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Rejecting international pressure, Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, gave no indication he will lift his emergency declaration before upcoming parliamentary elections, telling reporters, "I don't take any ultimatums from anyone."

He delivered that message in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, days before he is scheduled to talk with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad this weekend.

Musharraf also told AP that he expected to quit as chief of Pakistan's army by the end of the month, but added that rising Islamic militancy required him to stay in control of the nation. Read full article »

CNN's Elise Labott and Mohsin Naqvi contributed to this report.

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