Traffic stopped in many governorates all over Egypt because of dust storm that hit Egypt for three days.

Two kidnapped Copts in Minya were released yesterday after 110.000 LE ransom was paid. Milad Emad, 25, and Malak Khalaf, 20, were released today after they had been kidnapped for 9 days.

Kidnapped Coptic merchant called Eissa Girgis Zakaria, 40 years old, has escaped from the kidnappers today. He was kidnapped last Friday from his shop in Mallawy, Minya, by masked armed men.

Family of Amgad Gaber, 22 years old Coptic driver, found him dead in front of his house in Tayba village, Samalot, north of Minya. His father demanded autopsy to determine the cause of death.

Unidentified men set a car of a Coptic Christian man called Fayez Morkos on fire. It’s worth mentioning that the car was parked next to the police station, but that didn’t prevent the perpetrators from burning the car.

National Security police arrested killers of guards of St. Mark Catholic church in Minya who seized their guns on Christmas eve. Two police men had been targeted and killed in front of St. Mark Catholic church in Minya.

Police have arrested a number of Copts in the village Nazlet Ebid and Muslims of nearby villages after the sectarian clashes erupted among students in these villages, in which they used white weapons.

Clashes broke out between Copts and Muslims in Matay, Minay, after they were stopped for two weeks. Clashes renewed between Coptic and Muslim students, and their families tried to contain the clashes before victims are injured.

Unknown masked men have opened fire on a car of the priest of St. Mary and St. Karas in Mallawi. The attackers have cut the road and shot his car before he could escape, without injuries. Police were reported and the matter is still under investigation.

Abba Pfnotios, Bishop of Samalot, ordained three nuns dedicated for the ministry in the diocese. The new nuns were named sister Theiodora, sister Verena, and sister Barthenaa.

Abba Athanasius, Bishop of Bani Mazar and Bahnasa, ordained a new priest yesterday at the church of St. Mary and St. Abanoub, Nazlet Galf, Beni Mazar.

Four months have passed since a Coptic man called Atta Khalifa Atta was kidnapped in Beni Haram village, Minya, but police were not able to return him.

Abba Makarios, General Bishop of Minya, received yesterday Mr. John Kasn, the British ambassador to Egypt and his accompanying delegation.

Father Basilious Fawzi, priest of the Catholic Church in Minya, received a delegation from the Catholic Church in Lebanon at the Cathedral of Christ the King,