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16. January 2011 | 12:51

Egyptian to die for Copt murders

An Egyptian man is sentenced to death for killing six Coptic Christians and a Muslim police officer at a Christmas mass in January 2010. (News Source: BBC News - 10:45:05)

Egypt security court to try policeman suspected of killing Copt

CAIRO: An Egyptian policeman accused of gunning down a Copt and wounding five others will stand trial before an emergency security court, the state prosecutor said Thursday. Amer Ashour Abdel-Zaher faces 10 charges including premeditated murder and attempted murder and will stand trial before the Supreme State Security Emergency Court, Abdel Meguid (News Source: The Daily Star Lebanon - 23:48:34)

Egypt court hands death sentence to Copt killer

QENA (Egypt) - A COURT in southern Egypt on Sunday condemned a man to death for the January 2010 killing of six Coptic Christians outside a church after a Christmas mass. A Muslim policeman was also killed when three gunmen in a car raked worshippers emerging from mass with bullets in the village of Nagaa Hammadi, near Qena, targeting the Copts who mark Christmas on Jan 7. (News Source: Straits Times - 11:22:35)

EGYPT: Eyewitness claims train attacker did not target Copts, state media say

An off-duty police officer who killed one Copt and wounded five others on board a train Tuesday didn’t intentionally target Christians, Egypt’s state news agency quoted an eyewitness as saying. “The attacker boarded the train with his face to the… (News Source: Los Angeles Times - 17:45:24)

Corporate Office Properties Trust Reiterates Year End 2010 Earnings Conference Call and Announces 2011 Quarterly …

COLUMBIA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) (NYSE:OFC) reiterates the date for its year end 2010 earnings release and related conference call and announces dates for its 2011 quarterly earnings releases and related conference calls. Please join Randall M. Griffin, Chief Executive Officer, Roger A. Waesche, Jr., President and Chief Operating Officer, Stephen E. Riffee … (News Source: Business Wire - 13:17:22)

Egypt government bears brunt of Coptic Christian anger

As protests continue in the wake of a Jan. 1 church bombing, the fault lines are growing between the Egypt’s Copts and its secular regime. (News Source: The Christian Science Monitor - 22:37:51)

Egypt denies sectarian motive for Copt’s murder (AFP)

CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian authorities denied on Wednesday that a policeman suspected of murdering a Christian and wounding five others on a train acted for sectarian reasons, contradicting claims he had singled out Christians. The shooting came 10 days after a suicide bomber killed 21 people outside an Alexandria church, further inflaming religious tensions, and as Cairo accused the Vatican of … (News Source: Bayou Buzz - 15:14:05)

Tears, anger at funeral of murdered Egypt Copt

Angry mourners gathered yesterday for the funeral of an Egyptian Christian gunned down in an attack that threatened to exacerbate sectarian tensions, just days after a deadly church bombing in Alexandria . (News Source: Gulf Times - 23:26:08)

Christians Face a Challenging Year

ROME, JAN. 10, 2010 ( Zenit.org ).- Benedict XVI’s message for World Peace Day on Jan. 1 was dedicated to the theme of religious freedom and the problems created by the persecution of Christians in many parts of the world. (News Source: Zenit News Agency - 20:59:38)

‘They Need Our Help’ - Germans Angered By Christian Persecution

Many Germans voiced outrage following the New Year’s Eve terrorist attack on Coptic Christians in Alexandria. But despite the strong words, critics argue that Germany could do more to help Christians seeking asylum. (News Source: Free Internet Press - 21:42:47)

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