1.   The report does not carry fines or penalties, but warns that unless its recommendations are taken, another major blackout could occur.

2.   Power-short downtown Auckland, deserted by most businesses and tourists, has limped through one day without major blackouts and hopes to do it again Tuesday.

3.   Television and radio were knocked off the air, although some stations transmitted via generators in the first major blackout since airstrikes began.

4.   What officials fear are major blackouts.

5.   A vast region of Brazil including much of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states was plunged into darkness by a major blackout, power company Electrobras announced.