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Brazil investigates huge blackout

By Jonathan Wheatley in São Paulo

Published: November 12 2009 02:00 | Last updated: November 12 2009 02:00

Brazil's president ordered an urgent investigation yesterday into why more than half the country was left without electric power for hours on Tuesday night.

The whole of neighbouring Paraguay was also blacked out but for only about 15 minutes.

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