By Tom Perry and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi increased the influence of his Muslim Brotherhood over government in a reshuffle that replaced two ministers involved in crucial talks with the International Monetary Fund over a $4.8 billion loan. The changes fell well short of the opposition's demand for a complete overhaul of Prime Minister Hisham Kandil's administration and the installation of a neutral cabinet to oversee parliamentary elections later this year.

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.

By Ahmed Lotfy CAIRO (Reuters) - A law that will allow Egypt's Islamist-led state to issue Islamic bonds contravenes the sharia in numerous ways, according to a panel of senior Muslim clerics whose objections are likely to hold up ratification of the legislation. President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood referred the law to the Senior Scholars Authority of Al-Azhar, a thousand-year seat of Islamic learning, after it was driven through parliament by his Islamist allies last month.