Iran's Ahmadinejad appoints caretaker oil minister-tv

> "Aliabadi has been appointed as oil ministry's caretaker," state television reported. Last month Ahmadinejad sacked Oil Minister Massoud Mirkazemi as part of a plan to merge several ministries to cut their number to 17 from 21, alarming his rivals within the conservative ruling elite. [ID:nHAF431903] (Editing by Keiron Henderson)