Egypt On Edge As Copts Mourn Slain Protesters -- L.A. Times
Funerals are held for four of the Christian Copts slain by army police and thugs. Officials and religious leaders seek to ease sectarian tensions amid rising anger toward the ruling military council.
Reporting from Cairo — Mourners wept over the coffins of Coptic Christians on Monday as Egyptian officials and religious leaders sought to ease sectarian tensions amid rising anger toward the nation's ruling military council.
Funerals for four of the more than 20 Coptic protesters killed Sunday by army police and thugs in plainclothes kept the country on edge. The Coptic Church denounced the military for allowing the attacks. And Christians hurled rocks at police outside a Cairo hospital where the bodies of other protesters awaited burial.
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MIDDLE EAST
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String of blasts in Iraqi capital kills 10.
Quartet tries to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks.
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ASIA
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Cross-border raid sparks deadly clash in NW Pakistan. Pakistan army kills 30 Afghan militants after border raid.
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AFRICA
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Libya government forces corner Gaddafi loyalists in Sirte.
Libyan arms smuggled into Sudan threaten renewed Darfur violence.
Sudan Army misses deadline to withdraw from Abyei.
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EUROPE
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EU delays summit to finalize crisis plans. ‘Time short’ for eurozone, says Cameron.
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