Egypt curtails access to subsidized food as part of reforms

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt on Wednesday curtailed access to ration cards used by three-quarters of the country’s 93 million people to buy subsidized food items — the latest in the government’s ambitious economic reform plan.
Under a government decree, which was published in the official gazette on Tuesday, people earning more than 1,500 Egyptian pounds (about $84) a month would be excluded from getting ration cards. Beneficiaries were also limited to families with up to four memb