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Inquiry ordered after Brazilian blackout

By Jonathan Wheatley in São Paulo

Published: November 11 2009 10:24 | Last updated: November 11 2009 20:08

Car headlights provide the only illumination along Ipanema beach in Rio de JaneiroAgence,France-Presse
Car headlights provide the only illumination along Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro. There were reports of crashes as street and traffic lights were extinguished

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

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