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Widespread blackouts hit Brazil

Widespread blackouts hit Brazil

Power is being restored in many parts of Brazil after a four hour blackout plunged major cities including Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro into darkness.All of neighbouring Paraguay was also left without power for a period of around 15 minutes.The blackout came after a large hydroelectric plant which supplies energy both to Brazil and Paraguay went offline. The dam's owner later blamed problems with the transmission grid.Neil Bowdler reports.

BBC | November 11, 2009Watch more videos from BBC

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