The U.N. Children's Fund says children in Kurdistan in northern Iraq are____and the situation in southern Iraq has become more stable. It says security has improved in Baghdad and the surrounding areas since the so-called troop ____began in February. But, UNICEF spokeswoman, Claire Hajaj, tells VOA Iraq is still a ____and dangerous place. “Better ____does not mean secure. And, the second thing is as we see communities begin to open up because of greater____, we can see the needs that may have been hidden for a long time.” UNICEF says Iraqi children frequently were caught in the ____in 2007. It reports hundreds of children lost their lives or were injured by ____and many more had their main family wage earner ____or killed. More than one million people are ____in Iraq. About one half of them are children. Lisa Schlein for VOA news Geneva.[音频]