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Daley asks GOP to detail its proposed budget cuts
By News on Jan 30, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's new chief of staff is responding to a proposal from congressional Republicans to cut $55 billion from the federal budget with a question: "Where's the beef?"...Thousands of inmates escape jails in Egypt turmoil
By News on Jan 30, 2011
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CAIRO (AP) -- Thousands of inmates escaped prisons across Egypt on Sunday, including at least one jail that housed Muslim militants northwest of Cairo, adding to the chaos engulfing the country as anti-government protests continue to demand the ouster of longtime authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak....Chaos engulfs Cairo as Mubarak points to successor
By News on Jan 29, 2011
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CAIRO (AP) -- With protests raging, Egypt's president named his intelligence chief as his first-ever vice president on Saturday, setting the stage for a successor as chaos engulfed the capital. Soldiers stood by - a few even joining the demonstrators - and the death toll from five days of anti-government fury rose sharply to 74....Egypt moves to secure antiquities from looters
By News on Jan 29, 2011
CAIRO (AP) -- Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 10 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief said Saturday....
Obama reiterates call for restraint in Egypt
By News on Jan 29, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling for restraint in Egypt and renewing his support for universal rights and concrete steps that lead to political reform....