It also announced the formation of a committee to draw up constitutional reforms to be voted on by the people in a referendum.

Egypt's protesters, who rocked the world last week by peacefully forcing out Mubarak after 30 years of iron rule, hailed the developments.

"They have definitely started to offer us what we wanted," said activist Sally Touma.

Ahmed Shafiq, Egypt's prime minister, who is nominally running the country, promised his caretaker government would bring return peace to the streets and start rooting our corruption.

"Our main concern is how to restore security to the Egyptian citizens," he said.

 *Egypt's Antiquitities Minister said an inventory of the priceless artifacts at the Egyptian Museum found that eight major pieces - including two exquisite gilded statues of King Tutankhamun - were stolen during the Jan. 28 looting.

The heads of two ancient mummies were ripped off.

 *Al Jazeera reported scattered pockets of continuing unrest, including a few hundred disgruntled cops demonstrating for higher wages, and workers protesting at the Bank of Alexandria, demanding details about the bank's sale to the private sector.

 *Egyptian and Israeli officials insisted the peace treaty between their nations - which brings billions in aid from the U.S. to Egypt - will not be changed by the revolution.

"We have derived a peace dividend from the treaty. We've been able to establish security and stability in the region. And I believe it is a main element in terms of our foreign policy," Sameh Shoukry, the Egyptian Ambassador to Washington, told ABC's "This Week."

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak agreed.

"I don't think that the relationship between Israel and Egypt is under any risk," he said on the same show.

Barak, however, cautioned against rushing into elections saying the opposition Muslim Brotherhood would be "ready to jump."

"Sooner than later, the only group which is coherent, focused, ready to kill and be killed, if necessary, takes power. That should be avoided in Egypt," he said. "That could be a catastrophe for the whole region."

The Muslim Brotherhood had virtually no role in the secular pro-democracy revolution and says it won't field a presidential candidate.

 *The Jasmine Revolution that started in Tunisia in January and spread to Egypt continued reverberating around the Arab world.

Thousands of protesters chanting "No to the police state!" marched Saturday in the Algerian capital, but were outnumbered 3-1 by riot police and quickly dispersed.

Anti-government protesters have clashed with Yemeni police as they attempted to reach the capital's central square in the third straight day of protests to rock the small Arab state.

Students also marched in Yemen. Activists have called for protests Monday against the king in Bahrain, and there were new rumblings of revolution against Libya's Col. Moamar Khaddafi.