CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt raised the price of state-subsidised cooking gas for the first time in two decades on Monday, a government official said, trimming an unaffordable subsidy bill but increasing the risk of unrest.
The price rise comes two days before an IMF mission arrives in Cairo to continue talks on a $4.8 billion (3.15 billion pounds) loan needed to stave off a budget crisis and support a fast-weakening currency.
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