The province's main power station at Kilroot, near Belfast, was shut down following a technical problem with generators and the other power station at Ballylumford, near Larne, was only partially working.

BBC: Parts of the province were left without power

Others have warned that delays in agreements allowing Americans to speak with foreigners (known as technical-assistance agreements) are a threat to the safe operation of the International Space Station.

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He proposes a little geography of love, a hilarious taxonomy of station kisses or some mock erotics, deftly developed in sentences replete with technical terms.

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