31Jan2008 Faulty cable blacks out internet for millions (Grd)

Guardian, 31 Jan 08

Internet access has been severely restricted across much of the Middle East since yesterday morning because of a fault in an under-sea cable which connects Germany in the north west to Australia in the south east, via the Mediterranean and the Middle East. It will take several days to effect repairs..

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