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>ISLAMABAD - ISLAMIC militants who took over a school in northwest Pakistan surrendered to tribal negotiators on Monday and released up to 250 children they were holding hostage, the interior ministry said.
'They have surrendered themselves to the local jirga (tribal council) along with their weapons and released the children,' ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema told reporters.
Asked if Pakistani authorities had agreed to the militants? demand for safe passage, Cheema said: 'They are still with the jirga and it is now between the jirga and local police.' -- AFP
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