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Malala and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize

At the age of just 17, Malala is the youngest ever recipient of the prize.

The teenager was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in October 2012 for campaigning for girls' education. She now lives in Birmingham in the UK.

Malala said she was "honoured" to receive the award, saying it made her feel "more powerful and courageous".

She revealed she found out the news after being called out of her chemistry class at her school in Birmingham.

"I'm really happy to be sharing this award with a person from India," she said at a news conference, before joking that she couldn't pronounce Mr Satyarthi's surname.

The Nobel committee praised the pair's "struggle against the suppression of children and young people".

Mr Satyarthi has maintained the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and headed various forms of peaceful protests, "focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain," the committee said at the Nobel Institute in Oslo.

The 60-year-old founded Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or the Save the Childhood Movement, which campaigns for child rights and an end to human trafficking.

Reacting to the news, Mr Satyarthi told the BBC: "It's a great honour for all the Indians, it's an honour for all those children who have been still living in slavery despite of all the advancement in technology, market and economy.

"And I dedicate this award to all those children in the world."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29564935

I was not familiar with Mr. Satyarthi, but I'm a huge fan of Malala's...

I saw her make a statement at a press gathering a few minutes ago. What an incredibly poised and articulate young lady. (And of course courageous.)

I was very impressed with her before, after hearing her I am even more so. She says she wants to go into politics; she's just the sort of inspirational figure that her country needs. I predict big things for her.
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Great news.
Lord Jim wrote:I was not familiar with Mr. Satyarthi, but I'm a huge fan of Malala's
Same here.
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yup

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Absolutely.

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Looks like we've found something here that everybody can actually agree on... :ok
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A first?

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Do you really want me to take up that challenge?
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I was thrilled to hear the recipients announced this morning, too. :ok :ok :ok

I'd not heard of Satyarthi either, but it appears he has made it his life's work to advocate for children's rights, and I like the effect of 'bookending' with an advocate in his later years v. one at the beginning of her life's work.
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I like the effect of 'bookending' with an advocate in his later years v. one at the beginning of her life's work.
And the fact that one is an Indian, and the other a Pakistani, is a nice touch as well... :ok
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Sue U wrote:Do you really want me to take up that challenge?
Yes, by all means Sue...

Please go ahead and explain why Malala was a terrible choice... 8-)
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Lord Jim wrote:
Sue U wrote:Do you really want me to take up that challenge?
Yes, by all means Sue...

Please go ahead and explain why Malala was a terrible choice... 8-)
Gosh I must have missed where Sue said it was a "terrible" choice. Or even that she disagreed with the choice (though she might). She might also mean that she doubted everyone here would agree.

If the latter, she's correct. If the former, she's correct. I don't agree. It looks like PC window-dressing to me. Good for the young lady that she campaigned for children's education but all that happened was she got shot. Now had she gone back and tried again....
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Gosh I must have missed where Sue said it was a "terrible" choice.

Uh, Meade...

I posted:
Lord Jim wrote:Looks like we've found something here that everybody can actually agree on... :ok
To which Sue, (with I believe , humorous intent) replied:
Sue U wrote:Do you really want me to take up that challenge?
Triggering my (humorously intended ) response:
Lord Jim wrote:
Sue U wrote:Do you really want me to take up that challenge?
Yes, by all means Sue...

Please go ahead and explain why Malala was a terrible choice... 8-)
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I attempted humor earlier too. went over like a lead balloon...

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Well that one was pretty funny wes... :D
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I wonder if Meade will take issue with Naomi Campbells tweet, (above)?
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Well, that tweet certainly makes Malala's point about the need for females to be able to get an education...
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How about a vicious vacuous vampire?
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.

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Villainous vicious vacuous vampire?
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.

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