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Pakistan's Capital Under Virtual Lockdown Over Anti-France Protest

Ayaz Gul

   ISLAMABAD - Security forces in Pakistan sealed off a main highway into
   the capital, Islamabad, for a second day Monday to contain thousands of
   Islamists gathered outside the city to protest the reprinting of
   caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in France.
   Witnesses and organizers said around 5,000 followers of the far-right
   Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, or TLP, began rallying on Sunday in
   neighboring Rawalpindi city and vowed to march toward the French
   Embassy in Islamabad.

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