Thursday, 25 October 2012

Congressional Gold Medal proposed for Malala Yousufzai

WASHINGTON: A senior American lawmaker on Wednesday distributed a letter in the US Congress, urging her colleagues to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousufzai.

Separately, thousands of people have signed an online petition to nominate Malala for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Angelina Jolie, a famous American actress who is also a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, was the first to propose this idea, saying that the 14-year-old girl deserved a Nobel Prize for standing up to

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