DHAKA: Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever Nobel laureate, received the Peace Prize on Wednesday, sharing it with Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi.

The 17-year-old Pakistani girl, who was given the prize in a ceremony in Oslo, became a global icon after she was shot and nearly killed by the Taliban for insisting that girls had a right to an education.

Satyarthi, 60, is recognised for a 35-year battle to free thousands of children from virtual slave labour.

Malala has already been honoured with a host of awards, standing ovations and plaudits everywhere from the United Nations to Buckingham Palace, the media reported, says The Straits Times.

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BDST: 1852 HRS, DEC 10, 2014