Gaza power plant begins shutting down
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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 territory's borders in response to Palestinian rocket attacks.
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Egyptian security forces closed the border with the Gaza Strip yesterday nearly two weeks after the wall was first breached
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Lithuania starts shutting down a Chernobyl-style nuclear reactor, heeding EU concerns.
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Large parts of the Gaza Strip plunged into darkness on Sunday when its main power plant shut down after Israel blocked fuel supplies to the Hamas-run territory and closed its borders.
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Egyptian forces began closing  the breached border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, stemming the  flow of Palestinians across the frontier breached by Hamas  Islamists last month, witnesses said.
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Gaza City in darkness after Israel blocked fuel shipments to electricity plant
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Israel's defense minister has ordered the temporary closure of all crossings into Gaza, cutting off supplies into the besieged strip in response to a slew of Palestinian rocket barrages at nearby Israeli towns, defense officials said Friday.
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The country prepares to cut power to Gaza, hoping that residents will turn against Hamas.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Egypt began closing its breached border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Friday, using barbed wire and water cannons to keep Palestinians from crossing into Egypt in defiance of an Israeli blockade.
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 19 -- Israel's security cabinet on Wednesday declared the Gaza Strip a "hostile entity" and said it would begin cutting electricity and fuel to the Hamas-run territory in an effort to stop near-daily rocket fire into Israel.
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Israel confirms that it has started cutting fuel supplies to Gaza, an attempt to stop the firing of militants' rockets.
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Long lines formed at fuel stations in the Gaza Strip on Saturday following rumors Israel might cut off supplies after the armed takeover by Hamas.
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Almost half of Britain's nuclear power stations currently shut down for repairs or maintenance.
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A top Israeli defense official said Thursday that Israel wants to relinquish all responsibility for the Gaza Strip, including the supply of electricity and water, now that the territory's southern border with Egypt has been opened.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Egyptian forces began closing the breached border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, stemming the flow of Palestinians across the frontier breached by Hamas Islamists last month, witnesses said.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan -- The mayor ordered that a nuclear power plant hit by a strong earthquake be shut down today until its safety could be confirmed after a long list of problems -- including radiation leaks, burst pipes, and fires -- came to light.
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Palestinian officials have disbanded a Gaza security force feared by civilians and under fire by human rights groups in one of the first concrete steps toward security reform in months, says a security official.