Malala Nominated for 'Children's Nobel'

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban, has been nominated for the World Children's Prize for championing education rights for girls. The 16-year-old, who now lives in Britain following extensive medical treatment, was shot by a Taliban gunman in 2012 over her outspoken views on education in her hometown, Swat in Khyber Pashtunkhwa region. Malala's father, Zia Uddin Yousafzai, said in an interview with the VOA Urdu service that...

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