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Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a decree on Tuesday extending a three-month nationwide state of emergency, in place since April 2017, which will come into effect on January 13. Having first been imposed following the bombing of two churches in April that killed 47 people, and renewed in October, the extension is aimed at curbing "the dangers and funding of terrorism and safeguard security in all parts of the counfry," state news service MENA reports. The twin attack on a church in Tanta and another…
