A widely publicized video clip showing the public flogging of a 17-year-old girl in western Pakistan's restive Swat Valley has generated intense controversy in the South Asian Muslim nation. The video ...

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And I'm Ari Shapiro. Good morning. In Pakistan, a brutal beating caught on video has ignited a ferocious debate. The Taliban flogged a teenage girl. You'll hear the footage in a moment. The beating ...