1.   While continuing to ration bread after five years of economic devastation, the authorities are spending more generously on circus.

2.   Grain shortages have forced some town authorities to ration bread, and Agriculture Minister Svetoslav Shivarov has announced resignation.

3.   Grain shortages have forced some town authorities to ration bread.

4.   Grain shortages have forced some towns to ration bread.

5.   Stores in the state of Victoria began rationing bread while factories in other states began closing down Wednesday as the effects of a major natural gas system shutdown spread.

6.   Stores in the state of Victoria began rationing bread, while factories in other states closed down Wednesday as the effects of a major natural gas system shutdown spread.

7.   Venetiaan said he had told his minister of trade and industry to determine whether it was necessary to ration bread.