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Repairs To Quake-Hit Asia Internet Cables Delayed Again
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 29, 2007 Hong Kong's telecom regulator said Monday bad weather had again delayed full repairs to undersea cables damaged last year by an earthquake, which badly disrupted Internet access in parts of Asia. The Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) said most of the seven submarine cables, damaged by a powerful 7.1-magnitude temblor off Taiwan on December 26, have now been fixed but that one will take longer than estimated. Repair work will be completed at the end of February, instead of mid-February as had been anticipated earlier. "The repair work of one section of a cable will now complete by the end of next month," said OFTA Director General Au Man-ho. "Bad weather, technical problems and other reasons are causing the delay." However, he said Internet providers had diverted Web traffic and that the delay was not having a significant impact on Internet services in Hong Kong. "According to our reports from the providers, all services have largely been resumed back to normal -- it's approaching 100 percent," he said. Au said a new warning system will be set up next month to alert the public if a similar Internet breakdown occurs again. The Boxing Day earthquake snapped several international telecom cables, sparking widespread communication disruption in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and elsewhere. Problems also occurred as far away as Australia. The earthquake left two people dead and at least 42 injured in Taiwan.
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Munich Re Says Insurers Face Up To 7-Billion-Euro Bill From Winter Storm
Frankfurt (AFP) Jan 26, 2007The deadly winter storm that lashed much of northern Europe last week will cost the insurance industry between five and seven billion euros, Germany's Munich Re said Friday. The company, the world's second-largest reinsurer, said in a statement that it alone would face a pre-tax burden of up to 600 million euros (775 million dollars). It said Germany faced the biggest damage claims but that European neighbors had also been hit hard. |
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