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Iraqi Parties Circle Around Election Bill

Most want a system that lets them handpick politicians, but none is prepared to say so out loud.

Tunisians Protest After Politician's Murder

Recriminations fly as governing Ennahda party condemns assassination while opponents suggest it had a hand in it.

Georgian foreign minister Maia Panjikidze. (Photo: Georgian foreign ministry)

Georgia: US Didn't Force Tougher Visa Rules for Iran

Minister insists decision made internally, not connected with American concerns about Tbilisi as haven for Iranian sanctions-busters.

Iraqi Premier's Party Losing Grip on Regions

Will erosion of the State of Law party help shape a new kind of politics?

A handful of young men have left Batken province in southern Kyrgyzstan in the hope of joining the Syrian rebels. This is Isfana, in the same province. (Photo: Nataev/Wikimedia)

Central Asian Recruits for Syrian Conflict

Only a handful have gone, but intelligence agencies are watching closely.

Azerbaijan Stirred, Not Shaken by Turkish Protests

Different political environment deters Azerbaijanis from coming out onto the streets.

Armenia: Anger at Land Deal With Iran

Justice minister says local authorities don’t have right to lease farmland to neighbouring state.

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Abkhazia's Railway Offers Vital Trade Link

Despite clear benefits, reopening the route would be fraught with problems.

Libyans Engage With Officials On Air

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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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