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A mother reads to her child who is suffering from leukemia in the Chisinau Oncology Institute in Chisinau, Moldova, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Activities with their parents are arranged for the children in between treatments to help them cope as well as they can with the illness and deprivation that takes up so much of their lives. Moldova, a former Soviet Republic, is the poorest country in Europe. (AP Photo/John McConnico)
Caption: A mother reads to her child who is suffering from leukemia in the Chisinau Oncology Institute in Chisinau, Moldova, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Activities with their parents are arranged for the children in between treatments to help them cope as well as they can with the illness and deprivation that takes up so much of their lives. Moldova, a former Soviet Republic, is the poorest country in Europe. (AP Photo/John McConnico) Album ID: 1382097 Photo ID: 39390742