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Pakistani Rape Victim is Glamour's Woman of the Year

A 31-year-old Punjabi villager whose gang rape and subsequent trial three years ago brought her to international prominence has been named Glamour magazine's Woman of the Year. Mukhtaran Bibi will receive the award ($20,000) in New York along with 11 other nominees, including Catherine Zeta-Jones. According to Britain's MediaGuardian Web site, the "rape sparked international outrage and a legal saga that is now before Pakistan's supreme court, where 13 men could face the death penalty." Since her daring court testimony, reported MediaGuardian, "U.S. media and civil rights groups have showered Mukhtaran...with plaudits." Glamour's previous Women of the Year include former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Britney Spears.

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