Taxes or cuts will pay for subsidies

Middle East governments are involved in a delicate but crucial balancing act as they try to avert the crisis over soaring food prices. Recent riots from the Gulf of Aden to the Atlantic coast are a sign of how bad things could get if they make the wrong decisions.



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