Christian channel opens in Egypt
By Heba Saleh
BBC News, Cairo

The first Christian satellite channel in Egypt is due to start broadcasting on Monday.

Aghapy Television was established by the Coptic Christian church, the main church in Egypt.
Copts make up an estimated 10% of the Egyptian population and they complain of discrimination.

Three people died in Alexandria in October after Muslim demonstrators attacked a church which had put on a play seen as offensive to Islam.

Aghapy TV will be the first ever television channel in Egypt to broadcast programmes with a purely Christian outlook. The rest


Violence follows 'Koran burning'
By Shahid Malik
BBC News

Lahore Police in the Pakistani province of Punjab have arrested 90 people after protests against an alleged desecration of the Koran.

Police officials say the unrest began after rumours spread that a Christian man had set fire to a library containing copies of the Koran.

The crowd set fire to two churches, two school buildings and some houses.
The incidents took place in Sangla Hill, more than 100km from Lahore, but there are no reports of any injuries.
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