Heh, I don't know but it will be something of comedic proportions for sure.
Michael Dinowitz wrote: > Despite being surrounded by petroleum-rich neighbors, Egypt is suffering the > effects of record-high oil prices that have touched off deadly riots over > the simplest of commodities: bread. > > Since the beginning of April, at least 10 people have been stabbed to death > while waiting in Cairo bread lines others have died from exhaustion. > > The crisis comes as the U.N.'s World Food Program appeals to member nations > to contribute $750 million for aid to affected countries. > > But as FOX News reported last week, internal documents from the WFP show a > failure by OPEC nations to help out their Arab neighbor. Saudi Arabia, for > instance, has committed to give zero dollars for 2008, while the United Arab > Emirates has pledged just $50,000 an amount several times less than > impoverished nations like Bangladesh. > > The United States leads all donors at more than a $1 billion. > > Egypt, the world's largest importer of wheat, heavily subsidizes the sale of > flour. Government flour sells for about $3 per 100 pounds. On the black > market, however, that same bag can fetch $45. > > Unlike other Arab nations awash in petrodollars, almost half of Egypt's > population gets by on less than $2 a day and for an estimated 30 million > people, bread means everything. > > For now, the Army has been called out to bake and distribute the bread. > > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,355736,00.html > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260262 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
