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Islamabad, Dec 21 (IANS) Dozens of armed militants stormed a police station in Pakistan's South Waziristan and escaped after looting arms and ammunition, police have confirmed. Militants armed with rocket launchers and heavy weapons forced their way into the police station in Wana, Dawn news quoted Rehman Wazir, an official who was inside at the time of the attack, as saying. He said that around 50 militants entered the station after blowing up the front gate, Dawn reported. Heavily outnumbered in front of militants, around 20 policemen, including the station house officer, resisted for some time but were later taken hostage,…