Illegal subsidiary wires are attached to the main cables on an electric pole in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Vast amounts of power bleeds out of India's antiquated distribution system or is pirated through unauthorized wiring. An estimated 620 million people were left without electricity Tuesday afternoon after India’s northern, eastern and northeastern grids cascaded into failure. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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