Malala and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize

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Malala and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize

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Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai were recognised for their efforts to improve child rights

Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights campaigner, have jointly won the 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.

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

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Source: BBC News
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She absolutely deserved it! What a unique and beautiful person!!!!!!!