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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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Egypt Launches Air Raids On Libya After Christians Killed
Egyptian air force planes on Friday carried out strikes directed at camps in Libya which Cairo says have been training terrorists who killed dozens of Christians earlier in the day, Egyptian military sources said.
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Thousands of Ethiopians March in Government Rally Over Islamic State Killings
Tens of thousands of Ethiopians marched through the capital today in a government-organised rally condemning the murder of 20 Ethiopian Christians by Islamic State militants in Libya.
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Islamic State Shoots and Beheads 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya
A video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.
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Islamic State Shoot, Behead 30 People in Libya: Reports
Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show its militants shooting and beheading what appeared to be about 30 Ethiopian Christians 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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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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Britain Rules Out Lifting Arms Embargo on Libya
Britain on Thursday rejected possible international military action in Libya and ruled out lifting an arms embargo on the country until it forms a unified government.
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Palestinian Christians Urge Stronger Fight Against Islamic State
Some 200 Palestinian Christians staged a candlelit march in Jerusalem Wednesday to mourn Egyptian Copts killed by the Islamic State group in Libya, calling for stronger international action against the jihadists.
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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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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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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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Egypt Launches Air Raids On Libya After Christians Killed
Egyptian air force planes on Friday carried out strikes directed at camps in Libya which Cairo says have been training terrorists who killed dozens of Christians earlier in the day, Egyptian military sources said.
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Thousands of Ethiopians March in Government Rally Over Islamic State Killings
Tens of thousands of Ethiopians marched through the capital today in a government-organised rally condemning the murder of 20 Ethiopian Christians by Islamic State militants in Libya.
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Islamic State Shoots and Beheads 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya
A video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.
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Islamic State Shoot, Behead 30 People in Libya: Reports
Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show its militants shooting and beheading what appeared to be about 30 Ethiopian Christians 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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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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Britain Rules Out Lifting Arms Embargo on Libya
Britain on Thursday rejected possible international military action in Libya and ruled out lifting an arms embargo on the country until it forms a unified government.
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Palestinian Christians Urge Stronger Fight Against Islamic State
Some 200 Palestinian Christians staged a candlelit march in Jerusalem Wednesday to mourn Egyptian Copts killed by the Islamic State group in Libya, calling for stronger international action against the jihadists.
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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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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.
