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Pakistani militants defy surrender deadline

Leaders of a besieged radical mosque in the Pakistani capital remained defiant as a deadline calling for their immediate surrender passed Wednesday, a day after clashes killed at least nine people. But more than 100 of their followers surrendered as army troops, some inside armoured personnel carriers, tightened their stranglehold on the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in the heart of Islamabad. Full Story