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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe World's Biggest Story didn't get much play
Somehow the India black-out just didn't catch on.
But a Hell of a story, nonetheless.
700 Million people without electricity! More than two whole USA's worth of people blacked out.
In case anyone missed it entirely:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/31/india-blackout-electricity-power-cuts
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)It is the "silly season" I guess.
slingsam
(370 posts)liberal bias....and all that...
Yet....large...Bigger than all of the USA
bunnies
(15,859 posts)Americans dont care about the sweat shops and horrific living conditions either.
RB TexLa
(17,003 posts)right at the start of business. This happens, it came back on.
just1voice
(1,362 posts)from the article:
"But despite howls of protest from those whose TVs and computers were not working this week, one-third of India's households do not even have electricity to power a light bulb, according to the 2011 census."
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)He experienced both.
But honestly, I thought you were going to say LIBOR.