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Iraqi official: No magic wand to end power outages (AP)

June 25th, 2010

An Iraqi electrician checks the fuse box belonging to a block of flats in Baghdad on June 22. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani has revoked electricity privileges enjoyed by government officials as he took temporary control of the power portfolio amid public fury over rationing.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AP - Iraq’s acting electricity minister urged the country Friday to cut down on air conditioning and said there is no “magic wand” to end the country’s power outages, which…

Public fury over power outages poses test for Iraq (AP)

June 22nd, 2010

Umm Ali fans her infant son, Hassan, during a power outage at her family's home in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Protests over electricity shortages in Iraq's sweltering south continued Tuesday, prompting Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to promise to make power needs a top government priority, a day after Iraq's electricity minister resigned. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqis’ tempers are rising with their thermometers over their government’s failure to provide reliable electricity. And their thermometers have topped 120 degrees.


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