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A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt's capital on Sunday, quickly filling it with thick black smoke and killing 41 worshippers, including at least 15 children.

Three US-based organizations have reacted to the fiesta organized by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday outside the Byzantine-era cathedral Hagia Sophia on the occasion of the 567th anniversary of the Turkish conquest of Constantinople.

A rare 30kg meteorite fragment found in the Barringer Crater in the US was sold online for a record $ 237,500, CNBC TV reported.

The second day of the Resurrection of Christ marks the beginning of the Bright Week or Renewal Week in Orthodox Christianity. The week is called bright because the Resurrection of Christ brings enlightenment to all people, BNR writes.

The Bright Week continues until Thomas Sunday. During the week Christians recall how Jesus appeared before his disciples after Resurrection.

The White House on March 17 said it was ready to support an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into alleged genocide carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria and Iraq.

Europe, the Americas, Russia and China shoud unite to counter terrorism applying a full range of security measures, Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev has said.

"Our weapon is integration, not isolation," the President has said, urging the bloc to take steps toward "more Europe" and not "less Europe."