Power returns to Pakistan cities after grid collapse
Press Trust of India | Monday February 25, 2013
Power was restored in cities across Pakistan on Monday after the national grid collapsed on Sunday night, plunging most of the country into darkness for several hours.
Pakistan hit by nationwide blackout
Agence France-Presse | Monday February 25, 2013
Pakistan was hit by a nationwide blackout for more than two hours after the breakdown of a major plant caused power stations to stop working across the country, officials said on Monday.
Syrian Internet largely restored after blackout
Associated Press | Monday December 3, 2012
Internet and telephone service were restored across much of Syria on Saturday following a two-day, nationwide communications blackout.
Nationwide Internet blackout in Syria
Associated Press | Thursday November 29, 2012
Two US-based Internet-monitoring companies say Syria has shut off the Internet nationwide.