Egypt's ruling military council has rejected the resignation tendered by the cabinet on Sunday, Egyptian State TV said, citing an anonymous military source. The cabinet had said earlier it had presented its resignation on Sunday, following violent clashes in Cairo's Tahrir square between police and protesters. Egypt's military council was seeking agreement on a new prime minister before it accepted the resignation submitted by the cabinet of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, a military source said on Monday. The cabinet spokesman Mohamed Hegazy said "considering the difficult circumstances the country is going through in the current period, the government will continue to perform its full duties," state news agency MENA quoted him as saying.
