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Deadly Attack Near Egypt’s Old Monastery

St Catherine's monastery is located at the foot of Mount Sinai One policeman has been killed by gunmen who opened fire...

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Shooting At Egypt Monastery Kills Policeman

A policeman was killed and four more were wounded on Tuesday in a shooting outside St Catherine's monastery in Egypt's...

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Gory Images As ISIS Bombs Churches On Palm Sunday

The Egypt bomb blasts occurred on Palm Sunday; a Christian feast commemorating the entry of Jesus Christ into...

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Court Acquits US-Egyptian In Charity Abuse Case

A court in Cairo on Sunday acquitted a US-Egyptian charity worker imprisoned for nearly three years in a case that drew...

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Security Tight As Egypt Copts Hold Easter Mass

Egyptian Coptic Christians observed Easter Mass under tight security on Saturday with the ancient minority still...

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Egypt Copts Ready For Easter Mass Despite Attacks

Egyptian Copts will celebrate Easter mass on Saturday, marking one of Christianity's most joyous occasions just days...

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Egypt Copts Mark Solemn Good Friday

Egyptian Copts observed a solemn Good Friday with prayers and fasting, as the community reeled from two church bombings...

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Egypt Copts Mark Solemn Good Friday

Egyptian Copts observed a solemn Good Friday with prayers and fasting, as the community reeled from two church bombings...

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After Egypt Church Bombings, Copts Complain of Extremists

For years, Egyptian Copt Michel Fahmy could hear a Muslim preacher invoking God's wrath on Christians in sermons blared...

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Egypt Church Curtails Easter Celebrations After Bombings

Egypt's Coptic Church announced on Wednesday that it would cut back Easter celebrations to a simple mass after twin...

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Egypt Parliament Approves State of Emergency

Egypt's parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved a three-month state of emergency declared by President Abdel Fattah...

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Egypt Mourns Coptic Church Attack Victims

Funerals have been held in Alexandria for victims of one of the two bomb attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt by...

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Egypt Under Emergency Rule After Church Attacks

Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn 45 Egyptian Christians killed in jihadist bombings just a week before Easter, after...

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Pope Still Plans Egypt Visit Despite Bombings

Pope Francis will visit Egypt as planned this month despite the weekend bombings of two Coptic Christian churches that...

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Gory Images As ISIS Bombs Churches On Palm Sunday

The Egypt bomb blasts occurred on Palm Sunday; a Christian feast commemorating the entry of Jesus Christ into...

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Egypt Set For Emergency Rule After Church Attacks

Egypt prepared to impose a state of emergency Monday after jihadist bombings killed dozens at two churches in the...

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Pressed In Iraq and Syria, IS Lashes Out In Egypt

The twin bombings of churches in Egypt suggest that Islamic State group jihadists are lashing out as they find...

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Islamic State Group Claims Responsibility For Twin Church Bombings In Egypt

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has declared a state of emergency after two deadly bombings Sunday, the first at...

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Egypt Declares State of Emergency After Deadly Church Attacks

Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month state of emergency after attacks on two Coptic...