Egypt (text reproduced here; link to changing page): An Egyptian Christian was killed and two others seriously injured on January 5 when a confrontation erupted between a military contingent of about 300 soldiers and the staff of a Coptic Christian center for handicapped children near Cairo. The military blocked the Patmos Center’s main entrance and the road leading to the center, using construction equipment to knock down several meters of wall on either side of the gate. Some of the Patmos workers moved onto the Suez highway, stopping traffic in a sit-in protest against the military action. A fast-moving bus came off the highway onto the adjacent service road, careening directly into the crowd. Thirteen staff workers surrounding Bishop Botros, the Coptic Orthodox cleric directing the center, were struck down. Military officials contend that the driver simply lost control of the vehicle, but church sources accused army officers of ordering the driver to run over the bishop and his staff. (Compass Direct)