Egypt leader raises salaries 30 percent

Egypt's president announced a 30 percent salary increase for all government employees Wednesday
"Of course, nobody expected a 30 percent (salary) increase ... but I asked the government to search for resources," Mubarak told hundreds of cheering workers Wednesday during a speech marking the upcoming May 1 Labor Day holiday.
"We are not isolated from the world," said Mubarak. "We import half of our needs of grain and corn and 90 percent of cooking oil, and our imports of food commodities increase year after year to meet the growth of the population."
Inflation in Egypt reached 14.4 percent in March, making life difficult for the 20 percent of the country's 76.5 million people who live below the poverty line of about $2 per day. In the last two months, eleven people have died in clashes while standing in line to buy subsidized bread, according to police.
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