Rare nationwide blackout hits Trinidad & Tobago    The country
of 1.3 million is a major producer of natural gas and one of the
most economically developed countries in the Caribbean.  Prime
Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the government mobilized
troops, police and air patrols to maintain security shortly
after the power went out early Friday. She says there were no
major incidents of violent and one attempt to loot a supermarket
that was prevented by police.  The Associated Press