MUSCAT - A third of Oman's cabinet was replaced by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said on Monday to contain escalating dissent among citizens demanding reforms and better living conditions. Ten ministers were given the marching orders and new faces brought in their places in the biggest single reshuffle of the Council of Ministers in the past 40 years. This is on top of another restructuring on Saturday in which two senior ministers were substituted by new faces. The sultanate has a 30-member cabinet, including Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers Sayyid Fahad bin Mahmood Al...
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