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Two weeks after the attack on the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter, Egyptian newspapers continued their coverage of the ensuing investigation...  
  Sectarian tension is once again the topic of many Egyptian editorialists over the weekend. This discussion comes primarily in light of the New Year’s Day attack on an Alexandria church and last week’s shooting of Christians on a train in Minya.  
Under the headline “Pope to be Absent from Alexandria Epiphany Service for Third Succesive Year,” Al-Shurūq al-Jadīd reports that Pope Shenouda III will hold the annual service at the Monastery of Saint Bīshūy (Dayr Anbā Bīshūy) at Wādī al-Natrūn in northern Egypt.   The pope has been absent from...
AWR provides a roundup of the latest Egyptian newspaper coverage of the investigation of the Alexandria church bombing on New Year's Day....  
Headline: Unknown Head Belongs to Pakistani who Entered Alexandria Three Days before Church Attack, Reported to Security Source: al-Misrī al-Yawm Page: 1 Author: Nabīl Abū Shāl, Muhammad ‘Abd al-Khāliq Misāhil, Fātimah Zīdān, Dālyā ‘Uthmān, Hudá Rashwān, Yūsuf al-‘Ūmī, and Nāsir al-Sharqāwī...
  On Tuesday, an off-duty Egyptian police officer reportedly opened fire on a train in the southern province of Minya, killing one Christian and injuring 5 others. Today's Egyptian newspapers mostly emphasized that the assailant was allegedly mentally unstable and that his motives were not...
As time passes, coverage of the aftermath of the New Year's Day explosion in Alexandria at the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter has receded somewhat. Press reports on the investigation are frequently contradictory...  
At his weekly meeting in the ‘Abbāsiyyah Cathedral, Pope Shenouda III announced that the church will do everything within its power to defend the rights of those who were killed, injured and detained during the ‘Umrāniyyah riots in November 24, 2010. Activist Najīb Jabrā’īl called upon Coptic...
  There were many reports today on Egypt’s recall of its ambassador to the Vatican. The recall comes in light of the recent statements by Pope Benedict XVI calling on Middle Eastern countries to better protect Christian minorities.   Al-Akhbār’s page one report is headlined: "Egypt Summons its...
Egyptian and Israeli media trade accusations, Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī tells the Vatican Pope to "leave us alone," and investigators continue their hunt for evidence in this latest roundup of Egyptian newspaper coverage of the New Year's Day church attack in Alexandria...  

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