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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan will monitor seven major websites, including Google and Yahoo, to block anti-Islamic links and content, an official said Friday. Seventeen lesser-known sites are being blocked outright for alleged blasphemous material.

The moves follow Pakistan’s temporary ban on Face book in May that drew praise and condemnation in a country that has long struggled to figure out how strict a version of Islam it should follow.

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