Gaza power plant shuts down
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Gaza City in darkness after Israel blocked fuel shipments to electricity plant
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JERUSALEM : Israel was paralysed by a general strike as trade unions imposed a shutdown in protest at local authorities&#39; failure to pay thousands of staff amid a budget clampdown by the right-wing government.
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Israel announced on Friday it was winding down its 17-day deadly offensive in the Gaza Strip, after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon observed the army&#39;s warning that staying more than that in crowded Palestinian areas was too risky.
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Israel is planning cuts in the supply of electricity and fuel to Gaza to try to halt rocket attacks, officials say.
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The Palestinian Authority decides to disband a security unit accused of human rights abuses in Gaza.
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North Korea has closed all five facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear site, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei confirms.
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The Hamas-led Palestinian government halts official business after deadly clashes with its rival Fatah.
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The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant - the world's biggest in the world in terms of output capacity - has been shut down indefinitely after it shook violently in the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Japan this week.
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BEIJING/KUALA LUMPUR  - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday that North Korea had shut down its nuclear reactor and four related facilities, a major step in efforts to get it to give up its nuclear weapons programs.
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Kuwait City - A power failure on Sunday affecting most of Kuwait forced a shutdown of the country&#39;s three oil refineries, which could take two or three days to restart, but the nation&#39;s energy minister said oil production would not be affected.
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Schools are shut in Gaza amid what officials say is anarchy caused by fighting between Fatah and Hamas factions.
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Israel began cutting electrical power to the Gaza Strip as part of a plan to sever economic ties with the territory, an Israeli defense official said on Friday.
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A technical fault at the main power  station in Bahrain on Monday caused a blackout that affected  most areas of the Gulf Arab kingdom, employees at the Hidd  power plant said.
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The Israeli army last night began withdrawing from Palestinian areas of the northern Gaza strip, winding down the largest assault on the territory in recent years and leaving more than 100 Palestinians dead and widespread destruction of homes.
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UN inspectors have confirmed that North Korea has shut down its nuclear reactor, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said Monday.
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Gaza's main power plant began shutting down on Sunday due to a fuel shortage caused by Israel's closure of the Hamas-controlled territory's borders, a move taken in response to Palestinian rocket attacks.
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Chemical plant responsible for river pollution in east China shut down    HEFEI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- A chemical plant in east China's Anhui Province has been shut down after it discharged a toxic chemical into a river and sickened 61 villagers on Tuesday, the local government said.