Malala Day: Pakistani Schoolgirl Shot by Taliban, Delivers Speech at UN

Malala Yousafzai never wanted to be a trailblazer, but she captivated world attention after she and some friends were shot in the head last year by the Taliban.

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Malala Yousafzai (2nd R), is introduced before her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, July 12, 2013. Wearing a pink head scarf, Yousafzai told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (3rd R) and nearly 1,000 students from around the world attending a Youth Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York that education was the only way to improve lives. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

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