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| Apr.29 |
Venezuela |
Widespread power outages The outages blacked out nearly half the country, trapping people in elevators, stalling subways, filling streets with pedestrians
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| Feb.8 |
China |
China rushes to restore electricity Emergency crews rushed to restore electricity to parts of southern China damaged by heavy snows
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| Feb.1 |
United Arab Emirates |
Third undersea Internet cable cut| A cable was cut off the emirate of Duba, the third loss of a line carrying Internet and telephone traffic in three days. | | |
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| Jan.31 |
India |
Internet failure hits two continents Large swathes of Asia, the Middle East and north Africa had services crippled following a widespread Internet failure
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| Jan.25 |
South Africa |
Power cuts spark World Cup fears
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| Jan.22 |
South Africa |
Tourists trapped in cable cars A power outage trapped tourists in cable cars at landmark Table Mountain, while blackouts in Zambia forced nurses to work by candlelight
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| Jan.20 |
Gaza |
Gaza City plunged into darkness  | The only power plant in the Hamas-run Strip has shut down because of a lack of fuel. Palestinian officials are blaming Israeli restrictions | |
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Bus crash kills 26 Polish pilgrims
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| Apr.13 |
Mexico |
Quake knocks out power in Mexico City A jarring, magnitude-6 earthquake shook southern Mexico, knocking out power in parts of Mexico City and Acapulco
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| Mar.31 |
Sydney |
Climate change blackout Lights have been turned off in a hour-long event aimed at raising awareness of global warming
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| Dec.27 |
Taiwan |
Quake knocks Asia back to pre-Internet A powerful earthquake triggered the largest telecommunications outage in years, cutting off telephone and Internet traffic
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| Nov.4 |
France |
Power cuts strike western Europe The outage started in Germany, and then spread to other parts of Europe. 5 million people in France lost power
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| Sep.11 |
Bermuda |
Florence cuts power to thousands The hurricane blew out windows, peeled away the roofs of at least 3 houses
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| Jan.26 |
Georgia |
Energy crisis as Georgia freezes| President Saakashvili has cut short a visit to the World Economic Forum to deal with a growing crisis | |
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| Oct.24 |
Florida |
Wilma made 3 million homes without power The hurricane is killing at least four people brought storm surges and up to 25cm
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| Oct.14 |
Baghdad |
Power and water returning An election-eve insurgent attack plunged 70% of the city into darkness
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Pope's condition 'has worsened'
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| Sep.26 |
Florida |
Jeanne leaves Floridians powerless Hurricane is knocking out power to more than a million customers as it headed toward the Gulf of Mexico
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Hajj stampede: 244 pilgrims dead
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| Oct.31 |
Brazil |
Chaos amid 2-day blackout
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| Sep.29 |
Italy |
Italians probe massive blackout Prosecutors have launched an inquiry after the worst blackout in the country's history left 50 million people without power
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| Sep.28 |
Rome |
Italy slowly comes back to light Electricity supplies are slowly being restored. Much of the Rome, and the north of the country are now reconnected
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| Sep.27 |
Rome |
Massive power cut Most of the peninsula is in darkness. Authority blamed a malfunction of supply lines from France
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| Sep.23 |
Denmark |
Danish capital, Sweden lose power
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| Sep.21 |
USA |
1.8 million still without power after Isabel
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| Sep.18 |
Virginia |
Isabel knocks out power to 2 million| Isabel was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm after dumping heavy rain | |
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| Aug.28 |
London |
Rush hour power cut hits London Hundreds of thousands of passengers were trapped on the Underground and thousands of took to the streets
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| Aug.18 |
New York |
Power cuts: Blame game intensifies
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| Aug.16 |
Ohio |
Blackout 'originated in Ohio'
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New York |
Brights lights back in big city
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| Aug.15 |
New York |
Power back in most blackout areas
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New York |
New Yorkers urged to stay away Mayor has urged people to stay away from the city as electric power is gradually restored to the eastern part of N. America
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| Aug.14 |
New York |
Major power outage| An outage struck simultaneously across dozens of cities in the eastern U.S. and Canada | | |
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| Aug.13 |
France |
Heat causes blackout in Paris
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| Jun.21 |
Nigeria |
105 killed in oil blast An explosion has killed at least 105 villagers trying to siphon off fuel
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| Jan.26 |
Russian Far East |
Power cuts hit space centre
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| Jan.17 |
California |
Rolling Blackouts Start
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