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Egypt plans to ration subsidised breadEgypt plans to start rationing subsidised bread, a minister said on Tuesday, restricting supplies of cheap loaves upon which many Egyptians depend as the cash-strapped state tries to curb spending. More… |
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Bread a culprit in Americans eating too much saltNine out of 10 American adults consume too much salt and the leading culprit is not potato chips or popcorn but slices of bread and dinner rolls, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday. Forty-four percent of salt c More… |
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Egypt inches towards food subsidy reformEgypt, once the breadbasket of the ancient Roman empire and now the world's biggest wheat importer, is paying a hefty price to keep its citizens fed with cheap loaves and other foodstuffs, said experts. The $5.5 billion which it spends More… |
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Egypt's wheat bill up, but bread riots unlikelyEgypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, faces a higher bill for bread subsidies in the next year but has adequate financial resources and stocks to avoid any rerun of the violent protests of 2008. Egypt raced to redo orders after drough More… |
In Egypt, queues get longer for a loaf of 'free' breadAbdel Nabi Salim's main job in life is queuing for bread. The greying 65-year-old retired administrator stands under Egypt's glaring noon sun, waiting in a queue that snakes out to the street to buy 20 loaves of steaming subsidised pocket bread fr More… |
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Bahrain slices bread pricesThe Bahrain cabinet has agreed on extra bread subsidies of BD3 million ($7.9 million) to keep down the prices. All types of bread will be subsidised to balance the increased cost of ingredients. This means that a 50kg bag of flour will be More… |
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Bahrain slices bread pricesThe Bahrain cabinet has agreed on extra bread subsidies of BD3 million ($7.9 million) to keep down the prices. All types of bread will be subsidised to balance the increased cost of ingredients. This means that a 50kg bag of flour will be More… |
