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Egypt looking for answers after 24 are killed in violence

With Egypt looking for answers as to what caused a clash between Coptic Christians and the Egyptian military, leaders called for quick probe into what led to the clash.

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Coptic Christians Have High Hopes for New Egyptian Leadership

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We talk with Father Armia Toufiles, a priest with the St. George Coptic Orthodox Church of Brooklyn about what he’s seeing and hearing in his congregation and the community back home in Egypt.

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