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Libya Court Sentences 23 People To Death For Islamic State Campaign
A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
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United Kingdom Archbishop in 'Condolence' Visit to Egypt
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the Church of England leader, arrived in Egypt today to offer his condolences over the beheadings of twenty one Egyptian Coptic Christians by jihadists in Libya.
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Islamic State Militants Claim Attacks on Embassies in Libya
A bomb exploded at the gate of the Moroccan embassy in the Libyan capital early on Monday, causing some damage but hurting nobody, a security official said, only hours after gunmen attacked South Korea's mission in Tripoli.
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Libya Risks Long War, Extremist Rise as Talks Drag on
As talks between Libya's rival factions drag on, experts say there is little hope of a political deal and are warning of protracted civil war and a rise in Islamic extremism.
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Syrian Kurds Cut Islamic State Supply Line Near Iraq; Fears for Christians Mount
Kurdish militia pressed a big offensive against Islamic State in northeast Syria on Wednesday, cutting one of its supply lines from Iraq, as fears mounted for dozens of Christians abducted by the hardline group that recently beheaded 21 Egyptian Copts.
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Egypt Rejects Blame for Civilians Killed in Libya Airstrikes
Egypt on Tuesday rejected accusations of blame in the death of seven civilians killed in Libya last week when Cairo's military bombed suspected Islamist militant targets after the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians.
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UN Rights Chief Condemns 'Vile' Beheadings of Christians in Libya
The United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday condemned the mass beheadings of Egyptian Christians in Libya and urged Libyans to fight Islamist extremists in their country.
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UN Condemns Islamic State Beheadings of Egyptian Christians
The UN Security Council today condemned the apparent beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians by Islamic State militants in Libya as "heinous and cowardly," and urged member states to "combat by all means" such threats to international peace.
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Pope Voices Sadness over Beheadings of Christians
Pope Francis today expressed "profound sadness" over the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by Islamic militants in Libya, saying they had been killed for their faith.
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White House Slams Islamic State's 'Beheading' of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya
The United States condemned as "despicable" the Islamic State group's apparent beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya after it released a video claiming to show the killings on Sunday.
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Islamic State Video Shows Beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians
A video released Sunday by the Islamic State appears to show the mass beheading of a group of 21 Coptic Christians, who are made to kneel beside the sea in what is identified as the coast near Tripoli, Libya.
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Egypt's President Calls Urgent Security Talks After Libya Beheading Video
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called Sunday an urgent meeting of Egypt's top national security body after jihadists released a video purportedly showing the beheading of Egyptian Christians in Libya.
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Islamic State Releases Video Purporting to Show Beheading of 21 Egyptians in Libya
The Islamic State group released a video on Sunday purportedly showing the beheading of Egyptian Coptic Christians the jihadists say they captured in Libya.
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Libya Court Sentences 23 People To Death For Islamic State Campaign
A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
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United Kingdom Archbishop in 'Condolence' Visit to Egypt
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the Church of England leader, arrived in Egypt today to offer his condolences over the beheadings of twenty one Egyptian Coptic Christians by jihadists in Libya.
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Islamic State Militants Claim Attacks on Embassies in Libya
A bomb exploded at the gate of the Moroccan embassy in the Libyan capital early on Monday, causing some damage but hurting nobody, a security official said, only hours after gunmen attacked South Korea's mission in Tripoli.
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Libya Risks Long War, Extremist Rise as Talks Drag on
As talks between Libya's rival factions drag on, experts say there is little hope of a political deal and are warning of protracted civil war and a rise in Islamic extremism.
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Syrian Kurds Cut Islamic State Supply Line Near Iraq; Fears for Christians Mount
Kurdish militia pressed a big offensive against Islamic State in northeast Syria on Wednesday, cutting one of its supply lines from Iraq, as fears mounted for dozens of Christians abducted by the hardline group that recently beheaded 21 Egyptian Copts.
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Egypt Rejects Blame for Civilians Killed in Libya Airstrikes
Egypt on Tuesday rejected accusations of blame in the death of seven civilians killed in Libya last week when Cairo's military bombed suspected Islamist militant targets after the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians.
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UN Rights Chief Condemns 'Vile' Beheadings of Christians in Libya
The United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday condemned the mass beheadings of Egyptian Christians in Libya and urged Libyans to fight Islamist extremists in their country.
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UN Condemns Islamic State Beheadings of Egyptian Christians
The UN Security Council today condemned the apparent beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians by Islamic State militants in Libya as "heinous and cowardly," and urged member states to "combat by all means" such threats to international peace.
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Pope Voices Sadness over Beheadings of Christians
Pope Francis today expressed "profound sadness" over the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by Islamic militants in Libya, saying they had been killed for their faith.
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White House Slams Islamic State's 'Beheading' of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya
The United States condemned as "despicable" the Islamic State group's apparent beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya after it released a video claiming to show the killings on Sunday.
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Islamic State Video Shows Beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians
A video released Sunday by the Islamic State appears to show the mass beheading of a group of 21 Coptic Christians, who are made to kneel beside the sea in what is identified as the coast near Tripoli, Libya.
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Egypt's President Calls Urgent Security Talks After Libya Beheading Video
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called Sunday an urgent meeting of Egypt's top national security body after jihadists released a video purportedly showing the beheading of Egyptian Christians in Libya.
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Islamic State Releases Video Purporting to Show Beheading of 21 Egyptians in Libya
The Islamic State group released a video on Sunday purportedly showing the beheading of Egyptian Coptic Christians the jihadists say they captured in Libya.
