Monday, May 9, 2011

Church burning deepens tumult of Egypt transition (AP)



Some hundreds of Christians and Muslims hurl stones at each other during clashes near the Corniche in Cairo, Egypt Sunday, May 8, 2011.  The clashes on Sunday come hours after ultraconservative Muslim mobs set fire overnight to a church and a Christian-owned apartment building in a frenzy of violence that killed 12 people and injured more than 200. (AP Photo)AP - Relations between Egypt's Muslims and Christians degenerated to a new low Sunday after riots overnight left 12 people dead and a church burned, adding to the disorder of the country's post-revolution transition to democracy.




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