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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Egypt: ''Fuel Shortage Threatens Bread Supplies''

From All Africa

Cairo — ''It has been three months since a fuel shortage hit Egypt, and people's patience is wearing thin amid fears the crisis could disrupt the production of subsidized bread.

"I move from one petrol station to another every day to find the fuel necessary for the work of the bakery," Omar Muselhi, a bakery owner from Giza, told IRIN. "I cannot do this for long. If things get worse, I will close down."

Most of Egypt's subsidized bakeries need diesel to operate, and some have had to close, for example in the Nile Delta governorate of Monofiya (Arabic).''

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