Mideast Libya

Minister of Social Affairs Mabrouka Sherif swears on the Quran during a press conference in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. Libya's transitional government was sworn in Thursday before the country's interim leader, another step in the oil-rich country's roadmap to elections next year. Starting with Prime Minister Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keib, each minister faced the transitional council's leader, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, placed his hand on a Quran and swore to "remain loyal to the goals" of the revolution that overthrew longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid al-Fergany)