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 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's electrical grid collapsed Thursday, causing a nationwide blackout that briefly halted stock trading, trapped people in elevators and left authorities struggling to determine the cause.
By midday, power was slowly being restored to homes and companies, and the north of the capital — home to many company headquarters — was back to normal.
President Alvaro Uribe told journalists in the southern city of Cali that the blackout, which began at midmorning, "appears to have affected the entire country."
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