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ElBaradei sworn in as interim vice president

2013-07-14 21 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Mohamed ElBaradei, a former senior U.N. diplomat, was sworn in on Sunday as vice president, a job he was offered last week, as Egypt's interim prime minister assembled his cabinet.<br/> <br />Hazem el-Beblawi, a 76-year-old liberal economist appointed interim prime minister last week, is tapping technocrats and liberals for a government to run the country under a temporary constitution until parliamentary elections in about six months.<br/> <br />A former ambassador to the United States, Nabil Fahmy, accepted the post of foreign minister, a sign of the importance the government places in its relationship with the superpower that provides $1.3 billion a year in military aid.<br/> <br />Government sources have told Reuters that el-Beblawi will offer the finance ministry to Hany Kadri, formerly the official who oversaw Egypt's negotiations for a rescue with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which stalled under Mursi.<br/> <br />Notably, Kadri is a member of

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