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Egypt troops in Sinai sweep mistakenly hit funeral
Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants. The incident illustrated the hazards of the military operations prompted by the kidnapping last week. A ...
New Egypt tax law: cuts for poor, business hikes
Egypt's president signed a new tax law Tuesday that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians in the latest move aimed at reforming the country's economy. The changes, which are more favorable than the previous tax law for the country's most vulnerable, could boost Islamists in parliamentary elections slated for ...
Deal weighs in on atheist materials being donated
Gov. Nathan Deal says he believes in the right of atheist groups to donate literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks just as Bibles are allowed. Deal said Tuesday "if somebody doesn't want to read the Gideon Bibles, they don't have to take it out of ...
Car bomb, other attacks kill 20 in Iraq
A car bomb exploded as Sunni worshippers were leaving a mosque after evening prayers Tuesday in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks that killed at least 20 people nationwide in a week of the most sustained sectarian violence in the country since U.S. troops withdrew more than a ...
Pope expresses solidarity with tornado survivors
Pope Francis has expressed his "closeness to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado," with special concern for "those who lost young children." The pope posted a Twitter message to the survivors Tuesday, and followed up with a telegram to the archbishop of Oklahoma City, Paul S. ...
Southern Baptists prepare to send help to Oklahoma
Members of the Southern Baptist Convention's disaster relief organization are making plans at their suburban Atlanta offices to send help to the Oklahoma City area after Monday's tornado. The volunteers were gathering at the group's North American Mission Board office in Alpharetta, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported (http://bit.ly/14sKLRJ ). Mike Ebert, ...
Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death
A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since recovered but the rest of the family remains under medical observation, the ...
Myanmar Muslims jailed for killing Buddhist monk
A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday — one of them to a life term — in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was overwhelmingly directed against minority Muslims but has not led to any criminal trials against members of the country's Buddhist ...
Boston cardinal skips event over Irish PM's role
Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday to protest its decision to honor Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who backs legislation to permit abortion, and the cardinal's views were echoed outside the ceremony by a few dozen anti-abortion activists. The protesters gathered at an entrance to the stadium where ...
Boston cardinal skips event over Irish PM's role
Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday to protest its decision to honor Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who backs legislation to permit abortion, and O'Malley's views were echoed outside the ceremony by a few dozen anti-abortion activists. The protesters gathered at an entrance to the stadium where Kenny ...
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