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10A – Daily News – Friday, February 4, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING Mubarak supporters attack in ugly turn of chaos CAIRO (AP) — Men- acing gangs backing Pres- ident Hosni Mubarak attacked journalists and human rights activists Thursday in an ugly turn in Egypt’s crisis as gov- ernment opponents pushed supporters out of Cairo’s main square in second day of battles. Organizers called for pro- testers trying to topple the regime to fill every square in the huge capital on Fri- day. The new vice presi- dent, widely considered the first successor Mubarak has ever desig- nated, fueled anti-foreign sentiment by going on state television and blam- ing outsiders for foment- ing unrest. The govern- YEARBOOK This would probably be it: If Red Bluff had a ment has accused media outlets of being sympa- thetic to protesters who want the president to quit now rather than serve out his term, as he has vowed to do. Mubarak, 82, told ABC television in an interview that he was fed up and wants to resign. But he said he can’t for fear the country would sink into chaos. He said he was very unhappy about the two days of clashes in central Tahrir square. ‘‘I do not want to see Egyptians fighting each other,’’ he said. The uncontrolled vio- lence that had been con- centrated in Tahrir spread around the city of 18 mil- lion, with a new wave of arson and looting. Republicans divided over Obama’s response to Egypt WASHINGTON (AP) — As chaos roils Egypt, Republican lawmakers and the GOP’s potential presi- dential candidates are divid- ed over President Barack Obama’s response though united in concern that an Islamic regime could rise to power in a nation that is an important U.S. ally in the precarious Middle East. Compared with recent verbal sparring on domestic issues, the debate between Democrats and Republicans on Egypt is somewhat muted. That’s perhaps because the two parties dif- fer little over U.S. policy toward Egypt. Both view the country as a linchpin to a peaceful Middle East. And while supportive of democracy there, both also express concern about the influence of extremists in a post-Mubarak government, a particular worry of Israel. Trying to set the tone for their party, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the country’s two top elected Republi- cans, have deferred to the Democratic president. They are signaling an unwilling- ness among the GOP lead- ership in Congress to pick a fight, in line, at least on this issue, with the tradition that politics stops at the waters’ edge in the midst of foreign crises. ‘‘America ought to speak with one voice,’’ said McConnell. Even so, the party’s potential presidential hope- fuls have taken a range of different tacks — some more confrontational — on a crisis that could dramati- cally alter U.S. foreign poli- cy beyond Obama’s admin- istration. Republicans move to slash domestic spending WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans now con- trolling the House promised Thursday to slash domestic agencies’ budgets by almost 20 percent for the coming year, beginning their drive to cut spending to the level it what before President Barack Obama took office. ‘‘Washington’s spending spree is over,’’ declared Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman who announced the plan. ‘‘The spending limits will restore sanity to a broken budget process,’’ he said, returning ‘‘to pre-stimulus, pre- bailout levels.’’ Republicans won’t get everything they want. Democrats are in charge of the White House and the Senate, and even House Republicans may have sec- ond thoughts when the magnitude of the cuts sinks in. The White House says the GOP effort could cause widespread furloughs of federal employees, force vulnerable people off subsi- dized housing, reduce ser- vices in national parks and mean less aid to schools and police and fire departments. 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