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Egypt widens food rationing system



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EGYPT has extended its ration card system to an extra 17 million people and doubled the amount of rice cardholders receive.
The country's government is trying to contain growing public discontent over rising food prices which are accentuated by low wages.


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  • Last Updated: 08 May 2008 10:22 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Infidel,

Dar ul harb 09/05/2008 07:53:50
If Egypt could control its growing population it would not be in this situation. It has gone from a major food exporter to an importer in just a few decades.
2

carrottop,

Dumfries 09/05/2008 08:15:13
Had some Egyptian associates in London and their line was, what is Egypts greatest export? answered with 'its people'.
Who wants them!
3

Dougie, Edinburgh,

09/05/2008 09:02:35
In 1910, Egypt's population was 11m people. In 1930, 15m. Now it's well over 80m and rising. Third world populations have been growing exponentially for a hundred years and are starting to exhaust their ability to feed themselves. There will be mass starvation in the third world in coming decades and huge immigration pressure on the west.

4

Fraudulent and corrupt EU,

09/05/2008 11:24:16
Don't you think it's strange that Neo Labour formed the Ministry of Justice in 2007? It sounds like something from George Orwell's 1984. Furthermore, the Nazis had their Reich Ministry of Justice during the war.

Funny how a socialist like Herr Brown calls for Britishness etc. Surely this makes him a national socialist (Nazi)!
5

Pmonkey7,

09/05/2008 13:07:40
#4 aye, your point is no' that good that it needs to be posted on every story.
6

John Blackley,

Florida 09/05/2008 19:04:42
I agree that many countries' populations are growing too fast to feed themselves. In the past, we've had famine, war and pestilence to control that. I wonder what the answer will be in the future?

 

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