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Radio Liberty Shakes Up Dagestan

The launch of the US-funded radio station's new service for the North Caucasus is already creating waves in the region's largest republic.

Caspian Neighbours in New Row

Azerbaijan and Iran are falling out again over exploitation of Caspian Sea oil wealth

Nakichevan: Trouble Brewing in Aliev's Backyard

A protest by desperate women in the Nakhichevan reflects wave of popular discontent in the traditionally pro-Aliev province.

Armenia: Travel to Turkey Eases

Tensions between Turkey and Armenia have eased a little after the former's decision to relax visa regulations.

Aliev and Putin: New Best Friends

With Heidar Aliev's visit to Moscow, Azerbaijan and Russia have buried more of their differences.

Bosnia: Islamists Furious Over Arab Extraditions

The decision to hand Arab terrorist suspects over to the Americans highlights powerlessness of the Bosnian authorities.

REGIONAL REPORT

Influential clerics within the Croatian Catholic Church remain among the fiercest opponents of cooperation with The Hague war crimes tribunal.

Baku Struggling to Curb Drugs Trade

Azeri customs officials are being overwhlemed by the scale of drugs trafficking through the country.

Croatia: Right Lose Influence

Right-wing nationalists in Croatia fail to capitalise on the government's dismal economic performance

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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