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Egypt: families go back to home town

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Posted: 17 Aug 2012 @ 12:42

TALKS involving members of the Egyptian security forces, and Muslim and Coptic representatives have enabled about 20 to 30 Christian families to return to their homes in the town of Dahshur, south of Cairo.

They fled when sectarian trouble erupted after an argument between two men became violent ( News, 10 August). One person was killed and many more were wounded. President Mohamed Morsi ordered the ...

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