Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates are to play a charity football match to raise money for the girls' education fund set up by teenage campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban. The 15-year-old, from Pakistan's northwestern Swat Valley, came to international attention in October last year after she was shot by a gunman for campaigning for the right of girls to go to school.

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie paid tribute to Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old girl from Pakistan, who was shot in the head for advocating girls' education.The 37-year-old actress attended 2013 Women in the World summit at Lincoln Center in New York City on April 4 along with actress Meryl Streep, reported Ace Showbiz."Here's what they accomplished," Jolie, who is the special envoy for the UN refugee agency, said of Yousafzai's attackers in the emotional tribute to introduce the little girl to the crowd."They shot her point blank range in the head - and made her stronge

Malala Yousafzai, the teenage girl shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, is to tell her life story in a book due out later this year, the publishers said Thursday, in a deal reportedly worth around three million dollars. The book will be entitled "I Am Malala". "I hope the book will reach people around the world, so they realise how difficult it is for some children to get access to education," the 15-year-old Pakistani said in a statement.

Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai returned to school on Tuesday for the first time since October when she was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education. The 15-year-old said she had "achieved her dream" and was looking forward to meeting new friends at the independent Edgbaston High School for Girls in Birmingham, central England, where she is now living. Malala was flown to Britain after the attack for surgery for her head injuries and underwent several operations as recently as last month.