| Schools ban Malala Yousafzai's 'anti-Pakistan' book Posted: 10 Nov 2013 11:17 AM PST  Pakistani private schools have been barred from buying a book written by global education icon Malala Yousafzai due to its "anti-Pakistan and anti-Islam content", a top official said Sunday. "Yes we have banned Malala's book ('I am Malala') because it carries the content which is against our country's ideology and Islamic values," Kashif Mirza, chief of All Pakistan Private Schools Federation, told AFP. "We are not against Malala. She is our daughter and she is herself confused about her book and her father has asked the publisher to remove the paragraphs about Salman Rushdie and write Peace Be Upon Him after the name of our Holy Prophet (Mohammad)," Mirza said.
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| New Jersey Governor Christie hedges on serving out full term Posted: 10 Nov 2013 09:11 AM PST  Newly re-elected New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, widely considered a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2016, on Sunday declined to say whether he would serve out his full four-year term rather than run. Asked by interviewer George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week" whether he would complete his current term, Christie replied: "Listen, who knows. He has distanced himself from the conservative Tea Party wing of the Republican party, leaning toward immigration reform in a state where registered Democrats and independents outnumber Republicans, but he has so far avoided saying whether he will seek candidacy in the race for the White House. Asked by Stephanopoulos if he considered that immigration reform should include a path to citizenship and reduced in-state college tuition for some illegal immigrants, Christie replied: "I think the national solution has to ... be figured out by the people who are in charge of our national government.
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| Pakistani private schools ban Malala's book Posted: 10 Nov 2013 06:14 AM PST  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani education officials said Sunday that they have banned teenage activist Malala Yousafzai's book from private schools across the country, claiming it doesn't show enough respect for Islam and calling her a tool of the West.
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