1.   The authorities have begun to issue ration cards.

2.   Female relatives of opposition members in exile reported the loss of ration cards, sexual abuse and the taping of rapes to intimidate and dishonor families.

3.   It includes his ration card, a few horrific illustrations of bombs flashing over London and even a stunning self-portrait in a gas mask.

4.   The radio was an immediate hit because Germans, still living under Allied military rule, could buy it without a ration card.

5.   The ration cards slowly disappeared over the next two years.

6.   Without a food ration card, she could not eat, but applying for a card would have meant arrest.

7.   Another woman named Mariam produced an International Red Cross ration card that had not been any use to her for six months.

8.   But the policy has resulted in severe shortages of most basic foods and ration cards in many regions of this impoverished former Soviet republic.

9.   For more localized flashpoints of hunger, it releases smaller amounts in exchange for ration cards.

10.   Food shortages are most acute in provincial towns, some of which are issuing ration cards or selling food only to those who can prove they are local residents.