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41 Dead In Egyptian Church Fire
A fire that broke out Sunday in a Coptic Christian church in Egypt's capital Cairo killed 41 people, church officials said.
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Pope And Top Muslim Cleric In Joint Call For Freedom Of Belief
Pope Francis and a top Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, Monday issued a joint call for freedom of belief during the first visit by the head of the Catholic church to the birthplace of Islam -- the Arabian Peninsula.
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Egypt Security Forces Foil Church Bombing: Reports
Egyptian security forces have thwarted a suicide bomb attack on a church just outside of Cairo, state television said on Saturday.
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Gunman Attacks Church Near Cairo, Shot Dead
A gunman opened fire on a church south of Cairo on Friday and was shot dead by policemen, police officials said.
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Gunmen Kill Policeman In Attack Near Egypt Monastery
Gunmen attacked security forces near St. Catherine's Monastery in Egypt's south Sinai on Tuesday, killing at least one police officer and injuring four others, the Health Ministry said, just a week after two deadly church bombings killed 45.
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Egypt Identifies Alexandria Church Bomber As Fugitive With Militant Ties
Egypt on Wednesday named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Hassan Mubarak Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant cells that carried out previous strikes in the country.
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Palm Sunday Bombs Rock Egyptian Churches, As State Of Emergency Is Declared
Coptic Christians suffered in the worst set of attacks in decades, as more than 44 are killed.
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PM Narendra Modi Condemns Egypt Church Bombings
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condemned the two separate bomb attacks carried out by the ISIS on Coptic churches in Egypt which claimed lives of at least 44 people and injured over 100.
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Egypt Declares 3-Month State Of Emergency After Church Bombings That Killed 44
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency in the country following twin church bombings that killed dozens of people in two cities on Sunday.
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ISIS Claims Egypt Church Bombings That Killed 38: Report
The ISIS claimed responsibility for bombing two Egyptian churches on Sunday in the deadliest attacks on the country's Christian minority in recent memory.
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At Least 36 Killed In Palm Sunday Church Bombings In Egypt
Bombings at two Egyptian churches killed more than 35 people as they gathered to mark Palm Sunday, officials said, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on the country's Coptic Christians.
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Pope Decries War, Terrorism And Weapons As Condemns Egypt Blast
Pope Francis condemned a deadly blast at a church in Egypt and said at a Palm Sunday Mass that the world was suffering from wars, terrorism and "interests that are armed and ready to strike".
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2 Killed In Suicide Bombing Outside Alexandria Church In Egypt
A suicide bomber killed at least two people and injured 21 in front of a church in Alexandria, Egypt on Sunday, state television said.
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At Least 21 Dead In Bombing At Egyptian Church
A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians.
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Egypt Mourns Slain Churchgoers As Blast Toll Rises
Grief-stricken mourners gathered in Cairo on Monday for the funeral of 24 people killed when a blast tore through a Coptic church, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority.
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41 Dead In Egyptian Church Fire
A fire that broke out Sunday in a Coptic Christian church in Egypt's capital Cairo killed 41 people, church officials said.
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Pope And Top Muslim Cleric In Joint Call For Freedom Of Belief
Pope Francis and a top Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, Monday issued a joint call for freedom of belief during the first visit by the head of the Catholic church to the birthplace of Islam -- the Arabian Peninsula.
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Egypt Security Forces Foil Church Bombing: Reports
Egyptian security forces have thwarted a suicide bomb attack on a church just outside of Cairo, state television said on Saturday.
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Gunman Attacks Church Near Cairo, Shot Dead
A gunman opened fire on a church south of Cairo on Friday and was shot dead by policemen, police officials said.
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Gunmen Kill Policeman In Attack Near Egypt Monastery
Gunmen attacked security forces near St. Catherine's Monastery in Egypt's south Sinai on Tuesday, killing at least one police officer and injuring four others, the Health Ministry said, just a week after two deadly church bombings killed 45.
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Egypt Identifies Alexandria Church Bomber As Fugitive With Militant Ties
Egypt on Wednesday named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Hassan Mubarak Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant cells that carried out previous strikes in the country.
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Palm Sunday Bombs Rock Egyptian Churches, As State Of Emergency Is Declared
Coptic Christians suffered in the worst set of attacks in decades, as more than 44 are killed.
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PM Narendra Modi Condemns Egypt Church Bombings
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condemned the two separate bomb attacks carried out by the ISIS on Coptic churches in Egypt which claimed lives of at least 44 people and injured over 100.
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Egypt Declares 3-Month State Of Emergency After Church Bombings That Killed 44
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency in the country following twin church bombings that killed dozens of people in two cities on Sunday.
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ISIS Claims Egypt Church Bombings That Killed 38: Report
The ISIS claimed responsibility for bombing two Egyptian churches on Sunday in the deadliest attacks on the country's Christian minority in recent memory.
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At Least 36 Killed In Palm Sunday Church Bombings In Egypt
Bombings at two Egyptian churches killed more than 35 people as they gathered to mark Palm Sunday, officials said, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on the country's Coptic Christians.
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Pope Decries War, Terrorism And Weapons As Condemns Egypt Blast
Pope Francis condemned a deadly blast at a church in Egypt and said at a Palm Sunday Mass that the world was suffering from wars, terrorism and "interests that are armed and ready to strike".
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2 Killed In Suicide Bombing Outside Alexandria Church In Egypt
A suicide bomber killed at least two people and injured 21 in front of a church in Alexandria, Egypt on Sunday, state television said.
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At Least 21 Dead In Bombing At Egyptian Church
A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians.
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Egypt Mourns Slain Churchgoers As Blast Toll Rises
Grief-stricken mourners gathered in Cairo on Monday for the funeral of 24 people killed when a blast tore through a Coptic church, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority.
