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Malala Yousafzai awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who won world acclaim after she was shot by the Taliban, has jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel committee salutes Malala's 'heroic struggle'

Malala speaking at Westminster Abbey. Credit: Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA Wire

The Nobel Prize Committee paid tribute to Malala Yousafzai's "heroic struggle" for girls' rights.

Despite her youth, Malala Yousafzai has already fought for several years for the right of girls to education, and has shown by example that children and young people, too, can contribute to improving their own situations.

This she has done under the most dangerous circumstances. Through her heroic struggle she has become a leading spokesperson for girls' rights to education."

– Nobel Prize Committee

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