Morsi Expands Brotherhood Influence in Egyptian Cabinet

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Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Morsi has expanded the number of Muslim Brotherhood ministers in his Cabinet as part of a reshuffle aimed at improving the government’s handling of an economic crisis.

Ten Egyptian ministers were sworn in on Sunday, three of them members of  Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood movement. A Brotherhood spokesman said the reshuffle increases the number of Brotherhood Cabinet ministers from five to eight.

Morsi also appointed a Brotherhood-allied …

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