CAIRO - New Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said on Monday he would work to get Egypt's economy back on its feet after weeks of protests and political turmoil, speaking after a ceremony to swear him and his new cabinet into office.

CAIRO: The military prosecution released on Monday 27 protesters who were detained by the army on Sunday following clashes outside the state security building in Lazoghly near downtown Cairo.

CAIRO - Egypt on Sunday named Nabil al-Arabi foreign minister to replace Ahmed Abul Gheit, Egypt's official Middel East News Agency (MENA) reported, in the latest move to purge the cabinet of members of toppled president Hosni Mubarak's regime.

CAIRO - Egypt's armed forces on Sunday asked protesters to hand over files which were taken when demonstrators forced their way into various State Security Investigations Service offices.

CAIRO - A group of youths who took part in the Egyptian anti-government protests announced Sunday to form a new political party.

CAIRO (Updated) - Egypt on Sunday named General Mansour el-Essawi as its new interior minister in a further sign that ousted President Hosni Mubarak's old guard were being removed from the cabinet. Pro-democracy activists have demanded a purge of a cabinet where the key portfolios of defence, justice, interior and foreign affairs have been run by appointees of Mubarak, who was swept from power by mass protests on February 11.

CAIRO - A state security building on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital was set alight on Saturday, a security source said, one day after some 200 protesters stormed state security headquarters in the coastal city of Alexandria.

CAIRO - A heated debate about the post-revolution roadmap in Egypt has erupted. Ordinary citizens are jostling and shoving to climb on the podium and voice their visions and suggestions. Supporting the birth of a new era in Egypt after the uprising on January 25, influential figures of the intelligentsia are joining in.

ALEXANDRIA - Officers and employees were evacuated from the headquarters of the state security services in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria, after overnight clashes involving protesters who had surrounded the building.

CAIRO: A referendum on the constitutional amendments will take place on March 19, cabinet announced Friday on its Facebook page, citing the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. The voting process will kick off at 8 am and end at 7 pm, the statement added.

HELWAN, Egypt: Inside the gated compound of Katameya Heights, where ex- Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq lives, around 1,000 people gathered to express their gratitude and support for him. Chanting “We love you Shafiq” and “Shafiq for president,” the supporters, also residents of the upscale Katameya Heights and nearby compounds, were vehement in their assertion that the protesters in Tahrir do not represent them.

RAS JDIR: Tunisian border guards fired into the air on Tuesday to try to control a crowd of people clamoring to get through a border crossing to escape the violence in neighboring Libya. Border guards were letting people, mostly foreigners who had been working in Libya, through the crossing at Ras Jdir but could not process them through immigration fast enough to keep up with the numbers arriving.

CAIRO - Egypt's military leaders met a group including opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei and Arab League chief Amr Mussa late on Tuesday to discuss upcoming reforms, state media said. The goal was to listen to their views on the current political, economic and social system following the resignation of president Hosni Mubarak on February 11 after weeks of protests, the state news agency MENA said.

CAIRO: Egyptian officials have again delayed the restart of the country's stock exchange, a move that brokers said Tuesday would likely only undercut investor confidence in a market many expect to take a hammering as the country struggles to regain footing after massive protests that ousted its longtime president.

CAIRO - Egypt's stock exchange, closed since Jan. 27 because of the protests that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, has decided to delay trade from Tuesday to Sunday, an official from the bourse said Monday night. Dozens of investors gathered Monday morning at the premises of the Egyptian Stock Market to protest a decision to reopen it Tuesday. The marke has been closed since January 27 due to massive protests against the Mubarak regime.

CAIRO: The Coalition of the Youth of the Revolution said in a statement that the army has agreed to remove the current cabinet, dismantle the State Security apparatus and release political detainees whose names were presented by the coalition.

CAIRO - The American University in Cairo Press publishes beautiful art books. They can undoubtedly take a place of honour in anybody’s library. ‘Twentieth-Century Egyptian Art " The Private Collection of Sherwat Shafei’ by Mona Abaza (AUC Press, February 2011) is no exception. Some publisher notes:

CAIRO: The Popular Fact-finding Committee, formed of law professors and human rights activists, said Sunday it will start investigating crimes committed against protestors during the January 25 Revolution. The committee is neutral, has no political affiliations and consists of members known for their integrity and efficiency, according to a statement issued by the committee.

CAIRO - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa announced on Sunday his intention to run for Egypt's next presidential election, Egypt's state TV reported.

CAIRO: The army is expected to announce the date of the referendum on the recommended constitutional amendments next week, lawyer Sobhi Saleh told Daily News Egypt Sunday. “The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces told us during the discussions that they wish to finalize this issue before end of March. So it is logical to announce their decision next week,” Saleh, a constitutional committee member, added.

CAIRO (Updated) - An Egyptian panel tasked with overseeing =constitutional changes on Saturday proposed to limit presidential terms to two, in amendments that will be put to a referendum, the official MENA agency said. The committee, headed by Tarek al-Bishri, is also seeking to reduce the length presidential terms to four years.