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Tanyous's home in this southern Egyptian town and make a chilling gesture -- running their fingers across their throats. Others, he says, shout warnings that security forces won't be there forever to protect him and other Christians.
• This week, a large contingent of troops and police rolled into Dalga, backed by helicopter gunships, breaking the hold of Islamist hard-liners who seized control of the town of 120,000 in early July in a spasm of violence after the ouster of President

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