Pakistani girl set for top EU human rights award

Malala Yousafzai won the EU's 2013 Sakharov prize for "freedom of thought".

Political chiefs in the European Parliament announced the decision on the 10 October 2013, amid speculation she would also win the Nobel peace prize on just one day later.

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