The trial opened on Wednesday of an Egyptian Copt accused of blasphemy after posting on the Internet an anti-Islam video that sparked violent protests worldwide, an AFP reporter said. Albert Saber, 27, was arrested at his home in Cairo on September 13 after neighbours alerted authorities that he had posted…
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