Thursday, February 22, 2007

Zimbabwe Left Breadless


President Mugabe hits 83 years of age as the last man alive in Zimbabwe that still has something to eat.

Zimbabwe’s economy is so dire that bread vanished from store shelves across the country on Wednesday after bakeries shut down, saying government price controls were requiring them to sell loaves at a loss. The price controls are supposed to shield consumers from the nation’s rampant inflation, which now averages nearly 1,600 percent annually.
Hmm, looking good guys, and you never know - with inflation figures like that - his mailbox should be overflowing with offers to visit Australia.

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