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(2009-11-11) Vehicles drive past dark buildings as a major blackout affected a large part of Brazil in Sao Paulo RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian authorities are blaming storms for... More »
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Michigan Public Radio - Nov. 12, 2009
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| Power back after Brazil blackouts |
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, Brazil (CNN) -- Electricity returned early Wednesday to a large swath of central and southern Brazil that was plunged into darkness when power from a major hydroelectric... More »
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CNN - Nov. 12, 2009
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| Brazil president orders investigation of blackout |
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All of neighboring Paraguay also lost power, but only for about 15 minutes. The blackout, which the Brazilian energy ministry said affected 18 of the country's 26 states and... More »
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Washington Post - Nov. 11, 2009
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| Video: Brazil blackout casts shadow over Olympics |
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Nov. 11: Officials in Brazil are investigating a blackout that left as many as 60 million people in the dark Wednesday. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News) More »
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MSNBC - Nov. 11, 2009
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| Answers demanded over Brazil blackout |
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SAO PAULO (AFP) State prosecutors in Brazil on Thursday demanded officials explain how a huge blackout across half the country occurred, as doubts were cast on the... More »
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AFP via Yahoo! - Nov. 12, 2009
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| Bad weather blamed in huge Brazil blackout |
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RIO DE JANEIRO - Heavy rain and strong wind caused blackouts that left nearly a third of Brazilians - 60 million people - in the dark, officials said yesterday as they... More »
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Philadelphia Daily News - Nov. 12, 2009
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| Challenge to Brazil's storm explanation for blackout |
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SAO PAULO (AFP) Brazil's official explanation that a storm caused a massive blackout this week affecting 70 million people was challenged on Thursday by the state satellite... More »
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AFP via Yahoo! - Nov. 12, 2009
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| Brazil's frayed wires finally short out |
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Reporting from Bogota, Colombia, and Sao Paulo, Brazil -- The power outage in Brazil that left as many as 60 million people in darkness was the inevitable result of the... More »
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Los Angeles Times - Nov. 12, 2009
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Caracas - The Venezuelan government on Wednesday expropriated two coffee companies that had been placed under state intervention three months earlier. The forced acquisition... More »
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Earthtimes.org - Nov. 11, 2009
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| Bad weather blamed in huge Brazil blackout |
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RIO DE JANEIRO - Heavy rain and strong wind caused blackouts that left nearly a third of Brazilians - 60 million people - in the dark, officials said yesterday as they... More »
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Philadelphia Inquirer - Nov. 12, 2009
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