Egypt Copts mark Christmas with fear of future

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Published January 6, 2013 5:00am ET
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Egypt Copts mark Christmas with fear of future
Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, leads a midnight Mass on the eve of Orthodox Christmas at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, late Sunday Jan. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) | Amr Nabil

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s minority Christians were celebrating their first Christmas after the election of an Islamist president and a new pope — and following adoption of a constitution many argue has an Islamist slant.

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