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Attempted church bombing, house of worship inauguration tops coverage: <\/b>Topping coverage of Egypt is the death of a policeman who was killed last Saturday while trying to defuse a bomb that was found near a church in the district of Nasr City. The story was picked up by the BBC<\/a>, the Associated Press<\/a>, and the UK\u2019s Express<\/a>. The attack came two days before Coptic Christians celebrated their Christmas yesterday, and a day before President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inaugurated a massive church in the new capital. A number of leading international media outlets took note of the inauguration the day after the attack, including France\u2019s AFP<\/a>, the BBC<\/a>, Bloomberg<\/a> and Euronews<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attempted church bombing, house of worship inauguration tops coverage: Topping coverage of Egypt is the death of a policeman who was killed last Saturday while trying to defuse a bomb that was found near a church in the district of Nasr City. 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