With about 40, 000 vehicles an hour driving into the toll zone, the network will have to be able to cope with high volumes.

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Activists said at least 40 people were killed, with one group - the Syrian Network for Human Rights - putting the death toll at over 70.

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The Lopezes control and run Meralco, the electricity distribution monopoly on Luzon island (other interests: the ABS-CBN broadcasting network, the country's largest, as well as toll expressways and water services).

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Several companies in the last year have been victims of "toll fraud, " a scheme in which hackers break into a company's VoIP network and sell thousands of dollars worth of long-distance minutes.

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