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Lights back on after blackout in Sao Paulo city
11 Nov 2009 02:11:21 GMT
 Source: Reuters
SAO PAULO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Light was seen returning to some Sao Paulo neighborhoods close to downtown after a two-hour blackout that left tens of millions of people in seven Brazilian states without power on Tuesday night. (Reporting by Guillermo Parra-Bernal)


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