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Illustrative: An Egyptian ambulance Oct. 31, 2015. (Amr Nabil/AP)
July 19, 2022, 12:21 pm
22 killed, 33 injured as bus hits truck in southern Egypt
Authorities say vehicle carrying 45 slammed into truck whose driver was changing a tire near Minya province
By Agencies
A relative of a slain Christian grieves during funeral service at Church of Great Martyr Prince Tadros, in Minya, Egypt on Nov. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
November 3, 2018, 2:01 pm
Christians in Egypt bury their dead after jihadist attack
Local Islamic State affiliate claims its gunmen killed 7 Coptic pilgrims in ambush attack near Cairo
By Samy Magdy and Hamza Hendawi
The Tel Aviv Municipality building lit in the colors of the Egyptian flag on May 28, 2017 to show solidarity with Christian Copts killed in a terror attack near Cairo a day earlier. (Tel Aviv Municipality)
May 28, 2017, 1:36 am
Tel Aviv City Hall lit with Egypt flag in solidarity with Copt terror victims
In first such gesture toward Arab country, municipality building shows Eagle of Saladin after 29 Christian Copts killed by IS gunman
By ToI Staff
Relatives of killed Coptic Christians grieve during the funeral at Abu Garnous Cathedral in the north Minya town of Maghagha, Egypt on May 26, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
May 27, 2017, 2:57 pm
Islamic State claims deadly attack on Egyptian Christians
Authorities raise official death toll from bus shooting to 29; Sissi launches retaliatory airstrikes on jihadist training camps in Libya
By Agencies
In this Dec. 11, 2016 file photo, an Egyptian Coptic nun weeps as she looks at damage inside the St. Mark Cathedral in central Cairo, following a bombing. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
April 12, 2017, 3:32 am
Churches in southern Egypt will not celebrate Easter
Coptic diocese in city of Minya says festivities canceled in mourning for 45 Christians murdered in IS terror attacks this week
By MENNA ZAKI
An Egyptian woman holds a sign in Arabic that reads, "the demands are not only for Christians but for all Egyptians," during a protest against the latest surge of assaults on Christians in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
August 14, 2016, 1:25 am
Egypt Christians stage rare Cairo protest demanding rights
Amid surge in attacks by Muslims in outlying areas, Copts demand better protection from government, courts
By Brian Rohan
Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a mass in the rubble of a makeshift chapel that was torched during clashes a few earlier months earlier, in the Egyptian village of Ismailia, in the Minya governorate, July 24, 2016. (AFP/KHALED DESOUKI)
July 28, 2016, 8:55 am
Egypt Christians look to new law to end discrimination
Legislation aims to even the ground on building permits between Muslims and Copts amid dark times for church followers
By Haitham el-Tabei
Coptic Christians walk outside St. Markos Church in Minya, south of Cairo, Egypt, January 2015. (AP Photo/Roger Anis)
July 18, 2016, 4:39 pm
Muslim mob stabs Christian to death in Egypt over feud
Police arrest 4 people after the families of 2 priests are attacked with knives and batons
By AP
Egyptian students from Cairo University, supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, demonstrate on campus, March 19, 2014. (AFP/Topshots/Mohamed el-Shahed)
May 20, 2014, 2:20 am
Gunmen kill 3 policemen near Cairo university
Nine more police officers wounded in attack; in Sinai, militants blow up gas pipeline
By AFP
A supporter of ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds a poster, left, with Arabic that reads, "freedom to Waleed Abdel Aziz, fourth team, faculty of chemistry, geology," during a demonstration inside Cairo University in Egypt on Monday, March 24, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latef, El Shorouk)
March 25, 2014, 12:06 pm
Egypt opens second mass trial of Islamists
Day after court sentences 530 Morsi supporters to death, 683 more face charges from murder to sabotage
By MAMDOUH THABIT
Damaged pharaonic objects in the Malawi Antiquities Museum after it was ransacked and looted in Malawi, in August 2013, south of Minya, Egypt. (photo credit: AP/Roger Anis, el-Shorouk newspaper)
From the WebAugust 18, 2013, 5:15 pm
Looters in Egypt ransack museum for artifacts
Daily Mail: Vandals destroy the Malawi Museum in Minya, taking several priceless pieces and damaging others
Christian farmer Ishaq Aziz cradles a picture of his daughter, 17-year-old schoolgirl, Nirmeen, who went missing on Valentine's Day and had not been seen or heard of since, in the Minya town of Matai, Egypt, March 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Thomas Hartwell)
April 5, 2013, 1:05 am
Kidnappers target Christians in Egyptian province
Victims, church leaders claim authorities less likely to investigate crimes against the community
By Hamza Hendawi
Mohamed Morsi at a rally in May. (photo credit: AP/Fredrik Persson)
August 5, 2012, 7:37 pm
Power outages, protests plague Morsi’s Egypt
Brownouts lasting from a few hours to whole days ravage the Nile; Morsi orders construction of infrastructure as people protest paying bills
By Greg Tepper
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