Thanks SeekAndFind. Seems like the best choice for the weekly ping to Digest members, although be sure to check this week's other topics, which were, IMHO, excellent. :')
For the past several months, the bottom half of Egypt’s population has had little to eat besides government-subsidized bread, and now the bread supply is threatened by a shortage of imported wheat. Despite $8 billion of aid from Qatar and smidgens from Libya, Turkey, and others, Egypt is struggling to meet a financing gap of perhaps $20 billion a year, made worse by the collapse of its major cash earner -- the tourist industry.
