1.   Government ministries would be given greater independence in determining the salaries of their employees.

2.   He said there should be hiring freezes and ministries should be given more freedom in how they use their workers.

3.   Dr Mohammed Mahdi Al Farhan was appointed minister of labor while Sami Qamou was give the ministry of transportation, post and telecommunications.

4.   However, Prodi was adamant in ruling out the possibility that key ministries would be given to representatives of any one party.

5.   In a challenge to the hard-liners Tajzadeh, the deputy interior minister, demanded that his ministry be given full control of the police forces.

6.   In a challenge to the hard-liners, Tajzadeh, the deputy interior minister, demanded that his ministry be given full control of police.

7.   On Friday, deputy Interior Minister Mostafa Tajzadeh also denounced the attack on the dormitory and demanded that his ministry be given full control of the police forces.

8.   The ministry was given a year to draft executive bylaws.

9.   Mohamed Tahir Aila, who was president of the sea ports corporation, has now been given the ministry of tourism and the environment.

10.   PDS member Giorgio Napolitano won the sensitive interior ministry portfolio, while the foreign ministry was given to outgoing premier Lamberto Dini.