Egypt and Tunisia: rocked by the global food crisis

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20100-egypt-and-tunisia-rocked-by-the-global-food-crisis.html

Tunisia's government has fallen and Egypt's is facing insurrection – and this could be just the start. Food and economic analysts are warning that these governments could be the first victims of the global food crisis, and others are similarly vulnerable.
The general price of groceries is continuing to increase. the price of the bread rose 25 per cent on private markets in Cairo.
This especially affected the lower middle class.
This news is not really new to me since Korea is having the exact problem. the gap between lower and high class is becoming too much because of the decrease number of middle class poeple.