Pakistan rape victim attends US opera inspired by her story

Fifteen years after her horrific gang rape by a local clan in her village in Pakistan, Mukhtar Mai is reliving her ordeal -- and courageousness -- through a US opera inspired by her story."But then as the opera progressed, it became easier to watch and I felt more courage," she said in Urdu, speaking through a translator.The opera, by composer Kamala Sankaram and librettist Susan Yankowitz, recounts Mai's 2002 rape and her decision to defy her attackers and take them to court -- an unusual move