Pakistan Lifts Facebook Ban But Restrictions Remain

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Monday lifted a ban on social networking website Facebook which had carried a competition to draw the Prophet Mohammad, but access to any "blasphemous" material will remain blocked, officials said.

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