The school began issuing the card last year; about half of the 26,000 students now use it, according to university officials.

The city began issuing the cards on July 24, 2007.

The rate was the highest since 1996 when it began issuing such bills.

The city still plans to begin issuing the identification cards early next month.

South Africa began issuing its own postal orders some time during 1933.

But Israel recently began issuing more permits, and the number has climbed to 14,000.

The nation's banks recently began issuing true credit cards, but they are rare.

It was in this year that he first began issuing private gold ingots.

"That decision had to be modified once the Pentagon began issuing its statements," he said.

Arab states also began issuing their own conditions today.