Egypt Prime Minister resigns ahead of planned 'Friday of Determination'
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Egyptian reform figure Mohamed ElBaradei hailed the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq Thursday, who headed the country's interim cabinet.
The sacking of Mr Shafiq, announced on the Egyptian armed forces’ Facebook page, is a concession to the demands of a broad range of activists and opposition figures who led the revolt against the former president. According to a report in the Financial Times, his replacement, Essam Sharaf, is a US trained former transport minister whose task will be to form a new government.
There was evidently sufficient fear of what tomorrow's demonstrations might bring, as the pro-democracy movement was not appeased by the reshuffle of old regime figures
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The sacking of Mr Shafiq, announced on the Egyptian armed forces’ Facebook page, is a concession to the demands of a broad range of activists and opposition figures who led the revolt against the former president. According to a report in the Financial Times, his replacement, Essam Sharaf, is a US trained former transport minister whose task will be to form a new government.
There was evidently sufficient fear of what tomorrow's demonstrations might bring, as the pro-democracy movement was not appeased by the reshuffle of old regime figures
Continue reading on Examiner.com: Egypt Prime Minister resigns ahead of planned 'Friday of Determination' - National Foreign Policy | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/egypt-prime-minister-resigns-...
