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(Corrects paragraph 6 to clarify sequence of events leading to blackout) By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuba’s national grid collapsed on Friday, leaving the entire population of 10 million people without electricity and underscoring the precarious state of the Communist-run country’s infrastructure and economy.  Restoration of service is under way…

By Dave Sherwood, Marianna Parraga HAVANA/HOUSTON (Reuters) -Cuba’s national electrical grid shut down on Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed, Cuba’s energy ministry said, plunging the entire country into a blackout. The Communist-run government earlier in the day closed schools and non-essential industry and sent most…