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Officer dies trying to defuse bomb near church in Egypt

An Egyptian police bomb disposal expert was killed when an explosive device he was attempting to defuse detonated near a Coptic church in eastern Cairo.

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Thousands protest over Cairo church bombing

Egyptians come out in droves in the capital to protest against the government, after a bombing attack on the city’s Coptic Cathedral.

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Al-Azhar slams ISIL executions in Libya

The Cairo-based Muslim body al-Azhar slams the executions of some 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya by ISIL.

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