In December 2008, for example, 1.2 million Los Angeles citizens thought that the entire Web had gone offline, because of a crashed Time Warner D. N. S. computer.

例如2008年12月，由于时代华纳域名系统一台电脑损坏，导致120万洛杉矶人觉得整个网络都断了。

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That frustrated U.S.President Barack Obama and other world leaders' efforts to forge an international climate agreement at a U.N.summit in Copenhagen last December.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

The talks taking place this week in Barcelona will be the last before a major U.N.summit in December where delegates will hash out a new deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

He dismissed as "biased and unjust" a U.N.Human Rights Council report that accused Israel of war crimes during its December Gaza offensive, saying his country was acting in self-defense against militant rocket fire.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Toronto, like other cities, will be sending a city delegation to Copenhagen for the U.N. summit in December.

CNN: Bill Clinton to cities: Act on climate

The real deadline, as you mentioned, is December 31st, when the U.N. mandate expires.

NPR: Iraqis Press Harder For U.S. Withdrawal Timeline

Senior Defense officials said in January that the agreement will spell out terms for the U.S. presence in Iraq after December 31, when the U.N. mandate expires.

CNN: Al Sadr: Let Iraqis decide on U.S. troops