The New York Times Egyptian Leader Visits Coptic Christmas Eve Service President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Tuesday visited the main Coptic Christian cathedral during its Christmas Eve Mass, and the Egyptian state news media declared him the first Egyptian president to attend such a service. "Let no one say, ‘What kind of Egyptian are you?' " Mr. Sisi told the thousands of worshipers, declaring that Egypt would rise above centuries of tensions between Muslims and Christians. "It is not right to call each other anything but ‘the Egyptians.' We must only be Egyptians!" Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/world/middleeast/egyptian-leader-visits-coptic-christmas-eve-service.html?_r=0 The Guardian Peter Greste: lawyer says release not imminent as deportation request lodged Journalist Peter Greste has formally lodged paperwork with the Egyptian government, seeking his deportation from the country where he has been imprisoned for more than a year. But his release from prison could still be weeks or months away, as the new presidential power to deport foreign prisoners is tested for the first time. Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/07/peter-greste-lodges-formal-request-to-be-deported-from-egypt World Bulletin Moroccan envoy to Cairo denies called home Moroccan Ambassador to Egypt Saad al-Alami denied Tuesday that he had been called home due to tension between Rabat and Cairo. Al-Alami told the Maroc News 24 website that his current visit to Rabat was a "routine" one, stressing that he had not been called home due to a recent diplomatic row with Cairo. Last week, Cairo was dismayed by references to Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Moroccan state television as a "coup leader." Read more: http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/152372/moroccan-envoy-to-cairo-denies-called-home
