CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police deployed at churches across the country with orders to use live ammunition to protect Coptic Christians over their Christmas holiday, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
Dozens of churches and Christian properties were attacked in August, the month after the army overthrew Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
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