71.   But thousands of Hindus defied the ban under tight security and participated in the pilgrimage, which begins in July and ends a month later.

72.   The organisers plan to defy a ban and go ahead with the rally.

73.   The opposition meanwhile said it would defy the ban on demonstrations.

74.   The Security Council was examining the threat by Kadhafi to defy the ban, Mussa said.

75.   Kadhafi claimed he was not aware of any air embargo, when journalists asked him why he had defied the ban.

76.   One evangelist has been arrested for defying the ban, a police source in the city told AFP Wednesday.

77.   PAS had defied the ban and when police intervened to stop its rallies, a number of party leaders were arrested and charged with holding illegal assemblies.

78.   Opposition stick-weilding activists smashed the windshields of several three-wheeler taxis which defied the ban on motorised vehicles operating during the day-long action, witnesses said.

79.   Riot police stood ready for possible trouble as the supporters defied a ban on rallies in the area.

80.   Sharif and his allies maintain they will defy the ban and fly into Karachi Thursday to keep to their schedule of processions and rallies.