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20/03/2013
Malala Yousafzai Starts School In Birmingham
The teenage girl shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan, has joined a school in Birmingham just weeks after being released from hospital.
Taliban gunmen shot 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai in the head at point-blank range last October in the Swat valley in north-western Pakistan. Members of the Pakistani Taliban said she was targeted because she promoted "western thinking".
She was brought to Britian for specialist surgery to reconstruct her skull.
Malala, who is among nominees for this year's Nobel peace prize, described her return to school as the most important day of her life, as she joined other students in Birmingham.
"I am excited that today I have achieved my dream of going back to school. I want all girls in the world to have this basic opportunity," she said in a statement.
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Taliban gunmen shot 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai in the head at point-blank range last October in the Swat valley in north-western Pakistan. Members of the Pakistani Taliban said she was targeted because she promoted "western thinking".
She was brought to Britian for specialist surgery to reconstruct her skull.
Malala, who is among nominees for this year's Nobel peace prize, described her return to school as the most important day of her life, as she joined other students in Birmingham.
"I am excited that today I have achieved my dream of going back to school. I want all girls in the world to have this basic opportunity," she said in a statement.
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