The World - News from March 27, 1987
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The leader of Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority issued an appeal for improved relations between Christians and Muslims and charged that “hostile states” have been behind recent sectarian violence. The remarks by Pope Shenouda III came in the wake of violence in six Egyptian towns that cost at least one life. The patriarch said he believes that some groups are receiving funds, armament and instigation from abroad.
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