Saudi Arabia's new King Salman ordered a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday but kept in place veteran Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi, Finance Minister Ibrahim Alassaf and Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal. He appointed new ministers of justice, Islamic affairs, agriculture and information and a new head of the intelligence services, and replaced two of the late King Abdullah's sons who had held roles as governors of top provinces. He also merged the Education Ministry and Higher Education Ministry and abolished the Supreme Council for Petroleum and Minerals Affairs, replacing it with a new body, according to the text of a royal decree read out on state television. The king, who took power a week ago after Abdullah's death early on Friday morning, also kept in place the late king's son Miteb as Minister of the National Guard, an important strategic post. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/121734.aspx