MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Religious clashes follow Egypt church bombing
By artappraiser on Sat, 01/01/2011 - 1:45pm |Al-Jazeera, January 1, 2010
Clashes have flared in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria, following a car bombing blamed outside a Coptic Christian church that killed at least 21 people.
Police and Christian men faced off late on Saturday afternoon, with reports of rubber-coated bullets and tear gas being fired at crowds of young men.
Enraged Christians emerging from the Qiddissine church fought with police and stormed a nearby mosque, prompting fights and volleys of stone throwing with Muslims....
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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/20111114553109742.html
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