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From the Liveblog of Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Copts hold mass in memory of slain captives

17 February 2015, 5:17 pm

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Egypt’s Coptic Pope Tawadros II leads a mass to honor the memory of the Egyptian Coptic Christians murdered by Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Libya on February 17, 2015 at Saint-Mark’s Coptic Cathedral in Cairo’s al-Abbassiya district.

Egypt called for a UN-backed international intervention in Libya after launching air strikes on Islamic State group targets in the country following the jihadists’ beheadings of the Egyptian Coptic Christians on a Libyan beach.

Egypt's Coptic Pope Tawadros II (C) leads a mass to honor the memory of the Egyptian Coptic Christians murdered by Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Libya on February 17, 2015 at Saint-Mark's Coptic Cathedral in Cairo's al-Abbassiya district. (photo credit: Khaled Desouki/AFP) — Egypt’s Coptic Pope Tawadros II (C) leads a mass to honor the memory of the Egyptian Coptic Christians murdered by Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Libya on February 17, 2015 at Saint-Mark’s Coptic Cathedral in Cairo’s al-Abbassiya district. (photo credit: Khaled Desouki/AFP)

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