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Urgent: Egypt's Sisi declares emergency state after church blasts

Xinhua, April 9, 2017 Adjust font size:

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi declared in a televised statement on Sunday evening a state of emergency in the Arab country after two church blasts killed at least 44 and injured over 120. Endit