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A Nobel Peace Prize for Malala Yousafzai

    When Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager known for advocating girls’ education, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, she quickly made yet another gutsy gesture. She invited the prime ministers of Pakistan and India to attend the December awards ceremony.

    Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan and Narendra Modi of India should immediately accept. The two countries, once joined in the British colonial empire, are known for fiercely asserting their separateness and have three times gone to war over the disputed region of Kashmir. In recent weeks, there have been attacks across their shared border as well as provocative rhetoric from their respective capitals.

    The Nobel news gives the prime ministers and their countries an opportunity to share common ground and match the leadership shown by Ms. Yousafzai and her co-winner, Kailash Satyarthi of India, an activist who has worked over more than 30 years to end child labor and free children from trafficking.

    The Nobel committee made an inspired choice in pairing Ms. Yousafzai and Mr. Satyarthi, who, on a superficial level, are opposites. At 17, she is the youngest Nobel winner, female, Pakistani, Muslim. He is 60, male, Indian, Hindu.

    They certainly have brought attention to some of their countries’ failings. Ms. Yousafzai became an international icon after being shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012—revenge for campaigning on behalf of girls’ education. Many Pakistanis, using twisted logic, have since accused her of being a tool of the West, out to damage Pakistan’s reputation. Mr. Satyarthi, though not nearly as well known, began working for children’s rights in 1980 and often faced danger when he rescued children weaving carpets or toiling in rice fields. In 1998, he organized the Global March Against Child Labor across 103 countries.

    But the two laureates are also manifestations of the courage and determination some Pakistanis and Indians have shown in pursuing just causes that improve the lives of the most vulnerable members of society.

    Mr. Sharif and Mr. Modi both say they want their countries to grow and prosper. For that to happen they must support Ms. Yousafzai and Mr. Satyarthi’s efforts to secure safety and education for children.

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 Structure of the Lead：

      WHO- Malala Yousafzai and Mr. Satyarthi

      WHEN- October 10, 2014 

      WHAT- Won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday

      WHY-  Fighting for girls’ education against Taliban 

      WHERE- not given

      HOW- not given

Keywords：

 advocating (v.) 倡導

separateness (n.) 獨立性
disputed (adj.) 爭議性的 
provocative (adj.) 挑釁性的
respective (adj.) 各自的

trafficking (v.) 販賣

behalf (v.) 代表
laureates (n.) 獲獎者
manifestations (n.) 表現
vulnerable (adj.) 弱勢的