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Posted: November 12, 2009 at 4:57 a.m.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “This is a micro-accident among the extraordinary conquests for energy production for Brazil over the last seven years.” Brazil’s Justice Minister Tarso Genro, minimizing the impact of a widespread blackout
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