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China Daily | Updated: 2009-03-31 07:47
Sydney in darkness
The downtown of Australia's largest city was plunged into chaos during rush hour late yesterday when a power cut blacked out traffic lights, caused gridlock on the roads and left tens of thousands of buildings in darkness.
Power supplier EnergyAustralia said in a statement that it had restored power after three hours to most of the 70,000 homes and businesses in the city's central business district, north and surrounding suburbs.
(China Daily 03/31/2009 page12)
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