A supporter of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi chants slogans during a demonstration outside the Defence Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday. (Hassan Ammar/Associated Press) Co-ordinated day and nighttime attacks Sunday by emboldened militants in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula targeted different areas in the main city of el-Arish and a border town, killing one civilian and four security officers, according to officials. The pace of attacks on the police and military in northern Sinai has intensified since the July 3 ouster of president Mohammed Morsi from power, but assaults have largely been confined to desolate desert areas of the region. Sunday's assault was significant in that...
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