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Afghan child mortality linked to uneducated mothers (Reuters)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080830/hl_nm/afghanistan_children_health_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080830/2008_08_30t035220_450x288_us_afghanistan_children_health.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=ckhr5zrDrrnquiWQx5uuZw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Afghan children study the basics for learning Koran in an open half-built mosque on the outskirts of Kabul, June 11, 2008. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - High child mortality rates in conservative Afghanistan are linked not just to war but to mothers being uneducated and having little or no say when their children need medical help, a study has found.</p><br clear="all"/>