New cabinet sworn in for Egypt

Egypt’s military rulers have sworn in a new cabinet that includes new faces in key ministries, responding to protesters’ demands that the new government be free of stalwarts of ousted President Hosni Mubarak.

The new cabinet, headed by prime minister Essam Sharaf, a US-educated civil engineer, is expected to be approved by the pro-reform groups that led the 18-day uprising that forced Mubarak to step down on February 11.