Bangladeshis blow their fuses over power shortages
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Thousands of people set fire to power   supply offices and attacked government vehicles in Bangladesh's   capital on Thursday in protest over electricity shortages,   witnesses said.
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Electricity went out across a broad swath of the former Soviet republic of Georgia late Wednesday, leaving more than 1,000 people stranded in halted subway trains in the capital and sending authorities scrambling to make repairs after what they said was a power-line accident.
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Offices, schools, shops and businesses across Bangladesh shut down Saturday for the second strike in less than a week called by the main opposition party to protest against a grenade attack that nearly killed its leader.
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Acute electricity shortages across a swath of China after winter blizzards disrupted coal deliveries have exposed the fragility of transport networks.
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A mysterious blackout during the hottest week of the year left tens of thousands of New Yorkers without power for a fifth day Friday as residents sweltered, businesses idled and city officials seethed after the power company revealed the outages were 10 times larger than previously reported.
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BAGHDAD -- In a yard cluttered with junked cars, oil drums and columns of tires, Jassim Shelal was furiously trying to recharge the battery of his generator. It was no ordinary task. The lives of a few thousand Iraqis depended on his skill and, above all, his speed.
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Electricity went out across Bahrain on Monday, leaving people without air conditioning on a day when temperatures were expected to reach 130, snarling rush hour traffic and sending businesses and the U.S. Navy to their generators.
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Iraq has been plagued by electrical shortages since the U.S. invasion, but the blackouts have gotten worse this summer. Besides decaying infrastructure and insurgent attacks, a bumbling bureaucracy and local power rebellions are to blame.
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British officials said Tuesday that 250,000 customers remain without electricity, and another 350,000 homes are not receiving fresh drinking water.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 24 -- Panicky rumors of a coup swept through Pakistan on Sunday after a power outage interrupted national television broadcasts and later plunged much of the country into darkness.
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Major political parties called on Tuesday for the lifting of a state of emergency in Bangladesh after the army-backed interim government said it was committed to holding a parliamentary election at the end of the year.
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The Latvian government announced an energy crisis on Sunday. 60% of Latvian residents are having electricity problems after last night's hurricane.
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The Chinese government is trying to address an electricity shortage that has led to rationing in more than a third of the countryâs provinces in recent weeks.
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A general strike called to protest a recent grenade attack that killed 20 people at an opposition political rally brought Bangladesh to a near standstill Monday.
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A total power blackout has hit Bahrain, leaving the entire country without electricity and air conditioning at a time when temperatures have risen above 50C.
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Landslides and lightning strikes have left nearly 100 people dead in Bangladesh as torrential monsoon rains pounded the disaster-prone country, officials said Monday.
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Shops and schools were closed across Bangladesh on Tuesday after the country&#39;s main opposition party called a general strike to protest a weekend grenade attack that killed 20 people and wounded more than 300.