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Pakistani students hold a rally against Facebook page “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!” in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. A Pakistani court ordered the government to block the popular social networking website Facebook temporarily because of a controversial page that encourages uses to submit images o Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, a senior legal official said. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

(AP) — A Pakistani court ordered the government Wednesday to block Facebook because of a page that encourages users to post images of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, a senior legal official said.

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