Egypt's Qandil 'selects cabinet'

Cairo : Egypt | Aug 01, 2012 at 10:43 AM PDT

Source: BBC

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Egypt's Prime Minister-designate, Hisham Qandil, has begun selecting ministers to serve in his cabinet. State TV said the finance and foreign affairs ministers would be retained, but that Maj-Gen Ahmed Jamal al-Din would become the new interior minister. FULL ARTICLE AT BBC

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