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Sectarian fighting breaks out in post-revolutionary Egypt

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It's barely three months since member of different faiths came together to oust President Hosni Mubarak from power. But now, cracks are showing in post-revolutionary Egypt. Fighting has broken out between the country's Coptic Christians and Muslims, and locals have accused members of the former regime of inciting sectarian violence.

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