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Malala says books can defeat terrorism at UK library opening
 [Dawn] Malala Yousafzai, the Pak schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban after campaigning for girls' right to an education, said books were "the weapons to defeat terrorism" as she opened a new library in her adopted English city on Tuesday.The 16-year-old gave a speech before unveiling a stainless steel plaque to mark the opening of Europe's biggest public library, the gleaming new Library of Birmingham. Malala, who was flown to the central English city for surgery last October after being targeted by a gunman as she travelled to school in Pakistain's northwestern Swat ...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat... region, said she had challenged herself "that I will read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism." She added: "There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word." Posted by: Fred 2013-09-04 |
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