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Armenia's Growing Paranoia

Ministers in Yerevan believe that Armenia is in danger of political and military isolation

Is Baku-Ceyhan A Pipe Dream?

Some experts believe the $1.3 billion project will never get off the drawing board

Baku Mayor Under Fire

In the three months since he was elected mayor of Baku, Gadjibala Abutalybov has shaken the capital to its foundations.

Armenia Reviews Gas Options

The cost of renovating Armenia's ageing gas infrastructure has been estimated at $1.3 billion

Chechens Clash on the Net

Chechnya's rival leaders are waging a war of words in cyberspace

Armenia's Nuclear Dilemma

Yerevan is resisting calls to decommission its only nuclear power plant - an obsolete legacy of the Soviet era

"Cowboy" Toughs it Out in Bosnia

Bosnian nationalist leaders back-pedal on threats to revoke accreditation of "meddlesome" US ambassador.

Kosovo Travel Breakthrough

Kosovars celebrate as United Nations travel documents replace hated Yugoslav passports

NATO Refuses to Take Sides

A NATO trip to Armenia and Azerbaijan proves disappointing for both 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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