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ISTANBUL - Residents in southwestern Iran have held large protests for nearly a week, denouncing the countrys leadership amid severe water shortages in the region, according to activists and video footage. At least two people have been killed in the unrest.

It didn't take a heat wave or freak winter storm this time to raise the specter of rolling blackouts in Texas. All it took was a mild spring day.

The finger-pointing began immediately: It was the freezing of the wind turbines that foolishly replaced traditional sources. No, fossil fuels were at fault. No, Texas's deregulated power market, unique in the country, had allowed companies to skimp on maintenance and upgrades.

While many parts of Thailand await heavy rains from the influence of storm “Podul”, Sun Men district in the northern province of Phrae got a taste of its wrath early on Friday morning, as it toppled trees and power poles and blew roofs off houses.

A truck accident in Rawai has caused a blackout for over six hours.

Electricity was cut off in a tambon on Saturday morning when a trailer truck crashed onto its side and knocked down nine power poles in Ayutthaya's Nakhon Luang district.

A 18-wheel truck crashed into four power poles on Soi Phaholyothin 30 on Friday, causing a blackout in the area and paralysing traffic.

Total Access Communication (DTAC) and CAT Telecom, which owns the company's 800MHz and 1800MHz concessions, have put forward a subscriber protection plan for the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission's approval, following the expiration of DTAC concessions on September 15.

The Ubon Ratchathani International Airport resumed its services on Wednesday morning after the blackout on the runway which caused seven flights to be cancelled on Tuesday evening.

Usually at the Golden Globes, the red carpet is awash in color.

PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority has announced a series of "temporary" blackouts again, this time for "maintenance" in various parts of Phuket, starting tomorrow.

Tension high as 10-day siege continues with communication signals in and around compound cut off.