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Massive blackout leaves Brazil on edge

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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:53:00 +0000

A massive blackout plunged tens of millions in Brazil's largest cities into darkness, sparking major disruptions, fears of crime and energy supply concerns Wednesday for the newly named Olympic hosts.

The outage across much of southern Brazil started at 10:15 pm Tuesday (0015 GMT) and lasted some four hours. Neighboring Paraguay also suffered a 30-minute nationwide blackout.

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