CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Egypt's Edita reported a first-quarter net profit of 59.5 million Egyptian pounds ($7.8 million), up slightly from a year earlier, the foodmaker said on Thursday. ($1 = 7.6250 Egyptian pounds)

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