Word: mukhtaran
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...Mukhtaran Bibi of Pakistan...
...also held our second annual TIME 100 dinner, marking the most influential people in the world. (That's Stephen Colbert holding a copy of the special issue with our 2006 list.) Paul Simon and the Dixie Chicks performed, and Senator John McCain, Katie Couric, Wynton Marsalis and Pakistani activist Mukhtaran Bibi toasted those who had influenced them. Nearly 100 Influentials were on hand that evening, including U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Ralph Nader, Will Smith, George Lucas, Nobel laureate James Watson, Bill Belichick and Dr. Andrew Weil. We also attracted such political opposites as Bill O'Reilly...
...nominate Mukhtaran Bibi, the Pakistani woman also known as Mukhtar Mai, who was gang-raped as punishment for her brother's walking with a girl from a higher tribal group. She deserves to be honored for her courage and determination in fighting the system and for continuing to shed light on the problems of rape and illiteracy, despite the personal danger and costs...
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