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Malala Yousafzai nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
February 01, 2013
Malala Yousafzai, the shot Pakistani schoolgirl-turned-icon of
Taliban resistance, and ex-Eastern bloc activists are among those known
to be nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, as the deadline
expired on Friday, reports AFP.
This year's award will be announced in early October, but speculation
was already underway as the deadline for nominations ran out on February
1.
Fifteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot by a Taliban
gunman at point blank range as she travelled on a bus to school on
October 9, targeted for promoting girls' education.
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