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Monday, October 13, 2008 

Current mood:  sad
Category: Goals, Plans, Hopes


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/12/AR2008101201886.html?referrer=myspace

In Sierra Leone, a woman still has a one in eight chance of dying during childbirth."In this part of the world, the bodies of stillborn babies are often disposed of by the hospital. Stillbirth is such a common occurrence that the hospital has a small, unmarked graveyard set aside for them."