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UN: 6.6 million children under 5 died last year

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Childhood death rates have halved since 1990 but an estimated 6.6 million children under the age of 5 died still last year, the UN children's agency said Friday.

 

Nearly half of all children who die are in five countries: Nigeria, Congo, India, Pakistan and China, it said in a report. (AP)

 

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