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Yesterday, Hurricane Irene weakened to become Tropical Storm Irene - but not before leaving at least 4 million homes without power and causing fuel shortages along the United State's Atlantic coast. [More]

By Selam Gebrekidan and David Sheppard NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City braced for widespread blackouts as Hurricane Irene churned up the East Coast on Saturday, leaving more than 1 million homes and businesses without power in coastal states further south. [More]

DHAKA (Reuters) - Solar power is in place in nearly a million homes in rural Bangladesh, which is drastically short of electricity, the World Bank said on Monday. "More than 870,000 homes and shops in remote rural areas have installed solar home systems with support from the World Bank and other development partners," the global lender said in a statement. [More]