The makeup of Egypt's new government is likely to be decided by the middle of next week, a presidential spokesman said Wednesday, a day after the new prime minister was named by President Mohamed Morsy.

Young revolutionaries have criticized the designation of Hesham Qandil as new prime minister, saying it was outside of all their expectations and questioning the standards of selection.

A number of political parties are set to join the Constitution Party to form an alliance in the upcoming parliamentary elections, said on Wednesday Mohamed ElBaradei, the party’s co-founder.

During routine excavation works at the Archaic period cemetery located at Abu Rawash area northeast of the Giza Plateau, a French archaeological mission from the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo (IFAO) stumbled on what is believed to be a funerary boat of the First Dynasty King Den (dating from around 3000BC).

Public Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud ordered an investigation of Tawfiq Okasha, a talk show presenter and owner of Al-Faraeen channel, for insulting President Mohamed Morsy, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported on Wednesday.

The Swiss authorities have frozen more assets belonging to former President Hosni Mubarak and his associates, the Swiss news agency SDA reported on Wednesday.

Prosecutor-General Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud called television anchor and head of Faraeen satellite channel Tawfik Okasha for interrogation, Wednesday, following a lawsuit brought against the controversial presenter accusing him of insulting President Mohamed Morsi and attempting to instigate sectarian strife.

Political infighting dominated half of the general meeting of the Constituent Assembly on Tuesday, but eventually five of the assembly's sub-committees presented the results of their work.

The liberal Constitution Party will form a coalition with other parties at the next parliamentary election, party founder Mohamed ElBaradei said Tuesday.

Egypt's Revolution Youth Union accused President Mohamed Morsi of being "confused" and making a mistake in choosing former irrigation and water resources minister Hisham Kandil as his new premier because Kandil's specialisations are not in line with what the country currently needs, in a press statement Wednesday.

Prosecution heard statements by Gamal Mubarak, son of the former president Hosni Mubarak, on Monday regarding his appeal of a report by the chief medical examiner treating his father, said Major General Mohamed Naguib, the deputy interior minister for prisons.

Users of social networking sites along with news website have been circulating an Israeli ad which they claim ‘insults’ President Mohamed Morsy.

Two soldiers of the Central Security Forces were wounded by a shotgun in Northern Sinai while chasing smugglers across the Egyptian borders, the state news service MENA reported Monday.

The Shura Council’s committee to choose the editors-in-chief of the state newspapers will hold meetings from morning to night until Wednesday as they review prospective candidates, said committee head Fathy Shehab Eddin on Monday.

Zamalek assistant coach Ismail Youssef says his team was not lucky in their two CAF Champions League group stage rounds, finding themselves now at the bottom of Group B with no points.“We have lost six points, but we haven’t lost hope yet. We still have 12 points to play for. I believe we didn’t deserve to lose. We were extremely unlucky in both games (Against Berekum Chelsea and Ahly),” Youssef told CAF official website.

Zamalek assistant coach Ismail Youssef says his team was not lucky in their two CAF Champions League group stage rounds, finding themselves now at the bottom of Group B with no points.“We have lost six points, but we haven’t lost hope yet. We still have 12 points to play for. I believe we didn’t deserve to lose. We were extremely unlucky in both games (Against Berekum Chelsea and Ahly),” Youssef told CAF official website.

Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hesham Mohamed Qandil is Egypt’s new prime minster, said the official Facebook page of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party Tuesday.

Hundreds of prisoners were released Monday as part of President Mohamed Morsy’s pardon for civilians who had been tried before military courts in events related to last year’s revolution, from 25 January last year to 30 June this year.

Several Egyptian political forces on Monday will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Egypt's 1952 Revolution – which led to the overthrow of Egypt's 150 year-old monarchy – in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Thousands of workers at the Mahalla Misr Spinning and Weaving Company have suspended on Sunday their strike after a meeting with President Mohamed Morsi's legal advisor, according to Kamal Fayoumi, a labour union figure in Mahalla.

Egyptian Tourism Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour has decided that prohibitions on the serving of alcoholic beverages to Egyptian citizens would be applied on all major Islamic holidays and not just during the fasting month of Ramadan, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported on Sunday.