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Daily Report Thursday, December 28, 2006Daily HighlightsThe New Castle News reports two Pennsylvania men were arrested Monday, December 25, when police caught them stealing $10,000 worth of copper pipes from a Penn Power electrical substation. (See item 5)
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The Houston Chronicle reports about 70 pieces of luggage were found inside a trash bin on Tuesday, December 26, most probably came from international flights arriving at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport. (See item 15)
Information Technology and Telecommunications Sector
27. December 27, IDG News Service — Earthquake disrupts Internet access in Asia. A pair of powerful earthquakes (magnitude 6.7 and 6.4) off the coast of Taiwan damaged undersea cables and disrupted telephone and Internet access in Asia on Wednesday, December 27. "All of the ISPs in Singapore are affected," said Michael Sim, a spokesperson for Starhub Internet Pte. Ltd. Japan's NTT Communications Corp. said 84 leased lines were out of service as a result of the problems and international toll.free calling was being disrupted. Conventional international calling was in operation albeit with limited capacity. Taiwan's telecommunications infrastructure was hit hard, with just 40 percent of international calling capacity to the U.S. functioning normally. Calling capacity to Japan and China was also affected, with 11 percent and 10 percent of capacity operational. Damage to the cables also disrupted Internet access in China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
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