Egypt Swears In Cabinet Following Demonstrators’ Demands

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Egypt swore in a new Cabinet following protesters’ demands that the government be purged of officials appointed under former President Hosni Mubarak.

The foreign, justice, interior and oil ministers were changed. State television aired footage of the ceremony showing the prime minister and his Cabinet taking the oath before Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, who heads the ruling military council.