Report: Iraq child mortality rate soars
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070508/ap_on_he_me/child_deaths"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070507/capt.bag11005071038.iraq_bag110.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=cGsatWQZlivlkjNhcCUhtg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Moa'amal Mohammed, age seven, sits alone in a classroom in western Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 7, 2007. Due to security concerns, many children are not attending their classes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)" border="0" /></a>AP - The chance that an Iraqi child will live beyond age 5 has plummeted faster than anywhere else in the world since 1990, according to a report released Tuesday, which placed the country last in its child survival rankings.</p><br clear="all"/>

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