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  • Egyptian Prime Minister, Cabinet Resigns

    07/09/2004 7:50:00 PM PDT · by nuconvert · 2 replies · 360+ views
    AP ^ | July 9 2004
    Egyptian Prime Minister, Cabinet Resigns Fri Jul 9, MAGGIE MICHAEL,/ Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt - President Hosni Mubarak (news - web sites)'s cabinet resigned Friday and the longtime leader appointed a relative outsider as prime minister, further consolidating his power at a time of growing calls for political, social and economic change. State-run television interrupted its programming to report that Mubarak named Ahmed Nazief, a 52-year-old former state minister for communications and information, to replace the prime minister of the past four years, Atef Obeid, 72. Mubarak's choice follows a pattern of appointing technocrats — rather than more politically inclined...