61.   In other protests or walkouts this week, power company workers on Corsica periodically cut electricity, doctors reduced services and regional rail service was slowed.

62.   In most parts of the country electricity was totally cut early Thursday.

63.   In much of the refugee camp of Rafah in southern Gaza, electricity was cut when Israelis fired an anti-tank missile at a small power plant.

64.   In Prokuplje, protesters seized a local TV station, prompting authorities to cut electricity in the southern town.

65.   In some areas the electricity is cut for hours, prompting demonstrations.

66.   In remote villages in Lebanon and in many Palestinian towns, electricity was cut and residents huddled near gas heaters to keep warm.

67.   Israeli jet fighters also knocked out a Beirut power relay station, cutting electricity to many parts of the capital and its suburbs.

68.   Israeli jet fighters knocked out a Beirut power relay station, cutting electricity to many parts of the capital and its suburbs.

69.   It cut electricity on the Venezuelan resort island of Margarita, and was felt in Barcelona and Puerta la Cruz on the Caribbean coast in Sucre.

70.   Last year, a woman died during an operation when electricity was cut to a hospital, leaving doctors struggling in the dark to save her life.