The Coptic Church in Austria holds today a conference for the youth for three days at the Church of the Virgin Mary and the monastery of St. Anthony in Vienna.

General Salah al-Din Hassan, Drector of Qena security, said that police closed down a house that belongs to a priest in Qena since Christians tried to convert the house into a church without having the due licenses.

Russia's top Investigative Committee has launched a criminal case against airline Kogalymavia after one of its planes with 224 people aboard crashed in Egypt on Saturday, Russian news agencies said, quoting the committee's spokesman.

The black box that was aboard the Russian aircraft crashed Saturday over Sinai was found at the crash site, Egypt’s state-run T.V announced, citing a statement of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry.

A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers and crew crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday after losing radar contact and plummeting from its cruising altitude, killing all aboard.

Amir Nasif, Coptic candidate, said that al-Nour ultra conservative party has offered him 300.000 LE in order to join the party and run for elections on their lists.

HG Abba Abaker, Bishop of Sweden, is currently visiting Vienna for several days. He is going to participate in youth conference.

"Watch O Egyptian" campaign announced that al-Nour ultra conservative party and its electronic committees used sectarian polarization to mobilize the people in the first phase of elections.

Father Rafik Grish, director of the press office of the Catholic Church in Egypt, denied rumors published by media that Ms. Susan Samir who runs in elections on the electoral lists of al-Nour ultra conservative party is minister at the Catholic Church.

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Supporters of the Salafi candidates at Ameriya village, Alexandria, attacked Coptic voters in order to prevent them from voting. They also insulted Christianity and cursed the Coptic Christians.

The Islamic movements are still trying to trade on religion in order to gain some political benefits and win the parliamentary elections in certain places.

Abba Moussa, Bishop of Youth, left hospital today after receiving medical treatment. He stayed at hospital for 5 days, and several Copts were praying for his recovery.

Father Poulos Halim, spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that Pope Tawadros II will arrive to Cairo tomorrow after a pastoral care visit to America that lasted for three weeks.

Dr. Monir Dawod, president of the American Coptic Association passed away today after suffering short illness. He was known for his great love for Egypt and the Coptic cause.

Villages of Dishna Diocese celebrated the 24th enthronement anniversary of Abba Takla, Bishop of Dishna. The celebration included spiritual songs by the choruses of the churches of the diocese.

Criminal Investigation Directorate of Minya arrested kidnappers of a Coptic child in Minya with unlicensed weapons and the money of the ransom in their possession.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, made a phone call with Anba Moussa, bishop of Youth, to reassure over his health after he visited hospital for medical treatment.

Abba Eklimindos, General Bishop of the Diocese of Ottawa, casted his vote today in the run-off of the first phase of the Egyptian elections at the Egyptian embassy in Ottawa, Canada.

Torrential rains lashed Alexandria causing the death of 6 people and the governor to resign. The people were electrocuted to death when a cable from a tramway fell into a street flooded with water. Several churches were also flooded with water and armed forces are trying to save the city.

A Coptic student named Cyril Narrows, 16 years old, died of electric shock at amusement center in Mallawi southern of Minya province.