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APTOPIX Mideast Egypt Church Attack

2011-01-04T14:32:25Z

Two Coptic men, center and unseen, warn off two others wielding kitchen knives, left and right, who were trying to kick down the doors of a mosque, seen behind, during heavy clashes between Coptic youths and riot police, in the streets outside the Saints Church and a neighboring hospital, in Alexandria, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. A powerful bomb, possibly from a suicide attacker, exp...

Mideast Egypt Church Attack

2011-01-03T10:00:46Z

Egyptian plainclothes police arrest two Coptic Christian youths, who were part of a noisy protest at night near the bombed church, in Alexandria, Egypt Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. The police investigation into the New Year's church bombing that killed 21 people is focusing on a local group of Islamic hard-liners inspired by al-Qaida, Egyptian sec...

Sports Silk Road

2010-12-25T10:31:27Z

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2010, file photo, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany, passes the Yas Marina hotel during a qualifying session at the Yas Marina racetrack for the Emirates Formula One Grand Prix auto race, in

Kenya ICC

2010-12-14T10:32:39Z

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2008 file photo, the body of a woman who mortuary workers said died by strangulation the day after the election was held lies in a mortuary so full of bodies they still lay piled across floors at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya. Three years after post-election attacks killed more than 1,000 people here, top...

Mideast Egypt Elections

2010-11-30T00:04:37Z

Protesters chant "Fraud" as they make a small demonstration of about 100 opposition activists in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. Protesters clashed with police Monday, setting fire to cars, tires and two schools used as polling stations in riots sparked by alleged widespread fraud by the ruling party in Egypt's parliamentary elections. Posters in Arabic show a photo of senior ruling ...