The authorities said that rioters had attacked and destroyed equipment belonging to a local online provider, but activists say it was a deliberate act by the government to create a blackout on events in Sudan.
But the strike included journalists, effectively creating a media blackout that kept Greeks in the dark about any progress.
In April , 2002 in the midst of the most intense period of confrontation between the opposition and the government, media barons actively supported a coup against Chávez by creating a media blackout.
Dunston power station could not take the extra load and it also shut down, creating a total blackout on Tyneside.
"It's very clear that they are trying to create a media blackout," she said.
Extreme Behavior Adameve.com Dir: Toni English Rating: 7 If I was writing this a few years ago I'd tell you my extreme behavior consisted of mass amounts of pharmaceuticals crushed up and snorted off scandalous girls' ass cheeks, mixed with whiskey and wine to create a constant blackout.
That was a major lesson of the 1965 blackout, experts say, and blacking out one area to prevent the problem from creating a more extended collapse was one reason that the 1977 blackout was more limited, mostly to downstate New York.
Connecticut officials also warned last week that a potentially shrinking supply created a high risk of blackouts this summer.
"Ranging from over-coverage to complete news blackout, it creates a hostile climate for journalists and has disastrous consequences for media pluralism".
The government was so shaken that it ordered a news blackout of "images that create a feeling of panic".
