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East Timor: Egg Shortage

Written byPreetam Rai
Posted 8 January 2007 19:57 GMT

Dili-Gence talks about the shortage of eggs in East Timor. “I asked two locals and both said that there had been a huge buy-up for Christmas feasting. One (with a wicked smile on her face) blamed the Portuguese for baking too many cakes.”

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