Author: Athanasios Koutoupas
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Greece remains the leading ship-owning country
The top five economies by flag of registration were Panama, Liberia, the Marshall Islands, Hong Kong (China) and Singapore. The Greeks have not been quite so dominant in the newbuild market, as78 per cent of the fleet (by tonnage) are registered under a foreign flag. The largest shipbuilding countries are China, Japan and the Republic…
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25 dead, 49 injured in explosion inside Coptic Cathedral in Cairo
Army forces were deployed at the scene after the attack, security sources told Daily News Egypt on condition of anonymity, adding that casualties may increase. Eyewitnesses said the explosion took place at about 10am, but could not confirm what exactly had happened. Some suggested that someone threw a bomb into the cathedral during the weekly…
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Egypt’s law on building churches dashes Christian hopes for equality
But many Coptic Christians and rights organisations say that the law will do very little to practically change discrimination against Christians who represent 10 percent of Egypt’s more than 90 million citizens, most of who are concentrated in Upper Egypt. Supporters of the law believed it would finally give Coptic Christians the freedom to build houses of worship under…