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• Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches
• Gunmen kill 11 near Syrian Christian villages
• Attack by gunmen near Syrian Christian villages kills 11

Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches Posted: 17 Aug 2013 05:13 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like "prisoners of war" before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two other women working at the school were sexually harassed and abused as they fought their way through a mob.

Gunmen kill 11 near Syrian Christian villages Posted: 17 Aug 2013 07:35 AM PDT DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Gunmen shot dead 11 people, mostly Christians, near a town in central Syria on Saturday, state media and activists said, an attack described by a local resident as aimed at members of the religious minority.

Attack by gunmen near Syrian Christian villages kills 11 Posted: 17 Aug 2013 02:36 AM PDT BEIRUT - Syria's state-run news agency and an activist group say gunmen have shot dead 11 people, mostly Christians, in the centre of the country.

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