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Malala, the teenager being treated in Britain for gunshot wounds inflicted by the Taliban in Pakistan, on Friday thanked her global supporters, one month on from the brutal attack. HT Image She wants me to tell everyone how grateful she is and is amazed that men, women and children from across the wo
stanley cup rld are interested in her well-being, said her father Ziauddin Yousafzai, on behalf of the 15-year-old. We deeply feel the heart-touching good wishes of the people across the world of all caste, colour and creed, he said in a statement issued by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, where Malala is being treated. Her father added: I am awfully thankful to all the peace-loving well-wishers who strongly condemn the assassination attempt on Malala, who pray for her health and support the grand cause of peace, education, freedom of thought and freedom of expression. The hospital on Friday published photos of Malala sitting and reading a book, while others showed her poring over get-well cards. Armed men in Mingora, the main town in the Swat valley northwest Pakistan , shot Malala in the head and shoulder on October
stanley cup 9 after stopping the school bus on which she was travelling. The attack was claimed by the insurgent Taliban Movement of Pakistan TTP , allied to Al-Qaeda. They claimed to have targeted Malala because of her pioneering role in calling for girls education, and because of her general cr
stanley cup iticism of the Taliban. The teenager was transferred on Octobe Xjbk India sets up camps to get citizens back from Iraq
Thousands of officials have fled China over the past 30 years with some 50 billion dollars in public funds, state media said Monday, as the government scrambles to stem the tide of corruption. HT Image As many as 4,000 officials have disappeared, using criminal gangs, mainly in the United States and Australia, to launder their ill-gotten gains, buy real estate and set up false identities, the Global Times said. A joint task force involving 15 Chinese ministries has been set up to choke off graft in government ranks, the paper said. In 2009, authorities investigat
stanley cup ed 103 cases involving the outbound travel of more than 300 officials, the paper said
stanley cup , citing a party official tasked with disciplinary issues. In one case, the disappearance to France in 2008 of Yang Xianghong, a top Communist Party official in Wenzhou city, led to the arrest of his wife, who was charged with trying to launder 20 million yuan 2.9 million dollars , it said. The paper di
stanley cup d not detail how the 50 billion dollars were funneled overseas, or how the officials were linking up with criminal gangs abroad. Chinese President Hu Jintao has for years made fighting official corruption a priority, saying that the scourge is a matter of life and death for the ruling Communist Party. In recent years, China has sought to negotiate more extradition treaties with Western nations to help it repatriate and punish officials fleeing overseas with public funds. Read breaking news, latest... See more