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Egypt Buries Bomb Victims

Mourners crowded into a monastery for the ceremony Funerals have been held in Egypt for victims of Sunday's suicide...

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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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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...

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Egypt In State of Emergency After Attacks On Coptic Churches

Egypt in state of emergency after attacks on Coptic churches Egypt's president has announced a three-month state of...

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Pope Condemns Egypt Church Blast, Appeals For End To Terror

Pope Francis have condemned the blast that killed at least 21 people and injured 50 Pope Francis, who is due to visit...

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Egypt’s Coptic Churches Hit By Deadly Blasts On Palm Sunday

Two blasts targeting Coptic Christians in Egypt on Palm Sunday have killed at least 42 people, officials say. In...

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At Least 11 Killed, Scores Injured In Suicide Bombing Outside Alexandria Church

The death toll has risen to at least 11 and 40 injured after a suicide bomber struck The death toll has risen to at...

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Alexandria Church Bombing Death Toll Rises To 11

At least 11 people were killed in an Alexandria church bombing on Sunday, hours after a blast killed 25 worshippers in...

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Who Are Egypt’s Coptic Christians?

Egypt's Copts, targets of an apparent church bombing north of Cairo on Sunday, are the Middle East's largest Christian...

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Egypt’s Coptic Christians Flee Sinai After Deadly Attacks

Dozens of Coptic Christian families in Egypt have fled North Sinai province after a number of killings in recent weeks...

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22 Killed By Bomb Blast At Coptic Cathedral

St Mark's Cathedral is the seat of Egypt's Orthodox Christian churcH A blast at Cairo's main Coptic Christian cathedral...