Posted by Steven Benjamin (Billy Steven Crider) on May 2, 2008, 4:23 am, in reply to "Army called to Bake and Distribute Bread in Egypt....amidst food shortage"
"Aziza Rahman is filling her shopping basket with rice. The Egyptian mother of two usually shops in the co-op down the road where it's cheaper because of the price caps that have been put in place by the government. But the shelves are always empty by the time she gets to the shop.
I never used to have to think about how much rice to buy, but now it's a problem," she says."
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Supermarkets weep
ArabianBusiness.com, United Arab Emirates - 8 hours ago
In Egypt, 11 people have died in rioting caused by the bread shortages. In Indonesia, 10000 demonstrators have hit the streets to protest against rising ...
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/518110-supermarkets-weep?ln=en
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Arabeyes: Looming Food Crisis
Global Voices Online, MA - 19 hours ago
Inflation and rising food costs, particularly bread, has resulted in a stand off between workers and the authorities in Egypt, culminating with a much ...
Fuelling the world food crisis BOGDAN KIPLING
TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - May 1, 2008
But food riots in Egypt – the biblical granary – only underscore the severity of the crisis. There is no single cause. In a perverse way, America’s huge and ...
egypt: Bread crisis stirs anger
Monday Morning, Lebanon - Apr 16, 2008
Egypt is in the grip of a serious bread crisis brought on by a combination of the rising cost of wheat on world markets and skyrocketing inflation. ...
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