Thursday 3 March 2011

Egyptian Prime Minister Resigns

A couple of minutes after I posted 'Positive Signs in Egypt', news came through that Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik has resigned and the military council has asked Essam Sharaf, a former transport minister, to form a new government. I imagine that his four hours on television last night was a factor in Shafik's decision. The media can indeed be powerful.

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