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One hundred miles northwest of Islamabad, Pakistan's capital in the Swat valley extremists are laying the groundwork for religious courts to dispense brutal punishments under their interpretation of Islamic law. Women, covered completely in burkas, shop in Mingora, March 2009. (Saeed Shah/MCT) (Saeed Shah / MCT)

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