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Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

A Coptic clergymen, center, casts his ballot during the new Coptic Pope elections at the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. A council of Egypt's Coptic Christians is voting Monday in a process that will elect a new spiritual leader for the ancient church as the community struggles to assert its identity and role amid a rising tide of Islamism that has left many Copts fearful for their future. (AP Photo/Sami Wahib)

Egypt: Coptic Church moves toward picking new pope

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Archy Jacob sits in a sound room during a Mass at St. Mary and St. Verena Orthodox Coptic Church in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Prophet film puts spotlight on U.S. Copts

By Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press

Lawyer appeals Pussy Riot members jail sentences

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Pussy Riot members sentenced to 2 years in prison

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press