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Washington Dithers Over Macedonia

US reluctance to get involved in Macedonia could undermine peace prospects.

Yerevan Sceptical Over Ankara Dialogue Bid

A body has been set up to try to bridge the long-standing rift between Armenia and Turkey.

Aliev Succession Race

Azerbaijan president Heidar Aliev is facing stiff opposition from loyalists over plans to name his son, Ilham, as his successor.

Bosnia Drugs Misery

Drug-addiction in Bosnia is fast becoming a serious problem

Azeri Papers 'Threatened' by Language Decree

The Azeri media fear the compulsory transition from Cyrillic to Latin letters will cost them readers

Kocharian Woos Europe

Armenia's overtures to the EU are seen as new evidence of a growing pro-Western outlook

Armenia Energy Crisis

Armenia's energy sector survived the tough post-Soviet years but is now running out of steam

Runica Investigation Urged

Skopje officials dismiss report implicating army in attack on Albanian civilians.

Adygeans Back Repatriation Bill

Rival groups claim the Adygeans have no right to call the North Caucasus their "ethnic homeland"

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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