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Egypt: Food Prices More than Double

Monday, April 21st, 2008 @ 15:22 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

Countries:: Egypt
Topics:: Economics, Energy, Food
Languages:: English

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মিশর: খাদ্যদ্রব্যের মূল্য দ্বিগুনেরও বেশী হয়ে গেছে...

The price of main staples such as rice, bread, beans, onions and even vegetable oil have more than doubled since 2004 and in some cases quadrupled in only a few months in Egypt, writes D B Shobrawy.

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[...] days of riots broke out on April 6 and 7 in Egypt, where prices of staples have doubled since 2004 (and in some cases quadrupled). At least two people were killed and 111 people – [...]

# 2008-05-2 at 22:09 pm
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[...] 6-7 sprile scorso violente manifestazioni si sono avute in Egitto, dove, dal 2004 il prezzo degli alimenti di prima necessità era raddoppiato (ed in alcuni casi quadruplicato). Almeno due persone sono state uccise e 111 [...]

# 2008-05-26 at 1:19 am
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[...] دو برابر و در بعضی موارد به چهار برابر رسیده است.دست کم دو نفر کشته و 111 نفراز جمله چند پلیس نیز مجروح شده…. گزارش ویژه ما را در اعتصاب در مصر [...]

# 2008-05-27 at 21:52 pm

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