October 31, 2012

Pakistan Shrugs Off a Brutal Shooting

Anita Joshua, The Hindu

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World over, efforts are afoot to ensure that 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai’s blood counts for something. Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie suggested her name for the next Nobel Peace Prize and an online campaign to advocate her case is being signed up by government representatives in various countries. Former British Premier and United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, has declared that November 10 — a month after the attempted assassination of Malala — will be observed as ‘Malala and the 32 million girls day’ to help realise her dream of educating the 32 million out-of-school girls across the world.

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