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A young boy carrying bread- REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih


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Farmers plant wheat in eastern Ghouta near Damascus on December 26, 2013. (Reuters/Mohammed Abdullah)


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File photo of a stalk of wheat. (REUTERS/Todd Korol/Files)


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People queue for subsidized bread in front of a bakery in Alexandria, in this June 2, 2013 file picture. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)


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A man carries bread on wooden racks to be sold to customers in Cairo, on April 11, 2013. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)


Egypt Sells USD 600 mn to Import Basic Goods

Egypt Sells USD 600 mn to Import Basic Goods

Cairo, Reuters—Egypt’s central bank sold USD 600 million to banks in a special auction of foreign exchange on Sunday to pay for wheat, meat, cooking oil and other essential imports to a country struggling with a currency crisis. The size of the auction—15 times...