CAIRO, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Police officers protested in Cairo Monday, seeking better pay, and officers who were fired demanded reinstatement.
Protesters rallied in Tahrir Square and in front of the Interior Ministry.
They said their pay remained low even though Interior Minister Mahmoud Wagdi said he would double their bonuses, al-Masry al-Youm reported. They also sought other changes to the compensation system.
Some of the protesters demanded their jobs back, saying they were summarily dismissed from service.
One official said some protesters were dismissed by court order and wouldn't be eligible to get their jobs back, al-Masry al-Youm reported.
Trading on the Egyptian Stock Exchange would be suspended through Wednesday to allow work at banks to normalize, Khaled Serri Seyam, head of the exchange, said in a statement. The exchange has been closed since Jan. 30 because of the anti-government protests that began Jan. 25 and led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
New ministers of Egypt's Cabinet were named Monday, al-Masry al-Youm reported. When Mubarak recently resigned as president, he gave the country's armed forces executive power.
Legal expert Yahia al-Gamal was appointed Egypt's vice prime minister and minister of legal affairs and parliamentary councils, the newspaper reported. Maged Othman, now the leader of the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center, was nominated as minister of communication and information technology but no official decision had been announced.
Egyptian media said two ministers could possibly stay in office -- Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq and Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Mohamed Abdel Moneim El Sawy, founder of the "Abdel Moneim El Sawy Culture Wheel," was nominated as culture minister to succeed Gaber Asfour, who resigned the day before Mubarak handed executive power to the armed forces, sources told al-Masry al-Youm.
Officials were directed to compile a list of names and addresses of people who died in protests that began Jan. 25 so compensation could be paid, al-Masry al-Youm reported.
Interim Finance Minister Samir Radwan said the government would allocate $255 as an "exceptional monthly pension" to the families of people killed in the uprising.
Health Ministry officials estimate the number of people killed in the protests reached 365, not including police officers.
U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns arrived in Cairo, the first visit to Egypt by a U.S. official since Mubarak stepped down Feb. 11.
