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2014
Nobel Peace Prize Winners: Malala Yousafzai (L) and Kailash Satyarthi (R)
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Children's
rights activists Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India
were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Friday.
The
Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the two "for their struggle against the
suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to
education."
Yousafzai,
now 17, is a schoolgirl and education campaigner in Pakistan who was shot in
the head by a Taliban gunman two years ago.
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 Nobel committee said.
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