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Article: Brazil's two largest cities hit by massive blackouts.(World)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- November 11, 2009
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) –A massive power failure swept over Brazil's two largest cities Tuesday night along with other parts of Latin America's largest nation, leaving millions of people in the dark.Officials did not immediately comment on the cause of the blackouts, but Brazilian media reports said there were unspecified problems at the huge Itaipu hydroelectric dam that straddles Brazil's border with Paraguay.The dam problems caused a loss of 17,000 megawatts of power, resulting in outages in large parts of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and other cities ...