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Iran's Hardliners Fall Out

President Ahmadinejad appears determined to ride roughshod over conservative politicians and clerics who should be his allies, but aren’t.

Tehran Defiant After Failed Russian Missile Deal

Although Iran says it can make its own hi-tech weapons, experts are not convinced.

Sahera Ibrahim and her family watch a recording of a news broadcast that she says shows her missing son in an Iraqi prison. Like thousands of other Iraqi families, Ibrahim believes her son is languishing in one of Iraq's notoriously secretive prisons. (Photo: Ibraheim Saleh)

Iraq's Disappeared

Whereabouts of thousands who went missing during dark days of sectarian conflict still unknown.

Iranian Oilmen Reflect on Mexico Gulf Spill

As Tehran officials offer to help clear spill, oil industry officials are worried about Iran’s ability to deal with similar offshore accidents closer to home.

Syndication Deal Boosts Iraq Reports

Clouds on Iran's Caspian Horizon

Tehran felt obliged to end loss-making oil swaps, but decision could further reduce its influence as a Caspian regional player.

No Future for Iranian Web Restrictions

Despite regime’s sporadic attempts to block internet access, pragmatic commercial interests dictate trend towards greater openness.

Iraq Event Charts Course for Information Age

IWPR and IREX join forces to stage event aimed at helping Iraqis exploit the potential of new technology.

Activists Seek to Break Political Deadlock

NGOs file court complaint in attempt to speed up efforts to form a government.

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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