A handout photo made available by the Egyptian presidency shows Egypt’s newly appointed Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab speaking to the press at the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).  AFP PHOTO
A handout photo made available by the Egyptian presidency shows Egypt’s newly appointed Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab speaking to the press at the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).
AFP PHOTO

CAIRO: Egypt’s military-installed authorities named a former member of ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party as prime minister on Tuesday ahead of a presidential election expected to bring the army chief to power.

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