 'US Pressure' Led to Offshore Bank Blow

Foreign investors and financial institutions are stunned by the authorities' decision to strip the country's offshore banking network of its privileges

Armenia Nervous At Middle East Meltdown

Historic ties with Jerusalem and its environs give Armenians special reason to be worried about the worsening violence in the Middle East

Bosnia: Serb Minister Resigns Over Customs Scandal

International investigators say they have uncovered large-scale fraud which has shaken the political establishment in Republika Srpska

Macedonia: New Twist in 'Terrorist' Shooting Saga

Seven so-called terrorists killed by Macedonian police appear to have been workers trying to reach Athens to get jobs at the Olympic Games

Bosnia: Aid Worker Linked with Bin Laden

Bosnian police sources claim a recent inquiry into the activities of a controversial aid worker reveal links with al-Qaeda leader.

Azerbaijan: Street Kids Get High To Escape Miseries

Hundreds of Baku's homeless children resort to substance abuse for a brief escape from the harsh realities of their lives.

Armenia Escapes Drugs Epidemic

The Armenian police say the country's drug problem is under control, although luck may have a lot to do with it.

Bosnia: Scandals Spice Up Election Race

Political parties are suspected of engineering scandals in a bid to undermine their opponents in forthcoming elections.

Azerbaijan: Muslim Girls Challenge the State

A few hundred devout Muslim women are fighting the Azerbaijani state for the right to wear headscarves

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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