Egypt PM Ahmed Shafiq resigns

Egypt's military rulers have accepted the surprise resignation of Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, seen by protesters as a symbol of ousted president Hosni Mubarak's regime, the army said on Thursday.He will be replaced by Essam Sharaf, a former minister who took part in the mass demonstrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square which led to strongman Mubarak's resignation on February 11 after three decades in power.

Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq resigned unexpectedly Thursday, sparking celebrations from protesters who demand a purge of the remnants of ousted president Hosni Mubarak's regime.The country's military rulers said he would be replaced by Essam Sharaf, a former transport minister who joined the rallies in Cairo's Tahrir Square that led to Mubarak's resignation on February 11.

Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq has resigned and will be replaced by former Transport Minister Essam Sharaf, Egypt's military rulers said.

British Prime Minister David Cameron held talks in Cairo on Monday, on the first trip by a foreign leader to the Egyptian capital since the downfall of long-time president Hosni Mubarak.Cameron held talks with Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, the country's de facto leader since a popular uprising toppled Mubarak, the official MENA news agency reported.He also met Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, who heads a caretaker government, and the meeting later expanded to include Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.

CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak watched the uprising against him unfold through a live TV feed to his palace, despite his later denial that he knew the extent of the protests and crackdown against them, a member of a fact-finding mission said Wednesday. The finding could lead to the retrial of the 84-year-old ousted president, already serving a life sentence.

Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq resigned and was succeeded by a U.S.-educated engineer, a bid by the country's military rulers to placate a protest movement that continues to demand deeper change after the ouster of the former president, Hosni Mubarak.

Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq said on Saturday the government will soon release 222 of the country's remaining 487 political prisoners, the official MENA news agency reported.Only a handful of them were arrested during the 18-day revolt that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak on February 11, he said."Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq announced that there are 487 remaining political prisoners and the government will soon release 222 of them," the agency reported.

Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak tasked his new prime minister to ram through democratic reforms as thousands of protesters in central Cairo defied a military curfew to demand the veteran leader's ouster.His instructions to Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq were read out on state television but had no discernable effect on protesters who vowed to continue their demonstrations until Mubarak stepped down.Mubarak, who sacked his cabinet on Friday after a nationwide revolt, also said the new prime minister's priority was restricting unemployment and creating new jobs.