Fleeing Saudi woman granted refugee status

The United Nations has granted refugee status to a Saudi woman who
fled to Thailand to escape her family.

18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun had refused to return home and
barricaded herself in a hotel room in Bangkok.

Nick Harper reports from UN headquarters in New York.

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