CAIRO: Egypt's Christians rang in the New Year on Wednesday with prayers for peace after months of unrest, but expressed no regrets over backing the military's overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.

Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of Egypt's 86 million people and constitute the largest Christian community in the Middle East, have long complained of official discrimination and feared attacks by radical Islamists.

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