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Poor Egyptian villagers crowd a subsidized bread distribution center in Mahalet Damana, a delta village 135 kilometers north of the capital, Cairo. Amal al Dusouqi, 43, died April 9, 2008, after being trampled at this subsidized bread line near her home. Rising food prices have become a increasing crisis for Egypt's poor over the past several months.

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Poor Egyptian villagers crowd a subsidized bread distribution center in Mahalet Damana, a delta village 135 kilometers north of the capital, Cairo. Amal al Dusouqi, 43, died April 9, 2008, after being trampled at this subsidized bread line near her home. Rising food prices have become a increasing crisis for Egypt's poor over the past several months.