Cairo, May 8 (EFE).- An Egyptian appeals court upheld on Wednesday the acquittals of 24 allies of ousted President Hosni Mubarak who were accused of instigating an attack by government supporters on protesters in February 2011. The defendants, including two former leaders of parliament, were charged with having orchestrated what became known as the "Battle of the Camel." The Cairo criminal court found all 24 of the accused not guilty after a trial that ended last October, but government prosecutors appealed.

CAIRO (Reuters) - A senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood will be appointed planning minister in a reshuffle of the Egyptian cabinet to be completed on Tuesday, state media reported. Amr Darrag is head of the foreign relations committee in the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party. He will replace Ashraf al-Arabi, who has been closely involved in talks with the International Monetary Fund on a $4.8 billion loan. Yehya Hamed, another FJP member, will be appointed investment minister.

Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Qandil said 11 new ministers will be announced by Tuesday morning in a cabinet reshuffle that falls short of opposition demands and bolsters the ruling Islamists. The opposition had demanded a unity government and Qandil's sacking, but a partial list of new ministers published by the official MENA agency includes at least one affiliated with President Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.

Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Qandil said a cabinet reshuffle of 11 ministerial changes will be announced by Tuesday morning, in a move which falls short of opposition demands and bolsters the ruling Islamists. The opposition had demanded a unity government and Qandil's sacking, but a partial list of new ministers published by the official MENA agency includes at least one affiliated with President Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.