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BBC MUNDO RADIO
Egypt's prime minister has called an urgent cabinet meeting following fatal clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo overnight, state media says.
Essam Sharaf has postponed a visit to the Gulf in order to discuss the violence that left nine people dead and more than 50 wounded.
The clashes broke out after several hundred conservative Muslims gathered at a church in Imbaba district.
They alleged a woman convert to Islam was being held there against her will.
What began as an exchange of words between protesters, church guards and people living nearby developed into a fully-fledged confrontation involving gunfire, firebombs and stone-throwing.
The church and some nearby homes were set alight, and it and it took some hours for the emergency services and the military to bring the situation under control.
The recurrence of yet another serious outbreak of communal violence - as the military government leads a faltering transition to democracy - is a worrying development for Egypt, the BBC's Jonathan Head in Cairo says.
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