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Polygamy Promoted to Tackle Plight of Anbar's Women

Campaign encouraging men to take more than one wife draws controversy in province awash with war widows.

Iranian President Gunning for Foreign Minister

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad always wanted to run foreign policy. Now he has the minister in his sights.

Legal Curbs Fail to Halt Stonings in Iran

Fundamentalist judges still feel empowered to order barbaric punishment despite attempts to ban it.

Group wedding ceremony in Qom province – in this case for the children of people killed or disabled in the Iran-Iraq war. (Photo: Mehdi Marizad, Fars News Agency)

Iranian Regime Promotes Mass Marriage

Tens of thousands of young couples start their married lives by taking part in group weddings in cities across Iran every year.

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Ahmadinejad Was Freed Hiker's Captor, Not Saviour

Iran’s president pretends he had nothing to do with detaining alleged spies, but reveals himself by taking credit for Sarah Shourd’s release.

Quiet Intimidation in Iran

Wide-ranging harassment, interrogation and detentions designed to instill fear and prevent opposition regrouping.

Energy Trumps All in Iran-China Ties

China remains key oil export market, but Iranian manufacturers rail against cheap imports.

Sadrists Seek Role as Kingmakers in Iraq

Radical cleric’s party says it offers way out of political deadlock.

Theatrical Infighting in Iran

Hardliners mount coup, take over management of leading student theatre.

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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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